Chapter 2962 - 594:

He was dressed in a long white robe, upon which a golden sun-disc was embroidered, like a rising morning sun—radiating warmth, yet at the same time inspiring awe.

Behind that refined female cultivator there sat another, a young woman of delicate beauty, her skin white and fine, pure as fallen snow.

An Ancient Zither was placed before the female cultivator; her long, white, slender fingers danced lightly across its surface, drawing forth a stream of melodious notes.

Her long hair was as black and lustrous as a waterfall, hanging down to her waist and shedding a gentle radiance; her whole person gave off the feeling of a spring breeze brushing the face, and the music she played likewise calmed the heart.

Hearing the sound of the door opening, she turned her gaze toward the entrance; when she saw three unfamiliar members of the same Human Clan walking in, a hint of joy surfaced upon her face, yet the music did not break off.

Cao Zhen inclined his head slightly; even under these circumstances, he could not hear the slightest flaw in her playing.

Suddenly, the male cultivator who was playing go put back the black stone he had just picked up and said with a soft laugh, "Since a Dao Companion has arrived, Immortal Lord Ru Xiang, why don’t we pause for now?"

"Naturally." As he spoke, Immortal Lord Ru Xiang was already standing up. Looking at the approaching Cao Zhen and the other two, he cupped his hands and said, "I did not expect, Dao Companion Cao, that you would break through to become a Golden Immortal so quickly."

Cao Zhen likewise cupped his hands toward the other party and said, "I greet you, Dao Companion. Dao Companion already knows of the three of us?"

"You, we do know." Immortal Lord Ru Xiang looked at Cao Zhen and smiled. "After all, you are the Clan Leader of our Human Clan."

Cao Zhen gently shook his head. "Dao Companion jests. Counting all of you as well, I can’t really be called the Clan Leader of the Human Clan."

"No." Beside him, that stern-faced male cultivator spoke with total seriousness. "You are worthy of being the Clan Leader of the Human Clan.

If it were not you who united our Human Clan, if it were not you who then forged alliance with the Demon Clan and Beast Clan, whether our Human Clan would still exist today would be in doubt."

As he spoke, he pointed to himself and introduced, "I am Daybreak Immortal Monarch."

Then, following his words, the female cultivator who had stopped her playing at last was pointed out with one finger in introduction: "This is Immortal Lord Yu Yin. The one who brought you here is Immortal Lord Lin Bing.

As for you, while we knew of your existence, we never knew your honored title."

"You may call me Hundred Peaks, or Cao Zhen." Cao Zhen cupped his hands one after another to the four members of the Human Clan within the courtyard.

At last, in this desolate land, he had seen cultivators of their Human Clan. Somewhat curious, he said, "In truth, I’ve been in the wasteland for quite some time now, and have passed through several Peace Cities, yet this is still the first time I’ve encountered members of our own clan.

Although there are altogether one hundred and zero-some Peace Cities here, gathering all cultivators in the world above the realm of Taichi Golden Immortal,

the chance of my meeting members of our own clan has been far too low."

Daybreak Immortal Monarch explained, "Because most of the cultivators of our Human Clan have gone to another place—the Spirit Land. Those remaining in the Dead Land are not many."

"So that’s how it is." Cao Zhen nodded lightly, then raised a question he had long been deeply concerned about. "Then, I wonder if you Dao Companions know of the Grand Preceptor. I mean the Grand Preceptor of our Guardian Immortal Imperial Dynasty."

This time it was Immortal Lord Ru Xiang who spoke: "Naturally we know of the Grand Preceptor’s existence. After all, he is the strongest existence in our entire Human Clan. Moreover, like you, we also address him as the Grand Preceptor."

Hearing him say that the Grand Preceptor was the strongest existence of their Human Clan, Cao Zhen showed no particular surprise. After all, when the Sky Clan joined with the Prison clan and Evil Clan to launch their assault upon the Human Clan, it was the Grand Preceptor who acted—searching the long river of time to find the Sky Clan’s fragment of Heaven, and even discovering other cultivators of those races, thereby prompting the Demon Clan and other clans to act directly.

If there were someone stronger than the Grand Preceptor, then back then it would not have been the Grand Preceptor who stepped forward.

"Then, where is the Grand Preceptor now?"

Immortal Lord Ru Xiang lightly shook his head and sighed. "We don’t know where the Grand Preceptor is either. In fact, long ago we didn’t even know of the Grand Preceptor’s existence.

One could even say that most cultivators among us only learned of the Grand Preceptor because he discovered the Sky Clan’s fragment of Heaven."

Cao Zhen once again showed a look of astonishment. "Dao Companions, could you tell me what exactly is the situation of our Human Clan?"

This time, Daybreak Immortal Monarch spoke once more: "I know you must have many questions you wish to ask.

You are probably asking about our Human Clan’s Great Thousand World—why higher-level experts can enter the Great Thousand Worlds of other races, yet cannot enter the Great Thousand World of our Human Clan.

That is because the fragment of Heaven belonging to our Human Clan is damaged.

And what we have always sought to do is to restore our fragment of Heaven.

Yet afterwards, we discovered that our fragment of Heaven may, in fact, have been deliberately broken.

For only when the heavenly scale was broken could we be separated from the other races.

Only then could we avoid invasion by the other races. It was just that later, we do not know who it was that found a portion of Heaven and fused it into the largest, damaged fragment of Heaven.

After that, the Outer Heaven Battlefield linking our Human Clan with the various other clans was joined together, and those of the Alien Race could directly descend into our Great Thousand World.

We hid for so many years, yet in the end we still failed to evade this calamity.