Master of Cold Food Festival, Past Mysteries Unveiled

Faced with the question posed by Bowei, Zhao Xing narrowed his eyes slightly.

Without saying a word, he started inserting needles into himself.

Bowei was clearly surprised, wondering what Zhao Xing was doing.

But it was soon discovered that Zhao Xing was implementing Hou Bian Method.

"You want to scan me?"

Bowei guessed Zhao Xing's intentions.

Zhao Xing remained silent and soon became a descendant of the Nine Marsh God.

A humanoid monster with thick, purplish-black fur stared at Bowei with a pair of fiery red eyes.

"It's no use," Bowei said. "The difference in our levels of understanding is too great; you couldn't possibly see me clearly."

As Bowei said, the difference in levels was too great. Even with panel observation, Zhao Xing only obtained Bowei's name.

Without saying a word, Zhao Xing started eating.

Bowei's eye muscles twitched slightly, a hint of doubt flashing across his face.

What are you doing?

Why are you eating now?

"Boom~~"

The monster showed a hint of pain, because what Zhao Xing had eaten was a Divine Law Pill left behind by Wei Tianchen.

When fighting Aiyisuo, Zhao Xing didn't use his full strength. Now, just to take a look at Bowei, he first gave himself acupuncture and then took Divine Law Pill.

Zhao Xing's current strength on paper has reached a terrifying fourteenth rank!

This time, when Zhao Xing looked at Bowei again, things were finally different.

[Name: Bowei]

[Realm: Divine General Scholar (Sealed, Contaminated)]

[Universal Knowledge Divine Art: Tier 3 (12/10000)]

Although it was only two more lines of information, Zhao Xing smiled with satisfaction.

"Where did Lao Qing go? Who am I? What is that incarnation of the God King doing here... I don't really want to know that much."

A hoarse voice came from the monster's throat. Zhao Xing shrugged and turned to leave.

This is completely Inverted Heavenly Dipper! He's always the one who uses information asymmetry to fool others. How could he be fooled by Bowei?

After reviewing Bowei's information and observing Bowei every move, Zhao Xing indeed felt that there was something wrong with Bowei.

If Bowei were the God King, Zhao Xing would believe it.

However, Bowei's Universal Knowledge Divine Art was not fully mastered, so he was only at the Divine General Level!

Moreover, Bowei was completely unprepared for his own actions, and he was clearly taken aback.

This proves that what we know may also be incorrect information.

Once the mystique surrounding Bowei's status as the first god-like scholar in history is dispelled, his words become less important to Zhao Xing.

Moreover, the title of "the first god-level scholar" is highly questionable.

"I can understand the seal. Bowei was suppressed in the Reincarnation Graveyard and locked up."

"What does 'pollution' mean? Does it mean that Bowei has been polluted by information?" Zhao Xing pondered as he walked back.

"Scholars possess Universal Knowledge Method and methods that Universal Knowledge Method. Could it be that he has been corrupted by that God King who descended to this era?"

However, Zhao Xing quickly lost interest. Whether Bowei wanted to talk or not was a matter for the big shots to consider.

He should focus on his duties as a person in his position. He was only Ninth Order Demigod and didn't need to think about such big things. If the sky fell, there would be tall people waiting to take care of it.

Promising to parole Bowei? Zhao Xing didn't think he had that kind of influence. The Reincarnation Temple and the Origin Heavenly Palace weren't just for show, and he couldn't possibly agree to that.

Once you reach the Divine Realm, you'll know the answer someday. Why let others lead you by the nose?

"Boom!"

The bronze gate closed, and when Zhao Xing came out, Gu Luo River was waiting at the gate.

"How is it?" Gu Luo River asked.

"Bowei wants freedom; he wants the Reincarnation Temple to release him," Zhao Xing said.

"After the Senior Gu left, he actually only made one guess."

"Bowei speculated that the Independent Space-Time was created by a powerful being who surpassed the Fifth Generation Divine Emperor using soil from the Extreme Land."

He also said that the Extreme Star could be seen at the Land of Fengshan the Five Emperors' Fengshan ceremony.

After listening, Gu Luo River nodded. "Assuming that the Five Emperors all performed the Fengshan ceremony there, only a place where the legendary Extreme Land and the Extreme Star appear simultaneously can satisfy this requirement."

In fact, even without Bowei saying it, Gu Luohe, as the Minister of Agriculture of the Primordial School and someone who had personally visited the Bone God Realm, also had this guess.

Therefore, Bowei's guess is not particularly surprising.

"The reason he only told me was because he guessed that I could still enter that dimension."

Zhao Xing almost verbatim repeated Bowei's words.

