Clearly, he had never imagined that the second person he fucking met in this world would be the legendary Sect Master Tongtian.
But something was wrong!
By all rights, weren't all Sages forbidden from walking the Primordial Lands after the great Investiture of the Gods war?
Then what was going on here?
Meanwhile, Tongtian paid the young man no attention. Instead, he smiled as he read through The Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, then remarked, "These books are well written. If events were extrapolated along these lines, they really could form one possible timeline."
"And this Journey to the West is well written, too. If the Buddhist teachings spread eastward without any mishaps, things would indeed unfold this way."
"You're quite an interesting outsider!"
The young man had already been deeply uneasy. After all, these books touched on far too many secrets of the Primordial World.
It would not matter if ordinary people read them. At most, they would become his followers.
But if a Sage-level powerhouse like Tongtian saw them, there was no telling what might happen.
Yet when the already anxious young man heard Tongtian's last remark, he was instantly dumbfounded.
Tongtian actually knew he was an outsider.
How was that possible?
Now thoroughly terrified, the young man simply stared at Tongtian in bewilderment, unable to utter a single word.
Tongtian ignored his reaction and said calmly, "I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you. Events in our Primordial Lands did not follow the course laid out in your Investiture of the Gods."
"The many Immortals and gods of the Interception Sect are all still gathered together, and the Interception Sect was the greatest victor in the battle over the Investiture of the Gods List."
"The Present Buddha of the Western Paradise is now Maitreya,