"Elder Lin."
The Seven Elders stroked the white beard on their chin, speaking with great seriousness. "I wonder if you still remember an ancient legend."
"What legend?"
"'Dual Polarities of Yin and Yang, Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, Black and White Interchange, Taiji Boundless, Fate Unpredictable!'"
The words of the Seven Elders came, leaving Bei Changqing utterly bewildered. She had never heard of the legend the Seven Elders spoke of. However, the Old Matron Lin beside her, upon hearing this, was as if struck by lightning. Her expression stiffened as she stared at the Seven Elders, asking with some disbelief, "You suspect that Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor are... are the legendary Taiji Boundless?"
"This old one indeed has such suspicions."
"This..." Elder Lin deeply furrowed her brows, involuntarily sinking into contemplation.
"Seven Elders, Grandmother, what are you talking about? What legend of Taiji Boundless? How come I've never heard of such a legend?"
"Young Miss, you are unaware. Taiji Boundless is a very ancient legend, and... it's not just a simple legend, but also an ancient taboo."
Elder Lin explained in a complex tone: "Legend has it that if one can cultivate the Dual Polarities of Yin and Yang, allowing darkness and light to interchange, and also possess the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, one can achieve Taiji Boundless, and their fate will consequently become unpredictable."
"Does this legend refer to a single person cultivating the Dual Polarities of Yin and Yang? But Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor are two people!"
"If they are each other's external incarnations... then Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor are not two people, but one person."
"Ah?"
Bei Changqing murmured in surprise and doubt: "Warrior Emperor Wuzang possesses the bloodline of light and is also the ordained tribulation-bearer who upholds the true mandate, while the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor possesses the bloodline of darkness and is the original sin variable who defies heaven to change fate... If they are each other's external incarnations... Wait."
As she spoke, Bei Changqing seemed to remember something and continued asking: "Isn't the legend about the Dual Polarities of Yin and Yang, Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness? If I recall correctly, Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor—one possesses the Heavenly Dragon Overlord Body, the other possesses the Heavenly Dragon Supreme Body, right? Even if they are each other's external incarnations, even if they merge with each other, they couldn't possibly achieve Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, could they?"
"Young Miss, the Warrior Emperor Wuzang and Heavenly Dragon True Emperor you see now are merely one of their incarnations. Perhaps someone has seen that Warrior Emperor Wuzang's true body is the Heavenly Dragon Overlord Body, but who has seen the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor's true body? Who dares to say that his true body is not the Earth Phoenix Body?"
"But isn't it said that they are twin brothers and both cultivated together in the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven..." Before Bei Changqing could finish, she was interrupted by the Seven Elders: "Young Miss, this old one just said, the rumors you've heard are just rumors, and these rumors were likely deliberately fabricated by those old seniors of the Profound Heaven Immortal Dao to deceive others."
Bei Changqing shook her head. She still didn't understand. If Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor were truly the legendary Taiji Boundless, why would the old seniors of the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven need to fabricate lies? And to deceive others? Deceive whom?
"To deceive both the Great Sun Radiant Emperor and all existences under heaven and earth."
Because Bei Changqing had been in seclusion at home, she wasn't very familiar with the current era's situation, but the Seven Elders knew the situation of the current era clearly.
In the current era, the Immortal Dao appears prosperous and flourishing, dominating the myriad realms, replacing the Heavenly Dao and claiming to be the leader of the Great Daos.
In reality, this is only the surface.
After the end of the Primordial Age, although the Immortal Dao gradually recovered, the primordial elders of the Immortal Dao like the Three Purities and Four Sovereigns disappeared with the end of the Primordial Age. All along, the Immortal Dao has been in a state of having no leader.
It must be said that the Great Sun Radiant Emperor is absolutely the number one contributor to the Immortal Dao becoming the leader of the Great Daos after the end of the Primordial Age. Throughout the Profound Heaven Immortal Dao, many experts have also pledged allegiance under the Great Sun Radiant Emperor, such as the famous Five Peaks Emperors, the Eight Directions Thrones, and even the current era's Big Dipper Seven Stars and most of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars have pledged allegiance to the Great Sun Radiant Emperor.
To this day, the Great Sun Radiant Emperor can basically already represent the Immortal Dao, and he has always wanted to become the master of the Immortal Dao.
Unfortunately.
The group of elders from the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven do not recognize the Great Sun Radiant Emperor.
As long as that group of elders from the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven does not nod their heads for a single day, the Great Sun Radiant Emperor cannot become the master of the Immortal Dao.
The reason is simple.
That group of elders from the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven has always firmly guarded the origin of the Immortal Dao.
The Great Sun Radiant Emperor cannot control the origin of the Immortal Dao, so naturally he cannot become the true master of the Immortal Dao.
Over the years, the elders of the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven have always wanted to cultivate a Great Dao Overlord to contend with, even suppress, the Great Sun Radiant Emperor. However, none of the heaven-defying talents they cultivated were a match for the Great Sun Radiant Emperor. Forget suppressing him, they didn't even have the ability to contend with him.
If Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor are truly the legendary Taiji Boundless, it's not impossible that the elders of the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven would fabricate lies to deceive others.
After all, the existence of Taiji Boundless is of extraordinary significance. Once the Great Sun Radiant Emperor learns of it, he would inevitably try to eliminate Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor before they grow up, to prevent them from threatening him.
Furthermore, the existence of Taiji Boundless not only threatens the Great Sun Radiant Emperor's ambition to become the master of the Immortal Dao, but also threatens many who covet the position of the True Lord of Original Sin.
You must know that according to legend: 'Dual Polarities of Yin and Yang, Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, Black and White Interchange, Taiji Boundless, Fate Unpredictable!'
In other words.
If Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor are the legendary Taiji Boundless, then their fate is unknown. If the True Lord of Original Sin is born, he might very well be the True Lord of Original Sin. If the True Lord of Original Sin is not born, then he might become the master of the Immortal Dao, or even the master of heaven and earth.
"Even if the elders of the Mysterious Wonder Grotto-Heaven fabricated lies to deceive others, even if Warrior Emperor Wuzang and the Heavenly Dragon True Emperor truly possess the Dragon and Phoenix Auspiciousness, even if... they are truly the legendary Taiji Boundless."
Elder Lin said gravely: "This old body still believes the possibility of them being each other's external incarnations is very, very low. Taking a step back ten thousand times, even if they truly are each other's external incarnations, they might not necessarily be able to merge with each other and achieve the legendary Taiji Boundless."
"Elder Lin, what if they are not each other's external incarnations?"
The voice of the Seven Elders came, leaving Elder Lin momentarily confused, not understanding what the Seven Elders meant.
"This old one means, what if they are the external incarnations of the same Great Dao Overlord? What if their existence—one with the dark bloodline, the ordained tribulation-bearer upholding the true mandate; the other with the light bloodline, the original sin variable defying heaven to change fate—what if all of this is not a coincidence, but deliberately arranged by that Great Dao Overlord, precisely to achieve the legendary Taiji Boundless?"
"Don't tell this old one it's impossible. Since ancient times, there has never been anything truly impossible. Perhaps a certain Great Dao Overlord began laying the groundwork long ago, planting two causes of the original self with the true self: one cause of the original self as pure yang, another as pure yin, then nurturing the light bloodline, the dark bloodline, the dragon body and the phoenix body..."
"All for the purpose of achieving Taiji Boundless in the current era, to scheme for the supreme Dao of heaven and earth above, and to scheme for the True Lord of Original Sin below!"