Chapter 983

Chi Funruo turned back, gazing at this world, and said: “Although Daqian is not Daqing, the original truth of the Primordial History remains a mystery—now all the Primordial History worlds differ from one another! Only the history of the Earth Immortal Realm may be the true original of the Primordial History.”

“The history of this world aligns with the Primordial History by eighty percent—thus, it too is a Primordial World!”

“Moreover, this world can produce Dao Seeds, further highlighting its uniqueness…”

“Thus, this world is different—a Primordial World holds benefits beyond your imagination; for instance, during critical junctures of world history, merely changing a single name might seize supreme destiny.”

“In ancient times, the First Primordial Spirit of the Earth Immortal Realm, Sima Yi, seized boundless destiny precisely through this name. Even though the last remnants of the Immortal Han, like Zhao Lie, were extraordinary talents, and Zhuge’s destiny was immense, they still could not overcome Heaven’s Mandate! Sima Yi’s greatest fortune, beyond his birth in the Sima clan, was his chance to become a Reincarnator and learn part of the Primordial History’s secrets—allowing him to claim the identity of Sima Yi!”

“Can the Primordial History truly forge a Primordial Spirit?”

The Divine-Access Daoist could not believe it.

A Primordial Spirit is the Shengsixuanguan —the critical threshold between life and death—universally acknowledged as impervious to all external means.

Yet someone in the Earth Immortal Realm had used this secret to seize transformations beyond the Divine-Access Daoist’s imagining.

Chi Funruo gave no reply: “How many beings across the myriad worlds have declared themselves emperor? Why is only Qin Shi Huang the one who attained the Emperor Dao Fruit?”

“Because he is Qin Shi Huang of the Primordial History! The power of the Primordial History can even coalesce Dao Fruits—what is merely a Primordial Spirit? Know this: those who appear in the Primordial History achieve corresponding accomplishments in every world. In the Earth Immortal Realm, suspected to be the true body of the Primordial History, there are no shortage of those who have attained Dao Lords!”

“Had Qin Shi Huang not sought the Primordial History and disturbed Heaven’s Mandate, those figures listed in history in the Earth Immortal Realm might still be from before the Immortal Qin—where Primordial Spirits were as common as dogs, and Dao Lords walked the earth!”

“Is Qian Chen listed in history?” The Divine-Access Daoist asked only this one question.

Chi Funruo laughed, clasping his hands behind his back: “Correct—that is precisely why I do not fear him. He is not on the Primordial History. He has no Heaven’s Mandate!”

“Thus, though he is a Dao Lord, without the blessing of Primordial History’s destiny, his future achievements may not surpass Sima Yi’s.”

Chi Funruo murmured softly: “Sima Yi! His talent fell far short of Zhuge’s, his audacity paled beside Cao Cao’s, yet he seized Heaven’s favor and became the ultimate victor. Had Zhuge’s final stratagem not severed his future Dao Fruit after Heaven’s Mandate had already passed, he would have been a terrifying figure.”

“Unfortunately, he knows his Heaven’s Mandate is lost, and dares not show himself in the Earth Immortal Realm.”

“Heaven’s Mandate…”

Chi Funruo sighed again: “You should understand this feeling. When you first learned that Li Er was Qian Chen, how utterly despairing and shocking it was—those who truly face Heaven’s Mandate feel despair a thousandfold greater.”

“O distant, endless Heaven! Why have you treated me so cruelly!”

“When Lord Zhuge reversed his path to become a Dao Lord, how did his despairing sigh against Heaven’s Mandate compare to yours?”

“Such extraordinary talent—even now, in the Reincarnation Lands, some say Zhuge ultimately deviated from Heaven’s Mandate and disrupted the Primordial History! This may be a wishful projection of the Reincarnators, yet it proves how extraordinary that Lord was.”

“Yet even so, he still could not overcome Sima’s Heaven’s Mandate…”

“Now do you understand the value of a world possessing the Primordial History?”

The Divine-Access Daoist frowned slightly: “So then, the Earth Immortal Realm is…”

“If not for the Earth Immortal Realm’s uniqueness, why would the Jade Emperor guard it so fiercely, even wishing to erase it?”

Chi Funruo sneered: “Don’t forget: those who ascend to the Heavenly Emperor’s throne leave behind legacies called Celestial Dynasties. The Earth Immortal Realm has produced three Celestial Dynasties—Tian Xia, Tian Shang, Tian Zhou—and three Heavenly Emperors! Had Qin Shi Huang not been too ambitious, he would have been the fourth Heavenly Emperor!”

He sighed: “The Primordial History of the Earth Immortal Realm is beyond our reach.”

“Yet any world possessing the Primordial History is inherently special, holding immense benefits—truly a treasure trove. Even the Primordial History itself holds incalculable value.”

“This value may lie in people! Those listed in history are always peerless heroes, endowed with immense destiny.”

“The Lingxiao Palace holds part of the Primordial History’s secrets. It is said the Register of Deification lists all those recorded in the Primordial History—when their lives end, they ascend to Heaven, receive divine scrolls, and take their place among the Celestial Ranks.”

“The Jade Emperor himself built his vast retinue through this method.”

“The secrets of the Primordial History may also relate to its true body! Though the Earth Immortal Realm is universally regarded as the true body of the Primordial History, some Reincarnation organizations believe its true body lies elsewhere—for instance, the Taiqing Sect insists the Supreme Elder Ancestor himself is the true body of the Primordial History, and all Primordial Histories are merely traces of the Supreme Sage.”

