I Am Really Not The Son of Providence

Chapter 489: The First Human Emperor’s Secret!

Under everyone’s envious gazes, Shen Tian and Zhuge Sima were pulled away by a powerful force.

The two of them felt their eyes light up, and they felt dizzy.

After their vision recovered, they realized that they had already appeared outside a grand ancient palace hall.

The ancient palace was majestic and grand, several tens of thousands of kilometers tall.

Standing tall between heaven and earth, it was as grand as an immemorial divine mountain.

An extremely sturdy dark golden gate stood before the ancient palace, releasing resplendent radiance.

There was a bronze plaque above the gate with the words ‘Dragon Armor Heavenly Palace’ written on it.

The words were bold and powerful, containing an imposing aura!

Seeing this scene, Zhuge Sima was slightly shocked.

This ancient palace gave him a feeling that it was too grand, vast, and immeasurable!

Zhuge Sima said excitedly, “This is the Bodhimanda of that supreme expert?”

Thanks to the partial inheritance of the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter, Zhuge Sima knew how powerful the owner of this place was.

His ancestor had only comprehended a tiny bit of it, yet it had given birth to the strongest formation clan in the five regions.

To be able to create such a profound cultivation technique, the owner was absolutely a great figure during his era.

…

Αt thατ moment, the void surged.

A dense light hole appeared in the world. Laws lingered around it as a figure walked out.

This person was the gray-robed old man from before.

His voice was solemn as he said, “Congratulations, my young friends, for passing the first test.

“This is Immortal King Dragon Armor’s inheritance ground!

“So long as you pass the second test, all of you will be able to obtain Immortal King Dragon Armor’s inheritance!”

Zhuge Sima’s body trembled slightly, and his eyes revealed shock.

So the experts here were Immortal Kings. No wonder they were so terrifying.

At the same time, Zhuge Sima became excited. The inheritance Immortal King Dragon Armor had left behind was definitely priceless.

Zhuge Sima said respectfully, “Senior, are you Immortal King Dragon Armor?”

The gray-robed elder’s aura was unfathomable. He was definitely a top existence.

He shook his head slowly. “I’m just a tomb keeper.”

Zhuge Sima’s body trembled. “Tombkeeper?

“Senior, could it be…”

The tomb keeper nodded. “That’s right. This is Immortal King Dragon Armor’s tomb!

“Immortal King Dragon Armor died in the immemorial era hundreds of thousands of years ago. Even his remnant soul did not survive.

“My duty is to find a successor for Immortal King Dragon Armor and protect this tomb!”

A trace of sorrow rose in Zhuge Sima’s heart. He felt an indescribable sadness.

He had cultivated a portion of the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter and was filled with admiration for the expert who created this technique.

Zhuge Sima’s heart was filled with thousands of thoughts. He wanted to see the unparalleled magnificence of this supreme being.

However, who would have thought that the powerhouse of an era, an Immortal King, would be buried here, with only a tomb keeper left guarding his tomb?

How miserable was this?

…

“How did Immortal King Dragon Armor die?”

Zhuge Sima didn’t understand. An Immortal King expert possessed overwhelming strength. Such an expert was in a realm above that of a Perfected Immortal and could exist for eternity. How could he have died so easily!?

The tomb keeper lowered his eyes slightly. “He died in the great war hundreds of thousands of years ago.

“Immortal King Dragon Armor set up a heavenly formation in the Desolate Border battlefield to resist three Evil Spirit Immortal Kings.

“In the end, a supreme being of the Evil Spirit race took action and destroyed the entire formation.

“At that time, even heaven and earth cried out, and a sea of blood could be seen!

“The Immortal King activated 3,000 Dao Flags and dragged an Evil Spirit Immortal King down with him.”

Only the Evil Spirits from the outer realm could threaten and cause Immortal Kings to die.

Zhuge Sima and Shen Tian were both greatly shaken upon hearing those words.

“It’s the Evil Spirits from the outer realm again!”

Zhuge Sima spoke with hatred and gnashed his teeth.

When they heard the tomb keeper’s words, it was as if they were watching the immemorial battle.

Heaven and earth were dyed blood red that day, and the battlefield was completely dark.

The peerless Immortal King used his Dao flags to bury the Evil Spirits together with him.

And just like that, an Immortal King expert of a generation was buried in the Desolate Border’s battlefield!

How miserable was this? How sorrowful was this? It made one feel dejected.

Their hearts instantly became heavy.

After hundreds of thousands of years, the Evil Spirits from the outer realm once again invaded.

They wondered when this battle would end.

How many people would perish in this great calamity?

…

Instead of continuing the story, the tomb keeper changed the subject.

“Immortal King Dragon Armor left behind his inheritance when he was alive.

“Even though you both have passed the first trial, if you want to become Immortal King Dragon Armor’s inheritors, you still have to pass through this great gate!”

