In the year 2592 of the Yu Emperor's calendar, which was the 127th year since Chen Changsheng's ascension, a sudden and dramatic change occurred in the world.
The cause was that this world was struck by an unknown force, shattering the heavens. A severed finger fell from beyond the heavens, landing at the border between the Central Divine Continent and the Southern Jambudvipa. A terrifying aura emanated from the severed finger, causing the entire Southern Jambudvipa and most of the Central Divine Continent to collapse. A vast territory stretching for billions of miles was transformed into a terrifying abyss of ruins, and countless lives perished instantly...
The energy from the severed finger continued to spread...
At the same time, outside the shattered sky, a strange black energy seeped into the human world through the cracks in the sky.
Seeing this situation, the Qin Beast chose to take action, melting countless rare and precious materials to repair the cracks in the sky, a process that took decades to complete.
China, the land of the gods.
Above a bottomless abyss, as vast as the ocean, dark energy permeated the air. Xiao Yu sat cross-legged in the sky, surrounded by nine immortal cauldrons, which unleashed endless immortal light to suppress the energy turmoil beneath the abyss.
"How is the situation?"
The Qin beast appeared above the abyss.
Song Ningsheng, standing to the side, said with a solemn expression, "I have received an imperial decree from Emperor Yu to gather the power of the eight directions of the earth veins to block the spread of energy within the 'Demon Abyss.' Emperor Yu has gathered nine national fortune cauldrons and is attempting to refine the terrifying energy emanating from the severed finger with the power of the Human Emperor."
It seems to be effective so far, but the 'level' of the severed finger appears to be beyond imagination. Given the current situation, it will likely take several thousand years to eliminate this hidden danger.
"Hmm." Qin Shou nodded slightly after hearing this. "The being possessing this severed finger is far beyond the realm of True Immortals. Fortunately, it's just a severed finger. If the original body of this being were to fall and the energy within it were to become uncontrollable, this world, in its current state, would likely be unable to withstand it."
"But what worries me even more is that the severed finger seems to have been corrupted by some kind of strange energy."
Qin Shou had already noticed while repairing the crack in the sky that gray mist was spreading outside the sky, covering ninety percent of the boundary wall of this small world... This gave him a very bad feeling.
"There's one more thing," Song Ningsheng continued, "The fall of this severed finger caused the immortal array covering the Vermilion Bird Empire's territory to shatter, triggering a peak of dark turmoil. Countless bizarre creatures awakened, surging towards this place one after another, seemingly drawn by the severed finger... Fortunately, the Human Emperor was stationed here; otherwise, this world would likely have been largely destroyed in the past few decades... But even the Human Emperor's power has its limits, because bizarre creatures with immortal-level life force have already begun to revive."
"They are strangely possessed, and they are not afraid of the rejection of this place's Heavenly Dao..."
Xiao Yu possessed the power of the Human Emperor, which essentially granted him immortal-level combat strength. Moreover, he had already possessed the ability to ascend hundreds of years ago, but he chose not to. Because he was the Human Emperor, revered by all beings, if he were to depart, taking with him a large portion of this world's fortune, then this world would likely be beyond saving.
"Yes, it's like a storm is brewing."
Qin Shou looked up at the sky and sighed softly.
Having finally risen to become the leader of this world, he would never want to ascend unless absolutely necessary.
"Come here!"
Qin Shou waved to the distant sky and earth.
At this moment, in Haoran Prefecture, at the Confucian school, Bailu Academy, Da Mei was lecturing and teaching in the classroom when the red gourd that had been hanging at her waist suddenly flew up, transformed into a stream of light, and flew away, appearing in Qin Shou's hand.
"Baby, please grow bigger!"
With a thought, Qin Shou caused the crimson gourd to instantly grow larger, blotting out the sky and hovering above the abyss. Then, Qin Shou silently chanted an incantation, and the gourd lid opened. Endless suction emanated from the gourd, and a massive black tornado, spanning hundreds of thousands of miles in diameter, rose above the entire abyss, visible to the naked eye.
The tornado swept across the vast abyss sea, a magnificent sight witnessed by cultivators throughout the world, who were utterly astonished by the spectacle.
"It was Master who made the move!"
In the classroom of the Confucian academy, Da Mei put down her book and looked at the enormous, towering tornado in the distance with an expression of admiration.
Qin Beast spent more than ten years absorbing all the energy in the abyss and put the severed finger into the gourd.
