101: Chapter 101 A New Era Arrives

One hundred years after Chu Tianjiao departed, deep within an unnamed desolate mountain in the Eastern Wasteland of the Emperor Burial Star, a young boy was curled up in a cave, shivering.

His name was Lin Chen, thirteen years old, and he was an illegitimate son of the Lin Family, a small Family in the Eastern Wasteland.

Three days ago, his Family had been exterminated by a hostile force; he had managed to escape by luck and fled all the way into these desolate mountains and wild forests.

The pursuers were still behind him, and he no longer had the strength to keep running.

"Am I going to die here..."

Lin Chen closed his eyes, and tears slid silently down his face.

Just then, his hand inadvertently brushed against a loose stone in the corner of the cave.

The stone rolled away, revealing a palm-sized groove behind it.

Inside the groove lay a Jade Slip quietly.

Lin Chen was stunned and instinctively picked up the Jade Slip.

The moment his Divine Thought probed inside, lines of archaic characters emerged in his mind—

"Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture · Lunhai Chapter"

"Heaven and Earth are unkind; they treat all things as straw dogs."

"Yet of the fifty Daos, the heavens evolve forty-nine, leaving one for humanity to escape."

"The path of cultivation should originally open a glimmer of survival for all living beings..."

Lin Chen did not understand what this was, but he had no choice.

The sound of the pursuers' footsteps outside was getting closer; he gritted his teeth and, following the method in the Jade Slip, attempted to sense his bitter sea.

What he did not know was—at this very moment, throughout the entire Eastern Wasteland, the entire Emperor Burial Star, and even the entire Big Dipper Astral Region, over a thousand "lucky ones" like him had discovered the same Jade Slip at the exact same time.

In caves, under cliffs, inside ancient tree hollows, behind divine statues in ruined temples, beneath the pebbles of streams...

Those abandoned by fate, those deemed to have a "useless Physique", those with nowhere left to turn—at the same moment, they all grasped the same straw of salvation.

The Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture began to spread quietly in this era.

Three hundred years later.

Eastern Wasteland, Green Wood Holy Land.

This was one of the top three major forces in the Eastern Wasteland, with a Saint presiding within the Holy Land, shaking the region with its might.

At this moment, a fierce argument was erupting in the main hall of the Holy Land.

"Holy Master, that Lin Chen has come again! He is blocking the mountain gate, claiming he wants to challenge our clan's Saint!"

"Presumptuous! A down-and-out illegitimate son whose Family was exterminated three hundred years ago dares to come to my Green Wood Holy Land and act wildly?"

"Holy Master... that Lin Chen is now at the Saint King Realm."

The main hall instantly fell into a deathly silence.

The Green Wood Holy Master's face turned ashen, and he gritted his teeth, saying: "It's that Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture again..."

For three hundred years, similar scenes had been playing out continuously across the entire Big Dipper Astral Region.

Those with useless Physiques who were originally deemed "hopeless for the Dao Palace for life," those rejected Disciples expelled by Holy Lands, those Loose Cultivators struggling at the bottom—as long as they obtained a remnant of the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture, they would surely become a Dao-Cutting King within a hundred years, a Saint within three hundred years, and a Great Saint within five hundred years!

Miracle after miracle unfolded before the eyes of the world.

"That Lin Chen was just a piece of trash at the Wheel Sea Realm back then, yet now he dares to block my mountain gate..." The Green Wood Holy Master clenched his fists, but hesitated to order an attack.

Because he knew that behind Lin Chen, there were countless others who also Cultivated the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture.

Although they came from different forces, they had vaguely formed a special group—Hunyuan Cultivators.

Whoever dared to strike against a Hunyuan Cultivator would have to face the retaliation of countless peers.

"Pass down the order: from today on, all Disciples within the Holy Land, regardless of their talent, may Cultivate the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture."

The Green Wood Holy Master finally made his decision.

"We also... must keep up with this era."

The spread of the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture was like a prairie fire.

Initially, only remnants were circulating, but soon, some Holy Lands gathered the complete five chapters of the scripture through exchanges, plundering, and even marriage alliances.

When the complete version of the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture appeared before the world, the entire cultivation world went mad.

