Because the variable needed in this age was best drawn from antiquity. But if that proved impossible, those fellow Daoists probably would not begrudge casting their gaze toward even more distant years.
Or else—
Crossing into the future beyond the river of time.
This broken heaven and earth, those wicked and bizarre things—none of them mattered.
"They all spoke of severing karmic ties..."
This method counted as severing karmic ties as well.
Lu Qing's gaze shifted faintly. He knew that, among the many Dao Lords, his current cultivation stood in the foremost rank.
Because after some Dao Lords manifested their Great Daos, he had glimpsed faint distortions hidden behind that splendor and brilliance.
He had also seen that the power of certain Great Daos bore a trace of similarity to the powers of those old monsters buried within Void Ground, unable to awaken when he broke through.
They all carried a hint of decay. It was simply that few could see what a Dao Lord's Great Dao contained.
Lu Qing did not speak of this to the others.
Because, in essence, this was also something destined to happen.
Otherwise, Void Ground would not exist.
Lu Qing had remembered Void Ground from years ago. That place was formidable.
Yet, at the root of its karma, Lu Qing had seen several empty patches within that Void Ground.
Clearly, someone had occupied those places before. But when he erased that Void Ground, certain things had departed in advance.
Because they had sensed a terrifying killing intent.
Thus, strictly speaking, Lu Qing recalled that scene from back then, when countless figures from the Long River of Time had acted.
Now that he thought of it, it must have been another chess game laid out at the time.
As for this heaven and earth before