Chapter 672: Chapter 388: Establishing the Most Ancient! One Thought Traverses Eternity, One Word Laments the Ages (Major Chapter)
Using the bones of Daluo, he used the bones of his own Daluo to possess such characteristics in advance,
Upon opening his eyes, he could already see the entirety of ancient history,
As if he had been present since the beginning of antiquity, witnessing every epoch, witnessing every story!
His status rose again, and again, and again!
The witness to all history shall be the "Ancient One,"
It is not that the older one is, the stronger they become; rather, the stronger one becomes, the older they surely are, exceeding a certain limit,
Even creatures born at the end of the great tide of days would instantly become Ancient Ones, having existed before the cosmos unfolded!
Time surged like a great wave.
The "Tao Traces" unique to Zhang Fusheng began to unfurl from this moment forward, along the long river of time.
Tao Traces are the imprints left in time by those surpassing eras, when they engage in or impact grand events,
When a person leaves behind footprints, as a goose leaves behind sounds,
Such traces similarly transcend time, like the Tao Traces of "Celestial Lord of Numinous Treasure" battling four Supremes with the Immortal Slaying Sword formation,
Existing at the end of the Divine Enthronement calamity, while simultaneously resonating in the beginning of the cosmos and at time’s end,
Likewise, Wa Empress’s Tao Trace when creating humans, shimmering at their birth, yet also reflecting before the heavens and earth opened!
Zhang Fusheng is no different.
The rapid spread of Tao Traces invigorated historical waves,
Right here, right now, along the river of time.
Sitting on the collapsed throne inside the Imperial Palace, the Celestial Emperor suddenly opened his eyes, quietly gazing at the Tao Trace flowing upstream, a faint smile appearing on his face;
In the ancient times, Wa Empress wielded her whip to create humanity, gazing across boundless time at a young man daring to peer into the present,
She crafted a mud figure identical to the young man peering into the present from later on,
She warned the young man:
"Remember, you must always be yourself."
Wa, holding a mud figure resembling Zhang Fusheng, spoke in a voice like the spring breeze:
"Do not forget your true self, do not lose yourself; you are first yourself, and then..."
"And then you bear the name of Taiqing, becoming both Central Pole and World Venerate..."
Her voice suddenly halted, as she looked toward the great tide of time, gazing at that Tao Trace flowing upstream,
Watching as that Tao Trace transcended this era, moving toward more ancient times,
Wa Empress smiled faintly:
"You have done well."
"What?"
In another segment of past aeons, Zhang Fusheng, wielding the ’Human Emperor’s Seal’ to anchor the Buzhou Celestial Pillar,
engaging in a silent exchange through anchoring the illusory vision with the ancient Wa Empress, paused slightly,
He did not understand Wa Empress’s meaning.
This time’s Zhang Fusheng was neither World-Honored One Buddha nor Great Divine Power User, presently outside Chang’an Town.
But soon.
When the Tao Trace flowed backward to the beginning of antiquity, before creation opened, backward to the most ancient times.
Zhang Fusheng of this past time suddenly lost the confusion on his face, his gaze clear and serene:
"Thank you, Empress."
"No need to thank me, I am pleased you have come to understand; you must be yourself, and then be other beings."
Wa Empress’s expression was gentle, realizing that this young man in a segment of past times was now entirely one with the young man standing by the cottage beside the sacred mountain in the "present node".
The Daluo bones brought the characteristics of Daluo, not merely Tao Traces, not merely breaking free from the shackles of time,
But also bringing the trait of continuity across past, present, and future selves—put simply,
Zhang Fusheng’s true self will already traverse both front and back, simultaneously leading each self at each time node!
Daluo characteristic, once proven, is forever proven, eternal as one.
From this moment forth,
Even within Federation’s New Calendar year 2124, when Zhang Fusheng was newly born in the hospital, his umbilical cord freshly cut, merely an infant,
He had already become a "Great Divine Power User", possessing the path of a Saint, holding Daluo bones.
During infancy, childhood, elementary school, middle school, high school...
Toddling Zhang Fusheng began to gaze at the sky occasionally, as he drank milk and ate cornbread, mystic Tao resonance flashed occasionally in his eyes;
In kindergarten, the young boy listened to the teacher teach 1+1, often looking out the window, thoughts constantly sensing the movements within the Golden Province;
In high school, as he passed a hemostat to his father in an underground clinic,
Zhang Fusheng smiled suddenly at Chen Nuanyu lying on the operating table with dozens of pounds of Longevity Powder.
Chen Nuanyu endured the pain, watching her wound being stitched up, finding the young man quite puzzling,
She wondered, hesitated, contemplating after the surgery...whether or not to kill him to silence him?
In hesitation, she saw the young man smiling at her again.
Whether it was an illusion or not, despite him being about her age, when Chen Nuanyu looked into the young man’s eyes, she saw an infinite aged feeling—
The aged feeling spanning time, transcending eras.
As if he’s merely eighteen years old, yet was already one of the oldest existences above and below in every heaven.
Chen Nuanyu shook her head, casting away the absurd thoughts.
Yet the tremor of ages silently continued.
Buzhou Mountain.
Wa Empress calmly spoke:
"The Three Pristine Ones are formidable, I have transformed into the steadfast stone, the aid I can offer is minuscule."
Zhang Fusheng made a ceremonial bow to Wa Empress through the anchored illusory image:
"Great Compassion!"
It was true and genuine Great Compassion — forgoing the self, willfully extinguished, becoming the steadfast stone, solely to grant all beings ten thousand years of freedom,
Solely to ensure that all beings within this timeline of ten thousand years before and after, are no longer manipulated by the Supremes perpetually.
If this is not Great Compassion, then what is Great Compassion?
Wa Empress chuckled lightly:
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