Chapter 561: Seventy-Two Eras: The Origin of the Divine Dynasty

The sky is high, the night deep, and stars fill the heavens.

"This Mi Jing is very vast."

Li Yuan walks through the wilderness, occasionally striking down wild dogs and beasts that pounce on him; the beasts in this Mi Jing are exceptionally ferocious, each possessing the strength to kill three Cao Yans.

The two most ferocious among them, working together, could perhaps contend with Sha Ping Ying from back in the day.

Thirty li east of the Mass Grave, a city stands nestled against mountains and beside water; its walls are tall, stretching north to south for fully thirty or forty li, with elite armored soldiers patrolling the ramparts.

"It equals a commandery city."

Li Yuan did not rush into the city; he walked through the wilderness, continuously striking down various beasts, while simultaneously sensing this Fang Mi Jing.

Mi Jings also have distinctions of high and low.

Li Yuan recalled the various Mi Jings he had seen; the Yang Sheng Mi Jing and the Shan Xuan Jing Mi Jing were much the same, far more condensed and real than the Shen Jing of a Grand Grandmaster.

The Ba Fang Miao Mi Jing is even above the Shan Xuan Bing Mi Jing; according to the Little Female Dragon, that is a 'Dong Tian'.

This Shen Zang Guan Mi Jing, in his perception, is no less than the Ba Fang Miao Dong Tian; after changing ten bone ornaments to sense it, he felt divine patterns interlacing, excessively complex.

With his current vision, he cannot even see the end; its magnificence even surpasses the Present World...

"A divine miracle."

Li Yuan felt awe arise in his heart.

Before seeing the divine patterns, he thought the Shan Xuan Bing Mi Jing and Ba Fang Miao Dong Tian were extremely terrifying, far beyond imagination; only after seeing the divine patterns did he realize his vision was still too low.

Such Mi Jings and Dong Tian, viewed from any angle, are just like reality.

Those who left behind such Mi Jings and Dong Tian are no different from the Creator in the legends of the previous life.

"How much of the scenery of heaven and earth must be harvested to create such a powerful Shen Jing?"

Li Yuan murmured in his heart.

In his view, the essence of Shen Jing, Mi Jing, and Dong Tian is no different; all are harvested from the strange scenery of heaven and earth, gathering and combining divine patterns; the difference lies only in the foundation.

In other words...

"Dao Ye can also create such Dong Tian!"

Li Yuan's eyes were very bright, giving rise to immense longing.

A Grand Grandmaster unites the Three Origins; with every gesture, a Shen Jing follows, thus possessing the power to push mountains and sever rivers; but if the Shen Jing is as thick and real as the Dong Tian and Mi Jing before his eyes, what would the scene of striking out be like?

"Pushing mountains and overturning seas, catching stars and seizing the moon, moving stars and changing constellations, blocking the sky and hiding the sun..."

Under the night, Li Yuan's thoughts scattered; there was caution, there was awe, and there was longing; various emotions intertwined and surged, leaving only expectation in the end.

If others can walk the path, Dao Ye can too!

Outside the ancient city, Li Yuan wandered for half the night, killing countless wild beasts that did not know death, until dawn.

Woo~

The night curtain was pierced through in an instant.

The sea of clouds on the horizon was a single color of crimson and gold; rounds of great suns leaped out of the sea of clouds, pouring forth endless light.

"Seven great suns."

The sunlight was extremely dazzling; Li Yuan only glanced once before withdrawing his gaze, walking toward the ancient city which had already become lively.

The ancient city named 'Ming Quan' covers a considerable area with a large population; as soon as dawn broke, many pedestrians entered and exited; Li Yuan observed from afar for a while, then changed into the clothes he had stripped from the roadside the previous night, and walked into the city.

He prepared to search for information first.

At a window seat in a six-story wine tower, Li Yuan looked down upon the city streets.

The scenery of the ancient city differs from the Present World, but to say the difference is great is not entirely so; compared to the cities of the Great Yun Dynasty, it merely has a vastly larger number of puppets.

