The 736th year of Great Zhou.
The Qin State defeated Jin, destroyed the feudal states of Chu, Qi, Wu, Yue, and others, forcing the Emperor of Zhou to abdicate. Zao Fu proclaimed himself the Ancestor Dragon, the Black Emperor, holding black as the reverence and the dragon as the totem, establishing the Immortal Qin Empire!
The Immortal Qin Empire abolished the feudal system implemented by Shang and Zhou, directly dismantling all feudal kingdoms, establishing commanderies and counties, and announced that from then on no descendant would be enfeoffed, opening the mode of centralized unification. It issued consecutive decrees to confiscate the cultivation techniques circulating in the world, listing them as forbidden books, and massacred a large number of cultivators. Obviously, the aim was to monopolize the path of cultivation in the hands of the Qin State's Royal Family.
Such actions, naturally, incited nationwide rebellion. Unfortunately, the cultivators' power was too weak; after the demise of the Five Overlords, not even a single late-stage Core Formation cultivator remained and was easily defeated by Zao Fu at the Nascent Soul Stage. Many cultivators were killed, and their legacies were consolidated into the Immortal Qin Secret Collection.
A few cultivators either hid their identities or fled far to the West Extreme and overseas. The Great Wilderness East Domain was thoroughly unified!
After unifying the world, the Black Emperor also did many beneficial things.
For example, unifying weights and measures, languages, characters, currency, etc...
This objectively strengthened the centralization and promoted the integration of various regions of the Central Plains.
Under the rule of Zao Fu, the Black Emperor, the officials of the Immortal Qin Empire made great progress in mechanical techniques and puppetry techniques. Although the common people's lives remained as harsh and monotonous as ever... the official power grew stronger and stronger.
In the blink of an eye, another five hundred years rushed by!
During this time, Zao Fu gathered the resources of the entire world and finally advanced his cultivation to the peak of late-stage Nascent Soul.
Under the rule of this Black Emperor, the Immortal Qin Empire had never changed emperors, yet his dominion remained exceptionally stable, even after five hundred springs and autumns, his authority never waning, as if it could continue forever.
However, some wise men knew that the greatest calamity since the establishment of the Immortal Qin Empire was about to descend!
Nascent Soul cultivators can live for a millennium, and Zao Fu's time limit was looming!
Once the Black Emperor is lost, the future of Immortal Qin becomes uncertain.
At this moment, whether the Black Emperor Zao Fu can break through has become the focus of the entire world.
Within the majestic and grand E Pang Palace, guarded by twelve enormous golden figures comparable to Core Formation Stage cultivators.
Many descendants of the Qin State's Royal Family gathered together, their faces full of worry: "The Ancestor has announced his seclusion..."
"The Ancestor's lifespan has already exceeded a thousand years, even if we offer numerous life-extending Spiritual Objects, I'm afraid they won't be of much use..."
"Does the legendary realm above Nascent Soul really exist?" The source of thɪs content is n͟o͟v͟e͟l͟f͟i͟r͟e͟.net
"What if the Ancestor fails?"
"Silence! How could the Ancestor fail? Even if he does, there's a second plan: to convert to the Immortal Path, open up our Immortal Qin's Dragon Court Blessed Land. With the abundance of our Immortal Qin's dragon energy, I'm afraid the Ancestor's strength will be even greater, enough to suppress the world!"
"Moreover, two Nascent Soul cultivators have finally appeared in our Imperial Family—Ying Kong, Ying Yuan, with these two, we can rest easy!"
All the discussions were completely isolated by restrictive techniques.
In the secret chamber, an elderly Zao Fu with white hair began his seclusion: "This time, I must break through again and defy destiny!"
Zao Fu's eyes carried a strong determination as he began to operate his cultivation technique.
Zhong Shenxiu half lay on the divine throne, taking a sip of the nectar brewed by the Queen Mother of the West herself: "Break through on your own, defy destiny? You're delusional!"
Even when Zao Fu last broke through Nascent Soul, it was with my support from behind, able to establish the Immortal Qin and flip the peasants' fate.
And this time, without my support, if Zao Fu wants to break through, from Refining Qi and Transforming God to Refining God and Returning Void, he's doomed for sure!
"Nonetheless, the Immortal Qin of five hundred years is already enough to make Emperor Qin Shi Huang envious to death..."
"This Black Emperor Zao Fu, it's about time he awakens memories of his past life, returning to his true self."
Zhong Shenxiu decided to just watch.
Whether he succeeds depends on Zao Fu's fate.
But ninety-nine percent, he's unlikely to break through to the 'Refining God' realm above Nascent Soul.
Zhong Shenxiu withdrew his divine consciousness, beginning to extend into the Seven Luminaries Heaven.
After years of slumbering and healing, the condition of his true self had improved significantly.
Now, he could extend his reach beyond the Seven Luminaries Heaven, directly to the root of the Three Thousand Worlds, even tracing back to his true root, the Origin Star.
Ancient immortals possessed vast, unimaginable Divine Skills.
Zhong Shenxiu's divine consciousness seemed to transform into strands of order's light, merging with the omnipresent order of the Three Thousand Worlds, like tentacles, delving, probing, and seeking traces of the Origin Star.
Just as his thoughts roamed unhindered, sweeping across the Three Thousand Worlds, even along the river of time, probing up and down the timeline, he finally saw a ray of light.
That light contained vast information, seeming eternal, yet seeming destructive, grasped by Zhong Shenxiu.
"It comes from… that primeval battlefield… That battle of supreme beings, still ongoing…"
Feeling the breathtaking aura within the light, Zhong Shenxiu's thoughts were filled with unparalleled shock.
At this moment, he could finally see a corner of that grand battle.
Such horror and might commanded even his awe.
"This war spans past, present, future, encompassing Three Thousand Worlds, numerous dimension universes… Is it also the cause of my transmigration?"
"No, it seems I'm not the only transmigrator. Did the war cause temporal instability? Only then can even a place so temporally stable as the Origin Star give birth to a large number of transmigrators?"
Zhong Shenxiu still wanted to take another look at that battlefield, suddenly his expression moved again.
He saw a stream of light, carrying the breath of the Origin!
"I hope… it will fly to me!"
Zhong Shenxiu slightly used the ability of the Ideal Nation, altering the meteor's trajectory, letting it traverse endless time and space and world, arriving at his hand.
What he saw was a fragmentary True Spirit!
"A transmigrator from the Origin Star? This fellow countryman is somewhat unfortunate... His True Spirit is wounded, likely swept by aura from the battlefield's edge, and the reason he survived was hitting the one in a billion chance to be chosen by a wonder treasure..."
In an instant, Zhong Shenxiu discovered this fellow countryman's Golden Finger, which was a Yellow Gourd.
At present, the gourd's light was dim, but it was hidden deep within the True Spirit, firmly holding onto the last bit of vitality.
"A Demon Refining Gourd that can refine all things, transform them into Spiritual energy, enhancing personal cultivation and capabilities…"
Zhong Shenxiu chuckled, refraining from grabbing the countryman's item.
After all, with an example like Time's Ouroboros before him, showing too ugly a side in taking things would mean self-severance from that alliance.
"For the sake of our fellow heritage, I'll lend a hand. You shall go to my world and be the protagonist for a term."
Zhong Shenxiu casually repaired this countryman's True Spirit, sending it to reincarnate within the Seven Luminaries Heaven.
Simultaneously, atop the Kunlun Divine Mountain, he casually pointed at several True Spirits: "Now that the world is about to fall into chaos, you all should enter the world as well..."