The Dragon Armor Heavenly Palace’s gate opened with a wave of his hand.

In an instant, the fluctuations of laws were enshrouded and emanated vast divine might.

After carefully sensing what was in front, they realized that there was an unmatched supreme formation ahead, its aura incomparably majestic.

The tomb keeper said, “There were two gifted lads who entered this place in the past too. Unfortunately, they failed to complete the final test.”

Zhuge Sima’s eyes narrowed. He knew that the people the tomb keeper was talking about were his two ancestors.

The two ancestors had once comprehended the profoundness of the Eight Trigrams and Five Elements Formation. Naturally, they could also enter this place.

But in the end, they were isolated outside the gate.

Breaking past the gate was their long-cherished wish and regret for 10,000 years.

…

Thinking up to this point, Zhuge Sima muttered, “Let me complete the regret of my ancestors!

“Brother Shen, let me try first!”

Zhuge Sima volunteered and walked toward the gate.

Endless divine light surrounded him.

Zhuge Sima was stunned. His eyes were tightly shut, his body was trembling violently, and his expression was ferocious. It was as if he had encountered something terrifying that made his soul tremble.

Shen Tian’s eyes narrowed. Even with Zhuge Sima’s attainments in formations, he still had a difficult time handling the trial.

It seemed that this place was filled with extraordinary things.

However, there wasn’t any terrifying divine might here, which meant that this formation didn’t possess any destructive power.

It looked more like a formation that tested one’s intelligence.

Shen Tian strolled forward and entered the formation.

However, there was no reaction after he entered.

Shen Tian walked out of the formation without any obstructions.

At that moment, Shen Tian’s eyes widened in confusion.

What happened?

Why is this formation useless against me?

Could something have gone wrong with the formation?

The tomb keeper’s body trembled as he muttered, “He actually has that physique… Did the prophecy really come true?”

The tomb keeper didn’t say anything and merely stared at Shen Tian with an incomparably deep gaze.

…

After a moment, Zhuge Sima finally came back to reality. He was drenched in sweat as if he had been dehydrated. His aura was extremely weak. However, he forcefully dragged his heavy footsteps out of the formation.

“I… finally did it!”

Zhuge Sima spoke weakly, but his expression was filled with excitement.

“Brother Shen, you succeeded too!”

Zhuge Sima was not surprised. Instead, he was overjoyed.

In his opinion, given Shen Tian’s talent, crossing this formation was simply too easy.

The tomb keeper walked over and passed through the formation. His gaze became even brighter as he looked at Zhuge Sima.

“Not bad, not bad.

“This formation is the Chaotic Heart Illusion Formation, an illusion created by the chaotic aura.

“In there, you will see the worst fears in your heart.

“If you were unable to overcome your fear, you will be completely lost within it. In fact, one might even suffer from Qi Deviation.

“With your age, being able to take this step is already not bad!”

The tomb keeper looked at Zhuge Sima with satisfaction.

He then turned to Shen Tian. “You’ve cultivated the Chaotic Tinder Sutra, allowing you to ignore the chaotic aura. This formation is useless against you!”

Shen Tian was enlightened. No wonder he had felt an incomparably intimate aura when he entered. It turned out that that power had originated from the chaotic aura.

At the same time, Shen Tian was shocked.

How did this person know that he cultivated the Chaotic Tinder Sutra?

He deduced his cultivation technique just based on the fact that he was immune to the Primal Chaotic Aura?

Wasn’t that too terrifying?

…

The tomb keeper spoke to Zhuge Sima. “Since you passed through the Chaotic Heart Illusion Formation, it means that your wisdom is extraordinary.

“This old man will accept you as his successor on behalf of Immortal King Dragon Armor.”

Zhuge Sima’s talent was not weak. He could be considered to be an unparalleled genius.

Throughout the ages, there were only a handful of people whose talent in formations surpassed his.

When Zhuge Sima heard this, his body shook violently.

An ecstatic expression appeared on his face, and he said, “Thank you, senior. Disciple will definitely bring the Immortal King’s inheritance to greater heights!”

The tomb keeper nodded his head. Accepting such a genius wasn’t a disgrace to the name of an Immortal King.

After that, the tomb keeper continued. “Next, this old man shall impart the Immortal King’s inheritance to you!”

Zhuge Sima revealed a puzzled look and asked, “Senior, what about Big Brother Shen?”

Shen Tian’s talent far surpassed his. Not only could he quickly pass through the illusion formation, but he had also learned all the inheritances on the stone wall.

His talent greatly surpassed that of Sima Zhuge.

Yet toward such a supreme genius, the tomb keeper actually did not accept him as a disciple on behalf of Immortal King Dragon Armor?

