Deceiving Eternal History with the Power of a Nation!

"Arrayed Immortals once ascended to the heavens and roamed beyond the sea of stars!!"

Li Hu's words boomed beside Su Tu's ears like a great bell. He had never expected his most impossible suspicion to be true??

In an era when even the simplest circuit boards did not exist, humans had truly been able to step beyond the stars and travel through the heavens.

Could the Immortal Gods from those legends really have existed?

Had they despised those races, and that hatred had thus been passed down?

But that should not have been possible, right? With humanity's technology having advanced this far, if Arrayed Immortals and Gods truly existed anywhere on Blue Star, they would have been scanned long ago. A single MEX Interstellar Scanning Laser could scan the entirety of Blue Star in 3.5 seconds, revealing every mountain range, landform, and resource distribution at a glance.

If Arrayed Immortals and Gods truly existed, they should have been detected long ago.

Even if the immortals themselves were gone, what about the celestial palaces and estates where they had once lived? Knowing humanity's nature, if those things really existed, people would probably be buying tickets online to visit them by now.

Su Tu could be said to know Eastern mythology inside out. Throughout every dynasty in Eastern mythology, there had been countless immortals who transcended mortality and ascended, sages born with innate knowledge, and banished immortals who willingly wandered the mortal world.

Take the earliest unified dynasty, the Qin Dynasty. It was the first dynasty to record the concept of immortals in writing.

The qi practitioners of pre-Qin times transcended into immortals, sheltering the nation's fortune; they praised the might of the Ancestral Dragon and shook the heavens and earth of the Nine Provinces.

Yet Qin perished after its second generation. That great Emperor who had wished to overlook the nine heavens and ten lands ultimately had his ambitions buried by time. If immortals and gods truly existed in the world—if there had even been power capable of stepping beyond the stars back then—how could an Emperor with such a domineering nature have tolerated so-called immortals above him?

"The method of opening martial apertures and the Base Skill method used in Martial Dao today were passed down by the Martial God. And the Martial God once said that the Base Skill method had been approved by the First Emperor before being spread throughout the world!"

Li Hu suddenly spoke at that moment, and his words were even more shocking.

The entire Federation now used the Base Skill to forge its Martial Dao Foundation, yet this method had only spread through the world after receiving the First Emperor's approval??

At that moment, Su Tu felt an immense sense of absurdity.

He already understood the wonder and power of Martial Dao. Trillions of martial artists across the human Federation used the Base Skill as their foundation to forge their Martial Dao Foundation. Yet such a cultivation method had actually originated from the Great Qin buried beneath the dust of history?

It was simply unbelievable.

If the Great Qin had possessed the Base Skill method and Martial Dao cultivation back then, why had the First Emperor died so early?

Martial Dao cultivation centered on qi and blood. It cultivated one's nature and life, extending one's lifespan; martial artists lived several times longer than ordinary people.

If the Base Skill had been passed down by the First Emperor, then with his desire for immortality, how could he possibly have neglected to cultivate the Martial Dao Base Skill?

If that Emperor had not died, how could Qin have perished after only two generations?

Wait!!

Su Tu's thoughts abruptly halted. He suddenly recalled the unseen monster within the shadows that day, the Moon Stepping Martial Arts Hall that stood before him yet could not be entered, and Lin Feiyang, whom only he had ever seen.

The difference in Heart and Mind Height was like the difference between heaven and earth!!

At that moment, a sentence surfaced in Su Tu's mind.

If the Great Qin had already spread the Base Skill cultivation method throughout the dynasty, then had Heart and Mind cultivation also begun in that era?

If so... then they had deceived eternal history with the power of an entire nation!!

If that was the case, had the Great Qin not perished at all? Had it instead used immense Mind Power to construct a heaven-shaking lie, making the world believe that Great Qin had been destroyed?

The more Su Tu thought about it, the more horrified he became.

Before the endless years recorded on this land, could there truly have been a group of powerful martial artists and cultivators who deceived heaven and earth and concealed an entire nation?

And if such terrifying existences had existed in the Great Qin, what about those even more vaguely documented dynasties?

What about those immortals who had left bold, vivid marks upon the passage of time??

So when immortals ascended to the heavens and set foot in the Nine Heavens Heavenly Palace, they were fucking going into the universe? Beyond the starry river?

"Hehe, Junior Brother, you must've imagined quite a lot by now, right?" Li Hu chuckled.

"Let me tell you something even crazier. Nine million light-years from the Ancestral Star, there's an incomparably magnificent cluster of stars. Seen from afar, it looks like a clear spring cascading down through the universe. On one of those stars, Federation investigators discovered a line of writing."

"Like the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven!!!"

Su Tu's breathing stopped when he heard those words.

Wasn't that Li Bai's poem??

So this banished immortal was a real immortal after all??

Did "like the Milky Way falling from the ninth heaven" mean that something resembling a silver galactic river descended toward Blue Star from nine million light-years away?

"Anyway, Junior Brother, the Ancestral Star holds countless secrets. People explore the universe, only to eventually discover that every profound mystery had already shown signs on our homeworld—we simply never knew."

"We've long found many things in the universe related to the Ancestral Star: those bird gods from the West, and the host of immortals from our side."

"Only now have we belatedly begun returning to search for the relics left behind by our ancestors." Li Hu spoke carelessly.

"As for why ordinary people can't glimpse these secrets, all I can say is..."

Li Hu raised a finger and tapped his head.

"Heart and Mind Height is the road leading to the Arrayed Immortals and Gods!"

Su Tu understood what Li Hu meant. At that moment, he gained a deeper understanding of those words. Even though Blue Star possessed countless mysteries and towering wonders, without sufficient Heart and Mind Height, one did not even qualify to glimpse them.

At that moment, Su Tu placed even greater importance on the Dao Gathering skill.

"Anyway, Xiao Tu, this Martial Examination is a huge opportunity. If you can secure one of the ten spots, you'll have a chance to personally see traces of the Arrayed Immortals."

"I believe in your talent. To tell you the truth, this Martial Examination is a selection process for a fucking incredible ruin. The commotion caused by that ruin was enormous—the entire universe saw it.

"The prodigies of New Star and disciples of great families all came for it. Those beasts infiltrated the Ancestral Star for it too. Quite a few major powers beyond the starry river are now making deals with the Federation, and there'll probably be plenty of foreign races arriving as well."

"Master took in you students because he hoped one of you could secure one of those spots. It would be a huge help to him. Master carries heavy karma and can't show favoritism, but I believe in you, so I want to bet on you!"

Li Hu looked at Su Tu with complete seriousness.

No, shouldn't secrets like this only be revealed after I passed trial after trial? Brother Tiger, why are you going all-in on me right from the start!

Su Tu thought to himself, feeling that this was completely different from the novel plots he had read in his previous life.