Inheritance, the Five Guardians of the Human Realm

"Alright, starting from today, Brother Kun will heal his physical body here, and Da Chun will heal his spiritual body here. Perfect!"

Star Source was also very helpful for cultivation.

Chen Yi would also cultivate in the Star Source from now on.

However, trying to use the Star Source to break through to the Martial King realm wouldn't quite work.

If that were possible, the Shen family would already have Martial Kings walking everywhere.

The Heaven and Earth Mirror said while taking a bath.

"No, little brother, the Star Source gets consumed. Slowly you'll find that these liquids in this pool will disappear."

"I know, this substance is produced by the convergence of massive streams of heaven and earth essence, and only exists in that specific area of the Star Realm.

Although we brought all the Star Source here this time, after a while, new Star Source will be produced on the Star Source Planet.

When that time comes, we can just borrow it from the Shen family again!"

The surface of the Heaven and Earth Mirror flashed.

"Not bad, little brother, I like your style! Much better than the overly serious Old Shen! No wonder Little Brother Ding took a liking to you! Alright, I'll tag along with you for a while too!"

Great Dao Immortal Weapons do not acknowledge a master.

But saying this could be considered establishing a cooperative relationship.

At this point.

The Heaven and Earth Mirror, the Nine Provinces Cauldron, the Demon Refining Pot, and the Myriad Soul Banner.

The four great Immortal Weapons that had performed great meritorious deeds for Chen Yi in his previous four simulations were now completely under his control in reality.

From now on, every simulation would start from such a high starting point.

Leaving the Cauldron Realm, Chen Yi appeared inside his own mansion.

It was another dark night.

The county town was completely silent.

Chen Yi had no desire to sleep.

At this moment, he only wanted to hurry up and start the fifth simulation!

"Let's claim the quest rewards first."

With a thought, four Earth-rank Spiritual Weapons were taken out from the system space.

The Fenji Battle Spear, Fenji Battle Armor, Fenji Battle Boots, and Fenji Battle Helmet—an Earth-rank Spiritual Weapon set!

"A spear huh..."

Actually, compared to swords, Chen Yi preferred spears.

For mortals and Body Refining realm martial artists, using a weapon was all about an inch longer is an inch stronger.

But for martial artists who possessed spiritual energy, or even true energy, the length of the weapon wasn't that important anymore.

Weapons became the medium for executing martial arts; no matter how short the weapon, as long as the energy was strong enough, it could still strike from a thousand meters away.

Chen Yi liked spears because the spear was the king of all weapons!

When wielded, its wide and sweeping movements were masculine and domineering, perfectly fitting his combat style.

The Fenji set was entirely dark red paired with gold, looking like flowing magma hiding streaks of gold.

When touched, all four Spiritual Weapons gave off a faint warmth.

Once activated with true energy, they would immediately erupt with high temperatures, but they would not harm their master.

This Spiritual Weapon set also had a set effect.

By temporarily lowering the defensive capabilities of the armor, boots, and helmet, it could drastically increase the destructive power of the battle spear, making it comparable to a Heaven-rank Spiritual Weapon, or even a half-step Immortal Weapon!

Meanwhile, the battle armor, battle boots, battle helmet, and battle spear themselves each had their own unique Spiritual Weapon effects.

As Earth-rank Spiritual Weapons, theoretically, they could produce weapon spirits.

But this required the master to nourish them for a very long time.

"For Earth-rank Spiritual Weapons to achieve this much, it's pretty good."

The physical rewards from this simulation also included a Heaven-rank Qi Refining technique—the Burning Heart Imperishable Mantra.

Chen Yi casually flipped through it.

"It's a cultivation method used to improve true energy after the Martial King realm; I can't use it yet."

As a Heaven-rank Qi Refining technique, there weren't many left in the Human Realm after its inheritances were severed, making its value inestimable.

Putting away the cultivation method, Chen Yi had a thought, and a massive amount of purple specks of light floated before his eyes, among which were a small number of gold and multicolored ones.

This was the third reward of the quest: a high-quality trait of Epic grade or higher!

Chen Yi casually grabbed one.

Extraction complete.

[Irritable Physique (Purple Epic): You are more prone to anger than ordinary people, and your maximum anger limit is ten times that of a normal person. This trait has a hidden effect that will trigger under specific circumstances.]

"Irritable? This doesn't seem very useful. What's the point of having a bad temper? Why is it a purple trait? Is it because of the hidden effect? It didn't even say what the effect is."

