Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1613: Chapter 868: Innate Divine Continent, Confirmed! (2)

With a general timeline clue, he focused his attention on the period from the end of the Hongmeng Era to the early Ancient Era.

Epoch changes are often the most chaotic and dark stages of the world.

Taiching Spirit Realm is no exception!

Even in the most comprehensive historical records of this realm, like those in Book Sea Tower, the information about this stage is scant.

Zhao Sheng searched through the entire floor and barely found some scattered records in five Ancient Scrolls, all of which were insignificant.

Four hours later, he arrived at the seventy-first floor of the History Department.

This layer specifically collects numerous historical records from the early Ancient Era.

Zhao Sheng plunged into the mountain of records, his Divine Thought instantly splitting into countless tentacles.

The next moment, numerous books and ancient scrolls rose into the air, the book pages and scrolls automatically opened, and began flipping madly.

Zhao Sheng’s eyes shone like stars, his spirit had already ascended to the extreme, constantly processing and absorbing astronomical amounts of vast information.

In just an hour, more than seventy percent of the millions of history books and scripture scrolls had been perused.

At this moment, countless information storms had already erupted in Zhao Sheng’s sea of consciousness, billions of “information fragments” collided and fused madly, instantly discarding the useless and converting the useful into threads of “clues”.

As time passed, tens of thousands of “clues” continually intertwined and combined, and Zhao Sheng gradually pieced together a fragmented “map” of the Innate Divine Continent in his mind.

Simultaneously, a dark cataclysm that led to epoch change, affecting the entire Spirit Realm, also gradually “unveiled a real corner”.

This dark cataclysm directly reduced the number of races in the Taiching Spirit Realm by more than ninety percent, and established the Human Clan’s position as the dominant force.

In that era of dragons and snakes rising, with Ten Thousand Clans bleeding, countless powerful Alien Races rose and ultimately perished, during which countless epic tales were unknown.

At least thousands of history books record the name of this dark cataclysm:

The Era of Ancient Demon God Tribulation!

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Three days passed in a flash.

During these days and nights, Zhao Sheng browsed through all the records from the tenth to seventy-fifth floors.

As the final deadline approached, Zhao Sheng sat cross-legged on the floor of the forty-second layer, concentrating on reading an old ancient scroll.

The beginning of the scroll prominently bears the ink words “Legend of the Demon Saint”.

This scroll records many powerful Demon Clan figures who have achieved the Demon Saint Realm over the ages.

Zhao Sheng knew very well that any powerful Demon Clan figure reaching the Demon Saint Realm possesses strength that is not inferior to the Human Clan’s Tribulation Crossing Venerable.

It can even be said that the combat power of Demon Saints is generally much stronger than the Human Race Venerable.

This “Legend of the Great Saints” scroll is divided into a total of 178 chapters, each recording a Demon Clan Saint who roamed free and dominated eternity.

When Zhao Sheng flipped to the eighth chapter of the scroll, his pupils suddenly widened to the extreme, his eyes bursting with extraordinarily dazzling Divine Light.

This chapter records the Saint of the Ape Clan. The original name of this Saint is unknown, but billions of years ago, it was revered by Ten Thousand Clans as the Golden Sun Demon Saint, and its cultivation Dao Field was precisely the “Golden Wind Cave” in the eastern Innate Divine Continent.

According to historical records before the Era of Ancient Demon God Tribulation, the Taiching Spirit Realm once had the saying of “Eight Holes and Nine Orifices”.

“Eight Holes and Nine Orifices” refers to seventeen naturally formed “Cave Heaven Blessed Lands” within the Taiching Spirit Realm.

Taiching Nine Palaces Mountain was one of the “Eight Holes”, while Golden Wind Cave was the foremost of the “Nine Orifices”.

Zhao Sheng clearly remembers that before the Golden Crane Great Saint attained enlightenment, he once used the title Golden Sun Saint as his name.

It all matched!

Everything matched!

Zhao Sheng felt a surge of excitement inside and quickly flipped through the ancient scroll he was holding.

Compared to other Demon Saint chapters, the Legend of the Golden Sun Demon Saint is only eight thousand words long, making it pitifully short.

According to the content of this chapter, it can roughly be determined that the period during which the Golden Sun Demon Saint was active happens to be at the end of the dark cataclysm.

Right after the mysterious disappearance of the Golden Sun Demon Saint, the dark cataclysm abruptly came to an end.