“Thus, one of the Taiqing Sect’s greatest goals in the Reincarnation Lands is these Primordial Worlds!”

“They have fixed upon a Sage from the Era of the Hundred Schools, believing him to be a projection of the Supreme Elder, the locus of sacred traces.”

“Therefore, do not approach that Sage—indeed, avoid even the Hundred Schools period of the Primordial History, for many Dao Lord projections dwell there, and they are terrifying. Moreover, it is said…”

Chi Funruo fell silent for a moment, whispering: “The founder of the Louguan Sect has projected himself across all Primordial Histories.”

“Even the Taiqing Sect’s Reincarnation Pilgrims dare not disturb him!”

“The Dark Demon Sect’s views are stranger still—they believe the Primordial History has a singular origin point. The closer one draws to the origin, the more terrifying the Primordial History’s power becomes. This origin may be the Era of the Hundred Schools, yet some believe it lies yet in the future. This research is taboo: it is said the man who began it was utterly erased from the myriad worlds—past and future alike ceased to exist!”

“Beyond this, all ‘common knowledge’ within the Primordial History possesses some power.”

“For example, poetry and verse carry certain moods that can empower magical arts, even open new Dao paths…”

“In ancient times, the Reincarnation Lands had another great organization called the Ancestral Dragon Hall. Its members were all True Dragons, said to have gained immense benefits from the concept and common knowledge of ‘dragon’ in the Primordial History—yet it vanished without reason.”

“Now, do you understand how precious a world possessing the Primordial History truly is?”

“In other worlds, countless wisdoms, principles, and laws must intertwine over eons to coalesce a Dao Seed—but once touched by the Primordial History, even a melody, a poem, a single act of opera, or a fragment of a tale may coalesce a Dao Seed—or even form a Dao Fruit!”

Chi Funruo gazed up at the high heavens, ambition blazing in his eyes.

“Such a world’s creator has formed karmic ties with you! With karmic ties, you may approach; with approach, you may strip it of legitimacy and cast it down. Divine-Access! Divine-Access—you now know how invaluable you are.”

“Those of us from outside this world are nothing.”

“But the traitors within this world can harm the Celestial only through you—only you can raise their swords against the Dao Lord!”

The Divine-Access Daoist’s face darkened: “I feel no honor—I only think you are insane.”

“After all this talk, who exactly is this Qian Chen Dao Lord? You must have some guess.”

The Divine-Access Daoist looked at Chi Funruo, a cold smile curling his lips.

Now that he knew the truth, his respect for the Venerable and his fear of Primordial Spirit Immortals had vanished entirely!

These people dragged him into such madness.

Compared to scheming against a Dao Lord or casting down a Celestial, what was a mere Primordial Spirit?

Chi Funruo smiled faintly: “He should be the Ming Zun.”

“What? Why aren’t you laughing?”

Chi Funruo watched the muscles on the Divine-Access Daoist’s face twitch violently, then burst into laughter: “Only now, upon learning your enemy is such a being, do you truly fear?”

“You’re mad?”

“That’s the Ming Zun—one of the Three Creators of Creation! The true creator of this world!”

The Divine-Access Daoist’s face twitched—perhaps numb from shock—but still managed to ask: “Why the Ming Zun?”

“If he were merely a Dao Lord, he shouldn’t hold such a status in a world like this?”

“Don’t forget! He may be an ordinary Dao Lord—but the magic treasure in his hands is anything but ordinary.”

“The Supreme Elder’s Dust Pearl—one of the Three Treasures of the Supreme Elder—easily supports the status of a Creator of Creation!”

Recalling his and Miao Kong’s plot of old, the Divine-Access Daoist’s face twitched even more severely.

No—it wasn’t him.

It was Miao Kong, that madman’s scheme… truly insane!

A mere ant who hadn’t even achieved a Primordial Spirit—destroyed the entire Louguan Sect, the direct lineage of the Supreme Elder—and stole one of the Three Treasures!

The more he understood the grandeur and terror of that ‘Heaven’s Mandate,’ the more terrified the Divine-Access Daoist became.

That Xuanwei Dao Lord, that Qian Chen—though a Dao Lord, was he not also struggling against Heaven’s Mandate, just like us?

………

Gazing upon all this, the man named Qian Mou, struggling desperately against Heaven’s Mandate, turned and called out to a mirror: “Mirror, Mirror—how much do you know about the Primordial History?”

The Kunlun Mirror’s voice changed instantly: “Do not observe! Do not observe! Do not observe!”

“The Ancestral Dragon Pearl met its ruin because of it! Everything concerning the Primordial History stirs violent responses from the Taiyi Dao Fruit, making it easier to move the Taiyi Dao Fruit, to sway Heaven’s Will. You should know, Pearl—this is the Supreme Elder Ancestor’s taboo.”

“Once, a madman of the Dark Dao foolishly sought the Primordial History’s origin point, searching for forbidden power.”

“And he actually succeeded.”

Qian Mou’s expression turned grave: “What happened?”

“He vanished! He was trying to coalesce a nursery rhyme Dao Fruit—and at the moment he formed it, he disappeared from all the myriad worlds! Now, our Reincarnation Master has jointly sealed all those nursery rhymes across the myriad worlds, to prevent anyone from disturbing the Supreme Elder Ancestor’s state of unity with the Dao.”

“Pearl, ignore them. Those Reincarnators are delusional—every world connected to the Supreme Elder Ancestor is watched by every Dao Lord and Ancestor!”

“We all know—it’s not Heaven’s Mandate, nor history—it’s a ‘taboo.’”