And the strange beasts and spiritual birds seen everywhere in the city, and also, the alien races.

About a zhang high, growing two horns and four hands, with a burly build and clad in black armor; this is the most common alien race in the city, but common does not mean weak.

In fact, most people in this city are stronger than the wild dogs outside the city.

"Not counting the alien races, the physique of these 'humans' is far superior to those of Great Yun... as for these alien races..."

Li Yuan's face twitched, recalling words spoken by the Little Female Dragon.

Among the ten thousand races of Tian Shi Yuan, many powerful alien races are born with extremely strong physiques; they simply do not need to transform their forms or temper their bodies; naturally upon adulthood, they are comparable to the Blood Exchange realm of the human race.

At that time he was half-skeptical, but now he believes it quite a bit.

At least the adult alien races walking in this Mi Jing right now are not below Blood Exchange...

"This advantage is too great."

Li Yuan felt a bit of toothache, but thinking again, he became relieved; what does it matter if they are strong by birth?

Among the ten thousand races of Tian Shi Yuan, humans are number one.

"Honored guest, the items you requested..."

At this moment, several youths dressed as servants bowed and entered, serving him wine and dishes, as well as some books.

These servants smiled with their eyebrows and eyes, appearing very agile, but in fact, these several servants were all puppets; not only them, but those doing hard labor and serving people in the city are all puppets.

In a certain sense, this is a city of puppets.

Their accents were very strange; in fact, the words they uttered were completely another language distinct from the Present World, yet he could understand them.

Truly, it is the 'Origin Divine Script' circulating in Tian Shi Yuan.

"Origin Divine Script, originating from the Origin Divine Dynasty; among fellow realms and ten thousand races, this was one of the foundations upon which the ancient Origin Divine Dynasty governed all realms..."

The words of the Little Female Dragon flashed through Li Yuan's mind.

The Origin Divine Dynasty was once the master of the San Yuan Fa Jie; the reason it is said 'once' is because this divine dynasty that governed all realms and deterred the heavens has already collapsed and perished.

The five Dong Tian currently governing Tian Shi Yuan were all 'regional governors' of the dynasty in years past; after the divine dynasty fell, these regional governors divided up all the realms,

inheriting and carrying forward everything of the ancient divine dynasty.

Divine script, cultivation realms, puppets, Grand Void Divine Realm common-knowledge spheres, the Heng Balance… and so on, all originated from that divine dynasty.

"Honored guest?"

The few young servants waited a moment before speaking again.

Li Yuan turned around: "Set it down."

"Yes."

The few young servants were all very obedient, set the things down, but did not leave, only looking at him with eager eyes.

"Take it."

Li Yuan reached into his robe, took out a coin with divine patterns on it, crystal-clear all over, and tossed it over; the few young servants thanked him profusily and left.

"Yuan coin."

Li Yuan toyed with a coin in his hand.

This was something that had 'dropped' last night when he killed those few fierce wild beasts; its purchasing power was astonishing—one Yuan coin could buy several dozen books, a fine table of food and wine, and a month's lodging.

And the material of this coin…

"A coin made from incense and fire; according to the little mother dragon, Tian Shi Yuan also circulates it… but its value is far inferior to Yuan Fire."

Li Yuan kept one coin on his person, thinking he would try later whether he could bring it out of this Mi Jing.

"In the seventy-second era of Origin, year six thousand three hundred and twenty-three, the Great Emperor summoned all gods and all great sages to the Zi Wei Fa Jie domain to discuss great matters, seemingly intending to campaign against the evil gods…"

Li Yuan opened the book on the table, and the very first sentence caught his attention.

However, that sentence was only mentioned in passing; what followed was the author of this booklet recounting where he had been wandering and traveling at the time this great event occurred, and so on.

"The seventy-second era, the Origin Divine Dynasty!"

