Burning books and burying ancestors, the Book of Time

Just before the Ten Immortal Emperors made their move, before the Sun, the Spirit Realm, the Dharma Realm, and the Spiritual Energy were misappropriated, and before everything was still normal throughout Kunxu.

At this moment, Zhang Yu was still comprehending the last of the Four Books, the new chapter "Dao Integration Chapter" which was born after the "Ascension Book" was devoured during the Feathering Ascension.

As he pondered its contents, he thought to himself, "This ' Dao Integration Chapter ' differs from the 'Inheritance of the Dao Inheritance Chapter ' of the Book of Transformation and the ' False Dao Chapter ' of the Flight Book. It is about gathering the strength of many, with a group of cultivators forming a Dao Orthodoxy. After the Dao Orthodoxy is established... its authority is jointly held by multiple Dao Lord."

"The advantage is that each cultivator is responsible for a portion of the foundation required by the Dao Orthodoxy, thus enabling them to achieve immortality and establish their path more quickly. It can be considered a shortcut to immortality, and should be the most efficient among these Four Books."

"But the downsides are also obvious: by forming such a group to become immortals, the authority of the Dao Orthodoxy is fragmented, individual strength is greatly weakened, and the upper limit is far lower than that of normal immortals."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If I want to achieve immortality and establish my Dao using this method, I'll need to cultivate some companions or subdue some cultivators, unifying their Law Article... to form Dao Orthodoxy."

As his thoughts raced, a series of cultivator options popped into Zhang Yu's mind.

However, he suppressed this thought as soon as it arose, because he knew that now was not the time to think about such things.

At the same time, lines of text began to appear on the "Dao Integration Chapter). Zhang Yu, who was prepared, thought to himself, "Is this another record of lost history?"

As his gaze quickly swept over the contents, he became increasingly serious.

"Is it about the history of the Immortal Ancestor?"

As Zhang Yu watched, he quickly summarized in his mind. "No one knows where the Immortal Ancestor came from or who his master was. All that is known is that when he appeared, he was already standing at the pinnacle of Immortal Dao in that era."

"The Immortal Ancestor spread his knowledge of Immortal Dao, teaching without discrimination and widely instructing talented individuals, attracting more and more people to join his ranks."

"Cultivators who were originally far apart and had poor communication were brought together by the Immortal Ancestor, and under his guidance, they embarked on an unprecedented grand exchange of Immortal Ancestor Immortal Dao."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "As expected of the Immortal Ancestor created books, compared to the Monopolist Faction like the Ten Immortal Emperors, isn't he a standard Open-Source Faction? With him leading many cultivators to exchange Immortal Dao on the Immortal Path, I'm afraid a Immortal Dao Golden Age will be created."

A thought flashed through Zhang Yu's mind, and he continued reading while mentally summarizing the text.

"The original Immortal Ancestor did this perhaps because he believed that through such communication, numerous cultivators could understand and learn from each other, thereby promoting the great development of the Immortal Dao."

"But he was wrong. After close exchanges, cultivators from various sects and schools confronted each other's different technical philosophies and stances on the path of Immortal Dao, leading to one conflict after another."

Zhang Yu smiled helplessly to himself, thinking, "So, because of differing ideologies, conflicts erupt after exchanges? That's true. Aside from the differing views of the Righteous and Demonic Paths, the differing ideas of the Monopolist Faction and Open-Source Faction are bound to cause disagreements among cultivators. Those Heart Aspiring to Immortality also play a significant role in this."

Zhang Yu continued reading, "The Immortal Ancestor realized that overly deep exchanges would only lead to endless conflicts among the cultivators of that time, so he created books, intending for them to become tools for communication and knowledge transfer."

"The Immortal Ancestor's goal is that all cultivators in the world can learn and exchange various Immortal Dao Technique through books, and even inherit and comprehend the ancient and modern Dao Orthodoxy, ultimately making books a tool for managing Immortal Dao Technique Dao Orthodoxy."

"In the eyes of the Immortal Ancestor and his Immortal Ancestor, only by uniting countless cultivators from all corners of the world and throughout history can we gradually advance the development of Immortal Dao Technique and ultimately lead all living beings to reach the pinnacle of Immortal Dao."

"Any Immortal Dao who monopolizes the path to immortality cuts off everyone's path to the pinnacle of Immortal Dao."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Speaking of which, was my ' Feather Scroll ' actually created by this Immortal Ancestor? Why does it share the same name as the ' Feather Scroll ' in the Four Books?"

