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Another morning dawned, and the melodious bell of Xuanfo Temple rang out, summoning all disciples to gather as they listened intently to the words of Great Compassion Zen Master, their expressions filled with excitement.
In seven days, the centennial Central Plains Ten Thousand Laws Conference would commence.
The Ten Thousand Methods Conference originated ten thousand years ago, during the late ancient period when Zhongzhou was unified. At that time, the Central Sovereign, known as The Number One in the World, instilled fear throughout the entire cultivation realm. To suppress the rebellion of cultivators, he organized the Ten Thousand Methods Conference, where his Twelve Divine Generals challenged cultivators from all corners of the world. Those who were defeated bore a brand and became slaves, pledging loyalty to the royal family. This act ignited even more resistance; however, it was met with even harsher suppression and slaughter.
No one understood how the Central Sovereign had attained such high cultivation levels or why, after the great upheaval of heaven and earth, Spirit Energy became scarce and Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were missing. They could not fathom what qualifications allowed him to reach the Ascension Stage, just a step away from Ascend to Immortality.
His Twelve Divine Generals were also a mystery; all were experts at the Tribulation Period level, instilling fear in everyone who dared to look up.
At that time, Azure Cloud Palace bowed in submission, You Xian Sect kept a low profile, and Overlord Sect was merely a small faction.
Xuanfo Temple and Falling Flower Valley had yet to be established; Buddhism had not even emerged in the world.
It wasn't until the second generation of Central Sovereign ascended to the throne that challenges against cultivators resumed—whether for celebration or suppression remained unclear.
Undoubtedly, everyone was defeated by the royal family. The Central Sovereign collected all martial arts techniques and secret manuals from various sects across the land, solidifying royal supremacy.
Another hundred years passed; the second generation of Central Sovereign remained alive. He delved into various cultivation methods and secret texts, his cultivation becoming increasingly unfathomable. Eventually, he established Genius Academy, inviting all Divine Generals and ministers of the royal family as well as heirs of influential figures from across the realm to cultivate there. He believed that people were divided by status; only those with noble bloodlines deserved to cultivate. Cultivation was an act of seizing heaven and earth's fortune; inferior beings were a waste of resources.
However, there were countless cultivators in the world—he could not kill them all.
The noble-blooded disciples at Genius Academy practiced Divine Skill Techniques bestowed by the Central Sovereign and leaped through the dragon gate, each becoming powerful talents in the cultivation realm. These talents pledged loyalty to the royal family and were granted lands and privileges. Every disciple who emerged had the potential to become a Divine General, awaiting orders from the Central Sovereign.
This Zhongzhou belonged to the Central Sovereign.
Thousands of years later, the centennial Ten Thousand Methods Conference continued unabated. The people of Genius Academy remained powerful and invincible, leaving no sect in Zhongzhou able to challenge their might. It wasn't until three thousand years ago that descendants of Sword Sect saw Azure Cloud Palace rise, followed by You Xian Sect, Overlord Sect, Dragon Slaying Sect, and Divine Serpent Cult emerging as formidable forces.
At the Ten Thousand Methods Conference, a disciple from the Dragon Slaying Sect defeated all the students from the Genius Academy. However, what awaited the Dragon Slaying Sect was not glory, but annihilation.
Yet, it was not the Central Sovereign who brought about the downfall of the Dragon Slaying Sect, but rather the Dragon Ancestor.
The strength of the Dragon Slaying Sect stemmed from their mastery of a certain taboo technique that allowed them to hunt hidden dragons, seize their dragon pearls, and transform them into their own divine power. This act enraged the Dragon Ancestor, who personally descended to slaughter the Dragon Slaying Sect, leaving countless corpses in his wake. This event is known in Zhongzhou's cultivation history as the Dragon Transformation.
The Dragon Slaying Sect was destroyed, but its leader survived. The Dragon Ancestor sought out a sect called the Heavenly Mechanism Sect and had its leader calculate the whereabouts of the Dragon Slaying Sect's master. He pursued him for thirty thousand miles and nearly overturned the Five Elements Continent before ultimately killing him.
The Dragon Slaying Sect was indeed the predecessor of the Dragon Seeking Gate.
Since then, no sect dared to surpass Zhongzhou's Genius Academy, and as the Central Sovereign achieved enlightenment and became invincible in the world, some cultivators speculated that this might be related to the earth's Dragon Vein. Naturally, people began to wonder if there was a connection between the Central Sovereign and the dragon race; otherwise, how could he be unmatched in the world and unify the cultivation realm while the dragon race remained indifferent?
