“Congratulations, King Zhen Dong! Congratulations, King Zhen Dong! The Queen has just given birth to a pair of twins!” a General in iron armor shouted from outside the Zhendong King Manor’s deliberation hall.
King Zhen Dong, Qin De, who had been nervous all night because of his wife’s labor, suddenly stood up and woke his children who were lying on chairs beside him. “Feng’er, Zheng’er, wake up quickly, your mother has given birth.”
“Mother has given birth!” The slightly older child, who was curled up on the chair on the left, suddenly jumped up and shouted excitedly while standing on the chair.
“Is it a younger brother or a younger sister?” In contrast, the slightly more delicate child on the other side was much calmer. Although his tone carried excitement, it wasn't overly exaggerated.
“Is this the time to ask that?” Qin De strode towards the General who had come to deliver the news. “How is the Queen’s health?”
The General watched Qin De approach, bowed to him, and said, “The Queen and the two young Your Highnesses are safe. The Queen is a bit exhausted and has fallen asleep after being cleaned up by the wet nurse. The two young Your Highnesses have also been cleaned up by the maids and are with the wet nurses arranged by King Zhen Dong.”
“Good, good, good, everyone gets a reward! Come, come, where is the butler?” In his excitement, Qin De did not restrain his Internal Energy. With the amplification of his Innate Great Perfection Internal Energy, Qin De’s voice spread throughout the entire Zhendong King Manor.
“King Zhen Dong, your humble servant is here!” A figure rushed out from a corner with mysterious footwork at a speed unattainable by ordinary people, revealing himself to be an Innate master as well.
“Good, good, good, you go and relay the order. Today, all Generals and servants in the manor will be rewarded with silver, three taels of silver per person,” Qin De instructed, then hurried with his two sons, following the General who had delivered the news, towards the back courtyard.
Qin Xuan felt particularly unlucky. In his previous life, he was a perfectly good civil servant, working from nine to five every day, occasionally responding to calls to work overtime. Although he was over thirty, he didn't have a wife. However, compared to their department head, who was over forty and should be fighting on the front lines without a partner, he decided he was very content.
Not only did he have a house and a car, both parents were alive, and even his grandparents, who were over ninety, were in good health, completely without need for him to worry. He lived a carefree life on weekdays, and after annual leave, he could even travel to other places. Although he couldn't be called a winner in life, he was considered a successful person.
As a result, when he and a few colleagues went to Kunlun Mountain to relax, he accidentally stepped on a stone at the edge of a cliff and fell off, thus bidding farewell to the Human Realm.
When Qin Xuan regained consciousness, he found himself in a novel he had once read, Covering the Sky, a story about a Protagonist who, under the planning of a certain brother-con Great Emperor, cultivated to become the new Great Emperor.
When this book was written, Qin Xuan was still in high school, in the late stage of his chuunibyou phase, and he worshipped divine sentences like “At the end of the Immortal Path, who stands as the peak? Upon seeing the peerless, the Dao becomes empty.” and “My Void Great Emperor is not weaker than anyone.”
He kept thinking if he could also Cultivate, and even specifically went to Dragon Tiger Mountain to seek the Dao after the college entrance examination. It wasn't until three days later that a certain high-ranking Celestial Master on Dragon Tiger Mountain, annoyed by him, casually threw him a copy of the "tao te ching" and told him, “All Great Dao are within this book,” then paid out of his own pocket to send him home.
The funniest part was that after Qin had read the "tao te ching" dozens of times, almost memorizing it backward, and found no abnormalities, he then used various physical and chemical methods like fire and water to test it, but still found nothing unusual about the book. Naturally, the book eventually turned into black ash in the fire.
This dark history was hidden deep in his heart, unknown even to his parents, until he came to Covering the Sky, transmigrating into an ordinary Disciple of Yaoguang Holy Land.
It was only then that Qin Xuan realized that the "tao te ching" was actually useful, comparable to a Great Emperor scripture. But then again, it made sense, as in the Covering the Sky World, there was also a mythological story of a certain Moral Heavenly Lord, and that Moral Heavenly Lord's Emperor scripture was indeed the "tao te ching".
In the original World, without Transcendent power, the "tao te ching" was naturally just a philosophical masterpiece. But in this era where the 'corpse' of the Moral Heavenly Lord, Laozi, still manifested, the existence of the "tao te ching" was naturally no less than an Emperor scripture.
Holding an Emperor scripture, Qin Xuan considered himself a Son of Destiny. However, despite being a Son of Destiny, Qin Xuan, who had read the book Covering the Sky and knew how deep the waters of this World were, still suppressed his loneliness and painstakingly Cultivated in Yaoguang Holy Land. Finally, fifty years later, one year before Ye Fan arrived in North Dipper aboard the Nine Dragon Coffin, he broke through the Immortal Platform Realm.
In this Era of Dharma Decline, where the Great Dao was not manifest, what kind of Aptitude did it take to break through the Immortal Platform Realm within fifty years? Such Aptitude, while not enough to become a Great Emperor, was still good enough to become a Saint and serve as a foundation for a Holy Land.
So Qin Xuan left with a Saint-Grade Saint Weapon gifted by Yaoguang Holy Master, ostensibly to seek Opportunity.
The first stop after leaving was naturally the Heavenly Book of Origin. Divine Origin was the strongest currency in the Covering the Sky World; even many Immortal materials could be purchased with Divine Origin.
And the Heavenly Book of Origin was naturally the best, if not only, way for commoners to get rich. It was also strange; after Qin Xuan painstakingly designed many coincidental encounters to gain the trust of Old Man Zhang, he finally put on the divine robe made by the previous Heavenly Master of Origin. Only after entering Purple Mountain did he discover that the robe was fake.
He had only walked thirty li into Purple Mountain, and that was with the help of the Saint Weapon, when he was slapped away by a certain revived Saint-Grade ancient creature.
Although he didn't die thanks to the Saint Weapon's protection, he fell into the depths of Purple Mountain, near a certain God King of Eastern Wilderness, and finally breathed his last beside the God King of Eastern Wilderness.
Before he died, he seemed to have seen Old Man Zhang mocking him after he left, as if to say, “You little brat, do you really think I don't know those coincidences were designed by you? How can you encounter twenty-six bandit attacks in a month and be saved by you every time? Do you really think I'm a fool?”
Before his death, Qin Xuan met the God King and had a heart-to-heart talk with him, reflecting on his mistakes in this life, only then realizing that dealing with people truly requires sincerity for sincerity.
Was it wrong to want to become stronger? Of course not, but his methods were ultimately not honorable. In comparison, although Black Ye was black-hearted, he could be said to have a clear conscience.
Just before his death, Qin Xuan suddenly regretted it. Why go down the mountain? Why seek Opportunity? What was wrong with just staying hidden in Yaoguang Holy Land until Black Ye led the Heavenly Court to Immortal Ascension by breaking through the World?
With the resources of a Holy Land, cultivating to a Saint with his Aptitude would be effortless. What was wrong with waiting for Black Ye to establish the Heavenly Court and then Ascending with him? Why?
It was then that Qin Xuan finally understood what the Dao of Non-Action in the "tao te ching" meant: to be hidden. To live long, one must be hidden.
Thus, one second before his death, Qin Xuan became a King Realm by severing his Dao. One second after severing his Dao, the King Realm, only fifty-five years old, sat down and passed away. This scene was witnessed by the God King nearby, causing the God King to sigh.