Beichen Sword Sect's Headmaster's Secret Records

Chapter 397 Five Insects
Although the Immortal Palace doesn't advertise much, Huangfu Yi, having inherited his family's learning from a young age, has heard many secrets.

For example, there were indeed demons under the command of the Celestial Venerable back then.

Before the Celestial Venerable appeared, the human race was a bunch of trash, weak, fragile, and dying young, with almost no one capable of fighting. The four ministers who were the main force for fighting demons under the Celestial Venerable in the early days, although not explicitly stated, were indeed all demons. Therefore, even today, they are worshipped as gods in some rural areas.

This even led to the development of a heretical doctrine by the rebels of the celestial palace.

It is said that in ancient times, the demon civilization was originally a multi-race coexistence. Of course, the demon race never called themselves 'demon'; they were called the 'spirit' race.

Because all things in nature possess a spirit, regardless of whether you are a feathered bird or a beast, as long as you are born with a spirit and can awaken your intelligence, everyone can understand each other and become good friends.

The Spirit Race has endured for millions of years, with all races working together to create an incomparably glorious civilization. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end, and the Spirit Race civilization, in its growth and expansion, gradually became corrupt, aged, and died.

By the end of the world, the Spirit Race, which had once been indiscriminate and taught without discrimination, gradually became the dominant races in nature because some races were better suited to the environment of Taiji Heaven and had more powerful individuals. Ultimately, based on their appearance, lifespan, and cultivation, they were divided into five races: Feathered, Hairy, Armored, Scaled, and Roeweed. The conflicts and contradictions between the races intensified.

Before the Immortal Venerable, humans, with their extremely short lifespans and almost no protection from powerful figures, were classified as the lowest of the weak races. They were naked creatures without hair or scales, like earthworms and frogs, and were reduced to food for other races, suffering constant oppression and abuse...

By the way, monkeys belong to the hairy tribe because they have hair, and there are even powerful beings like giant gorillas in the tribe...

In short, because the Feathered Race Spirits all possessed the racial trait of "Are you stupid?! I can fly!", the Feathered Race has seen an increasing number of strong individuals throughout the evolution of the Spirit Race civilization, gradually gaining considerable influence.

However, the racial system implemented by the Spirit Emperors and Spirit Kings of the Feathered Clan was not appreciated by the spirits, which forced the four clans of fur, armor, scales, and snails to rebel. As a result, the world was thrown into chaos, and heroes vied for power. After a great battle, the rebel camp finally won, drove out the Feathered Clan, joined hands to establish the Celestial Palace, and redefined the world.

Because the Immortal Venerable, who rose to prominence unexpectedly, possessed the largest and most powerful fist, he unsurprisingly became the new Spirit Emperor. Furthermore, the human race, already numerous, grew rapidly after inheriting the Gang Fist technique. Benefiting from the Immortal Venerable's influence and gaining abundant resources as the victor, the human race's power expanded rapidly.

In contrast, the other Elven races suffered heavy losses in the brutal and bloody war, leaving behind a large number of old, weak, sick, and disabled people, and a shortage of young and old. As a result, the two sides quickly turned against each other again, and the humans launched a new round of war.

Thus, after this bloody battle, the last remaining Spirit Clan, led by General Zuo, one of the 'Four Ministers' and an ally of the Immortal Venerable, was brutally suppressed. The Spirit Clan was finally utterly defeated, demoted to demons, and exiled to the ends of the earth, to the eight wastelands of the North Pole.

Thus, humanity dominated the world, completely completing the change of dynasties and earning the title of the leader of all beings...

"Of course it's fake, full of errors and pure nonsense."

The cavalryman, Du Baiyang, was quite hospitable. He scooped up the broken eggshells from the cauldron, ladle out some soup, picked a handful of mushrooms, and placed them in front of Huangfu Yi like a rice bowl, indicating that he should eat.

“…Okay, then it’s your turn to speak.”

Huangfu Yi naturally didn't need to do that; he continued to make sword hand gestures, fully focused.

Although he hated demons and monsters so much that he wanted to kill them, the main problem was that the one in front of him was not a demon or monster.

