[A brief discussion of the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority, another deal, five questions]

"Though I am not the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority, and have never even met them, I am still someone who received their recognition and inherited their legacy."

"Otherwise, if the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority had been unwilling, how could I have assimilated the Longevity Realm they created?"

That answer stirred tangled, unfathomable emotions within you. It implied far too much.

You could not help asking:

"If that is as you say, Senior, is the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority still alive?"

The Great Dao's voice carried the answer to you:

"...I do not know either."

"You do not know?!"

Your heart tightened, and you could not understand.

"Senior, did you not say that your survival to this day and your assimilation of the Longevity Realm were entirely thanks to the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority's tacit permission?"

Dao resonance flowed around you, and the being that had assimilated the Longevity Realm answered again, though this time with a hint of helplessness:

"I fall far short of them. How could I know their current circumstances?"

"As for why I said I had their tacit permission, it is naturally because this Longevity Realm has always borne the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority's true spirit imprint, and even measures they left in reserve."

"This is a fact tacitly acknowledged by many beings."

"When I assimilated it, I encountered no resistance whatsoever. Instead, it felt as though water had flowed into a channel already formed. From that, I concluded that they had tacitly permitted me to assimilate the Longevity Realm."

Even after hearing that, you remained astonished.

—This realm was created by the Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority, and still contained their true spirit imprint and contingency measures?!

You continued asking through your "other self":

"Did you never once find it suspicious