From that time onward, the Human Clan truly became the dominant power in the Taiching Spirit Realm, a dominance that has continued to this day.

Moments later, Zhao Sheng tossed the ancient scroll back on the bookshelf and stood up slowly.

At this moment, he might be the only one who knows the truth behind the mysterious disappearance of the Golden Sun Demon Saint and the end of the dark cataclysm.

At the end of the dark cataclysm, the Golden Sun Demon Saint led Ten Thousand Clans, nearly dominating the entire Taiching Spirit Realm.

At this critical juncture, the Supreme … Taoist Ancestor suddenly intervened, subduing the Golden Sun Demon Saint with a single move.

After the Golden Sun Demon Saint converted to the Supreme Sect, the dark cataclysm ended, and the Taiching Spirit Realm truly entered the Ancient Era.

The Ancient Era lasted nearly ten million years from its beginning to the early stage, yet relevant historical records during such a long span are scarce.

It’s as if this long stretch of time was deliberately erased from existence.

Moreover, since the middle of the Ancient Era, there have been no historical records about the Innate Divine Continent.

During the same period, the Yin Sha Ocean emerged out of thin air, yet prior records contain no mention of it.

Zhao Sheng had ample reason to suspect that the submergence of the Innate Divine Continent was likely caused by that battle back then.

With the sinking of the Innate Divine Continent, billions and trillions of lives perished along with it.

Imagine the immense resentment generated by the simultaneous death of billions and trillions of lives!

All of this likely indirectly led to the formation of the Yin Sha Ocean.

However, what puzzled Zhao Sheng immensely was why the World Venerable, who is almost omnipotent and could recreate the Innate Divine Continent with a single thought or transcend the souls of deceased beings, did not choose to do so?

With this doubt in mind, Zhao Sheng solemnly left Book Sea Tower.

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Several months passed swiftly.

On this day, as morning arrived, the sky was gradually cleared of purple clouds.

On the seventh floor of the Late Sun Pavilion, Zhao Sheng quietly ceased his cultivation, rose calmly.

“…It’s time!” Zhao Sheng muttered to himself, gazing at the sun rising on the horizon.

Having said that, he suddenly called, “Where is Wood Spirit?”

As soon as his words fell, the small and slender Wood Spirit suddenly emerged from the ground, bowing respectfully, “I’m here, sir, what are your orders?”

Zhao Sheng said coldly, “I will be gone for a while. Take good care of the spirit field in the valley. If anyone visits during my absence, just say I’ve gone out for a journey, understand?”

“Don’t worry, sir! I’ll surely tend to the spirit field properly.” Wood Spirit’s eyes rolled as he eagerly nodded and bowed with a flattering smile.

Hmm.

Zhao Sheng nodded, deciding not to quibble over words with a Wood Demon.

Suddenly, he transformed into a tunneling light and soared into the sky, disappearing at the horizon in the blink of an eye.

Moments later, Zhao Sheng had flown eight thousand miles away; the surrounding Gang Wind was fierce, and the clouds were vast.

Seeing that there was no one around, he immediately activated his Talent, “Infinite Universe Gate,” instantly disappearing into thin air.

After he vanished into thin air, nearby clouds suddenly surged violently, visibly condensing into a giant face.

The face had clear features, white hair and beard, appeared kind and gentle, without any hostility.

At this moment, its tightly closed eyes suddenly opened, revealing a pair of eyes filled with rationality and wisdom.

These eyes scanned the surroundings, suddenly showing a hint of doubt and surprise.

“Huh, strange, very strange! What method did that kid use to leave?”

This contemporary Sect Leader, who has overseen Taiqing Cave Heaven for nearly twenty thousand years, felt both surprise and doubt, almost believing that a flaw had appeared in the Two Forms Microdust Void Realm.

After repeated confirmations, it astonishingly discovered no disturbance in the Two Forms Microdust Void Realm, making a flaw impossible.

“…True Immortal? Absolutely not possible! Could he be… an Immortal Ruins Guest? Very likely!”

“Hehe, interesting, very interesting indeed!”

Accompanied by laughter echoing in the clouds, the giant face abruptly disintegrated, quickly transforming back into a vast cloud mist.

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“Hehe, interesting, very interesting indeed!”

Accompanied by laughter echoing in the clouds, the giant face abruptly disintegrated, quickly transforming back into a vast cloud mist.

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