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 Yellow Springs Path... Is this the Yellow Springs Path?"


Yuan Benchu staggered as he looked around in a daze. He was still in a bit of a stupor, muttering under his breath,


No matter how heroic their ambitions, how high their spirits, or how fearless they were of death,


actually setting foot on the Yellow Springs Path still left the four of them feeling dejected. Only Little Liu Bei was slightly better off, being still young.


The other three—Yuan Benchu, Sun Wentai, and Cao Mengde—all felt a profound sense of loss welling up inside them.


Before they could even begin to realize their grand ambitions, everything had turned to nothing in the blink of an eye.


Soul Hook Chains shot down, binding the four souls. Their heroic spirit had vanished, replaced by an intensifying feeling of loss. The Yellow Springs Underworld was right before their eyes.


Cao Mengde smiled and patted the short Little Liu Bei's head.


Chapter 538 - Chapter 5: Holding the Human World, Striking an Ancient Buddha