"Why hadn't Night Ancestor mentioned anything about the Emperor Path before?"
Wang Xian was deeply puzzled.
Before becoming Dao Companions with Dream Ancestor, he had spoken with Night Ancestor at length. Night Ancestor had also told him many secrets. Something as secretive-sounding as the Emperor Path should have been mentioned to him!
Yin Yang Dao Ancestor smiled slightly. "Don't overthink it. Night Ancestor only recently remembered some things about the Emperor Path."
"Only recently remembered it? Don't tell me Night Ancestor has amnesia?"
Wang Xian was speechless.
Cultivators generally lived for a very long time, especially top-tier cultivators, whose lifespans began at tens of millions of years. Night Ancestor had lived even longer, perhaps hundreds of millions of years.
Over such a long life, the number of things one experienced was impossible to estimate. As a result, cultivators often sealed away or cut off many useless memories.
But something as important as the Emperor Path, something related to an Emperor, should never have been sealed away or discarded.
"Hahahaha..."
Yin Yang Dao Ancestor burst into laughter. "Night Ancestor really does have amnesia."
Before Wang Xian could ask, Yin Yang Dao Ancestor continued, "Night Ancestor only recently discovered his amnesia as well. As his realm recovered to the Immortal Realm, many of his lost memories returned, including memories concerning the Emperor Path."
"Wait, Ancestor. You said Night Ancestor recovered his strength to the Immortal Realm, not that he entered the Immortal Realm, right?"
Wang Xian caught the key point in Yin Yang Dao Ancestor's words.
"That's right!"
Yin Yang Dao Ancestor nodded, and an incredulous expression appeared on his face.
"According to Night Ancestor, he was once an expert who had half-stepped into the Forbidden Grade. He even participated in the Final Battle of the True Realm."
After saying that, Yin