Asura Mad Emperor-Chapter 577: Ancient Rumors

That day, Qinchuan and the others were in quiet cultivation when a sudden tremor outside the Crossing Boat caused its speed to slow down.

Ji Huo'er and the rest promptly exited their rooms.

"Wow, we've finally arrived!"

Ji Huo'er leaped for joy. Staying in the room for dozens of days straight had nearly suffocated her.

As the Crossing Boat docked, Qinchuan put away the Magic Artifact.

He then glanced at the sky, where the sun was setting, and darkness was about to fall.

"We should find a place to rest for the night and set out again tomorrow," he said.

Not far from where everyone had docked was a city.

"Lindong City!"

As they flew toward the city, Ji Huo'er could make out the three large characters etched on the city gate and couldn't help but read them aloud.

"The city names in Nanchi Continent and Dongju Continent are quite interesting. In Dongju Continent, it's called Redview City, and here in Nanchi Continent, it's Lindong City; they're like a pair of lovers watching over each other."

Ling Xian'er smiled gracefully, her figure ethereal, radiating a misty light, while brilliance flowed in her eyes.

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"Xian'er, you're right. The naming of these two cities does indeed have its origins," Qinchuan said with a slight smile.

"What origins?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Huo'er's big eyes rolled curiously.

"Take a good look at this Lindong City and the mountain behind it. What does it remind you of?" Qinchuan gestured towards the distance.

Ji Huo'er and the others looked far and wide, no longer focusing on just the city, but taking in the entire landscape.

"Eh! The divine mountain behind this city looks like a person sitting cross-legged, gazing into the distance towards the east." Ji Huo'er found the hidden secret and exclaimed in surprise.

"Correct. According to legend, this is none other than the transformation of an Ancient goddess's body."

Realizing there must be a story behind the legend, Ji Huo'er's eyes sparkled as she looked at Qinchuan, waiting for him to continue.

Qinchuan did not keep them in suspense and went on, "It's a long story, and it's also related to Ancient Times. Many things even I cannot discern as true or false.

In Ancient Times, when Heaven and Earth first opened and the Era began, the Human Race had not yet taken control of the world, and the entire Divine Wilderness Continent was a paradise for the ancient clans."

At that time, among the hundred clans, the four most powerful were the Divine, Demon, Ghost, and Demon Races. The quartet frequently waged great wars over the continent's resources.

In the early days of Heaven and Earth, the Divine Ability powers of the four major races were unimaginable, and their conflicts often resulted in the shattering of the Divine Wilderness Continent, bringing calamity to the other clans.

Back then, the most grandiose and tragic war involved all four races, and it blasted the entire Divine Wilderness Continent into four parts, creating the Four Great Continents we know today. Even the sky was tilted by the impact, leading to the sun's current rise in the east and set in the west.

It was because of this war that fragments of the world scattered everywhere, eventually forming what are now known as the Myriad Heavens and Worlds."

Qinchuan narrated as they entered the city.

"His Divine Sense swept through the entirety of Lindong City, and as expected, the city had completely changed. The familiar faces and objects from the past were nowhere to be seen."

"Let's head to the inn first."

Ji Huo'er followed closely beside Qinchuan and chattered, "Big brother, please continue with the story. Does this great war among the four tribes have anything to do with Lindong City and Redview City?"

Qinchuan continued, "During that war, heaven and earth underwent changes, and even the Heavenly Dao was affected due to the extreme energy fluctuations of the four great tribes. As a result, one of the paths of the Heavenly Dao vanished.

There were originally fifty paths of the Heavenly Dao, but now only forty-nine remain. This caused the Heavenly Dao to be utterly infuriated. Under its direct intervention, the Underworld and the Upper Realm were created, and rules were descended to forcefully relocate the four great tribes from the Divine Wilderness Continent to the Underworld and the Upper Realm.

