<h4>Chapter 8 The Past (1)</h4>
“Ghost Realm? Doesn’t Xuanli n belong to one of the three major Demon Realms? Why will he travel to the Ghost Realm?” Lyu Liang instantly focused his attention on her and added with doubts, “Moreover, Senior, why will youe to the Virtual Realm?”
“Yes, you are considered as my child of Xuanli n. I supposed it’s fated for me to be here. If you want to know the whole story, I’ll need to begin from the birth of Chaos World...” After which, Feiwu deepened her voice and brought Lyu Liang into the world of the past...
“Since the beginning of the Chaos World, thousands of living things were born. Through years of continuous changes, the world was split into six categories, namely immortals, humans, devils, monsters, ghosts, and spirits. At that time, there was no such thing as the three realms. All the living things were gathered in a big realm.”
“Among which, the strongest immortal n did not bother about the other ns. One of their powers used the Realm-sealing Formation to make an isted space with the highest concentration of Spiritual Qi, precious natural resources and treasures. They then sealed it away from the rest of the world via a formation to make it a resting ce for the Immortal n and named it as Heaven Realm. Thereafter, the news was released from the Heaven Realm, saying that whoever in the rest of the five ns that met the Heaven Realm’s standards could attempt to enter the formation of the realm. Whoever manages to break into it shall be promoted to Heaven Realm and be one of them.”
“Let’s talk about the Human and Devil n. The Human n needs to start from Qi Refining, followed by Foundation Establishment, Gold Core, Nascent Soul and Void Return. Thereafter, the human needs to ovee a small cmity before sessfully promoted as immortal. After which, the human can be Xuan Immortal andstly, the Almighty Immortal. When the human bes the Almighty Immortal, he can challenge the Realm-sealing Formation to ovee therge cmity and will be sessfully promoted to the Heaven Realm. In the beginning, he will be titled as Tao Master, followed by Heavenly Master andstly, Supreme Master.”
“As for my Devil n, we start off as a devil for cultivation. We need to go through Original Devil, Devil Spirit, Devil Warrior, and Devil Commander. After which, we need to ovee a devil cmity in order to sessfully promote as Heavenly Devil, which is followed by Immortal Devil and finally, Devil Emperor. Upon reaching the Devil Emperor, he can ovee therge cmity in order to be promoted to the Heaven Realm. In the beginning, he is titled as External Heavenly Devil, follower by External Devil Master andstly, External Supreme Devil.”
“As for whether there are higher levels, that is not something my generation will know.”
“After the Immortal n left, the Human n, which was the weakest n with the shortest lifespan, was exasperated. They used their horrifying reproduction ability and cultivation rate to create numerous monsters. This suddenly made them one of the strongest existence among the remaining five ns. In addition, they continuously battled with the remaining ns.”
“After that, the Spirit n, which hated battles, was the first n to create an isted sealed space and named it as Spirit Realm. Thereafter, the Ghost n, which had the smallest poption with rather weak abilities, had also created an isted space away from this chaotic world. Meanwhile, when these two ns left the world, there was a part of the human n that had a close rtionship with them followed them. These humans had also be important people that helped themunication between the Spirit Realm and Ghost Realm yearster. We called them ‘Whisperers’”.
“When this world was left with only the Human n, Devil n, and Monster n, arge scale war had begun and itsted for more than ten thousand years. The consequences of this war were very severe as numerous living beings were destroyed and the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth was in a mess. The world was also split into several pieces. Finally, it had also affected the Immortal n.”
“Thereafter, the Immortal n descended upon the world and gathered the remaining three ns for a discussion. In the end, it categorized the split world into three realms and each n would take care of its respective realm. This is also how the world had be the three realms that we are currently familiar with, namely Mortal Realm, Devil Realm, and Monster Realm.”
“The Immortal n can personally set up a Realm-sealing Formation in every realm. However, for every three thousand years, the power of the seal in each realm needs to be stabilized and strengthened by the power of the three realms. The method to stabilize the realm was left behind by the Heaven Realm and could only be aplished with thebined force of two ns.”
“After that, the three realms can set rules. Whenever it is the time to stabilize and strengthen the Realm-sealing Formation, the two involved parties must appoint two powerful beings from the respective n and a hundred elites in the n. They will then travel to the bordend to stabilize the formation. At the same time, another n must also appoint two powerful beings to supervise them, in case anyone wants to seize the opportunity to create troubles.”
“My Xuanli n was born in the Devil Realm during the initial stabilization stage and was established by my ancestor, Xuanli Zhen. He obtained one of the forbidden evil treasures that existed during the initial stage of the Chaos World due to a great opportunity. It was the Silence Sword. He also managed to learn the secret skill “Chaos Body”. Anyone that seeded in mastering this skill can refine five doppelgangers that are as strong as the original body. With that, my ancestor fought in the Devil Realm with Silence Sword and established the Xuanli n. From that day onwards, my n had also be the number one n in the Devil Realm.”
