The Shining Star Above The Heaven-Chapter 558: The Truth About the Past 2

Aldrian couldn’t believe what he heard—that Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian were actually the result of his experiment. What kind of experiment? What was the experiment for?

"If only I could remember this part," he sighed inwardly.

"Well, you never told us directly," said Feng Xuanyan, "but you subtly hinted that we are your unique creation, the result of your success after several failed attempts."

"Your Majesty, do you know why even many gods regard you as their god—an existence above them? One of the reasons is that you have the ability to create living beings as if it’s nothing. You can create entirely new forms of life—types of beings that never existed before—and yet you never face any repercussions from the heavenly laws. Many believe that your existence itself is already beyond the reach of those laws."

"Something like this could only be done by you, Your Majesty—the only being capable of doing anything without facing any setback from the heavenly order."

"So, after tracing our history, knowing we are the first of our kind and not born from the natural laws of the universe, we understood that we are special beings created directly by your hands."

"Added to the fact that we are the only beings capable of storing even a fragment of your energy—not even our descendants have that ability—and considering the nature of our karma with you, we can deduce that we were indeed created through your experiment," she finally said.

Aldrian felt that everything was finally beginning to make sense. Yet he sighed once again, this time in amazement at the strength and abilities of his past life. To create living beings without facing repercussions from heavenly laws or any other form of cosmic regulation was beyond comprehension.

He had already seen glimpses of it in his visions. For example, he could give life to dead objects and turn them into living beings as effortlessly as breathing. Thinking back on it, there was no reason to be surprised—he had even created an artifact like the Heavenly Scarf of the Divine Phoenix with nothing but his bare hands.

"I see... That’s why I could sense my energy in your blood when I found it on my way here, and also in your—" He wanted to say "in your remains," but couldn’t bring himself to finish the sentence.

"Anyway, I can only imagine your struggle—and the others’—at that time. It must have been hard for you," he said, deciding to steer the conversation elsewhere. "But it seems those invaders eventually managed to track you down. They had already begun attacking you during the great war with the devils three million years ago," he added.

Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian understood that Aldrian was avoiding any mention of their real bodies, so they chose not to bring it up either.

"Yes," Long Shentian replied. "Although the invaders didn’t know our exact location at first, they eventually found this place. We knew it was only a matter of time. Despite all our efforts to hide ourselves—to buy time until Your Majesty’s reincarnation reached this place—we could only delay the inevitable. Even though we blocked this continent with formations and used other methods to keep them from detecting us."

Hearing that, Aldrian found it intriguing.

"Wait, I’m actually really interested in this formation," he said. "From what you said, you created a formation to hide this continent from the outside? All these years, there’s been a strange limitation here—cultivators can’t break through beyond the Emperor stage."

He paused, then added, "Also, we’re trapped inside this continent. We can’t leave because of the dangerous conditions at sea and in the sky surrounding it. So all of that is part of one massive, complex formation?"

Long Shentian nodded his head.

"Yes, Your Majesty. These are special formations that we created specifically to make this continent more hidden and to prevent the cultivators here from becoming too powerful. This is also our way of protecting Your Majesty, so you won’t have to face anyone too strong for you."

"These formations also prevent outsiders from entering the continent, and vice versa. With this, we ensure that Your Majesty will have a supportive environment for development, free from disturbances from the outside."

"Especially the forest that the people of this continent now call the Everlasting Silent Forest. This is a special area we created only for those we authorized, like the four guardian families. Anyone who dares to enter will be swallowed by a spatial trap, trapping them inside a secret realm."

"For the core area, only Your Majesty can enter it with your energy. Any being that tries to force their way in will meet their end through the many traps set within the formation."

"If Your Majesty’s domain covered the entire continent, you would understand the complexity of the formation," he added with a smile.

Aldrian nodded.

"So those Xin family members who took advantage of a hole in the barrier and entered the core area—they are all—?"

"Yes, they’re all dead. Well, who told them to just slip in? That is the consequence of trespassing the core area without your permission," he answered.

Aldrian sighed inwardly but asked again.

"After hearing you just now, I finally understand something about all the legacy artifacts connected to the higher realms. Everything is part of the grand plan, right? Even the places where they store their artifacts—you influenced them to place those storage locations according to a predetermined plan." "Those are the foundation points of the formation, right?"

This was Aldrian’s conclusion after hearing about the formation. The imperial families or ruling families of the major territories each had their own experiences of how they obtained their artifacts or divine items from higher realms. He remembered that the Avandi imperial family’s place to store artifacts must not be changed to another location, according to the will of their first emperor.

The first emperor had some kind of enlightenment, but it must have been because Long Shentian or Feng Xuanyan pulled some strings that caused him to get that enlightenment.

Not only Feng Xuanyan and Long Shentian, but also the combined effort of some other beings—including the heavens—helped these people arrange the formation points. They came through their subconsciousness.

Hearing Aldrian’s question, Long Shentian nodded.

"Yes, we had to make all those people store their items according to our will so we could activate the formation optimally." He answered.

"Although the foundation consists of artifacts that can be taken from their positions, it does not diminish the formation’s power once it takes shape. The only thing that threatened the formation was the great war three million years ago, which devastated the continent and destabilized the formation quite a bit."

"Those invaders almost got us at that time. Among them were beings who could disturb the heavenly laws of this universe and weaken them, which also caused the law of causality to weaken." he said with a slight chuckle.

"The heavenly laws have some rules, one of them is that they function as a preventive measure to stop higher beings—with cultivation beyond the rules of each heaven—from descending to the lower heavens."

"That is something tied to every being in the universe, even the gods are no exception. We had to seal our cultivation according to the rules of the lower heavens. If we want to stay in the lower heavens, we have to obey those rules. Well, except Your Majesty, of course, because Your Majesty is a singularity."

"To weaken the heavenly laws of a heaven, someone must be extremely strong, with high cultivation and deep comprehension of both the heavenly laws and the universe. The invaders had many of these masters of universes among their ranks."

"At that time, the ninth heaven’s heavenly laws weakened, which meant its defense against higher beings from higher realms grew weaker. This was taken advantage of by some masters of the universes—especially a man called Tarius, who set his eyes on the ninth heaven. He was the one many devils called the Devil God." Long Shentian paused, and Aldrian was stunned by this revelation.

He narrowed his eyes. Tarius? Could that be the same entity he saw when he met the heavenly demon—the one who wanted to descend to this land? It might be.

"With the weakened heavenly laws, he could siphon part of his power into the ninth heaven and spread it among his followers, whom he had prepared long ago," Feng Xuanyan explained. "Tarius’ followers had already infiltrated the lower heavens years earlier, spreading the cultivation technique of his kind, which later became known here as the devil cultivation technique."

"That’s why they were so extremely powerful back then when the great war happened—they received a direct boost from Tarius."

"Three million years ago, when they nearly succeeded in conquering the continent, we decided to intervene. But to do so, we had to use a portion of our true cultivation, which worsened our hidden injuries. Although the heavenly laws were slightly weakened, their penalties were still painful. We had to endure heavenly punishment right here. Luckily, we were inside the core area, so no one knows what happened within."

"Well, although we can use your energy, the quantity is minimal. Yet our hidden injuries are quite severe, and it takes a long time to replenish—unlike Your Majesty, the true owner of this energy, who can replenish it quickly."

"Our hidden injuries from years ago during our escape, combined with the wounds from the heavenly punishment, really took a heavy toll on us. Our condition worsened as time passed, but luckily we managed to hold on until we sensed your presence in this continent." She smiled beautifully as she said this.

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