[You occasionally shared some of the things you encountered, some difficulties, and Liul would quietly and earnestly listen. It seemed you had forgotten your rebirth.]

[That same year, your father brought you to a martial arts hall of a sect named Seven Extremes Sect in Qinghe Town. He finally saved enough to enter the hall, allowing you to continue your Martial Dao training there.]

[After entering the martial arts hall, you learned that nowadays, Martial Dao includes methods to test Spirit Roots. Some good seedlings would absorb Spiritual Qi during the process of cultivating Spirit Roots and thus be detected.]

[You realized that the martial arts hall was to sieve disciples for the Immortal Sect, the Seven Extremes Sect.]

[This was also known to many commoners. In this era, there seemed to be no significant barrier between immortals and ordinary people, as even villagers knew that humans could become immortals.]

[Your comprehension was astonishing. Within merely half a year, you mastered the seven martial arts of the Seven Extremes Sect, exhibiting remarkable archery, and were invincible in battle. Even if your bone structure seemed flawed, the supervisor insisted on inserting you into the next year’s Immortal Sect qualifications.]

[Upon learning this, your father wept with joy, knowing that entering the Immortal Sect meant truly achieving prosperity!]

[You also felt a slight stirring in your heart, knowing that after entering the Immortal Sect, you’d have channels to explore the current era.]

[That same year, you unexpectedly met a cultivator.]

[It turned out he was the nobleman buying mountain tigers at high prices. You accidentally learned that he was an Alchemist refining the Tiger Power Pill.]

[Once again, you brought some tiger bones from home, which were the essence of the mountain tigers your father had hidden. The Alchemist, named Huang Dahui, was delighted and told you his name.]

......

[You arrived at White Sun Valley; tomorrow you must leave here to go to the Seven Extremes Sect...]

Zhong Heng sat on the hillside, and beside him, Liul was also half-lying down.

Liul had a great figure, especially her long legs, and even if Zhong Heng had lived two lives, he couldn’t help glancing at her a couple more times.

"Sister Liul, tomorrow I’m leaving to go cultivate at the Seven Extremes Sect."

The two looked at the stars, and Zhong Heng suddenly spoke.

Liul glanced at Zhong Heng, a slight confusion in her beautiful eyes.

"Cultivation, ah, it’s not easy."

"Sister Liul, what’s your background, you..." Zhong Heng hesitated a bit but still asked.

Liul had never shown him any malice.

Liul just smiled and shook her head, saying, "I don’t know my own background either. You can come see me again when you have time..."

"I can wait."

Zhong Heng smiled and said, "Sister Liul must be an Immortal Sister to have lived so long."

"Sister Liul, this is my gift to you."

Like performing magic, Zhong Heng took out a stone. It was an ordinary jade stone picked from the riverbed, but it was intricately carved with the image of a woman.

Zhong Heng’s comprehension was astonishing; just by observing the elder in the carving shop in town for a month, he surpassed him.

Liul looked at the stone in her hand, remaining silent.

She quietly gazed at the sky.

Zhong Heng also lay on the grassy slope, looking at the sky.

The starry sky was magnificent, exceptionally brilliant.

The weather today was extraordinarily good, with even a Star River appearing in the sky.

Zhong Heng felt drowsy, and a pleasant female voice rang in his ears amidst the haze.

"If that’s the case, let me give you a gift as well..."

.........

The Star River sparkled.

Suddenly, the Star River fluctuated.

Dozens of eyes across the Jiuzhou Cultivation Realm turned towards the Star River.

Some Great Powers stepped through the void, reaching the emptiness.

Even from the void, they couldn’t see the entirety of the vast Jiuzhou.

Yet faintly, nine huge cauldron shadows emerged.

At this moment, the Star River suddenly flowed like a great river.

"The great rivers have disappeared since Emperor Yu defined Jiuzhou, yet now... it turns out stars transformed into Star Rivers and Star Streams..."

Some Great Powers murmured.

"A great river floats a Dragon Horse, carrying the ’River Map,’ offered to Fuxi... thus the Eight Diagrams formed, establishing the foundation of the Human Race."

