“You know about the Xinhuo Dynasty too?!”
“Too?” Yun Zhi caught the implication: Daoist Lord Wanfa was aware of the Xinhuo Dynasty.
Ever since learning of the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence in the Immortal Secret Realm, Yun Zhi had mobilized all manner of connections to look for information about it.
Yet neither the First-Generation Emperor Xia, Jiang Ping’an, nor the recently captured Nightmare Supreme and Void Supreme had ever heard of the Xinhuo Dynasty.
This had once made Yun Zhi doubt whether the Xinhuo Dynasty had ever existed at all.
Now, she had finally encountered someone who knew of it.
“This place of yours really is secure, isn’t it? And no one besides the three of you will know what I say, right?” Under the Immortal Fairy’s control, Daoist Lord Wanfa was compelled to divulge everything he knew.
“Naturally,” Yun Zhi answered. The Immortal Fairy and Lu Yang chimed in as well. With the three of them present, this was the safest place under heaven.
Were it not for the Immortal Fairy’s presence, Daoist Lord Wanfa would never have been willing to speak of the Xinhuo Dynasty under any circumstances. That he dared discuss Wu Yao with his trusted confidants yet never breathed a single word about the Xinhuo Dynasty spoke volumes.
Reflecting that there were two immortals here—one who had slain Emperor Yu, and another who possessed the Undying Dao fruit—he felt somewhat reassured.
“In the beginning, I didn’t know the Xinhuo Dynasty existed either. Not to brag, but in order to learn myriad techniques, I visited every Scripture Pavilion under heaven, including the one in the Great Yu Imperial Palace.
“Not a single book made any mention of the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence.
“It wasn’t until I cultivated to the half-immortal realm, faked my death to get away, and moved into the shadows that I learned of the Xinhuo Dynasty—piecing it together from remnants in secret realms, clues dropped by Wu Yao, and murals in ruined temples.
“Yet when I revisited those secret realms that held clues about the Xinhuo Dynasty, I discovered that those secret realms and ruined temples had all been destroyed.”
Lu Yang frowned. “Just when was the Xinhuo Dynasty established?”
“After the ancient era, and before the Great Qian Dynasty.”
“What?!” Lu Yang was stunned. A dynasty had actually been established during that period?
The Immortal Fairy had no knowledge of the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence, which meant it was founded after the Four Immortals sealed off the world?
“The world says that an immortal war took place in ancient times, refining the stars into a continent, after which heritages were severed and even the ancient tongue was lost, until the founding Emperor Qian established the Great Qian Dynasty upon the ancient ruins.
“In truth, that is a misconception.
“After the ancient immortals refined the stars into a continent, the Xinhuo Dynasty was founded. The Xinhuo Dynasty used the ancient language. Then, after another hundred thousand years passed, the dynasty fell.
“The reason for its collapse remains unknown, but one thing is certain: someone is deliberately erasing the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence.
“And that person is an immortal!
“That immortal eradicated all traces of the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence: architecture, mortals, cultivators, books, and even its language… Nothing was left.
“It was as if they wanted to sever every last thing connected to the Xinhuo Dynasty.
“Anyone who knew of the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence faced the danger of being wiped out by that immortal. In the late Great Yu era, I befriended someone who was also a half-immortal, Daoist title Master Muyin. He, too, knew of the Xinhuo Dynasty’s existence. Our original plan was for the two of us to establish the Great Yu Alliance. Since he did not possess the Longevity Immortal Physique, he chose to enter slumber.
“We agreed that once the Golden Age arrived, I would awaken him.
“Yet what I never anticipated was that before the Golden Age even arrived, he had already perished.”
Chapter 770