Chapter 40 - 39: Convergence
Chapter 40: Chapter 39: Convergence
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When the Forbidden Places and Blessed Lands first appeared is already impossible to investigate.
According to legend, traces of Forbidden Places and Blessed Lands began to intermittently open as early as the Pre-Qin Dynasty. It is said that some people have found opportunities within and ascended to an immortal existence.
Even some claim that the three Penglai Islands sought by Emperor Shi’s envoy were a kind of
Forbidden Place and Blessed Land. The treasures hidden within could help one to become immortal.
Regrettably, this world’s civilization stretches back so far into the mists of time, and in the Tianbao years of the Tang Dynasty, an unprecedented rebellion swept across the Great Tang. Not only did it bring a once glorious empire to its knees, but it also ignited countless ancient texts, causing them to disappear without a trace.
As a result, most of the current records can only trace as far back as Emperor Suzong of Tang’s Zhide Era. Everything prior to that is a taboo subject for all the surviving books – deep mysteries hinted at only in fragments of shuffled notes and whispers of hearsay.
Even the most meticulous historians, who strive only for the truth, have left behind the names and policies of emperors from before Suzong’s reign. Yet, they completely brushed over events connected to cultivation practices.
So, most of the veritable records about Forbidden Places and Blessed Lands originated after Emperor Suzong.
According to those records, the original Forbidden Places and Blessed Lands were not numerous, and the intervals between their openings were long – a minimum of a hundred years apart. If a cultivator was unlucky, they might go their entire lives without ever stepping foot inside one.
It wasn’t until the last moments of the previous dynasty that the number of Forbidden Places and Blessed Lands began to increase. After the founder of the Great Ming overthrew the old regime, a variety of Forbidden Places and Blessed Lands began to spring up, like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.