"You also have a will hidden in your body. It is a weak Antecedental Spirit who managed to avoid the disaster but managed to survive after being split countless times. It possesses some consciousness of a spirit, but it is so dim that it is about to be extinguished.
"That should be one of the Antecedental Spirits of Sand Earthlings Tribe." The old man cast Su Ming a faint glance. It was as if he could see through Su Ming's body and see all his secrets. When his words echoed in the air, Su Ming's heart trembled, but he did not show a single hint of it on his face.
Once he saw the face of the mysterious old man from Heavenly Spirit Tribe, Su Ming buried his wariness in the depths of his heart. It did not matter whether it was his expression or his demeanor, most of the time, he had only shown them so that the old man would know and see them.
After all, a person who truly did not show his emotions on his face was usually very easy to find out, and it was also very easy for others to be on guard against him. That was why he needed to hide himself and put on a false front to hide all the changes in his heart.
Su Ming knew who the old man was talking about. It was the Sand Earthlings Spirit. He claimed to be an Ancestral Spirit, but in truth, he was just an Antecedental Spirit. The old man's words also answered one of the questions Su Ming had when he thought of the Predecessor of Dao Ocean.
When he thought of the Predecessor of Dao Ocean, the Sand Earthlings Spirit's figure had appeared in his heart, and he had been uncertain about it. By the looks of it, the Sand Earthlings Spirit was indeed not the Ancestral Spirit he claimed to be, but just an Antecedental Spirit.
The Sand Earthlings Spirit had been sleeping all this while, and Su Ming had never summoned it. Since the Seed of Life Extermination had left, Su Ming did not know whether any unnecessary accidents would happen to him if he summoned the Sand Earthlings Spirit.
"Senior, you mentioned that I have the presence of the other races …" Su Ming knew that he should not take the initiative to ask this question. Instead, he should ignore it as if it was nothing, or if the old man did not continue searching for it, then he should not pay attention to it. This might be the right choice to carry out the trade with the old man.
But Su Ming still asked. If he did not understand everything clearly, then there was a high possibility that the so-called serendipity would turn him into a part of the red figure and turn him into a defective product that had failed in the ascension of his spirit.
Su Ming's expression remained as calm as ever as he looked at the old man. he asked languidly.
When he said those words, a cold glare appeared in the old man's eyes. He stared at Su Ming and did not speak for a long time.
Su Ming did not speak either. Instead, he looked at the old man quietly. His level of cultivation might not be as great as this old man's and it might be incredibly easy for this old man to kill him, but even so, Su Ming would not lose his courage to meet his gaze.
"Outsiders … are naturally the Dark race and the Saint race. They are outsiders to the various tribes of the Desolate race!" After a while, the old man coldly said these words.
A brilliant light shone in Su Ming's eyes. The old man's words. The old man 'Su Su Ming'.
"Is Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos known as three because of this?"
The old man looked at Su Ming, and a profound look appeared on his face. He lifted his head to look at the top of the cave abode, and there seemed to be a sentimental look on his face.
"You've already noticed some of the ancient history. Do you want to verify it with me? Very well. Agree to our trade, and I will tell you everything. It is a past that has been buried in the passage of time. It is … a story I personally experienced," the old man said calmly. The old man spoke calmly. His voice was filled with the vicissitudes of life. It reverberated through the cave that was filled with bones, like the howling wind of time.
Su Ming was silent. After some time, a glint appeared in his eyes, and he nodded slowly.
"I can agree to your request, senior, but I want answers to all my questions!"
"Arid Triad is known as' three 'because when the Ancestral Spirits created all lives in the universe during the ancient past, there were three races in the world. One of them was the Dark, the other was the Sacred, and the last was the Barren!
"There were many tribes in each of the three races." There was nostalgia on the old man's face. His voice was faint, as if it had traveled through the passage of time.
"Then Ancient Wu, Ancient Shu, and Ancient Wei in Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos …" Su Ming immediately said.
"I don't know about the Ancient you speak of, but I do know that when the tribes of the Dark race developed to the later stage of the era of the Ancestral Spirits, all their tribes were collectively known as … Wu!
"Similarly, the Sacred race also created a tribe known as Shu under the call of their Ancestral Spirits.
"And we, the Arid race, are the Wei you speak of!" When the old man's voice echoed in the air, Su Ming might have looked calm, but there was a storm raging in his heart. The old man's words had answered Su Ming's questions, and it also made him remember Young Master Tian Wu, whom he had met in Divine Essence Star Ocean.
That Almighty might have died in the fifth kiln, but Su Ming would never forget how he had activated the so-called blood of Ancient Wu during the final battle. When he remembered that Tian Wu's true form was that of a huge centipede, Su Ming's mind was swiftly enlightened.
