Taiyi was also obsessed with martial arts and was cold and heartless.
In order to pursue a stronger martial arts realm, he could disregard everything and cut off his seven emotions and six desires.
He could even give up on his family, friends, and lovers.
Such a mentality and disposition was extremely similar to the Eastern Mountain Exalt's.
Ji Tianxing closed the scroll and pondered for a moment. He then shook his head helplessly and sighed.
"A thousand people have a thousand faces and a hundred thoughts. Everyone has different natures and principles, so the way they do things is naturally different.
One day, even if I become a Primordial Soul Exalt and stand at the peak of the continent, it would be impossible for me to be as cold and heartless as the Eastern Mountain Exalt.
However, humans had their humanity, while gods had their divinity.
The Eastern Mountain Exalt is a human divinity, calling himself a divinity. How could he possibly possess humanity? "
After pondering for a moment, he continued reading.
Within the Heavenly Observation and World Records, there were also many interesting stories recorded, as well as the unique scenes that the Eastern Mountain Exalt had seen with his Heaven-Supervising Divine Eye.
Ji Tianxing noticed that there was a strange story about the Demon Race recorded in it.
It was said that in the early days of ancient times, there were many gods in the world.
At that time, the Tian Xuan Land was still in an uncivilized period and the development of martial arts had yet to reach its peak.
However, there were tens of thousands of races on the continent, and there were many deities who preached and taught to all living beings. The tens of thousands of races coexisted peacefully.
However, for some unknown reason, one day, the sky suddenly shattered and collapsed.
Endless devils descended from the sky and landed on the Tian Xuan Land.
These evil and powerful Abyss Devils had incomparably strong physiques, power attributes that were different from ordinary people, and bloody and cruel methods to increase their strength.
Without a doubt, these evil demons that invaded the Tian Xuan Land were the Devil Clan.
Under the leadership of the Primogenitor Heavenly Demon God, the Demon Race slaughtered all living beings and plundered the resources and territories of all races in the world. They also fed on flesh, blood, and souls to strengthen themselves and increase their strength.
They were like locusts passing through. Wherever they passed, not even a blade of grass would grow, and all life would be plunged into misery and suffering.
The rapid development and growth of the Demon Race had caused panic among all the races in the world and infuriated countless gods.
However, the gods of the various races were no match for the Primogenitor Heavenly Devil God. They went forward to besiege the Heavenly Devil God, but they were killed by the Heavenly Devil God instead. They became nourishment for the Primogenitor Heavenly Devil God's strength.
Later on, the strongest deities of each race joined forces to besiege the Heavenly Demon God, and they fought fiercely in the starry sky for half a year.
In the end, the Heavenly Demon God was killed by the gods and disappeared from the world.
The gods had also paid a heavy price. They had either perished or disappeared without a trace.
The most outstanding Goddess of the human race, Goddess Yaoguang, hated the Demon Race to the core. She didn't hesitate to self-detonate, sacrificing her life and Godhead to place a Bloodline Curse on the Demon Race.
Ever since then, the power of the curse flowed through the blood of the demons, and it could never be removed.
When the demons were weak, they could still maintain their normal form.
As the Demon Race grew stronger, they would become uglier and more ferocious. Their bodies would become larger, like demons, like giant beasts.
Every full moon night, when the seven stars competed for glory, the demons would reveal their ugly true forms and suffer the pain and torment of having their hearts bitten by thousands of ants.
According to legend, it was an eternal curse from the goddess.
The demons would be punished for the heinous crimes they had committed, and would repent for all eternity.
Of course, these deeds recorded in the ancient books were only ancient myths and legends.
The Eastern Mountain Exalt had never experienced the primitive era of the early Ancient Era, nor had he seen the era where numerous Gods existed side by side.
These were all legends that he had heard and found interesting, so he recorded them in the Book of Heaven Observation and World Observation.
After reading it, Ji Tianxing did not doubt this legend at all.
