Chapter 904: How Does Chaos Start?
The Long continent had been in peace for quite a long time now. People wondered if this peace had lasted too long, or perhaps it was just the calm before the storm. Regardless of their thoughts and expectations, the world followed its own path.
Still, the number of people that thought a time of chaos was near had started to slowly increase. While there had been small chaotic events like wars between kingdoms, beast tides and even natural calamities, none of them was something that would disturb the entire continent at once.
In fact, after the establishment of the three Guardian clans, there had been no long scale upheaval. The three clans were also satisfied by this and allowed the rise of other powers as long as they didn’t cause trouble.
All they cared about was the status quo and that their superiority was maintained. The same attitude was adapted by the other powers of the continents.
In the case of the Long continent, the powers were mainly divided into four categories. The first was none other than the top clans, which included the Long clan. The second was the kingdoms that existed, and the third was the cultivation sects.
The fourth and final category was the independent organizations such as the Tieba city council and smaller groups.
A long time back, philosophers had asked how could a large scale chaotic situation be quantified?
It took a long time, and years went by before they were able to come up with an answer for that. The answer was when all four categories of the powers were unable to stay in peace and hold their positions.
When that happened, true chaos would descend and the Ming Dao world would face the same severity of the situation it did over ten thousand years ago. It might not be an invasion, but it didn’t need to be.
And today, they finally felt like it was the early stage of that chaos.
The entire Long continent heard the news about the monster that had appeared in the south. The said monster was entirely unknown and had managed to cripple two kingdoms in less than six months.
If it was just this, the other powers of the Long continent would not have been bothered. Rather, it was the Chan Sect and the Dark Plains sect that had raised the alarm. They not only had definite proof of the monster’s existence, but had also found some ancient records.
The said records were originally found in an abandoned ruin over two thousand years ago. After being found, they had been lying in the library of the Chan sect, untouched and unread.
Only after finding out about the monster did they increase their efforts and scoured every bit of information sources did they find out more about the monster. According to the record they had found, the said monster was called a calamity fiend.
Its existence predated the existence of the three guardian clans and even the great invasion of the past. That was a period in the history of the Ming Dao world that had basically been forgotten.
Only faint traces of it could be found from time to time.
The said record mentioned that the calamity fiend was a world ending monster that had come to Ming Dao world in an unknown age. The humans of that age were but mere savages back then and there was no cultivation knowledge.
It was also deemed as the age of ignorance.
The calamity fiend freely raged across the Ming Dao world during the age of ignorance until finally a being descended. He was called as a sage and had come to spread enlightenment of civilization to this world.
But what he witnessed was the calamity fiend ravaging the world.
Enraged by it, he waged a great battle against it that lasted three hundred days. But despite that long battle, he was unable to truly kill the beast. All he could do was to seal it and hope that someone in the future would be able to stop its existence.
The battle had greatly weakened the sage, and he had to rest for a long time to recover his strength. But he didn’t just stay in isolation, instead he guided the humans of the Ming Dao world and led them to a civilized life.
He showed them the path of cultivation while they revered him as a god.
It was only when he had left the Ming Dao world did the humans of the Ming Dao world realize he was no god.
A few despaired at the departure of their god, but some desired the same power. The path of cultivation shown by the sage spread widely and cultivators started spreading.
The inheritance left behind by the sage faded away after the humans of the Ming Dao world derived their own understanding from it. Perhaps it was intentional on the sages’ part, but not record of his true inheritance was found.
Even the people who had descended from his disciples had no memories.
But there was still something he had left behind. It was nothing but a warning… a warning for the future dynasties about the calamity fiend that would one day come for them.
With the spread of this ancient record, the powers of the Long continent were almost sent into panic.
They didn’t take it on face value either, getting their elders and ancestors to verify the authenticity of this record. They used divination as well as other secrets technique, only to come to the conclusion that all of it was true.
And just as they were about to begin planning for this, another piece of shocking news spread from one of the powers. This power was none other than the Ji clan.
The news was about the ruthlessness of the heir apparent Ji Shirong, who had massacred his siblings and elders along with those who opposed him in one day. Solidifying his position as the true heir!
And not just that, even the patriarch of the Ji clan was accepting of it, nullifying the crimes of kin slaughter.
