451: Chapter 451 The Seal

Time seemed to freeze at this moment. In the room, only the silver light emitted by the "heavenly evolution of the ages scripture" remained, along with the constantly changing expression on Chen Xuan's face.

He saw every single owner of the Chaos Void Jade fragments.

He saw how they obtained the Chaos Void Jade fragments and how the next destined person acquired them.

Countless pieces of information intertwined and fused in his mind. The originally blurry mysteries were unraveled one by one, and the truth revealed itself before him layer by layer, like peeling an onion.

Finally, he arrived at the answers.

Fragment Number One is currently ownerless.

Number Two is Medicine Venerable, Number Four is Yu Chen Celestial Venerable, Number Five is Dongfang Li, Number Seven is Xu Muchen, and Number Eight is Nine-Tailed Fox Venerable.

Chen Xuan turned his head to glance at Xu Muchen. No wonder this kid had proactively suggested splitting up on the second floor; he should have noticed this point much sooner.

Xu Muchen gave a sheepish smile. "Has Senior finished using it? Could you permit this Junior to ask a question or two?"

"You may!"

A flash of wild joy instantly crossed Xu Muchen's eyes. Just as he was about to speak, he heard Chen Xuan continue, "On the condition that you first join my Sect."

"Sen... Senior, this is hardly the conduct of a high-level expert!"

Xu Muchen didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Junior merely wishes to resolve a doubt in my heart. Why must Senior be so aggressive?"

"I have always been a pragmatic person."

Chen Xuan spread his hands, his tone indifferent. "By joining my Dao Seeking Sect, you won't just be able to ask this one question. In the future, if you encounter any difficulties in your Cultivation or wish to know other secrets, you can use this sutra to resolve your doubts. Why not go for it? Number Seven."

Hearing this title, the expression on Xu Muchen's face showed no surprise at all. He only let out a heavy sigh and shook his head. "Junior can wait a bit longer. Since I've already reached this step, I don't mind waiting a while more."

Seeing this, Chen Xuan stopped joking and waved his hand. "Fine, since you are unwilling, then suit yourself. If you have something to ask, go ahead."

In any case, this "heavenly evolution of the ages scripture" wasn't going anywhere. Asking now or asking later was the same.

He could also take this opportunity to organize the information he had just obtained, straightening out the things he wanted to investigate one by one for easier querying later.

Hearing this, Xu Muchen's eyes instantly lit up.

"Thank you, Senior!"

He took a deep breath, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and walked slowly to the front of the stone platform. His eyes stared intently at the "heavenly evolution of the ages scripture" floating above. His lips moved slightly as he asked in a low voice:

"I want to know, who exactly created the Slave Seal Divine Ability, and for what reason was it created?"

The next moment!

The "heavenly evolution of the ages scripture" on the stone platform suddenly erupted with brilliant light once again. This time, the light was no longer silver, but a primitive golden-yellow color.

Countless rays of spiritual light intertwined and emerged from the pages, like golden ribbons circling and dancing within the room.

Immediately following that, the original stone walls and stone platform vanished, replaced by figures riding Flying Swords passing by, soaring straight toward the heavenly secrets.

It was as if they were about to pierce through the canopy of the sky and undergo Ascension to the Upper Realm.

The scene shifted again to a vast continent with towering mountains and surging rivers. The world was filled with dense Demonic Qi, a magnificent and primordial sight.

Countless figures stepped out from rifts. They wore various styles of Daoist robes and possessed different auras. Treading on Flying Swords and controlling Magic Treasures, they broke through the sky and slowly descended onto this continent.

"This is..."

Xu Muchen looked around, stunned and speechless.

Lu Mo spoke up at the right time to explain: "What Revered Master asked earlier was a silent thought, so the 'heavenly evolution of the ages scripture' only answered Revered Master alone, and we could not see the scenes within. However, what Junior Brother asked this time was an audible question, so we can also see these images of the past together."

"These images record events from ten thousand years ago."

Lu Mo's gaze turned toward the continent before them. "Ten thousand years ago, Human Race Cultivators had not yet established themselves on the Nine Provinces Continent, but were scattered across various grotto-heavens and blessed lands, struggling to survive. This Nine Provinces Continent was the territory of the Yao Race at that time. These images are precisely the scene of the Human Race Cultivators breaking through the sky for the first time and descending upon the Nine Provinces Continent."

As Lu Mo explained, the images continued to flow.