“After that, my ancestor was promoted to the Heaven Realm and left a warning before he left. Silence Sword is an immortal weapon that protects the n. The person from the n must learn ‘Chaos Body’ and be capable of forming three doppelgangers before he can use the Silence Sword. That person is also only second to the Guardian of the n Leader.
“After more than ten thousand yearster, till our current generation, I am the only one in the n who have learnt “Chaos Body” till forming three doppelgangers. Hence, I, Xuanli Feiwu, am the Guardian of the n.”
“By then, our n was not a biggest n in the Devil Realm. Anye n and Huoxiao n had also developed to be stronger. The three big ns were known as the ‘Three Major ns of Devil Realm’.”
“As the Guardian of Xuanli n, I am also publicly known as the first line of battle. My eldest brother, Xuanli Tianlie, was at its peak of the Devil Emperor stage. He was the n leader then. Many people in the Devil Realm had been trying to propose marriage to my eldest brother and one of them was a member of the Anye n, which was ranked second then. The person who wished to propose marriage to me was the eldest son of Anye n’s leader, Anye Tianlong. He was an extremely strong demon then.”
“I had reached the peak of Devil Commander stage. With just one more step, I would be able to ovee devil cmity. Moreover, I knew Anye Tianlong had evil intention. How could she lower her standard by marrying such man? However, I knew Anyue n’s power as well. To prevent my brother feeling awkward, I announced to the public that I am going out for training for the devil cmity, yet secretly brought the rtives of the leading soldiers out. In the end, the marriage between the Anye n and me was left unsettled.”
“I brought along Silence Sword with me as well. My eldest brother was worried that I will be taken advantage by the Mortal Realm and insisted that I should bring it along. Initially, I also wanted to bring ck along with me as well since it is my protector by contract. However, for ever ten thousand years, ck will need to enter the Rift to block off its divine sense and sleep for nearly a hundred years. At that time, it was in the midst of ck’s hundred years sleep, so I did not disturb it. In addition, I had mastered in forming three doppelgangers since their existence are used to carry Silence Sword.”
“After escaping from the n, I reached the border of Mortal and Devil Realms, and I was ready to explore the Mortal Realm. The formation between the realms at that time did not iste the two realms entirely. Only the fairies, people above the Immortal Devil stage were not allowed to go in and out as and when they wished. Since I had not even ovee the ordeal, I can exit the realm anything. At the same time, there was aw saying that no one can start a battle in the three realms, so even if there was unhappiness between the two ns, as long as everyone takes note of thew, it’s fine.”
“Later, I came to the mortal region that was nearest to the Devil Realm, the Cann Territory. After exploring it, I chose a mountain range with Devil Qi as my residence hole. The mountain range in that region was called Mount Zhiling.”
Not long after I resided in the hole, a troop of mortals from the foot of the mountain came and ordered us to leave immediately. They said that the region was the border of their religion. It wasn’t easy for me a ce with Devil Qi, how can I leave this ce so easily? Moreover, I don’t really care about that troop of mortals.”
“When we started fighting, it was as expected that my n was protected by the Demon Armor and no one could bring us down. However, one of the men, who was in green, was the catalyst that changed our battle situation. That man’s cultivation was thete-stage of Void Return but had not reached the peak. Yet, his sword skill was excellent with a certain set of power rules guiding it. You must know that swordy is an art where the beginner stage focuses on the Sword Qi and theter stage focuses on the Sword Essence. After which, it focuses on the power in the field. One would be considered as a Sword Immortal once one is able to achieve that level. However, to have a set of power rules guiding your swordy would mean the power of Chaos World. It was said that unless one had ovee the ordeal, one can never understand it. This man in green had not even reached the peak of Void Return, but he was able to understand the set of power rules. What scared me was that he could understand the world’s most difficult Space Law Power! He was indeed the best demon existed among the Human n!”
“With him as our opponent in the battle, neither party could bring the other one down. I then used by blessed body and power to win the battle slightly. Later, this troop of mortal stoppeding. What was interesting was that man in green came over after a few days and threatened me that he will y me with his sword.”
“I was young, ignorant and stubborn then, so I could not help but punished him. Though neither of us could bring the other one down every time, I could always win him by a little.”
“Thereafter, I can’t be bothered with his provocation. Until one day, he said if I could still defeat him, he would give me a precious and top-quality demon treasure. I was attracted by the offer then. The Mortal Realm is alwaysck of Devil Qi. If there’s a top-quality demon treasure, it will help me in mastering the peak of Devil Commander Stage. Hence, I chose to battle on.”
“When I came out of my cave, I was shocked to find out that the man had reached the Peak of Void Return. We fought and I was at a disadvantage at first. Hence, I assigned a doppelganger to help me, and he was defeated. Upon knowing that the person he fought with was just my doppelganger, he admitted defeat and threw me a devil treasure before leaving.”
