[You recalled the most perfect method of breaking through to qi refining that he had told you about before—“Self-Refinement.”]
[He really intended to "refine" himself!]
[Was he himself inside this thing?]
[As you wavered between shock and doubt, "Chen Hei" opened the "bronze coffin" with delight written all over his face. "Heaven and Earth" above ignored it as though it did not exist.]
[You saw... the Chen Family Ancestor!!!]
[You were not mistaken. You were absolutely not mistaken. This was the Chen Family Ancestor. He wore plain clothes, with crane-white hair and a youthful face. His features were lean, and though no oppressive aura surrounded him, he possessed the stillness of a deep pool and the steadfastness of a towering mountain.]
[It was undoubtedly him. As the [future self] split off in the [Fourth Era], he had now appeared in the [Fifth Era].]
[And although he had clearly already fallen, not a trace of the Mighty Power of his rank and realm as a [Foundation Establishment True Person] had disappeared.]
[By all rights, "cultivators were born of Heaven and Earth, and upon death, they ought to return to Heaven and Earth"!]
[Anyone below a [Golden Core Powerhouse] would undergo Dao transformation after falling.]
[However, you thought that, in a certain sense, this Chen Family Ancestor seemed to have "returned to Heaven and Earth" too...]
[At that moment, you also understood "Chen Hei's" plan for breaking through to the [qi refining realm].]
[He actually intended to "refine" his other self, his [future self]!]
[At the same time, "Chen Hei's" Dao resonance rang out:]
["My lord, this was the second matter my [future self] instructed me about]
[—“He would cultivate to [foundation establishment perfection limit-breaking] in the Fourth Era, then fall, using himself as fuel to help me undergo Self-Refinement and break