Of course, this doesn't mean that having some kind of official seal or badge means one has achieved enlightenment and is no longer considered a demon. The main point is that, literally speaking, this isn't the centipede's true form. It's just armor...

Yes, the armor is empty. To put it bluntly, this armor is also a centipede shell, a magical artifact refined from the shell shed by a centipede. It is placed here to serve as the array eye of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Array, and only a bit of the Hundred Yang Centipede's primordial spirit is attached to it.

"Why bother with these past events? They're just trivial matters."

Bai Yang shook his head.

“In the past, snails were indeed often used as food offerings, and the number of deaths and injuries over the millennia has been in the hundreds of millions. If we really want to argue about it, no one is in the right.”

But regardless of who is right and who is wrong, it seems the Eldar are a thing of the past. The world now belongs to you worms.

"In that case, this place should be given to you, and you can guard it from here on out."

Huangfu Yi frowned.
"Keep defending? Defend what?"

Baiyang pointed to the egg sheath in front of him.

Huangfu Yi was increasingly puzzled.
"You're protecting this egg? Then why didn't you fight when I hatched it?"

"Gaga gaga, hahaha..."

From within the empty armor came a sound like metal clashing together.

"It's not about protecting it, but about protecting the world and guarding against it."

Huangfu Yi became increasingly puzzled.

"What? What is that? Isn't it a demon's egg?"

Baiyang sighed.

"You don't understand anything, you really weren't sent by them..."

Huangfu Yi sighed. This guy couldn't speak fluently and had to communicate with his mind, which was bad enough, but he was also a riddle-solving monster. Truly unbelievable…

"Fine, so many years have passed. Now that you're here, it'll be your turn to guard the South Heavenly Gate sooner or later."

Nantianmen?
Before Huangfuyi could react, Baiyang pointed at the egg sheath again.

"If you eat it, I'll tell you everything."

Huangfu Yi looked doubtful.

Bai Yang shrugged.

"It's up to you if you don't want to eat. Anyway, my life is coming to an end. Once I die, if no one is on guard, it will be your world that will perish."

Huangfu Yi looked at the egg case, which resembled a rice bowl, and quickly made up his mind. He resolutely picked it up and ate it with his hands.

Anyway, when he came down, he had already disregarded life and death. And so far, he hasn't received any bad omens.

Oh, surprisingly, the taste was actually pretty good, it tasted like chicken...

After watching him finish eating, Baiyang nodded and slowly began to speak.
"I am guarding the insects underground."

Huangfu Yi stared at the centipede, speechless...

Baiyang Road
"They are not from our scale insect race. The insects I guard against have bodies of metal, iron, and quartz. Some look like wasps, some like spiders, and some like beetles. Even if they are destroyed, they can repair themselves and be mass-produced."

It can also automatically collect minerals according to the opponent it needs to deal with, and transform itself into various shapes, sizes, and weapons. It's almost like a magical artifact with its own sentience.

However, they differ from magical artifacts in that each of them lacks independent consciousness, soul, and intelligence; they only obey the commands of a common consciousness. If translated, they could be roughly called…

An egg, the spawning egg from which all things come into being.

Varied……

To Huangfuyi's astonishment, Baiyang began to recount his version.

Long, long ago, the rulers of the Tai Chi realm were the insectoid race.

A group of insects whose origins and creators are unknown.

The exact nature of this insect civilization is unknown, but it seems to resemble the organizational structure of bee and ant colonies, sharing a common consciousness. It's as if the entire swarm is a unified living entity, with specialized queens serving as the brain.

Therefore, at that time, all living beings, regardless of their appearance or species, were insects without distinction, part of the insect swarm, just like human bone cells, completely the same as worker bees and ants. Their purpose in existence was to serve and provide for the queen insect, living only a day and dying in the evening, thus fulfilling their mission.

In that era, there were naturally no spirit races, monsters, humans, or monkeys. You were an insect, I was an insect; everyone was a creation of the insect race. Even the palaces, equipment, and machinery were all the work of the insect race, but no one knew why they had transformed the world in this way. Until one day, something unknown happened, and five insects suddenly awakened self-awareness and developed their own spirits. They realized that their creator had only treated them as some kind of toy or experiment.

