Longzang

Chapter 901 The Secret History of the Desolate Realm
After Yan Hu left, Wei Yuan decided to start with the history of the Desolate Realm before looking at the history of Feng Mang.

He first browsed through the titles of all the historical books stored in the Wasteland Historical Zone, and then took down a stone box containing early history books, placed it on the table, and opened the lid.

These stone boxes were all made of wasteland stone, and inside were sheets of specially made jade paper containing many special ingredients. Wei Yuan could immediately smell the scent of the Flame God Flower. It seemed that the ingredients of this jade paper included immortal plants, no wonder it could be preserved for so long in the extreme environment of the wasteland.

However, the jade paper made with immortal plants became extremely expensive, and Wei Yuan had not seen many of them outside the two fortresses.

Wei Yuan picked up a piece of jade paper and carefully read it. The jade paper from the Desolate Realm was much thicker than normal jade paper, but the contents it contained were about the same, basically around ten thousand words per sheet, or containing two or three true meanings.

Wei Yuan read extremely quickly, finishing a sheet of jade paper in just a few breaths, then picking up another. After reading each sheet, its contents would appear in his sea of ​​consciousness, and a Wei Yuan would emerge to reread it. Wei Yuan first needed to memorize all the contents, then use a dedicated divine sense within his sea of ​​consciousness to reanalyze and organize them.

This is Wei Yuan's method of reading history: comparing and analyzing a vast number of different historical books, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, and then recompiling them into a completely new history book that covers everything and can be consulted and accessed at any time.

One by one, the jade papers were taken out and put back. The history of the entire Desolate Realm was like a series of torn pieces of paper, slowly piecing together a larger and more complete picture in Wei Yuan's mind.

In its early days, the Desolate Realm was a peaceful world, dependent on this realm. After the Power Witches discovered this realm, they mined resources and honed their physiques here, their magical bodies growing stronger day by day. However, their inner worlds were also involuntarily filled with high temperatures and flames, becoming monotonous. Thus, the path of the Power Witches and the Desolate Witches was opened up.

But hundreds of thousands of years ago, the Flame Demons suddenly appeared. Under the onslaught of the massive Flame Demons, the Power Witches of the entire Desolate Realm suffered heavy casualties. At that time, five of the six Heavenly Witches who were in charge of the Desolate Realm were Desolate Witches, and one was a Nether Witch.

In the final battle, the Flame Demon Clan actually dispatched more than a dozen Heavenly Witch level experts, and the six Heavenly Witches were in a precarious situation under the Flame Demons' frenzied attacks.

At that time, the Wu tribe and the Liao tribe were waging a full-scale war and could not spare any manpower. Therefore, the Ancestral Witch invited the first Human Emperor to come to the Wilderness to help in the war. At that time, the human race was still a vassal of the Wu tribe, but because of the sudden appearance of the first Human Emperor, the human race had a relatively high status among the vassals.

But the Ancestral Witches never expected that the first Human Emperor would refuse to fight, even at the cost of abandoning the alliance with the Witch Clan. Upon seeing this, the Liao Clan immediately tried to win over the Human Clan, promising generous terms to bring them back into the Liao Clan's camp.

In the final battle of the Desolate Realm, five of the six Celestial Witches perished, with only one Celestial Witch, who was originally from the Desolate Realm, escaping. The millions of years of cultivation by the Power Witches in the Desolate Realm were destroyed in an instant, dozens of cities were destroyed, hundreds of thousands of Power Witches fell, and nearly a thousand Desolate Witches perished. This event is known as the War of Burning Blood.

The entire Li Wu clan was almost completely uprooted, dragged down from its position as the strongest Wu clan, and relegated to the bottom.

Afterwards, the Ancestral Witches intervened, ceding a large amount of wealth and 100,000 li of territory to negotiate peace with the Liao tribe. Subsequently, they gathered the remaining strength of the Witch Clan, and the twelve Heavenly Witches re-entered the Desolate Realm, fighting the Flame Demon for 1,300 years. Finally, they temporarily forced the Flame Demon to retreat and set down the first boundary stone of Jitian City.

Jitian City is no ordinary city. Historical records state that within a radius of 100,000 li, any Flame Demon entering this city would be suppressed, its strength greatly reduced. Thus, it became the most fortified stronghold of the Witch Clan. The environment of the Desolate Realm is extreme, and those who stay here for a long time will slowly transform into Power Witches. After many years of recuperation, the Power Witches have risen again, but their glory is incomparable to that of the Seven Great Heavenly Witches of yesteryear.