The Underworld was barren, the Upper Realm vast. In their struggle for dominion over both realms, the four great tribes engaged in one final battle on the Divine Wilderness Continent.

This battle was about the future of each race. All factions used every method at their disposal, and the war was more brutal than any before it. The Demon Race and the other demon clans met their demise, the Divine Race suppressed the Ghost Race, and chased them into the Spiritually barren lands of the Underworld.

However, while the Divine Race chased the Ghost Race into the Underworld, the barrier between the Divine Wilderness Continent and the Underworld was still unstable, allowing the Ghost Race to invade the Upper Realm at any time via the Divine Wilderness Continent.

Therefore, to completely trap the Ghost Race within the Underworld, the Divine Race dispatched great gods to guard the exits of both barriers."

Upon hearing this, Ling Xian'er had already somewhat guessed the reason behind it.

Her eyes shimmered, and she spoke with a delicate voice, "Could it be that the two great gods of the Divine Race who guarded Dongju Continent and Nanchi Continent were a pair of lovers?"

Qinchuan nodded and said, "That's right. Back then, the gods guarding Dongju Continent and Nanchi Continent were called Qi Mountain and Tu Mountain respectively. Qi Mountain, while resisting the invasion of the Ghost Race, was overpowered. Seeing that the Ghost Race was about to break through the barrier, at the critical moment, Qi Mountain turned into a path of the Heavenly Dao and merged with the barrier, completely sealing Dongju Continent's barrier.

Upon hearing the news, Tu Mountain, overwhelmed with grief and anger, also transformed into a rule and fused with the barrier, sealing off the passageway between the Underworld and the Divine Wilderness Continent. The two great gods of the Divine Race completely sealed off the Ghost Race's passage.

After their deaths, their divine bodies transformed into mountains that stood tall, facing each other from afar.

Although the two great gods did this to prevent the Ghost Race from using the Divine Wilderness Continent as a route to attack the Upper Realm, it also spared the Divine Wilderness Continent from further harassment by the Ghost Race. In later generations, the Human Race under the Divine Race rose from amongst the Wan Clans. The Human Race built two cities on the lands where the two great gods had transformed, in memory of the two ancient gods, which became the Redview City and Lindong City of today."

"What a touching pair of lovers," Ji Huo'er sniffed, quite moved, but then she quickly changed the subject, "Big brother, since these divine mountains are the transformed bodies of gods, do you think there might be a legacy of the Divine Race within the mountains?"

True to Ji Huo'er's nature, she could not separate herself from the thought of treasure.

Qinchuan gave her a sidelong glance.

"This rumor is not a secret; ancient Cultivators have turned those two divine mountains upside down ages ago. Not to mention a legacy of the divine, you couldn't even dig out a Mysterious Crystal now."

"What a pity!" Ji Huo'er sighed once again.

"Young master mentioned that the Ghost Race was suppressed in the Underworld and the Divine Race went to the Upper Realm. Do these two races still truly exist?" Ling Xian'er asked.

"The Divine Race has already gone extinct," Qinchuan spoke as he walked.

"The Divine Race has gone extinct?"

"If the Divine Race was so powerful, how could they have gone extinct?" Ling Xian'er's eyes rippled as she asked earnestly.

"I don't know," Qinchuan shook his head. "Because the Upper Realm was practically the Divine Race's private domain, after the Human Race ascended from the Divine Wilderness Continent, they hesitated for a long time before daring to break through the constraints to visit the Divine Realm."

"Later, when a Cultivator among the Human Race named Ji Wuming broke through the barrier to the Upper Realm, he found upon his arrival that the entire Divine Realm was peaceful, and the Divine Race had long since vanished.

The strongest race that had emerged victorious over demons and monsters during the Ancient Times had thus silently perished. Even the manner of their extinction is unknown to anyone."

"What about the lineage of the Ghost Race?" Ji Huo'er, having recovered from her lament over the lack of divine legacy, asked curiously.