Thus, the 'Five Insects' united, overthrew the queen's rule, suppressed the mindless swarm, and established a world ruled by 'Spirits' with independent consciousness.

What happened next was basically the same as what Huangfuyi had heard.

Okay, so that 'small difference' is actually not small at all.

Although this centipede hasn't left for a long time, and we don't know what happened to it afterward, at least in its time, there was no civil war among the Spirit Race.

Of all living beings, the only enemy is the insect.

The distinction between the five races—feathered, furry, armored, scaled, and snipe—is merely based on their different battlefields against the insectoid race, dividing them into five armies to fill in the lines in sequence.

What does it mean to spread rumors and mislead the public? This theory is so outrageous that Huangfu Yi was speechless for a moment.

Wait, insects with bodies of metal and quartz...? Could it be...?

Then Baiyang pointed to the ground.

"A queen insect, the leader of the insectoid race, was suppressed below. What you ate were its eggs."

"This……"

Huangfu Yi looked puzzled.
"This isn't iron or quartz either..."

Baiyang nodded and said,
"Yes, the queen's eggs taste pretty much like chicken eggs. It's also unique, being more biological than other Zerg. And it will constantly reproduce other queens to control small swarms. Rather than being the leader of the swarm, it's more accurate to say that the other Zerg are just its tools."

These eggs will continue to hatch, parasitize into insects, and eventually summon the insectoid race that we sealed underground, destroying all living beings and reclaiming their world.

Since the Five Spirit Emperors liberated the Spirit Race, our Spirit Race has been fighting the Insect Race continuously. After a hundred thousand years of bloody battles and the sacrifice of countless soldiers, we finally killed all the Insect Queens and successfully sealed the Insect Race.

"And the Celestial Venerable you, the Yingchong clan, speak of was the strongest warrior in our time. Since you are his descendants, the heavy responsibility of suppressing the insect race and protecting the world naturally falls to you."

Even Huangfu Yi's expression changed for a moment. He certainly hoped that the monster was just spouting nonsense, deceiving him, and fabricating a huge lie to trick him into breaking the seal or possessing his body.

but……

If the other party wasn't lying, and there really is an insectoid race underground that the demon race fought for 100,000 years to barely subdue, then that's a really big deal...

Baiyang thought he was afraid of getting an upset stomach, and comforted him.
"Don't worry, this egg is not fully formed yet, it's far from being ready to hatch, it won't parasitize you, and it's actually very nutritious."

Huangfu Yi had a headache.
"Since the queen is so dangerous, why keep her around? Just destroy all the eggs..."

Baiyang shook his head.
"They can't be destroyed. We've been fighting the Zerg for years, but they've never agreed to communicate. Their only goal is to wipe out our Eldar. That's why we've always known very little about them."

All we know is that even if we kill the Queen and seal all the places where the Zerg are suppressed, new eggs will appear in various places every now and then, parasitizing living beings and transforming into new Queens. We have no idea where they come from.

Once a new queen is born, all the sealed Zerg will riot, awakening spontaneously. In their quest to find a queen, they will forcefully break through the seal, igniting a new war. Therefore, without a queen to protect them, the Zerg will continue to evolve and grow stronger, eventually leading to an uncontrollable uprising that no amount of military force could contain.

Therefore, after capturing the queen, it is necessary to use a secret method to seal her consciousness and use an array to suppress her. In this way, as long as the queen is suppressed, the other insect races will also quiet down.

However, the Queen is a living being, and it will also be born, grow old, get sick, and die. Therefore, in order to prevent the Zerg from rioting after the Queen dies, it is necessary to prepare extra eggs to replace her.

Although you destroyed this one, as long as it eats the egg and is tainted by the queen's aura, it can be temporarily sealed, allowing the queen below to regenerate another one and put it back.

Fortunately, the resources of Taiji Heaven are limited, and the number of queens that can exist in the world at the same time is fixed. Therefore, as long as one queen and one egg are prepared, a large number of insectoids can be suppressed.

