Refusing to ascend at the beginning

Chapter 360 The Second Era
"Unfortunately, we were unaware of his rebellious intentions at the time."

The real dragon sighed.

When Su Han heard the real dragon talking about Immortal Chenfu, not only was he not surprised, but he felt like "it's true."

As early as six years ago, when he first came to the Northern Desert, he had a conversation with the leader of the Dragon Tribe. Through the other party's words, he guessed that it was Immortal Chenfu who rebelled from Xinghuo with the Green Chi Sword and stirred up trouble. The chaos in the Northern Desert made the Dragon Clan hate the Qing Chi Sword Sect so much.

He didn't ask Immortal Chenfu why he rebelled, because he didn't want to disrupt the rhythm of the real dragon's story, and even if he didn't ask, the real dragon would still talk about it.

He also has another layer of doubts, that is, how did Immortal Chenfu do it under the eyes of the real dragon?
"During the First Era, I tried my best to avoid killing, but I always protected the people of Spark, and also built many weapons for them to help them practice, which indirectly affected worldly affairs.

"Therefore, after the First Era, I suffered the backlash of the bloodline restriction and fell into a deep sleep to recuperate. Therefore, I was no longer sensitive to the control and disturbance of the Northern Desert.

"No one knows when Fu Chen became rebellious. I can only get a glimpse of it from his experience.

"Although he is alert and flexible, he has a serious mind. At the end of the First Era, when Starfire had no choice but to go to war, he was only a fifth-level practitioner and not very strong, but he faced an unwinnable war. A desperate opponent.

"Even if he is lucky enough to enter the Northern Desert alive, he already knows that no one in this world can defeat the Stone Demon Tribe.

"For Xinghuo, the Northern Desert is just a bigger cage.

"I think Fu Chen's heart has changed since this time.

"After the sacrifice system of the Second Era began to operate, the stone demons who had retreated behind the scenes even supported the sect, giving him a chance to 'live'.

"So, he has no hesitation and began to secretly prepare for the seizure of power.

“In the beginning, he kept quiet and even immersed himself in practice more diligently than before.

"Three hundred years of keeping a low profile allowed him to advance rapidly, and he became the first person to enter the Nine Realms after the destruction of Spark in the previous era.

"He took over the Qing Chi Sword as a matter of course and took the position of the leader of the Qingye Immortal Sect.

"Then, he began to subtly influence other people. After more than 100 years of planning, he secretly attracted a group of devoted followers. Not only the Qingye Immortal Sect, but also people from other lines followed him.

“Finally, in the year 420 of the Second Era, at a meeting where everyone gathered, he took action.

"The current Xinghuo Six Meridians have come together through blood and fire, and they trust each other very much, so when Fu Chen and others took action brazenly, no one had the slightest bit of defense.

“Blood spread all over the Northern Desert in an instant.

"In this battle of betrayal, no one in the Broken Mountain Sect was spared. The leader of the Broken Moon Sect and the leader of the Fire Demon Sect died, and more than half of the Six Star Fire Veins were withered.

"Not only that, the leader of the Dragon Tribe at that time was also killed by Fu Chen. He cut off his head and presented it with other people's heads to the Stone Demon Clan as a pledge in exchange for a place in the world.

"After leaving Bei Mo, he changed his name to Chen Fu, and fabricated his origins - that is, the so-called Jingxian Sword Sect in the mortal world - and with this name he legitimately opened a gate in the Eastern Fairyland and established the Qing Chi Sword Sect. .”

Su Han secretly thought, no wonder the current Dragon Chief had such a big reaction after smelling the breath of his Qing Chi Sword.

No wonder Qing Chi Sword is so unwilling to stay in Qing Chi Sword Sect.

No wonder Lu Sen knew the identity of the dragon scale fragments...

At this moment, Su Han's heart suddenly became enlightened, and many things were explained.

"Then what?" he asked, "what about the other lines that survived?"

There was not much emotion in the real dragon's pupils and he said:

“When the descendant of the dragon clan woke me up, the matter had already settled, and it was too late for me to do anything else.

"Looking at the bloody Beimo, I am extremely disappointed in the human race, and the dragon race no longer trusts the human race.

“They can’t guarantee that among the survivors, there won’t be people like Chen Fu again in the future.

"Thus, Xinghuo and the human race were driven out of Beimo.

"...

"Without the protection of the Northern Desert, the remaining Xinghuo are struggling. Under the leadership of Qi Ming, the second generation of Xianhen, they are hiding in the world to survive.

“And, unexpectedly, no matter how difficult the conditions are, no matter how desperate the situation is, the remaining fire species are still finding ways to resist.

