In the spring of year 6823 of the New Calendar, Lu Xuan, an unregistered resident of the Federation, hid outside a high school classroom and secretly learned a Cultivation Skill, embarking on the path of Cultivation.

On the same day, he returned home and had a dream, just as he always did. In the dream, he was in the Guardian Storage Room during the Spring and Autumn Period in Chinese history（770-481 BCE）, and the current Keeper of the Records was named Li Er, also known as Laozi.

Later, Lu Xuan dreamed that he became the succeeding Keeper of the Records, became Confucius's second teacher, became the senior brother of Zhang Daoling, the Ancestral Celestial Master, and became the honorary father of the First Emperor...

Even later, someone unearthed a roll of bamboo slips from the ground, on which an event was recorded.

[The eighteenth Keeper of the Records, Lu Xuan, his Sword Qi like a waterfall, assassinated Duke Huan of Qi in his bedchamber]

The night sky was brilliant, and the moonlight flowed like water.


But Langya City was anything but calm. In the wake of the press conference, many were sleepless. Some of the more perceptive residents sensed that something momentous was about to happen.


After hanging up, Lu Xuan paid no mind to the press conference. He walked alone through the bustling streets, moving among the endless streams of traffic.


He walked until he reached Sanqing Temple.


"Qing He, Qing Ping," Lu Xuan muttered, standing outside Sanqing Temple. "You don't need to follow me. Go watch over Xiaoyan. If I need anything, I'll call for you."


The air rippled. The two figures, hidden in the folds of space, did not linger. Each took one last, deep look at the Sanqing Temple plaque before silently departing.


Chapter 185 - Chapter 31: Primordial Dharma Aspect, Myriad Mortals, But Hearken to My Words