"Despair Slope is a place without any hope. It's called Despair Slope because one has to maintain the status quo to survive."

Feng Ruotong said softly, "I've always believed that I was such a person too. But now, I suddenly have a glimmer of hope."

This hope is Chen Shi.

Chen Shi's Yin Yang Dojo and Demon Path Dojo gave him hope!

This hope is that even if the True God dies, Despair Slope is destroyed, and the world falls completely under the shroud of evil qi, people can still survive!

The hope is slim, yet it brings him great encouragement, making him pull back from the brink and not strike a fatal blow at Chen Shi.

He put aside those Heaven Listeners and Venerable Lords of the Heavenly Court and drifted away.

"Chen Shi is more dangerous than the Great Sacrificer, but risking a bit for this glimmer of hope is worthwhile! The urgent task at hand is still to get rid of the Great Sacrificer and eliminate the Divine Capital! It would be difficult for me alone to clear out the Divine Capital, I need to gather other Heavenly Dao Practitioners!"

This time he left Despair Slope, bringing many Heavenly Dao Practitioners to search for people from the Divine Capital. But as he hurried to Beilai City, he didn't meet up with these Heavenly Dao Practitioners.

Having been slightly injured and given the many masters indeed in the Divine Capital, he had no choice but to seek help from Heavenly Dao Practitioners.

Feng Ruotong's divine sense fluctuated, sending summoning orders into the ears of nearby Heaven Listeners, who spread the summons far and wide.

Ten days later, they gathered in Heavenly Dao City.

Feng Ruotong counted the numbers, frowning slightly.

He had twelve Heavenly Dao Practitioners leaving Despair Slope with him this time, but now only seven had arrived. The whereabouts of the other five were unknown.

"Where have those five gone?"

They waited a few more days, but the five still hadn't arrived.

Feng Ruotong immediately asked one Heavenly Dao Practitioner to send disciples back to Despair Slope to check if the Life Lamps of the five were still lit. After some days passed, the disciple returned to report, "The five elders have returned to Despair Slope, and their Life Lamps are still lit."

Feng Ruotong was slightly surprised upon hearing this, but Heavenly Dao Practitioners don't solely follow his orders. It seemed other immortals had summoned those five back.

He immediately led the other seven, mobilizing Heaven Listeners from all over to track the whereabouts of the Great Sacrificer and others, continuously searching.

Despair Slope, Wenda Academy.

This is the place for Heavenly Dao Practitioners to seek knowledge.

Heavenly Dao Practitioners usually live on their respective Heavenly Dao Peaks. Despair Slope has a total of one hundred and eight Heavenly Dao Peaks, each with its own Daoist Field on the mountain. In the field, Immortal Energy descends from the heavens, though not much, it's enough for daily cultivation.

This Immortal Energy is extremely precious as it doesn't contain any evil qi.

But to learn various Daoist Divine Powers, they must come to this Wenda Academy.

Wenda Academy not only possesses Daoist Divine Powers but also houses various classics, encompassing all knowledge.

At this time, six Heavenly Dao Practitioners arrived at Wenda Academy, with Yu Changbai at the forefront. The other five were the ones Feng Ruotong had been waiting for in vain: Zhang Yunhe, Zhao Xiaoyao, Qingfeng Independent, Lin Taixu, and Tianguang Daoist.

"Find the books that record the True King as soon as possible."

Tianguang Daoist, who was Chen Yindu, quickly said, "After the True King's death at Despair Slope, the Outer Heaven True God opened its eyes again, there must be a connection!"

Yu Changbai is Creation Little Five, Lin Taixu is Du Yiran, Zhang Yunhe is Sha Qiutong, Zhao Xiaoyao is Qing Yang, and Qingfeng Independent is the Heavenly Fox. They immediately split up to search the classics in Wenda Academy.

The books in Wenda Academy are mostly Golden Books, with text engraved on golden paper, remaining unfaded for tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of years.

