After hearing the Eternal Ancient One's account, everyone finally learned what had happened in the Milky Way before he left.
Back when the Heavenly Heart Civilization had not yet formally entered the stars, when its technology was roughly equivalent to Earth's twentieth century, the Eternal Ancient One had already intended to harvest that civilization.
"Back then, I specialized in devouring the great figures from the Golden Eras of various civilizations, but they only became ordinary personalities. I never found a main personality worthy of recognition."
"Until I encountered Tian Ran Wu Yang. Among the countless great figures of that era of explosive technological development in the Heavenly Heart Civilization, he was the brightest star."
Hearing this, Ou Ran Qi Guai could not help but ask, "An ancient sage of the Tian Ran clan? Wu Yang... wasn't he a mythical figure?"
The Eternal Ancient One said, "Because the civilization of the Tian Xin People restarted four times. Every time it reached its peak, I interrupted it. The advancement you know of came after the fourth rebirth."
The Ou Ran Family members nodded in realization. Their history had indeed suffered breaks, so it was only natural that the deeds of specific early figures had been lost.
Some had become myths and legends, becoming part of the culture that shaped them. Others had simply been forgotten entirely.
But they had never expected four restarts! The Eternal Ancient One continued, "After three restarts, the Heavenly Heart Civilization laid out a plan spanning three thousand years, all to break the cycle of fate I ruled over."
"They figured out my principles and created an unprecedented golden age. It possessed countless era-defining talents, more than ten thousand Star River-level geniuses, and six cosmic-level geniuses. One of them was Tian Ran Wu Yang. He was both a