All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 637 - 12 Official Information Database (Bonus - for Monthly Votes)

Chapter 637: Chapter 12 Official Information Database (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Votes)

An Jing couldn’t believe it.

"What? My strategy paper got first place?"

Principal He has so much power? He can directly instruct the teachers grading the papers?

He couldn’t help but think such rude thoughts and almost blurted out, "Are all the teachers and examinees at Third Middle School fools?" But he held back, "Thanks to Principal He’s great efforts, I really must thank him properly next time."

"It doesn’t seem like he made a great effort."

Nian Quan had a different opinion, "I saw him in his office and he looked relaxed, not like he paid a great price for you."

"But he did seem a bit absent-minded, as if he was thinking about something else."

"Anyway." Nian Quan did not continue with this topic, "Next up is the Martial Test—this is definitely your strong suit, An Jing. Whatever the target is, it’s definitely not a match for you!"

"Alright."

An Jing couldn’t understand how he came first and simply gave up thinking about it, "What exactly is this Martial Test? I know it involves practical fighting, but the details are unclear."

"Is it hunting Monsters/Demons in the Wilderness?"

"That’s only part of it."

Huo Qing said, as he had done his homework and knew even more than Nian Quan, "Hunting Monsters/Demons, clearing Demon Man strongholds contaminated by Demonic Qi, eliminating Demon Beasts to retrieve specific Spiritual Materials... Teachers and staff from the school will scout ahead for the Martial Test, and some will be there to support, but the more you can resolve independently, the higher your score will be."

"In short, this tests a cultivator’s ability to cope and survive alone—ultimately, our future as cultivators lies in advancing into the Wilderness, and these skills are very important."

"As for this time..." Huo Qing looked at Nian Quan, who nodded, "This time it’s about eradicating a Human Demon stronghold, not an easy task, and the other details are currently unknown."

"But the Martial Test is in three days; we have time to gather intelligence."

"This is also part of the exam. My assessment when I joined the Third Middle School team was a demonized Ferocious Wolf Demon Beast, and because I had no information channels, I had to search for a long time at the target location and was nearly severely injured by the stealth attack of that vicious wolf."

Nian Quan spoke lightly, but An Jing could sense the danger and asked with raised eyebrows, "Teachers didn’t take action?"

"It’s simpler for them to take action after I’ve been heavily injured; after all, ferocious beasts of that level aren’t that dangerous and can’t kill a cultivator with a single attack."

With a sigh, Nian Quan added, "The most important thing was that I had no money or connections at the time, so naturally, the teachers wouldn’t care that much... The test you’re facing will definitely be harder than mine was, so early detection is very important."

"By the way," as it came to that, Nian Quan clenched his fist and pounded his palm, "We can now apply for the target of the Martial Test, get the information earlier, and start scouting sooner."

"No rush."

An Jing shook his head slightly. He smiled and served Nian Quan a cup of honey water, "Exams are important, but for now, you should rest—look at your complexion, you’re too exhausted."

Indeed, Nian Quan looked excessively tired, with even his eyes appearing somewhat dim.

For a cultivator who practiced the Water Spirit Skill and had the Spiritual Pupil, this was truly unbelievable; apart from those of the Wood Element, those who practiced the Water Spirit Skill were less susceptible to injury and aging, and fatigue was hard to show on the surface.

"This, huh."

Nian Quan hadn’t paid attention to this before, but after condensing a Water Mirror and taking a look, he realized, "These past few days, I have been studying Alchemy too hard. I’ve been calculating the composition of materials, researching the ratio of ingredients and the relative speed of catalysis between Spirit Qi and the coupling body of Spiritual Power in different environments. I’ll be fine after a short nap."

"I see."

An Jing seemed to hear some Alchemy jargon he didn’t quite understand. Considering how inwardly complex the Formation skills had become in Tianyuan Realm, Alchemy was probably the same, so he gave up thinking about it, "You should take that nap now. Huo Qing and I have some things to do; we won’t be coming over for the time being."

In fact, it was mainly Huo Qing—who was beside him at that moment, lost in thought, communicating in code about recent activities of the Guiyi Army through the Spiritual Network. An Jing was also planning to rigorously cram the entire history of the Tianyuan Realm, especially the details around Xuanye City, which was why the two had chosen a teahouse and rented a private room, ready to settle in for a long time.

"Well... okay then."

Nian Quan felt a bit embarrassed but was indeed very tired, so he hesitantly picked up the honey water and after slowly drinking half a cup, he closed his eyes.

