It was noon and the sun was hanging high in the sky. Beams of light were like sharp swords, shattering the chill of late autumn.
Room 309 of the Brilliant Virtue Building, Kun Yang Academy, Great Cloud Dynasty.
"… Today, Heavenly God Emperor led the Sun Moon Deity, the Seven Divine Lords, and three thousand Divine Generals on a punitive expedition to Crimson Dragon Mountain …"
"Gu Jingtian …" Coldness and hatred flashed in Lin Xiao's eyes. It was an unforgettable hatred that could not be washed away by the waters of the three rivers and five seas. It was as if this hatred was branded in the deepest part of his soul and would never be forgotten.
Lin Xiao still remembered clearly that Gu Jingtian led all the Divine Lords, Divine Generals, and Divine Soldiers on a punitive expedition to Crimson Dragon Mountain. The mountain collapsed and the ground cracked. The nine thousand meters high Crimson Dragon Mountain was broken and the land within a radius of three hundred miles was shattered. Almost all the demons in Crimson Dragon Mountain were slaughtered. The Crimson Dragon Great Demon God was difficult to kill and his body was suppressed in various places.
The great victory of the Divine Court set the world order.
After this battle, Heavenly God Emperor held a celebration banquet to reward the soldiers. No one expected that the wine of the two Divine Lords and the Seven Divine Lords would be poisoned with the God Felling Powder. The God Felling Powder was colorless and odorless and could dissipate one's cultivation in a short time. The two Divine Lords and the Seven Divine Lords immediately lost their powerful strength.
Heavenly God Emperor Gu Jingtian suddenly attacked and used an unprecedented demonic technique to devour the blood essence of the two Divine Lords and the Seven Divine Lords. Even the three thousand Divine Generals and Divine Soldiers were not spared.
Lin Xiao was one of the seven Divine Monarchs, Divine Monarch Fengshen. Having lost his cultivation, he was no match for Gu Jingtian. His blood essence was completely devoured, and his true spirit was sucked away by a gray stone bead. Divine Monarch Fengshen obtained that stone bead when he killed a powerful demon in the Crimson Dragon Mountain. He had never studied it in detail.
Under the mysteries of the stone bead, Lin Xiao's Divine Soul began to reincarnate again and again. After five thousand years and ninety-nine reincarnations, he finally woke up.
However, the process of waking up was a little … embarrassing …
"Lin Xiao, is an academic maniac like you interested in ancient mythology?" Cai Cheng said excitedly, "Why don't you join the Research God Department and we can study ancient mythology together?"
"I'm just looking around." Lin Xiao closed the book. On the cover was a middle-aged man dressed in a purple-gold dragon robe. Behind him were the sun, moon, and stars. Beneath his feet were nine dragons soaring. On the side were three bold words: Legacy of the God Emperor.
Heh, this was the legend of the Heavenly God Emperor.
After returning the book to Cai Cheng, Lin Xiao gently touched his forehead. The swelling had not completely subsided.
This was the result of the sword's slash, and it was also because of this slash that he had truly 'awakened'. Otherwise, it was very likely that he would be like his previous 98 lives, unable to awaken from the moment he was born to the moment he died. If this were to continue, his True Spirit might be completely annihilated from the repeated cycles of reincarnation.
"Old Xiao, you're finally awake." Shen Mingwei, who had thick eyebrows and big eyes, walked into the room. When he saw Lin Xiao, he immediately winked at him and teased him. "It feels pretty good, right? That strike was worth it."
"Old Shen, that was actually a misunderstanding." Lin Xiao couldn't help but reveal a bitter smile. Bad news really spread like wildfire. He reckoned that the entire Kunning Academy had already spread this news.
"Yes, yes, I trust you." Shen Mingwei nodded, but the teasing look on his face clearly said, "Continue talking nonsense. I'll believe whatever you say."
Lin Xiao couldn't be bothered to explain further. It really was a misunderstanding.
