Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 518 True God's Mission, Battle for the Mountain Top (10,000 words)

Before the Great Zhou's relocation plan could even begin, another force in the Xuanling Star Region immediately started its own relocation plan.

In the seventeenth Star Year of the Third Era of the Wilderness, Feng Chen, the Grand Elder of the City of Scholars, announced that the City of Scholars would be moved to the Ancient Hill.

Originally, the Crimson Star Empire was Feng Chen's first choice, as the empire's environment, economy, and the number of cultivators made it more convenient for scholars to conduct research.

With the Emperor absent, security has become a problem. Even the Primordial Realm has experienced attacks by artifact spirits, so how can we ensure the safety of the Academy City?
The Primordial Heavenly Palace was originally the second choice, but its territory was too small and its control too strict. Scholars' progress requires a lot of research and experimentation, and a small venue is not suitable.

Therefore, Feng Chen set his sights on Taigu Hill for relocation.

"The Ancient Hill has three realms and twelve mountains. It is a large area and its safety is guaranteed."

"The burden of dealing with the evil god's attack on the Origin Heaven Palace is already heavy enough, so it is most appropriate to move the Academy City to the Ancient Hill for temporary residence."

On Crystal Island, Venerable Hongshan conjured a clay figure and discussed some important matters with Zhao Xing.

"Because the problem of the Era Bug has not been completely resolved, no one dares to use official communications now."

"Different Dao weapon systems create different weapon spirit systems. The mechanical systems inherited by various ancient kingdoms, demon races, and great families are all different."

"Moving the Academy City to the Ancient Hills will allow them to study this problem."

"What is the impact of the Ancient Hill?" Zhao Xing asked.

“The impact is relatively small,” Venerable Hongshan said. “We don’t usually use artifact spirits to control magic arrays and barriers.”

"The rebellious artifact spirits are mainly Taoist soldiers such as underground shuttles and underground boats."

Zhao Xing nodded. In fact, the Ministry of Agriculture's forces did not have a great need for mechanical soldiers.

For example, in the Primordial Realm, when Zhao Xing participated in the Primordial Assembly, he used the Instant Flower and the Void Vine to travel, and he also learned the secret techniques from the [Three Thousand Dao Seeds] and the [Primordial Dao Treasury] engraved on the roots of the Primordial Divine Tree.

If it weren't for the fact that the Great Emperor had a series of experimental mechanisms such as the Crimson Star Heavenly Soldiers and the Great Luo Divine Soldiers in the Primordial Realm...

Looking at the system operation of the Primordial Realm itself, even if the weapon spirit rebelled, it would only cause a problem with the individual weapon used, and would not affect the overall situation. It would be even less likely to cause the destruction of Seaweed City.

The Seaweed City was destroyed, also by the Great Emperor's mechanical soldiers.

Since there are no powerful mechanical god-kings like the Great Emperors here in the Ancient Hills, it would be impossible for something like the Primordial Realm to occur.

"There are many divine artifacts in the Three Realms and Twelve Mountains, but most of our more powerful artifact spirits are the ancestors of our Primordial Hill."

"It's not the kind of planned, group-oriented consciousness that comes about later in life, like that of an emperor."

Zhao Xing nodded in understanding.

The empire's mechanical spirits are systematic and managed from top to bottom. For example, the spirit of the Great Evolution Divine Weapon, which is far away in the center of the empire, can also control the Great Wall of Desperate Borders, the Four Seasons Heavenly Gate, and the Demon-Suppressing Gate.

The name "Dayan Divine Weapon" itself embodies the characteristics of the Great Emperor's mechanical divine way.

The Epoch Worm did not directly burrow into the body of the Great Evolution Divine Weapon from the beginning, nor did it directly affect the mother body, but rather the daughter body.

The artifact used at the Ancient Hill likely had a spirit similar to that of the Divine Physician in Hemp Robes.

Zhao Xing couldn't see any rules that the old man had to follow. Everything the old man did seemed to be done at his own discretion, and he could behave differently depending on his master.

"Senior, what brings you here today...?"

Venerable Hongshan said, "With the Great Emperor gone, the empire's security has greatly decreased."

"Therefore, the Ancient Hills hope you will return and not stay in the Empire for now."

Zhao Xing: "Senior Gu has broken through to the God General level. The Primordial Divine Tree still exists in the Primordial Realm..."

Venerable Hongshan shook his head: "He has broken through to the Divine General level and will have many more things to attend to. I'm afraid he won't have time to take care of you. Besides, it's more dangerous to stay by his side. Sending you to the Primordial Hill is also his intention."

The Epoch Worms sent by the evil god's faction attacked the Ancient Luo River immediately after controlling the Great Luo Heavenly Soldiers and Generals.

This is enough to prove that he is a key target.

