Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 1103 A Dirty Legacy

Xia Shou continued flipping through the pages and soon came across a large amount of obscure and difficult-to-understand text.

Also coming to assist Bishamonten are the gods of joy and sorrow, two deities from the dark palace where the Sixth Heaven Demon King resides. For the sake of peace in the world, they assist Suzuka Gozen and Sakanoue Tamuramaru in their campaign against Ōtakemaru.

When the army fought against Ōtakemaru, Ōtakemaru summoned Ōtōren, one of the Three Bright Swords, from the shrine. With a light sweep, he turned the army of General Sakagami into a pool of blood. The smooth flesh and blood pressed onto the wild grass, forming a blood-red carpet of flesh.

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Xia Shou saw a similar description, which was probably the first time that An Gang's ancestors had tried to defeat this demon, but failed.

However, Ōtakemaru fell in love with Suzuka Gozen, so Suzuka Gozen eventually used her beauty to steal Ōtōren and Ōtōren.

Even so, the power was still insufficient. So, in order to help this weak general, Vaishravana divided the river of time in two and scooped up the water from the two halves of the river of time, placing them in the future after a certain distance.

Thus, Sakanoue Tamuramaru jumped directly from the present moment to the future, as did Ōtakemaru, who was also interfered with by Bishamonten.

Because the river was split in two, Ōtakemaru and Sakagami Tamuramaru could not affect each other. Therefore, although Ōtakemaru's earth-shattering attack turned the earth into scorched earth, Sakagami Tamuramaru was unharmed.

Meanwhile, Ōtakemaru's demon army was reduced to a pile of corpses under the demon-subduing martial dance of Bishamonten.

With lightning speed that no one could see, the Hidden God of Joy and Sorrow broke all six of Ōtakemaru's arms, creating an unparalleled opportunity for Sakanoue Tamuramaru...

At first glance, it seems very boring and incomprehensible, but Xia Shou understands that this record is a cryptic message, not meant for those who know nothing.

The Sixth Demon King's pitch-black palace, if nothing unexpected happens, should refer to Mo Yu Si.

Given that this Vaishravana can manipulate time, it is quite normal that he is a human incarnation of someone from the Moyu Division.

Moreover, the stone tablet made of black jade found in the basement of An Gang's house further proves this point.

The God of Joy and Sorrow... This is a deity whose name cannot be found online, but it is said to come from the same place as Vaishravana, so he should also be a member of the Moyu Division.

Although it's a bit of a self-identification, the title "God of Joy and Sorrow" does indeed fit his mask.

The inscription on the black jade tablet, "Vishvamana," was written in simplified Chinese characters. In such a distant ancient time, Xia Shou could only think of himself as the person who could write such characters in simplified Chinese.

Before Edward brought him that important information about him, Xia Shou still didn't understand why "The Fall of the Stars" could predict the future from the distant past.

But the truth Edward brings about about "God creating 'man'" perfectly explains this.

Real time does not progress from the past to the present and then to the future, but rather, based on a perfect world created by the gods with an absolute balance of desires, the past is derived from the horse in the woods.

Therefore, the future was born earlier than the past.

Although it is very abstract, Xia Shou also knows that the perspective of God cannot be explained by common sense. In the present moment when the details fit so perfectly, it would be foolish to refuse to acknowledge reality.

So, following this line of reasoning, wasn't I the head of the Moyu Division back then?

In the earliest records, Mo Yu Si was called the Dark Palace of the Sixth Heaven Demon King, while he himself was called the Hidden God of Joy and Sorrow, but not the Sixth Heaven Demon King. Does this mean that... at that time he was just an ordinary member of Mo Yu Si?
Holy crap, that's weird. Did the history of Ōtakemaru really take place that long ago?
If we follow this conclusion, then when Ōtakemaru was alive, the Beast King was still alive.

Although Xia Shou was a little reluctant to accept it, he quickly realized that the history of King Arthur was actually exaggeratedly ancient, and so he felt relieved.

Perhaps many myths are far older than the stories described, but they have been repeatedly modified and imitated over the long course of time, thus turning the stories of the Primordial Era into those of the Warring States Period. Xia Shou continued flipping through the pages, and after passing this chapter, he discovered that the historical records of the An Gang family had a gap.

After the defeat of Ōtakemaru, the story continues many years later, and the second part begins with "A long, long time ago".

This part tells the story of the curse that befell the Anko and Suzuka families.

After defeating Ōtakemaru, Ōtakemaru did not die completely. His desires attached themselves to Kōmeiren, one of the Three Famous Swords, and were sealed by the An'gang family.

The only way to seal this sword is for a descendant who carries the bloodline of Suzuka Gozen.

To ensure the maximum preservation of bloodline concentration, An Gang's family chose to intermarry within the clan.

Then… several pages were clearly torn out, and on the next few pages, someone had written a large sentence in calligraphy: [Bullshit! Utterly shameless! What talk of "for the world"! It's all about inheriting those three swords! The so-called "main family" is just a tool for a branch family!]

Although this part was torn out, Xia Shou understood what was written on these papers.

Such sordid practices occurred in medieval Europe and even in the current Japanese royal family, who embraced a distorted view of procreation and marriage in order to maintain a so-called pure bloodline.

It's natural that some people in Angang's family couldn't accept it.

However, it's quite remarkable that this family could preserve these records so perfectly despite their obvious aversion to them.

In secular society, those who compile family histories tend to embellish their families to some extent, but An Gang's family does not do so.

The only reason Natsumori could think of for these documents to have survived to this day was that each generation of the family head suffered from a very serious case of the diary law.

Moreover, the previous family head likely entrusted these things to the next family head only after confirming that the next family head also had this tendency.

Yes, it's highly likely that the real power holders in this family might even crave for others to read about these sordid past events.

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain how people could find such a hidden past simply by doing a casual search.

Xia Shou was now somewhat grateful for the Diary Law. Although it was said that the gods influenced mortals and spread all this through their surging desires, at least for now, he had indeed benefited.

After flipping through a few more pages, Xia Shou immediately found evidence to support his conjecture.

Perhaps it was descendants of Angang, some of whom were so obsessed with spreading the word that they actually glued extra pages onto the paper.

The supplementary page details the marriage rules of Angang's family, and the writer even wrote his own self-criticism and his helplessness regarding the necessity of this measure.

Upon seeing this content, Xia Shou frowned slightly and quickly scrolled past it.

He had assumed there were only siblings, but he underestimated the An Gang family's attachment to this bloodline.

Upon seeing this content, Xia Shou couldn't help but think of An Gang Xiongwu.

Could this be one of the reasons that poor guy ran away from home?
The answer may never be known.

(End of this chapter)