[I continue to search the Cyan Mountain.]

[In every era of chaos, people’s hearts deteriorate, and the world is plunged into deep water and fiery troubles. The Cyan Mountain Lineage, upon realizing it is on a misguided path, sends a Sword Saint down the mountain, seeking a successor to perform the act of altering heaven and earth.]

[On top of the Cyan Mountain, each generation carries its mission, assigning disciples to document the words and deeds of the Saints with pen and ink, organizing the brilliant civilization, passing on its legacy. Over a thousand years, within the White Cloud Hall, treasures of civilization pile up like mountains, shining brightly.]

[Until three hundred years ago, continuous celestial calamities—earthquakes, droughts, meteor showers, a mini glaciation, famines, people devouring each other—many disasters coincided, followed by an alien race invasion. A war engulfed the entire world, reducing the population by ninety percent. That generation’s Cyan Mountain Saint led three thousand disciples to resist the calamities everywhere but ultimately couldn’t turn things around.]

[At the peak of Cyan Mountain, the last Sword Saint fell, and Cyan Mountain was engulfed in flames, the White Cloud Hall that had passed down for thousands of years, along with all its civilization’s essence, turned into nothing, leaving only scorched earth.]

[Since then, there were no more successors of Cyan Mountain, only a few solitary small hills were left.]

[It was the darkest and longest night of a thousand-year-old civilization, with civilization shattered and people reduced to beasts. It wasn’t until a hundred years ago when the founding ancestor of Qin rose to sweep the world, driving away the alien race, bringing it to an end.]

[The ’Qin Taizu’ was once just a shepherd boy, who by chance happened to meet an old man asking for a bowl of tea, and the two sat on the ground, having a long conversation.]

[During the conversation, the old man, knowing his end was near, solemnly handed over the ’Taiping Scripture’ secret manual from the Cyan Mountain Immortal to the child, his eyes filled with expectation, instructing him to take good care of it, so it could be passed down to future generations.]

[From that point, he studied day and night, forgetting food and sleep, applying what he learned. He traveled across the world, amidst the war-torn chaotic times, with extraordinary courage and insight, rebuilding mountains and rivers, finally allowing the people within the Four Seas to live in peace and bringing the world back to Taiping.]

[When Qin Taizu unified the world, he dedicated his life to collecting and organizing the remaining Cyan Mountain legacy among the people, pouring his heart and soul, ultimately creating an unparalleled masterpiece in his later years.]

[This is the ’Cyan Mountain Transmission’ in my hands now, comprising seventy-three volumes, but still far from the tens of thousands of true treasures left in the former White Cloud Hall by the Saints.]

[I slowly closed the ’Cyan Mountain Transmission’, my gaze piercing through the pages, reaching the distant horizon, my heart filled with countless emotions. The Cyan Mountain Lineage has ended, there are no longer legitimate Cyan Mountain disciples, but anyone can read these ’Taiping Scripture’ and ’Cyan Mountain Transmission’ to become a Cyan Mountain disciple.]

[The Cyan Mountain no longer resides in Cyan Mountain, it is present everywhere in the mortal world.]

[The ’Taiping Scripture’ is precisely the ’Great Unity of the World: Starting Point’, compiled and gradually perfected by the Seven Saints and their disciples, the last three pages recording the bizarre events of my past life.]

[Naturally, there isn’t a detailed production process, with only vague understandings of technology and nonsense.]

[Iron birds roam the sky, traveling a thousand miles a day. Steam giants roar across the seas, riding the wind and waves. And spacecraft soar straight to the stars, traveling alongside the heavens. Those scenes once seen as illusions have gradually come true through the efforts of later generations.]

[For this reason, the ’Taiping Scripture’ in the eyes of the Qin people became a divine book predicting the future, with some even speculating that the Cyan Mountain might have truly hidden the Immortals in the past.]

"Divine book?"

Ning Xunqiu shook his head, "Perhaps it is precisely the efforts of the Cyan Mountain disciples over thousands of years that made these gradually become reality."

There was no path in the world, but as more people traveled, a path was created.

...

[Qin has long possessed a network.]

[I searched online for information about my past existence.]

["Qingfeng" search gathers only scant records about me but sparked heated discussions. As the legendary founder of the Cyan Mountain Lineage, one of the most mysterious figures in history, only two locations across the world bear traces that are suspected to have been left by the Cyan Mountain Immortal.]