After building the City of Extreme Heaven and re-establishing its foothold in the Desolate Realm, the Ancestral Witches finally had the time to fill the vacancy with the Heavenly Witches and begin their revenge against the Liao Clan.

The battle was fierce and chaotic. The Wu tribe unleashed all the humiliation and anger accumulated over thousands of years. Three of the Liao tribe's Eight Heavenly Kings and two of its Seven National Masters perished, resulting in a crushing defeat for the Wu tribe. The Wu tribe also suffered heavy casualties, with three of its four newly promoted Heavenly Witches falling, leaving a situation where the Heavenly Witch positions were vacant and no one could fill them.

In this great battle, the number of immortals among the human race exceeded ten for the first time, and the first human emperor passed away peacefully.

The latter great war was only mentioned briefly in the history of the Desolate Realm, and most of it was recorded in the human history books that Wei Yuan had read before. From the perspective of the human race, the first human emperor was indeed a great ruler. He chose the right time and withdrew from the witch race, which almost caused the power witch race to be extinct. For the next thousand years, the witch race continued to suffer in the flames of war, and the blood feud between the witch and Liao was brought to a new level.

After betraying the Wu tribe, the Human Emperor decisively allied himself with the Liao tribe, thus directing all the Wu tribe's anger towards the Liao tribe. Historical records of the Wilderness also suggest that the first Human Emperor was instigated by the Liao tribe to stab the Wu tribe in the back at a crucial moment.

Wei Yuan only wanted to learn about the secrets of the Desolate Realm, but he never expected to come across ancient secrets. However, to be honest, these historical materials had nothing to do with the Sharp Edge Fortress. Why would a small fortress that had only been established for a few hundred years and was struggling to survive day and night keep so many history books?
In the human realm, this would be equivalent to a stationmaster who, instead of rushing to buy carriages and equipment, first spends a fortune to arrange a complete set of the Twenty-Four Histories. If Wei Yuan were his superior, he would definitely investigate whether he was secretly hoarding armor.

So this Molten Dragon isn't just a fortress lord? Or rather, he's not content with being just a fortress lord?
Wei Yuan continued reading.

The history of the Desolate Realm unfolded relatively smoothly afterward. Here, the Ancestral Witches adopted human methods to refine a batch of Bloodstones. Centered on the City of Extreme Heaven, they gradually and methodically altered the surrounding environment, suffocating the Flame Demons' territory. The Ancestral Witches, along with the Twelve Heavenly Witches, hunted down more than ten top-tier Flame Demons, severely weakening them and forcing them to gradually distance themselves from the City of Extreme Heaven.

The Wu tribe's concept of time differs from that of the human tribe, often planning actions on a millennium-long scale. At this moment, Wei Yuan suddenly had a question: Is the Ancestral Wu in historical records the same Ancestral Wu as we know it today? Or is there another Heavenly Wu who has taken over and inherited the Ancestral Wu's authority over heaven and earth?
Wei Yuan frowned slightly. If there was only one Ancestral Witch, then it must have lived for at least hundreds of thousands of years, perhaps even millions. It was simply a monster.

On the other hand, the human immortals would never sit idly by; most would want to try the Path of the Ancestral Witches.

At this thought, Wei Yuan felt a sudden chill, as if he had disturbed a sleeping beast!

At this moment, Wei Yuan's vision shifted, as if he had instantly been transported to another world. The surroundings were pitch black, with only a huge, irregularly shaped planet vaguely appearing in front of him, which was slowly wriggling.

Wei Yuan then realized that the planet was concave... no, it wasn't a planet, but the nostril of some incredible behemoth! Although it was still fast asleep, its huge nostrils sniffed towards Wei Yuan.

This tiny movement instantly froze Wei Yuan's entire body, rendering him unable to move!

This was fear from the inside out, a suppression that started from the primordial spirit and soul. Wei Yuan couldn't even think, leaving only a blank!
He didn't know how much time had passed, nor what had happened afterward, but Wei Yuan suddenly returned to reality, finding himself once again in that small, cramped library. It was as if nothing had happened, but the feeling of that moment was firmly etched into Wei Yuan's mind.

Wei Yuan suddenly had a strange thought: so the soul and primordial spirit also have form and substance, and can be suppressed. In this world, there is no truly free soul.

　There haven't been many updates these past few days; I'll make up for it next week.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)