You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

"After the Harmonization..."

Lin Yue couldn't help but shake his head slightly.

Now that he had confirmed his approach, he understood the difficulty of the Ultimate Path's Harmonization even more.

Simply grasping the rudiment was difficult enough, but at least there was a chance of Sudden Enlightenment.

But Harmonization was far too difficult.

The physique, Spirit and Body Unity, Cultivation Technique, each one was more challenging than the last.

This Ultimate Path, it was practically a road to death.

He had but a sliver of hope.

But Harmonization was indeed necessary.

Even if for no other reason, for Baili Fengzhi's sake alone, he must achieve Harmonization.

"Does the Crown Prince harbor hostility toward me?" Lin Yue furrowed his brows slightly.

He had heard from Duanmu Yan before, that the Crown Prince's stance towards those unpredictable by fate was to hunt them to death.

It seemed only the terrifyingly powerful Star Lord had survived, and after also giving aid to Duanmu Yan, Duanmu Yan had narrowly escaped to seek refuge with the Demon Clan.

He hadn't entirely believed it at the time, but what Duanmu Yan said did have some credibility.

"Hostility?"

The Second Prince fell silent for a moment, then shook his head, "Hostility is perhaps not the right word, but as someone unpredictable by fate, who has not yet undergone Reincarnation, the Crown Prince indeed... hmm, let's say he's rather eager?"

"Eager?" Lin Yue was taken aback and couldn't help asking, "What do you mean? Is it true what Duanmu Yan said about the Crown Prince hunting those unpredictable by fate?"

"In a sense, it is true."

The Second Prince said, "In the history of the Human Clan, there have been a number of such unpredictable individuals, but apart from the Star Lord, Duanmu Yan and yourself, the others have all perished."

Lin Yue was startled, and asked, "Why does the Crown Prince want to kill those unpredictable by fate? Just because he cannot predict them, and they pose a threat to him?"

"That is only a very minor reason."

The Second Prince shook his head slightly, "It's connected to the most important secret of Great Yong. I cannot tell you before you successfully harmonize. Otherwise, should you fail in Harmonization and your soul dissipate, or when your time comes, it will be the Human Clan that suffers."

Lin Yue was stunned, somewhat failing to understand the Second Prince's logic, "My soul dissipates and it's the Human Clan that suffers?"

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Why would the Human Clan suffer once he knew this secret and his soul dispersed?

"The reason is quite simple."

The Second Prince looked at him and said softly, "Because you are a member of the Ancient Human Clan. Once your soul dissipates, you'll return to the embrace of the Origin."

Lin Yue was slightly taken aback, beginning to understand, "That secret...must not be revealed to the Origin?"

"It's just our speculation, but after all, it's the Origin, supreme and mighty, the Origin that created heaven and earth."

The Second Prince sighed, "We of the Eternal Night Clan are like ants glimpsed by humans in the dark. Even though ants cannot fathom human thoughts, they dare not provoke them lightly, nor do they wish to be discovered by them, lest they be squashed at any moment."

Lin Yue understood what the Second Prince meant.

"However...Second Brother, the Star Lord, and that mysterious existence in the Beiyuan Mountain all would rather have my soul disperse than let me enter Reincarnation."

Lin Yue expressed his confusion, "But if my soul dissipates, I will return to the embrace of the Origin. If I enter Reincarnation, I could become a member of the Eternal Night Clan. Why do you all speak like this? Is it because of the Ultimate Path?"

"The Ultimate Path is just one reason." The Second Prince was silent for a moment and then said, "The real reason is likewise something you cannot know."

Lin Yue slightly raised an eyebrow but did not press further.

It seemed they were worried that if he failed at Harmonization and his soul returned to the embrace of the Origin, it would be revealed.

"However, in the legends of the Ancient Times, there is a record."

The Second Prince said, "The Ancient Human Clan, even if their souls dissipate, will not vanish into nothingness but will wake up again in the embrace of the Origin, to be born anew, favored and cherished by the Origin. The Ancient Human Clan does not truly die, so even if you were to perish, you might recover, but if you reincarnate as an Eternal Night Clan, then there really would be no hope."

Lin Yue seemed to understand, nodding thoughtfully.

"After all, there is much that is beyond our control," sighed the Second Prince.

After pondering for a long while, Lin Yue said softly, "Second Brother, there's something I perhaps shouldn't ask, but I still wish to know."

"Ask," said the Second Prince, looking at him.

"Knowing that I am from the Ancient Human Clan and not of the Eternal Night Clan, that the Eternal Night Clan stands in opposition to the Eternal Night, I'm not allied with the Eternal Night Clan, yet Second Brother continues to aid me. Have you never thought that this might actually be helping the enemy?"

Lin Yue asked softly.

The Second Prince smiled and said, "Of course I've thought about it, but what can be done? It's for that same reason that the Crown Prince views you as a threat. However, I believe both the Eternal Night Clan and the Ancient Human Clan are human, and the human heart is the biggest variable. The Ancient Human Clan is not like the Demon Clan that has become slaves to the Eternal Night, embattled with the Human Clan. So, I choose to trust you..."

Lin Yue was slightly taken aback.

No choice?

The Demon Clan was a slave to the Eternal Night?

The Second Prince's words revealed too much; though he didn't fully understand, he could indeed comprehend the helplessness beneath that despair.

The Eternal Night Clan seemed to stand opposite the Eternal Night.

What exactly was the situation that made even the powerful Crown Prince and Second Prince so desperate?

And the death of the Divine Emperor, what was the cause?

However, Lin Yue knew that if the Second Prince were willing, he would have already been told.

"I understand what Second Brother is saying."

Lin Yue nodded slightly, "I am no different from anyone else, a person of flesh and blood, regardless of whether from the Ancient Human Clan or the Eternal Night Clan."

He had lived in this world for decades, a life even longer and more tortuous than his previous one, and even more deeply engraved in his heart.