Refusing to ascend at the beginning

Chapter 359 Darkest and the Era of Sacrifice
"How many fragments have you obtained?" True Dragon paused before talking about the beginning of the First Era and asked.

"One, four, five, and six." Su Han said, "There is also the piece that junior sister brought out from the Dragon Nest Mirage Realm."

Cheng Yingyue heard this and took out the dragon scale fragment and handed it over. Su Han glanced at the dragon text at the beginning and said softly: "Second, Stone Demon..."

The real dragon nodded, "This fragment was originally kept by the Poshan Sect, one of the six branches. After they were destroyed in the second era, the dragon scale fragments were left in the Northern Desert..."

Su Han took a rough look at it and found that it recorded the origin of the Stone Demon Clan, which was almost the same as what the True Dragon had just said.

After such a long time, he finally knew who his enemy was, and also understood the source of the true dragon's guilt mentioned in "Part Five". Therefore, his mood was very complicated.

He looked at the fragment of dragon scales in his hand and said softly: "So, the ill-fated beginning of the human race was just due to two mistakes and simple bad luck?"

If the real dragon arrived in the next world after leaving the Shiming Continent instead of their place, then the human race would not have suffered such a disaster.

But soon, he shook his head and shook this thought out of his head.

Although the human race does not suffer, there will be other races in other worlds to take their place.The problem has never been about these victims, but why the stone demons carried out such actions. This is the root of all suffering.

He looked at the real dragon intently, knowing that what it was going to say next was the most important part of the history that had been covered up. "Please continue speaking, the real dragon."

In fact, the "real ascension" it just mentioned also aroused great interest in him, but he just endured it and did not ask, intending to wait until it had finished explaining everything before asking questions together.

At this time, Chujiu had also heard the news and came and nuzzled Su Han happily and affectionately.It knew that the real dragon was talking about important things, so it was not naughty, but lay beside him curiously and quietly to listen.

The real dragon's voice sounded again with some memories.

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"One, the origin.

"Second, the stone demon.

"Third, darkest.

"Fourth, Starfire.

"Fifth, before the storm.

"Sixth, a century of turmoil.

"Seventh, after the war.

"These are seven complete dragon scale fragments. I will tell you according to the order on the fragments.

"'One' was originally kept by the Broken Moon Immortal Sect in the Six Meridians of Starfire. After leaving the Northern Desert in the Second Era, I watched them decline little by little and disappear into history. This fragment was later taken from a Got it at auction and given to you.

"As you know, I came to the world with Bodhisattva. After the human race went through turmoil and disputes, they finally came to the same destination through different paths and embarked on the path of spiritual practice together.

“It’s just that this kind of prosperity only lasted for 20 years, because 20 years later, the stone demon clan finally smelled my breath and came here through the turbulence of the void.

"Then there is what is recorded in 'Third, Darkest'. This piece of dragon scale fragment was kept by the Du Ye Buddhist Sect and is still in the hands of its abbot.

"The people of the Stone Demon Clan who can come here through the turbulent flow of the void are all in the Ascension Realm, and your human race has just begun to practice, how can you resist their invasion?
"To put it bluntly, the human race at that time was weaker than ants.

"They suppressed the world effortlessly, held the bodhi seed in their hands, controlled the lifeline of your human race's practice, and built four formations.

"It is precisely because of these formations that the darkness of the human race that lasted for an era was opened, making this world a purgatory.

"This formation is the Void Spirit-stealing Blood Formation. Its only function is to steal all the spiritual energy and vitality in the world and send it to the other end of the blood formation.

“And this is the purpose of the Stone Demons coming here, to steal the spiritual energy and vitality of your world and send it to them, until this world withers and all living things are annihilated, turning it into a barren and dead place.

"The reason why this formation is called the Blood Formation is because it requires a large number of practitioners from this world to join the formation. Only with their aura as the foundation can the formation not be rejected by this world and the formation will be able to Started smoothly.

"Now that you know the truth about the demonic tide and what the major immortal sects and demonic sects sacrificed to the black stone platform, you should also be able to guess what is entering the formation at this moment.

“It’s the golden elixir.

"The golden elixir you formed after reaching the fifth level of cultivation.

"Although it would be better to use fairy spirits to enter the formation as you advance in the realm, they don't want you to become stronger so as not to escape their control. In addition, the 'cultivation' of golden elixirs is much faster than that of fairy spirits, so the blood formation After the construction, they decided to use golden elixir to enter the battle.