Zhao Xing was somewhat moved. It was good that the local faction always remembered him, their "savior who had gone out to seek refuge."

"when are we leaving?"

"The sooner the better."

…………

The last solar year of the Luohuang era, the 1043rd boundary star year.

A unique temporal and spatial realm, Frost Island.

Eight cyan rivers, churning up waves, surged from eight blue voids on the island, curving upwards and disappearing into the void.

The hollow space is surrounded by mountains of books.

There are 48,000 points of light in the blue river, shining like the sun.

They are like fixed anchor points; the river flows, but the sun remains stable in the middle of the river.

Eight insect-like beasts roared in the river, constantly weaving through one bright spot of light after another.

With each passing of a point of light, more figures joined in, surrounding the insect-beast.

Each insect, beast, and human figure had a different destination, but most pointed to a specific time and place—the first solar year of the Third Era of the Wasteland.

The blue river was flowing, but everything on the island was still—the flowers, the trees, and even the people.

At some point, the two remaining figures on the island also began to move.

One of the figures looked up to observe, and as their gaze fell upon it, the blue river suddenly shrank.

"How come only five divine insects arrived in the Third Era of the Desolate Region?"

"Those who turned to the Red Star are dying so young."

One of the women, who radiated a pale blue glow and wore a ruby ​​crown, spoke. She had snow-white skin and silver-white hair, resembling an ice queen.

"Xue Qing, don't waste time, let's add another divine worm." She stretched out her palm to a bloated man sitting cross-legged next to her, on which was a wriggling worm that looked like an earthworm.

"Ziyin, don't be in such a hurry." Xueqing didn't take it. "I haven't decided who to send to Taigu Hill yet."

“Let the Earth God 'Kuang Chuan' go; he was originally from the Ancient Hill.”

"Kuang Chuan?" Xue Qing grabbed a book from the air; it contained many names.

Her gaze fell on one of the names.

[Kuang Chuan, a sixteenth-tier demigod. Before being guided, he was the guardian of the Earth Treasury at Mengchuan Mountain in the Primordial Hill. He was guided at Minggu Mountain in the seventh era before the Desolate Region.]

"Why send him?" Xue Qing asked curiously.

"It is the decree of the God King Wushu," said General Ziyin. "The battle for the top of the Ancient Hill is about to begin, and he is the only one with the best chance of defeating the other competitors."

"I see." Xue Qing nodded, and then she sat down as well.

A zither appeared on his knees, its melodious sound filling the air. Zi Yinshen then flew the insect-beast in his hand into the sky, where it fell into the blue river.

At the same time, a figure appeared in the river. He cupped his hands in a gesture of respect towards Zi Yin and Xue Qing, and then lay down on the insect beast.

……

In the third era of the desolate region, the twenty-fifth star year, after arranging the relocation of the Great Zhou, Zhao Xing's true form went to the Primordial Hill.

He left only three clones behind, staying within the empire as stepping stones for teleportation.

The other clones were retrieved and followed the main body to the Ancient Hill.

……

In the thirty-fourth year, Zhao Xing and Venerable Hongshan took the opportunity to accept the task of escorting the relocation of the academy.

As two powerful demigods, they guard the safety of one of the relocation teams from the Citadel.

……

Since the academy was being relocated as a whole, involving not only people, but also a large number of cities, land, palaces, and magical artifacts, it was a massive relocation project.

Therefore, the vast majority of things cannot be affected by spatial changes and cannot be stored in the inner world or the world ring.

Take the Divine Artifact Transmission Tower, for example. It is a powerful artifact of spacetime and causality, and it is impossible for it to be contained within another artifact.

Furthermore, the vast 'Enlightenment Realm' built within the City of Learning, accumulated by generations of sages, requires actual movement within the Manifestation Layer. Otherwise, it will suffer varying degrees of damage.

Why not read scriptures, improve your reputation with scholars, and accumulate contribution points?
The contribution points for the early warning events for the elderly have not yet been distributed. Every little bit helps, since no one would complain about having too much money.

So Zhao Xing accepted these escort missions.

……

In the fifty-second Star Age, the attack on the Academy City occurred.

One divine general and two divine weapon-level experts dispatched by the Ancient Hill arrived at the Purple Mystic Ancient Kingdom while escorting the 'Transmission Tower'.

The Purple Mystic Ancient Kingdom borders the Black Sky Wasteland, and seven evil gods led a large number of believers in a sneak attack.

The guardian deity of the Ancient Hill repelled the evil god. The sneak attack failed, but it resulted in the injury and death of about three thousand scholars.

In May, July and September of the same year, attacks occurred frequently.

Due to the ongoing impact of the Era Bug crisis, the chaos in various countries has not yet subsided, coupled with the occasional spacetime shocks.

