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

Lin Yue pondered for a moment, then said, "Even ants strive to survive. You saved my mother back then. Besides, my mother never asked you to give up, right?"

The old man was silent for a while and sighed, "You really are a lot like her."

He shook his head and said, "My divine soul has collapsed. General low-grade Dao Heart treasures, even mid-grade or top-grade ones, would only delay the collapse of my Dao Heart. Only the legendary superior-grade Dao Heart treasure could truly save me."

The superior-grade Dao Heart treasure, known to be only one kind—the Reincarnation Fruit.

But it was just a legend.

Even one of the Thirty-Six Cave Heaven Secrets, which Lin Yue planned to open in two months, only contained four low-grade Dao Heart treasures called Three-inch Spirit Hearts.

Lin Yue could only say, "If I get the chance, I will save you. Obtaining other Dao Heart treasures might also help delay your divine soul collapse."

The old man smiled and said, "Your intention is enough for me."

"When I find a Dao Heart treasure, I will bring it to you."

Lin Yue stood up, and before putting away the Blood Lotus Lamp on the table, he said, "What we discussed today, let us continue to keep it a secret."

"I understand." The old man nodded slowly.

"Farewell." Only then did Lin Yue put away the Blood Lotus Lamp and turn to leave.

Baili Fengzhi immediately followed.

In the dim room, the old man watched Lin Yue's departing figure and slowly revealed a trace of a smile, "Lu'er, your son... He really is like you."

...

After leaving the Record Room, Lin Yue had Ji Dongyuan accompany him to continue strolling around the Dawn Platform.

There weren't many places left, and it soon ended.

Lin Yue didn't waste much time, left the Dawn Platform, and boarded the carriage back to the Duke Heng's mansion.

"I need to retreat."

Once back in the Cultivation Chamber, Lin Yue directly took out the black jade coffin, opened a crack, and called out, "Human Ancestor, come out quickly."

A wisp of light smoke drifted out, transforming into the dual-pupiled Human Ancestor.

"What's the matter? Why did you call me out specially?" the Human Ancestor asked with a smile.

"Take a look." Lin Yue took out that pendant.

"Hmm?"

The Human Ancestor's eyes brightened suddenly, "Did you find my soul fragment so quickly?"

"Yes." Lin Yue said, "How should you integrate this soul fragment?"

"Netherworld Soul Jade?" The Human Ancestor examined the pendant and said, "This soul fragment is sealed with the Netherworld Soul Jade, quite a skillful method. You should crush it."

Lin Yue asked, "Crush it directly?"

"Yes, Netherworld Soul Jade is somewhat similar to Eternal Night Black Jade, but the Netherworld Soul Jade only severs reincarnation and cannot form a mind realm."

The Human Ancestor glanced at him and said, "There's nothing precious about it. Since this Netherworld Soul Jade contained my soul fragment, it can't be used again."

"Alright then."

Lin Yue immediately exerted some force. The Netherworld Soul Jade was quite sturdy; a tenth of his strength could crush black iron easily, yet the Netherworld Soul Jade showed not even a hint of a crack.

"Don't worry about crushing it. Can you crush my soul fragment inadvertently?" The Human Ancestor glanced at him irritably.

"Alright, alright."

This time, Lin Yue exerted his strength, and the Netherworld Soul Jade finally shattered completely.

Wisps of smoke emanated, quickly merging into the Human Ancestor's soul fragment, and the originally phantom-like fragmented soul became more solid. Initially, only above the neck was real, but as the smoke merged in, eventually, even above the waist became solid.

"How is it?" Lin Yue couldn't help but ask.

After a while, the Human Ancestor frowned and slowly said, "This time, I recovered memories from the Heavenly Barrier period, but it's still strange. Apart from my own memories, there's a lot of martial arts memory from the Three Talents Heaven Barrier level..."

He murmured, "Whose memories are these?"