"Leaping out of the framework requires opportunity," Duge smiled and continued, "And I am your opportunity, while Dragon Tiger Mountain is not.

Follow me, and if one day I rebuild this world, you will be the founders of the new world; if I fail, your ends will still be glorious."

Glorious?

Liao Jiulong and the other two were puzzled, looking at Duge with questioning eyes.

"Yes, glorious," Duge chuckled, "Daoist Friend Liao, you once told Du Ziming that if you follow me and I fail, you would only have a hundred years of life left, right?"

"Isn't that so?" Liao Jiulong retorted.

"Those who pass through the Way of Heart Cultivation become Emperors, but failing to pass doesn't necessarily mean a dead end," Duge smiled, looking up at the sky. "If I don't reveal my identity to you, who would know that I am the Heavenly Demon?

Skilled in both literature and martial arts, I serve them to the emperor's household. I have told you before, the Heavenly Demon is multifaceted; how do you know there aren't Daoist friends in the Heavenly Court who have walked with me?"

With these words,

Liao Jiulong and the other two froze on the spot, their minds blank.

That's right!

The Heavenly Demon is capable of a myriad of changes, painstaking to discern; who could know what the Immortals in heaven are truly thinking?

"How can I not be compared to the Daoist Ancestor?" Duge said, a faint smile hanging from his lips with a hint of mockery. "Does he really think he can suppress me forever?"

"Senior, since you reincarnate every hundred years and are a contemporary of the Daoist Ancestor, you must have accumulated countless Cultivation Techniques. Why then would you seek the Cultivation Techniques of Dragon Tiger Mountain?" asked Liu Ziyun, who had been silent until now, finally voicing his confusion. "Any random Cultivation Technique from the ancient times, even those cultivated by the five Emperors who followed you on the Way of Heart Cultivation, would be superior to that of Dragon Tiger Mountain, wouldn't they?"

"Hmph!" Duge snorted coldly, "If even you can think of that, do you think the Daoist Ancestor wouldn't? If I could retain my memories of Cultivation Techniques, how could a hundred-year cycle of reincarnation restrain me?

In order to hinder my growth, he erases all my memories related to Cultivation Techniques with each century's reincarnation. Therefore, in each life, I must start from scratch. But with my talent and intelligence, why would gathering techniques from a hundred families and creating my own Divine Skills be difficult? This lifetime, I plan to break the shackles of the hundred-year cycle of reincarnation, suppress the Daoist Ancestor, and let him taste the bitterness of endless rebirths."

"But there are those Qi Refiners who followed you..." said Liu Ziyun in a low voice.

"Cultivation Techniques are at my fingertips; why would I expose my millennia-long stratagem over such a trifle?" Duge looked at Liu Ziyun as if he were looking at an imbecile.

Liu Ziyun was left speechless.

"Senior, how shall we proceed to Dragon Tiger Mountain?" Liao Jiulong finally set aside his suspicion towards Duge and actively inquired.

"Just say that I am a new Disciple you have found!" Duge dispelled the Divine Power cloaking his body and revealed his youthful face. "Lead me into the mountain; I have my own plans for the rest."

"Alright," Liao Jiulong was silent for a moment before promptly agreeing.

After Liu Ziyun voiced his suspicion, rather than feeling convinced, his doubts about Duge only deepened.

Up to this point, aside from his heaven-defying growth rate and the Divine Skills that were unfathomable to him, all other crucial information had been concealed.

If he truly is the Heavenly Demon, reincarnated despite the Daoist Ancestor sealing his memory, he would not wish to disturb the pieces he had set in previous eras for the sake of the big picture.

Then within the cycle of reincarnation, finding a secret place to hide Cultivation Techniques or Magical Treasures from his former life for the use of future generations is feasible, isn't it?

Previously, by revealing little, he revealed few flaws. But as he disclosed more and more information, the doubts multiplied.

Thus, bringing him to Dragon Tiger Mountain to observe for a while, if he truly is the reincarnated Heavenly Demon, there must be a discrepancy;

If not, suppressing him with the power of Dragon Tiger Mountain would be easy.

After all.

Dragon Tiger Mountain is the Daoist Temple of Heavenly Master Xu, and should he choose to do evil, the leader could summon the Heavenly Master at any moment.

Heavenly Master Xu has always been the backbone of Dragon Tiger Mountain...

...

Duge saw through Liao Jiulong's thoughts but did not call him out.

His Tirelessly Ruinous skill could only trigger the evil thoughts in others' hearts. The more perfect the grand promise was painted, the more flaws it had.

After all, he was not familiar with the Divine Spirits of this world.

The immortals in folklore couldn't be used as a reference.

A lie not backed by real events was the easiest to dismantle, which was the disadvantage of not having taken over a suitable identity.