Under Shi Xuan's deliberate manipulation, the vermilion words "three thousand six hundred and twenty-one years" on the Book of Life and Death changed sharply—one moment becoming "fifteen thousand four hundred years," the next "sixty-two years." True Lord Xu's expression kept shifting; Meng Nishang and Mo Yuan's gazes focused; True Person Jiang, Ming Qingyue, Xia Jing, and the others appeared thoughtful; while Zhang Zhengyan and the other external Primordial Spirit True Persons and Enfeoffed Deities seemed to have light flare up in their eyes.
At last, True Lord Xu laughed and scolded, "Enough. This old daoist knows that Dao Lord Shi can control when Decay Tribulations descend. Stop frightening this old daoist."
Before Shi Xuan could answer, Xia Jing looked at the Book of Life and Death's phantom and asked curiously, "Master, isn't it true that for Orthodox Dao Sect Primordial Spirits not born of the Human race, the Decay Tribulation must descend within twelve thousand years?"
The moment she spoke, the expressions of all the True Persons who had just been focused upon and astonished by Shi Xuan's ability to control the descent of Heavenly Tribulations and Decay Tribulations became exceedingly varied. Apart from Meng Nishang and Mo Yuan, who had long noticed this and were mentally prepared, True Lord Xu had overlooked it because it concerned himself. His expression now turned grave. "Is this the Supreme Divine Ability, 'Book of Life and Death,' from the Life and Death Dao Ancestor's direct inheritance?"
He had heard certain rumors. Within the Life and Death Dao Ancestor's direct inheritance were arts that could refine the Book of Life and Death into a natal Spirit Treasure, or cultivate it into an Immortal Technique. Yet they all shared one feature: they could borrow the power of the Life and Death Great Dao, this universe's