"The Tongxu Spirit-stealing Blood Formation needs to connect two worlds, and the number of golden elixirs required is huge, beyond imagination.

“They need golden elixirs, lots, lots of golden elixirs.

“But not everyone in the human race is qualified to practice, and those who are qualified to practice may not be able to reach the golden elixir realm.

"So they came up with two options.

"First, they cultivate immortal grass and forcefully bring unqualified humans into the path of cultivation. And these people who are forcibly promoted usually end up in the lower realms, the second realm, the third realm, etc., but they have already thought of it. This, so...

"Secondly, they extracted the blood essence of these low-level practitioners, as well as those who couldn't even lead the immortal grass into the path of practice, and refined them into blood alchemy.

“Then, they fed the blood elixir to some people with acceptable qualifications, forcibly and quickly fed them to the fifth realm, and then killed people to take the golden elixir into the battle.

“This is the origin of blood alchemy and its true function.

“According to what Yu Wu said, they divided the human race into three categories: seeds, medicine, and pills.

"The 'seed' is only responsible for reproduction. After losing its reproductive value, it will be used as low-quality 'medicine' to be made into blood elixirs, while the 'elixir' will be slaughtered once it reaches the fifth realm to take the golden elixir into the battle.

“For 5000 years, the human race has been enslaved like livestock for 5000 years.

"When Yu Wu told me these things back then, his tone was very calm, but the sadness hidden in his eyes was very strong..."

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After Su Han and Cheng Yingyue heard this, they felt like a huge stone was weighing on their hearts.

The encounter of the human race in the First Era lasted for 5000 years in the darkest moment, leaving them somewhat breathless and temporarily losing the ability to speak.

For a long time, they didn't say a word.

The real dragon waited for a moment to let them buffer before continuing:
"In the darkest first era, if we relied on their power alone, they would not be able to do so many things. After all, they only had three ascendants.

"Therefore, they accepted some sects as slaves to manage the operation system of 'seeds, medicines, and elixirs', such as... Wuyan Immortal Sect.

"And Yu Wu is from the Wuyan Immortal Sect..."

Su Han and Cheng Yingyue were startled and said in astonishment: "What?"

This was somewhat beyond their expectations. In "Part [-]", it was said that Immortal Yuwu escaped with the Demonic Lotus Seed. They always thought that he was the one who was being persecuted, but they didn't expect...

Real Dragon knew where their astonishment came from, shook his head and said: "He has never participated in those dark things, and has never touched the blood of the human race on his hands.

"It's just that his parents are high-ranking officials of the Wuyan Immortal Sect.

"Since he was born, he has grown up watching this purgatory-like scene. Fortunately, this twisted world did not distort his thoughts, but made him even more angry.

"He found an opportunity and escaped after obtaining the Demonic Lotus Seed through his parents' status. After that, what you know from 'Four' to 'Four' is what you know.

"Yu Wu founded Xianhen and formed Xinghuo. He found me after I woke up and prepared to resist the enslavement of the stone demon and destroy the blood formation.

"I originally advised them not to take action prematurely, because the difference in strength between the two sides is still too big. However, after more than 5000 years of preparation, countless human practitioners' golden elixirs have entered the formation, the blood formation is almost completed, and the six meridians of sparks, etc. No more.

"The result is as you know, the Stone Demon clan is far more powerful than them. Although Xinghuo succeeded in destroying the two blood formations, he was defeated after all.

"The last one is 'Seven', which is the true history at the end of the First Era..."

Su Xuan and the two men were refreshed and listened carefully.

According to the records in the world today, the practitioners at the end of the First Era were practicing the Immortal Fate Chapter and the Demonic Kai Chapter. As a result, their minds were in chaos and they killed each other, setting off a sea of ​​​​blood. There were not many surviving practitioners left, which led to the destruction of the era.

They have long suspected this period of history, and now, they finally want to get the truth from the mouth of the real dragon.

"The blood array was destroyed, many years of preparation fell short, and the stone demon clan was furious.

"In addition, during the hundred years of turmoil, Spark ignited the fire of resistance in many people's hearts. Many practitioners were inspired and joined the Spark halfway to add fuel and salary. Although the Spark failed, I don't know how many people secretly harbored rebellion.

"In order to completely eliminate these influences, the stone demons also did not want the records of Starfire to exist in the world, so they carried out a major cleansing.

“A whole generation of practitioners, not a single one was left alive, all perished.