“Moreover, I told him that I had three of such doppelgangers. I initially thought that he would nevere again, but to my surprise, he returned after half a month. This time, he could actually handle thebined attacks from my doppelganger and me. I couldn’t help but assign my second doppelganger to help and I was also taken aback by how fast his cultivation advanced. Of course, he lost again. After that time, I knew his name and identity. He was the eldest disciple of Number One Yishui n in Cann Territory and his name is Zhang Mengdao. His Tao name is Demon yer.”
“He then came over repeatedly for every half a month until his final visit, where he was able to force me to assign three doppelgangers against him. The reason why it was thest time was that my Xuanli n was going to be destroyed then.”
“On that day, I was meditating in Mount Zhiling when my eldest brother appeared in front of me. I then understood that he hade to stabilize the formation between the Demon and Mortal Realms.”
“I felt weird. The previous stabilization ritual was less than 3000 years ago, why was there a need to stabilize it again? My eldest brother said that he was informed by the mortal n that due to some changes, the formation that sealed the realms needed to be stabilized urgently. Hence, he led a part of the elites into this realm. At the same time, Anye n was informed about it too and the n leader had led his own troop as well. If the formation was normal, my eldest brother, who was at a very high cultivation stage, would not be able toe into the Mortal Realm. Since he could, this meant the formation indeed required stabilization. Hence, we did not suspect anything then.”
“Anye n knew I was here, as they asked me along as well. I did not think much and brought my doppelgangers, Silence, and my subordinates along with me.”
“Our gathering ce was the Imperial Mausoleum Country within Cann Territory, which was very close to the formation. That was where the Yishui n was located. At the same time, I saw the two strongest cultivators from the Mortal Realm, Leader of Yishui n and the Blood Divine Sect Lord of Mortal Realm.”
“Our n and Anye n had separately entered Yishui n. Shortly after we entered the designated resting spot, The Wanjian Pavilion, two uninvited guests dashed into the ce. One of them was that Zhang Mengdao.”
“After he came in, he hurriedly told us that we had fallen into a trap. Anye n, Yishui n, and Blood Divine Sect hade together to set up a Devil Destruction Formation that was especially used to suppress devils outside. At that moment, they were gathering a troop of courageous men to fight us at any time.”
“Since Wanjian Pavilion and Yishui n had powerful barriers that restricted the use of Divine Sense, my eldest brother was somewhat suspicious of his ims. It was until Zhang Mengdao returned with a Blood Divine disciple and had searched that person’s mysterious ability that we realized that he was right. However, it was impossible for us to escape from that trap then.”
“At that time, my eldest brother and I had brought along the elites in our n. If we were being brought down, the Xuanli n would be implicated as well. However, the person that Zhang Mengdao brought along re-ignited our hope. Though that person did not stand out, he was from a special ce and had a special surname, Feng. Yes. He was the whisperer of the Ghost Realm from the Feng family. He was the next master of the Feng family, Feng Tao.”
“Due to time constraint, we decided that as the guardian of the n, I will lead the subordinates to fight the pursuers. My eldest brother and other elites shall follow Feng Tao and Zhang Mengdao to the Ghost Realm for hiding. That was because at that time, the second strongest Devil n in the Devil Realm, Anye n, and the ambitious n which wanted to be in the top three ns, Tianluo n, had been vigorously attacking our n.”
“When my eldest brother and the others gradually retreated, the men outside started to attack. They were the courageous men of Yishui n and Blood Divine Sect. Moreover, there were two faries in the group! Though I don’t know why they did that, they had indeed put in effort in this attack!”
“Perhaps I was too well-known. The two fairies and the group of courageous men did not hesitate but attacked me directly! As the Demon Destruction Formation was too strong, my cultivation was only at Devil Warrior stage. I had no choice but let my doppelgangers attack the opposing troops with Silence Sword. However, what I didn’t expect was the two fairies. One of them cast a spell that caused self-destruction, while the other sacrifised its life and fought as with Mortal n’s most powerful skill, Mysterious Devil Seal!”
“With the two fairies fighting against me using their lives, my body and Devil Soul were hit by the Mysterious Devil Seal. At that moment, my ability to battle declined sharply. I could barely support myself with the three doppelgangers. Even with the power of Silence, I could not hold on for too long. Soon, my two other clones and subordinates were destroyed and yed. The Silence doppelganger I had were swallowed by Silence itself after fighting several courageous warriors and it disappeared. I could not help but burn my Devil Soul as the price to pay to resist the Mysterious Devil Seal and used my own power to grab hold of Silence Sword. Though I had in the remaining courageous warriors, I had no chance of winning the battle. The elite disciples from the two ns began to attack in. Luckily, my eldest brother and our elite disciples had sessfully retreated, so I can died in peace. Just as I was about to give up on my life, Zhang Mengdao returned!”