Xiao Muyu's mouth twitched. "You really dare to say anything."
"Talking isn't against the law."
Lin Heng looked utterly unconcerned, then steered the conversation back.
"What I really want to know is this. When my turn comes someday, will I also have to carry some lousy Holy Artifact, walk that damned Starry Sky Ancient Road, and follow the path Jiang Wu and Jiang Zhao walked? Then, in the end, be sent off to die with dignity under the four words 'for the greater plan'?"
The question was so direct that even Xiao Muyu frowned slightly.
"No." She shook her head. "Even if you really go there, you don't necessarily have to die. You're different from Jiang Wu. You have more on you than he did, and your road is broader."
"Heh, that does sound pretty comforting."
"I'm not comforting you." Xiao Muyu's expression turned solemn as she folded her hands before her.
"The only thing I can tell you is about the deal between Lin Ziqing and the Fifth Epoch."
Lin Heng's brows drew together slightly.
"The Fifth Epoch... you mean Saint Ye?"
"Yes. Gao Sage... that was what people above the Immortal Realm called him. Gao was his surname."
Lin Heng froze for a moment.
Gao Sage.
Saint Ye's surname was Gao. That really was the case.
"According to the original agreement, the Fifth Epoch was supposed to send three Sage-level beings to help the Immortal Realm survive the great calamity."
Xiao Muyu's tone was complicated. "But in the end, the only one willing to abandon his own future and stake everything on keeping that promise was Gao Sage."
"What about the other two?"
"They backed down. Or rather, they chose a safer path. After all, interfering with karma across epochs came at too great a price.
"Once it