This perspective was indeed deeply surprising.
[Why do you say that?] Lin Ziqing asked.
"First, I lived in the Fourth Epoch for a while. I suppose that makes me half an Immortal Burial Star native!"
"After all, the ideas, ways of thinking, and attitude toward life that you instilled in me all came from that ancient Huaxia civilization."
"Just as you said, the world may be false, but memories are real. The reason humans are human is because our minds can process all manner of complex memories and tangled emotions. That is what sets us apart from every other intelligent life-form."
"Likewise, I can be considered a person of the Fifth Epoch, because my parents are natives here. Natives and the descendants born to natives are naturally natives as well."
"As for why I can still represent the Sixth Epoch?"
"The answer is simple: the karma of the future changed because of me..."
"In Saint Ye's memories, there was no so-called Great Emperor, yet Xiao Muyu said that I was the future Heavenly Emperor Lin. That means my appearance has, to a certain extent, severed the road to the future. Though that is unfair to the future, I think it was worth it."
After hearing Lin Heng's analysis inside and out, Lin Ziqing's expression turned complicated, though his gaze carried clear approval.
[Not bad, kid. No wonder you're someone the Emperor Venerable and the others chose. That brain of yours really is sharper than most.]
"Most people? Who are you referring to?" Lin Heng asked curiously.
Lin Ziqing's shadow clasped its hands behind its back, turned away, and said leisurely, [You should know that you weren't the person we initially had our eye on. At first, we planned to support one of our own in the Immortal Realm. There were