Chapter 266: History
Kazi ultimately learned the Imperial Sect alongside the Great Noble Families defeated the eight-headed dragon. The merchant-historian discussed the team-up between the Kangxi Emperor and the Eternal Emperor. Both families suffered the most, to the point that the Imperial Sect lost its place among the Big Four.
Indeed, the Big Three was once the Big Four. The Imperial Sovereign Sect had already been established by the Kangxi Emperor’s mother and, upon his prophesized appearance and the birth of his children, became truly great. Great enough that, during the Second Heavenly War, the Imperial Sect grew to rival the Big Three.
However, upon losing thirty of his children to several tragedies, the greatest of which was the attack of Yamata-no-Orochi, the level of influence and raw power of the sect sharply declined. See, one son in particular was a prodigy said to be greater than the Kangxi Emperor and was killed during the battle against Yamata-no-Orochi.
"To the point that no Crown Prince has been instituted since," Kazi murmured. "Even Yunti, a son born on Earth and their current greatest warrior, hasn’t been acknowledged as Crown Prince."
That was how much of a shock those losses were. It changed everything. The Kangxi Emperor, behaviour-wise, went from jovial to cold and distant; moreso than ever.
No matter how Kazi, the merchant-historian, or anyone else rationalized it, it didn’t make sense. How did Yamata-no-Orochi escape into the White Abyss? Kazi had Riku grab him another book, this time focusing on the timeline of the Second Heavenly War from the perspective of a Chinese scholar. He wondered if there were signs of the hydra’s awakening.
’Once the war really ramped up, gates were consistently open-world. In other words, perfect for colonizing and using the people there to farm. Other than that, Yamata-no-Orochi’s appearance seemed to come out of the blue.’
He read for an additional half hour. He didn’t glean much.
"Too many conspiracy and religious theories...Yamato-no-Orochi was Iblis in the form of a snake. It was Nagaraja that used a human form to slip through. The Eternal Emperor was secretly behind it. The Great Fire of Heaven led to the snake breaking out."