He looked at the Fourth Prince and said, "It seems that more than eighty years ago, you had already allied yourself with the Demon Clan, intentionally suppressed the Nightmare Demon God, and in secret brought him to Great Yong. Using my Black Lotus to kill the Dream Snake was probably also for today, right?"

The Fourth Prince remained silent.

However, the crowd understood the Third Prince's meaning.

As a Prince who had already attained Proving Realm, refining Divine Power was extremely easy. His strength should have been far superior to ordinary Demon Gods, Divine Beasts.

Back then, the other Proved Princes and Princesses easily slaughtered Demon Gods, Divine Beasts at the borders, making them flee and die. Yet, when the Fourth Prince defended the northern border, once the Nightmare Demon God hid himself, the world only remembered the northern border being attacked by a Dream Snake.

Just one Dream Snake attack, and the Fourth Prince couldn't suppress or slay it - that was enough to make people suspicious.

But the Fourth Prince was born from pure Buddhist nature, inherently full of Great Compassion, without enough reason, he could not bring himself to kill an innocent Dream Snake.

Therefore, he borrowed the Third Prince's Black Lotus.

"Speaking of which, I should thank brother seventeen."

The Third Prince looked at Lin Yue with a smile that wasn't quite a smile and said, "Had Brother Seventeen not found the corpse of that Dream Snake and given me the Lotus Seed on my thousandth birthday, I might not have figured this out."

Lin Yue understood too.

That year, when he found the malevolent Lotus Seed in the carcass of the Divine Beast Dream Snake, he suspected that it was the Third Prince who had obtained the Black Lotus, so he decided to test him by giving the Lotus Seed.

Now it seemed that the Third Prince was satisfied with the gift back then because he had realized what the Fourth Prince had done.

"Brother seventeen..."

The Fourth Prince looked at Lin Yue, slowly shook his head, and sighed, "It's fate, timing, such coincidence; perhaps you truly are our family's nemesis."

A coincidence?

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince glanced expressionlessly at the Second Prince.

The Second Prince remained calm, simply speaking in a faint voice, "It is not a coincidence, it is your retribution."

"All life is suffering."

The Fourth Prince brought his hands together, slowly closed his eyes, and said, "My purpose has been achieved, my existence now has significance. I shall now fall into Reincarnation to atone for my sins to Great Yong."

As he spoke, his body immediately crumbled into countless specks of light dust, drifting away with the wind.

The Seventh Princess silently watched, uttering not a single word.

"He has entered Reincarnation," the Crown Prince said indifferently.

Everyone knew that the Crown Prince monitored Reincarnation at all times; even if the Fourth Prince entered Reincarnation, his Reincarnated self would be found, and before the Human Clan found hope, he would never have a chance to cultivate again.

The light dust scattered, and the only thing left where the Fourth Prince vanished was his storage treasure.

The Second Prince casually grabbed the storage treasure in his hand.

Although it was highly unlikely that the Fourth Prince left behind any useful information related to the Demon Clan, he still had to check.

"Hmm?"

The Second Prince suddenly froze in surprise.

...

Endless Eternal Night.

Within that vast territory propped up by the World Tree of the Demon Clan.

At the tallest level of the palace atop the great tree, the Heavenly Demon Ancestor gazed at the far distance, his eyes seemingly penetrating the endless night veil, to glimpse the enormous Divine Array standing in the midst of Eternal Night.

"Tian Wu, word has come from Great Yong, the plan has succeeded."

A dream-like, soft voice echoed quietly.

"It succeeded..." Yet there was no smile on the Heavenly Demon Ancestor's face, who only slowly said, "The cost was so great, success isn't something to be happy about. The five treasures that the Prison Demon God brought out from the old days, just for this one moment four have been expended, and so many of our kin have died..."

"Actually, it's not too bad."

The Dream Demon Ancestor said softly, "The true Dream Realm was originally created by the Ancient Human Clan to target foreign clans; it won't be of help to our Demon Clan. The Blood and Flesh Pillar also requires a large amount of Demon God blood and flesh combined with offerings to summon a strand of the ancient master's will. It's just the will, after all, and it has some use when infused into the forging of Divine Weapons, but its effect on the Proving Realm is minimal. Losing it isn't a big deal."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor fell silent for a moment before speaking, "The true Dream Realm and the Blood and Flesh Pillar, indeed I don't care about them, but the other two treasures... the Wishes of the Old Days and the Star Temple, those kind of supreme treasures could even incite countless mighty fighters to madness in the Ancient Times. Now, just to eliminate King Xia, is it truly worth squandering them like this?"

