novelraw Chapter 569 - 568: Exploring the Secrets (Third Update)
Chapter 569 - 568: Exploring the Secrets (Third Update)
Many people shared the thoughts of Tang Aotian and Tang Tianyu.
These individuals simply didn't believe that Qin Heng, with his Innate pinnacle cultivation, could have killed twenty Semi-Saints of Yu State, let alone Prince Zi Can of Shang, ranked ninth on the Heaven's List!
Even though the Tianshi Sect had publicly announced these battle accomplishments, they remained unconvinced.
In the eyes of many, such achievements were a challenge to their intelligence. They seemed utterly impossible, yet they were published with such pomp and circumstance!
What they found even more outrageous was his assignment to the ninth rank on the Heaven's List and, worse still, the audacity of bestowing upon him the title 'Eternal Number One'!
This was outrageous!
It was too much!
Not long after the latest Heaven's List rankings were released, many posts appeared in the high-level sections of the Martial Dao Forum, boldly proclaiming challenges to Qin Xuantian.
There were even requests to form teams to take him on.
They simply did not take this ninth rank on the Heaven's List seriously at all.
Of course, many more people still believed in the credibility of the Tianshi Sect. Though the achievements seemed incredibly unbelievable, they chose to trust anyway because, over the years, the Tianshi Sect had never spread false information.
Moreover, some individuals had relatives and friends in or near Yu State; they knew very well how terrifying the power Qin Xuantian had demonstrated in Yu State was, and they were even more aware of an achievement the Tianshi Sect hadn't spoken of.
Qin Xuantian had once cleaved the incarnation of a Great Saint from the main branch of Yin Shang—one who had crossed realms to appear. He had even forced that Great Saint to project an image as a warning, but ultimately, Qin Xuantian severed its connection with a single strike. He could be described as immeasurably mighty, utterly lawless!
Such a person, such a powerhouse, deserved nothing less than the title 'Eternal Number One'!
The reason the Tianshi Sect didn't disclose this particular achievement was probably out of consideration for the Great Saint from the main branch of Yin Shang. It wasn't necessary to offend a Great Saint just for a Heaven's List ranking; the gain would not be worth the loss.
The strength of a Great Saint was well known to any power that had existed for some years, so those who knew of Qin Heng's true capabilities tacitly chose to remain silent, with no one bringing it up.
They quietly watched to see what fate would befall those who overestimated themselves and sought to challenge Qin Xuantian.
After eliminating many Semi-Saints in Yu State, Qin Heng returned to Beijing.
The twenty Semi-Saints of Yu State and dozens of Martial Dao noble houses were all eradicated by him in a single visit. Nothing remained of them. No matter how ancient or powerful, they all vanished like smoke in the wind.
As for the disputes on the Martial Dao Forum, his travel companions Lu Jianjia and Qu Linglong had both informed him, but he didn't care.
In Qin Heng's eyes, it was much like a group of ants debating whether an ancient Tyrannosaurus Rex wasn't all that powerful—for a strong individual like himself, such talk was utterly meaningless.
Whoever wanted to challenge him could come forth.
If one came, he would kill one.
If two came, he would kill them both.
If a group came, Qin Heng would slap them all to death.
He was just too strong!
So formidable that he feared no challenge.
Upon returning to Beijing, it was still the October holiday. Beijing University, however, was already bustling with activity, as few students would leave campus to return home during this period.
After returning, Qin Heng didn't idle away his time.
Instead, he plunged headfirst into the university library to research ancient texts from the Yin Shang period.
Although historical records of the mundane world after the Tang Dynasty contained few accounts of the Transcendent world, the separation between the Transcendent and mundane was less distinct during the Yin Shang period. It was still possible to glean some clues from many texts.
Qin Heng didn't fear the powerhouses of Yin Shang, but he wouldn't disregard others out of arrogance. Now that he had made enemies, he naturally wanted to learn more about them.
It had to be said that Beijing University, as China's top academic institution, truly possessed a library like a vast ocean of books—so comprehensive that an ordinary person couldn't finish reading them all in a lifetime.
Of course, Qin Heng was different; he possessed Divine Sense and could simply scan through any book with it.
Even so, it took him three days to finish reading all these texts. From them, he summarized some aspects of the Transcendent world during the Yin Shang era.
If his guess wasn't wrong, more than three thousand years ago during the Yin Shang era, Earth was no longer the same as it had been in the Central Heavenly Domain of the Ancient Era, but it hadn't declined too much either. There were still Saint Kings and even Deity-level beings.
As for the period of King Wu's campaign against Zhou, the era when the well-known Battle of the Gods occurred, historical records were extremely vague, as if concealing many secrets.
In Qin Heng's previous life, the so-called Battle of the Gods hadn't happened on Earth at all.
It had taken place in the supreme Primordial Chaos Realm.
Primordial Saints had participated, and even Hongjun, who was close to the Eternal Realm, had personally entered the fray in a terrifying war that impacted countless universes.
It was that battle that completely shattered the supreme Primordial Chaos Realm, which had once towered over all the cosmos. The Immortal realm that came after was merely a broken fragment of the Primordial Chaos Realm's main body.
Yet, the Earth of this parallel world was exceptionally special, harboring great secrets. In the Ancient Era, it was even known as the Central Heavenly Domain. Many deities and demons from legends had once resided here; it was truly extraordinary.
At the end of the Shang and beginning of the Zhou dynasties, corresponding to the period of the Battle of the Gods, all records—whether mundane historical texts or glimpses of Transcendent secrets—were exceedingly vague.
It was as if this segment of history had been deliberately concealed or forcibly extracted from its original timeline, unclear and indistinct, to the extent that even the current Qin Heng found it difficult to investigate the truth.
Could it be that during that era, an Immortal of the Daluo level intervened and disrupted the flow of time? Qin Heng frowned. This parallel Earth is filled with oddities. Now it seems even its past historical timeline is problematic?
This peculiar feeling puzzled Qin Heng, but it also excited him even more.
Because such strangeness also signified the uniqueness of this world's Earth; it meant that many secrets were hidden away.
And this uniqueness, these secrets, were undoubtedly the key to helping Qin Heng further scrutinize the Supreme Law. They were his opportunity to transcend the Eternal Realm and reach even higher echelons.
Qin Heng was sure that if he could unravel the many mysteries of this world's Earth, his understanding of the Supreme Law would definitely advance significantly.
The Earth of this world is practically a massive treasury!
Qin Heng spent the better part of the October holiday mostly in the library.
Apart from the first three days spent reading and organizing clues, he spent the following three days manipulating his Divine Sense, using threads of evidence to deduce secrets of the Yin Shang era.
Even when some came to Beijing University to challenge him, he avoided them altogether. Tang Tianyu and many other challengers couldn't find him.
Thus, the notion that Qin Xuantian was cowardly and feared death quietly began to spread.
The rumors even reached the Tianshi Sect, with some claiming that Qin Xuantian was as timid as a mouse, utterly unqualified to be ninth on the Heaven's List, and should be removed from it!