"The General of [Shanhai Pass]?"

Ning Xunqiu was puzzled.

"Li State is part of the Three Divine Dynasties of the Human Race, the Daqian Divine Dynasty. There are thirty-seven generals, all True Cultivators of the Golden Core and Three Calamities level, and even some who are Immortal Daoists." Wenren Hong explained to him telepathically.

"Moreover, under the command of the general, there are many Qi Cultivators with Qi Cultivation Success. Most importantly, the Divine Dynasty General has ’Daoist Soldiers’ who can casually set up a Grand Array to suppress cultivators of the same level with ease."

"Daoist Soldiers? Grand Array?"

Ning Xunqiu pressed down his doubts and looked at Monkey, Panda, Bailing, and others. Everyone was protecting Zhiyu Country’s big ship while battling, unable to cultivate for ten years, and now they were exhausted, with their Dao Practice stalled.

The people of Purple Bamboo Mountain nodded, indicating that Ning Xunqiu should be in charge entirely.

[I led everyone to follow He Daoist to meet that ’General of Shanhai Pass, Li Yi.’ He was hearty and hospitable, setting up a feast for us that night.]

[At the banquet, I demonstrated the power of a ’True Gang Realm Martial Artist,’ displaying ’Seven Swords of Cross and Vertical·Absolute Sword.’ Under the enhancement of ’Sword Demon Heart Eye,’ it turned into a True Gang Giant Sword, fighting against three of his generals, winning cheers from the Qi Cultivators and soldiers in the tent.]

[This ’True Gang’ power pursues ultimate lethality, and its might is comparable to a fully-formed Golden Core Dharma Seed. Without using a Magical Artifact, no one under General of Shanhai Pass, Li Yi, could rival it.]

[Li Yi, seeing this, was filled with a desire to fight and personally came to spar with me for three hundred rounds. Afterward, I pretended to exhaust my True Gang power and finally conceded defeat.]

[The next day, Li Yi proposed that we join the Daqian Divine Dynasty, and I agreed, suggesting that we should settle the three million Human Race from Zhiyu Country first.]

[Li Yi, seeing my agreement, reported to the overseeing ’Sea-covering True Monarch.’]

[Due to a shortage of top-tier experts in the Divine Dynasty, ’Sea-covering True Monarch’ personally issued a divine decree, and the people of Purple Bamboo Mountain and I were assigned to guard a major river pass.]

[Appointed as—’General of Guanjiangkou.’]

[Authorized to establish an official residence.]

[Salary: Daqian Divine Dynasty’s Third-Grade Fortune, a High-grade Spirit Vein, three portions of Spirit Medicine, three pieces of Magical Artifacts. Thirty thousand talisman coins every ten years, ten Mid-grade Spirit Stones, and military pay for three thousand Daoist Soldiers.]

[Troops: one hundred thousand Warriors. Town Gate Array Map: Qianyuan Lock Dragon Array.]

[I received the salary and went to Guanjiangkou to settle the people of Purple Bamboo Mountain.

I lent Monkey, Bi Ji, and Wenren Hong three Magical Artifacts.

Bi Ji managed the Water Vein, Panda established a cave mansion, Niu Da forged weapons, Monkey moved mountains and veins, and Wenren Hong wielded a sword to slay demon beasts.

I trained the one hundred thousand Warriors in practicing Qianyuan Lock Dragon Array, each performing their duties, keeping Guanjiangkou well-ordered.]

[Three months later, I entered Cyan Mountain Heaven and Earth, killed Juvenile Flood Dragon and Ye Qingyao, though it offended the Dragon Race, I also obtained that Top-Grade Spirit Root ’Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl’, which can become an Innate Spirit Body crafted by heavenly fortune.]

[Ye Qingyao possessing this treasure couldn’t refine it, using it as a blunt object, truly a waste of a Heavenly Treasure.]

[I had the Flame Sparrow mobilize ’Cyan Heaven and Great Sun’ to help junior sis Gao Fei Xue start refining ’Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl’, but progress was slow.]

[My Magical Power and Dao Practice span two hundred years. Most of the magic I practice is auxiliary, with insufficient Guardian Skill for self-preservation. I am determined to continue specializing in Martial Dao, entrusting Bailing to trade for ’Superior Ultimate Skills’ with any mortal martial artists of the Daqian Divine Dynasty.]

[Thus, I obtained one hundred and twenty-nine thousand and six hundred Superior Ultimate Skills from mortals, and countless Middle Level Cultivation Methods, concentrating on cultivation, aiming to create an ultimate skill that surpasses ’Seven Swords of Cross and Vertical.’]

[Difficult, difficult, difficult.]

[I specialized in the Soldiers Master for thirty years, using thirty thousand jin of gold to break through to—’Melting Furnace Realm Soldier Lord.’]

[A century later, the seven of us from Purple Bamboo guarded Guanjiangkou, leading troops to repel thousands of attacks from Sea Beasts, Crab Generals, and Shrimp Soldiers. The flames of war across the Four Seas finally gradually subsided.

No, this place should now be called the Blood Sea.

From east of Guanjiangkou, gazing at the East Sea, there was nothing but blood-red, deathly silence, chilling and terrifying.]

[I grew increasingly vigilant, understanding that this was merely the calm before the storm.] 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖

[Another hundred years passed, the Dragon Race, though wiping out the Four Seas Human Race, did not launch a large-scale invasion of the continent... Even though the [Four Seas Overlord·Ancestor Dragon] is strong, the Great Divine Power Users among the Human and other races are not weak.]

[Otherwise, ’Ancestor Dragon’ would have unified the Qingxu Realm long ago.]

[Upon seeing this, Wenren Hong and Monkey left Guanjiangkou to journey through the Daqian Divine Dynasty.]