After the Human Race Cultivators descended, they were quickly discovered by the Yao Race. Countless powerful Yao gathered from all over, their Demonic Qi soaring as if to swallow these intruders whole.

The Human Race Cultivators also summoned their Magic Treasures and assumed defensive formations, their expressions wary. A great war was on the verge of breaking out.

"At that time, the strength of the Yao Race far exceeded that of the Human Race," Lu Mo continued to explain. "The Human Race Cultivators had just arrived and their Foundation was unstable; they were no match for the Yao Race. But the Yao Race was naturally simple-hearted. Considering that the Human Race were also creatures nurtured by Heaven and Earth, fellow spirits of all things, they did not drive the Human Race to extinction."

In the image, the leader of the Yao Race—a massive lion covered in golden scales—let out an earth-shaking roar.

Then, it made a move that caught everyone by surprise. It waved its paw, pointing to a corner of the continent, indicating that the Human Race Cultivators could reside there.

The scene shifted. Seeing this, the Human Race Cultivators showed expressions of wild joy, bowing one after another to the Golden Lion Sacred Ancestor to thank the Yao Race for their kindness in taking them in.

For the first few hundred years, the Human and Yao Races did indeed coexist peacefully, without infringing upon one another.

The Human Race continued to develop and grow in the Flame Continent, their cultivation systems gradually becoming perfected, and the number of Cultivators increased. The Yao Race still occupied the other regions of the Nine Provinces Continent.

The scene suddenly shifted, showing a group of Human Race Cultivators hunting in the mountain forests.

Several Cultivators dragged the corpses of several Yao back to their Sect, skinning them and extracting their tendons to refine Medicinal Pills or using their bones and flesh as cultivation resources.

"As the number of Human Race Cultivators increased, cultivation resources gradually became scarce."

Lu Mo's tone became heavy. "At some unknown point, someone discovered that the Yao Race could not only be refined into Medicinal Pills that increased one's cultivation base, but their bones, flesh, and inner cores were also excellent supplements for cultivation, allowing one to quickly increase their cultivation base and break through a Bottleneck."

"So that's how it was!"

Chen Xuan spoke softly, his eyes complex. "Greed is a weakness of human nature. Once they have tasted the sweetness, there is no turning back."

In the images, more and more Human Race Cultivators began to hunt the Yao Race. They were no longer satisfied with the resources of the Flame Continent and began to invade the Yao Race's territory, wantonly slaughtering them and plundering cultivation resources.

The Yao Race was finally enraged.

The Golden Lion Sacred Ancestor once again gathered the various Yao tribes and declared war on the Human Race. The first great war between the Human Race and the Yao Race erupted!

This war was fought until the heavens grew dim and the earth turned dark, and the sun and moon lost their light.

However, the gap in strength between the two sides was ultimately too vast. The Yao Race was born with powerful physiques and eerie Divine Abilities. Combined with their vast numbers, the Human Race Cultivators were quickly defeated.

Countless Human Race Cultivators died in battle, Sects were destroyed, and corpses littered the fields in a sight too wretched to behold.

The scene shifted to a massive valley where the leaders of the major Human Race Sects gathered, their expressions dejected as they discussed how to handle the Yao Race's subsequent disposal of them.

"The Yao Race was merciful and did not wish to drive the Human Race to extinction, so they gathered the Human leaders to discuss the method of disposal."

Lu Mo explained, "The Human Race at that time had reached a moment of life and death. If the Yao Race had insisted on revenge, the Human Race would likely have been wiped out."

Just then, a figure stood up in the image.

It was a middle-aged Daoist wearing a grey Daoist robe, with a burly build and a square face. He cupped his hands in greeting to all the Human leaders and said in a deep voice:

"Fellow Daoists, this war arose entirely because of our Human Race's greed; the Yao Race is not to blame. If we want the Yao Race to spare our Human Race, we must show sufficient sincerity."

"I am willing to develop a Divine Ability to limit the greed within human nature, so that future generations will not repeat the same mistakes and will no longer be enemies of the Yao Race."

"This Divine Ability can be branded deep within the Divine Soul of Human Race Cultivators. Once a heart of resistance arises, they will suffer a backlash of unbearable pain."

Hearing this, all the Human leaders showed expressions of surprise, then nodded in agreement one after another.

In the image, the middle-aged Cultivator began a period of secluded meditation to develop the Divine Ability.

He spent three full years, consulting countless ancient texts and combining them with his own insights, finally developing a unique Divine Ability—the Precept Seal!

Lu Mo explained, "This Precept Seal is what later generations know as the Slave Seal."