Not every purple trait was useful either.

Among the purple traits Chen Yi had extracted in the simulations, there were a few that looked like filler at first glance.

Although Chen Yi was willing to believe that they might shine brightly in the future, after four simulations, he still hadn't seen those seemingly useless traits show any brilliance.

They were probably only good for being used as consumables for the slingshot.

"Now I can start the simulation."

Suddenly, Chen Yi remembered something.

"Oh right, let's look at this..."

The succession sequence of the Human Race's Dao Protectors!

The precious information brought out from the Dragonman Race stronghold of the Shen family.

As Chen Yi opened it and read, it was as if he were reading half the history of the human race.

In the Ancient Mythological Era, the mighty power of heaven and earth still existed, and the Human Realm was at its peak, with experts as common as clouds.

At that time, the Human Realm's great reputation spread far and wide among the myriad races, and it was one of the top powerful realms in the Void Realm.

The atmosphere in the Human Realm was also very open and inclusive, maintaining many passages to other worlds to facilitate travel and exchange.

Back then, the Myriad Races Assembly was even popular, held right in the Human Realm, similar to the Star Assembly organized by the Shen family.

Unfortunately, thirty thousand years ago, the Monster Realm, which was also one of the top powerful realms, erupted into an unprecedented realm war with the Human Realm.

The two great powerful races fought a life-and-death struggle.

One had its inheritances severed and never recovered, changing from open and inclusive to conservative, closing all passages to the outside world, and being reduced to a nameless entity among the myriad races in the Void Realm.

The other suffered an even worse fate; its world was erased, the entire race died in battle, and only a small number wandered outside, living under the roofs of others.

Because of this war, many ancient historical records were destroyed.

Therefore, it was completely impossible to verify who the Human Race's Dao Protectors were thirty thousand years ago.

Before the great war between the two realms, it was called the Ancient Era.

After that came the Middle Antiquity and Near Antiquity Eras.

Starting from the Middle Antiquity Era, the mighty power of heaven and earth weakened into heaven and earth essence, making cultivation difficult.

Martial artists needing outside help to break through to the Martial King realm also started from this time.

The ancestor of the Shen family, Shen Yang, was the first Human Race Dao Protector after the Ancient Era.

When he felt that his lifespan was approaching its end, he passed the responsibility of the Dao Protector to a man named Li Wentian.

This person also had a resounding identity: the ancestor of the Li Imperial Family, Emperor Gaozu of Qian of the Great Qian Dynasty!

The cause of Li Wentian's death was a mystery.

He did not actively pass on the position of Dao Protector before his death.

Thus, there was a period of time when the Human Realm had no Dao Protector.

Until the will of the world chose a new person.

This person was named Dongfang Xiaoyao.

He was the founder of the Xiaoyao Holy Land, one of the current three great Holy Lands.

Moreover, he was still alive to this day!

He was revered as the Xiaoyao God!

Why Dongfang Xiaoyao could live for so long was not mentioned in this document; presumably, the Dragonman Race couldn't find out either.

Although Dongfang Xiaoyao lived a long time, he did not remain the Dao Protector forever.

Later, he passed the responsibility of the Dao Protector to a person called the Great Demon.

This guy was a demonic cultivator who took shortcuts in cultivation.

Bizarrely, he was actually able to be a Dao Protector as well.

As for the reason, there was no detailed explanation.

What the Great Demon's real name was could no longer be verified.

He also didn't leave behind any faction or territory.

After his death, the responsibility of the Dao Protector was passed to his disciple Hua Wuyan, a female cultivator who practiced the Dao of Shamanism.

The current Dao Protector of the Human Race was precisely this Hua Wuyan.

She had been in the position for nearly three thousand years!

"Shen Yang, Li Wentian, Dongfang Xiaoyao, Great Demon, Hua Wuyan...

Thirty thousand years, yet only five Dao Protectors. Even accounting for periods of vacancy, the average reign of each protector far exceeded a single millennium.

But wasn't the lifespan of a Martial God limited to only a thousand years?

"In the current Void Realm, where the primordial might of heaven and earth has degraded into mere worldly essence, it is impossible for cultivators to transcend the Martial God realm."

Chen Yi cast his gaze toward the distant night sky.

The turbulent history of the Human Realm was piercing through the fog, gradually unfolding before his eyes.

Want to uncover the truth behind it all?

Want to stop the Dragonkin invasion?

Want to pursue immortality and greater power?

How hard could it be?

"Simulator, activate!"