"Can you still go in?" Gu Luo River asked.

"No." Zhao Xing shook his head. At least not now. The Land of Fengshan was gray, and he didn't know what conditions needed to be met to enter.

Gu Luo River nodded. This was consistent with the Emperor's guess: Zhao Xing, Wei Tianchen, and Bamboo Sword were caught in the spacetime chaos. The spacetime chaos automatically smoothed out, and they were released. None of the three should have the ability to actively enter or leave.

Gu Luo River didn't actually trust Bowei either; it was only because the Emperor said that Bowei had absorbed information from endless time and space and might know that he had come all this way.

"Bowei probably said that because he thinks you were born in the Profound Yellow World."

"Assuming the Profound Yellow World possesses a portion of the Extreme Land, it's not surprising that you, born in this place, possess some unique characteristics."

Zhao Xing asked with some doubt, "Senior, since you've been there before and have now regained your memories of time and space, you should know about this place, right?"

Having personally visited the Gu Luo River, one should theoretically know more about it than Bowei.

Gu Luo River pondered, "I'm telling you, you might not even remember it in the future."

"But now that you are Demigod, you are qualified to listen."

Zhao Xing listened quietly.

"Before this, the Empire had some understanding of the Profound Yellow World." Gu Luo River led Zhao Xing out of the passage of the Reincarnation Temple and slowly walked through the Dao Ancient Layer.

"The sacrifice of the Dongyan Ancient Clan destroyed the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom and awakened an Ancient God (a general term for Innate God)."

"At that time, the Dongyan Ancient Clan took advantage of the internal conflicts among the three factions of the Reincarnation Temple and stole a Derivation God Stele."

"Qing Yuzi was the eighth Lord of the Kingdom Tianyou before the Desolate Territory Era. He later stepped down from his position Lord of the Kingdom and entered the Divine Temple to cultivate. He was also a guardian of the monument. He also secretly moved a piece away during the internal strife."

Upon hearing Gu Luo River's words, Zhao Xing suddenly realized why he was able to see Qing Yuzi in the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom's palace in the World Transfer Tower, and why Wei Tianchen said that Qing Yuzi was nothing more than someone who could only look at a monument with a lantern.

"The trouble caused by the Dongyan Ancient Clan was actually due to the use of the power of the divine stele to break the seal between the past and present, and to resurrect an Ancient God in the present."

"It's quite interesting," Gu Luo River said with a smile. "That Eastern Extension Ancient God was unwilling to come to the Desolate Territory Era, but due to the natural operation of his Space-Time Law, he was supposed to live this long in the Desolate Territory Era... In addition, with the sacrifice Dismemberment, he was forcibly summoned to the present era."

"Your Time Page exerted extraordinary power at that time, also due to the blessing of the universe's Space-Time Law."

"Huh?" Zhao Xing was taken aback.

Was it forcibly summoned to the present day?

Zhao Xing's expression was somewhat strange.

A group of younger generations worked hard to collect materials and gather the artifacts, eventually reversing the River of Space-Time and pulling the Eastern Extension Ancient God back to the modern era.

As a result, they simply didn't want to come back.

Thinking back, was the Ancient God's roar at that time an expression of "I don't want to go back? You bastards, don't resurrect me?"

It's really quite funny.

"Afterwards, the Great Emperor, the Moon God Palace Master of the Origin Heavenly Palace, a Palace Master of the Reincarnation Temple, and a certain Divine Realm from the Ancient Hill of Antiquity arrived."

"We sent that Ancient God away without much effort," Gu Luo River. "Because that Eastern Extension Ancient God did not want to live in the Desolate Territory Era."

"But after that, the higher-ups of the Human Race discovered that the Sacrifice Path, in conjunction with the divine artifact, posed a great danger. It could destroy the forged Space-Time Barrier and open a gap."

"Therefore, the Palace Master of the Origin Heavenly Palace briefly gathered together the Mysterious Spirit History of various families and repeatedly weakened the secret methods of worshipping the Great Dao."

"Furthermore, the memories of lower-level cultivators regarding the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, as well as their memories related to the Great Dao of Sacrifice, have been erased."

"To prevent this from happening again, the names of many of the deities who received sacrifices were also concealed."

"Among them, my father and Lan Chuan's father were known as the Heavenly God ' Gu Xiao ' and the Earth God ' Yao Jun ', respectively."

"Although they did not cultivate the Great Way of Sacrifice, they Sacrifice to Heaven and Sacrifice to Earth, which naturally gave them similar powers. Therefore, their titles were concealed for a period of time."