[In October, junior sis Gao Fei Xue finally started refining ’Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl’, beginning to transform into a Spirit Body. I celebrated with her, and due to the creative power of ’Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl’, she became pregnant.]

[Sister-in-law Gao Fei Xue was pregnant for three years and gave birth to a daughter, Ning Yu.]

[Ning Yu received thirty percent of the creation of the "Splendid Celestial Wind Spirit Pearl" in the womb. She was born an "Innate Spirit Body," with innate divine techniques, could fly upon landing, and chased Yiya and the Flame Sparrow all over the world.

Causing unrest in the Cyan Mountain Heaven and Earth.

Due to my duties as General, I was often out inspecting water veins. Whenever I was away, the world seemed to turn upside down, with Sister-in-law Gao Fei Xue and Ah Qing overly doting on Ning Yu, it became utterly lawless.

Left with no choice.

I had to personally keep Ning Yu by my side, and took Ah Qing, Gao Fei Xue, and Ning Yu out of Cyan Mountain Heaven and Earth, allowing Ah Qing and Bailing to help me manage the responsibilities of the General of Guanjiangkou.]

[Panda, Bailing, Bi Ji, and Niu Da were quite shocked to see their second brother Qingyun holding his wife in one hand and his child in the other. Not seen for several years, did you suddenly pop out a wife? And then swiftly have a child?]

[I asked Panda, Bailing, Bi Ji, and Niu Da to take turns teaching Ning Yu, which had a significant effect, at least this little world-devouring demon king seemed well-behaved on the surface.]

[Ning Yu never appeared to grow up, remaining in infancy. Asking Panda and the others, I learned that Ning Yu was already an Innate Spirit of twelve thousand nine hundred sixty years destined lifespan. She still had at least several thousand years of infancy.]

[Sister-in-law Gao Fei Xue and I will never see her grow up...]

[Ten years later, Wenren Hong returned from his travels joyfully bringing back the magical artifact "Purple-Blue Furnace," and saw Sister-in-law Gao Fei Xue and me playing with Ning Yu at the General’s Mansion.]

[Wenren Hong, looking at the family of three, cautiously asked, "Is this your child?" I nodded, she paused for a moment, left the pill furnace, and turned to leave.]

[From then on, I never saw Wenren Hong again.]

[Inexplicably so.]

[On a certain day in the five hundredth year, the heavens and the earth mourned, the Fortune of the Daqian Divine Dynasty trembled, falling by thirty percent instantly, I sensed something, looking towards Shanhai Pass - "Sea-covering True Monarch" had fallen.]

[In February, the Dragon Race fully invaded, Ao Yu led Linyuan Water Mansion troops to break through Shanhai Pass, harnessing the great sea to swallow the heavens and earth, Ao Yu sensed something and performed a secret technique, seeing the Zizhu crowd preparing to retreat at Guanjiangkou.]

[Ao Yu instantly perceived the dragon resentment on my body, the resentment of his son...]

[When enemies meet, their eyes blaze with hatred. Ao Yu, losing his rationality, turned the Linyuan Water Mansion troops around, determined to first destroy Guanjiangkou.]

[I instructed the Zizhu crowd to leave first, activating the Divine Weapon Domain, and soared into the sky.]

[I was already the Furnace Lord, relying on the power of the Supreme Divine Weapon, Martial Dao True Gang, Sword Demon Heart Eye - Undying Divine Intent, with the magical treasure "Cyan Mountain Seal" offering unparalleled defense, and the Red Ape Demon-Slaying Battle Body growing stronger with each battle, fighting throughout the heavens and earth.]

[Ao Yu unleashed magical treasures and divine techniques, but still couldn’t defeat me.]

[In a fit of rage, Ao Yu, discarding martial ethics, ordered the one hundred thousand shrimp soldiers and crab generals of Linyuan Water Mansion to quickly set up the "Furious Wave Sea Grand Array," isolating the world.]

[I, wielding the divine weapon, stood firm alone, guarding Guanjiangkou for ten days and nights, holding back the aquatic race army.]

[Eventually, I perished, and my Dao dissipated.]

[Ao Yu was instantly killed on the spot by the arriving "Mountain-moving True Monarch."]

[Ao Yu’s negligence caused a gap in the Heaven and Earth Grand Array, the great water of the East Sea did not pour out to flood Li State, as the Mountain-moving True Monarch of the Daqian Divine Dynasty led the Four Great Divine Generals in a counterattack, the East Sea Dragon Race missed their chance.]

Plink.

[Congratulations, your tumultuous life has been evaluated as a purple-grade life "General of Guanjiangkou": With the Fortune of Third-Grade Fortune of the Daqian Divine Dynasty, during your tenure, you and the Zizhu one-man five-monks dutifully served, moving mountains and redirecting veins, sorting out water veins, expelling sea beasts, and protecting the people.

During the Dragon Race invasion, you stood firm alone at Guanjiangkou for ten days and nights, preventing the "East Sea Dragon Clan" from completely flooding "Li State."

After your death, the Human Race sculpted a statue based on your deeds and divine weapon.

Right hand wielding a big spear, left holding a great seal, fiery red hair, golden eyes, wrapped in flames, a heroic figure stood proudly.

To the left, a woman holding a sword, a mountain-moving divine monkey to the right, a Confucian robe panda bearing a zither on its back, a hammer-carrying black bull below, a seven-colored spirit dove perched on the shoulder, and a leaping carp soaring into the sky.

This statue is named—[Guanjiangkou’s Sea Guardian Divine General.]

You received the favor of the Human Race Fortune, enhancing your own fortune by seven points.

You’ve received a special achievement reward.]

[Would you like to draw the special achievement reward immediately?]

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