Ancient Hill had to strengthen its defenses in order for the relocation of the Academy City to continue.

Perhaps it was good luck, or perhaps the target Zhao Xing was escorting wasn't valuable enough.

After escorting them back and forth eight times, Zhao Xing's team did not encounter any abnormalities or attacks.

……

The fifty-third Star Year.

With a massive spacetime shock, the most severe attack occurred.

This time, he appeared in the procession escorted by Zhao Xing and Venerable Hongshan.

In mid-July, Zhao Xing and Venerable Hongshan escorted the 46th partial relocation of the academy.

This time, what is being escorted is one of the Nine Classics Pavilions of the Academy City, along with a section of the 'Enlightenment Realm' and the Seventh Dharma Realm.

A massive fleet of boundary ships towed a pavilion, a transparent, glowing barrier with countless books flying within it, and a seventh Dharma realm—a realm without substance but hidden at the ninth level of the Dao Manifestation Layer, being dragged by nine chains—through the starry sky.

On this day, Zhao Xing was reading in the Medical Classics Pavilion within the Nine Classics Pavilion.

Suddenly, his brows began to twitch, as if something bad was about to happen.

He immediately put down his books, walked out of the scripture pavilion, and scanned the border ships in front, behind, left, and right.

At this moment, Venerable Hongshan also flew out from another boundary ship.

"You felt it too?" Venerable Hongshan was now in his eight-armed demon god form.

He is of the Polar Giant God School, commonly known as the Martial Farmer School.

Now that he has already used the [Demon God's Earth Transformation] technique, he has clearly sensed the danger.

The last time Zhao Xing saw Venerable Hongshan transform was when he was trapped in Diejie Mountain.

"Hmm, something feels off." Zhao Xing put on the Time-Space Valley Rain Robe and took out the Heavenly Change Divine Needle.

"You go to the bow, I'll go to the stern, let's check separately." After saying this, Venerable Hongshan bypassed the Nine Scriptures Pavilion and headed straight for the rear of the boundary ship fleet.

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Xing began to use his Primordial Avatar extensively to protect the Seventh Dharma Realm, the Realm of Enlightenment, and the Nine Scriptures Pavilion.

Only then did I begin to select them one by one.

Shortly after he and Venerable Hongshan took action.

Eight elders from the Academy City, led by Yan Chuan, a scholar from the Seven Realms, suddenly arrived in the Nine Classics Pavilion area.

Zhao Xing's clone immediately sensed the anomaly.

"Elder Yan, is something the matter?"

Yan Chuan did not answer Zhao Xing's question. He and the seven elders of the Academy City behind him had sorrow and anger in their eyes.

The next moment, the demeanor of the eight scholars changed simultaneously.

The killing intent is overwhelming!
Zhao Xing's pupils contracted.

When a scholar breaks free from innate constraints, their aura undergoes a significant change.

Since the Bove incident, the upper limit of scholars has been greatly raised.

The scholars of the Seven Realms have already reached the level of demigods, while Yan Chuan is an eleventh-level scholar.

The seven people behind him were all at the eighth-order Emperor level.

After actively removing the restrictions on combat.

Everyone's cultivation level jumped dramatically in Zhao Xing's panel.

However, their lifespan is drastically reduced.

In the end, Yan Chuan's True Spirit strength reached an astonishing fourteenth level, while the other seven people reached the thirteenth level.

"Elder Yan! Stop! What are you doing? Have you forgotten me? Have you forgotten the purpose of our trip?!"

"Zhao Xing, you helped the Ancient Hill and the Primordial Heavenly Palace divide up my Academy City's property, and you still have the nerve to ask me why?!" Yan Chuan's gaze towards Zhao Xing was icy cold.

"Generation after generation of people in the Academy have devoted themselves to cultivating talents for the entire human race, yet you have killed Elder Bovi and arbitrarily altered the [Follower of the Way] plan."

"Now... you're even going to divide up the Academy City!"

"you……"

Zhao Xing immediately understood that the time-space memories of Yan Chuan and the other eight elders of the Academy City had become disordered.

In Yan Chuan's mind, he had already become an accomplice of the super power.

The fact that Ancient Hill helped the City of Academia relocate has turned into a situation where Ancient Hill and other super powers want to divide up the City of Academia.

"Shu~"

When Venerable Hongshan appeared and saw the eight men, Yan Chuan, who exuded an astonishing aura, his expression changed.

Scholars are usually mild-mannered, but they are most terrifying when they decide to burn their lives for a final battle.

Yan Chuan and his eight companions defeated three calamities in just a few words, demonstrating an astonishing level of strength.

Zhao Xing looked at the panels of these people, and the data kept changing.