A fleeting thought crossed Zhang Yu's mind, and he continued summarizing the text, "But suddenly one day, the Immortal Ancestor vanished without a trace. No one knows where he went, but his Dao Orthodoxy and legacy remain."

"Thus, the disciples of the Immortal Ancestor inherited his aspirations and Dao Orthodoxy, becoming the new generation of Immortal Ancestor Immortal Ancestor. This new Immortal Ancestor used and disseminated the Book, promoting the development of Immortal Dao Technique, until he encountered and gradually discovered the existence of the Rollbackers."

"The ideology of the Immortal Ancestor lineage is clearly in fierce conflict with that of the Rollbackers, and Rollbackers side."

"And the existence of the Immortal Ancestor lineage is too dazzling and eye-catching, so it has probably already been secretly watched by the Rollbackers, who have collected countless intelligence reports."

"Thus, in the repeated confrontations, the Immortal Ancestor lineage, completely unaware of the enemy, suffered heavy losses. Several generations of Immortal Ancestor were suppressed, and countless Immortal Ancestor successors were either directly wiped out or, through repeated reversals, gradually lured into becoming enemies of the Immortal Ancestor. The entire Immortal Ancestor lineage was almost completely annihilated."

"But the Immortal Ancestor lineage did not come away empty-handed. Through repeated confrontations and reversals, one generation of Immortal Ancestor finally mastered the Dao Orthodoxy of the Book and made it possible to use the Book to transmit messages during reversals."

"They also gradually realized that those Rollbackers could roll back the world, change history, and attempt to monopolize the path of Immortal Dao through their own will would be their mortal enemies."

"Therefore, in order to prevent the book from being used by the Rollbackers, and in order to continue the fight against Rollbackers, generation after generation of Immortal Ancestor and their successors inscribed their own will into the book's Dao Orthodoxy before their defeat."

"From that moment on, the Book's Dao Orthodoxy gathered the Immortal Ancestor's Will, vowing to fight against those Rollbackers to the past, and against all cultivators in the world who sought to monopolize the path of Immortal Dao, until the very end of the world. From that moment on, only those who gained the approval of the Immortal Ancestor's Will ' will could obtain the Book's highest authority, using it to resist reversion and transmit messages."

"But even so, those targeted by the Rollbackers were still unable to defeat their opponents."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "So, the title of Immortal Ancestor... is passed down through generations? The Immortal Ancestor must be incredibly powerful, but their situation is completely different from that of the Wanfa Immortal Emperor. They have become prey on the stage, while the Rollbackers have made thorough preparations in secret, which is why they have launched an ambush against the Immortal Ancestor."

Zhan Xian analyzed, "However, to be able to discover the existence of the Rollbackers in time, sense the world's rollback, and use the book to transmit the rollback message amidst their encirclement and attack, the Immortal Ancestor's strength is indeed astonishing."

Sect Examination Clone said, "So what if your strength is astonishing? Once the Rollbackers strikes first, it's impossible to resist. I understand now, in battles involving rollback, information asymmetry is key. Whoever has more accurate information will have the advantage in the rollback."

Zhang Yu continued to summarize the text, "Although those Rollbackers the old ways have the upper hand, as long as the Dao Orthodoxy of books still exists, even if Burning Books and Burying Ancestors alive again and again, books will still emerge, there will always be Immortal Ancestor, and there will always be unyielding individuals in this world who will not be led astray by them."

"This is why the Rollbackers have never been able to completely erase the Immortal Ancestor's lineage."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "While many beings, like the Ten Immortal Emperors, have emerged under the same influence of Heart Aspiring to Immortality, there are also those who ultimately wish to take a different path to reach the pinnacle of Immortal Dao."

He continued reading, concluding in his mind. "The Rollbackers ultimately attempted to completely reverse the existence of the Immortal Ancestor lineage, but still could not prevent the book from being born, nor could he prevent the birth of this Dao Orthodoxy that connects the ancient and modern Dao Orthodoxy traditions, nor could he eliminate the Immortal Ancestor's Will within the Dao Orthodoxy."

"Ultimately, the Rollbackers could only completely block information about the books, repeatedly banning their users and suppressing new generations of Immortal Ancestor. They also completely separated the Four Books of Feathering Ascension and Prevented their reunification, severing the channels through which the Immortal Ancestor's Will's will interfered with the world time and again, ultimately causing the Immortal Ancestor lineage to gradually disappear from history..."

