A Century of Hidden Books

Li Qinwu caught a key point in the old monk's words.

"Burning books? Why would the Son of Heaven burn books?"

The old monk explained:

"Rulers are political animals, and political animals possess political instincts.

Although the entire planet underwent the Great Forgetting at the time, that did not prevent its rulers from making decisions most beneficial to their own interests.

The planetary governor at the time followed the tide of amnesia, began burning books, destroyed all records related to the Imperium, tore down every divine statue, and established the present Eastern Rising Dynasty.

He successfully erased most traces left behind by the Imperium and built the current dynasty, allowing his descendants to rule until this day!

To replace the people's need for faith after the Imperial Cult vanished, the Son of Heaven found an ancient sect among the surviving texts: Buddhism.

The Son of Heaven revised this sect and passed it down as the planet's only legal religion.

And our ancestors, the surviving members of the Imperial Cult, shaved their heads and became monks to avoid being killed by the Son of Heaven, while proclaiming that he was the Golden Sun!

The Son of Heaven was delighted to be called the Golden Sun, but what he did not know was that the Golden Sun we spoke of was not him, but the true Lord of Humanity!

And so, for nearly four hundred years, we have hidden on this lost planet under the identities of monks, secretly gathering information about the Imperial Cult and preserving it. We only hoped that one day the Imperium would return, reclaim the planet, and truly spread the light of the Golden Sun upon the people!!"

The old monk was deeply agitated and utterly devout, but Li Qinwu's expression was complicated.

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