Foundation Establishment… Slaying Golden Core!?
What kind of mythical tale was this?
But if a 'tale' could make the common folk of the world believe it, was it truly just a 'tale'?
Yet, such a legendary figure, dead just like that?
No wonder there were no descendants or legacies left behind.
"But senior sister, since that legendary ancient clan could cultivate an Emperor Sha, couldn't they cultivate a second one? That ancient clan should have methods for Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment, right?"
"It's not just you; other ancient clans in the cultivation world thought the same."
The woman continued, "Back then, the cultivation world was ruled by countless ancient clans, and there were no sects yet.
A hundred years after the matter of Emperor Sha, the ancient clans of both the Immortal and Demonic realms gathered to demand the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment method from the Emperor Clan, intending to make it public.
The Emperor Clan adamantly denied having such a method, claiming it was created by Emperor Sha himself and unknown to anyone in the family.
Thus, a war, the most brutal in tens of thousands of years, erupted between the Immortal and Demonic realms."
"War?"
Yun Ze couldn't help but frown. "What about the Immortal Mansions? Didn't they intervene?"
"Immortal Mansions? The Immortal Mansions and Demonic Caves only appeared after that."
"No Immortal Mansions yet?"
Yun Ze was taken aback. This story was too ancient.
After so many years, had no one else achieved Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?
"Alright, that's enough of the story for now."
The woman scanned the room, ensuring nothing was missed, and turned to leave. "If you're interested, feel free to search for related records here. I remember there are such books."
"You search carefully."
"Yes, senior sister."
Yun Ze didn't press further. He cupped his hands, intending to see her off.
Wait! Not right!
He almost forgot to ask for her name!
"Senior sister, I…"
When Yun Ze came to his senses and looked up to ask for her name again, he found the surroundings already empty.
She had left at some point.
Yun Ze shook his head helplessly and glanced at the empty bookshelves around him.
Immortal-Demonic war?
It sounded quite interesting.
It was perfect for him to feign an appearance of diligently searching for clues, so he might as well start looking.
Perhaps he could even find a clue about her from it?
Though he didn't know her name, with her appearance, she would surely leave a mark in the records.
Yun Ze made up his mind and walked towards the nearest bookshelf, starting to flip through from the first book on the first row…
A night passed.
He had already read one-tenth of the books on the fourth floor of the Cultivation Hall.
He only skimmed through irrelevant parts, such as the deeds of past sect leaders. However, he read the biographical sketches and legends of the cultivation world with great interest.
He had indeed found the book the senior sister mentioned.
That book recorded the Immortal-Demonic War of 120,000 years ago.
At that time, the cultivation world was still ruled by various ancient clans, monopolizing inheritances, and there were no such things as sects, Immortal Mansions, or Demonic Caves.
After the Emperor Clan produced Emperor Sha, the ancient clans of both the Immortal and Demonic realms simultaneously demanded the Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment method from the Emperor Clan, but the result was that this became the fuse, leading to the Immortal-Demonic war.
This war lasted for a full ten thousand years!
Most of the ancient clans were drained dry, and during this period, many prodigies emerged, seizing the opportunity to establish their own forces!
For example… the Immortal Mansions, the Demonic Caves, and the various sects!
These forces were all established at that time.
And their goal was only one!
That was to break the shackles of the ancient clans and establish a new order under the Nine Heavens!
The war gradually ended after the two great figures, Emperor Qingtian and Emperor Youbing, took the lead, establishing the Immortal Mansions and Demonic Caves respectively, and purging the entire cultivation world.
From then on, there were no more ancient clans in the cultivation world, only Immortal Mansions, Demonic Caves, and various sects.
Afterward, there were no more family inheritance methods, only sect inheritance methods. As long as one had sufficient talent, any cultivation method was readily available, with no bloodline restrictions.
This had continued for eleven thousand years!
This history, which appeared as mere pages of text in books, was understood by Yun Ze to be filled with endless bloodshed.
No more ancient clans.
These four words, though simple, represented the uprooting of forces that had ruled the Nine Heavens for an unknown duration!
The number of people killed was likely in the tens of billions!
However, it was a pity.
