When Ye Xuan was in a daze, the voice of ’Cang’ came again, but this time it was very calm, also awakening Ye Xuan from his dazed thoughts.

"You speak, I’ll listen." Ye Xuan whispered.

"The Desolate Ancient Era was severed, and during the Primordial times, three of the most stunning figures across the Eternal Universe were born..."

’Cang’ fell into reminiscence, muttering a tale of a distant and unknown past, which Ye Xuan quietly listened to.

In that distant past, the Desolate Ancient Era had ceased to exist, the legendary figure entered that great gate, and the Primordial Era emerged.

It was a most brilliant golden age, a time where myriad paths vied for supremacy.

In that brilliant age, countless Primordial beings defied the heavens and rose, collectively painting a grand picture of the Primordial pinnacle.

Among them, three figures shone the brightest, and they were the most dazzling of the entire Primordial Era.

These three were two males and one female, reputed as the most extraordinarily talented trio of the Primordial Era.

The first of the Primordials, clad in pure white, an ethereal figure, revered as the first Divine King of the Primordial times, was named Taichu!

The other, known as "Tai Cang," was revered as the most wicked and passionate of the Primordials, and with his Evil Sky Technique, few could match him, he was respected and feared by the Primordial beings.

The last was a woman, called ’Yao’ by the Primordial beings, though a woman, her cultivation was no less than the two aforementioned.

But that wasn’t the key!

’Yao’ did not possess astonishing beauty, but her smile was the most pure and genuine of the Primordial Era, she refrained from killing and never made things difficult for anyone, her purity akin to the waters of Nine Heavens, making anyone reluctant to deceive her.

She wasn’t kind, nor was she evil, she only had the purest heart of a child, almost every Primordial being who met her received her kindness.

Even the most wicked and vile would suppress their malice in her presence, fearing to desecrate that pure smile, and harm this girl.

In that distant Primordial Era, ’Yao’ was the sanctuary in the hearts of all Primordial beings, someone no one could desecrate.

She was the purest soul of the Primordial Era.

No!

Not just the Primordial Era!

It should be said that since the inception of the Eternal Universe, she has been the sanctuary in the hearts of all living beings, the greatest beauty of the world embodied in ’Yao’.

Even the wickedly passionate ’Cang’ fell for this girl, choosing to guard her forever for just one of her smiles.

In that distant age, in the brilliant Primordial Era.

’Cang’ accompanied ’Yao’, together they spent the merriest times.

Until one day, when ’Yao’ casually asked, who could become the first of the Primordials.

A casual remark from the girl prompted ’Cang’ to traverse the entire Primordial realm, challenging the heavens and the earth, nearly reigning over an entire era, solely to prove to the girl that he was the first of the Primordials.

Even for a simple question from the girl, he traversed the whole Primordial Era, to challenge the reputed first Divine King of Primordials, Taichu!

That battle was chaotic, arguably the most earth-shattering confrontation since the dawn of time, lasting a full ten thousand years, yet still inconclusive.

Until the girl heard about it and rushed to stop the fight from continuing.

’Cang’ foolishly smirked at the girl, smiling to prove that for her, he would become the first of the Primordials.

But the girl never wished for ’Cang’ to become the first of the Primordials, nor did she want ’Cang’ to suffer any harm.

She halted the battle, and it was during this earth-shattering war that Taichu came to know the two.

The three walked together in the Primordial Era, becoming the closest of friends.

That was the happiest time for Cang, because with ’Yao’s’ companionship, every day was the happiest, nothing compared to the girl’s smile.

But eventually one day, someone’s appearance disrupted this happiest of times.

That day!

Primordial tremors, heaven and earth collapsed.

A great door rumbled open, a person walked out of it, stunning all Primordial beings.

For the first time!

It was never before witnessed.

In the girl’s eyes, ’Cang’ saw a new look he had never seen before, one called admiration.

Such a gaze had never appeared on the girl, not even when combined with Taichu could they provoke such admiration from her.

At that moment, ’Cang’ realized, perhaps the girl never loved him, nor Taichu, seeing them merely as elder brothers.

That day!

Primordials were turbulent, heavens changed.

The man stepping from the door was earth-shatteringly magnificent, none other than the legendary one, the sole survivor from the Desolate Ancient Era.

On that same day, the girl bid farewell to ’Cang’ and ’Taichu’, chasing after the man.

On that day too, ’Taichu’ left in desolation.

On that day, ’Cang’s heart was breaking, that wicked light erupted, without the girl’s company, he returned to the most wicked man of Primordials.

From that day on, ’Cang’ vowed to himself, he must defeat that legendary man, to prove to the girl that he was the strongest across the Eternal Universe.

Cultivation!

Crazy cultivation!

Even risking life and death to cultivate.

Finally, the heavens did not let him down, he elevated the Evil Sky Technique into the most terrifying Forbidden Heavenly Technique, surpassing even the Desolate Heaven Technique.

Once he became an earth-shattering existence, perfecting the Evil Sky Technique, he embarked on the journey to challenge that man.

That battle was more earth-shattering than ever, almost shattering one-fifth of the Primordial Era, his combination of Evil Sky Technique and extraordinary cultivation made ’Cang’ terrifyingly invincible across the ages.

That battle lasted a million years, but the ultimate result left him utterly devastated!

He lost!

He still lost to that man.

Even after maximizing the Evil Sky Technique to its pinnacle, transforming it into the most dreadful Forbidden Heavenly Technique, even with his cultivation reaching earth-shattering heights, he was still defeated by that man.

An unwavering defeat, with no excuse to offer.

In front of that man, he became a thorough loser.

When facing life and death, the girl he loved appeared and shielded him from a fatal blow.

This strike shattered the girl’s Divine Soul, leaving no chance for survival!

That day!

’Cang’ wept, holding the girl, crying sorrowfully.

Only at that moment did he understand, the girl never gave up on him, merely seeing him as family, and for saving his life, shielding him from that lethal strike.

On that same day.

The girl told him, in her last moments, not to blame the man, for he bears the heaviest duty across the Eternal Universe.

Also on that day, the two men for the sake of the girl, performed techniques that surpassed even the Forbidden Heavenly Techniques, barely leaving a sliver of life essence for her, eternally buried within the Bronze Ancient Coffin.

The legendary man departed!

Yet before his departure, he made ’Cang’ pledge to guard the Origin Land forever, awaiting his return to awaken the girl.

For that promise, ’Cang’ endured an eternity of solitude, just waiting for the return of that man, this wait spanning an eternity and beyond.

Yet he never regretted, even enduring the eternal solitude and silence, he still held firm to his promise.

Not for the promise to that man, but for a vow he made himself, to protect the girl for life.