"So that's how it is." Zhao Xing finally understood the whole story of the huge pit in the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom, and why he didn't remember the Celestial God Gu Xiao and the Earth God Yao Jun.

As they spoke, Gu Luo River led Zhao Xing out of the Dao Ancient Layer and back into the embassy of the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom.

After emerging, they quickly traversed the material world of the Dao Manifestation Layer, soon covering most of the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom.

During this time, both Gu Luo River and Zhao Xing saw the statue of Qing Yuzi, the Lord of the Kingdom before he became a god, in the Tianyou Ancient Kingdom.

Gu Luo River slowed down and pointed downwards, saying, "Qing Yuzi's quiet ascension to godhood actually violates some of the agreements between super powers. Do you know why?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xing said, "Because of the difference between the Free God and the Tribulationless True God."

"That's one of the reasons," Gu Luo River nodded. "The Free God and the Tribulationless True God are almost naturally opposed because of the way they became gods and their historical and environmental backgrounds."

"Cultivating the origin to become Free God is essentially plundering the origin of the universe and taking it for one's own use."

"Maintaining heaven and earth, repairing heaven and earth, Heaven and Earth Attainment are essentially following the laws of the universe and borrowing the power of the original laws, but they will not affect the origin of the universe."

"You already know the historical background and the broader context."

"Because the Free God often experience Divine Tribulation, and the worse the environment, the more their origin is plundered, the more difficult it is to cultivate. In the end, they will inevitably head down the path of 'escaping to the past'."

"Therefore, becoming Free God is very difficult in this era. Key resources are all subject to strict control by the super powers of the Human Race."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing was deeply impressed; Qing Yuzi was truly audacious.

It's not just about becoming a god through a shortcut, but about becoming a god by skirting the edges.

The Dongyan Ancient Clan broke the rules and damaged the space-time in which everyone currently exists, but this was not caused by Lao Qing. He could be said to have wanted to stop the Dongyan Ancient Clan, so he cannot be said to be the culprit.

But he did indeed become a god through this method, so it's inevitable that others will follow suit in the future.

What was the final outcome regarding the Qing Yuzi?

"The Reincarnation Temple is in the wrong in this matter."

"Originally, all the materials and Dao essence that the Dongyan Ancient Clan spent were meant to return to heaven and earth, but Qing Yuzi occupied a portion of them, and it's impossible to kill him now."

"Therefore, the vast majority of reincarnated souls belong to the Empire, a small portion to the Ancient Hill of Antiquity and the Origin Heavenly Palace, and some concessions were even made regarding the quotas in the cycle of the Reincarnation Realm."

Gu Luo River, "They need to deal with their internal conflicts first; this kind of concession is necessary."

"This also includes sending Qing Yuzi, who has already become a god, to different times and spaces to complete a task."

"That's why he made the promise to have me teach you, but he's no longer in this era."

Zhao Xing finally understood why Lao Qing hadn't shown up all this time; it turned out that even after becoming a god, this guy still had to work.

As for what they were going to do, Zhao Xing could guess.

As Gu Luo River just said, Qing Yuzi occupied the Great Dao Origin, which was originally stolen by the Dongyan Ancient Clan using the Derivation God Stele.

If we consider this as money, then it is stolen money, belonging to "illegal resources for achieving godhood".

However, Qing Yuzi was not some nameless nobody; he was also a member of the Reincarnation Temple, so it was impossible for him to kill Lao Qing Sacrifice to Heaven.

What is the philosophy Reincarnation Temple?

Balance!

In that case, let Qing Yuzi retrieve the lost resources.

Zhao Xing guessed that the task the Divine Temple gave to Qing Yuzi was probably to seize resources from the past and Returning the Dao the balance to Heaven.

Thinking of this, Zhao Xing seemed to realize something. "Senior, does this mean that people from the Desolate Territory Era also sent agents to the past?"

"Yes," Gu Luo River nodded. "Where there are refugees, there are saviors."

"Those Divine Realm remained in the Desolate Territory Era were people who firmly believed that the universe had a future and took the initiative to solve problems."

"This is the righteousness upheld by the Divine Realm during the Desolate Territory Era."

"Bowei said that all those in the Divine Realm should die, and Wei Tianchen viewed Divine Realm as parasites. Theoretically, they are both right, but they are too extreme. They only represent a part of the Divine Realm, not all of them."

"Anyone who firmly believes in this point, even if they do not follow the path of Heaven and Earth Attainment, has the opportunity to become Divine Realm in the Desolate Territory Era."

"The Reincarnation Temple, the Ancient Hill of Antiquity, the Origin Heavenly Palace, and the Empire will all grant the most brilliant geniuses of an era the opportunity to become gods."

