As Jiang Ping traveled, he discovered that all the variant trees shared obvious traits. He keenly realized that the variant trees scattered across the world might possess a single shared soul.
"Is it you? Transforming into all things, then returning as one after the passage of distant ages." Jiang Ping fell into thought.
Burst after burst of rumbling came from the distant docks as enormous alchemical ships carved with strange beasts slowly sailed in.
The depths of the ocean were home to all kinds of gigantic sea beasts. These creatures carried extraordinary bloodlines and possessed unique abilities, so every large ship was equipped with the latest alchemical cannons.
Time flowed slowly. Over the years, a young man had traveled across the world. Observant people noticed that whenever he appeared, the local variant trees would sway in the wind, seeming exceptionally delighted.
At times, the young man would always leave behind small gifts. Those lucky enough to receive them would rise with the wind, and their lives would undergo dramatic changes.
Some salvaged ancient relics during voyages to sea, while others made a fortune in business.
Gradually, legends about Jiang Ping began to spread throughout the world. In the mouths of bards on every major street, this mysterious young man was God of Luck Bell. Those fortunate enough to encounter him would receive the gifts of fate and soar to greatness in a single step.
And the most dazzling figure in these tales was Sea King Lu Fei!
When Lu Fei was young, he happened to meet the God of Luck and received the deity's blessing. He secretly went to sea as a teenager and became a sailor, then gathered a crew within a year through his personal charisma.
His Golden Divine Dragon had left behind countless legends. It was fitted with twelve Divine Dragon Cannons, its keel infused with sub-dragon blood, and it incorporated the finest alchemical techniques as one.
On top of that, he led his crew across countless continents and condensed the technologies of every major kingdom into a single ship. It could be said that the Golden Divine Dragon was the essence of the Age of Exploration.
Sea King Lu Fei's greatest achievement was sailing around the world!
He set sail at the age of twenty-five and finally returned to his hometown thirty-two years later. He had left home young and returned old; of the brothers who had once filled the hall, only a handful remained.
His footprints covered every corner of the world. After the Great Cataclysm, Lu Fei became the first person to completely explore the New World and draw a map of it! This achievement alone ensured that his name would be forever engraved in human history!
It was said that on the day of his return, the sea boiled. Thousands upon thousands of waves rose from the surface to welcome the Sea King home, while tens of thousands of auspicious sea beasts emerged from the waters to offer blessings to the legendary Sea King.
The Human Kingdom was shaken, and the king personally came to the docks to welcome him.
The docks were packed with people, and the deafening clamor filled the air. Shock appeared on every face as they waited for this historic moment!
"I see it! I can see the Divine Dragon!"
A loud shout from ahead completely ignited the docks. Princes and nobles, lords and knights, commoners and civilians—all of them stood on tiptoe to watch.
A colossal vessel, battered and scarred yet still sailing extremely fast, appeared before the crowd. Its ship's flag, bearing the image of a majestic divine dragon, was especially dazzling.
A vigorous middle-aged man raised the saber in his hand high overhead. The brilliant setting sun shone upon him. At that moment, he was the World King!
The crowd instantly erupted. The screams of countless young women and married women pierced the heavens, while the hot-blooded men jumped wildly, releasing their hormones!
Yet no one saw that Sea King Lu Fei had one hand tightly gripping the Green Leaf Pendant around his neck.
After more than thirty years of perilous adventures, what monsters and demons had he not encountered? If not for this strange object given to him by a mysterious person in his youth, he would have long since been buried in the deep sea, lost within the endless ocean.
Lu Fei turned back desolately and glanced at the ocean Behind Her. "I've traveled to the ends of the earth and crossed countless mountains and rivers, yet I still couldn't find you?"
Unfortunately, those words were buried beneath the celebrations all around...
In the year 3658 of New Human History, the legendary Sea King Lu Fei appeared. He encountered a strange opportunity in his youth and received a precious treasure bestowed by the God of Luck. After more than thirty years, he successfully returned to his homeland, proving that the world had once been round above and square below, exactly as the ancient records described.
"Smack."
Watching this historic scene, Jiang Ping laughed amid the sea of people. He slowly opened the Creation Diary, and its second page updated once again.
Primordial Calendar, New Century. Sea King Lu Fei encountered a strange opportunity in his youth. In search of the lost inheritance artifact, the Spear of Destiny, he traveled through every corner of the New World and drew the first world map of the New World, but ultimately found nothing.
