"Speaking of which, I'm now over fifty years old."
Lin An thought to himself.
The 100x time flow lasted for four months, equivalent to more than thirty years. Combined with his own age, he was actually over fifty years old.
However, as a powerful expert at the Sovereign Realm, he does not appear old.
Moreover, for the Sovereign Realm with a long lifespan, being over fifty years old is no different from being a newborn baby.
Of course, this applies to other Sovereign Realm. For Lin An, one-tenth of his lifespan has already been consumed.
He is bound by Lifespan Shackles; he only has five hundred years to live.
"I still have over four hundred years of life left, enough for me to break through to the Immortal Realm and shatter the Lifespan Shackles."
Thinking it over, Lin An also closed the interface.
Congratulations, fellow cultivator, on your further advancement in cultivation.
At this moment, Li Yang reappeared and congratulated Lin An with a cupped-hand salute.
This is hardly progress; to Li Yang, the opponent's cultivation level is like a Kun transforming into a Peng bird, soaring straight to the heavens in an instant.
Fast, too fast!
Despite using a hundred times the time flow speed, the opponent broke through without any bottlenecks, which still surprised him greatly.
He even suspected that Lin An might be the reincarnation of a monster from ancient times, and that he wasn't cultivating at all, but rather recovering his former strength.
"Thank you for your guidance, senior," Lin An said politely.
"Fellow Daoist's talent is extremely rare, even in ancient times. I am only doing this to leave a way out for those younger generations," Li Yang said.
The message was quite clear; it was practically a direct accusation that they wanted the Li Clan to curry favor with Lin An.
"However, it seems there's something wrong with your body, fellow Daoist. I sensed a peculiar curse power," Li Yang continued.
Lin An paused, realizing that the other person was referring to the Lifespan Shackles.
A thought suddenly struck him: the other party was an Immortal Realm expert, and from an ancient era at that. Perhaps they had another way to help him break free from the Lifespan Shackles?
"What you say is true, senior. I do indeed have a curse on me..."
Lin An immediately explained the situation regarding the Lifespan Shackles to the other party, "Does the senior have a way to break free from these Lifespan Shackles?"
Li Yang pondered for a long time, and finally shook his head helplessly.
"If I were still alive, I could help you break free from this Lifespan Shackles, but I am powerless to do so now."
"However, fellow Daoist, there's no need to worry. With your talent, breaking through to Immortal is not difficult. At that time, the Lifespan Shackles will naturally be broken."
Lin An nodded. He had only asked casually; if the other party had a better solution, that would be ideal.
"Senior, you come from the ancient times. There is still some time before the Land of Inheritance closes. I wonder if you could tell me about the ancient times so that I can learn about them?" Lin An asked.
He was still extremely curious about ancient times, and this was a good opportunity to learn more about them.
"Since you want to know, I will tell you." Li Yang did not refuse. He immediately waved his hand, and a stone table appeared, on which was a pot of tea and some pastries and spiritual fruits.
"In these ancient times, our Human Race was not a large race at all; on the contrary, it was extremely weak and had to rely on all other races for survival."
"Back then, we didn't have cities; we were divided into tribes, and each tribe had a totem. The totem was composed of all kinds of creatures."
"We Human Race support these totems, and the totems are responsible for protecting us."
"Of course, to put it nicely, it's a relationship of mutual help; to put it bluntly, it's about being servants to these totems in order to seek their protection."
"But if these totems become displeased, they could potentially devour an entire tribe."
"That's true. We Human Race felt we couldn't continue like this, so we began to seek ways to become stronger."
"Some intelligent Human Race used these totems as templates, imitating them to gain extraordinary powers, thus leading our Human Race onto the path of cultivation."
"This path was not created by any one person, but rather by countless Human Race who paid the ultimate price and explored it together."
"As Human Race acquired powerful techniques and was no longer subject to those totems, the totems sensed danger, leading to the totem wars."
"That was a battle between our Human Race and the totem. The battle lasted for many years, and there were no winners, only fallen lives."
"However, in the end, our Human Race was able to break free from these totems, and as our strength increased, more and more Human Race were able to cross vast distances and gather together."
"To defend against those alien races, our Human Race built cities and, through observing the heavens and earth, comprehended formations."
"In order to become stronger faster, some people have developed elixirs."
"In order to gain greater power, some people have created weapons."
"That was an era of great diversity and the emergence of many talented individuals for our Human Race."
"Even so, our Human Race was still very weak among all races, until later, the Sin Abyss appeared."
At this point, Li Yang's expression also turned serious.
"After the Sin Abyss appeared, a power called Sin quickly swept across all races, and countless beings were corrupted by Sin, transforming into Sin Beast."
"Once corrupted by sin, the weak will directly lose their reason, their inner evil will be magnified wildly, and they will become puppets controlled by slaughter."
Even the most powerful beings are affected by sin, and some even willingly accept its power.
"Thus, the ancient era ceased to exist, and the era of chaos began."
"In this chaotic era, the entire world was engulfed in slaughter, countless lives were lost, and every day races were wiped out forever from the annals of history."
"Chaos was the dominant theme of that era."
"But this also became an opportunity for our Human Race. While the various races were fighting each other, our Human Race took the opportunity to rapidly increase its strength."
"Although sin also affects our Human Race, perhaps due to our different cultivation methods, our resistance to sin is stronger than that of other races."
"As our Human Race has gradually grown stronger, we have transformed from an insignificant force among all races into the main force in the fight against evil."
"With our help, the effects of sin on all races are becoming less and less."
"Subsequently, under the leadership of our Human Race, we joined forces with all other races to form a massive army and waged a great war against the Sin Abyss."
"That battle was incredibly fierce, a veritable cataclysmic event, as if the entire world was about to collapse. Sovereign Realm like cannon fodder, and even Immortal Realm faced the constant danger of perishing."
"This great war lasted for decades, but it was during this time that an extremely powerful being suddenly appeared on the side of the Sin Abyss."
"That was a giant, with unimaginable strength, who annihilated a large number of the Immortal Realm experts with a wave of his hand."
"At that moment, before that giant, we Human Race and all other races felt the despair of being mere ants."
As Li Yang spoke, his expression became extremely solemn, as if he were recalling that scene.
Lin An's heart stirred slightly as he recalled the mural he had seen when he entered the Ancient Spirit Tower in Guangwu City.
There is also a giant in the mural, but that giant is pierced by a long sword that reaches the sky and pinned to the ground.
Lin An didn't speak, but waited for the other person to continue.
P. S.: Happy 520 everyone!