Seven Luminaries Heaven.

The Three Realms of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity are orderly and stable, smoothly operating.

The Heavenly Realm is exalted, brimming with vital energy, and the descendants of many immortals also thrive, building one Immortal Country after another.

The Earth Realm is also the Netherworld, with many Netherworld Lords Yama dominating regions, collectively maintaining the order of reincarnation.

The Human Realm was once the Great Wilderness, where all immortals and spirits disappeared, leaving only sparse legends of mortals encountering immortals, or tales of fishermen and woodcutters accidentally entering 'Peach Blossom Spring' or 'Gourd Cave Heaven'...

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The Heavenly Dao is vast, and time flows quickly.

On this day.

Beyond the Three Realms, not within the Five Elements, the Ancestor of Ten Thousand Mountains, atop Kunlun.

The palace paved with jade flashed brilliantly as a secret location suddenly opened, and Zhong Shenxiu stepped out.

"The true self needs to suppress that world, unable to be present here, but this incarnation is sufficient for this realm..."

He yawned, did not disturb the closed-door cultivation of the lesser and greater celestial beings, The Queen Mother of the West Qingyuan, and others, stepping into the human world.

"According to calculations, it's been seventy-six thousand eight hundred years since the absolute separation of Heaven and Earth; ordinary cultivators have vanished, and immortals are considered myths... It could be said that everything from the Ancient Era has been fully buried."

"The digestion of the remnants of secret history... can finally be put on the agenda!"

The true self wants to thoroughly suppress that world, but the current power is somewhat inadequate. If one can digest the third unique divinity, it would not only enhance the strength foundation but also serve as an ace card!

"After digesting at least three unique divinities, one can attempt to step into the next realm of great power, which the tail-eating snake calls - 'Supreme'!"

"According to its sayings, cultivation to this point has no set norms; every supreme existence has a different path... For instance, that one directly created a world, transformed into a Dao Fruit, and those five Innate manifestations are almost like its five incarnations..."

Zhong Shenxiu contemplated as he landed outside a library.

The breeze gently blew, the green trees offered shade.

The tall reinforced concrete building was magnificent and vast, with clean windows and a tranquil environment, a great place for reading.

His outfit appropriately transformed to a white shirt, black trousers, and sneakers, casually strolling into the library.

Rows of bookshelves stretched endlessly, carrying a scent of ink.

He smiled slightly, directly arriving at the history bookshelf, casually taking out a volume.

Though one thought could render the world fully known, seeing it firsthand still holds more joy.

He opened a page and quietly began to read.

Occasionally, a few young stylish female students passed by, gazing at Zhong Shenxiu's face with an expression of fascination, yet seemed reluctant to disrupt the scene, not approaching to disturb.

"Xiaen Republic, Tianxing City..."

Zhong Shenxiu nodded slightly, placing down yet another book, its cover clearly revealing "The Great Biography of Yan Han Emperor Shenwu!"

The Yan Han Empire is historically verified as the most majestic, enormous, and vast empire of the Oriental human race.

Many calendars, scripts, languages, and so on were truly solidified during the Yan Han era.

Although the archaeological community still debates about entities like Immortal Qin, Shang, Zhou, etc., all are deemed as 'pseudo studies'; after all, concepts like physical flight and becoming immortal and saint are too far-fetched...

Yet still, some archaeologists consistently claim that in the Ancient Era, everyone could cultivate, there was undying immortality, and it was the Immortal Qin that unified the Six Kingdoms, standardized measures, etc...

In reality, after so many years, preserved paper and bamboo slips have basically decayed completely.

Only bronze and gold artifacts retain a trace of ancient charm.

Even the history of Yan Han is saturated with elements of 'fictional embellishment'.

For example, figures like Xiang Yu Xiang Taizu, who allegedly could fight thousands with one, are certainly subject to embellishment!

Today's archaeological circles view the period of Yan Han Emperor Shenwu's reign as the juncture of Ancient and Middle Ages, a viewpoint generally accepted.

Ancient Era - unclear chronicles, often boasting of immortals and deities.

Middle Ages - deities and immortals vanished or were left only in records, historical books of successive dynasties resumed normalcy, devoid of exaggerations.

After the Middle Ages came the Near Ancient, also called Modern.

An era of significant technological development, with scientific and rational perspectives dominating mainstream thought, enlightening the people, the best era in tens of thousands of years!

"Emperor Shenwu... ancient emperors favored double-character posthumous titles, starting from Emperor Shenwu..."

"Despite minimal preserved materials, it reveals that Emperor Shenwu accomplished many things, like suppressing rebellions nationwide, initiating the 'Shenwu Revival' period, expanding the Yan Han Empire, during his reign, the global population flourished, the people prospered..."

"More critically, after his death he wasn't interred in the Imperial Mausoleum, instead there are records of him becoming an immortal, adding a mythical touch, leading to numerous related dramas produced nowadays..."

"Certainly, conscientious historians and archaeologists insist Emperor Shenwu merely created a decoy to prevent tomb robbery, believing his true tomb is still hidden somewhere awaiting discovery..."

"Yan Han Empire enjoys natural advantages, revived several times, extending over five thousand years, only to disintegrate in the face of severe natural disasters and man-made calamities, with numerous small countries fracturing, engaging in three centuries of chaotic warfare, leaving the people in misery... Eventually, the Great Saint Country emerged..."

"Such cycles of division and unification plunged the realm into a cycle of rise and fall, with multiple attempts to overthrow imperial rule, and subsequent imperial restorations... After experimenting with numerous regimes, stability finally arrived with the Xiaen Republic, enduring over three hundred years... From public rule to family rule, back to public rule, it's yet another cycle."

Zhong Shenxiu slightly shielded the fragmented sunlight streaming through the window, revealing a faint smile: "Today, using the Common Year count, the founding date of the Yan Han Empire marks the Year One, recognized worldwide, it is 76,802 A.D.!"

He smirked: "This research is fundamentally inaccurate, missing all those years before Shenwu... But forget it, across tens of thousands of years, discrepancies are inevitable."

"Mm, in 56731 A.D., exploration fleets from the Eastern and Western continents mutually discovered and acknowledged each other, historically known as the Great Geographical Discovery, at that time Da Song Country connected with the world, opened trade routes to the west, profiting greatly... Western Continent and the white-skinned race first appeared in Eastern historical books... Since then, the exchange between Eastern and Western civilizations never broke off."

The Western Continent was once where The Queen Mother of the West cultivated that unique race of tribal descendants.

After the absolute separation of Heaven and Earth, their species regressed, many reverted to human form, though exhibiting strong ancestral traits.

This led numerous Eastern scientists to believe it represents the imperfection of Western racial evolution, harboring disdain for it.

Additionally, from the historical states of Da Meng Country to Great Chu Country, there was a three-thousand-year colonial rule over the West, exporting goods and trading slaves...

However, such actions are now condemned by the Eastern and Western alliances.

The West believes it exploited their wealth, a humiliating chapter in history, while the Easterners argue it caused technological leaks, enabling those Westerners to gradually catch up with Eastern culture and technology...

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