[The first one contains countless comments, all discussing the Cyan Mountain’s ’Taiping Scripture’, and debating whether true immortals exist in the world.]

[In the historical book ’Cyan Mountain Transmission’, the Cyan Mountain Immortal’s name is not even recorded, perhaps by then the Cyan Mountain legacy had already vanished. It’s known only that he hailed from Yunzhou, hailed as the world’s first Innate Sword Saint, and dispatched three "Sword Carriers" to spread the "Innate Technique" to the world, supposedly compiling the first edition of the ’Taiping Scripture’ in his later years.]

[There are various legends about the Cyan Mountain Immortal: one believes he left after giving the ’Taiping Scripture’ to "Qingzi"; another claims he ascended on Purple Mist Peak after achieving merit; yet another says he crossed the sea seeking immortals, disappearing without a trace.]

[In short, opinions vary, and the truth remains unclear.]

[Was my name erased by others? Qin is the seventh unified state after Jin, also the final keeper of the Cyan Mountain legacy. I know that Duan Hong still has not "achieved merit", he remains in the Mountain and River Seal.]

[I continue to search on "Qingfeng".]

[Second record.]

[During Jin’s era, outside Chang’an City, the Cyan Mountain Immortal led his disciples down the mountain, splitting a chasm with his sword, praised by the world as an immortal.]

[This description, location, and event are strikingly similar to today’s five A-level scenic area "Sword Abyss" near the ancient city of Chang’an. That abyss spans one hundred thirty meters wide, two thousand three hundred meters long, and three thousand five hundred meters deep, with rock faces extraordinarily smooth, as if the earth was split open by a giant sword descending from the sky, hence the name "Sword Abyss".]

[However, according to records from a hundred years ago in Qin, even eighteen Innate Sword Saints could at best stand against a hundred Armored Warriors, Innate Martial Artists weren’t as powerful as legends portrayed.]

[That "Sword Abyss" couldn’t be achieved by human power; even modern Qin couldn’t accomplish such a feat. It remains in doubt. It’s speculated that during Jin’s era, the geological activity might have been undergoing some peculiar movement, leading to the entire section of the earth collapsing, thus forming the extraordinary "Sword Abyss"—as certified by university scholar, Yang.]

[Besides these two, the rest are disjointed unofficial histories, mere unfounded speculations.]

[I reviewed the current situation once more; Qin has unified the Seven Kingdoms’ lands, capturing people’s hearts.]

[Qin is powerful, but not without foes. In the continual evolution of this world, the people on some other large islands are more ferocious, with robust physiques, naturally warlike, and addicted to conflict.]

[Moreover, there is a group that shares roots with Qin yet remains in fierce opposition, being those who during Jin’s late period set sail on the "Ascension Tower" to distant lands, while the Wuxuan Flood Dragon blocked them, the Jiang Clan didn’t leave the Mountain and River Seal.]

[The three major races govern a hundred nations, each operating independently, continuously battling.]

[Qin emerged from the celestial calamities with the audacity to conquer nature by opening mountains and filling seas. Its military strength and vast population, securely suppress other nations, enforcing "world peace" and earning the rightful title as the number one great nation, an unshakeable position.]

[Looking at this scene, I can’t help but recall the past times when the Seven Kingdoms vied for supremacy. Five thousand years flowed by, the wheel of fate turning, seemingly returning to the starting point.]

[Has Duan Hong spent these years silently perfecting the Mountain and River Seal, or is he unable to act?]

[I recall carefully, Duan Hong has long passed away, his condition extremely poor, only barely maintaining a trace of consciousness through the power of the Mountain and River Seal, mostly in a muddled, unclear state of mind.]

[If he forcefully used "Divine Techniques" in such a condition, the price would likely far exceed my imagination.]

[Duan Hong, wanting to destroy Cyan Mountain, didn’t hesitate to use this last bit of power, but ultimately, he failed, ending in failure.]

[Now, in the face of Qin’s powerful rise over the ruins of Cyan Mountain, how will Duan Hong respond?]

[I am perplexed.]

[Until a few days later, a piece of news broke my contemplation. In the Taizhou area, someone recorded a video of a stray dog by the roadside that managed to spit out small flames.]

...