Great Villain: Starting by Humiliating the Son of the Heavenly Fate - Chapter 122

Chapter 122: The Starry Abyss Sect’s Origins Chapter 122: The Starry Abyss Sect’s Origins In just a few steps, Jiang Chen and Feng Jun were at the entrance of the Ancestral Hall.

They pushed open the heavy doors and entered the sacred space inside.

Even though it was old and rarely used, the hall was in perfect condition, protected by layers of array formations.

This clearly showed the incredible abilities of the person who built it.

Inside, memorial tablets filled the room, arranged in layers upon layers, looking like a forest made of stone.

Jiang Chen swept his divine sense over these tablets, counting thirty in total.

Each represented a past Sect Master of the Starry Abyss Sect, with the topmost tablet dedicated to the founding Sect Master, Chu Xingming.

“Thirty ancestors!” Jiang Chen exclaimed, surprise shining in his eyes.

“This means the Starry Abyss Sect has a history of at least three thousand years!” “Exactly,” Sect Master Feng Jun confirmed, his face showing a burst of pride.

“The Starry Abyss Sect has maintained its status for exactly three thousand six hundred years.

Over these millennia, it has always been one of the top powers on the Mysterious Truth Continent.” Reacting to Feng Jun’s words, Jiang Chen simply murmured, “Mm-hm,” not wanting to linger on the subject.

Ignoring the impressive display of tablets, he moved deeper into the hall.

Past the grand array of ancestral tablets, they found a wide platform, surrounded by jade railings that glowed with an otherworldly light.

A lone figure was there, an elder dressed in robes as pure as freshly fallen snow.

He was tall and slender, with an air of timeless grace about him as he stood quietly by the railing.

His eyes seemed to be watching the endless waves of the cloud sea, like an eternal sentinel witnessing the flow of time.

This was the sect’s founding ancestor, Chu Xingming.

But the man himself had long ago departed from the living world, leaving behind only this carefully crafted statue as his enduring legacy.

Jiang Chen was about to step forward when a thought struck him.

He quickly performed a respectful fist-and-palm salute toward Chu Xingming’s statue, saying, “Disciple Jiang Chen offers his respects to the Founding Ancestor.” Sect Master Feng Jun, who was standing behind him, didn’t notice anything unusual and simply followed Jiang Chen’s lead, showing his own respect.

“Disciple Feng Jun offers his respects to the Founding Ancestor,” he stated solemnly.

After finishing their gestures of respect, Jiang Chen walked up to the statue of Chu Xingming.

He stopped before the legacy statue, his eyes locking with those of Chu Xingming.

The detailed carvings seemed to give the statue’s eyes an expression of nostalgia and reluctance, suggesting a deep history filled with stories yet to be told.

Jiang Chen whispered, “The time has come to reveal your secrets.” He reached out, placing his hand on the statue’s shoulder.

“What inspired you to create the Starry Abyss Sect?” As soon as his fingers touched the statue, a surge of Heavenly Origin Power burst out, flowing into the statue as if a dormant river had been awakened.

Suddenly, Chu Xingming’s legacy statue appeared to come alive, its majestic presence transforming in a captivating way.

“Incredible!” exclaimed the statue, gazing out over the endless cloud sea.

“To think that despite the dwindling spiritual Qi in the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain, someone has achieved the Heavenly Origin realm!” “I don’t know who you are, but you must be a talent of extraordinary scale!

A rare gem that appears once in ten thousand years, surpassing even me, Chu Xingming.

Haha, truly remarkable!” it said, its expression eerily resembling that of a living person.

Jiang Chen, however, knew the truth.

This was a message left by Chu Xingming before his death, a scripted conversation waiting for someone worthy to uncover it.

‘Everflowing Truth Northern Domain?!’ he thought to himself.

‘So, the Mysterious Truth Continent, the Bright Cloud Continent, and the Snowy Wind Continent are all part of the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain?’ ‘If this vast area is just one-fourth of the entire Everflowing Truth Domain, then its size is truly immense.’ Jiang Chen reflected, piecing together a more detailed map in his mind with this new information.

Just then, the statue began speaking again.