Three breaths later. An Jing felt Nian Quan’s breathing even out, and then he fell asleep.

Clearly, he was too tired, he had just been pushing himself because he was observing An Jing’s exam.

"Rest well."

An Jing shifted his gaze away from Nian Quan and looked toward Huo Qing. His friend was also extremely busy, his brows tightly knitted, appearing quite nervous: "Everyone is really busy."

Thinking so, he too closed his eyes.

The seventh generation chip started.

This time, he had enough time to utilize the high-tier chip’s permissions to look up some behind-the-scenes ’true history’ of the Tianyuan Realm that ordinary people couldn’t access.

Rainbow lights flowed rapidly around his field of view, and he entered the Spiritual Network.

The Spiritual Network is an illusory world of runes, constructed by three thousand Daoist Patterns into a data waterfall ocean that permeates the Heavenly Sea and Earth Veins, connecting nearly all the magic artifacts and man-made facilities of the Tianyuan people. It reflects in the Divine Sea of the cultivators through the chip, manifesting as a pure world made of blue, white, and black.

An Jing’s avatar in the Spiritual Network, formed by his sixth-generation chip’s encoding, looked exactly like himself, which was a kind of real-name system implemented by the Spiritual Network for those who log in—but the high permissions of the seventh-generation chip meant that An Jing didn’t need to form a face at all. He was ethereal, invisible to those with lower permissions, and could browse ordinary websites without leaving any trace behind.

Even the Artifact Spirit shop assistants within the Spiritual Network could not record any transaction history with An Jing.

It sounds very ordinary, but in Tianyuan Realm, everyone knows this is extremely important.

In this illusory world, An Jing moved freely, already familiar with navigating this world, even feeling a sense of familiarity.

And this time, his target was the [Xuanye City Official Information Library]

An Jing had actually searched the history of the Tianyuan Realm once before, and after obtaining the seventh-generation chip, he had used high-level permissions to roughly understand a bit of it.

Therefore, he was clear that for a long time before and after the world’s calamity, history was sealed off.

Those long years were, from the perspective of ordinary people, just some scattered archives in the network world.

An Jing, at that time, was focused on studying various professional Formation knowledge, so he didn’t delve further... But this time, he would continue forward.

An Jing’s hazy projection in the Spiritual Network followed those scattered archives, passing through layers of data barriers. It was like a bird flying through a modern human metropolis constructed of numerous high-rise buildings, which also had many search vehicles guarding, making it hard to bypass entirely.

High-level permissions meant he didn’t need any technical skills at all—simply following the data stream would lead him to the ’private domain’ of non-public information in the information library.

And before the last verification, An Jing concentrated fully.

If this time during the verification, the archivists noticed something wrong, he would immediately travel back to the Huai Xu Realm and leave no trace for them to follow.

Chase after him? No chance!

But quite unexpectedly, An Jing wasn’t detected by anyone—yet the expected notification was still sent out, the technicians of the information library were aware someone was browsing the secret files.

"Then browse through some key historical information quickly."

An Jing was clear that he couldn’t be nervous at this moment, he had to stay calm, and then he directly chose to view the oldest history of the Tianyuan Realm, before the ’world’s calamity’.

Immediately following, he saw some very familiar phrases.

[Before all histories, there was a True Immortal who took heaven and earth as his ship, the starry sky as his sail, carrying the Three Mountains and Four Seas, and thirty-three thousand people, ascending to the nearby continents, marking the beginning of the Tianyuan Human Clan.]

"Are you also a True Immortal?"

Thinking ’as expected’, An Jing could confirm a conjecture he had long anticipated.

—— Both the Tianyuan Realm and the Huai Xu Realm are different results of the same pioneering movement conducted by ’Dao Sect Dao Courtyard’ as they slept.

But what followed in the Tianyuan Realm’s records was beyond An Jing’s imagination.

These were records from the perspective of a ’True Immortal’.

[At the beginning of the ancient history, I heard my teacher, Supreme Grand View Huai Xu Immortal Venerable, speaking the Dao...]

Supreme Grand View Huai Xu Immortal Venerable? Huai Xu Great Immortal?

Seeing the first sentence of this record, An Jing’s eyes widened: "I heard... my teacher, Supreme Grand View Huai Xu Immortal Venerable?"

"Huai Xu? Huai Xu Great Immortal?"

"My teacher... this True Immortal who pioneered the world, is a disciple of Huai Xu Great Immortal?!"