Chapter 134 The Elusive Truth, the Grievance from the Entire Purple House Sacred Ground
“In the first year of the Golden Core, Supreme Venerable Wujitian created the method for the Golden Core to bear the Heavenly Mandate.”
“The night before bearing the Heavenly Mandate, the Defeat Immortal Sovereign challenged Supreme Venerable Wujitian to a duel before the Sacred Forbidden Ground.”
“The mountains shook and the earth moved, the skies fell and the ground sank, the outcome of this battle was unknown to anyone.”
“The next morning, the Defeat Immortal Sovereign vanished without a trace, Supreme Venerable Wujitian bore the Heavenly Mandate, and the Sacred Forbidden Ground stabilized for ten thousand years!”
Looking at this description, Chen Changsheng’s mouth twitched continuously.
He never thought he would be able to see information about the Defeat Immortal Sovereign here.
He used to think the Defeat Immortal Sovereign was merely a person from several thousand or ten thousand years ago.
But according to this record, the Defeat Immortal Sovereign existed thirty thousand years ago!
Moreover, the Defeat Immortal Sovereign at that time could actually compete with the Heavenly Mandate Holder; this news was truly shocking.
Chen Changsheng collected himself for a moment, murmuring, “This lifespan is way too long.”
“When the Left Emperor was young, he had heard of the legend of the Defeat Immortal Sovereign.”
“At that time, it should have been over twenty thousand years since Supreme Venerable Wujitian bore the Heavenly Mandate, close to thirty thousand years.”
“Perhaps, at that time, the Defeat Immortal Sovereign was just beginning to prepare a coffin for himself.”
“A strong person close to becoming a Heavenly Mandate Holder could live this long?”
Still pondering, Chen Changsheng continued to flip through the books in his hands.
The stone chamber contained neither anything magical nor any secret techniques.
Instead, there were some “ordinary records” that simply described various events.
Some events were even mentioned only in passing, whether one could deduce anything from them depended on the reader’s own comprehension.
……
Time passed slowly, and Chen Changsheng spent two whole months in this small stone chamber.
There weren’t many books here, only about a dozen.
Yet, it took Chen Changsheng two months to go through these dozen books.
After placing the last book back in its position, Chen Changsheng’s tightly furrowed brows did not relax for a long time.
This stone chamber recorded the processes of three Heavenly Mandate Holders bearing the Heavenly Mandate.
The further back in time, the blurrier the records became.
In addition, Chen Changsheng noticed another issue: the lifespans of the Heavenly Mandate Holders were getting shorter.
According to records from one hundred thousand years ago, the lifespans of the Heavenly Mandate Holders were relatively long, living a full thirty thousand years.
After the fall of the Heavenly Mandate Holder, the records here broke off, and the next records appeared two thousand years later.
The Heavenly Mandate Holders who appeared two thousand years later lived only ten thousand years before another break occurred.
However, this time the intervals between the breakages were shorter, with a new Heavenly Mandate Holder appearing again after only three thousand years.
This person was none other than Supreme Venerable Wujitian, the creator of the Golden Core system.
Yet, this Heavenly Mandate Holder named Supreme Venerable Wujitian disappeared after bearing the Heavenly Mandate for five thousand years.
With his disappearance, the Heavenly Mandate shattered, and the entire cultivation world struggled until now.
Thinking of this, Chen Changsheng’s mouth twitched.
“What caused these breaks in the records? Why is there no mention even in the Sacred Ground?”
“And why do these Heavenly Mandate Holders live shorter lives—was it a natural disaster or man-made calamity?”
“Before bearing the Heavenly Mandate, there always seems to be a mysterious great battle.”
“Who are the quasi-Heavenly Mandate Holders fighting against?”
Saying this, Chen Changsheng fell silent, as some thoughts could not be spoken within the Purple House Sacred Ground.
The Defeat Immortal Sovereign left a stone coffin in the Limitless Secret Realm, the Bronze Ancient Palace appeared in the Ancient Forbidden Ground, and ill omens from an unknown source were erased by fate.