Golden Body of 108,000 Extremes; Seven Lives Palace; Nine Turns of Qin Heart; Limitless Sword Courage; Eight Turns of Spiritual Tablet; Boundless Wandering God Palace; Nurturing Mother Core; River of Green History; Medical Book in Green Bag.

The Hundred Rivers Formation of the North Wind, the Tribulation of Fate, the Eight Strings Divine Skill, the Heavenly Sword Technique of Heaven and Earth, the Reincarnation Altar (Spirit Void Version), the Beast Spirit Transformation, the Taiyi Heavenly Poison Pill Technique...

……

All of them are all-in-one templates.

When Yan Chuan drew the long sword from behind him, Zhao Xing couldn't help but take a step back.

I'm not afraid of scholars criticizing others, I'm afraid of them drawing their swords.

When a scholar takes out weapons other than books, that's when he's ready to kill, and that's when he's at his most powerful.

"Hongshan Seal, go!"

Venerable Hongshan knew that Yan Chuan and the others could not be saved, and there was no way to correct the situation.

Unless we can bring over the Xuanling History Book now and correct these people's memories of time and space.

Yan Chuan and his eight companions were truly willing to die rather than surrender; they would rather destroy the Jiujing Pavilion than give it to the Ancient Hill.

Yan Chuan swung his longsword straight at Venerable Hongshan's natal Dao weapon.

"clang!"

The collision between the mountain base and the sword tip produced a deafening roar.

The pale blue longsword gleamed with a cold light, and an icy blue plane formed in the air at its tip.

Ice began to form at the bottom of Hongshan Mountain, and the thick earth veins began to malfunction.

The sword was very small, practically insignificant compared to the massive Hongshan Mountain.

However, Hongshan Seal could not suppress it.

Yan Chuan blocked Venerable Hongshan with just a sword.

"That's fucking perverted!"

Zhao Xing cursed inwardly.

Faced with this situation, he had no choice but to give it his all.

"Puff puff puff puff puff puff~"

The Heavenly Transformation Needle was inserted into the body, and the transformation was completed instantly.

At the same time, more than a hundred Primordial Grass Statues blocked the seven elders in the Medical Scripture Pavilion.

However, Zhao Xing's attention was mainly on Yan Chuan.

Because Yan Chuan poses the greatest threat.

"World-Burning Divine Eye!"

Zhao Xing's eyes reflected Yan Chuan's figure, and two streaks of fire drifted toward Yan Chuan.

Two lines of fire ripped through the dark void, and the distorted space blocked Yan Chuan's escape route.

Yan Chuan held his hands in a cupped gesture, and suddenly a large amount of black water appeared beneath his feet.

At the same time, gusts of wind from the void appeared.

"The Hundred Rivers Formation of the North Wind? No, it's the River God Formation of the North Wind!"

Yan Chuan possesses an inner world, which contains experimental heavy water—a method employed by Si Nong.

The technique of forming a river of heavy water into an array is a method used by the array masters among the mechanical engineers.

The winds of the void were not his own wind magic, but borrowed; this was another of the priest's methods.

Above the hundred black rivers, the phantom of a deity appeared.

This is likely a certain evil god whose cognition changed along with Yan Chuan's altered memories.

Yan Chuan didn't even glance at the two lines of fire shooting from Zhao Xing's eyes, even though those two lines of fire already possessed the power of the fourteenth-tier peak.

"咻咻~~"

Two wisps of world-burning flames pierced through the void, but their power began to diminish greatly as they entered the North Wind River God Formation, and the source of fire began to distort.

After defeating a hundred illusory river god figures, its power had been reduced to below the tenth rank.

"Om~"

Yan Chuan's ordinary scholar's robe was burned, but golden light emerged from it.

The golden body of the Void Ancestor protects me!
This damage was completely ignored.

"He's practically invincible for a short time, huh? What's he doing?" Zhao Xing suddenly looked shocked.

Yan Chuan's feet were lifted into the air, her skirt fluttering, and the seven scholars beside her stopped trying to attack Zhao Xing's clone.

Seven people surrounded Yan Chuan, setting up multiple defensive barriers, seemingly to protect Yan Chuan while he cast his spell.

Yan Chuan gently flicked his fingertips.

It seemed like nothing was happening around them.

However, Zhao Xing's Great Sun Qi Sea sensed that the stars within sight were moving rapidly.

The nearby Yang star, along with the Taiyin and other boundary stars, rotated, their rays connecting to form vast beams of light.

"The celestial stars are the strings, the life palace is the musical scale, this is the method of calamity!"

Yan Chuan used the Yin-Yang Twin Stars as a foundation to play the Five Tones and Twelve Divine Steps. This piece was a perfect combination of the three great paths of priest, astrologer, and musician.

It is titled "Fate's Tribulation".

Its ultimate goal is to mobilize a vast number of cosmic stars to create a tribulation-crossing arena.

