Deep within Lu Qing's pupils, a scene of lightning-strewn skies materialized, as if continuing to speak would bring a Heavenly Tribulation upon him.

"So that's how it is. No wonder it's said that even a mere glimpse of an ancient era, disrupting and confusing the pre-destined trajectory of fate's heavenly secrets, would invite heavenly punishment."

"The past is already an imprinted long river. To change the past is no different from using one's own meager Dao cultivation to contend against the long river of time."

"And the perceptions of countless strong individuals—that's not something that can be achieved with mere boundless magical power."

Lu Qing said no more.

But the old man's pupils instantly brightened with understanding.

An incomparably terrifying aura erupted.

"So that's it! So that's how it is!"

His body suddenly trembled, revealing that even his Dao Heart, which had been calm from long cultivation, was now surging with monstrous waves.

"Empty void, all for naught."

The calculating old man's eyes suddenly became complex.

His emotions surged, and the surrounding space was subtly affected by the intense vibrations of his aura, manifesting ripples like water.

"Thank you, young friend, for telling me this."

Lu Qing waited for him to calm down.

This ancient Senior, from the moment they met, had no conflict with him.

Lu Qing pondered why this was so. Having cultivated to this point, comprehending several Grand Dao, and then establishing a vast Grand World, his Comprehension and Aptitude had also improved simultaneously. His fortune and heavenly secrets would also manifest a vague, extraordinary aura.

This was likely the reason the other party had taken an interest in him.

"It seems my Dao of heavenly secrets still needs further improvement. I wonder how far this old man has gone in the Dao of heavenly secrets."

The other party had calculated his future self, and most of it had been spoken.

Yet, in the midst of a tribulation, one who is already within the game cannot calculate their own tribulation.

The Tribulation of Heaven and Earth.

This was even more so.

The calculating old man had understood.

His eyes, filled with a complex expression, looked at Lu Qing.

Without many words, he already knew that Lu Qing was a cultivator from a later generation.

In their past, they often peeked into heavenly secrets, wanting to pierce through the long river of time to glimpse the scenery of the future.

However, those glimpses could, at most, only reveal that a Demonic Path would rise in the future.

The heavenly secrets of the more distant future could not be fully seen through.

Even as an Immortal, this was true.

Who could have foreseen what lay behind the calm?

Lu Qing returned very quickly.

Only as he was leaving, the old Immortal gave him a heavenly secret technique.

"You may not know me, but I already know the answer. However, my Dao cultivation is turning into nothingness, and I am truly unwilling to accept this. If you are willing, young friend, please accept it."

A glow emanated from Lu Qing's brow.

Spiritual script flowed out like a waterfall, encircling Lu Qing, shimmering with spiritual light, exceptionally profound.

He recalled that ancient era.

"Is this fated opportunity brought from the Vermilion Bird World truly just a simple shadow of returning to the void?"

Lu Qing thought so before he entered.

But after coming out, in his Sea of Consciousness, within the long river of Dao imprints, he saw a wisp of Lightning Tribulation aura that lingered over the long river for a long time before dissipating.

As one of those who refined treasures and Underwent Tribulation, how could Lu Qing not recognize that familiar aura?

Precisely because of this, he questioned the origin of this stream of light.

The heavenly secret imprinted in the Vermilion Bird World was indeed that one.

"If even the will of the Vermilion Bird at that time was deceived, then this stream of light..."

At this moment, Lu Qing gazed intently at this time-light imprint once more.

The other party was indeed in an illusion, and there were also wisps of ancient, profound aura of time emanating from him.

It was just that old man.

"Who exactly is that old man?"

The number one divine calculator in the world.

Ancient Immortals were very different from contemporary Immortals. The old man had also said that Immortals were divided into several categories.

Lu Qing was absolutely certain that the Dao cultivation of the Dao Seeking Peak Master in ancient times would definitely have been enough to Undergo the Immortal Ascension Tribulation and achieve Immortal Ascension, but the categories of Immortals were different.

After the old man's aura manifested, Lu Qing vaguely sensed an incomprehensible quality about him, and he could already vaguely perceive some of his fortune.

However, the other party's strength was naturally not in his magical power, but in his Dao of divine calculation.

"Known as the number one divine calculator in the world in ancient times, and capable of deducing my origins..."

Several names flashed through Lu Qing's mind, but none were quite right, none were quite right.

"In ancient times, there was an Immortal of divination, known as Yunyouzi, who roamed the world, observing the Mortal World to gather heavenly secrets and Karma, weaving a net of heavenly secrets, in which the heavenly secrets of all living beings resided."

"But Yunyouzi did not survive the catastrophe. He was killed by the Red Dust Demonic Lord of the Ancient Demonic Sect, and that net of heavenly secrets also fell into the hands of the Red Dust Demonic Lord of the Demonic Sect."

And in the Ancient Demonic Sect, Prodigies and Prodigies emerged frequently. Demonic Lords, like Immortals of the Immortal Dao, also had several categories.

If Lu Qing remembered correctly, the fates of many Demonic Lords, including the Red Dust Demonic Lord, were all annihilation. He was also among them.

Only a few lower-ranking Demonic Lords, who were lucky enough to escape, survived the calamity.

The net of heavenly secrets also disappeared in that battle.

"It's not Yunyouzi."

"The records from that place, Daliang, are still too sparse."

Immortal Mountain, places that rarely change throughout eternity, could record such things.

But generation after generation of mortals, who achieved Immortal Ascension, who encountered Divine Beings imparting Dao in their dreams, or who met Immortals stroking their heads in the mountains?

These scattered and bizarre tales, nine out of ten were false.

Naturally, it was impossible to waste ink recording them.

Moreover, after more than a hundred thousand years, the name of that Daliang Dynasty still being preserved was already an unexpected gain.

To seek more, it would be better to directly go to that era.

However, Lu Qing no longer had any desire to enter this time imprint in his hand a second time.

He felt that this was definitely related to ancient times.

But what exactly it was, the divination in his Sea of Consciousness was perfectly stable, showing no trace.

This showed that even if there were some secrets hidden behind it, once it reached his hands, and after going through the divination, it had indeed transformed into his own fated opportunity, free from future troubles.

Otherwise, when he was previously seeking fated opportunity, the divination to Averting Misfortune would have already made it clear.

Lu Qing only stayed in the time imprint for a few days.

But after he came out, more than a month had passed in the current world.

Lu Qing vaguely guessed other aspects of this situation, where the flow of time differed greatly.

Perhaps this was also why some old entities could only helplessly remain in the current era, in the current long river of time.

If they could, they would probably go back to the past to extend their Lifespan, avoiding the ruthless and terrifying Heavenly Tribulation that hung over their heads, seeking to harvest their Dao cultivation and Lifespan!

But the long river of time always surged forward like waves.

The matter of Lifespan would not show the slightest leniency.

Transcending Tribulation and avoiding disaster in the past, while seemingly free from the threat of Heavenly Tribulation above one's head.

Compared to that, shrinking into the past, only a few days would pass, but in the blink of an eye, more than a month of Lifespan would be gone.

In the long run, cycle after cycle, there was no doubt that the flow of time in the present world was far faster than the time within the time imprint.

How could anyone accept that?

It was no wonder that when Lu Qing left, he vaguely sensed an ancient and decaying aura hidden in some places of the Nine Heavens.

It was just a fleeting glimpse in the heavenly secrets.

If Lu Qing had not delved into various Grand Dao, he probably would not have captured this extremely subtle anomaly in Heaven and Earth...