Because he knew that the Demon Race was indeed suffering from some kind of curse and shackle. Not only would they become ugly and ferocious, the growth of their strength would also become slow, and their innate talent would also be limited.
Unknowingly, four hours had passed.
He had already read more than half of the ancient book, and there were only a dozen or so pages left.
These dozen or so pages recorded the Eastern Mountain Exalt's cultivation experiences and comprehensions.
An interesting matter was recorded within.
The Eastern Mountain Exalt had lived in seclusion at this time, and even though he was alone, he did not feel bored. His greatest hobby was to play chess.
Although he was playing chess with himself, seemingly for his own amusement, it was actually a game against the heavens.
That ancient Beast Chess game in the public square was a chess piece in his game against the heavens.
"Game against the heavens? Back then, when the Eastern Mountain Exalt had reached the peak of the Primordial Spirit realm, he had endured a total of nine heavenly tribulations in the eight thousand years he had lived here in seclusion.
If he wanted to live on and reach the Martial Saint realm, he would have to successfully overcome the heavenly tribulations and resolve the Nine Cycles Heavenly Tribulation.
In that case, he was really fighting against the heavens, fighting against the heavens!
No wonder I could not understand that chess game in the public square. After all, I have yet to reach the level of the Eastern Mountain Exalt. "
Ji Tianxing nodded slightly, sighing emotionally.
The Eastern Mountain Exalt had fought against the heavens for several thousand years, and the final result … was that he had won against Tian Yizi!
Therefore, the Eastern Mountain Exalt had successfully overcome the Nine Cycles Heavenly Tribulation, transcending mortality and becoming a Martial Saint, reaching the Martial Saint realm like a heavenly dragon.
After becoming a Martial Saint, the Eastern Mountain Exalt had left the Eastern Mountain Residence, walking out of the Eastern Sea's Returning Ruins.
Ji Tianxing did not know where he had gone, and there were no records in the Heavenly Observation and World Records.
However, Ji Tianxing believed that the Eastern Mountain Exalt had most likely left the Profound Sky Continent in search of an even higher cultivation level.
Before the Eastern Mountain Exalt had left, he had removed ninety percent of the formations and traps in the Eastern Mountain Residence, leaving behind only some basic formations to maintain this secret realm from being destroyed for ten thousand years.
At the same time, the Eastern Mountain Exalt had predicted that a certain fated person would appear in the future, coming down to the Eastern Mountain Residence by chance.
Therefore, he had recorded his lifetime of cultivation experiences in the Heavenly Observation and World Records, leaving it for the fated person to read.
Reading up to here, Ji Tianxing was enlightened, his eyes shining as he muttered to himself, "No wonder I could successfully traverse the Heaven Ascension Stairs and arrive at the peak of the mountain!
No wonder I could break through the palace's protective grand formation and open its gates to come here!
It turns out that after the Eastern Mountain Exalt had become a Martial Saint, he had intentionally removed ninety percent of the formations, intending to leave this cave residence to the fated person. "
Without a doubt, he was the first fated person to enter the Eastern Mountain Residence in ten thousand years.
Feeling rather agitated, he hurriedly read the words recorded on the last ten-odd pages.
Those were the cultivation experiences and comprehensions of the Eastern Mountain Exalt, from the Heavenly Origin Stage to the Soul Refinement Stage, and then to the Primordial Spirit Stage.
Although those experiences and comprehensions were scattered, appearing profound and obscure, leaving one unable to make sense of them.
However, Ji Tianxing was talented and intelligent. Having understood the Eastern Mountain Exalt's life experiences, he was able to guess the Eastern Mountain Exalt's mentality and thoughts.
He sat in the dusky, ancient study, holding the Heavenly Observation and World Records with both hands, looking extremely engrossed and entranced.
Time passed silently. One day, two days, three days … ten days passed.
For ten whole days, Ji Tianxing was like an old monk in meditation, not moving in the slightest like a boulder.
It was only at noon on the eleventh day that he seemed to have awoken from a dream, coming to a realization.
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