My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

Previously, Li Tongzhen and Zhang Shunlong.

Cheng Guang could also be asked.

But he had no reason to ask this question.

Li Tongzhen and Zhang Shunlong might not tell him either.

Now, making a deal with the Great Tang Emperor, he could legitimately bring up the doubts in his heart.

After Cheng Guang spoke,

the Great Tang Emperor was taken aback.

His eyes filled with shock.

This wasn’t because he thought the question Cheng Guang asked, or the request he made was too much, but simply because he thought the request was too simple.

The first request was for him to protect Chang’an City well.

After making this request, it was as if it hadn’t been made at all.

Because even if Cheng Guang had not mentioned it, the Great Tang Emperor would have protected Chang’an City regardless.

He cared about Chang’an even more than Cheng Guang did.

Chang’an was not only the capital of Great Tang but also where the Great Tang Emperor’s heart resided, and it was where soldiers of the Great Tang, as well as the Crown Prince Li Chengqian existed.

How could the Great Tang Emperor not care?

As for the second request Cheng Guang mentioned,

it was to inquire about the events of the past and the reasons for the cataclysmic changes between heaven and earth.

To those who had survived from the Dark Age, this was not a secret at all.

The Great Tang Emperor looked at Cheng Guang with a hint of suspicion in his eyes, somewhat disbelieving that this person, who in his view, had also survived from that Dark Age, did not know what had happened in the past.

Though the Great Tang Emperor somewhat doubted this, he still decided to answer Cheng Guang.

After all, the requests were very simple.

The Great Tang Emperor, even if there was only one in ten thousand chance, would bet that Cheng Guang wouldn’t make a move against Chang’an City.

At the moment, the Great Tang Emperor had no other options.

He had no way of dealing with Cheng Guang and could only comply with him.

He would act according to Cheng Guang’s wishes.

The Great Tang Emperor pondered for a moment then, after slightly organizing his thoughts, he began to speak to Cheng Guang,

“Back then, the Heavenly Dao fell, and the path of cultivation was corrupted.”

“I do not know how many Immortal Buddhas, overnight, degenerated into Demon Beasts.”

“The path to sainthood was cut off, and many who sought eternal life, in order to survive, had to find a new path in the strange way of cultivation.”

“Some succeeded, and some failed, turning completely into Devil Beasts.”

“Then came the Great War.”

“The war tore apart the four continents, ravaged the realms of heaven and earth, and sank the world into complete decline. This period is what we call the Dark Age, when almost all the strong perished, only a few sealing themselves away, waiting for the world to reset and awaken once more.”

“Whether the world would reset or the Dao would return to normal, no one knew.”

“This sleep could also be eternal.”

“Fortunately, there are now signs of the world resetting and the Dao starting to heal.”

The Great Tang Emperor, upon saying this, couldn’t help but slowly exhale, feeling much lighter from head to toe.

Even if Chang’an City was not in his control.

But remembering up to this point, hope once again filled the eyes of the Great Tang Emperor.

It is hard to imagine what the Great Tang Emperor had gone through back then to now, seeing a world that was still somewhat normal, being so hopeful, to the extent that even Chang’an City was momentarily forgotten.

Having heard this, Cheng Guang then asked, “Were you one of those who self-sealed back then?”

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The Great Tang Emperor shook his head. “I wasn’t self-sealed; I was sealed by others.”

“The Saint Monk, for the sake of the citizens of Great Tang, willingly eroded his Buddha nature. But the Buddha turned a blind eye to the mortal world’s suffering and suppressed me.”

As the Great Tang Emperor spoke, his tone grew heavy.

“That sealing lasted for countless ages, but throughout that infinite time, my consciousness remained vividly clear.”

“I carried the burden of those many lonely years all by myself.”

“Now, all I think about is leading an army against those high-and-mighty Immortal Buddhas from the past, crushing them underfoot!”

As the Great Tang Emperor spoke, his tone became resolute and a coldness crept over his features.

Meanwhile,

the Great Tang Emperor was also observing Cheng Guang,

waiting to see what his reaction would be to these words of hatred towards the Immortal Buddhas.

In the Great Tang Emperor’s eyes, this unknown entity that was Cheng Guang might be one of those Immortal Buddhas from the past.

Otherwise,

how could he have the means to control Chang’an City before him?

But then again,

the Great Tang Emperor had a sliver of doubt,

because he noticed that when he spoke those words of hatred, wishing to trample all Immortals and Buddhas underfoot, Cheng Guang’s emotions did not fluctuate in the slightest.

The Great Tang Emperor felt that if the person who had controlled Chang’an City before him was one of those Immortal Buddhas, he definitely would not be as calm as he seemed right now.

Then who was he?

Who was he?

Unable to understand or see through, the Great Tang Emperor stared fixedly at Cheng Guang’s figure, frantically sifting through every god, Devil Beast he knew of in his mind, trying to match them with Cheng Guang’s image.

Yet, the Great Tang Emperor found

that no matter how he compared, he could not match Cheng Guang’s figure with any from his memories.

After only a moment of contemplation,

the Great Tang Emperor felt a splitting headache coming on and, a bit discouraged, stopped his train of thought.