The six searched swiftly, and soon Sha Qiutong made a discovery, saying, "Come quickly! There's a record about the True King here!"

The other five hurried over to read, the book recorded the life of the True King, documented by Heaven Listeners, and later organized by Heavenly Dao Practitioners to outline the True King's life.

The book said, the True King's original name was Zhu Gaosu, the fourth son of the Great Ming Chengzu Emperor, and at just fourteen years old, he was sent to the West Bull New Continent and titled the New Continent True King.

The True King was exceptionally intelligent. After arriving at the West Bull New Continent, he was diligent in governing, calming all manner of disasters and calamities.

Despite disasters and demon transformations continuing endlessly, after four moves of the capital, the True King had succeeded in cultivation, the world was initially settled, and the people lived peacefully. The True King found that cultivators entering the Ascension Realm often experienced uncontrollable evil qi, causing evil transformations, leading to numerous civilian casualties. He couldn't sleep at night because of this, so he accepted the invitation to Despair Slope.

After entering Despair Slope, the True King competed with Heavenly Dao Practitioners, shocking Despair Slope, and attracting intervention from Heavenly Dao immortals. Heavenly Venerate stopped the Heavenly Dao immortals, invited the True King to a banquet, and explained the truth of evil transformations and the purpose of Despair Slope.

Then, the True King pondered in Despair Slope for forty-nine days and created a new method.

The True King abolished his cultivation and began anew, reaching the Fourth Realm when the True God delivered the Innate Dao Embryo...

The readers were greatly shocked at this point, and Sha Qiutong exclaimed, "Little Ten was not the first to receive the Innate Dao Embryo!"

As soon as she uttered these words, she immediately realized and looked around, fortunately, there weren't many people in Despair Slope, and no one else in Wenda Academy besides them.

Du Yiran and the others were also incredibly shocked.

According to the True King's Biography, before the True King, there was no new method in Despair Slope. The new method was created by the True King, removing two realms of tribulation crossing and ascension, and adding the realms of Divine Shrine, Divine Embryo Divine Descent, and Refining Void Four Realms!

Moreover, the True King was the first to practice the new method and also the first to receive the Divine Embryo!

The Outer Heaven True God descended the Divine Embryo for the first time, granting him the Innate Dao Embryo!

Everyone calmed themselves and continued reading.

It went on to discuss the True King's farewell to the Heavenly Venerate, leaving Despair Slope, and using the power of the Court to forcibly implement a new law, replacing the old law, and contending with the conservative faction.

Although the process was simply recorded, it was extremely brutal.

The True King mobilized the Court's power, slaughtering Ascension Realm experts from various factions, and even Demi Immortals, regardless of whether they had undergone demon transformation. If anyone entered the Ascension Realm, they had to either abandon their cultivation and practice the new law or be executed!

The True King's Biography states that the origins of the Independents began at this time, formed by a group of cultivators resisting the True King's tyranny.

The formation of the Independents happened much earlier than Chen Yindou and others had anticipated!

The Thirteen Families also gradually grew stronger during this bloodbath.

The suppression of top-tier old law cultivators and the implementation of the new law lasted a very long time, with the killing on both sides continuing until the Day of the Sun's Extinguishment.

"The so-called Day of the Sun's Extinguishment probably refers to the day when the Outer Heaven True God closed his eyes and disaster struck," said Creation Little Five.

Everyone continued reading, as the Heaven Listeners faithfully recorded this great calamity: snow disasters, severe cold, ghosts and monsters running rampant, people resorting to cannibalism, nine out of ten houses empty...

Various human tragedies unfolded everywhere.

However, because Huaxia Gods temples were established everywhere, these temples supported the heavens and earth in times of crisis, giving people a glimmer of hope.

"…In the forty-third year after the Sun's Extinguishment, in autumn, the True King led a hundred courtiers, with armies at Despair Slope, seeking to meet the Heavenly Venerate. The Heavenly Venerate was pleased, feasting the True King, but the True King was rebellious, displeasing the Heavenly Venerate. The True King was sacrificed to the heavens. Then, the sun shone again."

