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]

"I... I still can't bring myself to do it."


"Xiaoxuan views me as an elder, and I have long seen him as a nephew. Fellow Daoist, though I don't know how you managed to hide from the Goddess's eyes, I still can't bring myself to betray Xiaoxuan."


"Although I greatly desire the technique for Damageless Integration that you possess, Fellow Daoist—to integrate with the Cyan Celestial Realm just as you did with the Nine Nether—I... I can do without it."


The 'Houtu' sitting across from Haotian fell silent for a moment before letting out a soft sigh.


"Fellow Daoist Haotian, you are a man of true character. Your stance makes me seem rather petty in comparison."


Chapter 686 - Chapter 6: The Truth about Taiyi? A Great Upheaval