Under that unique perspective, the Ancient Sea God continues to tirelessly alter all sorts of things. He intends to dig a pit for the future, starting from Daqian.
Amidst a wave, in the library of Daqian, a minor official charged with record-keeping accidentally added an extra stroke to a record number while documenting it.
The number changed, and that particular record would be placed in another section.
And that section is designated for records that might never be retrieved or viewed again.
This record, containing information about Yu Ziqing, wasn't erased but was mistakenly placed elsewhere.
As time flows on, perhaps a millennium, even several thousand years hence, this record will sink entirely into a heap of forgotten documents, an inconspicuous volume in the vast sea of chaotic books.
Maybe someday, when the next Emperor of Daqian ascends the throne.
During the restoration process, this volume will already be damaged, eroded by time, becoming part of some distant era's trivial records.
By then, due to its dilapidation and lost value, it will be directly destroyed.
At that point, the initial entries related to Yu Ziqing could be utterly obliterated by time.
This procedure might consume thousands or even tens of thousands of years.
However, the Ancient Sea God doesn't mind, as time is his least concern.
Just as he has done before, after forsaking one era, he begins preparing for the next.
Gradually obliterating past elements, little by little, using the power of time to erase traces of their existence.
Again, through the long years, eliminating what was left behind.
The Ancient Sea God is well-versed in this process.
In the past Ancient Era, the more remote Gods Era, and even further back to the Ancient Gods Era, including the transitions between each era, too much has been erased by him.
Even Yu Ziqing, this alien species, who keeps digging, ultimately unearths only names like the Primordial Lord.
Many past great figures who contributed or left legacies, their names, have faded irretrievably into the annals of time, never to be found again.
Now, for many of the classics that still circulate, their original creators' names are nowhere to be found.
The creators of long-lasting classics, at the time, were surely prominent figures known far and wide.
Yet now, all that remains is a common name, Anonymous.
Perhaps, in the distant future, Yu Ziqing or Qing Ziyu may become just another Anonymous.
As the Ancient Sea God continues his modifications, his inner anxiety and fear of the unknown are slightly alleviated.
For he recently felt that the success rate of his alterations had significantly improved.
Even though he isn't altering anything of major consequence, merely laying groundwork for the next era.
The increased success rate reassured him greatly, though the reason behind it eludes him.
Because this kind of alteration is akin to unboxing, perhaps not even that secure.
His modifications lack even a guarantee of success.
Whether it succeeds depends entirely on chance.
The unknowns are too numerous, and the factors that can influence are too many for him to fully grasp.
The only thing he can confirm is that his current choice is certainly correct.
The evident improvement in the success rate is proof.
The Ancient Sea God has yet to discover Shi's existence.
He wouldn't know that the recent improvement in his modification success rate isn't due to better luck, but because Shi hasn't been actively sabotaging him.
Shi is formless and abstract, drifting under that unique perspective.
He perceived something unique, the only new kind of insight he could comprehend since transforming into his current form.
Something inside resonated deeply with his power.
The natural attraction he felt became the primary reason for him to explore it freely.
For he sensed that this was left behind by Yu Ziqing.
In fact, Yu Ziqing had already successfully comprehended a Dharma Method.
Shi could feel it, he didn't know how Yu Ziqing did it, but he knew that Yu Ziqing abandoned this method as a catalyst.
Using this catalyst, he presented a grand topic for everyone to contemplate.
Even Shi could be included among everyone.
This greatly shocked Shi, as he finally encountered something utterly incomprehensible.
When he began to contemplate, memories involuntarily surfaced in his mind of the sole interaction he had with a Dao Cultivator.
By that time, he was already in his current state.
Whereas that individual known as the Dao Cultivator was preparing to embark on the Dao.
At that time, the Dao Cultivator told him, whether cultivators or mankind, they didn't actually lack a Dao Cultivator but lacked a Dao Opener.
The Dao Cultivator had seen a higher level; he said what was missing was a Dao Guide.
But at that time, Shi couldn't quite grasp this because he was already in his present state, and the Dao Cultivator was nearing Dao Harmonization.
Now, Shi begins to understand.
Yu Ziqing is undoubtedly that Dao Guide.
He might not excel, might not even step into the Dao.
He only needs to pose the question, initiate the topic, and that's already enough.
That is pointing out a direction.
Once the direction is set, it doesn't rely on the power of one person anymore.
As long as someone can pioneer in that direction, another Dao Opener is born.
Chapter 1852: 504: The Grand Project, First Topic (5k)_2
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