"Lunhai Chapter" — Opening the bitter sea, building a supreme Dao foundation

"Dao Palace Chapter" — Nourishing the five internal organs, gestating five great divine deities

"Four Poles Chapter" — Supporting heaven and earth, connecting the four limbs and Four Poles

"Transformation of Dragon Chapter" — Nine changes of the spine, transforming into a true Dragon of the Nine Heavens

"Xiantai Chapter" — Tempering the Divine Soul, ascending the Xiantai to verify the Dao

A complete Emperor Scripture, with an extremely low threshold, suitable for any Physique!

What did this mean?

It meant that as long as they obtained the complete scripture, any Holy Land could Cultivate experts in batches!

Thus, an unprecedented era began.

Major Holy Lands frantically fought for the complete version of the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture, not hesitating to wage wars for it.

The Eastern Wasteland, Southern Ridge, Western Desert, Northern Plains, and Central Province—the five major regions fell into chaos.

Meanwhile, those Holy Lands that had obtained the complete scripture began to spare no effort in cultivating the strongest Saints and Saintesses within their clans.

The speed of cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds.

Realms that originally required a thousand years to reach could now be achieved in five hundred years; a Saint that originally required ten thousand years to Cultivate could now be produced in three thousand years as a Great Saint.

Within a thousand years, over three hundred Great Saints were born across the entire Universe.

Within two thousand years, the number of Quasi-Emperors exceeded one thousand!

These Quasi-Emperors included Saints cultivated with all the resources of Holy Lands, Loose Cultivators who had obtained Opportunities, and old monsters who had been in seclusion.

They came from different races, different forces, and different backgrounds—but they all shared one common point: they had Cultivated the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture.

They stood at the Peak of the human Dao Domain, looking up at the supreme throne of the Emperor.

The heavenly heart mark was waiting for them.

Two thousand five hundred years.

Two thousand five hundred years had passed since Chu Tianjiao departed.

On this day, deep within the starry sky, a figure sat cross-legged in the Void Realm, the aura around his body as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea, having already reached the limit of the Ninth Heaven of Quasi-Emperor.

That was a Yao Race Cultivator, whose true form was a Fire Qilin, named Yan Lin.

He was originally a descendant of a side branch of the Ancient Kirin Emperor's lineage with mediocre Aptitude, but by chance, he had obtained the complete Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture.

Two thousand years of cultivation had allowed him to grow from an inconspicuous Yao Race Loose Cultivator into a Quasi-Emperor standing at the Peak of the human Dao.

"Today, I, Yan Lin, shall verify the Dao and become an Emperor!"

He opened his eyes, with raging flames burning within them.

The next moment—

"Rumble!!!"

The Great Emperor Tribulation descended!

A sea of lightning covered hundreds of Star Domains, with each of the Nine Heavens of the Lightning Tribulation more terrifying than the last.

Yan Lin fought within the sea of lightning, operating the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture to its extreme, clashing head-on with the Heavenly Tribulation!

This battle lasted for seven days and seven nights.

All living beings in the entire Universe looked up at the starry sky flickering with lightning, waiting for the outcome.

On the morning of the eighth day—

The Lightning Tribulation dissipated.

A vast Emperor's might swept across the Universe.

The heavenly heart mark flew from the depths of the Universe and slowly merged into Yan Lin's body.

At this moment, all Daos submitted, and all living beings knelt in worship.

The first Great Emperor cultivated by the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture was born!

In the Undying Mountain, Xiao Shitou stood in the courtyard, looking at the figure with surging Emperor's might deep in the starry sky, a complex light flashing in his eyes.

"The first Great Emperor cultivated by the Hunyuan Heavenly Scripture... Teacher, do you see this?"

He murmured softly, a gratified smile appearing on his face.

The Ancient Kirin Emperor stood beside him, also looking at that figure.

"He is a descendant of the Kirin Clan." The Ancient Kirin Emperor spoke, his tone filled with a hint of emotion, "Although only a side branch, he ultimately flows with the Bloodline of our clan."

Xiao Shitou nodded and said nothing.

Neither of them took action to stop it.

This was the law of heaven and earth, and the choice of all living beings.

They were merely witnesses, not interveners.