Talk of Antiquity
Yue Qianchou sat cross-legged as instructed, and Bi Changchun asked, "What do you think of my cultivation level?" The former chuckled and said, "I can't say for sure, but it's very high. It's the highest cultivation level I've ever seen." The latter was not modest either, nodding and saying, "After my cultivation reached the late Spirit Transformation stage, people at this level called me 'the number one Number One Expert Under Heaven in the Cultivation World.' Although such titles are somewhat like flattery, I believe that I currently have no rivals within the Spirit Transformation stage realm. I'm telling you this not to boast, but to let you know that becoming my disciple will not be an insult to you."
Upon hearing this, Yue Qianchou felt a little dizzy. The number one Number One Expert Under Heaven and the number one person in the Cultivation World —these titles were incredibly impressive. Truly, a powerful person deserves a powerful title. He knew that Bi Changchun's cultivation was high, but he had never seen other experts in the Spirit Transformation stage, so he couldn't make comparisons. He never expected that his master would actually be the number one in the world.
Thinking back to his first master, Hao Sansi, whose cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul Realm, his second master at the Tribulation Transcendence stage Spirit Transformation stage, and his third master at the Deity Transformation stage, he realized that each master was more powerful than the last. Unfortunately, none of these three masters had taught him anything. He wondered if he would ever have a fourth master, but this master's cultivation was already the best in the world. Given his current rate of progress through apprenticeships, would he eventually have to find a deity as his master?
Isn't it a bit shameless to keep asking for apprentices like this? Whatever, Guo Jing in The Legend of the Condor Heroes had far more masters—seventy or eighty, while I only have three. Not many! Confucius said, "Among three people walking together, there must be one who can teach me." Damn it! I respect the ancient teachings but surpass them all—everyone among three people is my teacher! How humble!
Having found a reason to comfort himself, Yue Qianchou laughed and said, "Master, what you say is true. It is my honor to be able to become your disciple. How could I possibly disgrace you?"
Bi Changchun nodded, not dwelling on the topic, and asked, "Do you know the origin of this Demon Ghost Domain?" Yue Qianchou shook his head. "I don't know, but I would like to hear the details."
"Have you heard of the great war in High Antiquity times?" Seeing Bi Changchun he nodded to indicate that he knew, Bi Changchun smiled and asked, "Then do you know why this great war happened?" Yue Qianchou shook his head again.
"The great war in High Antiquity times was more than 100,000 years ago. At that time, there was no Demon Ghost Domain in this world. Humans, demons, and ghosts coexisted, each following their own path, and there was rarely any major chaos. Until one day, for some unknown reason, immortals from the upper realm came, some alone, some in groups of three or five, and many even rode divine beasts from the upper realm. They descended to the human world and fought fiercely, causing chaos throughout the entire human world. Demons and ghosts ran rampant, and people suffered. Under the instigation and temptation of the immortals from the upper realm, the cultivation masters in the human world also joined in." Bi Changchun sighed as he spoke.
Yue Qianchou raised his eyebrows, his expression somewhat strange. Judging from the old man's expression, it seemed that he was not feeling compassion for the world or worrying about the misfortunes of the people. Instead, he seemed to be born at the wrong time. Could it be that the old man had been a lone wolf for too long and wished he could be born in a chaotic world to show his skills?
"At that time, the experts in the Cultivation World did not know why the immortals in the upper realm were fighting each other. They only knew that they wanted to seize something. This thing that even the immortals in the upper realm were willing to risk their lives to seize naturally attracted more and more experts in the Cultivation World to participate. As a result, the mortal world was thrown into chaos. Until one day, another person came down from the upper realm. This person descended to the mortal world riding the first divine beast of the immortal realm. Whenever there was a big fight in the mortal world, he would appear to join in the fun. The immortals who had come down to the mortal world before would flee as soon as they saw him. They were extremely afraid of him. Those immortals called him 'Myriad Sword Demon Lord'."
"The Myriad Sword Demon Lord?" Yue Qianchou suddenly frowned and muttered, "Master, I seem to have heard Wu Huaqian, the son of the current head of the Wu family, Four Great Families, mention this person. He said that he could control tens of thousands of flying swords at the same time to fight enemies. I didn't expect that he was also an immortal from the upper realm."
"Indeed, this person could control tens of thousands of flying swords to defend against enemies. None of the immortals at the time were his match; they could only flee when they encountered him." Bi Changchun said with admiration, "Because the immortals only knew how to run away, he found it very boring. So he set up a 'Heaven and Earth Qiankun Grand Array,' luring all the immortals inside and sealing them away. He wandered around the mortal realm, and whenever he felt bored, he would go to the 'Heaven and Earth Qiankun Grand Array' to find someone to fight. One time when he went there again, the immortals sealed inside the array finally stopped hiding and used a trick, joining forces to attack him, finally severely injuring him. When he returned outside to recuperate, he saw the unrest in the mortal realm and had a compassionate thought. In his spare time, he took action and drove most of the demons and ghosts in the world together, which became today's Demon Ghost Domain."
"Uh..." Yue Qianchou was dumbfounded. He never expected there to be such an incredibly powerful figure who would beat up gods for fun. He asked in astonishment, "Master, do you mean that he single-handedly created the Eastern Pole Sacred Land and the Demon Ghost Domain?"
"That's right." Bi Changchun nodded, then suddenly shook his head and said, "Just when he was still recovering from his serious injuries, two more people came down from the upper realm. They were his mortal enemies. After a fierce battle, the 'Myriad Sword Demon Lord' finally perished. With that, the chaotic era of High Antiquity came to a complete end, and this world began to be ruled by humans."
"Dead?" Yue Qianchou felt a strange sense of realization and exhaled, "Master, what exactly were those immortals trying to steal? And who ended up getting it?"
"The Star Pearl," Bi Changchun sighed. "It is said to be a bead formed by the power of the stars in the universe, created by the Great Dao of Primordial Chaos. Only one such bead appears every hundred million years. Whoever can obtain and fuse with it can become a god. Gods are beings that surpass the immortals of the upper realm. They are unrestrained, immortal, and eternal. As for who ultimately obtained this 'Star Pearl,' that remains unknown."
"Tsk tsk! No wonder even immortals are fighting over it, so there are such treasures." Yue Qianchou's eyes lit up as he stroked his chin, fantasizing to himself, "If only I could get my hands on one."
There's an old saying that goes, "He who has good fortune doesn't know it," which probably describes people like him. He should have been using his imagination, but instead, he didn't think about the golden pearl that transformed him from an ordinary person into who he is today.
"By the way, Master!" Yue Qianchou suddenly asked, "Wasn't it said that the number one divine beast of the Myriad Sword Demon Lord's to the mortal world? What kind of divine beast is it? Where did that divine beast go?"
"It was a dragon, supposedly a red one. As for where it went, no one knows. I guess it also perished at the hands of 'Myriad Sword Demon Lord's' two mortal enemies," Bi Changchun sighed.
A dragon? A red dragon? Holy crap! Could it be such a coincidence? Yue Qianchou's expression twitched, his eyes widened, and the scene he had seen underground in Twilight Valley Qinghuo flashed through his mind—the scene that had terrified him so much that he had scrambled to escape for his life. It seemed to be a red divine dragon that had even spoken to him so enthusiastically...
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