Hero of Antiquity · Dayi

Go and become the first Ancient One! I will be waiting for you at the end of the Long River of Time!

When that familiar voice rang in Li Xuandu's ears, he simply looked around as if he didn't care at all.

Because he knew this wasn't reality, but a dream.

Almost a month has passed since Li Xuandu arrived in this era.

During this month, Li Xuandu fully integrated into the lives of the Mountain Folk and enjoyed their admiring gazes with great interest.

After all, in Li Xuandu's era, he was always the one who was taken care of.

In contrast, in this era, Li Xuandu became Innate Divine Being who cared for and protected the Mountain Folk.

In just one month, Li Xuandu quelled seven or eight conflicts between gods, as well as the various secondary disasters that arose from them.

Of course, it is precisely because of this personality trait of liking to show off in front of others.

Li Jingshu strictly forbade him from contacting Li Household Village in the present era, lest it truly affect the future.

Not only that, even the name "Li Xuandu" cannot appear; instead, the title "Hou Yi" is used.

In any case, Li Xuandu was indeed a descendant of the Mountain Folk, a descendant from the future. Since he could not use his real name, Li Xuandu tacitly accepted the name that came from Xiao Gui.

At the same time, Li Xuandu finally understood why Aunt Gui always liked to call him "Xiao Yi" when he was a child.

He originally thought that was just his nickname before he got his official name.

But now it seems that the situation is far more complicated than I imagined.

Li Xuandu wasn't even sure if there were any other meanings behind this title.

After all, this dream comes from an ancient hero named "Dayi".

Although the characters for "Dayi" and "Hou Yi" are different, their pronunciations are almost the same, which makes it hard to say whether it's a coincidence.

What do you want to see with me today?

With just a slight lowering of his head, Li Xuandu indeed saw the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow in his hand.

Through his previous dreams, Li Xuandu had basically learned about the first half of Dayi's life, and he could roughly guess that the other party should be the former owner of the Sun-Shooting Divine Arrow.

To be honest, Dayi's life story is actually quite inspiring.

Dayi was born at the end of the reign of the Heavenly Emperor Hao Jun, in a tribe that worshipped the ancient Sun God Xihe.

Unfortunately, due to various natural disasters and man-made calamities, only a few people remained of Dayi's tribe, and he became a wanderer at a very young age.

However, Dayi was exceptionally gifted, born divine, and also warm-hearted and kind.

So although he was nominally a "wanderer," Dayi actually grew up eating food from many different families.

Relying on his strong physique and superb archery skills, he hunted tigers, leopards, wolves and insects in the mountains and fields, and helped people in the tribes to relieve disasters and beg for food.

Over time, Dayi gained considerable fame among the human population of that time.

Unfortunately, that was not the age of humans, but the age of gods.

Even though Dayi had a very high reputation among humans, he was ultimately just an ordinary person with a mortal body.

The monopoly on the path to ascension and the ubiquitous human sacrifices enraged Dayi. Therefore, Dayi decided to climb Mount Kunlun and ascend the Long Stairway of Divine Ascension leading to the gods to meet the Heavenly Emperor.

In that era, Long Stairway of Divine Ascension was the only way for mortals to possibly reach the Heavenly Emperor, and it was also their chance to defy fate.

Because all mortals who climb to the top of the Long Stairway of Divine Ascension will receive the blessings of the Heavenly Emperor and become Heavenly Emperor agents on earth.

As expected, Dayi successfully climbed the Long Stairway of Divine Ascension.

Standing at the border between the Heavenly Emperor's Capital and the mortal realm, Dayi was bathed in divine light and received the Heavenly Emperor's blessing.

With all the gods watching and all the mortals looking up in awe, just when everyone thought that a new successor to the Heavenly Emperor was about to be born, Dayi unexpectedly refused the Heavenly Emperor's blessing.

"I will always be myself, Yi, born from among humankind."

"My purpose in coming here is simply to speak out for humanity, to let you, the Heavenly Emperor, know just how difficult life is for mortals under your rule!"

This is the first time since the birth of the Heavenly Emperor that someone has refused his favor.

Most importantly, the blessings bestowed by the Heavenly Emperor are not something that can be negotiated.

It was a forceful power, a ritual in which the will of the Heavenly Emperor Hao Jun descended upon mortals.

In other words, Dayi used his unwavering conviction to refuse the arrival of the Heavenly Emperor's will and to refuse to become the Heavenly Emperor's representative on earth.

Then, something unexpected happened.

The Heavenly Emperor Hao Jun, who had not descended to the mortal realm for a long time, revealed his true form and bestowed upon him the divine artifacts [Vermilion Bow] and [Plain Gift].

Subsequently, Dayi became the "God of Inspection and Judgment" appointed by Hao Jun, specifically responsible for judging the journeys of the gods and quelling disasters on earth.

During this period, Dayi accomplished five great achievements and feats in the first half of his life, becoming a great hero who, despite being a mortal, rivaled the gods.

First and foremost, Dayi's greatest achievement was killing Zaochi in the Wilds of Chouhua.

In the southern part of the land, there is a plain called "Wilds of Chouhua".

There, a Ominous Deity with teeth as long as chisels and wielding a halberd and shield fed on human flesh and sacrificed living beings, nearly causing the entire plain to become extinct.

Dayi engaged him in a fierce battle, piercing through his weak points with arrows, ending his evil deeds and restoring order to the south.

Next, we see Dayi's second great achievement: slaying Jiuying at the Ominous Water.

Jiuying is the ancestor of Xiangliu, the Nine-Headed Serpent God, and is a fierce Ominous Deity several times more ferocious than him.

This Nine-Headed Serpent Ominous Deity dwells year-round in the Ominous Water of the north, capable of spewing both raging fire and icy water, and frequently comes ashore to attack groups of humans.

Therefore, Dayi took advantage of the Jiuying's weakness of "nine heads breathing out of sync" and, taking advantage of the gaps in its breathing and breathing, fired several arrows in succession, piercing through its nine heads and preventing the north from being swallowed by the disasters of water and fire.

Then there is Dayi's third great achievement: shooting down Great Wind in the Marsh of Qingqiu.

Towards the end of the reign of the Heavenly Emperor Hao Jun, his control over the gods was no longer as strong as before.

So, in the Marsh of Qingqiu of the East, the Wind Earl, Great Wind, who controls the storms, attempted to instigate a rebellion, and Dayi was ordered to quell this "Wind Earl's Rebellion."

In that battle to quell the rebellion, Dayi used a specially made "Thread-Tying Arrow" to shoot at the Great Wind and then drag it to the ground with a silk rope before wielding his halberd to kill it, thus quelling the wind disaster in the east.

After this battle, all the gods in heaven and earth realized the power of Dayi.

As the most powerful sword in the hands of the Heavenly Emperor Hao Jun, Dayi subdued all the gods wherever he went.

Under these circumstances, the world enjoyed a rare period of peace for several years.

Dayi's fame spread throughout the four seas and eight wastelands, making him virtually the number one person under the Heavenly Emperor.

But what no one expected was that this was merely the calm before the storm; beneath the surface, an even greater crisis was brewing.

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