The third version.

Legend had it that there were Void Beasts in the ‘Void’. On the day of the ‘Origin’, five Void Beasts of similar strength had encountered each other.

The five Void Beasts were: Metal Void Beast, Wood Void Beast, Water Void Beast, Fire Void Beast, and Earth Void Beast.

After the five Void Beasts met, a huge battle erupted. This battle was called the Battle of Origin by the living beings of the Mystic World.

This battle lasted for a long time until the five Void Beasts exhausted all their strength and died.

They died together.

The five Void Beast corpses gathered and fused together, gradually evolving into a world. The main bodies of the five Void Beasts evolved into the four divine mountains of the east, south, west, and north, as well as the Central Divine Mountain.

The five divine mountains suppressed the world and supported it.

The Mystic World successfully evolved.

A new world was born.

It was nurtured by everything.

The Origin Era had arrived…

“Three versions of the legend.” Qi Ming pondered for a moment. “Actually, they all have one thing in common. Those are the five divine mountains. The east, south, west, north, and center divine mountains.”

“The five divine mountains seem to represent the foundation of the Mystic World.”

There were 1387 jade slips and books that recorded the Mystic World Era and history. There were various different contents, and there was even conflict between them.

Qi Ming spent a month organizing a relatively complete timeline regarding the Mystic World.

“Overall.” Qi Ming pondered for a moment and said, “Looking at the history and era of the entire Mystic World, from the Origin Day that the Mystic World was born, it can be divided into the Origin Era, the Far Ancient Era, the Ancient Era, the Near Ancient Era, and the current era.”

“There are a total of five eras.”

“From the Origin Day to the end of the Origin Era, there’s not much information known at this time. It’s impossible to determine how much time there is.”

“However…”

“What’s certain is that the Origin Era ended about nine calamities ago.”

Calamity.

This was a unit measurement of time.

In addition, Calamity was just Calamity, not the Limitless Calamity.

In the Mystic World, there was no Limitless Calamity, only Calamity.

If years were used as the unit of measurement…

Meeting (18,000 years), Meeting Origin (129,600 years), Calamity (99 Meeting Origin).

Nine calamities was over a hundred million years of time.

To be more precise, it was 115,473,600 years.

“When the Origin Era ended, the world entered the Far Ancient Era. The beginning of the Far Ancient Era was the end of the Origin Era, and the end should be about two calamities ago.”

“The length of time in the Far Ancient Era was seven calamities, which was more than 80 million years. It was almost 90 million years. To be more precise, it was 89,812,800 years.”

“Also…”

“In the Far Ancient Era, a total of seven Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulations occurred. Seven unprecedented battles erupted, and it affected the entire Mystic World greatly.”

“Until the seventh Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation ended, the Mystic World underwent a huge change. The six races of immortals, gods, devils, humans, demons, and ghosts were established. It completely ended the Far Ancient Era and entered the Ancient Era.”

“The beginning of the Ancient Era was the end of the Far Ancient Era, and the end of the Ancient Era was about one calamity before the present day. In other words, the entire Ancient Era only experienced one Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation. After that, it completely ended.”

“This Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation is the most terrifying calamity in the entire Mystic World. It’s also the Heaven and Earth Tribulation that the Ancient Demon Emperor: Yinglong experienced.”

“Heaven and Earth Tribulation.”

“For some reason, a gap inexplicably appeared in the sky, producing a scene of the sky collapsing. It caused the Void Wind to surge into the Mystic World. The Ancient Demon Emperor: Yinglong used his ten thousand years of cultivation to mend the sky and complete the gap.”

“However…”

“That was the true beginning of this Heaven and Earth Tribulation.”

“The five races joined forces and surrounded the Ancient Demon Court. The battle of the six races completely erupted. This battle caused the four divine mountains of the east, south, west, and north to collapse. Only the central divine mountain remained.”

“The Mystic World is about to collapse.”

“At this moment, the five races knew that their sins were deep. The five races’ sovereigns transformed themselves into the Heaven Raising Divine Pillar and supported the Mystic World. Only then did they avoid the destruction of the world and repeat the calamity of world reconstruction.”

“Since then, the Ancient Era has ended and entered the Near Ancient Era. The six races recuperated and stopped fighting. However, sects and Dao fields were established one after another.”

“Under the gradual changes, in the entire Mystic World, various sects and families appeared like bamboo shoots after the rain.”

“The sect established by Daoist Heaven Enlightenment was created in the Near Ancient Era. After the baptism of time, from the establishment of the sect until now, there have already been a total of twelve Meeting Origins (1,552,000 years).”

“Also…”

“The end of the Near Ancient Era was 100,000 years ago. It happened to be the year after the Grand Elder of the Heaven Enlightenment Sect, Lu Fengjian, ascended.”

“The Near Ancient Era has ended and entered the current era. The current era has already experienced 100,000 years. In these 100,000 years, no ascension has occurred.”

“Grand Elder Lu Fengjian can be said to be the last ascender at the end of the current era.”

“This is the Mystic World I know now.”

Qi Ming pondered for a moment, “Of course, there are definitely many secrets that I don’t know. Although the Heaven Enlightenment Sect has already existed for more than a million years, and although the jade slips and books in the inheritance hall are very complete, I can’t guarantee that they’re all correct.”

