"You are...?"
At the sight of the figure, Chen Cuo hesitated for a rare moment. In the end, he made up his mind and walked forward.
His footsteps seemed to rouse the man.
The man lifted his head slightly, revealing eyes as brilliant as the starry sky.
"My young friend, it has been a long time. Did you accomplish what you set out to do?"
Chen Cuo froze, doubts rising one after another. Thinking back over all he had encountered, he decided not to hide them. He cupped his hands and asked, "May I ask when and where you met me?"
The man narrowed his eyes slightly and chuckled. "I see. To you, at this moment, we have yet to meet. But since you reached this place, you must have glimpsed a little of the mysteries of humanity, touched upon the truths of heaven and earth, and earned Merit for Humanity by setting things right. As an ancestor of humankind, I ought to mark the occasion..." He raised a finger and gave a gentle tap.
A speck of starlight flew out and landed on Chen Cuo.
In an instant, twelve Acupoints formed one after another in the void. Chen Cuo's aura surged; wind and thunder sounded with every breath, as though a thunderclap were brewing inside his chest and belly!
Chen Cuo could not help being startled. He sensed that his cultivation and Dao Attainment had, in the blink of an eye, begun to show signs of reaching the peak of the Fifth Realm!
At the same time, a Dao Mark representing humanity's inheritance and the source of its bloodline slowly took shape. It glimmered above his head, stirring insights within him.
"Humanity's inheritance, the roots of its bloodline, pass from those before to those after. Time cannot change them,