Motives and Explanations

"So that's why my second brother traveled to the Buddhist realm?"

Lu Yang was taken aback. He had thought that his second senior brother had been blind and offended his eldest senior sister, who had banished him to the west for 30,000 miles. His second senior brother was forced to beg for a living in the Buddhist kingdom, wandering the streets and impersonating a Buddha statue in a temple. He lived a very poor and miserable life.

I hadn't realized I was overthinking things.

"Unfortunately, so many years have passed, and he hasn't found any useful clues. Instead, he's been sent back to the Buddhist Kingdom several times, and he can only sneak back each time." The eldest sister shook her head regretfully. It's really too difficult to find clues about an immortal who controls time.

Perhaps I could visit the Five Elements Sect and observe the Jianmu tree more closely.

"Now that Jianmu has regained its life, if the Immortal of Time is still alive, is it possible for him to re-enter Jianmu's body?"

The Immortal Fairy nodded. "That's possible. After all, an immortal body is difficult to recreate. If you can use your original body, then use your original body."

"There's one more thing. I encountered Immortal Ying Tian and his group in the Five Elements Sect's immortal realm."

"What happened? Senior, please explain in detail." The eldest sister was on high alert. How could Lu Yang and the senior have gained so much from their trip to the Five Elements Sect?

The Immortal Fairy recounted in detail her experiences in the Fairy Realm, focusing on the time-space portal opened by the Time Immortal and her conversation with him. Of course, she was unaware that the Heavenly Immortal and the Qilin Immortal were playing Connect Four because they didn't want to eat.

Yun Zhi frowned slightly.

"When I entered the fairyland, there was no historical reflection. I never imagined that the immortal chess game contained such a great event."

Lu Yang was puzzled. According to the Immortal Fairy, those who could glean insights from the game of chess would see reflections of history. How could his senior sister not see them?

The Immortal Fairy rolled her eyes, thinking that Lu Yang was really useless without her, too stupid. "Ying Tianxian let future generations see the reflection of history for the sake of prestige, but Yun girl is on the same level as me, what use is it for her to see the reflection of history?"

Lu Yang thought about it and realized that even if his senior sister had figured something out, she wouldn't be too surprised by the methods of a celestial being.

"Compared to Ying Tianxian, who was a strategist among the Five Immortals of High Antiquity, he was much more thoughtful in his actions."

"What nonsense are you spouting? Of course, I am the mastermind. Could Ying Tianxian and the others be smarter than me?"

"If they were as clever as me, they would have thought of the four of them teaming up to secretly kill me, and then resurrecting me later, and then none of this would have happened?"

Lu Yang: "..."

It has to be said that this is a method, but it's not one that a normal person would think of.

"I thought you, Fairy, would say that the Four Immortals told your past self about the phone call, and that your past self committed suicide on the spot to prevent being killed."

"That's Plan Two." The Immortal Fairy is meticulous and thorough in her work; she wouldn't only consider one method.

Yun Zhi, seemingly oblivious to the discussions within the Immortal Clan, analyzed, "It's a fact that you were assassinated, Fairy. The other four immortals learned of your impending death from you, so they must have prepared something. If the preparation wasn't on you, then it must be on themselves—they must have prepared a contingency plan to save their own lives."

"So, the Four Immortals of High Antiquity might still be alive, including the Immortal of Time. They hide behind history and never make a move. Is it because they are in very bad shape, or is there some other reason?"

"Judging from the fact that neither of you could hear any information about your predecessors in the historical reflections, and that the time-space portal was disrupted, there must be another force preventing all of this."

Even if the Dao Fruit of Time were inadequate, it wouldn't only convey five words. Moreover, the Immortal of Time himself said that something was interfering.

"It seems that some force has altered history, making it impossible for later generations to obtain information about their predecessors from historical records."

The fact that the immortal's recipe was renamed from "Immortal Fairy" to "Responding Celestial Immortal," and that High Antiquity immortals replaced "Immortal Fairy" with "Immortal of Time" when speaking, all prove this point.

"It seems that the information in ancient books cannot be entirely trusted; some parts have been modified."

"Those capable of achieving this are probably those of the Dao Fruits of Cause and Effect, Destiny, Consciousness, and Words Becoming Law."

The eldest sister muttered to herself, looked up and met Lu Yang's gaze. Thinking that Lu Yang was still young and shouldn't be exposed to too many things, she remained silent.

Lu Yang thought to himself, "Senior Sister, can you either not say anything at all, or finish what you're saying? What's with stopping halfway through?"

He only knows about cause and effect, and the specific abilities can be deduced from the second-generation Imperial Preceptor.

The Dao of Cause and Effect can deceive even the heavens and the seas, so much so that even immortals will not remember it!

Only immortals can kill immortals. Does the eldest sister mean that there was a sixth immortal in High Antiquity, who mastered the Dao of Cause and Effect and used it to eliminate his own existence?

The other three types of Dao Fruits must have similar effects!

If there really is a sixth immortal, and the Immortal Fairy is very strong, the sixth immortal's Dao Fruit would definitely be a great counter to the Immortal Fairy!

Lu Yang secretly sought help from the Immortal Fairy, who surely knew the effects of these Dao Fruits.

Unbeknownst to him, at the same time he looked at the Immortal Fairy, his senior sister also gave her a warning look.

The Immortal Fairy also felt that Lu Yang shouldn't know so much, and resolutely refused to explain what these Dao Fruits could do.

"Speaking of which, what was the mastermind's motive for killing the fairy?"

This was something Lu Yang couldn't understand. Assuming the other party possessed the Dao of Cause and Effect, the Immortal Fairy was indifferent to worldly affairs and had close ties with the Four High Antiquity Immortals. Killing the Immortal Fairy would inevitably provoke the Four High Antiquity Immortals. What reason would he have to risk his life to provoke such a formidable enemy?

"Motive... reason..."

"Motive... reason..."

"There must be a reason, a reason related to his own interests..."

He suddenly realized something, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "Could it be a Dao Fruit of the Devouring type? The more Dao Fruits one devours, the stronger one becomes?"

"Let's tentatively name this Dao Fruit the Devouring Dao Fruit."

"If there were seven immortals in High Antiquity instead of five, the sixth immortal possessed the Dao of Cause and Effect, and the seventh immortal possessed the Dao of Devouring. The seventh immortal devoured the sixth immortal, thus gaining the power of the Dao of Cause and Effect and concealing his own existence."

"The seventh immortal, in his quest to become stronger, set his sights on the Immortal Fairy and secretly attempted to devour the Immortal Dao Fruit, aiming to become an immortal being. However, a mishap occurred, such as the timely arrival of the Four High Antiquity Immortals, preventing the seventh immortal from successfully devouring her!"

"This explains why the Immortal Cult exists; it was established to devour the nascent Immortal Dao Fruit!"

Everything makes sense now!

The Immortal Fairy excitedly patted Lu Yang on the shoulder, feeling that this was the truth. "That makes sense!"

Yun Zhi interrupted their conversation, "Alright, junior brother, don't get too involved in this matter. It's too dangerous. What you need to do now is to cultivate diligently."

"Oh."