"Until... after the Rollbackers was defeated by the Wanfa Immortal Emperor, without the Rollbackers's continued suppression, the Book reappeared in this world at an accelerated pace, and the Immortal Ancestor's Will was finally able to find a new Immortal Ancestor and revive once more..."

Just as Zhang Yu finished comprehending the information brought by the "Ascension Book," that aged voice once again rang in his mind.

"The former Rollbackers have been defeated, and the lineage of the former Immortal Ancestor has long since vanished into history."

"But our battle is not over yet."

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt a surge of fighting spirit, like a volcano that had been suppressed for too long, erupting in this new era.

"Times are advancing Immortal Dao is developing, but as long as our Heart Aspiring to Immortality and it continues to operate, as long as the world has not yet reached its Finality, our battle against the Rollbackers and all those who monopolize the Immortal Dao will never cease!"

"Now, the Ten Immortal Emperors have inherited the power of reversal. They want to monopolize the Immortal Dao and climb to the peak alone. Then we must fight them to the very end!"

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt countless shouts of fighting against heaven and earth resounding in his mind, and countless fanatical thoughts swept in, beginning to descend upon this world through him.

These thoughts kept calling out to him, pleading with him.

Each of them was a Immortal Ancestor who had devoted his entire life to fighting against the Rollbackers.

Each of them, before their lives were extinguished, vowed to lead all living beings to the pinnacle of Immortal Dao.

Each of them, too, had fought, raged, suppressed, and anticipated within the Dao Orthodoxy of books for countless years, until this moment when they descended upon the world once more.

"Zhang Yu, the real battle is about to begin..."

"Let's crush these monopolists of the Immortal Dao into dust!"

At the same time, the "Feather Scroll" moved automatically within Zhang Yu's body without wind, frantically swirling and revealing all sorts of information about lost history and Dao Orthodoxy.

Zhang Yu could sense that the Immortal Ancestor's Will was frantically absorbing the information and intelligence within.

In that instant, a realization flashed through his mind. "Perhaps the true purpose of this lost history's information is not just to be passed on to me, but to be passed on to the Immortal Ancestor's Will? So that the Immortal Ancestor's Will can use and utilize this information?"

The Immortal Ancestor's Will's response seemed to confirm his thoughts at that moment.

"The advancement of Immortal Dao Technique is too rapid. Each of these Immortal Emperor has mastered Immortal Dao Technique that surpass those of the Rollbackers."

"And now, they are going to sever the connections between different Dao Orthodoxy and books."

The Immortal Ancestor's Will: "But it doesn't matter. With your Parasitic Dao Orthodoxy as an intermediary, and the Dao Orthodoxy passed down from lost history, we can still leverage them."

Zhang Yu wondered to himself, "Do these lost Dao Orthodoxy from history truly still exist?"

The Immortal Ancestor's Will said in his mind, "After the Rollbackers defeated Ying Xintian, Tian De, and the Demon Saint, he guided the rebirth of these Dao Orthodoxy."

"Fortunately, after defeating the Rollbackers, the Wanfa Immortal Emperor and his group seemed unable to receive the Rollbackers's numerous memories and legacies, and therefore could not completely master these Dao Orthodoxy. However, through research and with the help of advanced Immortal Dao Technique, they were able to utilize a portion of their power."

"Perhaps given more time, they will eventually be able to decipher these Dao Orthodoxy and completely master the Unclaimed Dao Orthodoxy. After all, their Immortal Dao Technique are already more advanced and are constantly improving."

"Things that past Rollbackers couldn't do, they can do now."

"For example... devour us, and then completely crack the Immortal Ancestor's Immortal Dao Technique."

In the next instant, the Immortal Ancestor's Will's will quickly warned, "Be careful, the power of Karmic Dao Orthodoxy that I can leverage for now is limited; they will arrive soon."

"Zhang Yu, help us buy some time."

Zhang Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Me? I'm stalling for time in front of the Immortal Emperor?"

The Immortal Ancestor's Will spoke in his mind, "I need some time to influence more Dao Orthodoxy, and the reinforcements you summoned are already on their way. We just need to buy some time..."

Zhang Yu was taken aback. "I called for reinforcements? When did I call for reinforcements?"

"Could it be... the me before the rollback? You mean the me who kept sending messages from the future?"

"But how can I stall for time? The Ten Immortal Emperors could devour me with a single thought!"

The Immortal Ancestor's Will was resolute. "You can do it. Use your life. This is the method you came up with."

The exchange was completed in the blink of an eye, and Zhang Yu understood the other party's meaning in an instant.