He had found the book, but there were no clues about the elder Xiao or that 'senior sister' in these records.
Most of the records were biographical sketches.
Those who could be recorded in a biographical sketch and placed in the Cultivation Hall were all prodigies who had emerged from the Guiwu Sword Sect, at least at the Golden Core stage!
For example… the Sword Head of each generation of disciples!
Yun Ze only learned this from reading the book.
It was a tradition for the Guiwu Sword Sect to recruit ninety-nine disciples every hundred years. Among these disciples, the first to reach the Golden Core stage and subdue all disciples of the same cohort was called the Sword Head!
The Sword Head was not just a title.
Once someone became a Sword Head, the entire Guiwu Sword Sect would pour all its resources into helping them advance to the Nascent Soul stage!
In the ten thousand years of history of the Guiwu Sword Sect, there had been a hundred Sword Heads, producing a total of eighty-nine Nascent Soul stage powerhouses!
What a terrifying proportion!
As for the eleven Sword Heads who did not achieve Nascent Soul, nine of them had not yet broken through within a thousand years of becoming Sword Heads, and the biographical sketches of two Sword Heads were lost, their whereabouts unknown.
Yun Ze had a premonition that at least one of the lost biographical sketches belonged to the elder Xiao.
But that 'senior sister'… she seemed to have no biographical sketch.
The records clearly stated the gender of the hundred Sword Heads. Yun Ze did a quick calculation and found that the two lost biographical sketches belonged to males, with no female Sword Heads among them.
The clues had run out.
Yun Ze was not annoyed. As long as this person was still on the isolated peak, there would be opportunities to meet her again. When they met, he could ask for her name and then inquire from others.
Besides this, Yun Ze also found a damaged ancient text.
This book had fallen into a corner, with only half of it remaining.
The text recorded that the Guiwu Sword Sect, founded ten thousand years ago, had evolved from a vast inheritance called the Guiwu Sect, and was founded by a sword cultivator disciple who had attained the Dao stage, hence its name, Guiwu Sword Sect.
Although the Guiwu Sword Sect was considered a top sect within the Xuanyuan Realm, it was merely a slightly larger force in the entire Northwestern Xuantian, by no means a top-tier one.
But the Guiwu Sect was different.
The book recorded that at its peak, the Guiwu Sect had produced an Emperor!
That was a being who ruled one of the Nine Heavens!
Yun Ze had initially wanted to study the sect's inheritance in detail, but the book only recorded this much, and the subsequent records had been torn away.
It was strange.
Even if the fourth floor was rarely visited, the person in charge of managing the texts would not allow them to be in such a state, let alone be torn.
Rather than being a book left in a corner, it was more like someone deliberately wanted Yun Ze to see it.
The figure of that person flashed in Yun Ze's mind, but he couldn't figure out why she would do this.
Especially since she had specifically pointed him out earlier, telling him to look for records of the Immortal-Demonic War here.
This damaged ancient text was placed not far from that book!
Yun Ze couldn't understand.
However, since she wanted him to know these things, she would likely come to find him again, and he could ask then.
As the sun began to rise, he felt that it was time to go and meet their Senior Brother Chen!
He wanted to see what this Senior Brother Chen, who wanted him to be a dog, would make him do!
Yun Ze walked out of the Cultivation Hall, registered the three cultivation techniques with the senior sister who was still reading, and then headed towards the small courtyard.
As soon as he reached the entrance of the courtyard, he saw Chen Xiao sitting by the stone table.
He seemed to have been waiting all night.
"Yo, little doggy is home?"
Chen Xiao looked at Yun Ze with a look of relief, while Yun Ze's expression was grim.
"What? Not happy?"
Chen Xiao asked with a smile, "Shouldn't a little doggy wag its tail and beg when it sees its master?"
Yun Ze ignored him and pushed the door open to enter the courtyard.
He still had to endure!
"Oh, right! I almost forgot something!"
Chen Xiao casually took out a jade bottle and deliberately dangled it in front of Yun Ze, making a crisp clinking sound. "This is this month's antidote. If you don't take it, the black energy within you will devour your entire sea of Qi."
"After all, to tame a dog, you still have to throw it a few bones to eat."