"First..." Marshal Long considered his words, then began, "Tell me what you know."
"Uh... I don't actually know much. Basically, King Qin Guang has lived for a very long time, is an old monster, and holds a high position in the Yanluo Palace. He seems to command King Taishan, King Chujiang, and King Pingdeng. He also created the monster King Wuguan, and has tricked me two or three times. How much you've suffered at her hands, I don't know."
Marshal Long nodded and asked, "Do you know King Qin Guang's real name?"
Mo Chuan shook his head as a matter of course.
"Qin Xiao."
"???"
Mo Chuan's face was full of question marks, and he felt as if his mind had instantly stopped thinking and was buzzing upon hearing this news.
"You heard correctly." Marshal Long sheathed his Guan Dao and sat beside Mo Chuan, saying, "It's your mother from your memories, Qin Xiao."
"That's impossible, right?" Mo Chuan pondered for a moment and said, "Then how did she have me and my sister with my father? What about my aunt?"
"This... you'll have to listen to me slowly... because things are too messy, and I'm afraid I'll get it wrong."
Marshal Long looked at the sky of the Spring and Autumn world, thought for a moment, and then said:
"Qin Xiao's true identity is the niece of Fu Chi, the last emperor of the Qian Dynasty. Her real name was... oh, Fu Xiao, but she probably won't use that name anymore. And her father was the last prince of the Qian Dynasty, King Qi."
"After the Spiritual Energy Resurgence, the Qian Dynasty was overthrown, and she seemed to have been a supporter of the establishment of the Dragon Kingdom. However, for some reason, she chose a path completely opposite to the Three Sovereigns."
"Afterward, the Dragon Kingdom was built upon the remnants of the Qian Dynasty. Fu Chi, empowered by spiritual energy and dragon veins, although unable to rule the world, was confined to the Forbidden City to suppress its luck, living without worries about food or drink."
"About ten years passed, which was 2135, and the name of the Yanluo Palace began to spread throughout the Dragon Kingdom."
"In the beginning, the Yanluo Palace had a good reputation; it was a civilian organization responsible for handling ghost matters and the burial of the deceased. It even attracted a large number of ghost cultivators and soul cultivators."
"But later, there was a problem with the leader of the Yanluo Palace."
"The leader of the Yanluo Palace, I'll refer to him by his title, King Zhuanlun. In that era when everyone was still exploring superpowers, King Zhuanlun actually awakened the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, one of the Ten Sacred Artifacts."
"A man's innocence is not a crime, but possessing a treasure is. Soon, someone set their sights on King Zhuanlun's superpower, wanting to seize it."
"But for some reason, that person ultimately failed. When everyone captured him, they discovered that this person could not be killed—because he was a famous founding general, and killing him now would have negative repercussions. It was too soon."
"This incident had a very bad impact, but to make King Zhuanlun shut up and stop prosecuting, the Suiren clan used all sorts of threats and inducements, and finally directly used the Yanluo Palace as a bargaining chip to force King Zhuanlun to remain silent."
"However, the Three Sovereigns at the time were too busy preparing the national construction plan and the superpower policy reform plan, and genuinely couldn't spare any effort to deal with such matters. As a result, they almost capsized in a gutter."
"Due to the influence of the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disk, King Zhuanlun's emotions became very unstable, and he eventually developed schizophrenia. Seeing that his appeals were fruitless, another personality directly usurped his position. Using his influence within the Yanluo Palace and popular support, he began to promote certain hellish reincarnation ideologies, coupled with King Qin Guang's obstruction, they literally transformed the initial civilian organization into a cult."
"Then, the first upheaval of the Yanluo Palace broke out. Voices calling for the punishment of that person resounded throughout the central and southern regions. The instability of ghost cultivators and demon cultivators, and their strong incompatibility with ordinary people, entered the public view for the first time. Finally, the riots were quelled, and the Yanluo Palace became an underground organization, moving throughout the country."
"Who was that person? Even a founding general shouldn't be shielded so excessively! How come there was no loss at all?" Mo Chuan was very confused.
"Because that person was the previous Yellow Emperor," Marshal Long said. "Of course, he was killed by King Zhuanlun during this turmoil, but the turmoil did not end because of this, which is why we call this incident merely a fuse." httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
"The social class conflicts at that time were too complex; a single word like 'chaos' couldn't explain it all," Marshal Long stated. "Superpowered individuals versus ordinary people, the strong versus the weak, the new nation versus the old loyalists... The Dragon Kingdom changed too quickly, so fast that even we ourselves hadn't adapted."
"Then, the Spiritual Energy War broke out. You should have learned about this in your textbooks. Simply put, the actions of the Japanese intensified the prejudice of the Dragon Kingdom people, who have always believed in settling down, towards ghost cultivators, demon cultivators, and soul cultivators. It also deepened your mother's stubbornness and assertiveness."
"But the time I truly heard of your mother, King Qin Guang's great name, was in 2214."
"That year, Eastern Sea demonic beasts attacked. I was confronting the Dragon King at the time, but I was suddenly notified to lead troops to encircle and annihilate a unit from the Eastern War Zone."
"As far as I know, that unit had suffered over half casualties and was supposed to retreat, but I was ordered to annihilate it. However, at the time, I still felt that obeying orders was more important."
"I witnessed a scene I will never forget in my life."
"Suiren and Nuwa first revealed Qin Xiao's identity, then they held Mo Zihui hostage, demanding that Qin Xiao commit suicide with his life."
"Absurdly, the arrogant King Qin Guang actually trembled and pointed a dagger at her own heart, intending to commit suicide."
"But an even more astonishing scene unfolded."
"Mo Zihui, taking advantage of Suiren's inattention, threw himself onto Suiren's sword and died. This act directly caused Qin Xiao to lose control."
"Then I experienced an hour that was the closest to death since I reached the ninth rank."
"Blood-colored text filled the sky, mournful cries echoed in my ears, hellish scenes constantly merged with reality..."
"I can guarantee with my life that this was absolutely beyond the capabilities of any Domain."
"My five senses were distorted, my thoughts suppressed, my metabolism slowed."
"In fact, I don't even know how I survived that hour. When I came to my senses, a thousand elite troops, with an average level of around the seventh rank, were reduced to just over a hundred survivors. Suiren and Nuwa were severely wounded. Everyone in the line had either turned into charred corpses or had gone mad, and Mo Zihui's body had disappeared."
"Afterward, the Three Sovereigns decided to permanently seal the matter. But I heard that Suiren sent people to monitor you siblings for a while, and finally decided not to kill you, but you received no resources or subsidies whatsoever, and forget about any political review."
"But fortunately, they have started to fall into disarray themselves now." Speaking of which, Marshal Long took out some candies and chewed them to himself, giving Mo Chuan time to digest the information.
"No... Marshal Long... what about my aunt? And me and my sister?"
"As far as I know... only one of you, your sister, was born to your mother. As for who... I'm not sure... Your aunt... I remember her name is Qin Fang, right? She is indeed Qin Xiao's younger sister. But not a living person in the true sense."
"Because the superpower that Qin Xiao possesses is part of the Book of Life and Death. I'm not sure which part, but the ability to revive the dead and flesh out white bones is likely achievable."
"Qin Fang was resurrected by Qin Xiao. According to historical records, Qin Fang's real name should be Fu Fang, and she died of plague during the Spiritual Energy Resurgence. Now that she has been resurrected, it's likely her memory is severely fragmented, and she probably remembers little of her past life, which is no different from reincarnation."