Transmigrating over ten thousand years late, I was forced to become a mighty presence

Long before Shen Yuan knew about the Great Schism that had lasted for ten thousand years, he had discovered many uncertainties from the fragmented history.

For instance, why had the Great Yin's Mortal Emperor initiated the Great Schism, why had the predetermined thousand-year Spirit Energy depletion period turned into three thousand years, and why was the Spirit Energy of the Primal Chaos Realm, with its hundreds of subordinate worlds, not sufficient to sustain a ten thousand years' blockade.

These mysteries not only troubled Shen Yuan but also affected the historical trajectory of the Primal Chaos Realm in later generations.

The former, as time progressed to the appearance of the Thousand-Eyes Divine Monarch, Shen Yuan had replaced the Great Yin's Mortal Emperor's authority and had completed the causal closure, making the future's fruit connect with the past to form a closed loop.

He had already known the reasons for it, but the latter remained a puzzle.

Only when the Thousand-Eyes Divine Monarch brought about the ultimate corruption just before the opening of the Great Schism, leading the Primal Chaos Realm toward an almost irreversible path of bizarre contamination, did Shen Yuan finally understand the reasons behind it.

From beginning to end, the era of Spirit Energy Exhaustion was not to alleviate the Spirit Energy consumption of the Primal Chaos Realm but to eliminate the bizarre contamination deeply buried within it.

By using the method of severing the declining natural laws of Spirit Energy, he killed almost all living beings within the Primal Chaos Realm, filtering out the bizarre contamination amid endless reincarnations, and deeply buried it within the 18 Levels of Hell.

This ultimate decay not only prompted the birth of the 18 Levels of Hell but also made it possible for living beings from outside the Primal Chaos Realm thousands of years later to reincarnate into this realm, carrying bizarre contamination detected by the reincarnation mechanism, and then sealed it within the 18 Levels of Hell.

A mere thousand years of Spirit Energy depletion was hardly enough to obliterate most cultivators.

Only by changing the duration of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge to three thousand years, the lifespan limit of Spirit Refining True Beings, could it give many cultivators a hope so as not to let them fall into complete despair, choosing to destroy the order of the Primal Chaos Realm.

It was this three-thousand-year Spirit Energy Tidal Surge that obliterated the once-peak Great Yin Imperial Dynasty, the once-prosperous Spell civilization, and also the true truths behind history.

After Shen Yuan spoke these words, possessing the Venerable Taoist's Great Divine Power of See Through The Wall, he could already traverse the historical river and witness that declining era.

Ji Zhaoyang was already frozen in place by now, and Yean Kuang was deeply shocked.

Yean Kuang knew full well the danger behind the ultimate corruption, had thought of using extreme methods to limit its spread, but had never imagined that Shen Yuan had already made a choice for the future of the Primal Chaos Realm.

Although Shen Yuan's methods had been as gentle as possible, not directly massacring, the backdrop of the Spirit Energy Tidal Surge still implied that Shen Yuan had to destroy a Spell civilization that had developed to its peak with a population of hundreds of billions.

At this thought, Yean Kuang felt a chilling horror.

Shen Yuan's gaze fell on the two, and he spoke indifferently,

"I tell you the truth not to discuss it with you, but merely because you care about the future of the Primal Chaos Realm, and thus you deserve to know the truth behind it.

But this matter must not be divulged, nor should any attempt be made to save the many noble families of the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty.

In the era of changing Spirit Energy Tides, the Mortal Path will dominate the Primal Chaos Realm. If these rich, powerful noble families could be passed down to future generations, they would continue to control the dynasty's fate with the trend of the Mortal Path.

This era belongs to the mortals; I do not wish to see a bunch of decaying fellows maintain a inevitably dying corrupted order.

Let these rich, powerful noble families be buried along with the Spirit Energy depletion!"

Ji Zhaoyang and Yean Kuang shuddered, Shen Yuan's every word seeming to carve itself deep into their Spirit Souls.

Fighting back the fear in his heart, Yean Kuang clenched his teeth and spoke,

"Since the fate of the noble families is already sealed, may I ask the Venerable Taoist how he plans to handle those grotto heavens sacred grounds?"

"Three thousand years of Spirit Energy Tides, a cycle where the era of Spirit Energy can only last a few hundred years, the grotto heavens sacred grounds ultimately cannot influence the great trend of the Mortal Path, let them be as they will.

Even if they have the advantage of grotto heavens sacred grounds, under the ten thousand years of Spirit Energy depletion, ultimately, not much will remain."

His words ended, Shen Yuan fluttered his robe lightly, sending Yean Kuang and Ji Zhaoyang away.

Ji Zhaoyang and Yean Kuang felt the space before them transform suddenly, the next moment they were still within the Imperial Capital's Inner City.

The two looked at each other, showing bitter smiles that were identical.

Yean Kuang quietly said, "Since the Venerable Taoist is willing to tell us the truth, he is allowing us to use the grotto heavens sacred ground to go to the era thousands of years later.

Being old yet having an ample lifespan, I am confident enough to await that era's arrival.

But the Third Imperial Prince is still one step away from reaching the Void Refining Stage; you should make plans accordingly."

Ji Zhaoyang's head hung low, and after a long silence, he spoke,

"I will not enter the grotto heavens sacred ground."

"Why is that?"

"Every additional person who goes to the era thousands of years later will bring an additional piece of ultimate corruption.

Although the Venerable Taoist does not care, I also do not wish to affect his arrangements thousands of years later for my own gain."

After a slight pause, Ji Zhaoyang looked directly at Yean Kuang, his eyes blazing with intense flames:

"The fate of the Great Yin Imperial Dynasty is already sealed, I, as the most outstanding Third Imperial Prince of the Great Yin Imperial Family, should personally witness the end of Great Yin!"

Yean Kuang sighed but no longer admonished, instead stepping away and disappearing within the Imperial Capital.

...

Everything was proceeding as Shen Yuan had anticipated.

As the controller of the Mortal Path's trend and the creator of the Nine Provinces Cauldron, Shen Yuan held sway over both the heavenly and human paths of the Primal Chaos Realm.