He looked at the Dream Demon Ancestor and slowly said, "After all, King Xia has only grasped the rudiments of the Ultimate Path. Considering the situation in Ancient Times, without a large number of Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Techniques for reference, the probability of successfully Harmonizing the Ultimate Path is extremely slim; and even with references, the successful ones are but a few."

The Dream Demon Ancestor shook his head, "No matter how slim his chances of success are, once he succeeds, it will be the doomsday for our Demon Clan."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor sighed.

"Moreover, even if King Xia belongs to the Ancient Human Clan, even if the Wishes of the Old Days favor him, he is still just a Great Cultivator at best, certainly not comparable to a Demon God."

The Dream Demon Ancestor said, "At most, he would just waste a small wish of the Old Days. It can still be used in the future. As long as the plan succeeds and we break through Great Yong, we can take back the Star Temple. But without the Star Relocation ability of that temple, we have no chance of killing King Xia."

The Heavenly Demon Ancestor was silent for a while before saying, "Well, since the plan has progressed this far, it can be considered smooth. Thankfully we have the Fourth Prince. When he comes to the Demon Country, we should properly thank him."

...

Great Yong, Di Hong City.

At this moment, the master of Prince Ji's Mansion had perished, and this majestic and enormous mansion would ultimately face the fate of abandonment.

The Seventh Princess, the Third Prince, the Fifth Prince, and others had already departed.

Lin Yue was about to leave when the Second Prince suddenly called out to him, "Seventeen, wait a moment."

"Do you have something else, Second Brother?" Lin Yue asked in confusion.

After everyone left, the Second Prince looked towards the Crown Prince and then, flipping his hand, took out two items from what was left behind in the storage treasure of the Fourth Prince.

One was a clump of odd blood and flesh in a jade box, exuding the cold and mad peculiar aura of the ancient master.

The other was a dark gold oil lamp.

"Crown Prince, take a look at these."

The Second Prince said, "Are these two things the blood and flesh of the ancient master and the Wishes of the Old Days as told in the legends from Ancient Times?"

After carefully inspecting for a while, the Crown Prince nodded, "This blood and flesh are far beyond you and me, and the aura is distinctly the ancient master's. Although it lacks vitality and intelligence, it should be the blood and flesh of the ancient master."

He then looked towards the dark gold oil lamp and said, "Indeed, it's as the Divine Emperor described, this lamp should be the 'Wishes of the Old Days' that the ancient master used to choose his Divine Favored."

The Second Prince couldn't help smiling and turned to Lin Yue, "Seventeen, it looks like you may have just struck it lucky."

"Struck it lucky?" Lin Yue asked puzzledly.

The Second Prince smiled and asked, "How confident are you now in Harmonization success?"

"Not even a fraction... No, it should be less than one in a hundred."

Lin Yue sighed and shook his head, "From what I can sense now, those Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Techniques I created, once I attempt Harmonization, are certain not only to fail but also My Divine Soul would instantly collapse and dissipate, completely unable to withstand the Inner Heaven and Earth opened by the Ultimate Path."

Hearing this, the Second Prince nodded without surprise, "Of course, during Ancient Times, the only person who invented the inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Technique for the Ultimate Path from scratch was a member of the primeval Divine Race who innately knew the Ultimate Path, and only after Proving himself did he deduce the corresponding Cultivation Techniques. Those who came after also used this as a reference to create various Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Techniques for the Ultimate Path. Without any references, creating from scratch, naturally, the chances are slim."

At this point, he slightly raised the dark gold oil lamp in his hand and smiled, "But now you have hope."

Lin Yue was slightly startled and then asked, "Second Brother just said its name is Wishes of the Old Days? Can this oil lamp really help me with Harmonization?"

"That's right."

The Second Prince said, "In Ancient Times, there were three supreme treasures originating from the children of the primeval beginning—Wishes of the Old Days, Yanfu Holy Texts, and the Other Shore Flying Boat. These three were the supreme treasures used by the three children of the primeval to select Divine Favored, competing for talents and mighty fighters."

"This Wishes of the Old Days is what the ancient master used to win over mighty fighters."

He laughed and said, "As long as you can summon the Yuan Ling of this lamp and make a wish to it, perhaps it will grant you an Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Technique!"