Chapter 136: "Sword Cultivator, Not Strong Enough." _3
The air was devoid of any sign of life, clearly indicating that no one had set foot here in a long time.
However, there was no dust.
Completely sealed off, not even air circulated within, let alone dust.
Little Wolf, on the other hand, seemed quite familiar with this chamber; it immediately jumped down from Chen Qiu's shoulder, leaped to the end of the bed, and with practiced ease dug itself a small pit in the bedding before contentedly lying down.
"..."
Chen Qiu narrowed his eyes, scrutinizing the chamber. Aside from the small bed, there was only a table covered with numerous parchments. This was rather strange; important information was typically stored in Jade Scrolls.
They were not only more secure but could also be preserved for much longer.
This room obviously appeared to be an extremely concealed chamber, so why were there paper documents?
Still, he walked over to the table, browsing through the parchments. The white vortex behind him had disappeared, but there was still a recess in the wall with the character '罪'—sin—etched into it. It was obvious that he could leave this chamber again simply by pressing the Sect Leader Token into this niche.
"Hmm?"
Just by glancing at the first sentence within the yellowed document in his hand, Chen Qiu felt a jolt in his heart, a flash of shock passing through his pupils.
"Once, they called us Outer Realm Demons..."
He immediately took a deep breath and sat down in the chair, earnestly flipping through the parchment before him.
...
After a very long time, Chen Qiu silently placed the now-yellowed document carefully into the deepest part of his Storage Ring. He had not expected that stumbling into these Ancient Ruins would uncover the truth of this world.
The truth about Da Xia Country.
And the truth about Chao Tian Sect.
Long, long ago, perhaps ten thousand or tens of thousands of years back, a large number of people from Blue Star transmigrated into this Cultivation World. Through their idioms, attire, and personalities, these transmigrants quickly gathered together and established a sect— Continue your saga on My Virtual Library Empire
"Chao Tian Sect!"
From the Supreme Elders, to the Sect members, down to the outer sect disciples and menial workers.
Every member of this sect was a transmigrator, making it one of Xuantian Continent's most powerful sects at the time. Whenever they learned of new transmigrants arriving on Xuantian Continent, Chao Tian Sect would be the first to send people to bring them into the sect.
Arriving mysteriously in a strange world, one naturally felt closer to one's compatriots.
In those days, almost all of Chao Tian Sect consisted of Sword Cultivators!
With their extraordinary unity, their strength was unparalleled!
Perhaps it was their formidable power that made the transmigrants not shy away from revealing their transmigration, leading many to refer to the people of Chao Tian Sect as Outer Heaven Demons.
Thus, following longstanding resentment...
A war broke out between the transmigrants and native cultivators.
A fierce and tumultuous war.
No matter how strong "Chao Tian Sect" was, it was just one sect. How could it stand against nearly eighty percent of the sects united in opposition? When the war broke out, fueled by their millions-strong force of Sword Cultivators, Chao Tian Sect initially caused many sects to hesitate to advance.
But as time went on and their numbers dwindled, Chao Tian Sect began to fall back step by step.
The numbers of their people kept diminishing.
In the end, the Sect Master of Chao Tian Sect, allowing a portion of sect disciples to lay down their lives in retreat, led the majority of the sect's disciples to this secluded corner of Xuantian Continent. Here, they set up the Deceiving Heaven Array and hid within it.
This array was set to protect Chao Tian Sect from being discovered by the great powers of Xuantian Continent, effectively carving out a small part of the Continent to occupy, creating this 'small world'. Since this 'small world' was recognized by Heavenly Dao, manifestations of Heavenly Dao were also present.
Unrecognized small worlds like Chao Tian Sect's were not sanctioned by Heavenly Dao, so they were really just separate spaces, without any manifestations of Heavenly Dao or appearance of Heavenly Dao Decrees and Secret Realms.
In other words—
The prison confining Chao Tian Sect was constructed by the sect itself, using all of its power, with the goal of hiding their presence.
However, over the passage of time, much information was lost to the annals of history. By the time it reached the last few Sect Masters of Chao Tian Sect, these leaders were completely unaware that the prison had been designed by their own sect and assumed it was a trapping set by the outside world, attempting every possible method to break free from it.
Too much time had passed.
So much time had elapsed that Chao Tian Sect had dissolved into oblivion, forgotten by all. The former disciples of Chao Tian Sect had branched out, forming various towns and cities, and eventually, the concept of a nation was born.
"..."
Chen Qiu sat in the chair in silence, not speaking for a long time, until he had digested all the information.
Which means...
There wasn't a single native person in Da Xia Country.
All were descendants of transmigrants.
There were no locals; the loccals were all on Xuantian Continent. Da Xia Country was a territory left by their forebears after their defeat, giving them a realm to recuperate and multiply. The constraints of the Nascent Soul were also in conjunction with the establishment of the Deceiving Heaven Array.
The Four Forbidden Lands were also set by the forebears of Chao Tian Sect.
They were incredibly strong for external defense, nearly impossible to breach, but internally there were only four Nascent Soul Cultivation Puppets. Yes, the supposed Nascent Souls guarding the Four Forbidden Lands in the north, south, east, and west were not real people, but mere Nascent Soul Cultivation Puppets.
The method to break out from within the array was quite simple.
With Golden Core Peak Cultivation, slaying the four puppets would break the array.
When Chao Tian Sect laid this formation, their thinking was pure. If one day a descendant appeared capable of slaying four Nascent Soul Puppets with Golden Core Cultivation, then, even if the Array were broken, this individual could certainly make a name for themselves in Xuantian Continent, and reestablish the glory of Chao Tian Sect!