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

In the murky expanse of Chaos, the Crown Prince donned the Mysterious Robe and Crown, his head adorned with a five-colored diadem, gazing indifferently at Lin Yue, his incomparably handsome face showing no trace of emotional fluctuation.

"Crown Prince."

Lin Yue bowed slightly and said, "So the master of Tianxia Building is you, dear brother?"

Although he had been close to the Human Ancestor in the black jade coffin, regarding him as an elder and teacher, Lin Yue always felt an inexplicable pressure when facing the Crown Prince, the Reincarnation of the Human Ancestor.

Especially after knowing that the Crown Prince was pursuing a man of unfathomable fate, that pressure only intensified.

"I have a question that I am very eager to ask you."

The Crown Prince stared at him expressionlessly for a long while before suddenly speaking.

"Please, dear brother," Lin Yue nodded slightly.

The Crown Prince slowly said, "What do you think… How long can the Human Clan exist?"

"The Human Clan? How long can it exist?"

Lin Yue was taken aback, what kind of question was this?

"I do not understand the human heart, but based on the situation and cases of countless people, I can predict the future of most," the Crown Prince said indifferently, "and I have concluded… that the Human Clan is doomed to extinction."

"Doomed to extinction?" Lin Yue couldn't help but ask, "Do you mean that Eternal Night will lead to the extinction of the Human Clan?"

"No."

The Crown Prince said expressionlessly, "Even without Eternal Night, the Human Clan is still doomed to extinction. In fact, without such an external crisis as Eternal Night, the Human Clan might perish even sooner because… that is the nature of humans."

Lin Yue was taken aback.

The Crown Prince continued, "I've always thought things are quite good as they are. The demise brought by Eternal Night might last tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of years, or even longer. I am confident that I can ensure the peaceful existence of the Human Clan until the very last moment. But... they are unwilling to accept this, so they place their hopes on you, longing for someone who has grasped the Ultimate Path to emerge."

Lin Yue listened in silence.

They? Did he mean the Second Prince? Who else?

"I cannot see through you, nor can I see you, so I wanted to ask you in person."

The Crown Prince gazed at Lin Yue and said, "If it were you, knowing that the Human Clan will ultimately perish, but one path could allow longer and more stable existence, while another might lead to earlier destruction with many crises, which would you choose?"

Lin Yue frowned slightly.

What choice?

"I am not clear on what exactly dear brother is referring to," Lin Yue shook his head and said, "Could you please clarify?"

The Crown Prince looked at him silently for a long while before finally speaking indifferently, "It does not matter if it is unclear now, you will eventually face these two choices. When that time comes, you can answer then."

Lin Yue pondered for a moment and asked, "Did Second Prince choose the path that could lead to destruction?"

"Yes."

The Crown Prince said, "He has been worried that I would close off that path, thus he has been constantly threatening me, worried that I would eliminate you first."

He looked at Lin Yue and slowly said, "But in reality, there are many ways to prevent that, and I never intended to harm you. It's just that... humans are such contradictory beings, full of the willingness to gamble yet despising insecurity."

Lin Yue fell silent for a moment before saying, "I heard that dear brother is pursuing a man with an unpredictable fate, why then have you not thought of killing me?"

"Values are not equivalent, or rather... it is not yet time," the Crown Prince said unemotionally. "If you were to achieve Harmonization, it would be even less necessary."

Lin Yue thoughtfully then asked, "Then why did dear brother kill the Sixteenth Prince?"

"Under most circumstances, you are a wise and cautious man."

The Crown Prince said dispassionately, "You know not to ask about things you shouldn't know and would not speak of them even if you did. But the Sixteenth Prince was different… He was a restless man. He once went to a place he should not have and saw things he should not have seen. Compared to the value he could bring to the Human Clan, erasing the threat he posed was the best choice."

Went to a place he shouldn't have?

Saw things he shouldn't have seen?

Lin Yue's heart stirred. What exactly had the Sixteenth Prince discovered that led to his death by the Crown Prince?

However, this was clearly a dangerous secret.

If it was not meant to be known, he wouldn't ask.

He had once acquired a secret about the Crown Prince, learning about the existence of the National Treasure that was connected to half the human fate.

Those who gained the secret did not have the opportunity to do so a second time.

Over the years, he had already gained a secret from most of the powerful beings in the world.

It was only a few powerful beings from whom he hadn't obtained secrets.

As such, he was no longer able to learn the secrets of the Crown Prince.

Perhaps, after Harmonization, when the Innate Divine Power evolves to the ultimate level, Secret Listening might change?

However, for the time being, that Innate Divine Power was of no use.

"Tell me about your Ultimate Path."

The Crown Prince looked at him and said, "I want to see just how powerful the real Ultimate Path is. If you can succeed in Proving and Transcending, this world might truly be different… I hear you still lack the Spirit and Body Unity Cultivation Method and the Inner Heaven and Earth Cultivation Method?"

"Yes," Lin Yue nodded his head.

The Crown Prince spoke softly, "From now on, you may use the Heavenly Dao Heart within Tianxia Building to deduce Cultivation Techniques at any time. It may not be critical, but at least it can save you a lot of time."

"Heavenly Dao Heart?" Lin Yue was somewhat puzzled.

"The reward of one Cultivation Technique deduced with 108,000 command arrows is the most basic application of the Heavenly Dao Heart."

The Crown Prince said dispassionately, "You've tried it once, and you should understand. That near Sudden Enlightenment ability to deduce can only be applied to Cultivation Techniques at the Great Cultivator level, but it is meaningless for deeper levels of Cultivation Techniques."

Lin Yue nodded slightly.

Though that state of near Sudden Enlightenment was powerful, it could only apply on an existing level to achieve things that were known and within reach.