“In the last era, Yu Wu led Xinghuo to destroy two blood arrays, and the Stone Demon clan had to start over again, giving the human race a great breath of relief.

"And this also gave Qi Ming an idea. He knew that he could not confront the Stone Demon clan head-on, but he could find a way to stop the new blood formation and keep the world alive.

"After Qian Qian left the Northern Desert, Qi Ming began to make plans...

"The sacrifice system seems to be more stable and reliable than the 'seeds, medicines, and elixirs' system of the First Era, but it is not without its weaknesses.

"The vast majority of people will indeed kill people to refine elixirs and improve their cultivation in order to break through the siege.

"But after all, not many people can break through to the seventh realm. Most practitioners still fall outside this threshold and have their elixirs taken into battle.

“This gave Qi Ming an opportunity to take advantage of.

"Qi Ming commanded Xing Huo to secretly find those cultivators in the major sects who had no hope of promotion, hoping to instigate them to rebel, leaving poisonous roots in their own golden elixirs, using poisonous elixirs to enter the formation, and destroy the blood formation.

“I have to say that this is a very bold, risky and whimsical move.

“If any of these practitioners informs, then the plan will fail.

"Of course, Qi Ming proposed that those who are instigated are not randomly selected, but need to have the potential to become Sparks. Without passing their inspection, the plan will naturally not be disclosed to the other party.

"I have been watching their actions, and naturally I know that some people in Starfire have also raised questions about this plan.

"Qi Ming, however, acted very optimistic. He just smiled and said that even if he was discovered, it would have no impact on Xinghuo, so there was no harm in giving it a try.

“Most people, including me, felt this plan had no chance of success and would fail quickly.

“However, the miraculous thing is that this plan, which seemed full of loopholes, actually went smoothly as expected.

"You humans gave me another surprise."

"Practitioners who know that there is no hope of breakthrough have long been determined to die. When Xinghuo comes to the door and tells them everything about the First Era, telling them the efforts and sacrifices made by their predecessors, 'death worthy' and 'death worthless' When these two options were quietly put on the table, they unanimously chose the former.

"The sparks of the second era no longer set fire to the prairie fire as fiercely as the previous era, but were ignited in another way at the last moment of their lives, illuminating and continuing the path forward for the human race in the form of afterglow.

"These chosen sparks burn themselves in silence, die generously, and enter the battle quietly with poisonous pills. They even bring their friends and lovers to influence the people around them to go to the battle with poisonous pills." …

"1000 years later, Qi Ming's longevity was exhausted, and the third generation of Shanhen Lin Zhailu came to the throne. He took over Qi Ming's planning and layout and continued to instigate those who wanted to rebel.

“Another 1000 years later, there were more and more golden elixirs in the blood formation, but instead of strengthening, the aura of the formation withered even more.

“The Stone Demon Clan discovered the clues to the Blood Formation, but didn’t know the reason, and ordered a thorough investigation for a long time without any results.

"It wasn't until the 600th year of the Second Era that accidents still happened."

Having said this, the real dragon shook his head helplessly.

"I don't deny the shining points of human nature, because they have amazed me many times, but...

"Betrayal, you humans are always inseparable from betrayal...

"There is a disciple named Lin Fengu in the Fire Demon Sect, who became the second betrayer after Chen Fu.

"Some say he chose to betray because he discovered a set of techniques from the Demonic Lotus Seed, which affected his character. Others say he was tired of living a life of darkness like a rat on the street.

"No matter what the reason is, the final result is - he appeared as the so-called 'savior' when the Stone Demon Tribe was having a big headache about the Blood Formation.

"He asked for many things from the Stone Demon Tribe, and after receiving their promise of eternal protection, he revealed Starfire's plan without reservation.

"Knowing the truth, the Stone Demons were furious again and launched a war of destruction against Starfire.

"Lin Fengu also founded his own sect at this time, joined the war to destroy Xinghuo, and transformed from a victim to a perpetrator.

"His sect is - Heart-Destroying Pavilion."

Su Han and Cheng Yingyue looked surprised. During the listening process, they both felt that the name "Lin Fengu" was familiar, but they couldn't remember it for a while. It wasn't until Zhenlong finally revealed the sect he founded that they suddenly remembered his name. identity.

It turns out that this is the origin of Heart-Destroying Pavilion.

No wonder the Heart-Destroying Pavilion has stood firm in the cruel Western Demonic Land for so many years, firmly occupying the top spot in the Demon Sect. It turns out that they have already won the trust and protection of the Stone Demon Clan by betraying Xinghuo.

The Second Era lasted less than 4000 years, and an accident occurred in the year 600. Does this mean that the remaining 400 years were all Starfire's struggle?

