Chapter 237: Chapter 235 Divine Travel Void Palace

“To look at history is to know the rise and fall,”

“Many answers to our questions can be sought from battles past,”

“Mankind always seems to repeat the same mistakes over and over…”

The corners of Yang Genshuo’s mouth twitched upward slightly.

These were often used in motivational internet posts and indeed, they had gained widespread acceptance.

Many solutions can be found in history by tracing back to originary events.

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The stories of humankind are endless, yet the models for these stories are limited.

“So… in the history of Immortal Cultivation World, are there any tales of an invasion by powerful races? How should the weaker humans resist?”

Armed with the question left by his ancestors, Yang Qiang stepped into the Heavenly Mechanism Sect’s Void Palace.

The first time Lingji Zi foretold for Yang Fu, he deduced that there was no mention of the Night Demon Palace in history and was very certain of it, asking Yang Fu if he regretted exchanging his Thunder Tribulation Power for the prediction.

This was because he had yet to pay the price; he was just searching through events that had already taken place, using the Void Palace that encompassed everything in the world.

This was what Lingji Zi had taught Yang Qiang.

The first volume of the “Heavenly Mechanism Skill” was precisely the cultivation of “Divine Travel Void Palace.”

First learn to observe, then learn to deduce.

The “Heavenly Mechanism Skill” was a unique magic, never demanding that Qi Cultivation reaches a certain level, or that one could unleash powerful spells and how to work with the inter-generative and destructive cycles of the Five Elements… Instead, it was akin to a scholarly pursuit of continuous learning.

As Yang Qiang was practicing the first volume of “Divine Travel Void Palace,” he could browse through history and search for the content he desired using the Heavenly Secret Skill.

Entering the Void Palace, he looked up to see books everywhere!

The number of books was so vast it made one’s head spin— an entire hall filled with books, enough that one could spend hundreds of years reading and still not finish…

Rustle, rustle…

Rustle, rustle…

Rustle, rustle…

The books on the surrounding shelves moved on their own without any wind, as if someone was browsing through them.

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“There are other Heavenly Mechanism Sect elders employing ‘Divine Travel Void Palace’…”

After the books settled, a new book descended from above and slotted itself into the bookshelf, adding a new volume to the collection.

“An elder has observed new history and incorporated it into the Void Palace…”

This Void Palace was built using secret techniques by countless disciples of the Heavenly Mechanism Sect over thousands of years, encompassing everything under the heavens.

This was Yang Qiang’s first visit, and he was deeply stunned. It took quite a while before he calmed down and awkwardly performed the spell…

After some time, the books on the shelf moved ever so slightly, and Yang Qiang caught sight of a piece of history.

[800 years ago, the Lu Family of the Spirit Miao Continent happened upon an ancient demon beast egg by chance. They secretly sought various materials to hasten the egg’s hatching, eventually breeding a brood of powerful ancient demon beasts and covertly raising them as the Family weapon… After several years, the ancient demon beasts’ strength had surpassed the Lu Family’s, and their might continued to rise due to their powerful bloodline, presenting a risk of turning on their masters. Left with no choice, the Lu Family sealed the ancient demon beasts, but in no more than 30 years, the seals would break, and the Lu Family would face the ancient Demon Clan’s wrath…]

“Eh?”

Yang Genshuo saw the first content Yang Qiang had retrieved.

“This situation is quite similar to what’s happening in the Devil Wind Forest! The only difference is that the Demon Clan has been imprisoned by barriers for many, many years, and probably holds deeper grievances…”

Let’s be real, Yang Genshuo didn’t oppose the Demon Clan coming out, sealing them seemed somewhat inhumane, but… they should never have left the Devil Wind Forest, let alone declare war on the Human Clan. If they were all like Hu Yue, Xiongba, Pei Qi, and the Ant King, Yang Genshuo even felt that the Demon Clan could be great allies.

But now there was no other way. Those mischievous little demons from the Demon Clan fanned the flames, leading the Demon Beasts to attack Bright City, killing quite a few human cultivators, and they even took one of Hu Yue’s lives.

Clearly, they hadn’t thought about properly communicating with humans; such a Demon Clan… must be killed. Otherwise, the Yang Family’s foundation in the Danai Dynasty would be completely ruined, and the weaker cultivators of the Human Clan might become slaves to the Demon Clan.

“Yang Qiang, continue to look further back, see how the Lu Family dealt with this…”

“Okay!”

Yang Qiang’s forehead began to sweat as he continued to use his Divine Travel skill to search for information.

[The Lu Family fled to the Myriad Beasts Sect, offering ancient Demon Beasts to them and then gained new territory from the Immortal Clan, becoming even stronger…]

Yang Genshuo: “?”

No, this is just not interesting.

The introduction made it sound all exciting and I was expecting some family powerhouse story, and you give me a cautious bravery plot.

“I despise you, Lu Family! Next.”

“Uh-oh…”

The information Yang Qiang pulled up obviously wasn’t reliable; such events should be skimmed over directly.

Clearly, Yang Qiang’s cultivation was still not up to scratch.

Yang Qiang continued to cast spells, attempting to retrieve more useful case studies… when out of Spiritual Power, he would sit down on the spot and cultivate, eat some Heavenly Mechanism Sect special food, and after eating, his Spiritual Sense would become clear and his cultivation would naturally increase.

And so it went… half a year passed by.

After the initial few days, Yang Genshuo stopped watching Yang Qiang every day and let him call for him only when he found something useful.

In the meantime, he read through several stories of the weaker overcoming the mighty, and wrote them down, but none were particularly useful. Although the individual stories were different, they could all be generally categorized into three types.

“The first category: a genius suddenly appears, shouting things like ‘do not bully the young…’ and such, encountering miraculous adventures in a very short time, eventually becoming a high-rank cultivator, solving the crisis, a true Qidian xuanhuan feel-good template.”

“The second category: by allying and uniting forces, they find reliable help from outside the disaster area, and in the end, a great power steps in to save the situation, this is Qidian’s historical feel-good genre.”

“The third category: The so-called disasters are unstoppable and must be awaited, but when the disasters finally arrive, they not only fail to destroy the existing faction but instead promote the development of the faction, becoming their nourishment, and after many years when the disaster bursts forth, they return to normalcy, even stronger than before. This is… a Qidian post-apocalyptic genre.”

While details differ, this was pretty much what it boiled down to.

Yang Genshuo had become numb to it.

“No, this Immortal Cultivation World is truly intriguing… Why bother selling medicines or brewing alcohol? I could just copy cultivation novels straight from the Heavenly Mechanism Sect, post them on Qidian and it would surely become a hit. The illustrations from the books, I could simply screenshot and send them over for that immersive experience; I could even sell the rights and reach the pinnacle of life…”

After ranting, Yang Genshuo sighed.

“As expected, online inspirational quotes are all lies. There has never been exactly the same event in history… The Danai Dynasty has neither found such a genius nor a powerful reinforcement. The Heavenly Mechanism Sect has refused, and Cloud Hidden Spirit Sect doesn’t take it seriously at all. Do we really have no choice but to wait for the Demon Clan to come?”

Just as Yang Genshuo was starting to feel disappointed, today’s Yang Qiang once again found a template from the records of history.

After reading it, Yang Qiang couldn’t wait to call for his ancestor.

“Ancestor! I’ve found it, I’ve found a way to solve the crisis of the Yang Family!”

“Hmm!?”

“Ancestor, please have a look at this… history from before the Demon Realm was sealed off.”