“Oh, brilliant one who has reached the Heavenly Origin realm, if you’re standing here today, you must either belong to my Starry Abyss Sect or be a powerful entity that has managed to destroy it.” “However,” it went on, “the details don’t really matter.

No matter who you are, I will reveal the truth about myself, how everything began, and the core mission that led to the founding of the Starry Abyss Sect.” With those words, the statue of Chu Xingming fell silent, its heartless declaration hanging in the air.

“What the hell…” Jiang Chen muttered, puzzled.

“Does this statue reveal its secrets to anyone who reaches the Heavenly Origin realm?” He started to wonder if his initial respectful gesture had been unnecessary.

But upon further reflection, he considered that perhaps this was an act of Heavenly Fate, intervening to smooth the path for its chosen one.

After all, whether it was Lin Feng or Ye Fan, their antagonism towards the Starry Abyss Sect was intertwined with his destiny.

In that moment, the statue of Chu Xingming resumed its story.

“I won’t waste time with suspense.

I’ll speak directly,” it announced.

“I was a disciple of the Purple Heaven Holy Land, in the Everflowing Truth Central Domain.

When the spiritual Qi in the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain started to decline, my sect’s leaders foresaw the emergence of a supreme treasure in that region.” “In response, the Purple Heaven Holy Land deployed a group of disciples to scour the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain.

Similarly, two other powerful sects, the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace and the Jade Lake Heavenly Temple, sent their disciples on the same mission.” “Yet, the mission proved to be in vain.

We all came back without finding anything…” The statue of Chu Xingming narrated, painting the flow of history with its words.

After their unsuccessful search, the three major sects-the Purple Heaven Holy Land, the Imperial Extreme Heavenly Palace, and the Jade Lake Heavenly Temple-slowly pulled their disciples back.

Yet, despite this setback, their determination didn’t waver.

Therefore, each of these factions decided to leave a few disciples behind, continuing their watch over the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain for a longer duration.

Amid these events, Chu Xingming emerged as a key figure.

He chose to remain, laying the groundwork for what would become the Starry Abyss Sect.

His decision wasn’t made blindly; he had clues that convinced him he could capture this great opportunity for himself alone.

But fate had other plans.

As Chu Xingming’s life approached its end, after five hundred years, the treasure he sought stayed concealed.

This pursuit was further complicated by the ongoing decline of spiritual Qi in the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain.

As the spiritual Qi diminished, the value and quality of the natural treasures also decreased.

Cultivators with high levels of cultivation found it impractical to continue their practice and began to leave, one by one.

The Purple Heaven Holy Land saw the pointlessness of Chu Xingming’s ongoing efforts in the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain and proposed bringing him back.

But Chu Xingming, who had founded the Starry Abyss Sect in these lands, was reluctant to abandon his efforts.

After much thought, the Purple Heaven Holy Land decided to honor Chu Xingming’s choice.

They consented to his staying behind to nurture the development of the Starry Abyss Sect in the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain.

His responsibilities included identifying talented disciples to send to the Holy Land.

However, there was one requirement for these selected disciples – they had to achieve the Heavenly Origin realm before turning fifty.

In the early years, Chu Xingming managed to advance dozens of disciples.

But as time went on, the number of disciples reaching the Heavenly Origin realm started to decrease, until eventually, the breakthroughs stopped altogether.

Over the next three thousand years, not just the Starry Abyss Sect but the entire Everflowing Truth Northern Domain faced a severe shortage of cultivators achieving the Heavenly Origin realm.

The once hopeful practice of advancing disciples turned into just an echo, a distant memory of a bygone era.

As Jiang Chen listened intently to Chu Xingming’s message, a spark of realization lit up his eyes when the statue mentioned sending disciples.

He thought to himself, ‘Ah, so this is how the protagonist would have been guided to explore new territories, venturing into the Everflowing Truth Central Domain, which is surely filled with greater challenges and opportunities.’ Jiang Chen was naturally curious about the reason for the depletion of spiritual Qi in the Everflowing Truth Northern Domain.

The thought of the Cave Heaven Secret Realm of Immortal Tian Cui as a possible explanation crossed his mind, but he quickly dismissed these speculations.

Deciding not to dwell on such baseless guesses, Jiang Chen focused back on the continuing story.

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