Su Han suddenly remembered the skeleton he found at the bottom of the Qiye Strait, and said in a deep voice: "The Stone Demon Tribe launched a war to destroy Xinghuo, and it took hundreds of years to force Xinghuo to Sin Continent, and Lin Zhailu also Fell into the Qiye Strait?"

The real dragon glanced at him, nodded and said, "Yes, that's not right either. It only took five years for Xinghuo to be forced to Sin Continent."

"Five years?" Su Han was stunned. Wasn't Starfire's second failure the end of the Second Era?
He asked: "What happened in the 400 years at the end of the Second Era?"

True Dragon said:

"After Starfire's plan was exposed, the Stone Demon Clan mobilized the power of the entire world to kill Starfire and everyone.

"After several years of hiding, Xinghuo suffered countless casualties. In the fifth year, the situation worsened. Lin Fengu found Xinghuo's last gathering place by relying on his understanding of Xinghuo.

"After the whereabouts were discovered, Lin Zhailu protected everyone and resisted the pursuit of the stone demon. In the process, even the Longyi knife in his hand was seriously damaged in the fierce battle.

“The group of people was forced by the stone demon all the way from the middle of the continent to the corner of the mainland, and they were already desperate.

"Facing the few remaining Starfires who were still fighting, I still felt compassion and couldn't help but take action.

"I dropped the dragon's breath there. Lin Zhailu was surprised and seized this opportunity to use the dragon's sword to activate the power of the dragon's breath.

"He split a corner of the continent and let the rest of the sparks hide in.

"The moment before he died of overdraft, he begged me to help Starfire one more time.

"So, I used his magic lotus as a formation to protect that corner of the land, push it far away, and let it become a continent of its own.

"In this way, the spark of Spark was saved again."

Su Han suddenly felt at ease.

In the past few years, he had obtained fragments of the Dragon Blade from the "Immortal Can't Go" Rock Pool in the Flame Mountains, the Rock Pool in the Yuncong Mountains, and the Qiye Strait in the Middle Earth.

There have been several rumors about "The Immortal Will Not Go", one of which is "The meteorite from the sky fell on the mountain, which formed the Immortal Never Go that is difficult to approach even in the Nine Realms." Later, when he learned that the magma actually flowed out from the fracture of Long Yi Dao, he At that time, it was speculated that some practitioners had fought on the top of the Flame Mountain.

I just didn't expect that it would be Lin Zhailu's last battle.

It's also Starfire's last dance.

While he was thinking to himself, the real dragon continued:

“The extermination of Starfire was very thorough this time, with very few people surviving, and the inheritance of Starfire was almost cut off, causing many things to be lost and directly cut off from generation to generation.

“After this battle, the Stone Demon abandoned the withered blood formation and built a new blood formation.

“I originally thought that Xinghuo was imprisoned in Sin Continent and would have no impact on the world and could operate smoothly, but I didn’t expect that in the next few hundred years, the new blood formation would wither faster than before.

"After a thorough investigation, they found out that after the Xinghuo plan was exposed hundreds of years ago, all practitioners in the world knew about their existence and their resistance.

"As a result, many people who were destined to die spontaneously followed Xinghuo's approach, voluntarily entered the battle with poison pills, and died generously.

"...

"No matter how angry the stone demons are, they can't control the way people's hearts want to approach death.

"Seeing that the influence of Spark was difficult to eliminate, they simply stopped doing nothing and carried out another major cleansing of the entire world.

"Same as in the first era, all practitioners were killed and all records were destroyed.

“The Second Era is over.

“This is how the world has entered the third era.

"They learned from the experience of the first and second eras and established a new order again, and it continues to this day..."

……

The destruction of an era, when spoken from the mouth of a real dragon, lasted only half a stick of incense.

It is this half-stick of incense that carries the blood and tears of nearly 4000 years of the Second Era.

Not as cruel as the First Age, but still chilling.

After Su Han heard this, it took a long time before he loosened his clenched fists.

Because of holding it too hard, a crescent-shaped white mark was left on the palm of the hand.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened them again, there was deep fatigue hidden deep in his eyes.

"Let me guess, the new order of the third era is the demonic tide order that is launched every 500 years?"

Zhenlong looked at him and nodded.

"Yes."

……

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　The foreshadowing of Lin Zhai Lu in the Second Era has probably been buried since Chapters 1 and 60 of Volume 80 said that "the Immortal will never leave" in the Flame Mountain. In Volume 2, he meets Chujiu, and in Volume 3, Qiye Strait is also revealed. It's this line.

　　After so long, I finally recycled this foreshadowing orz
　　
　
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