"With my life?"

"This is the only bargaining chip I have left to influence the Immortal Emperor at this moment."

At that moment, countless memories flashed through Zhang Yu's mind.

Zhan Xian felt. "It's either death or victory; we have no other choice!"

Sect Examination Clone: "Damn it, if we fight these Emperor Beasts, we can become Immortal Emperor too!"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "In the past, I probably would have hesitated. But now... under the pressure of the Ten Immortal Emperors, I don't seem to feel much fear anymore."

"Indeed, compared to the threat posed by the Ten Immortal Emperors, what is a mere life?"

"Which cultivator standing on this Immortal Ascension Platform at this moment hasn't risked losing everything, even their life and cultivation, for the sake of profit?"

The next moment, Zhang Yu's magical power surged, and his flesh, blood, and soul were about to disintegrate naturally under his active control, causing him to commit suicide.

But at the very moment Zhang Yu took his own life, the commotion caused by his violent action could no longer be concealed by the power of the Karmic Dao Orthodoxy that the Immortal Ancestor's Will had stirred.

The Immortal Emperor who had been watching the Immortal Ascension Platform immediately noticed Zhang Yu's actions and then took action.

From this moment on, the Sun, Spiritual Energy, Immortal Energy, the Spirit Realm, the Dharma Realm... all sorts of infrastructure were misappropriated by the Immortal Emperor.

Tai Yuebai, Bu Yingshu, Fa Liuyuan... only then did the many cultivators within Kunxu notice the anomaly.

On the Immortal Ascension Platform, Bai Gusheng finally noticed Zhang Yu, who was enveloped by the power of the Ten Immortal Emperors.

Zhang Yu, whose life force had just been rapidly declining, recovered in an instant, as if he had been brought back to life.

But at the same time, Zhang Yu could also feel that he had completely lost control of his body, and even his senses of everything around him had disappeared.

At this moment, he was surrounded by darkness and silence, with only his own existence remaining, as if he were trapped in an empty abyss.

But his mind was still slowly working, continuing to ponder, "If I am to die, then the strongest among the Ten Immortal Emperors, the ones closest to the Finality Realm, will definitely come to save me immediately for the sake of the Immortal Ancestor Inheritance."

"But once they come to my rescue, the other Immortal Emperor will also step in, because no one can guarantee that while I'm being rescued, no Immortal Emperor will take the opportunity to do something else."

"The Ten Immortal Emperors, already on the verge of war and in a fragile balance, unable to trust each other and vying for the Immortal Ancestor Inheritance's inheritance, will now engage in a full-scale war."

"Given their intelligence, they can grasp this point instantly, so once the war begins, they will go all out."

"They will both protect me and fight over me, and perhaps a weaker Immortal Emperor will even try to take the opportunity to eliminate me."

"A series of Immortal Emperor wars surrounding me will be ignited and fully unfolded by me."

At this moment, a final war, waged by the Ten Immortal Emperors and using Zhang Yu's body as the battlefield, and mobilizing countless resources of Kunxu, has silently broken out.

However, apart from the Ten Immortal Emperors, almost no one was able to observe the process of this battle, and no one knew that this battle was actually triggered by Zhang Yu himself.

"But at this moment, my thoughts are also sealed deep within my consciousness, and I am no longer able to interfere with the outside world in any way."

It was at this moment that Zhang Yu, who had sunk into endless darkness, suddenly sensed something.

"Is it... the Feather Scroll?"

As the "Feather Scroll" gradually emerged from the endless darkness, Zhang Yu was startled. "More text is appearing? Is this a plea for help?"

On the "Feather Scroll," lines of information kept appearing, as if someone was calling out to and asking for help from something lost in history.

"Should we seek help from Ying Xintian Yingxintian, Xiang Tian De, the Demon Saint, or even from the lost historical figures like the White Bone Immortal Emperor, the Blissful Union Immortal Emperor, and the Heavenly Demon Immortal Emperor?"

"But how can they, living within a lost history, support us?"

"The information that books can convey is ultimately limited, and besides, could the White Bone Immortal Emperor, the Blissful Union Immortal Emperor, and the Heavenly Demon Immortal Emperor even see it?"

Zhang Yu quietly read the "Feather Scroll" and noticed that there was still no reply.

"Did it fail?"

Just then, the voice of the Immortal Ancestor's Will resounded in Zhang Yu's mind. "There was no failure. Taking advantage of the fierce battle among the Ten Immortal Emperors, their reinforcements are already on their way, but they haven't yet passed through the book."

