Chapter 150: Listening to the Rain in One Night

Xia History Pavilion.

The pavilion was quiet, the night already deep. Dongbo Xueying, clad in black, continued flipping through a thick golden-leaf book resting on his lap. As an extraordinary being, he could see clearly even in the dark.

Splashing sounds echoed from outside as rain poured down, sending a chill through the air.

Dongbo Xueying closed the golden-leaf book in his hands and solemnly placed it into the lowest shelf before slowly rising.

“Nearly fifteen years of reading, I have gone through every recorded scroll of half-gods from the Xia Clan, from the ancient times till today.” Dongbo Xueying walked to the balcony outside the pavilion, leaning on the railing and gazing at the rain pouring from the sky, his heart surging with emotion.

Closing his eyes, he envisioned countless Xia heroes, each with unique personalities, dominating and thriving in different eras.

“Yet time is merciless; these Xia ancestors have all become mere dust.” Dongbo Xueying smiled wryly. “But what of it? As long as one lives fully and brilliantly during their time, that is enough!”

“One final summary and integration.”

Dongbo Xueying sat casually, leaning against the railing, allowing occasional raindrops to fall on him.

Holding a jug of Oceanic Realm Stone Spirit Liquid, he took a gentle sip, feeling a surge of clarity and calmness as countless stories began to form in his mind, rapidly integrating.

Reading scrolls also requires ‘integration.’

The vast sea of scrolls meant Dongbo Xueying frequently sorted and cross-referenced them, extracting hidden ‘secrets’ from the records. Tonight, however, would be the first time Dongbo Xueying conducted a large-scale review of all the scrolls. The mind of an extraordinary being could process thoughts at an astonishing speed, otherwise, extraordinary mages couldn’t directly analyze the mysteries of nature.

Even with a fast-thinking mind, the sheer volume of Xia Clan half-god scrolls was overwhelming.

This contemplation lasted through most of the night.

The rain gradually ceased, and the sky began to brighten slightly at the horizon.

“Hmm?” Dongbo Xueying, who had been staring into the distance with unfocused eyes, suddenly lit up.

All the scrolls, countless verifications and comparisons, had formed a complete framework in his mind.

“The greatest gain since my arrival at the Xia Capital has been access to this vast collection of scrolls,” Dongbo Xueying whispered softly. “These fifteen years of reading and organizing have been a refining experience for my soul.”

A transformation.

Externally, his strength and cultivation level remained unchanged.

Yet the change in his thoughts was the most fundamental and essential change for an extraordinary being!

“The power of the mind is a formidable force.”

“Where the heart leads, one shall conquer all!”

“No matter what setbacks or difficulties one faces, even the judgments of so-called elders, or the misunderstandings in cultivation, or even being led astray into dead ends, etc.! As long as one passionately persists, even what seems like the wrong path can lead to a unique brilliance!” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes burned with fervor. Extraordinary mages have always held this saying—

All mysteries belong solely to the natural world!

Therefore, from this perspective, any seemingly different, contradictory, or strange mysteries can be combined!

Whether it be water, fire, wind, or lightning, light, life… or birth, death, gravity…

Even those that seem completely unrelated can be combined.

Because they are all parts of the natural world!

Extraordinary beings, even deities, walk this path of understanding the rules and principles.

“The level of truth represents different depths of insight into the entire natural world.” Dongbo Xueying thought. For example, the third-grade truths like ‘Gravitational Truth,’ ‘Death Truth,’ ‘Yin Truth,’ ‘Yang Truth,’ ‘Destruction Truth,’ ‘Wave Truth,’ etc., are insights into the natural world at a very high level.

And then there are the legends…

Looking across countless mortal worlds, even the divine realm and the Dark Abyss, the first-grade truths like ‘Ultimate Truth,’ ‘Chaotic Void Truth,’ and ‘Temporal Truth’ are nearly direct insights into the most fundamental and essential aspects of nature. They manipulate the most terrifying rules and principles, naturally the most miraculous and powerful.

…

The mysteries of cultivation have no dead ends.

However, if the integration is too difficult, for example, combining ‘Gravitational,’ ‘Wave,’ and ‘Destruction’ truths, this is far beyond what an extraordinary being’s limited life can accomplish, hence it is considered a ‘dead end.’

“My challenges with water, fire, and wind are great. But I have already reached the third level of the Myriad Things Realm.”

“Although I am currently facing some minor setbacks and cannot achieve perfect integration, nothing can stop me!” Dongbo Xueying thought to himself. He had seen countless Xia ancestors in the scrolls who had carved their own paths out of seemingly desperate situations.

The more he read, the more confidence he gained.

He, too, would surely overcome all obstacles and cut through all hindrances!

“Only by becoming strong enough can I face various dangers in the future.” Dongbo Xueying slightly furrowed his brows.

Indeed.

Dangers were looming over the Xia Clan!

Reading countless ancestral scrolls was like watching the hidden history of the Xia Clan from its birth to the present! From this, Dongbo Xueying knew, for example, that the great demon god of the Dark Abyss had long been coveting the Xia world, and this demon god had never ceased his ambitions. The Earth Temple had the backing of a powerful deity from the divine realm, persistently resisting.

This was a collision between two major forces!

Besides the terrifying ‘Great Demon God,’ other evil deities and demon gods were also eyeing the Xia world. These evil deities and demon gods could all project their presence into this world, and their strength was formidable. Sometimes, they would even send alien warriors through the legendary ‘Temple of Time and Space’ to manipulate the wars within the Xia world.

“The Xia Clan has been too peaceful for too long.”

“And the Demon Cult has been too quiet over the past thousand years; this is very unusual.” Dongbo Xueying mused. “Historically, the longer the Demon Cult remains hidden, the greater the threat when it erupts! Moreover, the World of Warcraft Clan has also been too quiet over the past thousand years, with only the senior elder Orland causing some disturbances, without any significant large-scale conflicts or wars!”

The Demon Cult had long been deeply entrenched within the Xia Clan, from the mundane to the half-gods, probably leaving its shadow everywhere.

One Demon Cult has been locked in battle with the six great extraordinary human organizations for so long!

The World of Warcraft Clan and the humans have been in racial hatred.

“Based on the historical patterns of the Xia Clan from ancient times to the present… the probability of a large-scale war erupting within the next five hundred years exceeds seventy percent! And within the next thousand years, the probability exceeds ninety percent!”

Because the lifespan of a half-god is only about three thousand years.

Therefore, the maximum hibernation period for the Demon Cult and the World of Warcraft Clan is three thousand years; anything longer would be meaningless! Generally, hibernation exceeding a thousand years is already rare.

This time, both the Demon Cult and the World of Warcraft Clan have been hiding for too long.

“I can deduce this, so the Xia Clan’s half-god elders should also be aware of this.” Dongbo Xueying thought to himself. Knowing the constant threat was precisely why Dongbo Xueying dared not slack off.

“My spear techniques have always been incomplete.”

“Hmm… It seems I’ll have to test my spear techniques under life-and-death situations.”

In the face of death, one usually performs beyond their normal capabilities.

However, such things cannot be done often because dancing on the edge of death too frequently might actually lead to death! After all, this kind of training must involve a ‘threat of death’; without a real threat, there’s little effect.

…

Morning.

Stepping out of the Xia History Pavilion and walking through the Xihuo Palace after the rain, Dongbo Xueying soon entered the Chiyun Mountain World.

Soaring through the sky, he quickly flew to the foot of a towering mountain.

“I’m here.”

After landing, Dongbo Xueying looked up. At the foot of the mountain, a stone path paved with flagstones wound upward, all the way to the summit of the towering peak.