At that time, he was walking while thinking about an academic problem. He was completely immersed in it and didn't notice the stone under his feet. He accidentally tripped and fell onto Xu Mingyan. His left hand was still pressing on Xu Mingyan's chest. He subconsciously pinched it a few times and even said that it was very big and soft.
Xu Mingyan was immediately dumbfounded. When she came to her senses, her face was flushed red.
She was embarrassed and angry. She pushed herself away, picked up the wooden sword, and directly slashed at his head.
That strike was done with anger. Lin Xiao fainted from the strike, and a big bump even appeared on his head.
It was also that strike that caused his head to shake and awakened his sleeping True Spirit. It fused with his soul, and he obtained all his memories. As for the memories of his previous 98 lives, he didn't have any. After all, the souls of the 98 Divine Lords were all in deep sleep.
"Old Xiao, I think you should take a leave of absence and leave the academy." Shen Mingwei walked over and patted Lin Xiao on the shoulder. He said in a serious tone, "Xu Mingyan might not bicker with you, but the people in the Sword Combat Department might not. Xu Mingyan is their goddess. There's also the chief disciple of the Combat Department, Tang Zhanjun. He has always treated Xu Mingyan as his woman. He will definitely cause trouble for you in class the day after tomorrow."
"It's fine." Lin Xiao didn't care.
He used to be one of the seven Divine Lords of the Divine Court. He had seen all kinds of big scenes, so why would he take such a small matter to heart?
"You can't underestimate him. Tang Zhanjun is a sixth-level warrior who passed the Martial Arts Alliance's assessment. He might be ruthless to you," Cai Cheng said with a serious face.
Lin Xiao nodded, but a lot of information flashed through his mind.
After five thousand years, the world was no longer what it used to be. The Divine Court had become the ancient Divine Court in people's mouths. Everything about the Divine Court had become myths and legends, recorded in books and spread among people.
Lin Xiao also noticed that the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth was very thin, less than one-thousandth of what it was 5,000 years ago.
What happened in the past 5,000 years that caused the Yuan Qi of Heaven and Earth to be so thin?
In this life, he was born in Qingtong Village, Lin An County, Kunning County, Eastern State, Great Cloud Dynasty. His parents were Lin Jianghua and Wang Jinyun. Lin Jianghua was born in a small family, but Wang Jinyun was the daughter of a wealthy family. In theory, they were not compatible, but the two of them liked each other and eloped. They settled in Qingtong Village and gave birth to a daughter and two sons.
Lin Ya, Lin Xiao, and Lin Tang!
The Great Cloud Dynasty valued literature and built enlightenment academies, official academies, and academies. All citizens of the dynasty could enter enlightenment academies at the age of six to study for six years. Then, according to the results of the major examination, they could enter official academies for another six years and participate in the dynasty's comprehensive examination.
The academies were divided into ordinary academies, elite academies, and famous academies.
There were eight counties in the Eastern State and a total of 13 academies. There was only one famous academy, the Eastern State Academy. There were four elite academies, and the remaining eight were ordinary academies.
The Kun Yang Academy was an elite academy.
Ordinary academies had a semester of three years, elite academies had a semester of four years, and famous academies had a semester of five years.
The academy was divided into various academies. Lin Xiao studied in the Xuanzhou Academy, and what he learned in the Xuanzhou Academy was to create all kinds of artifacts. From small things like dials to big things like carriages and even ships that sailed on the sea, they all had Xuanzhou techniques.
Lin Xiao was now nineteen years old and was a second-stage student of the Mysterious Building Academy.
As for martial arts, sword arts, and even archery arts, they gradually became popular hundreds of years ago. Whether it was martial arts, sword arts, or archery arts, they could strengthen the body and also have a certain amount of defensive ability. The Great Cloud Dynasty advocated this and established related organizations such as the Martial Arts Alliance, Sword Arts Alliance, and Archery Arts Alliance. They were very authoritative.
