"In ancient times, the ten elemental gods were born in nature."

"They lived peacefully together for countless centuries."

"Until the scales gradually tipped..."

"Hanfraf, representing the god of life, made the originally barren land increasingly crowded."

Later, people called that era the "Eternal Age".

"That was the most prosperous era for life. Regardless of race or social status, everyone lived in the Immortal Age, never aging or dying. The enormous population size completely disrupted the balance of the natural cycle."

"Hamphov, who bore the inexhaustible 'power of life,' was ultimately forced to split himself..."

"Sammaquid"

"The God of Death, who is not one of the ten elements, is actually one of the fragments of Hanfulaf's soul."

"The founder of the 'Reincarnation Era'".

"Divine consciousness is condensed once every ten thousand years, regardless of race or social status, and is opposed to the God of Life - Hanfulaf, as a life reaper who sweeps across the natural world."

"The reason why Sammeq did not obtain a divine position is not because no living beings believed in him, but because no living beings could obtain his power through their faith."

"Without believers, there is no divine position."

"Note by the seventeenth librarian of the Library of Norkin: 'Sammeque' is a name given by later generations. In fact, Hanvrav never had a second name."

—The Legend of the Ten Elemental Gods: The God of Life.

This is a rubbing left to Xiao He by Vice President Yuan Hua, placed on the bookshelf of the Honglian New Apartment.

Back at the apartment, Xiao He was being forced to study by Hong Lian.

"Have you finished watching?"

"Look, look, we've finished looking..."

"Tell me your opinion." Honglian held a fishing rod-like pointer between her fingers, one hand on her elbow and the other on her cheek, clearly resentful about being tutored on an empty stomach!

“It’s very simple. It’s just that a person is so good that he has a split personality and becomes a bad person. People don’t want to ruin his perfect image in their hearts, so they give him another identity and let that identity take the blame for all the bad things. That’s how Sang Mai Kui came about, right?” Xiao He looked at the pointer stick sticking out above his head with his cross eyes, and even his thoughts were expressed in an extremely crude way.

"Identity? You mean, Hanfulaf didn't actually split?" Honglian frowned, seemingly already considering this possibility.

Xiao He scratched his head: "If it weren't for Youming, perhaps I would think that way."

"Do you really know something?" Honglian didn't doubt his "precognition" ability, after all, she had accepted the fact that they were outsiders, and was just extremely curious about all of this.

When it comes to ancient times, no one is uninterested, because the myths of ancient times are all so beautiful and so alluring.

"Hmm." Xiao He nodded slightly, as if talking to himself: "But I suddenly feel a little lost. My goal... is it Sammeque or Hanfulaf?"

In other words, am I Hanfulaf or Sammeq?

The Netherworld would not use the nicknames that humans give to gods.

Therefore, the Hanfulaf mentioned by the underworld could be either the god of life or the god of death.

At least Xiao He couldn't tell whether he belonged to the living or the dead...

"Huh?!" Honglian was stunned for a moment, then exclaimed in shock: "Your goal is to kill one of them?!"

Xiao He spread his hands: "That's right."

The pointer on his head swayed its tail, finally pointing to the sentence in the book: "Without believers, there is no god."

"Do you know what this means?" Honglian asked herself, answering her own question: "Ethereal and omnipresent. What are you going to do?"

"What if we replace him with Hanfula?" Xiao He countered.

Honglian's hand froze, then as if she suddenly remembered something, she took out a thick envelope from her purse.

"This is something the old dean said he wanted to leave for you."

"What is this?" Xiao He put down the ancient book rubbing and took the letter.

"...Why is it another book?"

"The Mystery of the Revival of the Guli Empire?" Honglian looked blank as well, as she had not read the contents of the envelope beforehand.

This "book" was clearly not printed, but was entirely handwritten.

Like a diary.

There was a piece of paper tucked into the first page of the book:

"Don't go to forbidden places!"

"I'm investigating the last remaining clues!"

"The last three pages of this notebook have been enchanted and are connected to my skin. I will complete the last three pages by carving words into my body. Please pay attention!!"

Xiao He stared blankly at Honglian: "Why did the old dean give me this?"

Honglian couldn't explain it. Logically speaking, Xiao He was just a freshman in front of the old dean; how could he shoulder such an important responsibility?

In the silence, Xiao He casually flipped through his hand, and a fleeting portrait made him shudder.

He quickly turned back.

Seeing his expression, Honglian couldn't help but lean closer for a peek.

"this……"

"this?"

Honglian tossed the pointer aside, picked up the notebook with one hand, and lifted Xiao He's chin with the other, her eyes shifting back and forth between the two.

"Isn't this you?"

"No, that's not right, isn't this you after you've grown up?!" Honglian corrected the most important point.

The woman in the portrait is about thirty years old, wearing a crown, with long hair reaching the ground. Her left hand hangs naturally, while her right hand rests on an exaggerated staff. She has the air of a queen.

"You wouldn't happen to be her long-lost son, would you?! No, your daughter."

Xiao He rolled his eyes and tapped his finger on a line of text—

"Queen Guribo, the last queen before the fall of the Guri Empire."

When did the Guli Empire fall? It fell tens of thousands of years ago due to its primitive and backward nature.

The difference between the legend of the Ten Elemental Gods and the legend of the first and second child is only one.

However, the notebook is titled "The Mystery of the Revival of the Guri Empire".

Literally, it seems that this ancient human kingdom has begun a "revival" for some unknown reason.

The difference between "revival" and "rebirth" is significant, even though it's just one word.

The people may not be alive, but their "civilization" has certainly been inherited, hence the term "revival".

“Ancient civilization?” Xiao He repeated the unfamiliar new term.

If someone in the world were to say that the Mayan civilization has been revived, it would surely shock the entire world.

Similarly, the "Guri civilization" was a civilization that was eliminated by the long river of history for various reasons.

It is certainly incompatible with the concepts of human society in today's world.

It's as if science ultimately defeated superstition.

How can superstition be revived?

Xiao He frowned and carefully began to read from the first page.

Although Honglian was very curious, she knew it was best not to disturb him now. It would be the same if he finished reading it and then summarized it for everyone.

So she quietly picked up the pointer and left the study without a sound.

In the hall, three insatiable, starving ghosts were gnawing on her cake, and of course, they thoughtfully cut her a quarter of it.

As for Xiao He, after hearing that he had eaten a high-class meal, the three of them had no intention of leaving him any.