It was not that they did not want to use the years of the past to avoid the Heavenly Tribulation descending from the present world!
It was that they could not.
Of two evils, they chose the lesser. Compared with the Heavenly Tribulation, watching their lifespan drain away every moment was even more terrifying to their Dao Hearts.
Why had they struggled so bitterly to remain alive in this world? Was it not for longevity?
For that, they would not hesitate to enter the Demonic Path or slaughter living beings, without regret.
All for the sake of extending their lives.
Yet if they rushed into the years of the past, they would instead live less long than they would in the present. Putting himself in their shoes, Lu Qing felt that this truly was a situation where only one of the two could be chosen.
After all, where in the world was there cultivation that was flawless in every respect?
Now, it was not difficult to understand.
Lu Qing recalled the divination born from the Eight Wastelands Fate Allotment. It had been the dangerous divination that had taken him the longest to finally erase.
"Void Ground, Burial Ground... those old things are probably all inside."
After refining his magic treasures into his body, the aura of Lu Qing's Dharma Power grew much denser.
The third barrier of the Void Realm was already within reach.
The tribulation he had to cross would soon arrive as well.
Beyond the Void Realm lay the Dongzhen Realm.
To comprehend the truth of the Great Dao, to discern the truth of Heavenly Secrets.
Countless Heavenly Secrets, boundless Great Dao—cast off the false and enter the true. True god, true body, true Dao, true heart; all things, all selves, all Daos—the Dao Fruit would all transform