"Of course, reaching this level also means taking on responsibility. Having used resources to become a god, one must also consider the future of the tribe and reclaim the resources from the past."

Zhao Xing nodded; he could roughly imagine such a scene.

Two groups of gods with different ideologies built time-space walls, using the Desolate Territory Era as a dividing line.

The gods downstream are therefore not harmed by the gods upstream. At the same time, the city wall is not completely closed; it has passages that allow passage from the present to the past, and from the past to the present.

Perhaps the five wars of gods Five Emperors Era unfolded in this way, only on a smaller scale now.

As for Bowei's question about "where did Qing Yuzi go," Zhao Xing also got the answer from the Gu Luo River.

Lao Qing became a god, but his path to godhood was not proper. He had to "Returning the Dao," which is roughly equivalent to paying off a debt, and he had to secure resources for survival in this space-time.

"Then why would the gods, who are at the upper reaches of the River of Space-Time, come back?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The first reason is self-protection," Gu Luo River said. "You can imagine that different eras have built many time-space walls. Suppose that your time of becoming a god is within a certain time-space wall. When you secretly take resources away and escape to that time-space wall..."

"Once discovered, the faction that maintains the balance will try every means to kill you—in the timeline before you grew up."

"The unity of spacetime and causality is something that can be threatened."

"Secondly, River of Time; the operation of the universe's Space-Time Law comes at a price for individuals."

"Many weak and Free God had to rely on the protection of Divine General and God King in order to survive in the past."

"And in order to gain their protection, they have no choice but to work for these Evil God gods."

Zhao Xing was speechless. It seemed that going back to the past wasn't a good thing either. Even a weak god was still forced to work.

This is worse than being a pampered lord in the Desolate Territory Era. Why go back to the past to wash dishes? Have they been misled by some 'ancient dream'?

From the Gu Luo River's conversation, Zhao Xing learned that this kind of arrival could be either active or passive.

"The one released by Bowei is already God King, what is he doing in the Desolate Territory Era?"

A weak god needs to constantly shift positions to protect himself, while a powerful God King should have already moved his foundation across all timelines and shouldn't be being hunted down anymore. Why would he need to send an avatar?

Gu Luo River pondered, "Plundering resources, inciting others to spread their doctrines, hatred... there are too many reasons, I can't say for sure."

All we know is that this God King's name is Master of Cold Food Festival.

"The Master of Cold Food Festival?" Zhao Xing murmured to himself, his eyes clearing.

The Third Era of the Desolate Territory will see an Ice Age version. Could it be caused by the Master of Cold Food Festival?

"It sounds like a God King Time Faction..." Zhao Xing speculated.

The name is quite distinctive; it's related to the Cold Food Festival, which easily evokes certain associations.

"Let's leave that aside for now. The Palace Master's pursuit of him shouldn't cause any major trouble," Gu Luo River. "Let's return to the original question."

"After the Origin Sea Incident, Qing Yuzi became a god, but he paid the price he deserved. His path to godhood will naturally be explored by various forces."

Zhao Xing thought of Wei Tianchen, who was trying to reconstruct Qing Yuzi's path to godhood and had come all the way to the Chenluo Desolate Territory, but he had not found the exact location of the Profound Yellow World.

Gu Luo River pondered, "There are many ways to investigate: the Empire, the Ancient Hill of Antiquity, the Origin Heavenly Palace on the surface... and the Shadow Sanctum and the Demon Race on the shadows."

"However, we didn't get anything."

Zhao Xing was taken aback. Lai Empire had been investigating the Profound Yellow World so early. No wonder Lao Qing had warned him not to go back so soon.

But... nothing was found?

Could the Hidden Breaking Illusion of the Profound Yellow World have deceived all forces?

Zhao Xing decided to be frank about some things. "Senior, my hometown is not broken, because I can still contact my old friends there."

Gu Luo River seemed quite satisfied with Zhao Xing's answer, "I didn't say that the Profound Yellow World was broken or couldn't be found, just because I didn't say it didn't exist."

"If it is truly as Bowei said, with the Extreme Land as its base and the Extreme Star as its backdrop, and is the Land of Fengshan the Five Emperors performed the Fengshan ceremony, then even if the Five Emperors Era ends and the Desolate Territory takes its toll, this kind of holy land should not completely disappear."

Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief, thankful that he had been honest. However, he hadn't originally intended to hide it, since Ji Si's repeated contact with Wang Tianzhi might have been noticed by the Celestial Master Mansion.

He intends to stand with the Righteous God Faction Heaven and Earth Attainment; hiding it is not a good thing.