"Not every effort is rewarded." Jiang Ping spoke slowly as he looked at the words "ultimately found nothing."
He looked at Lu Fei in the center of the crowd. At that moment, he stood at the peak of his life. Every figure recorded in the Creation Diary had a major influence on the world, and without a doubt, Lu Fei was the protagonist of the Age of Exploration.
"You searched bitterly for treasure, little did you know that you had already obtained it." Jiang Ping suddenly smiled as he looked at Lu Fei, whose brows still carried regret.
Lu Fei seemed to sense something. He suddenly turned and Looked Towards Jiang Ping's direction, but there was no one there.
"Was it my imagination? I feel as though I saw the God of Luck I met in my youth just now." Countless people surged toward him, and Lu Fei could only temporarily set aside his doubts.
Jiang Ping crossed two worlds in a single step and gave a huge yawn. This time, his descent into the mortal realm had lasted especially long.
Jiang Ping hurriedly washed up and went to sleep. As the Creation God and creator, he still bore the great responsibility of creating worlds, so he needed to take care of his body.
Jiang Ping lay down, but time in the Primordial World did not stop. Sea King Lu Fei was worthy of being a man with adventure flowing through his veins. Only a few days after settling down in his hometown, the endless stream of visitors nearly wore down his threshold, and he called his men together to prepare supplies for another voyage.
Many noble lords were baffled. Wealth, fame, strength—Sea King Lu Fei possessed every beautiful treasure in the world. Why did he still insist on roaming dangerous seas?
Lu Fei's more than thirty years of travel around the world had not been entirely fruitless. He gradually pieced together much of the lost ancient history of humanity.
He discovered that God-bestowed Treasures ran throughout all of human history. In the depths of the ocean, he had once salvaged ancient murals dating back tens of thousands of years. In his dreams, he received Divine Revelation: the Human King Slaying Dragon Diagram, the struggle for supremacy among the Myriad Races, and another supreme treasure that had already been lost in ancient times.
Yet in the final mural, the Spear of Destiny had been personally handed by the last Human King to his subordinate. The Human King held back the land and died to buy precious time for the Human Race to retreat, but the Spear of Destiny had already been carried away!
Lu Fei felt that he was only one step away from this legendary artifact!
Yet when fortune favored him, all things lent their strength; when fortune departed, even heroes were powerless.
After successfully sailing around the world, it seemed as though he had exhausted all the luck of his life. In the following decades, although every voyage brought him home with full holds, he made no further progress on clues concerning the Spear of Destiny!
Ultimately, its time to appear had not yet come!
Fifty years later, the Sea King whose name had once resounded across the world had grown old. Lu Fei's hair was white, and even his knotted muscles had lost their strength. He was no longer as valiant as he had been in his prime.
Over so many years, he had long since started a family and filled his home with children and grandchildren. He took one deep look at the house behind him, left behind the Green Leaf Treasure that had shaped his entire life, and began gathering his few remaining brothers for the greatest and final ultimate adventure of his life!
"Grandpa, sob... (;Д`) Your body is already terminally ill. Why do you still have to go to sea?" His most beloved grandson came crying to persuade him.
"Haha!"
Lu Fei let out a hearty laugh and lovingly picked up the grandson clinging to his leg. "Fei'er, you must know that your grandfather has stood tall all his life. I've encountered countless monsters and demons and never bowed my head. Rather than let me die sick in bed, you might as well kill me!"
Lu Fei gently set down his grandson and spread the white cloak behind him.
"Raise the sails and set off!"
Looking at the old brothers who had followed him for decades, he laughed. "Let us old fellows begin the final great adventure of our lives!"
The old sailors had all come voluntarily. Looking at the captain who had led them for decades, they exchanged glances and began laughing wildly as well. To follow such a king, what more could one ask from life?
Beneath the crimson morning sun, the glorious Golden Divine Dragon, carrying a hold full of laughter, slowly sailed into the depths of the ocean. Once it left, it never returned.
The wind howled, the Yi River ran cold; once warriors departed, they never returned.
Many years later, sailors putting out to sea would often say that they had seen the Divine Dragon wandering through the depths of the ocean.
The legendary Sea King Lu Fei and his brave warriors were battling terrifying sea beasts. Others said that at his final moment, the Sea King had found the long-lost God-bestowed Treasure.
Guided by the divine artifact, he sailed the Divine Dragon with his brothers along a heavenly road of endless brilliant light and entered the heavenly realm...
"Has another protagonist of an era fallen?"
A faint voice drifted up from deep within the earth.
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