Each of these events was earth-shattering.
However, the Purple House Sacred Ground didn’t even mention them, as if they really knew nothing about these events.
Chen Changsheng did not believe this kind of speculation.
The Central Courtyard also had the Bronze Ancient Palace, yet how long had it been since the Bronze Ancient Palace fell into disrepair?
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The reason why the Sacred Ground is called a Sacred Ground is that these forces have existed for too long.
The Purple House Sacred Ground even records events from a hundred thousand years ago.
In these hundred thousand years, the Bronze Ancient Palace could not have been completely quiet.
The only explanation is that someone has been covering up the existence of the Bronze Ancient Palace.
As for whether this “someone” is the Sacred Ground or some indescribable entity, that remains unknown.
Organizing his thoughts, Chen Changsheng sighed lightly and then walked out of the stone chamber.
The more he sought the truth, the more foggy it became.
What was even more headache-inducing was that the Heavenly Mandate Holders seemed to be connected to all the events.
During these two months, Chen Changsheng discovered that all three Heavenly Mandate Holders did the same thing.
After bearing the Heavenly Mandate, they mysteriously disappeared for a period of time before returning, all injured.
Although the records didn’t state what the Heavenly Mandate Holders were doing, Chen Changsheng vaguely guessed that it was related to the Bronze Ancient Palace.
After all, the Heavenly Mandate Holders had already explored all the major Forbidden Grounds before bearing the Heavenly Mandate.
There was no reason for them to visit again after bearing the Heavenly Mandate, especially sneaking around.
……
“Sir, help! The Purple House Sacred Ground is bullying us!”
While Chen Changsheng was still pondering these issues, he had just stepped out of the Sea of Learning Pavilion when he heard Gongsun Huaiyu’s cry for help.
Looking up, he saw Gongsun Huaiyu and Ziling surrounded by several disciples of the Purple House Sacred Ground.
Seeing Chen Changsheng appear, the many disciples of the Purple House Sacred Ground also subdued their anger and clasped their hands.
“Greetings, Holy Son!”
Faced with this strange situation, Chen Changsheng was full of questions.
It was understandable that Gongsun Huaiyu and the others, being newcomers, had conflicts with the Purple House Sacred Ground.
But Ziling being in such a situation was a bit difficult to comprehend.
“Ziling, what’s going on?”
Hearing Chen Changsheng’s inquiry, Ziling’s face flushed red, and she bowed her head, not daring to speak.
Seeing this, a man stepped forward and said, “Holy Son, you must stand up for us!”
“The Holy Maiden and those three have taken all of the seven tasks from the Heaven’s Mechanism Pavilion; if this goes on, we will have no tasks to complete.”
Chen Changsheng: ???
Hearing this, Chen Changsheng looked shockingly at Gongsun Huaiyu.
“You four took all seven tasks from the Purple House Sacred Ground?”
Looking at Chen Changsheng’s shocked expression, Gongsun Huaiyu rubbed her hands and laughed, “Sir, those capable should work more.”
“I also wanted to help the Sacred Forbidden Ground, but the blame mainly lies with Ziling.”
“If she hadn’t interfered, the three of us could’ve taken five tasks at most.”
“But she grabbed the other two tasks, which is why others have no tasks!”
After Gongsun Huaiyu finished speaking, all the disciples of the Purple House Sacred Ground looked at Chen Changsheng with pitiful expressions.
Because if a certain number of tasks couldn’t be completed, their rank for the next year would be lowered.
If it was due to their own lack of capability, they would have no argument, but now they found themselves unable to take on tasks; how could they reason with that?
“Um… you should go discuss this with an elder!”
“What did the elder say?”
“The elder said that before the Holy Master arrives, everything in the Purple House Sacred Ground is handled by the Holy Son.”
“Holy Son, you must stand up for us!”
Chen Changsheng: “……”
Honestly, this situation was something he had never anticipated.
