Huo Yushen slowly nodded. "Mm, at least ninety percent similar. Except there's no Seven Kill in this Record of Immortal Seeking, only Tantai Lin. Of course, there are also some minor differences."
"But those aren't important. What matters is that these plotlines all came from the Record of Immortal Seeking, Tantai Lin's own account as the Founding Emperor."
Xia Chujian murmured, "So the Founding Emperor of the Tan Tai Royal Family, Tantai Lin, was originally just an Ordinary Person struggling to survive..."
"He suffered from a severe, incurable illness. Guided by a Tribal Shaman, he sailed out to sea in search of a slim chance at survival."
"Then torrential rain poured down, wild winds howled, and his little fishing boat was swallowed by the waves."
"When he thought he was certain to die, he saw an immortal city beneath the sea—Arkham City."
"There, he not only encountered an Immortal, but begged the Immortal to cure his illness and make him a Gene Evolver!"
"An Immortal touched my crown and bestowed upon me a surname and a name."
"So he renamed himself—Tantai Lin!"
Xia Chujian saw a passage appear in the Record of Immortal Seeking.
"Why does the water ripple so softly? Why are the mountains so lush and green? Terraces rise layer upon layer, and lofty pavilions stand high above. Thus, I named myself—Tantai Lin."
Huo Yushen let out a soft laugh. "It wasn't merely that his illness was cured and he was given a surname and name. He was probably also given humanity's Ladder of Human Progress—books."
Xia Chujian nodded sharply. "Exactly! There were so, so many books in that Arkham City!"
"And they were all science books!"
"So those immense achievements Tantai Lin later made—being a great military strategist and politician was one thing, but he was somehow