Many speculated that perhaps the destruction of the Dragon Slaying Sect was indeed at the behest of the Central Sovereign.
Not only was it because the Dragon Slaying Sect was too powerful, but also because its name itself violated a taboo. As the supreme ruler, symbolized by dragons, the Central Sovereign's bloodline was known as the True Dragon Bloodline, and his body was referred to as a dragon body.
Thus, the Ten Thousand Methods Conference continued for another two thousand five hundred years, with Zhongzhou's Royal Family's Genius Academy remaining unrivaled in all realms; it could only be first among genius academies.
It was only five hundred years ago that the Ten Thousand Methods Conference was canceled due to a Divine Monkey descending upon a certain area in Zhongzhou. The Divine Monkey was trapped under Buddha's Palm Mountain for five hundred years, its aura suppressing all high-level cultivators on the Five Elements Continent from continuing their training. No one dared to make any significant moves for fear of provoking this unknown entity.
Several of the most powerful beings in the cultivation world disbelieved in fate and quietly approached Buddha's Palm Mountain, only to be killed by that monkey with a single grip.
This incident alarmed one of the most powerful Daoist Ancestors in Eastern Region's Hundred Thousand Desolate Mountains. This Ancestor was on the verge of transcending tribulation and ascending; known as an Invincible Loose Immortal with an undefeated life, he could rival even the Central Sovereign—able to split mountains with his bare hands and settle chaos with ease. The Invincible Loose Immortal brought a disciple to Buddha's Palm Mountain with intentions to kill the Divine Monkey but unexpectedly met his end at a mere finger from it.
The demon king from Southern Domain Sky-reaching Forest also disbelieved in fate and sought to recruit the Divine Monkey as his subordinate. He came to Buddha's Palm Mountain but was sent flying back to Sky-Connecting Forest by a single flick from the Divine Monkey. Afterward, everyone who knew about this situation ceased discussing that monkey at Buddha's Palm Mountain.
Just as they never spoke of Xuanfo Temple’s founding ancestor.
Thus, after the Divine Monkey departed, there were those sighs—
In a certain part of the Hundred Thousand Desolate Mountains in the Eastern Region, a White-Haired Elder clad in a Robe gazed toward the direction of Central Continent Buddha Palm Mountain, murmuring to himself, "It has been five hundred years. That giant ape that descended from the heavens crushed my senior brother with just one finger. What kind of existence was he?"
In another part of the Southern Domain Sky-reaching Forest, a middle-aged man with fiery red hair, draped in a Purple Cloud Battle Robe, stood atop a Sky-Connecting Giant Tree, frowning as he looked into the distance. He muttered, "Is this existence the reason my father forbade me from invading Zhongzhou back then?"
In a certain area of the Boundless Desert of the Western Region, an emaciated Old Crone walked unsteadily, clutching a peculiar staff. She exclaimed sharply, "Finally leaving! There is no longer any threat. I have waited five hundred years without daring to Transcend Tribulation; Zhongzhou must pay the price."
In a location within the Northern Extreme Icefield, a somewhat enchanting woman dressed in black stared at the murals on the walls inside an Ice Ancient Cave, oblivious to the aura she sensed. She addressed a Handsome Man depicted in the mural, asking, "Have you really Ascended to Immortality? Why haven’t you come to find me?"
The Divine Monkey had suppressed all laws in the Cultivation world for five hundred years, resulting in no one being able to Transcend Tribulation during that time. All high-level cultivators found their progress stagnated. Given that cultivators have limited lifespans—at most around a thousand years—their longevity is not much different from that of ordinary people. Qi Refinement Stage cultivators live about as long as regular humans; Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators can live over a hundred years; Core Formation Stage cultivators reach around two hundred years; Divine Transformation Stage cultivators can live up to three hundred years; and those in the Tribulation Period may reach just over a thousand years. These are rough estimates; no one has kept precise statistics.
Therefore, there has never been any notion of immortality in the Cultivation world.
After the Divine Monkey's departure, the suppression of the Great Dao ceased to exist. High-level cultivators began to experience rapid increases in their cultivation levels, and all cultivators unknowingly felt a surge in their training speed as if they were accumulating power for a great release.
However, the Ten Thousand Methods Conference had gradually faded from people's attention since five hundred years ago.
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