Competitions of various levels were regularly held, and the champion would often be rewarded handsomely. Thus, many academies were opened among the people.
Each major academy basically had various departments, including the Martial Arts Department, Sword Arts Department, and Archery Department.
They were called the three major departments of the academies, and the members of the three major departments often had a higher status in the academies.
Lin Xiao did not join any department and was only obsessed with the Mysterious Building Academy, but he still had some basic knowledge.
Those who practiced martial arts were called martial artists, those who practiced sword arts were called sword warriors, and those who practiced bow arts were called bow warriors. Each was divided into nine levels, with level one being the lowest and level nine being the highest. Tang Zhanjun was able to pass the level six martial artist examination at the age of twenty, which was enough to show his amazing talent.
However, Lin Xiao still did not take it to heart.
In an environment with such thin Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi, it was difficult for extraordinary powers to appear. The so-called martial artists, sword warriors, and so on were just ordinary people. It was only possible for them to have stronger strength and faster speed through years of practice.
Five thousand years ago, he could block a river with a casual swing of his sword. Now, a level nine sword warrior could not even split a stone with a full swing of his sword.
"Isn't the Mysterious Building Academy the same as the Mechanical Building Academy?" Lin Xiao thought to himself.
Five thousand years ago, his cultivation had reached the peak of the Dao Initiation realm, and his path forward was cut off. He did not know how to continue improving, so he turned to studying other things, such as formations, pills, and mechanisms. His good friend Lord God of Feathers was also very proficient in mechanisms, so they exchanged ideas and learned from each other.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiao could not suppress the anger and killing intent in his heart. It was the anger and killing intent towards Gu Jingtian, the Divine Emperor of the Heavens. There was also an even deeper pain, the pain of the death of his beloved Sir God Yun and a group of good friends, as well as the pain of the death of his mount, Tian Yi.
"Five thousand years, Gu Jingtian, you should be dead by now." Lin Xiao thought to himself. Gu Jingtian was known as the Heavenly Divine Emperor, but he was not a true god. He did not have an endless lifespan, and could only live for a thousand years at most, unless his cultivation broke through to the next major realm.
"No, Gu Jingtian devoured the blood essence of the nine of us, so he might be able to break through to the next major realm and live longer. He might even be able to live for more than five thousand years."
"Gu Jingtian, it's fine if you are dead, but if you are still alive, I will definitely find you and settle this score." Lin Xiao thought to himself.
However, if Gu Jingtian was still alive, he would need to be more powerful than Gu Jingtian in order to find him and take revenge.
However, Lin Xiao still had a doubt in his heart.
Why did Gu Jingtian do that?
Heavenly Divine Emperor, Sun Moon Deity, and the seven Divine Lords were very close, and they were like brothers and sisters. Among the ten of them, Lord Feng was the strongest, followed by Gu Jingtian. However, Lord Feng was indifferent, and Gu Jingtian liked to be in power, which was why he became the Divine Emperor. Otherwise, the throne would have belonged to Lord Feng.
Although Gu Jing Tian liked to be in power, he was also a straightforward and upright person. After interacting with him for many years, Lord Fengshen was sure that he was not mistaken. Unless Gu Jing Tian had been hiding his true nature from the very beginning, hiding it very, very deeply.
As for the truth, five thousand years had passed, and there was no way to know. Only by finding Gu Jingtian could he solve his doubts.
Before that, he had to cultivate and recover his cultivation, or even become stronger.
However, in the current era, the Qi of Heaven and Earth had become so thin. He did not know how long it would take to recover his cultivation, and it might even be difficult to do so.
In addition, the stone bead was able to bring his Real Spirit out of his body and reincarnate again and again. It was definitely not an ordinary treasure, and he had to study it carefully.
Whether it was cultivation or studying the stone beads, they were all very important. However, the most important thing right now was to fill his stomach. Otherwise, there was a possibility that his True Spirit would awaken only to starve to death. That would be a huge joke.
Lord Feng starved to death in the past. How funny was that?
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