Published: November 30, -0001
In ancient times, the human race flourished, and countless strong individuals emerged, at least tenfold, a hundredfold stronger than the era you are in now," the will of Gu Nan Du rumbled.
This shocked Wang Qi Ming and the others. They came from the Five Kingdoms and had limited knowledge, so it was naturally their first time hearing about these secrets.
However, those from the Da Wei Dynasty, such as Di Tian Yi and others, had heard some rumors, and Qin Chen was even more informed.
It was said that in ancient times, the Tian Wu Continent indeed had a plethora of strong individuals, with sporadic records in many inherited historical texts.
However, there was a violent upheaval in between, and eventually, many strong individuals on the continent fell, with only one in ten surviving.
This era was called the Dark Age.
Yet, the records in the continent's classics about the Dark Age were extremely scarce. There were only vague mentions, but the specific reasons remained largely unknown, a mystery in the field of continental history.
Even Qin Chen was clueless about the events in between.
Now, it seemed that hearing these ancient secrets made Qin Chen hold his breath and listen intently.
He could hear the voice of the will of Gu Nan Du echoing in the starry sky: "Back then, in the Tian Wu Realm, martial arts flourished, and powerful individuals emerged. Even some experts left the Tian Wu Realm to roam the starry sky and conquer foreign worlds."
"However, just when our human race in the Tian Wu Realm was at its peak, we suddenly faced an invasion from a powerful foreign race."
That foreign race was astonishingly strong. A large number of experts descended upon our Tian Wu Realm and slaughtered our human experts. At that time, our human martial artists rose to resist, and many forces united to fend them off. Our Gu Nan Du was one of the core forces among them."
"But unfortunately, that foreign race was too powerful. The flames of war quickly spread across the entire continent. Our human martial artists fought to the death, yet still couldn't stop their advance."
"In the end, the top experts of our several major forces deliberated and decided to sacrifice their lives to protect the entire continent, leaving a spark for humanity."
"In that battle, the color of heaven and earth shattered the entire Tian Wu Realm. Our human martial artists, by burning their lives, finally severely injured the foreign experts, forcing them to retreat from the Tian Wu Realm. However, our human race suffered immensely, with nearly all top experts falling."
"In order to preserve the embers, the great ancestors of our Gu Nan Du established this place of inheritance, so that the legacy of our Gu Nan Du would not be forgotten and could be passed down through the ages."
"And today, I have finally awaited your arrival."
A look of comfort and emotion appeared on the face of the will of Gu Nan Du.
Everyone was dumbfounded, not expecting that the Tian Wu Continent had experienced such a brutal battle in ancient times, leading to the fall of almost all strong individuals. What an astonishing scene this was.
Only Qin Chen frowned, seemingly lost in thought.
Seeing Qin Chen's expression, You Qian Xue couldn't help but feel puzzled and couldn't resist sending a voice transmission: "Qin Chen, what are you thinking about?"
"Oh, it's nothing!" Qin Chen finally came to his senses and smiled.
Seeing that Qin Chen wouldn’t elaborate, You Qian Xue decided not to press further.
In truth, what puzzled Qin Chen was that, according to what the will of Gu Nan Du said, since the human race had ultimately defeated the foreign race and driven them out of the starry sky, why did the Dark Age, which severed history, then appear?
After all, even if the top experts of the major forces all fell, there were still others who survived, passing down the legacy generation after generation. It shouldn’t have led to such a period, completely severing the ancient times from modern history, and almost leaving no documents or classics behind.