A thousand epochs?

Jin Yao was somewhat confused by these words.

"Senior, why do you say that?"

Jin Yao couldn't discern the cultivation of the white-haired man before her, but he was certainly a high-ranking authority within the Celestial Secret Race, so addressing him as "Senior" was not inappropriate.

"You will succeed."

"The Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm, you will surely conquer it as well."

The white-haired man did not answer Jin Yao's question, instead changing the topic and revealing the result Jin Yao came to inquire about.

Upon hearing this answer, a look of delight flashed in Jin Yao's eyes; it was great news!

The Celestial Secret Race was indeed powerful, having already anticipated the purpose of her visit.

"But however... there will be a small interlude."

The white-haired man, recalling something, continued.

"Please, senior, enlighten me," Jin Yao asked, clasping her fists.

.....

"Your optimal time to attack is... on this day, five thousand three hundred years from now; it is the best time for you to attack the Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm."

After saying this, the white-haired man took out a brocade bag from his sleeve, handed it to Jin Yao, and continued, "Open this brocade bag five thousand three hundred years later; it contains methods to reduce your losses."

Jin Yao received the brocade bag, carefully stowing it away, and expressed her thanks solemnly, "Thank you, senior."

Afterward, Jin Yao suddenly noticed something amiss.

They had capitulated without her having to persuade them?

No matter how one looked at it, the Celestial Secret Race resided in the Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm; it was essentially their homeland, wasn't it?

Helping her was equivalent to aiding invaders in seizing their home.

The white-haired man noticed Jin Yao's inner doubts, smiled, and said, "We never truly had a homeland; we have always been fleeing. This Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm is merely a temporary stop for us."

"Soon, we will leave."

"But from today onward, we no longer need to flee or leave."

In the weathered voice of the white-haired man, there was an undertone of relief and excitement.

"Do not worry, senior. We are not brutal invaders. Our invasion of the Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm will not bring great massacre. All we want is control."

"Moreover, our objective is to make the Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm even stronger while controlling it."

"You can continue to reside peacefully in the Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm."

Jin Yao explained to the white-haired man.

In fact, this had always been their principle: whenever they occupied a realm, they would not cause great massacres. Their original intention was merely to exert control and genuinely lead it to become stronger.

"I understand this; otherwise I would not have disclosed the future outcomes to you in advance."

Having said that, the white-haired man coughed heavily several times, even coughing up blood, and his face turned pale.

"Senior, are you alright?" Seeing the white-haired man seemed to suffer a backlash, Jin Yao asked tentatively.

.....

"No problem."

"I have already told you what you wanted to know."

"Next...."

"I have a small request."

After stowing away the bloodstained white cloth, the white-haired man looked at Jin Yao and uttered each word seriously.

"Please tell, senior."

"If it is within our capacity, we will do our utmost."

The Celestial Secret Race had helped her greatly; as long as they did not ask for something outrageous, she would attempt to fulfill it.

After all, this was quite some favor.

"I want to know... who exactly is the master behind you?"

The gaze of the white-haired man was sharp, with faint immortal radiance illuminating his pupils.

The Celestial Secret Race could foresee the future, this was true.

In this world, there were very few things they did not know, but no matter how they foresaw it, they couldn't clearly see the master behind Jin Yao.

Upon hearing this, Jin Yao furrowed her delicate brows, "Senior, this... I cannot tell you."

Jin Yao would not disclose any information about her master; it was the highest secret, never divulged to outsiders.

After hearing her answer, the white-haired man smiled, seemingly unsurprised by Jin Yao's response.

"I was presumptuous."

Perhaps he was too eager and too desperate to know, nearly breaching a taboo.

For he understood very well that foreseeing celestial secrets came with its own price, and things the Celestial Secret Race couldn't foresee certainly contained significances beyond their capacity to bear.

If they forcibly learned it, it might even bring their race to the brink of annihilation.

Regarding celestial secrets, there's a saying— "Destiny can be known, celestial mandate cannot be known."

In other words, certain "celestial mandates" are impossible to foresee, and the master behind Jin Yao was precisely such a "celestial mandate."

As for what degree or level of "celestial mandate" it was, it was beyond their race's ken.

Actually, when the white-haired man asked that question earlier, it was out of curiosity, selfishly wanting to know who exactly that might be.

Not knowing did not impact anything, it did not affect his plans.

"Domain Master Jin Yao."

"I want to join you."

After a while, the white-haired man finally revealed his true objective.

The truth about the future conflict he disclosed to Jin Yao, the help he offered to resolve potential crises, was actually for this eventual request.

Not only that... for this request, they had been planning and waiting for thousands of epochs.

Passed down from ancestor to ancestor until it reached his generation.

All for this moment today.

In truth, the Celestial Secret Race, although they were offspring of divine descendants and appeared formidable and invincible through their ability to foresee the future...

Actually... they had a fatal weakness, which was that their people's talent for cultivation was exceedingly poor, with very low limits.

Throughout the history of the All Heavens and Myriad Realms, there were numerous times of great cataclysm.

Thanks to their ability to foresee the future, the Celestial Secret Race had avoided one great cataclysm after another, surviving to this day.

But... a thousand epochs ago, at the time, the Celestial Secret Race gave birth to the strongest Celestial Mandate Child ever, possessing the most powerful foresight ability.

That Celestial Mandate Child foresaw a terrifying truth.

That was, in the far, far future, even the Celestial Secret Race would perish in an unprecedented cataclysm, unable to escape no matter what.

Because there was no way for the entire All Heavens and Myriad Realms to hide; that cataclysm would reset everything, reshuffling the cards anew.

.....

The great cataclysm of several millennia ago was not large in scale; it was originally set to impact the Ancient Wilderness Immortal Realm, so their race planned to leave it.

Yet, it seemed as though a certain entity forcibly prevented this, with the Celestial Secret Race foreseeing, but unable to foresee anything.

However, after a distant future, an unprecedented cataclysm remained...

....

Once, that Celestial Mandate Child sacrificed his life to foresee a future for the Celestial Secret Race....

That was, a thousand epochs later, they would reside in an Immortal Realm called "Desolate Ancient."

On a certain day, a woman named "Jin Yao" would come knocking on their door.

Help her at any cost, then find a way to attach themselves to her master behind her.

Because her master behind her was the only hope for the Celestial Secret Race to survive that future unprecedented cataclysm.

At that time, the last words left by that Celestial Mandate Child before his death were: "Remember... he alone is the only one, he alone is the hope..."

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