In the years that followed, cracks would appear in the boundary of this world every now and then, and strange energy would invade from outside the boundary, seemingly trying to erode this world.
The Qin beast was exhausted from repairing the broken sky and would curse its mother almost every few years.
This also led to the powerful and arrogant strange creatures that, upon awakening, becoming the Qin Beast's scapegoats. Any that attempted to invade the human world were not repelled by the Qin Beast; it was simply killed, devoured, and refined...
In just over a hundred years, the name of the Qin Beast had spread throughout those mysterious and eerie places.
However, over the next two hundred years, Qin Beast clearly sensed that the lifespan of this world was coming to an end. If he was lucky, it might last another ten thousand years; if he was unlucky, even a thousand years would be considered a long time.
During this time, Qin Beast's clone also visited what was known as the most mysterious life-gathering area in this world, hoping to find some secrets and a way to save this small world. The result was disappointing; the life-gathering area was far more vast than he had imagined. Qin Beast traversed many strange zones, and found power capable of eroding even True Immortal level beings. Qin Beast assessed his own strength and concluded he could withstand it, but he chose not to risk it and decisively retreated.
And so, more than two hundred years passed in the mortal world. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth had been depleted to a low point. Even those geniuses and prodigies who were born with spiritual bodies and bloodlines found it extremely difficult to break through. As a result, in the past two hundred years, no Nascent Soul cultivators under the age of two hundred have appeared in this world, and even Golden Core cultivators are almost impossible to find.
This situation is even more fatal for those high-level cultivators.
Even if some powerful clans of the world once had true immortals who left behind some secret treasures and cultivated in secret realms, the spiritual energy inside would eventually be exhausted. Without the supply of spiritual energy from outside this world, they could not last long.
Everything, under this dark, apocalyptic era, will eventually perish and vanish like dust... Let alone immortality, even cultivators who can live for over a thousand years are hard to find.
"Damn it, I finally became the boss of this world, I really don't want to ascend!"
On this day, Qin Shou sat cross-legged on the mountaintop, one hand supporting his head, watching the petals falling one by one from the trees above, and sighing to himself.
"Immortals in the upper realm are as numerous as dogs. What if I accidentally get killed if I go up there?"
"Ugh, so annoying!"
The Qin beast howled in agony, looking up at the sky.
"Master, eat grapes, eating grapes will make you feel better."
Hearing this, the chubby boy sitting under a tree in the distance came running over, clutching two big grapes in his hand and offering them to Qin Shou, his big eyes blinking brightly.
Qin Shou looked at the adorable chubby koi, patted its head, and asked, "Little Fatty, do you want a piece of orange?"
"I really want to!" Little Fatty nodded repeatedly. "I even dreamt about Yi Cheng yesterday. She said she caught a real dragon in the sky and was waiting for me to come and eat it with her."
"Sigh...you, you little glutton." Qin Shou poked the little fat boy's head with a finger, feeling both helpless and amused.
The little fat boy swayed backward uncontrollably from the poking, then straightened up by his belly.
"Squeak, squeak, it's three little gluttons." Black Rabbit ran over, counting on her fingers: "Me, Yi Cheng, Xiao Pang, and Da Bao."
Qin Beast: "???" Useless rabbit, after thousands of years, still hasn't learned to count.
"Alright, let's go for ascension then."
Qin Shou stood up, stretched, and shouted to the sky.
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The year 2920 of the Yu Emperor's calendar.
October 9th.
Year of Jia Chen, Month of Yi Hai, Day of Ding Chou [Year of the Dragon]
The hour of Xin Hai (辛亥) clashes with the Snake, the direction of misfortune is west, the direction of happiness is southwest, the direction of wealth is due east, and the direction of fortune is southwest – this is extremely auspicious!
Suitable for: traveling, moving, offering thanks to gods, praying for wealth, and achieving ascension!
Taboo: None
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The weather was sunny that day.
Beneath the Tianxuan Continent, a giant hand grasped the entire continent, dragging it into a state of chaos.
On this day, the celestial tribulation descended to the mortal realm.
In the mortal realm, there are immortals who bathe in celestial tribulations and ascend to the upper realm.
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[Qin Beast, congratulations! You have successfully transcended your tribulation and advanced to the strongest Celestial Immortal realm. You are rewarded with a "Celestial Immortal Gift Pack"!]
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