“There are definitely many things that even the Heaven Enlightenment Sect doesn’t know.”

“Also, regarding the Heaven and Earth Tribulation.” Qi Ming continued to think, “This is a tribulation evolved by heaven and earth. It’s also called: Heaven and Earth Great Tribulation, Heaven and Earth Great Calamity, and so on.”

“In fact, the formation of the Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation is the evolution of the world.”

“Because life forms multiply in the world, be it immortals, Buddhas, gods, devils or demons, everyone is fighting for resources and absorbing the spiritual qi and energy of the world.”

“If you can obtain it correctly and use it according to the circulation of the heaven and earth, you can balance the energy and nothing will happen.”

“However, there are factions that privately control and interfere. They breed demons, immortals, and gods. If they want to grow, they will definitely have to absorb the spiritual qi of heaven and earth. Moreover, they are different from ordinary mortals. Mortals die in a hundred years. After they die, everything will be returned to the world. The balance will not be destroyed.”

“Demons, devils, immortals, and gods are different. Their lifespans are extremely long. Those who reach the Core Formation realm can live for a thousand years at most. Those who reach the Nascent Soul realm can live for three thousand years at most. Those who reach the Leaving Aperture realm can live for six thousand years. Those who reach the Soul Formation realm can live for ten thousand years at most…”

“The higher your realm, the longer you live, the more heaven and earth spiritual qi you absorb. Even when an ascender enters the higher realm, they directly take away their entire quantity of heaven and earth spiritual qi.”

“This way, it will cause the Heaven and Earth spiritual qi to become more and more unbalanced. Heaven and Earth energy will lose control, so it will walk step by step towards the tribulation.”

“Under such circumstances, after accumulating to a certain extent, the Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation will erupt. In the Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation, karma will be chaotic, and fate will be uncertain. An unprecedented battle will often erupt, and a large number of demons, devils, immortals, and gods will die.”

“The energy and fortune of the fallen demons, devils, immortals, and gods will return to the world. They can even feed the world and restore the balance of the spiritual qi.”

At the door, Qi Ming walked out of the inheritance hall. The voice of the inheritance hall spirit No. 03 sounded in his mind.

“Goodbye, Legacy Disciple Qi.”

Qi Ming nodded as a response.

Swish!

He flew away and returned to the Heaven Secrets Manor.

Half an hour later, Yang Li arrived at the legacy hall.

“Hall Spirit.” Yang Li shouted.

“Sect Master.”

A white light flashed and a white-clothed girl with a graceful figure appeared. She had an oval face, cherry lips, and long straight hair. Her skin was snow white and her jade legs were long. She held a book in her hand and had the aura of a scholar.

“What has Qi Ming been watching this month?” Yang Li asked.

“Sect Master, isn’t it inappropriate for you to ask about a legacy disciple so bluntly?” The Hall Spirit replied.

“You only need to answer my question.” Yang Li said solemnly.

“Alright.” The hall spirit said, “Since it’s the Sect Master’s instructions, I naturally have to obey. Sect Master, in this month, Qi Ming has finished reading all 1387 jade slips related to the history and era of the Mystic World.”

“What?” Yang Li pondered, “Why is he reading these jade slips and books? Didn’t he try and find the divine powers and inheritance in the inheritance hall?”

“No.” The Hall Spirit replied.

“Alright, I understand.” Yang Li nodded.

“Sect Master, is there anything else?”

The hall spirit asked, “If not, I’ll continue sleeping. I only slept for a thousand years this time and was woken up by you. You have to know how important adequate sleep is to a girl’s maintenance.”

“…”

Yang Li was a little speechless.

What did a hall spirit like it need to maintain?

It only knew how to sleep every day.

Who slept for thousands of years each time?

In addition…

Could the Hall Spirit be called a girl?

Yang Li was very suspicious.

“Reading the era and history, did he learn anything about the Yinglong Grotto-heaven?”

Yang Li thought to himself, “Many things are not recorded in the jade slip books. Instead, he needs to find the true answer himself.”

Swish!

Yang Li’s figure disappeared into thin air.

“Qi Ming?” The Hall Spirit seemed to be a little interested, “Someone who can make Yang Li pay attention to him should not be simple. However, I’m not interested in this. It’s better to sleep.”

The hall spirit also disappeared into thin air.

In the Heaven Secrets Manor, Qi Ming had already returned.

In the legacy hall, his gains were not small. At the very least, he had indeed figured out some things.

According to the time and concept of the Heaven and Earth Tribulation, the formation of a tribulation required 99 Meeting Origins.

After the great calamity of the ancient era passed, the Mystic World entered the Near Ancient Era. From the beginning to the end of the Near Ancient Era, a total of 98 Meeting Origins had been crossed.

The current era basically began 100,000 years ago.

In other words…

According to the timeline, in less than 2,000 years, another Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation was about to happen.

No one had ascended in the past 100,000 years.

This seemed to be an abnormal sign.

“Regardless of whether the Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation or Calamity will happen, what I need to do now is to increase my strength and become stronger.”

Qi Ming said, “I’ll cultivate safely in the Heaven Secrets Manor. As long as I’m strong enough, even if a Heaven and Earth Killing Tribulation really appears, I can safely transcend it.”