"A dynasty of traitors?"
"Great Zhou?"
Li Yue froze, his gaze turning to the outstanding figures seated nearby: Guiguzi, Mencius, Zhuangzi, Mozi, Xunzi, Sunzi, Wu Qi, Guan Zhong, and the others.
In truth, they should all have counted among the supreme figures of Tianzhou's final years.
"Dao Master, as for what truly happened to Great Zhou, our memories were severed when we fell."
Guiguzi gave a bitter smile.
Mencius, Zhuangzi, Xunzi, Mozi, Sunzi, and the others nodded gravely as well.
Their eyes, too, held confusion.
Why—
Was Great Zhou a dynasty of traitors?
What exactly had Great Zhou done?
What earth-shaking horrors had occurred within that missing stretch of memory?
Their memories were severed?
Li Yue's eyes flickered.
Someone capable of severing the memories of Guiguzi, a First Step Dao-Treading Creature, could only have been that Taboo Creature of the Perfect Dimension!
For that being to go to such lengths over something involving Great Zhou, it seemed this truly concerned the Great Zhou princess, Ji Yichu!
Only this Great Zhou princess, known as the Heavenly Mother, warranted such an undertaking by the Taboo Creature of the Perfect Dimension.
"In the battle during Great Zhou's final years, that taboo life of the Perfect Dimension unleashed a forbidden technique."
"All who fell would forget that stretch of history."
"In fact, after Great Zhou, that history was buried so deeply that no one knew of it anymore."
"It was only after my soul returned to Blue Star that I learned of this terrifying history from Blue Star's Guardian."
Zhao Kuangyin spoke in a low voice.
"Blue Star's Guardian?"
Li Yue was curious.
Who was that?
"Blue Star's Guardian is an avatar of Grand Pure Celestial Venerable Daode—Taishang Laojun."
"Laojun follows the path of nonaction. Entrusted by the Three Sovereigns, he watches over Blue