They stared at the last page of these two lines of text, reading them over a dozen times.

With only forty-five words, it initially left them puzzled, but upon careful reflection, it was eerily chilling.

Qing Yang murmured, "The True King leading a hundred courtiers to Despair Slope was planning to fight to the death with the Heavenly Venerate. Clearly, he knew of some method at Despair Slope that could make the sun shine again. So, what does it mean that the Heavenly Venerate sacrificed the True King to the heavens?"

"It means offering the True King as a sacrifice to the heavens, of course."

Du Yiran said, "The True King came to Despair Slope, and the Heavenly Venerate was very happy, hosting a feast for the True King, but the True King spoke offensively during the banquet, so the Heavenly Venerate sacrificed the True King to the heavens. Then the sun shone again."

Qing Yang was puzzled, "Why would sacrificing the True King make the sun shine again?"

Chen Yindou replied, "Probably because of the Innate Dao Embryo."

Everyone's hearts trembled slightly.

"Gentlemen, I am confident in getting the True God to open his eyes."

Chen Yindou said in a deep voice, "We need to find where the Heavenly Venerate sacrificed the True King. Once we find that place, we can make the True God open his eyes! I am very familiar with Despair Slope, and there are a few places worth suspecting!"

Their spirits soared as they each stood up, when a voice called out, "Uncle Master Yu, Uncle Master Zhang, Uncle Master Zhao, why are you here?"

Following the voice, they saw a handsome young man walk into the Book Collection Pavilion of the Wenda Academy.

This young man had a broad frame, dressed in red with a black python belt and a sachet hanging, presenting a refined and scholarly demeanor.

He wore a Purple Gold Crown, exuding nobility, though the earlobe of his left ear was missing a piece, likely from a past injury.

Creation Little Five smiled and said, "So it's Nephew Wu Wang, we and several Uncle Masters came here to browse some Daoist Skills. These days, we've been researching some powerful Divine Skills and, when we're ready, we'd like to seek your guidance."

"Uncle Master is too kind."

Zhong Wuwang, a gentleman with manners.

Creation Little Five led the others away.

Zhong Wuwang watched them leave the Wenda Academy, frowning slightly.

"Uncle Master Yu is Zhuang Wujiu's mentor, responsible for Heaven Listeners' operations in the Mortal World. He went down the mountain some time ago in a hurry, but later seemed unharmed, which is very strange. And as for the other five Uncles, who were supposed to follow Immortal Feng down to the lower realm, why have they returned without Immortal Feng?"

His eyes glinted with suspicion towards their behavior.

"They came to Wenda Academy not to peruse Daoist skills and research Divine Skills, but with another agenda! What books are they really looking at?"

Soon after, Zhong Wuwang found that scroll of the True King's Biography and read it carefully.

Once he finished reading, he repeatedly studied the last thirty-nine words, sat in silence for a long time, and then slowly got up.

Remembering something, he immediately opened the True King's Biography, wiped away his fingerprints, and returned the Golden Book to its original place.

"Heavenly Venerate, what exactly did you sacrifice the True King for?"

His face was pale, his voice hoarse, "The True King's body is buried in the True King's Tomb, but if it's not the True King's body, what could it be? Heh heh, with the Innate Dao Embryo, and the True King's Primordial Spirit, along with the hundred most powerful cultivators..."

He clenched his teeth, grasping the back of his head, repeatedly contemplating opening his own skull to extract the Innate Dao Embryo!

Zhong Wuwang's expression flickered, internally conflicted and struggling, until after a long while, he moved his hands away from the back of his head.

He started walking out, silently thinking, "The next person the Heavenly Venerate sacrifices is me, I suppose? I possess the Innate Dao Embryo and will not sit idly by. Once I break through, reach the Immortal Realm, it remains unknown whose hand the stag will be hunted by!"

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