Immortality: Starting with a grave, I'm invincible when burying corpses.

Lead-gray clouds spread out beneath his feet. Zhong Hu, an ordinary captain, sat atop the wooden pavilion, closing his eyes to rest.

A mountain breeze swept through the clouds, carrying a faint dampness, and brushed against Zhong Hu's cheek.

As a terrestrial deity of the Great Empire, Zhong Hu should not be on a warship transporting prisoners.

However, as the marshal of the Great Empire, after exchanging views with Mu Zhaoyang and others, Zhong Hu still boarded the warship personally as an ordinary captain.

Compared to other land deities with distinct personalities and characteristics, Zhong Hu, who came from humble beginnings, learned a wide variety of skills and was better at blending in with mortals.

He concealed his presence, disguised himself as the captain of a warship, and blended into the escorting convoy.

If we were to talk about Chung Hu, his experience can be described entirely with the word "inspirational".

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As a participant in the Five Kingdoms period, Zhong Hu's early life, like that turbulent era, was filled with tragedy.

As a child from a farming family, Zhong Hu had no access to martial arts and spent his days roaming the mountains and fields.

As a boy, Zhong Hu was very sensible. As he grew up, he became strong and began to help his father with farming.

Every now and then they would go into the mountains to hunt a game or two to supplement the family's food supply.

For a long time, Zhong Hu thought that he might become a hunter, marry a wife like his father, and spend his life in the mountains.

When Zhong Hu was eleven years old, a group of deserters who had been defeated on the battlefield broke into the mountain village where Zhong Hu lived.

The Five Kingdoms period was rife with evil spirits.

While Zhong Hu was hunting in the mountains, evil spirits broke into the village and slaughtered the entire village.

On that day, eleven-year-old Zhong Hu, holding the cold corpse, entered a state of oneness with nature for the first time, and with his youthful body, killed an entire squad of deserters.

After several years of wandering, Zhong Hu settled down in a small town called Qingchuan City.

Having lived in Qingchuan City for three years, Zhong Hu met many people, took in several followers, and formed new bonds and a new life.

But fate is always particularly cruel to those who suffer misfortune; the rope always breaks at its thinnest point.

After a few years of peaceful life, Chung Hu encountered a new "evil spirit" once again.

A demon that he could not defeat even with all his might.

This time, the "demon" killed the boy that Zhong Hu had taken care of as his younger brother in front of him.

Once again, he achieved harmony with nature, but this time, Zhong Hu was unable to kill the "evil spirit" in front of him with his own fists, just as he had when he was eleven years old.

In Qingchuan City, Zhong Hu was trampled underfoot by the "evil spirits" and fell into the deepest despair.

On this very day, Zhong Hu encountered the legendary Five Spirits Mystic Maiden.

While being miraculously saved by the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden, Zhong Hu's life took a different turn.

I will diligently cultivate myself, strive to become stronger, and get to know more important people.

During his time with the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden, Zhong Hu never slacked off for a single day.

At that time, Zhong Hu could not understand the behavior of the Five Spirits Mystic Maiden, nor could he understand why the great True Lord would cultivate such an evil spirit.

However, Zhong Hu, who was in his twenties, knew this clearly.

Only by becoming stronger can he have the right to take revenge and prevent others from suffering the same fate he did.

With this belief in mind, Zhong Hu embarked on his own path of cultivation.

Although he started much later than others, Zhong Hu quickly closed the gap between himself and other cultivators with his talent and hard work, and eventually surpassed them to reach a higher level.

He first made contact with Bai Ling, and then, because of Bai Ling, he was appreciated by the Bai family and was taken in as a disciple by Bai Xi.

Through layers of connections, Zhong Hu, a former country boy, transformed himself into a high-ranking official in the Great Shi Empire.

Later, Zhong Hu debuted as the commander of the Great Shi Empire Army Group, fighting on all sides and killing Prince Changping of Xiqi on the battlefield.

After the war ended, Zhong Hu married the princess of the Bai family and was granted the title of Duke of Zhenguo of the Great Shi Empire, thus becoming completely bound to the Bai family.

After becoming the Duke of Zhenguo, Zhong Hu did not forget his experiences in his youth, nor did he forget the pain he had endured.

People who climb up from the bottom often take two completely different paths after reaching a high position.

A sycophantic and greedy individual.

They climbed their way up from the bottom, but after becoming powerful and wealthy, they intensified their exploitation of the common people and those who were in the same situation as they once were.

Because they have spent years struggling at the bottom of society, they know better than anyone how much people at the bottom can endure, and they know better than anyone what the bottom line is for ordinary people.

Instead of thinking about how to improve the lives of the lower classes, those in high positions spend their days thinking about how to suppress them, pushing the poor to the point of no return.

Another kind of heart is to have the world in mind and to serve the people wholeheartedly.

They were born at the very bottom of society, and like the former, they experienced all kinds of suffering, as well as received kindness from others.

In the process of growing up, they strengthened their ideals and beliefs and clarified their life goals.

They allow themselves to grow, and allow themselves to change their goals and beliefs in the process of growing, but no matter how their goals change, they are always on the path of making the world a better place.

After being soaked by the torrential rain, they did not choose to let others experience the same ordeal as they did, but instead chose a different path.

Hold up an umbrella for others.

Zhong Hu was the latter.

After becoming the Duke of Zhenguo in the Great Shi Empire, Zhong Hu always upheld the justice in his heart, punishing evil and eliminating wickedness in the Great Shi Empire, and slaying one new "evil spirit" after another.

The name of Duke Zhong, who vanquished demons and monsters, was widely known throughout the Great Shi Empire and was one of the most important folk beliefs.

After hundreds of years of twists and turns, Zhong Hu has now become one of the terrestrial immortals, and also holds multiple identities such as Duke of the Great Empire, King of the Sand Sea, and Commander-in-Chief of the Immortal Spirit Legion.

Decades ago, as one of the chosen ones selected by the Heavenly Dao, Zhong Hu took advantage of the gradual perfection of the laws of heaven and earth to break into the realm of immortals and enjoy a lifespan of three thousand years.

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Sunlight pierced through the gaps in the clouds, casting dappled rays of light onto the top of the warship.

The world was vast and silent.

Amidst the light and shadow, three azure warships pierced the sky and plunged headlong into the depths of Qishan Mountain, into the illusion array.

Unbeknownst to Zhong Hu, Mu Yong, and the others, faint lights began to appear deep within the warship.

A will quietly descended and took over the physical body of the King of Ying.

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At the same time, on the Starfall Continent, in the Starry Mountains.

At the summit of the towering peak, the True Lord in blue robes stood with his hands behind his back.

A silvery-white power of creation surged from Mu An's fingertips, making the long sword at his waist appear dreamlike and ethereal.

"The curtain has just been raised; it's far from time for the Golden Immortal to make his appearance."

"Bullying the weak is against the rules."

"Liu Yun, go help them and teach that unruly Golden Immortal a lesson."