The tomb keeper smiled and said, “Of course I want to take him as my disciple. With his talent, even if he was placed in the Celestial World, he would cause countless supreme cultivators to be shocked!

“However, I can’t accept him!”

Zhuge Sima asked with a puzzled look, “Why?”

The tomb keeper sighed and said, “He can’t be the Immortal King’s inheritor. Even an Immortal King can’t bear such great karma of accepting him as a disciple.”

Their cultivation formation could pry into the grand Dao of heaven and earth and discover some secrets.

Shen Tian was hiding a great terror that even Immortal King Dragon Armor could not touch.

The tomb keeper said, “Although I cannot accept you as a disciple on Immortal King Dragon Armor’s behalf, I can still pass down the complete inheritance of the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter to you.

“These are the last words from the Immortal King.”

After he finished speaking, he pointed with his hand, and two rays of dazzling light shot out.

The two beams of divine light were incomparably resplendent and contained an indescribable profundity. They entered the minds of Shen Tian and Zhuge Sima, respectively.

Shen Tian felt countless mottled truths suddenly appear in his mind.

This power was far more profound than the contents of the stone wall.

The Dragon Armor Divine Chapter was the supreme inheritance of Immortal King Dragon Armor, and it was unfathomably profound.

Not only did it contain his understanding of formations, but it also recorded the source of all the tweaks one could make in a formation.

…

Shen Tian was enlightened, and his mind fell into silence. He was comprehending the supreme technique in his mind, trying to master it.

Soon, Shen Tian’s aura erupted, becoming vast and unfathomable. He discovered that this technique had formed a formation diagram in his mind.

This formation diagram was extremely profound, and it was grand and magnificent, like heaven and earth.

However, this formation diagram was enveloped by boundless mist, and it caused him to be unable to see through it.

Nonetheless, with the support of Shen Tian’s Connate Constitution, the mist quickly dispersed.

Not long after, the formation diagram in Shen Tian’s mind became incomparably clear.

As he visualized the formation in his mind, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.

Where had he seen this formation diagram before?

No, this was more like a map of a certain area.

Shen Tian opened his eyes with a trace of bewilderment.

Seemingly seeing Shen Tian’s confusion, the tomb keeper faintly said, “That’s right, the final profound meaning of the Dragon Armor Divine Chapter is the map of the Chaotic Sea.

“The Chaotic Sea is actually a formation set up by Immortal King Dragon Armor.

“Or rather, this is a person’s tomb.

“And the Chaotic Sea is the formation that Immortal King Dragon Armor had created to protect the tomb!”

Shen Tian’s body shook violently. “What!?”

He was extremely shocked, and his heart was in turmoil.

Such a huge sea was just a grave for a person?

…

Shen Tian knew that the Chaotic Sea contained countless secrets. Every single one of them was enough to shake the five regions and even the Celestial World.

For example, the Yin-Yang Burial God Domain from before had countless gods buried within it, as well as a terrifying power like the Origin Yin-Yang Energy hidden within!

There was also the chaotic formation in the periphery, where it was filled with chaotic aura.

This power did not seem to belong to this world and was terrifying.

However, all of this existed in the Chaotic Sea Region, just to protect the tomb.

Then who was the owner of this tomb?

The tomb keeper did not answer. Instead, he looked at Shen Tian and asked, “Do you know the origin of the Chaotic Tinder Sutra that you cultivate?”

Shen Tian shook his head. He really didn’t understand this world-shocking cultivation method.

The Chaotic Tinder Sutra was passed down to him by the Great Empress.

However, Shen Tian knew nothing about its origins.

The tomb keeper then explained slowly, “In the Desolate Tranquility Era a million years ago, there were thousands of races.

“Amongst the countless ferocious beast races, the human race did not have a strong innate physique. They were almost reduced to food for powerful, ferocious beasts.

“However, in this era, the First Human Emperor, ‘Sui’, was born.”

First Human Emperor, Sui?

Shen Tian looked at the tomb keeper and felt that he had touched upon some incredible secret.

“The First Human Emperor had the strongest physique in the universe. He could smelt all forms of energy to strengthen himself.

“He was fully deserving of his title as an innate supreme being, a hero who stood above all others, able to make all clans tremble in fear.

“It was precisely under the lead of the first-generation Human Emperor that the human race was able to quickly rise up, becoming one of the most powerful races in the tens of thousands of worlds.

“However, good times don’t last long. During the end of the Desolate Antiquity Era, darkness grew.

“The World Barrier of this realm had been forcefully opened.

“Countless Evil Spirits from the outer realm rushed into this realm from the cracks in the World Barrier and began to massacre wantonly. They wanted to completely invade this place.

“The First Human Emperor led thousands of races to resist with all their might and fought with the Evil Spirits from the outer realm.”

At this point, the tomb keeper’s body froze, and his aura surged.

