After a moment, Zhao Xing opened his eyes, feeling a bit confused.

"Why has the seal been reinforced?"

"The seal I set when I left the Xuanhuang Realm should be easy for me to break now. How could it become progressively stronger?"

"That's not right." Zhao Xing shook his head and immediately thought of a possibility. "It's not that the seal itself has become stronger, but rather every time I go inside and push the door to look, it gets locked again."

Zhao Xing followed a rule to lock his own memories: unclaimed objects, even if they are Divine Objects, don't need to be shielded. Knowing them is harmless.

But suppose this item involves a significant figure, and a powerful being is using it to do something, then it cannot be 'known.' Great minds playing chess would not allow onlookers; even knowing is out of bounds. Certain respected names are even taboo, cannot be mentioned or recited.

"When I was selecting a cultivation technique at Yuanhai Palace, many unfamiliar Divine names appeared. Because I didn't know them at all and it was public, reciting their names was harmless."

"Ah, the cosmic version really is full of danger everywhere."

"I shouldn't have come to send off the old... uh, I should have sent him off, I should have." Zhao Xing quickly put his hands together in prayer.

Shixin 1430

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Ancient River Region · Xuanling Star Domain · Chenluo Wasteland · Xuanhuang Realm · House of Epoch.

[Xuanhuang Past · Nineteen]

Wang Tianzhi licked the tip of his pen and wrote six big characters on the finest Yang paper.

[Since Yuan Ding Eighty Years, the Da Zhou Divine Dynasty ascended and left, unconsciously, 1931 years have passed.]

[I am also 2507 years old.]

[The Grand Minister of Agriculture once said he would return to the Xuanhuang Realm to take me for ascension within 3000 years, now more than half the time has passed.]

[Due to the existence of the House of Epoch, I hardly feel the passage of time, so I can only keep studying the Cloud Sky Dao and the ancient books left by the Grand Minister of Agriculture.]

[Fifteen hundred years ago, I had thoroughly worn out all the ancient spell books, only the Divine Power remained unmastered.]

[I began to feel an overwhelming solitude, while also admiring Cloud Sky Dao's perseverance even more, he has stayed here for a million years without going mad, such willpower is truly unmatched.]

[The House of Epoch has the capability for slumbering, I tried it once a thousand years ago, but after that, I chose no longer to fall into slumber.]

[I, Wang Tianzhi, do not wish for His Majesty and the Grand Minister of Agriculture to look down upon me, mere 3000 years, how could I idle away time? Choose slumber to avoid it?]

[What Cloud Sky Dao could achieve, Wang Tianzhi can surely do too!]

[Fortunately, I found new ways to pass the time. Sixteen hundred years ago, I learned Cloud Sky Dao's 'Star Eyes' divine ability and began observing the cosmos outside the Xuanhuang Realm.]

[Originally, my cultivation could also observe the cosmos outside the realm, but only at a very close distance. After learning Cloud Sky Dao's divine ability, I could see those stars!]

[Cloud Sky Dao truly is an ancient genius!]

...

[The Grand Minister of Agriculture said this is the Desolate Domain, indeed around the Xuanhuang Realm is very desolate, besides aimlessly drifting star stones, there's only the gray Sun and Taiyin Stars.]

[Before Yuan Ding 1605, I couldn't clearly see the Sun and Taiyin Stars, they appeared as just a blurry mess in cosmic observation, but in the Xuanhuang Realm, you could see the sun and moon, how bizarre!]

[After learning the Star Eyes divine ability, my vision drastically enhanced, I even saw the once Keshen Star, namely Wu Yue God's assistant, of course, he became dust of history long ago.]

[However, I still couldn't gaze directly at the Sun and Taiyin Stars, after mastering Cloud Sky Dao's divine ability, looking at them became blinding again!]

[Post Yuan Ding 1900, my divine power and spell technique seemed to slightly improve, thanks to the infusion of spiritual energy from the Four Seas Return Ruins, my resistance to Sun and Taiyin increased a bit more.]

[I still couldn't clearly see the Sun Star, yet the Taiyin Star, I seemingly could see the patterns on it clearly.]

[In Yuan Ding 1725, when I first discovered it, it was so dim, but now it actually emits a crystalline white light, and there appears to be a black shadowy figure, completely different from the other regions!]

[There's something on the Taiyin Star? This is so interesting, the Grand Minister of Agriculture once said the Taiyin Star should have nothing on it, could it be some sort of relic? Unfortunately, the Taiyin Star is in motion, that vague black shadow's location quickly turned its back on me.]

...

[By Yuan Ding 1905, my skill had advanced again, now I've decided to observe once more, according to my conclusions, I will soon see it again.]

Wang Tianzhi closed the book and went to the attic of the House of Epoch.

There was a round skylight above, Wang Tianzhi activated the Star Eyes divine ability, quickly his field of vision turned into a wide-angle lens seemingly.

Layers of fog dispersed, revealing the endless cosmic starry sky before him.

Wang Tianzhi concentrated his gaze on a dull star, soon it expanded into a full moon.

Quickly, he saw the black silhouette again, Wang Tianzhi continually stretched his field of view, focusing on a particular spot.

"What is this?" Wang Tianzhi was stunned.

A triangular area appeared in his vision, seemingly a mountain, surrounding it was emitting a pure white glow.

"Enlarge further."

Wang Tianzhi continued observing, and then he saw a black pyramid.

No, it should be said a pyramid complex.

Wang Tianzhi wanted a closer look, but suddenly found his vision blurred.

"Huh? Gone?"

Wang Tianzhi thought his eyes were playing tricks, but realized the pyramid was no longer visible in his sight!

"How strange!"

Perplexed, Wang Tianzhi withdrew his gaze.

He wanted to look again, but discovered the Sun and Taiyin Stars had both vanished, seemingly faded away entirely.