Li Yuan was not disappointed either—after all, this was only a book a small-town shop assistant could borrow or buy, naturally not some divine art secret manual or hidden scripture.

If it really could record some unknown great event, that would be the strange thing.

He flipped through it; the person who left this booklet was named 'Yan Yun Jun,' who wished to travel through all the mountains, rivers, and wondrous scenic places of the San Yuan Fa Jie domains to reshape his own divine realm spirit aspect.

"One scene, one aspect, one heaven; Yan cultivated four scenes and four aspects into the fourth heaven of the Divine Palace, already possessing the qualifications to condense a 'Jin Dan' and 'Fa Ring.' Yet once the Dan is formed there is no regret—four-scene Jin Dan, four-aspect Fa Ring is not bad, but still unwilling to accept it…"

"It is said that the Divine Sons and Holy Sons of the various holy lands all possess nine-scene Jin Dan and nine-aspect Fa Ring; I wish to emulate them—at the very least, I must form a seven-scene Jin Dan!"

Yan Yun Jun's travelogue ended here; Li Yuan noted everything down, mulling over the important information within, the most important point being the realm above the Divine Palace.

"Wondrous scenes transform into Jin Dan, spirit aspects become Fa Rings? Fa Ring—is that the Fa Xiang?"

Li Yuan frowned in thought.

In the present world, over the past ten thousand years, there have been no more than a handful of Divine Palace realm experts, and now there is only that one person using the alias Qin Yun—Pang Pang Wenlong; regarding realms above the Divine Palace, he had no knowledge at all.

Having flipped through this booklet now, he had a rough impression in his heart, yet could not help but feel somewhat shocked.

"According to Yan Yun Jun's words, cultivating one scene and one aspect to great completion is the first heaven of the Divine Palace, and in fact, the first heaven also qualifies one to condense a Fa Xiang Jin Dan…"

Li Yuan thought of Qin Yun.

On the stone stele beneath the Eight Directions Mountain, that one's realm was the fourth heaven of the Divine Palace!

"That old fellow is actually this fierce!"

Li Yuan clicked his tongue in amazement; this Great Fortune Ancestral Emperor was far fiercer than he had imagined.

The fourth heaven was not the initial entry into the Divine Palace realm as he had guessed—this was a fierce expert who had cultivated four great wondrous scenes, nurtured four great spirit aspects, and could at any moment charge at condensing a Fa Xiang Jin Dan!

Moreover…

"Nine suns traversing the sky, the great sun in golden form… this old fellow intends to condense nine great wondrous scenes and nine great spirit aspects…"

Li Yuan drew in a sharp breath, startled by his own guess.

This old fellow hid deeper than anyone; if not for him entering the Eight Directions Temple and seeing this booklet himself, he would truly have thought this old fellow had taken a thousand years just to initially enter the Divine Palace.

After being shocked for quite a while, Li Yuan finally calmed his thoughts and began flipping through the remaining books.

This thick stack of books was actually mostly storybook novels, with travelogues taking up another small portion; among them there were actually two Wu Gong secret manuals, but their grade was very low, only counting as inferior Wu Gong.

"Wu Gong secret manuals are about the same as the present world, but the advantage of this Origin divine script is too great—manuals written in divine script, anyone can understand them…"

After a long while, Li Yuan had memorized all the books, then closed the books and shut his eyes to digest what he had gained.

"Five Dragon Immortal."

Li Yuan's chest heaved as he felt tremendous pressure.

Five Dragon is the surname of the Origin Divine Race; before the human race, the foremost of the myriad races of all domains—and unlike the human race spread across all domains and stars—the Origin Divine Race, it is said, numbered no more than a thousand or so in any single generation.

"The first trial is fighting the Origin Divine Race?"

Recalling the praise and glorification of the Origin Divine Race in these booklets, Li Yuan suddenly felt that the generosity of this Divine Burial Coffin had its reasons:

"What realm is this Five Dragon Immortal?"

At the very least, it must be higher than everyone in this city!

"No wonder they gave me ten thousand chances."