Laozi Li Er had formed a bond with Lin Tian in the Primordial World of another plane.
The reason he had done so...
Was this.
The siblings Nuwa and Fuxi had appeared outside the cultivation grounds on Mount Kunlun.
Their arrival had drawn the attention of the Three Pure Ones.
The brothers had then discussed the Dao with Fuxi and Nuwa.
Only then had they realized that, in this Primordial World, beyond Daoist Hongjun, there were beings like Lin Tian, the Vine Dao Venerable, who transcended even Dao Ancestor Hongjun, master of the Daoist School.
They had thus developed an immense yearning for Dao Venerable Lin Tian.
And so, when Daoist Hongjun gave his first lecture on the Dao in the Primordial World's Heaven Beyond Heaven...
Dao Venerable Lin Tian...
Had also given his first lecture on the Dao.
As for Laozi Li Er and Tongtian...
The two had directly chosen Daoist Spirit Vine Lin Tian, whose fortune and future fate aligned closely with theirs, and with whom they shared profound karmic ties and opportunities.
Their second brother, Yuanshi, had instead chosen to study deeply under Daoist Hongjun.
But after that first lecture...
All the way through the end of the War of the Liches...
Throughout that stretch of history...
When comparing the fates of the three brothers, the treasures they ultimately obtained, the cultivation realms they attained, and every other aspect...
The fruit positions, treasures, corresponding fortune, and other gains of Laozi Li Er and Daoist Tongtian...
Had all far surpassed those of Yuqing Yuanshi.
Yet at this moment...
Laozi felt that his experience in that other course of history...
Differed greatly from the course of history in his own world.
After all...
In the Primordial World of that other plane...
He, Laozi Li Er, had been born before