Chapter 310 - 131: Great Power Cave Mansion, Epochal Reincarnation

The Celestial Secret Sect Master gave Tianyunzi a profound look.

The latter trembled and immediately fell to his knees.

"Master, please understand! This disciple was merely confused, not doubting you."

"Whether you doubt me or not, only you know for sure."

"The human heart is ever-changing. No one can fully fathom it!"

The Celestial Secret Sect Master sighed softly.

He ignored the shifting expressions on his disciple’s face and continued speaking as if to himself.

"Back then, that group of powerful Demon experts was nearly wiped out by the Netherworld Venerable Master. Now, I imagine very few people even remember what the Seven Heroes and Three Li truly were."

"Master..."

Tianyunzi’s Heart Spirit was filled with terror.

"I suspect there are few people left who know the origin of the Seven Heroes and Three Li."

The Celestial Secret Sect Master picked up his fishing rod, and without even attaching any bait, he cast the line into the river and began fishing in a practiced manner.

"Tens of thousands of years ago, about a hundred years after the Netherworld Venerable Master disappeared, I achieved my Feathered Transformation. I began to trace the footsteps of the ancient sages and investigate the legends of the Seven Heroes and Three Li."

"At the time, like most people, I didn’t understand what the Seven Heroes and Three Li were. Then, by a stroke of luck, I entered the Cave Mansion of an Ancient Great Power..."

The fear in Tianyunzi’s heart gradually faded as he became engrossed in the story.

Unexpectedly, the Celestial Secret Sect Master stopped speaking. His gaze pierced through the layers of mist in the air, landing on Tianyunzi.

Or rather, it passed *through* Tianyunzi, looking toward Su Bai, who was hundreds of thousands of miles away in Zhangyun City, observing this place through some strange method.

"Fellow Daoist, your methods are impressive. A pity they’re not enough to hide from me."

’What?’

Tianyunzi’s heart shuddered!

The vast True Qi in his body surged, flaring as it swept through every inch of his form, but he found nothing out of the ordinary.

His expression immediately turned uglier.

He had long known that since Elder Su could crush the Leader of Gui Chen Sect’s avatar with a single finger, he was no match for him.

But he never imagined that the man had placed a technique on him so covertly.

He was being tracked and hadn’t even realized it.

"It is just a small trick, hardly worth mentioning."

A faint voice drifted out from a strand of white hair hanging near the corner of Tianyunzi’s eye.

Then, a single, ordinary-looking white hair drifted slowly into the air.

Suddenly, the strand of hair formed a circle in midair, revealing the hazy figure of Su Bai with a faint smile on his face.

"Fellow Daoist, if there is something you wish to know, you could have just come here and asked me. Why resort to such methods?"

The Celestial Secret Sect Master’s gaze was deep and enigmatic.

He tried to divine Su Bai’s nature, but it was no use. The Celestial Secrets were in disarray, making it impossible to trace his origin.

’This man is just as the rumors say. He has no True Qi fluctuations, making his depth impossible to probe. And his Physique is indeed shockingly powerful, completely unheard of.’

It was precisely because he had no True Qi fluctuations that his tracking Magic Technique went unnoticed by Tianyunzi.

Otherwise, with Tianyunzi’s Cultivation and caution, even a Feathered Transformation Great Power might not have been able to act without him noticing something.

"So, what happened next? What did the Celestial Secret Sect Master discover in that Ancient Great Power’s Cave Mansion? The origin of the Seven Heroes and Three Li? Or something else?"

On the other side of the Profound Light Mirror, Su Bai was stroking the Silver-White Dog Demon’s soft fur while reclining on a rooftop.

The spot offered a wide, unobstructed view of Zhangyun City.

Children played and laughed below, and the city was brightly lit.

By the long river, the Celestial Secret Sect Master glanced at Su Bai’s image. He didn’t answer the question, but posed one of his own.

"Fellow Daoist, do you believe one hundred thousand years is a long time?"

"For most people, it’s certainly long enough," Su Bai replied.

’One hundred thousand years!’

This was not a unit of measurement ordinary humans could comprehend. Even for a Feathered Transformation Great Power, it was an incredibly long time.

"Indeed! Even for beings like us, it is an extremely long time. And yet, this mountain is full of dirt and rocks that have existed for over a hundred thousand years, even millions or tens of millions of years."

The Celestial Secret Sect Master slowly stroked the green stone he was sitting on and sighed softly.

"Writing, history, civilization, heritage..."

"Everything recorded throughout history seems to indicate that humanity has only existed for ten million years. Even the Dayu Immortal Dynasty has only been established for a little over a million years."

"But this world... hasn’t it existed for hundreds of millions of years?"

"Did humans exist ten million years ago?"

The Celestial Secret Sect Master’s eyes were clear, reflecting the calm face of Su Bai in the Profound Light Mirror.

The two stared at each other from a distance for a long moment, and an invisible aura spread out between them.

The river water seemed to boil, churning with bubbles. The clouds and mist in the sky began to gather, brewing vast, dark storm clouds over the mountains.

An incredibly dreadful, oppressive feeling filled the mountains, weighing on the hearts of all living beings.

Tianyunzi couldn’t help but tremble. He felt the terrifying pressure and was deeply shocked.

He knew this was because his master’s Mental Realm was in turmoil.

"Perhaps they did."

After a moment of staring, Su Bai nodded slightly.

The lifespan of a universe was far beyond human imagination—an immense stretch of time measured in hundreds of millions, even tens of billions, hundreds of billions, or trillions of years.

In fact, measuring the age of the universe by human history was fundamentally flawed.

It was like his previous life. On Blue Star, recorded human history was only a few million years long, but Blue Star itself had existed for over five billion years.

"For tens of thousands of years, I have pursued the true mysteries of heaven and earth, not just Feathered Transformation, ascension, and the longevity of the Immortal Dao."

"To me, the Immortal Realm or Upper Realm one reaches through ascension is not nearly as appealing as the mysteries of the world itself..."

A ripple appeared in the depths of the Celestial Secret Sect Master’s eyes.

"Fortunately, a lifetime of searching has borne fruit."

"Through many ancient texts, this old Daoist has learned a few secrets. The Seven Heroes and Three Li have existed for far longer than one hundred thousand years—perhaps even more than a million, or ten million years."

"And the age of the Ten Thousand Spirits of this world may be even older than that of the Seven Heroes and Three Li!"

Hearing the Celestial Secret Sect Master’s words, Su Bai was suddenly reminded of that great world overflowing with golden brilliance.

A single thought shot through his mind.

’Reincarnation!’

"One hundred twenty-nine thousand, six hundred years!"

"The master of that Cave Mansion called this period of time an ’epoch’."

At this, the Celestial Secret Sect Master composed himself and spoke softly.

"The reason the Seven Heroes and Three Li are immortal, able to live through a complete epoch—and even countless more..."

"...is because it is ’the Seven Heroes and Three Li’ that live on, not necessarily *this specific* group of Seven Heroes and Three Li..."

"Although their bodies are preserved, their Divine Spirits and consciousness might not be the originals."

"’An epoch.’"

"’Reincarnation...’"

Su Bai stroked his chin, lost in thought.

The Celestial Secret Sect Master sighed lightly.

"Now, Fellow Daoist, do you still think that this old man would have designs on the Seven Heroes and Three Li?"