Those from Dark Dawn practiced the method of cultivating their Inner Cores. In truth, while the people in that camp might seem like cultivators, they were in truth formed from all sorts of strange creatures. This was completely the same as Young Master Tian Wu!
"But they are no longer the Dark race or the Sacred race. They call themselves Dark Dawn and Saint Defier …" When Su Ming said those words, he stopped and looked at the old man.
The old man was silent. After some time, he sighed softly.
"There are also camps among the Ancestral Spirits … or else why would Wu, Shu, and Wei appear? But no matter which camp it was, most of them … died in a disaster that I didn't know about in the past, but now, I have a vague understanding of it.
"In the era when all spirits died, their legacies were lost, and the Antecedental Spirits rose to power and became few in number. The hall of legacy shattered, and the people who failed in the spirit ascension wreaked havoc, causing a war between the three races to break out.
"During that war, Wei disappeared. The Arid race that Wei represented also fell apart, but Wu and Shu also paid a devastating price." That war symbolized the end of the era of tribes after the era of Ancestral Spirits. It also meant that Arid Triad was no longer suitable for all races to live in. "Hence, besides a small number of people from Wu and Shu who chose to stay, most of the surviving members of the two races left Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos to search for and create a home that was suitable for them to live in.
"Many years later, a member of the younger generation who barged into this place triggered the seal in this place, and I woke up from my slumber." I looked through the memories of that member of the younger generation before he died, and I learned that after the era of tribes, the third era appeared. Nine True Worlds appeared, and from his memories, I learned about Dark Dawn and Saint Defier … "When the old man said those words, he looked at Su Ming.
Su Ming fell silent. The truth caused his heart to tremble, and it also verified his guesses. However, even though he had guessed most of it, the parts regarding Saint Defier and Dark Dawn that he did not manage to guess still made it difficult for him to calm down.
"I see, so that's how it is. It's no wonder then why the difference in combat power between people in the same Realm is so great. So that's how it is …" Su Ming sucked in a deep breath, and a glint suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Was the All Spirits Hall created by the Ancestral Spirits of the three races, or …"
"It was created by the Ancestral Spirits of Wei. Similarly, there are similar things in Wu and Shu," the old man said slowly.
"In that case, I have one last question. Whether it's the Wu, the Shu, or our Wei, the Ancestor Spirits who created them, just what are they? Where did they come from? Why … did they come here to create the Heavens, and the three races?!" At the same time Su Ming asked this question, the memory of when he was still an ignorant teenager in Dark Mountain appeared in his head. He had read one sentence on a beast skin scroll about the legends of the Berserkers on Dark Mountain.
"The Berserkers had an ancestor who created the world and created men …"
"So, legends are not just legends. That seemingly normal sentence that I thought was a myth … is real!" Su Ming's expression changed several times as he looked at the old man from Heavenly Spirit Tribe.
"Perhaps … there was a great era before the era of the Ancestral Spirits." The old man was silent for a moment before he sighed softly. There was an ancient air contained in his sigh, and when all those who heard it heard it, they felt as if their souls had turned to dust.
"The cultivation bases of the lives in that era surpassed our imaginations. They were incredibly powerful, but under an unknown disaster, the entire era was destroyed. Only a few people survived. They created Arid Triad, but in the end, they still could not escape from fate, and they died.
"I've thought about your question before, but I'm not trying to guess why they came. Instead, I'm thinking about myself. I'm thinking if I can live longer and witness the changes of eras until the day comes when Arid Triad Expanse Cosmos where we live and the vast galaxy beyond are destroyed in a disaster we cannot fight against …
"If I can still survive, what will I do …? If it were you, what would you do?" the old man mumbled.
"I will use my abilities to create another universe … so that the legacy can continue and the Brand will not be wiped off …" Su Ming's heart trembled. He stared at the old man before him, and the old man stared back at him. Su Ming understood the answer the old man had given him with those words.
"I've answered your questions. Now, you must fulfill your promise and complete our deal. I will give you the serendipity of having your spirit ascend, and once you succeed … you must use the power of All Spirits Hall to return to the past and stop me from losing control while I slaughtered my people. Even if you can't stop me, you must leave a point there that will allow me to return to the past countless times!" A hint of determined madness appeared in the old man's eyes. He glared at Su Ming, as if if he refused, he would immediately kill him, even if he was a member of the younger generation from his tribe.
Su Ming fell silent. He stared at the old man. Even though he had thought of what the old man wanted him to do during the deal and even though the old man had let him see his face, Su Ming still did not expect that the old man's thoughts would be so insane.
Changing the past … Forget about whether such a thing truly existed, even if it did, if it could be easily done, the Ancestral Spirits before the old man would not have thought of it, but they still died.
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I'm asking for your help, my daughter.
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