When Yan Chuan finishes playing, everyone within this area will be subjected to a True Spirit Tribulation!

Zhao Xing certainly recognized the piece; it was a musician's divine skill, known as the "Funeral Divine Song."

He is the music of the rites!
"Damn it, Yan Chuan is going to send both me and Venerable Hongshan away."

"I knew the Priest's Avenue had to be cut down!"

Zhao Xing felt as if he and Venerable Hongshan had been placed on a sacrificial altar in the cosmos.

Once this music is finished, he and Hongshan will involuntarily trigger the next True Spirit Tribulation.

The greatest sound is silent. Although no sound has been heard yet, Venerable Hongshan's nerves have already begun to tighten.

"Drink!!"

Venerable Hongshan waved his eight demonic arms, creating afterimages; each of the eight arms contained one of the eight demonic talents.

A myriad of afterimages continuously impacted the magic array barrier.

"Pfft pfft pfft pfft pfft~" Apart from Yan Chuan, all seven scholars began to vomit blood.

Old Hong was, after all, a mountain lord of his time, and he did have some substance.

However, it was still a bit short of breaking through the magic array's defenses.

Yan Chuan was multitasking, not only interfering with his spellcasting with mental and willpower techniques, but also reducing the power of his spells.

He also manipulated the flying sword to wrestle with his Hongshan Seal.

Even though he beat seven scholars until they vomited blood, he couldn't stop Yan Chuan from playing.

Zhao Xing retracted all his clones into his body, while his main body stood motionless on the steps in front of the Medical Scripture Pavilion.

He certainly did not give up the fight and wait to be sacrificed.

Instead, they are waiting.

Yan Chuan will dedicate all his remaining lifespan and energy to this piece.

There was no time to launch another attack.

The song is half over.

Zhao Xing closed his eyes.

The Great Sun Qi Sea within his body churned, reflecting all the stars of the Holy Wing Ancient Kingdom.

Yan Chuan does possess many magical abilities, but he lacks the divine-level secret techniques of the Tian Shi Sect.

Zhao Xing's Great Sun Sacred Body began to tremble, his Qi Sea boiled, and countless stars began to vibrate.

A new, vibrating rhythm was added to the piece.

Zhao Xing began to use the method of celestial timing to seize control of the Yin-Yang Twin Stars.

"cluster!"

Yan Chuan's fingers tapped the void faster and faster, his body trembled, and his musical scales became disordered.

When the calamity has reached two-thirds of its course, things have completely fallen into chaos.

"Bang bang bang!"

In the distance, countless barren planets began to explode, collide with each other, and lose their luster.

It was like a firework display in the universe.

Yan Chuan's fingers shattered inch by inch as he looked up at Zhao Xing in disbelief.

"How...how did you do that?"

In the final moments of his life, Yan Chuan's scholarly nature came to the fore, and he asked questions with boundless curiosity.

"The divine timing and divine method." Zhao Xing fulfilled his last wish.

“Zhao Xing, your magical talent is exceptional, and your two treatises are truly amazing… but why did you help them and harm the Academy City?”

Yan Chuan rose shakily, tears welling in his eyes, and posed a soul-searching question to Zhao Xing.

After saying this, he and the seven elders of the academy city turned into dust, their essence swept away by the winds of the void and scattered throughout the universe.

"Sigh..." Zhao Xing sighed. Yan Chuan was also present as a witness when he convened the Annihilation Star Dharma Assembly.

Yan Chuan also remembered him and these experiences, but some of his most crucial memories were distorted.

Cognition is composed of countless personal life experiences; if memory is flawed, cognition will also be distorted.

He remembered himself, but he didn't remember that the relocation of the academy was ordered by Elder Feng Chen, nor could he distinguish between good and bad.

"I wonder how many more people will have their memories distorted and their perceptions confused by the impact of time and space," Zhao Xing sighed.

It is clear that scholars like Yan Chuan have been targeted by the evil god.

The source lies in the [River God of the Wind] that he just summoned.

There was no time for grief; Zhao Xing immediately began a 'cognitive identification' of all personnel in the entire Jie Ship team.

Ultimately, it was discovered that fourteen more lord-level scholars had experienced severe memory confusion.

To prevent a repeat of the Yan Chuan tragedy, Zhao Xing used his magic to imprison the fourteen people and then used the Dream Desire Technique to put them into a deep sleep.

After several rounds of selection, Venerable Hongshan and Zhao Xing finally sat down together again.

After a long silence, Venerable Hongshan spoke up: "Zhao Xing, conduct a recognition and identification of me."

"General Mengchuan will not be able to arrive in time, and the escort team for the Myriad Trees has been attacked."

The Tree of Ten Thousand Paths and the Pavilion of Nine Classics are among the most important treasures of the Academy City.

