In Dao Calendar 114, Hong Junyan's Dao body was shattered by Jing Grand Ancestor Tang Yu. After fleeing back to his state, he falsely claimed to have dissolved into the Dao and died, taking the chance to enter slumber and set in motion his plan to contend for the future.
In Dao Calendar 119, Ying Yunnian used the "present" of the Three-Life Orchid Cause Flower to create Ning Daoru, laying out his plan for Transcendence. He abdicated the following year.
At this moment, history was so clear.
The historical records were annotated by reality.
Jiang Wang seemed to see yellowed scrolls of time flipping swiftly beneath a green lamp. Within the surging Long River of time, every stretch rang with the songs of heroes.
This was the charm of historical study. To sort out the truth of history, to imprint true history, so that history's radiance would not fade through ten thousand generations—this was the Great Dao.
Revisiting History Knife Chisels the Sea now, he only felt that every word weighed heavily, profound in substance and far-reaching in meaning, as though he could see time's carving knife.
The two mighty figures connected to the Three-Life Orchid Cause Flower, Chai Yin and Ying Yunnian, were both peerless heroes whose names remained in the annals of history. Their struggle was recorded in the historical books of both the human and demon races.
As the only person to have witnessed both Chai Yin's and Ying Yunnian's paths toward Transcendence, Jiang Wang felt this especially deeply.
Each held half a "Present Flower," and each had elevated the "present" to its utmost extreme.
At the time, Chai Yin had been only one step away—if he had swallowed that Three-Life Orchid Cause Flower cultivated through Zhu Lanruo, he could have truly transcended.
Ying Yunnian and Chai