Choosing Mechanical Ascension as the growth template for the next timeline seemed entirely feasible to Feng Qi.
He had actually considered this question before.
The Faith Connection Rail technology had already been perfected. Even if future timelines activated the Faith Growth system, there would no longer be any need for a guide.
So how should he exist in a new timeline?
The first issue he needed to solve was how to extend his lifespan.
The first thing that came to mind was the demon blade.
After merging with the demon blade, his Flesh and Blood Body would become one with it. The blade's growth could nourish him in return, greatly extending his lifespan.
With the demon blade's aid, he would most likely be able to see the future world fifteen hundred years from now.
But after thinking it over carefully, he gave up on the idea of merging with the demon blade.
It was not that he did not want to. He simply could not.
He had exchanged memories with the demon blade, so he understood its personality very well and knew what it sought.
The reason he had been able to wield it back then was not because his personal charm had conquered it, but because he and the demon blade shared the same goals and hatred.
The demon blade hated the Sword Clan's betrayal even more than it hated Jian Ji for killing its sister. That hatred had driven it to begin the Ascension Challenge, constantly hunting powerful beings to sharpen its edge in hopes of one day taking revenge.
His situation on that timeline had been very similar.
First, Mu Qing had been killed by Jian Ji, filling him with incomparable hatred for Jian Ji. Then there was the enslavement and control of his human compatriots by