The Nine Classics Pavilion and the Myriad Paths Tree possess a protective function similar to that of the Mysterious Spirit History Book.

However, the scope was greatly narrowed; only classic Buddhist texts were allowed into the library, and the founders of Daoshu's books were able to receive protection.

This attack on the Myriad Paths Tree and the Nine Scriptures Pavilion was more precise than the previous large-scale indiscriminate attacks, targeting the human elites of the contemporary timeline.

Zhao Xing pointed, and a water curtain appeared, displaying images that helped him recognize and identify Venerable Hongshan.

They also inquired about the situation on General Mengchuan's side.

"Was the Myriad Paths Tree stolen?"

“No.” Venerable Hongshan shook his head. “Dream River God General is a free god general on the path of the mind. He is as famous as Qiluo, the god general of the empire.”

“My grandmaster is good at defense, while the God of Qiluo is good at offense.”

"It would be difficult for the evil god to break through the confusion of memories from within, especially in front of him."

Zhao Xing also breathed a sigh of relief. If the Myriad Paths Tree had been lost, the loss would have been enormous.

If the mark on the Tree of Ten Thousand Paths is erased, the human cultivation system in the Xuanling Starfield will regress.

This isn't a matter of backup or not. Erasing the mark through the Myriad Paths Tree is just like how the Moon Goddess Palace Master used the Mysterious Spirit History Book to shield the Yuanhai Ancient Kingdom incident and cut off the Sacrificial Path, causing many magical theories to be forgotten.

The battle between gods is never about how many people are killed.

No matter how many people are killed, as long as they are not wiped out, the divine realm of the Desolate Era can quickly cultivate another batch of powerful individuals.

Essentially, what good gods and evil gods are fighting for is the assimilation of beliefs and ideologies.

However, some evil gods are ruthless, such as the river god that just appeared.

Some were relatively mild, such as the Boundless True God. More than fifty years had passed, and Zhao Xing had not found any signs of activity from the Boundless True God, nor had it given him any instructions.

"That's about it, you're all right." Zhao Xing quickly finished his assessment of Venerable Hongshan.

"It's your turn to judge me."

“No need.” Venerable Hongshan waved his hand. “Both of your scriptures are imprinted by the Dao Tree, and the Dao Tree is not lost now. If even you experience memory confusion and cognitive bias, then there is no hope for our era. We might as well just destroy it.”

Zhao Xing nodded. The Dao tree in the classics and treatises has a very strong protective effect.

The Xuanling History Book is for the entire realm, while the Myriad Paths Tree protects the elite; their power levels are naturally not on the same level.

The ship continued its journey, leaving the territory of the Holy Wing Ancient Kingdom.

Upon entering the territory of the Ancient Hill, Zhao Xing received a new notification from his Star Mirror, indicating that the escort mission had been successful, ensuring the safe arrival of the Medical Scripture Pavilion, the Enlightenment Realm, and the Seventh Dharma Realm.

He earned around 300,000 contribution points.

Name: Zhao Xing

[Cultivation Level: Twelfth Tribulation Demigod]

Occupation: Farmer

[Identity: Primordial Messenger/Taiqiu Messenger]

Total contribution: 2652300

[Remaining contribution points: 651350]

[Contribution Ranking: 78546]

At this point, the Star Mirror had regained some of its functions, and demigods like Zhao Xing could use it with peace of mind.

However, you still can't enter the City of the Soul. You can use the exchange in the Mysterious Treasure Pavilion, but the delivery won't be as timely.

As for the contribution of the early warning, it has not yet been approved. Based on Zhao Xing's experience in doing tasks, it may be necessary to wait until the Epoch Bug incident has passed before the higher-ups can make an overall judgment and reward those who have made contributions.

"Hahaha, what great news!" While resting in a star city near Ceres, Venerable Hongshan suddenly walked excitedly into Zhao Xing's room.

"What a great thing?"

"Hahaha, Venerable Kuangchuan has returned!" Venerable Hongshan laughed loudly.

"Venerable Kuangchuan?" Zhao Xing asked, somewhat puzzled.

"Kuang Chuan Venerable is the senior disciple of the Meng Chuan Mountain lineage and the chief disciple of Meng Chuan Divine General."

"Among our generation, he was the most outstanding. If he hadn't disappeared, I'm afraid Venerable Meishan would not have been able to become the leader of the mountain."

"However, ever since the seventh era before the desolate region, when he was ordered to explore the Black Sky Desolate Region, he disappeared and was once thought to be dead."

"Doesn't that mean nine eras have disappeared?" Zhao Xing was not happy; instead, he was somewhat wary.

"Senior Hongshan, don't you think there's something wrong with this?"

