Immortality and imperishability were, of course, the Dao Fruit attainment that every mighty cultivator throughout the ages had dreamed of, but were they not also a source of envy and dread for others?
Watching others attain immortality and imperishability while having no such opportunity oneself-this was a conflict.
Even between Tian Heng and Fang Qianyuan, both long-lived beings, shifts in status and standing would breed many rifts. Conflicts once concealed by their brief lifespans would likewise surface. This, too, was a conflict.
Then there were the many upheavals brought about by the revival of the spirit qi of Heaven and Earth and the restoration of the Heavenly Dao. The entire Spirit-Taming World might face even greater and more numerous changes. These, too, were conflicts!
Only the Yellow Venerable and others who had truly experienced millennia of longevity possessed this insight. Tens of thousands of years ago, their natural lifespans had stretched for thousands, even tens of thousands of years-a hundred times those of the present era. Thus, their plans reached far into the future and their vision was profound, entirely unlike people today, who fought for every fleeting moment.
Fang Qianyuan might likewise be an outstanding figure of the present age, but he had never experienced a life spanning more than a few hundred years. How could he possibly comprehend all this?
Although the Yellow Venerable knew how formidable he was, and that his current cultivation and strength far surpassed those of ancient mighty cultivators like themselves, these supreme masters who had once stood at the summit and fallen only because times and circumstances had changed still regarded him as a junior. They were confident in their schemes against him.
"The power of the local Heavenly Dao's laws will recover as well?" Grand Elder Lianshan had noticed this point.
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