"A great river floats a Divine Turtle, carrying the ’Luo Book,’ offered to Yu the Great, establishing the Nine Cauldrons in Jiuzhou, since then the Human Dao flourished..."

"Now that Jiuzhou is shattered, is the River Map and Luo Book once again about to emerge?"

"Jiuzhou! Jiuzhou!"

Those Great Powers standing in the void were filled with uncertainty.

In the brilliant Star River, a Divine Turtle’s phantom slowly emerged from the ’river waters.’

Another Dragon Horse phantom appeared.

Behind them, each carried a cluster of blue and purple light, even immortals grabbing stars with their bare hands couldn’t see through the specific things within.

"It’s truly the River Map and Luo Book!"

"Is the River Map and Luo Book choosing a master?!"

"Is the new Emperor Taihao Yu about to appear?!"

Even these Great Powers held their breaths involuntarily at this moment.

......

On the ground, Zhong Heng lay casually, eyes slightly open, as if seeing something in the sky?

"Divine Turtle, Dragon Horse?"

"Hmm? Am I hallucinating?"

Zhong Heng’s eyes widened, sleep gone.

Reflected in his eyes were the phantoms of a Divine Turtle and a Dragon Horse.

In the Star River.

The Divine Turtle began to howl.

The Dragon Horse also neighed once.

However, soon both submerged into the Star River again, concealing themselves.

"Failed?"

"It seems no one among the current generation of Jiuzhou cultivators is qualified to become the master of the River Map and Luo Book."

"Indeed, there have only been two across the entire history of Jiuzhou, Emperor Fuxi and Emperor Yu. How could the River Map and Luo Book easily choose a master?"

"However... it seems someone has caught the favor of the River Map and Luo Book?"

"Some power, as a great opportunity, but this power is far inferior to the original body, it can’t change anything, there’s no need to care at all."

"There are few who gained this power; it’s a pity for them, having the chance but not the fate. If their bone structure, talent, and fortune were a bit better, perhaps they’d be chosen by the River Map and Luo Book."

"Once the master of the River Map and Luo Book appears, we won’t know what to do either."

The Great Powers in the void soon disappeared.

In White Sun Valley.

In Zhong Heng’s eyes, only white light remained.

A Divine Turtle flashed by.

Then a cluster of blue light surged into Zhong Heng’s consciousness.

Zhong Heng’s complexion flushed; his temperature rose as if on fire.

A pair of cool, gentle hands gently placed Zhong Heng’s head on their lap, fingers massaging his temples, quickly eliminating Zhong Heng’s abnormal state.

When Zhong Heng woke, only emptiness surrounded him.

Liul’s figure was gone...

"What just happened?!"

Zhong Heng was bewildered.

It seemed a giant turtle stepped on him and knocked him out?

"Sister Liul?"

"Sister Liul! Are you there?" 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

Zhong Heng called out, but there was no response.

[You saw the Divine Turtle and Dragon Horse appearing in the Star River, an opportunity of the River Map and Luo Book.]

[Unfortunately, you weren’t qualified to become the master of the River Map and Luo Book.]

[But you were favored by the River Map, granted power, with its force residing deep in your consciousness, yet you were unaware.]

[You only realized Sister Liul was gone.]

[You searched all night without finding any trace.]

[The next day you had no choice but to return. Zhong Dashan, the Hunter Team, and local villagers all bid you farewell as you prepared to further your studies at the Seven Extremes Sect.]

[On the road for seven days, on the third day the caravan received shocking news.]

[The Seven Extremes Sect... was annihilated!?]

[The Vice Sect Leader was searching for the remaining forces, and the leader quickly took you to meet with the Vice Sect Leader.]

[Seventeen days after leaving Qinghe Town, the gathering of the remaining forces by the Vice Sect Leader was a lie, actually intending to eradicate the roots.]

[The last bit of power of the Seven Extremes Sect was completely wiped out, and you witnessed the martial arts hall supervisor dying before your eyes.]

[You wanted to act but were knocked out by your companions...]