Venerable Hongshan shook his head and said, "I just learned that Senior Brother Kuangchuan returned fifteen years ago. After returning, he went through the interrogation of three divine generals, and he passed all three times. Of course, there is no problem."

“That is indeed a good thing.” Zhao Xing smiled.

He didn't think much of it, after all, this kind of thing wasn't particularly new. Since even a god-level expert thought it was fine, why should he worry about it?
"Senior Brother Kuang Chuan discovered the existence of Minggu Mountain. He was originally ordered to explore the legendary first mountain."

“Junior Brother Lushan said that Senior Brother Kuangchuan’s return this time brought a lot of soil from the Minggu Mountain, and even a complete Minggu ley line.”

Zhao Xing raised an eyebrow. Mount Minggu is the largest mountain in the known universe.

But this only exists in legends, how could it actually be found?

He even brought back a ley line; Venerable Kuangchuan's contribution was truly immense!
"Currently, Senior Brother Kuang Chuan is in seclusion, compiling the 'Treatise on the Dharma of Mount Minggu'."

Venerable Hongshan was very excited: "My Ancient Hill is truly blessed by the polar continent. First, there was Zhao Xing, who made the theory of the Earth Age and geological changes of the Diejie Mountain, and now Brother Kuangchuan has discovered the Minggu Mountain..."

Seeing that Venerable Hongshan was so happy, Zhao Xing also shared his joy for a while.

However, Zhao Xing made an excuse to leave after chatting for a short while.

Swish swish swish~
After traversing space several times, Zhao Xing entered the Dao Ancient Layer.

The white jade Wuling ship floated in the source of the storm in the Daogu layer, and Zhao Xing entered a room.

This place houses a statue of the immeasurable true god.

Compared to the small statue I first got from Fairy Neon Wind, this one is now much bigger.

The statue was flashing red light, which was a sign that the immeasurable true god had sent down his will.

"They've come as soon as they said they would. It seems even the Boundless True God can't sit still any longer."

"But I haven't completed the second stage of the mission yet. What's going on?"

Zhao Xing put on the Enlightenment Golden Hoop and then went inside.

He offered incense, prayed, and then bowed and chanted: "Your subordinate respectfully requests the true god to manifest his divine power."

swoosh~
A wisp of red light burned in the incense burner in front of the statue, and then a face appeared in the flames.

"Zhao Xing, which era are you in now?" the Boundless True God asked.

Zhao Xing was slightly taken aback. Could it be that the power of this statue was not as strong as that of the incarnation, and that it could not even distinguish time?
“Reporting to the True God, I am in the fifty-third star year of the Third Era of the Desolate Domain.”

"Oh, it's not too late. I thought you had already received the reward for exterminating the Epoch Insects and had gone to other dimensions to challenge the God Trials."

"Does the true God know about my affairs?"

"Haha." The Boundless True God laughed loudly, "The fact that Qingyuzi used Hou Bianfa to deceive the heavens and the sea, and disguised himself as a divine general under the command of the God King Wushu to steal secrets, has already spread to the eighth sun year of the Luo Emperor era."

"His fame resounds throughout endless time and space; is there any god who doesn't know this?"

Zhao Xing was shocked. So that's how Lao Qing got his intelligence?
Old Qing is incredibly audacious! Last time he stole the Divine Evolution Stele from the temple, and this time he's stolen another major secret.

Famous throughout endless time and space? Even Master Zhao would be envious of this arrogant act.

"Old Qing's sneaky nature hasn't changed... What Qingyu God? A thieving god!" Zhao Xing thought sourly.

"However, the price of fame is not pleasant. Qingyuzi is just a divine weapon. Even if he is comparable to a divine general in some aspects, his strength is ultimately limited."

The Boundless True God sarcastically remarked, "He's famous now, but he's also facing intense pursuit. He's probably a stray dog ​​now, frantically fleeing for his life, and whether he'll survive is another matter entirely."

"Zhao Xing, you must not receive any more messages from him, lest you get implicated."

Upon hearing what the Boundless True God said, Zhao Xing recalled the incident of Lao Qing's statue breaking apart while weeping.

Sure enough, Lao Qing was beaten to tears!

"Thank you for the reminder, God! I will keep it in mind!" I will keep it in mind, but how to do it is another matter.

However, Zhao Xing was still quite surprised that the Boundless True God would be so kind to him, even taking the risk to come and give him a special reminder.
As it turns out, Zhao Xing was wrong.

The Boundless True God only mentioned Qingyuzi incidentally; he had a mission to assign.

"Zhao Xing, the battle for the top of the Ancient Hill will likely be brought forward significantly."

"I command you to seize the position of the mountain's leader, and not let this authority fall into the hands of others."

Zhao Xing was taken aback. The battle for the top of the Ancient Hill was supposed to last another three or four thousand years, right? Was it happening sooner?