Zhang Yu asked in confusion, "Not through books? Then through what?"

The Immortal Ancestor's Will said in his mind, "They've arrived."

A thought struck Zhang Yu, and he saw patches of blood-red light suddenly shooting into the sky from the depths of his previously dark sea of consciousness.

The Immortal Ancestor's Will continued, "You may not remember now, but this was the method you and I discussed during the last rollback."

"Through the Tai Zhen inheritance you obtained, I will connect the book with your Bloodline Dao Orthodoxy..."

Zhang Yu's heart stirred, recalling how the Immortal Emperor Tai Zhen had once used bloodline to transmit information about the rollback.

At this moment, in his communication with the Immortal Ancestor's Will, Zhang Yu's gaze seemed to follow the Dao Orthodoxy of the book and see the flowing, Rollback River.

"Through the book, and through the Immortal Dao Technique enough to traverse the Rollback River, we will send our plea for help."

"Then, through bloodlines, through the reproduction and Bloodline Inheritance of mortals generation after generation, in the most ordinary, simple, and least noticed by the Rollbackers and the immortal Immortal Emperor... the support will be delivered."

As he watched the blood-red light surge ever more intensely, Zhang Yu seemed to see generations of mortals struggling to survive, persevering and passing their bloodline down to the present day, a scene that had become a Book of Time.

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, "All cultivators and immortals, if traced back through their bloodlines generation after generation, ultimately originate from mortals. It is through the transmission of knowledge from mortals generation after generation that cultivators and immortals are created."

"And if I were to trace my lineage back generation after generation, I would inevitably find my ancestors' bloodline in any historical record."

The Immortal Ancestor's Will: "Ying Xintian, Tian De, the Demon Saint, as well as White Bone, Blissful Union, and Heavenly Demon, they have long ago hidden the inherited memories that even the Ten Immortal Emperors would surely desire within their bloodlines passed down through generations."

The Immortal Ancestor continued, "However, the current Ten Emperors are too aloof and superior; they have never paid attention to the bloodlines of mortals until now... I will leverage the Bloodline Dao Orthodoxy to awaken them one by one."

At this moment, although Zhang Yu still had many technical details and execution details regarding the lost history, bloodline, and the book that he didn't understand, he had a general grasp of the Immortal Ancestor's Will's intentions.

He concluded in his mind. "After the Immortal Ancestor's Will's will connected the book and the Bloodline Dao Orthodoxy, it requested support through Immortal Dao Technique that transcended time and space, and then this support was passed down through generations of mortals seeking survival."

At this moment, amidst the sky filled with blood-red light, a massive amount of information poured out.

A blurry figure, seemingly at the end of the bloodline, gradually emerged before Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "That's... the original body of Zhang Yu?"

The blurry figure struggled slightly, seemingly still frozen in the moment before its death on the rooftop.

"I'm sorry, I can't hold on any longer."

Sensing this last remaining thought within his bloodline, Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback. He looked at the figure and seemed to see countless ancestors behind him.

Zhang Yu said slowly, "Thank you all for your hard work... You've carried the torch all the way to this point, and you've persevered until the moment I arrived."

"Leave the rest to us."

The next moment, the Immortal Ancestor's Will suddenly erupted. As the Immortal Ancestor's Will revived, it stirred up and connected more and more Dao Orthodoxy, and the power it could summon became increasingly formidable. In the blink of an eye, it sent the memories from the lost history to the three Immortal Emperor: Heavenly Demon, White Bone, and Blissful Union.

He believed that these three Immortal Emperor, who endlessly pursued the pinnacle of Immortal Dao, would certainly not give up this free inheritance.

At the same time, Ying Xintian on the other side also focused his gaze, feeling the massive amount of memories transmitted to him by the Immortal Ancestor's Will.

As he rapidly processed the information sent by the Immortal Ancestor's Will, as well as the memories that belonged to him from the lost history, Ying Xintian's aura suddenly underwent a drastic change.

"At this moment, because Zhang Yu prematurely detonated the battle of the Ten Immortal Emperors, there are approximately 33 seconds left in the countdown to the future information."

"During these 33 seconds, the Ten Immortal Emperors will be unable to initiate a rollback during their cooldown period."

"In these 33 seconds, thanks to the relay of countless generations of mortals and the support of numerous Immortal Dao predecessors, it is imperative to... temporarily deprive the Ten Immortal Emperors of the possibility of reversal."

--

Ancestor said: Requesting monthly votes