My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

Perhaps later, there could still be repeated repairs, enhancing the strength of the body and vitality.

Cheng Guang thought of this and couldn't help but click his tongue slightly.

"My body now could be called that of an Iron Shell Turtle, yet it still struggles a bit to withstand the price of using the power of the Saint Dao Fruit, and even that is the legacy of an incomplete Great Dao. It's hard to know how much power has been lost."

"It is truly unimaginable how powerful the true ancient Saint Realm experts were."

Cheng Guang muttered to himself.

He tapped his finger lightly on the spot between his eyebrows.

A golden radiance slowly emerged, flowing out from the tip of Cheng Guang's finger like sand.

The moment it began to flow out, the surrounding space couldn't help but start trembling.

Cheng Guang simply tested the power of the Saint Dao Fruit and hurriedly dissipated it.

Merely allowing his Primordial Spirit's power to leak out, without even using it to perform any Divine Power, was enough to produce such a formidable aura that even the void trembled involuntarily.

It was truly unimaginable.

When he would be able to use the power of the Saint Dao Fruit without any restraint, the extent of its might that could be unleashed.

Cheng Guang was delighted in his heart; even though he was not a Sky-Man now, he could still exert the power to battle a Sky-Man.

In today's world.

Perhaps he was the only one like this.

While Cheng Guang was testing his newly acquired power,

in a hidden place within the Four Directions Mortal World,

on a dilapidated mountain path,

an old man dressed in a white Daoist Robe was walking slowly, along with a young girl in splendid attire.

As the two of them walked, they conversed.

Mostly, the old man spoke, and the girl listened.

"Empress Your Majesty, walk a little slower."

"What I did was also out of necessity."

"Amongst all those reincarnated individuals, aside from those who awakened autonomously, for those who have not yet woken, I have only found you thus far. You have been awakened for so many years; it's not that you couldn't awaken, but that you didn't wish to awaken."

"If I hadn't used extraordinary measures, I'm afraid you would never have woken up, so I hope you won't blame me," said the Heavenly Machine Elder with a wry smile.

Jiang Luojing listened to the Heavenly Machine Elder's words expressionlessly, without responding much.

After the Heavenly Machine Elder finished speaking, she slowly replied.

"Aside from me, how many others have awakened?"

"You have taken great pains and exerted such effort to awaken me, a person from the old era; surely, your purpose is not small."

The Heavenly Machine Elder shook his head, "There is no great purpose, it's just a desire to contend once more with heaven. The Heavenly Dao is incomplete, and Immortal Buddhas have been dead for who knows how many years."

"The era of dark turmoil has passed, and this era now is ours."

"The Heavenly Dao won't remain incomplete forever, it is saving itself, and the path to the Great Dao will soon open once again."

"In our time, the struggle over the Great Dao, the contest of fate, it all belonged to those exalted Immortal Buddhas; we could do nothing but act as chess pieces, with no say in the matter."

Saying this, the Heavenly Machine Elder glanced at Jiang Luojing, "Empress Your Majesty, you too were used as a chess piece, becoming part of the struggle for fate that year."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Luojing's radiant starry eyes briefly flitted over to the Heavenly Machine Elder.

"So, what are you trying to say?"

The Heavenly Machine Elder's voice was without fluctuations, earnestly saying:

"In the past, we were chess pieces, but now, when the great battle of the future era comes, if we exist in advance and lay out our plans ahead of time, then we are the chess players."

"All those Immortal Buddhas have vanished without a trace, and I certainly don't think they have all perished."

"After all…"

"We have survived, haven't we?"

"If you wish to take revenge for that person…"

The Heavenly Machine Elder paused in his steps and looked towards Jiang Luojing as he said this.

Upon hearing the Heavenly Machine Elder's words, Jiang Luojing's brows furrowed slightly.

After pondering for a moment.

Just as she was about to say something,

Suddenly, it was as if he sensed something.

He abruptly turned his head, looking in the direction of the Great Zhou Capital far away.

"This...!!"

Jiang Luojing's starry eyes widened, her red lips slightly parted, staring at the distance in disbelief, her voice halting for a moment.

"Is this his presence...??"

"It's so strong!!"

The Heavenly Machine Elder also felt something, looking into the distance, his aged eyes suddenly trembling, the hand that had been slowly stroking his beard suddenly stiffened.

In shock, he plucked a strand of white beard from his chin, not realizing it.

"How could it be him..."

"He should have already... Logically, there shouldn't even be a possibility of reincarnation..."

The Heavenly Machine Elder murmured to himself, still in disbelief.

"No, no."

The Heavenly Machine Elder hurriedly waved his Daoist Robe and began to calculate with his fingers.

As he calculated,

Large beads of sweat, as big as beans, involuntarily broke out on the Heavenly Machine Elder's forehead.

"I can't calculate it, I can't calculate it..."

"How could this be..."

"If it really is that person, it's possible for even me not to discern it."

"But how could it possibly be him..."

The Heavenly Machine Elder gritted his teeth, and just as he was set to make another attempt, to try harder in his calculations,

Jiang Luojing, however, shook her head, "Stop calculating."

"In the direction of Duke Zhen's Mansion in the Great Zhou Capital."

Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Machine Elder suddenly looked up, gazing at Jiang Luojing, "Great Zhou Capital? Duke Zhen's Mansion??"

"How could there be his presence in that place?"

Jiang Luojing's starry eyes slightly drooped, no longer responding to the Heavenly Machine Elder, but instead, she fell into deep thought.

"I had said, I felt his presence on that person..."

"Perhaps, it really is him...?"

Complex emotions surged within Jiang Luojing's radiant starry eyes, and she prepared to leave, stepping on Qi.

At this moment,

The Heavenly Machine Elder quickly stopped Jiang Luojing.

"Wait, let's finish our business first."

"If you already know who is emitting that Qi, you can find him later."

"We need to focus on more pressing matters."

Jiang Luojing's steps paused, her gaze falling on the Heavenly Machine Elder.

The Heavenly Machine Elder's ancient face had a faint smile, showing no signs of coercion, but his tone was irrefutable.

It was clear to see.

The matter they were about to undertake was of great importance to the Heavenly Machine Elder.

Jiang Luojing pondered for a moment, her brows slightly furrowed, and she nodded slightly, "Let's go."

Seeing Jiang Luojing agree, the Heavenly Machine Elder breathed a sigh of relief.

He hastily led Jiang Luojing towards the mountain peak.

"At present, the Immortal Buddhas are nowhere to be found, the Four Continents and Three Realms are all divided; we remnants from the early era must seize that last glimmer of hope to survive the upcoming grand era conflict."

"If we allow those lofty beings to do as they please, we will ultimately remain but pawns in the game."

The Heavenly Machine Elder murmured to himself.

It was unknown.

Whether he was speaking to himself.

Or to Jiang Luojing.

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