“This battle even caused the sky to darken.

“Even the Celestial World had been dyed blood-red. The scene then was horrifying.

“There were broken limbs everywhere, rivers of blood, and mountains of bones.

“Countless beings of different races were annihilated in that battle.

“Even the most prosperous human race suffered heavy losses and almost got wiped out.

“In the end, the first-generation Human Emperor took action powerfully, fighting one against three, even dragging an Evil Spirit Immortal Emperor down with him.

“Furthermore, the World Barrier was completely destroyed in this battle.

“Fortunately, the Human Emperor’s accomplishments in this battle temporarily hindered the invasion of the Evil Spirits from the outer realm, allowing this realm to recover its vitality.”

The tomb keeper heaved a long sigh, deeply moved.

That battle back then had been just too miserable. Countless powerhouses had bled, and many supreme beings had fallen.

Blood would rain down from time to time while pitying the commoners.

This world had almost collapsed, one step away from total destruction.

Even the surviving humans had suffered great losses—their strength and foundation were far inferior to before.

As a result, the end of the Antiquity Age was also called the Dark Age.

Only after several hundred thousand years had passed did this realm’s creatures gradually recover their vitality, rising up again.

…

Shen Tian was incomparably shocked when he heard these past events.

He had never heard of these things. Even the ancient books collected by the great forces of the five regions did not have a record of such an event.

Only the tomb keeper and other experts from hundreds of thousands of years ago knew the secrets behind it.

The tomb keeper continued. “Before the First Human Emperor died, he left behind the Tinder Sutra.

“This is the Human Emperor’s original cultivation method, possessing unmatched power.

“However, not everyone can cultivate the Tinder Sutra. Only peerless elites with the same physique as the First Human Emperor can truly cultivate the Tinder Sutra to the extreme.

“The others can only adapt bits from the Tinder Sutra and cultivate them in a simplified way.

“Although it’s an adaptation, it’s actually just simplification and weakening of the cultivation sutra.

“While greatly reducing the requirements of cultivation, the power one can gain from it is also greatly reduced.

“By relying on the series of body-tempering techniques derived from the Tinder Sutra, humanity had been slowly recovering.

“It’s a pity that although the Evil Spirits from the outer realm had retreated temporarily, they had left behind an evil aura in this realm to possess the many races.

“As a result, a war started in this world again.

“The conflicts started once more. Countless races tried to seize the seat of the Supreme Being of Heaven and Earth.

“Back when the human race was at its peak, many races coveted it.

“Under the influence of the Evil Spirit race, the human race was besieged by thousands of races.

“After this battle, the human race was on the decline and was almost destroyed.

“Fortunately, there were still 36 peerless experts under the First Human Emperor’s command who had survived.

“But with their strength, it was simply impossible for them to contend against the myriad races.

“Lastly, these 36 Immortal Kings executed a peerless secret technique, the Ultimate World Technique.

“They carved out a Small World and banished it into the endless void as the land of hope.

“Half of the Immortal Kings used their bodies to form the Heavenly Dao, sealing the connection between the outside world and the five regions, leaving a place for the humans to rest.

“Half of the Immortal Kings remained in the Celestial World, leading the remaining humans into the Desolate Border.”

At that point, the tomb keeper could not help but gnash his teeth in anger.

Back then, if not for the first-generation Human Emperor taking action and saving the Celestial World, all races would have long been wiped out. There had been no way they could survive.

In the end, the experts of all races had repaid kindness with enmity. They coveted the human race’s inheritance and wanted to take it for themselves.

This had caused the human race to suffer a calamity that far surpassed the Dark Era, and they had almost been completely wiped out.

The matter had long passed. Those people had long been annihilated in the river of time.

Even so, the people who knew the situation could not help but feel indignant.

…

The tomb keeper continued. “Back then, there were more than 10 peerless Immortal Kings who sacrificed their lives for the five regions to barely protect this realm.

“Immortal King Extreme Yang transformed into the sun, Immortal King Extreme Yin transformed into the moon, and Immortal King Boundless Ocean transformed into an endless ocean.

“Immortal King Samsara transformed into the five regions’ Samsara, while Immortal King Divine Firmament transformed into the five regions’ heavenly tribulation, forming a complete world with a Heavenly Dao.

“Immortal King Origin expended all his life essence to change the time-flow in the five regions, causing the flow of time here to far exceed that of the Celestial World.

“As the saying goes, ‘One day in the sky, one year on the ground’. This is the work of Immortal King Origin.

“All this was to allow the five regions to give birth to batch after batch of geniuses and restore the vitality of humans.”

…

Shen Tian only felt resentment when he heard the tomb keeper’s words.

The five regions were actually created by human predecessors who had sacrificed their lives and used their bodies to transform into the Grand Dao.

He was stepping on the body of his ancestors!