Fang Ming's eyes showed a hint of anxiety.
The Human and Demon races were gradually falling out. If war were to break out, not to mention the fall of countless primordial beings, the most important point was that his good brotherly relationship with Lu Ya would be completely destroyed.
For the two of them, one as the young master of the Human race and the other as the young master of the Demon race, how to position themselves would be a very difficult matter.
Lu Ya's expression also showed some contemplation, and then, as if he had an idea, his face became even happier.
"I have an idea."
"In situations of conflict between two sides, peace usually requires a marriage alliance..."
"Ming, there's something I've wanted to say for a long time. How about you and I become Dao companions?"
Dao companion, in Taoism, refers to those who share the same aspirations, not a narrow definition of male-female relationships. They are people who cultivate and comprehend the Great Dao together.
Among the four essential elements of cultivation – wealth, territory, Dharma, and companion – the Dao companion is precisely one of them. How can one cultivate the Great Dao without a companion, a fellow Daoist to comprehend it with?
The meaning of the term Dao companion is that simple.
Fang Ming, the exceptionally handsome young man whose beauty made countless women feel inferior, blushed upon hearing Lu Ya's words, hearing what this young Demon race peer said in his ear.
Ever since he transmigrated to the Primordial World and met Lu Ya, the Golden Crow Prince, thousands of years ago, they had spent millennia together. Their relationship had long since transcended their races, becoming friends who could talk about anything.
Over the years, Fang Ming knew exactly how Lu Ya treated him.
He had never considered whether this subtle emotion could lead to becoming Dao companions. He only knew one thing: he would definitely not be able to leave Lu Ya in this lifetime.
"I... I..."
Fang Ming's face was filled with panic.
Then, he calmed down and said, "I can't leave you."
Lu Ya smiled with relief, as if he had already known Fang Ming's decision.
"If you and I are Dao companions, we naturally won't have to worry about the war between the Human and Demon races anymore. It won't happen."
At this moment.
On the Sun Star, the Golden Crow descended, it was sunset.
Two youths.
One with a flame divine pattern between his eyebrows and fiery red hair cascading down his shoulders.
One with raven-black hair and intensely lively dark eyes.
One was the Crown Prince of the Demon race, the other the young master of the Human race.
The two handsome youths, facing the setting sun, held hands, intertwined fingers, and smiled at each other.
Their roles as attacker and defender were clearly defined.
Lu Ya was the attacker, Fang Ming the defender.
Under the radiance of danmei, the conflict between the Human and Demon races became insignificant, resolved peacefully in an instant.
Everything was harmonious and friendly.
The Primordial World achieved unprecedented peace.
...
In the Supreme Primordial World, Venerable Yunlong surveyed the infinite void sea and countless world-works. His gaze was always fixed on this world-work created by Daojun Lu Ya.
"The true Fang Ming cultivates the path of the emotionless. Those who cultivate the path of the emotionless can never be moved by emotion."
"All love and affection cannot trap him."
The youth with the flame divine pattern between his eyebrows also looked down upon the infinite world-works with Venerable Yunlong.
In his eyes, there was only calculation; there was never any tender affection like that of his projection or parallel self.
Daojun Lu Ya, the pseudo-saint of the Great Dao, said, "My calculation is not to make the true Fang Ming develop emotions. Those who are emotionless can never develop emotions; trying to influence them with emotion is useless."
"It's just that when I observed the evolution of the world-works in the Thousand Year Transformation in the void sea, I devised a method to replace the emotionless with the emotional."
"If there is a true next era, in the world-works I create, the Fang Ming who cultivates the path of emotion can be used by me to replace the personality of the true Fang Ming, merging the two. This would be a personality shift."
"He will also become a spare piece in the arrangement of my three hundred and forty million chess pieces when I make my comeback."
"Perhaps, this spare piece might serve some minor purpose for me..."
Daojun Lu Ya's voice gradually faded.
The true Fang Ming, this person, was not truly taken seriously by Daojun Lu Ya.
Daojun Lu Ya, as a pseudo-saint of the Great Dao, had made countless arrangements and laid numerous chess pieces.
The destruction and re-creation of countless world-works in the void sea constituted an "End Tribulation." The Supreme Primordial World referred to each "End Tribulation" as a Chaos Epoch.
The Chaos Epoch here was not the evolution of a single world-work's internal Chaos Epoch, but the destruction and re-creation of all world-works in the entire void sea, excluding the Supreme Primordial World, was called a Chaos Epoch.
Innumerable Chaos Epochs meant innumerable "End Tribulations."
The Taiyi Golden Immortals of the Supreme Primordial World could also traverse the timelines and space-lines of countless world-works in the void sea. However, their retrospection of time within the Supreme Primordial World would not exceed one "End Tribulation," one Chaos Epoch.
The Great Luo Immortals could trace back through countless "End Tribulations," and could project their will through the birth and death of all world-works in the void sea across innumerable times. Their divine abilities were vast, and their magical power boundless. However, during retrospection, their will had a minuscule temporal obstruction. Although this minuscule temporal obstruction was so small that all beings below the Great Luo Immortals could not even detect it, it was still a difference.
This difference was precisely the distinction between Great Luo Immortals and pseudo-saints of the Great Dao.
Daojun Lu Ya, as a pseudo-saint of the Great Dao, naturally made various arrangements and laid numerous chess pieces during the birth and death of countless world-works in the void sea. Time could be traced back to countless Chaos Epochs before, and also forward to countless Chaos Epochs after.
Fang Ming was merely one of the three hundred and forty million chess pieces, and was not truly taken seriously by Daojun Lu Ya or Venerable Yunlong.
Venerable Yunlong was merely lost in thought.
"Personality alteration method?"
"Indeed, an emotionless being cannot become an emotional being. To make him develop true feelings for Daojun Lu Ya and be used by him, he must deviate from his original self."
"As long as the Fang Ming from that danmei world-work replaces the will and personality of the true Fang Ming, he will naturally be loyal to Daojun Lu Ya. If there is indeed a next era, and we are defeated, we can use this point to gain more manpower and attempt a comeback."
For mythical Great Luo Immortals, beings of infinite energy were merely very low-level Earth Immortals. The Supreme Primordial World had a large number of Earth Immortals, who were only the lowest-grade immortals.
For a spare piece like Fang Ming to attempt a comeback, it would be underestimating the enemy who could potentially overturn the era of the Supreme Primordial World.
He was merely one chess piece.
If Daojun Lu Ya were to fully utilize all three hundred and forty million chess pieces in his hand, perhaps he might be able to contend for a sliver of a chance to return.
That was all.
"I should also make plans early."
Venerable Yunlong had this thought in his mind.