He brought back the secret techniques of the Xu Zu before and passed the test once; this is the second time.

"Senior, why can't I find my hometown?" Zhao Xing asked, puzzled.

"I don't know either, I can only guess that it was sealed off by the Reincarnation Temple," Gu Luo River.

Zhao Xing recalled Wang Tianzhi's description of a certain "Profound Yellow Past Events".

After Wu Emperor Ji Che ascended to heaven, he passed the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty to Ji Chen.

Before the Profound Yellow World transformed into the ' New Profound Yellow World ' and continued to expand, the ascension shackles of the Establish Dao Realm still limited the lifespan of the Human Emperor, preventing him from living more than a thousand years.

Ji Chen died, and the throne passed to Ji Ze Ji Ze then died as well.

Wang Tianzhi said, "After three generations, the current ruler of the Great Zhou in the Central Plains is Emperor Ji Hong."

After Ji Hong ascended the throne, the Book of Destiny, the Human Emperor Sword, and the Kun Yuan Hoe appeared in succession.

It was at this time that the Profound Yellow World began to change.

At the same time, Ji Hong planned to ascend, but as soon as he took off, he was shattered by black raindrops!

Considering that the lifespan of emperors is no more than a thousand years, the three generations of emperors would span approximately three thousand years.

This is roughly the same timeframe as when I entered the universe version and experienced the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom event.

Therefore, it is highly likely that what Gu Luo River said about the Reincarnation Temple off the Profound Yellow World Realm is true.

Everything makes sense... Lao Qing reminded him not to go back, so it seems he knew the inside story of the Divine Temple's lockdown? But was the Divine Temple's lockdown simply because they were afraid someone would follow Qing Yuzi? Zhao Xing fell into deep thought.

For the rest of the journey, Gu Luo River remained silent, continuing its journey in silence.

Since the big boss didn't speak, Zhao Xing wouldn't ask any more questions.

It wasn't until six months later, when they returned to the imperial territory, that the Gu Luo River began to flow again.

"Zhao Xing, there is one thing you must remember."

"Please give your instructions, senior," Zhao Xing said respectfully.

"You pioneered the Annihilating Star Ancient Road, made contributions to the Sea Passage Ancient Road, solved the problem of the Layered World Mountain, discovered the mysteries of the Spirit Void Source Origin Realm, and now you have inadvertently enabled me to break a spacetime seal... You have made great contributions to the Empire."

"By telling you these secrets, I also mean that you have the opportunity to obtain the resources to become a god. With your current achievements, if you develop in the empire, you have a great chance of reaching the Divine Realm in the future."

Zhao Xing waited quietly for the "but" that followed the Gu Luo River.

"However!" Gu Luo River's First-Turn, becoming sharp. "Whether you choose to cultivate your origin or seek Heaven and Earth Attainment, if you betray this era and flee to the past, you will be my enemy, Gu Luo River's enemy, and also the Great Emperor's enemy."

"No matter which time or space you escape to, you will be hunted down and suffer eternal damnation."

Zhao Xing did not utter any righteous words to express his loyalty, but simply nodded and bowed to the Gu Luo River to indicate that he understood.

This is a choice of factions, and no one can guarantee that the Divine Realm they have nurtured will not betray them. After all, betrayal would be very easy if they were to go to past times to carry out missions.

Zhao Xing's rise is now unstoppable. He has merits, Theory of Law Theory of Law, and talents... Even if the Red Star Empire doesn't provide the resources for godhood, the Ancient Hill of Antiquity would probably be happy to.

Even if we assume the worst, if Zhao Xing were to leave the Empire and join the Origin Heavenly Palace or the Reincarnation Temple, he would receive the same treatment. This is simply Zhao Xing's personal fate.

"Gu Luo River saw through this about me, which is why he said so much and revealed so many secrets."

In the Primordial Beginning Realm of the Empire, within the Locust Willow Courtyard of Coral City, on the first day after Zhao Xing's return, he was reviewing intelligence from the past two thousand years and deeply integrating the memories of his divided soul, leaving no detail overlooked.

"However, there are some blind fools who want to stop my rise."

Zhao Xing's gaze fell on a secret intelligence report.

Starfire Confidential Files: Desolate Territory Era 2: 1198: Eighty-Seven.

Great Zhou Secret Files: Desolate Territory Era 2: 1198: 1453.

These are two files, though recorded in different ways, they both tell the same story: a mysterious and sudden attack on the Annihilating Star Ancient Road project that occurred 1,453 years ago, and the economic siege of the Great Zhou Commerce Association.

The findings from both files point in the same direction.

"The Carlos Family." Zhao Xing's eyes turned cold.