Originally, Zhao Xing benefited from the early warning event and would receive at least 100 million contribution points in the future, so he didn't have such a strong desire for the position of leader.

But now that the Boundless True God mentioned it, he became interested.

He just didn't understand why the Boundless True God wanted him to take this position at the top of the mountain.

“True God, my strength is too weak, I may not be able to win,” Zhao Xing said tactfully.

He felt that the Boundless True God might not reveal his true intentions to him, so he decided to ask for some benefits first.

“Your strength is indeed somewhat low,” the Boundless True God assessed. “How about this, when you have time, go to the Black Sky Wasteland and summon my divine incarnation, and I will grant you an opportunity.”

"Your subordinate obeys." Zhao Xing immediately agreed. After all, he was an undercover agent, so he felt at ease taking the job and wasn't afraid of anyone finding out.

"I wonder to what extent the true god wants me to go?" Zhao Xing began to inquire about the details of the mission.

"It would be best to win the position of the mountain leader," said the Boundless True God. "Those who have won the position of mountain leader in the past have the qualifications to enter the Primordial Realm, the Primordial Realm, and the Dao Manifestation Realm."

"And it also possesses the three great geographical advantages of the Ancient Hill."

"I allowed you to compete for the position of the mountain's leader only so that you could witness the power of the divine artifact."

"I am a divine general of the array that proves the Dao of Heaven and Earth, and a divine artifact of the Primordial Hill, which is beneficial to my Dao."

"If you can grant me the opportunity to observe, I will not treat you unfairly."

Zhao Xing was truly impressed by the Boundless True God's frankness in revealing his purpose so openly. This 'evil god' was simply outrageously righteous.

“God, if I can’t get the first one, what should I do about the second one?” Zhao Xing asked again.

“Then you can’t let Kuang Chuan sit in the position of the mountain leader,” said the Boundless True God.

“Kuang Chuan?” Zhao Xing’s brow twitched. “True God, do you mean there’s something wrong with this Venerable Kuang Chuan…”

This confused him even more. Even if Venerable Kuangchuan had problems, he should still be a member of the former camp.

Why would the Boundless True God still try to stop him?

"Hmph, even those who lived in the past were not all true gods like me."

"Some are disguised as righteous gods, but are actually evil gods who oppose the ideas of God!"

"This kind of evil god has its own set of heretical doctrines, which are even more despicable than those ignorant and foolish evil gods!"

Judging from the tone of the Boundless True God, Zhao Xing roughly understood.

Even in the past, there were multiple opposing factions.

No wonder the Wilderness Era faction was significantly weaker, yet it wasn't completely destroyed.

The Crimson Star Emperor, the Moon Goddess Palace Master, and the Samsara Temple, though belonging to different factions, share the same ideals and act in unison. The Xuanling Treasure Pavilion is a prime example. If they weren't like-minded, how could they have created such a treasure trove?
In the contemporary era, although the overall strength is weaker, they are absolutely united. In the past era, although the strength is greater, they are each in their own domain and fight against each other.

This created a space for the Wilderness Era faction to survive.

"If you become the leader of the mountain, you must eliminate Kuang Chuan; if you don't become the leader, you must eliminate Kuang Chuan even more."

"In short, Kuang Chuan cannot live."

After the Boundless True God finished speaking, the flames went out.

As Zhao Xing stepped out of the temple, he couldn't help but gasp in astonishment.

"How exactly did Venerable Kuangchuan and the evil god behind him offend the Boundless True God?"

"If you're eligible, you have to get rid of it; if you're not, you still have to get rid of it."

"He has no chance of survival with the Boundless True God."

Zhao Xing didn't understand, but he was greatly shocked.

The request from the Boundless True God has a hint of being from an evil god.

"Regardless of who Venerable Kuangchuan is, since he has sided with the evil god, and even the Boundless True God hates him so much, he is probably not to be tolerated now."

"But I also have to consider whether I can beat them."

Zhao Xing didn't plan to take the gift from the Boundless True God. He needed to check Kuang Chuan Venerable's strength using the panel first.

Once Zhao Xing returned to the neighboring area of ​​Ceres, the escort mission was over.

Soon a figure emerged from the soil; it was none other than Lord Lushan.

"Zhao Xing, your clone has just emerged from seclusion. You can go to Meishan to retrieve it."

"Oh? You've emerged from seclusion?" Zhao Xing was overjoyed. His Primordial Avatar, which he had left in Meishan to study, had been learning for three thousand years.

"I wonder which of the ancient hill's unique skills they have mastered."

"Once the divided souls merge, everything becomes clear."

Zhao Xing immediately used his earth-遁术 (earth-遁术 is a type of magic that allows one to escape from the earth) and began to travel with Lushan Jun.

(End of this chapter)