“They completely overturned this world and started over, building a new Second Era on the ruins of the First Era.

"The remaining Xinghuo who hid in the Northern Desert naturally didn't want the truth to be hidden in the ruins. They asked me to use the piece of reverse scale taken from Chujiu's mother to record the truth of the First Era and divide it into seven pieces. , each of the Six Meridians of Starfire and the Dragon Race take a piece.

"Dragon scales that cannot be destroyed have become immortal history books, passing on the truth...

"This is the First Era."

The real dragon's voice fell, as if a curtain had been drawn.

Leave behind the curtain the blood and tears, oppression and resistance of the first era.

Su Han never thought that the real history was so heavy and cruel, so cruel that even he would feel deep despair if he just put himself in the shoes of the practitioners at that time.

As soon as a person is born, his destiny is determined.

Either it becomes a tool for reproduction and then dies after losing its value.

Either it becomes "medicine" and is put into blood elixirs and fed to others, leading to death.

Either he cultivates to the fifth realm, is taken out of the golden elixir, and dies.

death, death, death.

Being kept like livestock and then dying without dignity.

This is the destined fate of all races in the First Age.

When she thought of this, Cheng Yingyue felt dizzy and felt cold inside.

Su Han took a deep breath and said: "What about the second era? What happened in this era? We are basically certain that all the statements circulating in the world today are false.

"At the end of what era, extraterrestrial monsters came into the world and brought blood alchemy. They were suppressed by the Wuyan Immortal Sect, Qing Chi Sword Sect, and the Heart-Destroying Pavilion using the Demon-Sealing Stone in their respective back mountains. It was all fake.

"There are no dragon scale fragments recording the Second Era, so you should be the only one in this world who knows the truth."

The real dragon nodded and said: "Yes. But are you sure you want me to say it now? If you want to wait for a while, it is not too late to listen after digesting the events of the First Era."

Su Regret said in a deep voice: "I don't want to hear this kind of thing again in the future, so I might as well listen to it now."

"Okay." True Dragon said calmly.

"At the beginning of the Second Era, the Stone Demon Clan learned about the characteristics of your clan from the performance of the human race, and what it means to be in the dark but to have a bright heart.

"They realize that if they push too hard like the 'seeds, medicines, and elixirs' system of the First Age, they will repeat the same mistakes that breed rebellion.

"After all, when a person knows that his fate is only death and there is no hope, of course he is willing to cut himself off. There is no other way but to resist.

"But what if we give them a test and give them hope of 'survival'?
"All their attention will only be attracted by 'surviving the test', and they have no time to think about anything else.

"Therefore, taking advantage of the reconstruction of the Second Era, they established a new system, that is - the sacrificial system.

"With the Wuyan Immortal Sect as the center, they supported a group of new practitioners, let them establish the sect, and promised to let it develop. They would not interfere in worldly affairs, but the price was——

“All those with qualifications must join the sect to practice and embark on the path of practice.

"Cultivators must be promoted to the five realms within a certain period of time according to their root talents, and those who cannot be promoted will be fed as medicine to others.

"If those who are promoted to the fifth realm cannot be promoted to the seventh realm within a certain period of time, the golden elixir will be taken out and sacrificed to the stone demon clan to join the battle.

"To avoid the fate of being sacrificed, we can only practice hard and advance to the seventh realm.

"But how can promotion to the Seventh Realm be that simple? The result is chaos.

"Fightings among sects began to occur, and practitioners also spontaneously killed fellow practitioners and ordinary people, and refined each other's blood into elixirs to improve their own cultivation, in order to advance to the fifth realm and the seventh realm.

"The Stone Demons didn't do anything, and they even miraculously found that they didn't have to do anything. The humans just completed what they had to force them to do in the previous era.

"And all this just gives them some hope of survival.

"In the Second Era, the conflict has been shifted, it is no longer between the stone demon clan and the human race, but...the human race and the human race.

"The sparks emanating from the human race at the end of the last era were covered by the more intense fire of selfishness in this era. And, after 800 years of operation of the sacrificial system, this fire of selfishness also burned to the north. desert……

"Hidden in the Six Meridians of Sparks in the Northern Desert, there are new generations who are fed up with living in isolation and are beginning to make unknown preparations in secret.

“This person’s name is Fu Chen, and he is a disciple of the Qingye Immortal Sect.

"Perhaps you are more familiar with his other name, which is Chen Fu, the founder of the Qing Chi Sword Sect."

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(End of this chapter)