In Hometown, within a Heavenly Palace artifact, Ke Lanyin stared fearfully at a stack of manuscripts. The stack had merely been wrapped carelessly in black covers, and even the stitching was perfunctory.
Yet in Ke Lanyin's eyes, this thin manuscript was more terrifying than a celestial body. At every moment, it exuded an eerie, dreadful aura that frightened people even as it tempted them to reach out and open it.
Lord of the Clouds's Adam's apple bobbed, and he truly reached out his hand.
The young man stared fixedly at this scene, a flicker of delight appearing on his face.
But Lord of the Clouds ultimately closed his eyes and withdrew his hand.
"Heart demons are hard to dispel," the old man murmured.
A Free and Unfettered Cultivator clearly possessed an infinite lifespan, yet at this moment, the air of twilight about him was startlingly obvious.
He truly had grown old.
So old that he no longer had the drive to read this manuscript.
The young man could not help consoling him. "Grand Martial Uncle, nothing would happen even if you read it. This was originally written by the Calculator Sovereign for others to read."
"You do not understand." Ke Lanyin shook his head. "You would not understand. If someone without that realm read it, nothing would happen. But I once reached that realm, so if I read this book, I will not be able to stop myself from contemplating the deeper principles behind it..."
The young man said, "So what if you contemplate them? The Calculator Sovereign is still human!"
This manuscript was precisely the Calculator Sovereign's exposition on Beast Mechanism swarms.
Ke Lanyin shook his head. "It cannot be done. I have fallen far behind... The Calculator Sovereign and I were cultivators of the same generation. Back then,