Chapter 79: The Everlasting Being

Translator: yikaii Editor: yikaii

Fortunately, people like Chi Xulong were seasoned veterans who wouldn’t spill the secrets of the demonic sect just because they were locked up; otherwise, Helmsman Chu would have to consider silencing them permanently.

Helmsman Chu sent a message, inviting Lu Yang and his friends to Yanjiang Lodge for the official initiation ceremony.

As for the reckless bunch, they would cool their heels in jail for ten days first.

Helmsman Chu sat leisurely on a jade chair, looking up at the three standing before him, praising, “Your barbecue restaurant idea was good. Keep it up; it’s a channel for us to establish connections with the officials.”

Helmsman Chu dismissed the attendants, who were entry-level sect members not yet tested and not qualified to know the sect’s secrets.

“Let’s go, I’ll take you to pay homage to The Everlasting Being.”

Helmsman Chu led the three to another floating stone, where the construction, of unknown era, had collapsed under the erosion of time. The sourceless light made it look gloomy and oppressive, walking among these ruins gave a profound sense of traversing through history.

Even someone as learned as Meng  Jingzhou couldn’t discern the era of the construction.

This was definitely not a construction from the Great Xia Dynasty’s ten thousand years!

Meng  Jingzhou was secretly shocked, these buildings must be at least a hundred thousand years old!
“Could it be from the Great Yu Dynasty?”

According to historical records, the last emperor of the Great Yu Dynasty was decadent, leading to the dynasty’s disintegration and chaos throughout the land. Meng Jingzhou’s ancestors and the ancestors of the Xia Emperor rose in rebellion, vying for the central plains.

The Dao Seeking Sect was established twelve hundred thousand years ago, during the Great Yu Dynasty’s prime, unshakable in its position.

At the end of the structures, there stood a statue about four meters tall, resembling the one seen in Qin Yuanhao’s home, with a vague face, dressed in a robe, indistinguishable in gender, indeed The Everlasting Being.

Helmsman Chu held up three lit incense sticks, bowed deeply to The Everlasting Being, then turned to the three and said, “Meditate for half an hour, clear your mind of distractions.”

This incense was not ordinary; smelling its fragrance, their restless hearts gradually calmed down.

Clearing one’s mind was basic training for the three, and Helmsman Chu nodded slightly upon seeing how quickly they settled down.

Even with the help of the precious incense, this speed was remarkable. Most demonic cultivators are impulsive and neglect their mental cultivation, making these three truly exceptional.

It’s likely they encountered some fortune elsewhere.

Normally, knowing that the three had a fortune, Helmsman Chu would try to seize it, but these three were different, being individuals of special interest to the Sect Leader, he dared not act.

Half an hour later, the three awoke and followed Helmsman Chu’s instructions to pay homage to The Everlasting Being in a complex ceremony.

After the elaborate process, the three were officially inducted as followers of the Everlasting Sect.

Helmsman Chu, hands behind his back, said, “Before joining our sect, you may have only known us as the Everlasting Sect, worshipping The Everlasting Being, with the belief that becoming a follower can extend one’s lifespan. As for who The Everlasting Being is, you likely knew very little.”

The three nodded; they knew next to nothing about The Everlasting Being, the only deity they had heard of.

Helmsman Chu spoke with reverence, “The Everlasting Being’s existence is a taboo, living as long as the heavens and earth, witnessing the rise and fall of the world. Even if his physical body is destroyed and his soul decays, as long as a speck of his spirit remains in the mortal world, and someone remembers him, he can resurrect on the spot, achieving eternal life!”

Lu Yang and his friends were shocked, unsure how much of what Helmsman Chu said was true or false.

Just the mere memory of The Everlasting Being ensures his immortality, a notion unheard of even in myths and legends!

Such a miraculous being is aptly named a “Celestial.”

Helmsman Chu continued, “In the ancient era, he ascended to celesthood through war, delighting in slaughter. To please The Everlasting Being, the world must be thrown into chaos and war, pleasing him with the deaths of tens of millions. This is the first step; the subsequent steps are not for your level to know.”

“Tens of millions of deaths?!” Meng Jingzhou was horrified, imagining a scene too gruesome to describe with corpses strewn everywhere.
“Not a lot at all,” Helmsman Chu shook his head, noting that most people react similarly upon hearing this number. But think about it, with the vast expanse of the Central Continent, tens of millions might seem a lot, but it averages out to just one death in a few thousand people.

“Do you know how many people die each year from the burdens of life, driven to suicide by unbearable pressure, from illness, or from malpractice? How many unidentified bodies are discovered annually by the Great Xia Dynasty?”

Helmsman Chu scoffed, “Do you know? Of course, you don’t, because the Great Xia Dynasty would never dare to disclose the true numbers!”

“If The Everlasting Being is not resurrected, who will protect the vast Central Continent? Once the ancient monsters awaken, the dead will number far more than this.”

“Is the ancient era really that terrifying?” Lu Yang felt a chill in his heart.

Helmsman Chu remained silent, gesturing for the three to follow him.

He led them past The Everlasting Being’s statue, through ruins that had decayed and crumbled over time, discovered by the sect’s founder by chance a thousand years ago. Here, he learned of The Everlasting Being’s existence.

“The Everlasting Being has been forgotten by the world, once a guardian of the world. It was our founder who brought him back into the world!”

“Our founder replicated the relics and preserved them at various locations; this site is one of them, with a history of ten thousand years.”

Meng Jingzhou thought to himself that these were replicas of ancient relics; no wonder he couldn’t recognize them. Only legends have been passed down from the ancient era, with very few physical items surviving.

Helmsman Chu stopped in front of a stone wall, “This is it, a sacrificial scene from the ancient era.”

The first thing they saw on the stone wall was The Everlasting Being with open arms, holding numerous spheres of different sizes, some surrounded by ring-like objects, unidentified.

Each sphere had a figure kneeling on it, offering tributes to The Everlasting Being.

“What are these spheres, and why are people standing on them?” Meng Jingzhou and Barbarian Bone were puzzled.

Lu Yang’s pupils contracted upon seeing the mural; the spheres looked just like planets from his previous life, surrounded by rings of asteroid dust.

Helmsman Chu slowly explained, “These are called planets. In the ancient era, there was no Central Continent; all beings lived on planets.”

“At the end of the ancient era, an unfathomable entity refined all the planets, creating today’s Central Continent!”

This revelation left the three in shock!
(End of the chapter)