Chapter 24: Four Million Seven Hundred Twenty Thousand Years of History

“So this is the place?”

Deep in the mountains, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor descended from the sky. The dense Demonic Qi spilling from his body was enough to show just how furious he was at this moment.

As he looked at the crater before him, his tone remained calm, but the power surging around him made it obvious that his heart was anything but peaceful.

He could sense that his younger brother’s aura had vanished here.

At that moment, several figures descended from the sky and turned their eyes toward the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor.

“Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor, you have broken the rules by leaving the Southern Wastes.”

The man in front spoke calmly, seemingly not all that wary of the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor.

Those standing in the sky were none other than the Saint Emperor experts from the other four regions aside from the Southern Wastes. A closer look revealed that there were more than a dozen of them, and three were at the Peak of the Saint Emperor Realm.

Hearing the words of the Saint Emperors above, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor suddenly burst into loud laughter. The sound instantly put them all on full alert, prepared to strike at any moment.

But clearly, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor had no intention of fighting them.

“For the time being, this Venerable One is not in the mood to exterminate you.”

“I came here to deal with the person who killed my younger brother. Once that matter is settled, this Venerable One will naturally leave.”

“But if you insist on obstructing this Venerable One, then this Venerable One does not mind slaughtering every last one of you.”

After saying that, Demonic Qi shot into the heavens from the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor’s body. Everything within a radius of a million li was shrouded in that dense Demonic Qi, and the world turned oppressively bleak.

In the sky, the eighteen Saint Emperors were stunned. Clearly, none of them had expected the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor’s younger brother to die in the Central Plains. For a time, they did not know what to do.

Very soon, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor closed his eyes and carefully sensed the surrounding auras, directly drawing all the lingering auras within several kilometers into his body.

Next, he intended to track those auras to their owners.

He believed that the owners of those auras must have witnessed who had killed his younger brother.

His younger brother had not been weak to begin with. He had been at the Peak of the Saint Monarch Realm, only a step away from breaking through to the Saint Emperor Realm. Anyone capable of killing him had to be at least a Saint Emperor.

After doing all this, the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor ignored the group of Saint Emperors in the sky and left directly.

Only after he was gone did the Saint Emperors begin to speak.

“How should we handle this matter?”

“Let it be. We worked hard enough to drive the Heavenly Demon Sect into the Southern Wastes. If this incident makes the Heavenly Demon Sect decide to leave the Southern Wastes, it will likely plunge the entire Tiansheng Continent into chaos.”

“You have a point, but I never expected the Heaven-Stealing Demon Venerable to die in a place like this without any of us even noticing.”

“The person who killed the Heaven-Stealing Demon Venerable is probably a Saint Emperor as well, but matters have already come to this. We can only sacrifice that person.”

And so, the matter of the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor entering the Central Plains was quietly set aside by the eighteen Saint Emperors.

After all, they had paid an extremely heavy price back then to drive the Heavenly Demon Sect into the Southern Wastes. They had no desire to let the Tiansheng Continent fall into chaos again over something like this.

At this moment, Lu Xunxian still had no idea that the Heavenly Demon Saint Emperor had already begun searching for him.

After traveling for two days, the group finally arrived at the place Chen Wangu had recommended.

The Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom in the Eastern Region.

“Old Lu, since we are about to enter the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom, we should be a bit more discreet.”

Looking at Wangcai beneath them, Chen Wangu made the suggestion.

Lu Xunxian did not think much of it. He nodded and agreed.

Once Lu Xunxian’s group got down from Wangcai’s back, Wangcai also took Human Form and followed at Lu Xunxian’s side.

But for some reason, Wangcai kept looking at the White Jade Horse with a deeply aggrieved expression. Perhaps it was because the White Jade Horse did not need to carry anyone and could even be carried by him instead.

Just before they entered the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom, Chen Wangu looked at them and began explaining how the place came to be.

“According to legend, the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom was created by a Beast Tamer. His tamed beast was a Seven-Colored Bee, and over time, he and that Seven-Colored Bee fell in love and became Dao Companions.”

“In the end, for the sake of his Dao Companion, he created this Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom.”

Chen Wangu explained all this with a solemn expression, and the two little ones listened in total fascination.

As for Lu Xunxian, a doubtful look appeared on his face.

“You are sure that is true?”

“Of course it is true. It is recorded in the history of the Tiansheng Continent.”

After saying that, Chen Wangu took out from his robes a gigantic book that stood a full ten zhang tall. Written within it were records of all manner of major events throughout the history of the Tiansheng Continent.

Looking at the colossal book before him, Lu Xunxian raised a brow slightly. He extended his Divine Sense, and in only a few breaths, he had already understood the recorded history of the Tiansheng Continent.

However, the recorded history of the Tiansheng Continent extended back only four million seven hundred twenty thousand years. Beyond that, there was nothing.

“Old Chen, why are there records for only four million seven hundred twenty thousand years?”

Lu Xunxian could not help asking curiously.

Caught off guard by the sudden question, Chen Wangu froze for a moment, then shook his head.

“Why are you asking me? I have no idea either.”

“Even the Myriad Treasures Pavilion was founded only three hundred thousand years ago.”

“Is that so?”

Lu Xunxian murmured, but he did not think too much of it.

It had nothing to do with him anyway. The only reason he was still remaining on the Tiansheng Continent was that the two children had not yet cultivated to the point of Ascension.

With Lu Xunxian’s current strength, he could have directly taken the two children to the Immortal Realm.

But Lu Xunxian still intended to let them Ascend through their own efforts. Only in that way could they truly become strong.

Very soon, they arrived at the entrance to the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom.

“Although it is called the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom, it is not actually that big. At most, it is only half the size of Chengtian City.”

“So you had better tell your two little ones to hold back a bit and not accidentally wreck the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom.”

Chen Wangu was a little worried as he reminded him.

Little ones were active by nature, and with how powerful these two were, Chen Wangu really was a little worried that one careless moment might result in the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom being wrecked.

Hearing that, Lu Xunxian lowered his head and gave the two children a few instructions. Then he looked back up at Chen Wangu.

“All right. Now there will be no problem.”

“All right then.”

Since Lu Xunxian had already gone this far, Chen Wangu simply let the matter drop.

Besides, he did not believe that someone with Lu Xunxian’s strength would be incapable of creating another Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom.

The moment they entered the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom, Lu Xunxian sensed an invisible force acting upon them.

Chen Wangu explained, “This is the formation laid down by the ruler of the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom. Once anyone enters the Seven-Colored Bee Kingdom, they are suppressed by the formation.”

“The purpose is to prevent the Seven-Colored Bees from being harmed by cultivators.”

“I see.”

Lu Xunxian did not feel much of anything. His strength was far beyond what a mere formation like this could suppress.

The only ones the formation could suppress were the two little ones and Wangcai.