Okay, no matter how much I explain, you won't believe me. Put on my clothes, and I'll show you for yourself how insects lay eggs.

Then, with a "whoosh," the Hundred Yang Centipede Armor automatically scattered, and each part flew to Huangfu Yi's front, as if it wanted to merge with him.

Huangfu Yi was shocked. Although he didn't believe in demons at all, he was conflicted and felt that what the other party said was indeed true. And this armor…

Picking up an arm guard and attaching it to his elbow, Huangfu Yi inserted the barbed spikes on the inside of the armor into his meridians and acupoints. He felt the sharp, fang-like barbs pierce his muscles and bones, becoming one with his meridians and energy channels. The centipede armor stretched and enveloped his body perfectly, as if it were his own skin, and he could even feel the touch of his fingertips.

Seeing how familiar Huangfuyi was with the place, Baiyang became curious.

"You passed through?"

Go through it, isn't this just the wreckage from the Pidgin River, only with a centipede skin? You might even have to pay for a custom one...

Baiyang Road
"You've even worn the Imperial Guard and know about the old stories of the Spirit Clan. You must be of noble birth."

Moreover, he possesses exceptional physical talent and is undoubtedly a potential martial god, having achieved such cultivation at such a young age.

"Hmm, it seems you were destined to be a gatekeeper for the celestial palace."

Huangfu Yi was speechless.
"Who the hell was born to guard their door..."

"Oh!"

Just like the first time he donned the War Veil armor, Huangfu Yi didn't need anyone to teach him. With a little effort, he charged straight out of the treasure vault, armor and all. He flew through dozens of walls and barriers like a superhuman, leaping out of the Demon Capital at lightning speed, breaking through the city like a shooting star.

This is outrageous...

Huangfu Yi stared at his fists, trying to clench them and gather his strength. Instantly, he felt a surge of power rising up, enough to easily dismantle the surrounding demon clan's buildings.

The battle remains from Yangjingbang only increased physical attributes by a dozen or twenty times, but this Hundred Yang Centipede Armor increased them by at least thirty, no, forty times...

Baiyang Road
"That's because your Gangquan has been trained to withstand forty layers of increased force. In fact, with the capabilities of the Shangfang Divine Weapon, let alone forty, it could give you four or five hundred layers of increased force. It's just a matter of whether you can withstand it."

Huangfu Yi frowned, suddenly realizing something was wrong.

"Wait, since you have been guarding the seal for tens of thousands of years, how do you know about the Immortal Palace?"
And how do you know about the Imperial Guard? Besides, your armor is clearly designed for human meridians!
According to your logic, tens of thousands of years ago it was a war between the Eldar and the Zerg, so how could there have been humanoid armor?

Baiyang chuckled.
"What do you mean human form? This is insect form."

As I said, all living things, from feathered creatures to scaled creatures, were originally insects.

Because the adult insect that the queen insect develops into looks like this, Taiji Tianzhuan was modified for the insect race to live in, and spiritual energy can only be cultivated in insect form. The insect race's weapons and equipment can only be used in insect form.

Therefore, the physical bodies we five insects eventually cultivated into took this form. Of course, back then, this form was called the 'Spiritual Qi Body'. Now you call it 'human'?

Whatever, it's just a name. As for the Celestial Palace...

The Celestial Palace comes from beyond the heavens; they are far more ancient than our Spirit Race. They seem to be enemies of the Insect Race, and I've heard they wage war against the Insect Race across countless realms, our place merely a corner of the battlefield. It was with their support that our Spirit Race was able to successfully defeat the Insect Race.

Not only this divine weapon, but also weapons that can fight against the Zerg, and the method of sealing the Zerg Queen, were all taught to us by them.

Even you snipes were originally just like maggots, only good for serving as food for the Spirit Race. But later, you suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield and were short of manpower, so the Celestial Palace upgraded and evolved you into top-tier warriors like Celestial Venerables.

However, the Celestial Palace messengers usually live on stars and rarely appear in the mortal world. They only contact us occasionally when they recruit guards at the Southern Heavenly Gate.

Anyway, I've never seen one. People think centipedes are disgusting..."

(End of this chapter)