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]

"On this path, for every deed performed, you will gain a wound. A great wound of Transcendence—ineradicable, incurable, with pain that never subsides. Nine is the limit. Should you suffer a tenth wound, your body will perish and your Dao will scatter. There will be no salvation... Whether you can break this deadlock is uncertain, but this... is the only chance."


'So if I truly enter the great conflict of Years, I'll suffer one wound for one deed... and with the tenth, my body and Dao will perish?'


Lu Xuan nodded thoughtfully and bowed to Qing Xuan Daoist. Qing Xuan Daoist bowed back to him.


The two of them bowed to each other across the vast length of Guangcheng Palace, their forms perfectly aligned.


The scene remained frozen for a long while. By the time Qing Xuan Daoist raised his head again, Lu Xuan was already leaning on the Qing Ping Sword, staggering toward the dawn of the Years, toward The Beginning of Ancient Times.


Chapter 707 - Chapter 22: This Humble Daoist, Qing Xuan