Chapter 142: The Aeon of Destiny V
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Kiana: These guys really deserve to die. What heartless bastards. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Raiden Mei: Is it really okay to wipe out an entire clan just for a way to become stronger? ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Otto: Never mind other worlds, even our own world has plenty of people like this. If it weren't for my existence, Schicksal would have long been controlled by these ambitious careerists. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Kallen (Resurrected): Indeed, Otto is right. There are still many ambitious careerists in this world. If not for Schicksal, these guys would probably have surrendered to the Honkai long ago. ]
As a former Overseer of Schicksal and a current Overseer of Schicksal, Otto and Kallen had long seen the many darknesses of this world. Seeing the inventory livestream recount Xuan Yong's past now brought a wave of emotions over them.
[ Honkai Star Rail - Herta: Hmph, forget other worlds, our world has plenty of these people too. The IPC, Destiny, Free-will… even our Genius Society has no shortage of highly ambitious careerists. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Churi: If you don't have ambition, schemes, and capability, there is no way you can survive in this universe. You would be a lamb to the slaughter at any moment. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Aventurine: Sometimes, only those with ambition, power, and capability are called careerists. Those without capability and ambition are just trash. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Topaz: So it's only natural that our Interastral Peace Corporation is so powerful. ]
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"After that great war, Zhao Xueqin [ a Sovereign-level powerhouse ] took her child Xuan Yong and seven or eight loyal guards to flee to the extreme east of the continent. They settled down in a small city, intending to rebuild the Xuan Clan."
"The strongest person in this city was merely an ant at the Taixuan Realm. With Zhao Xueqin's strength as a Sovereign-level powerhouse and those seven or eight guards at the Venerable level, they quietly took over the entire city and became its rulers."
"But the good times did not last. When Xuan Yong turned 18, Zhao Xueqin and the others were discovered by the sole surviving Emperor-level powerhouse among the three from the Star Pavilion. He immediately brought several others along to this city."
"Although Zhao Xueqin had already reached the Emperor level during this period, she was still no match for these guys. In desperation, she and the remaining guards could only detonate their own Primordial Spirits."
"Seeing this, just as those people were about to flee, they were trapped by Zhao Xueqin's array formation. They could only watch helplessly as their bodies vanished in the massive explosion."
"This planted a seed of hatred in the heart of the 18-year-old Xuan Yong. He then began to wander aimlessly across the continent. After accidentally falling off a cliff, he entered the inheritance ground of a predecessor who had broken through to the Emperor Realm in the ancient era and achieved Sainthood before heading to the Primordial Lands."
"As the heir of the Xuan Clan, Xuan Yong's comprehension was naturally heaven-defying. It took him only a few months to thoroughly master all these inheritances, and then he spent over two hundred years to achieve the Emperor level."
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[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Pardofelis: Ah, is this stuff really that hard? And over two hundred years? ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Xuan Yong: According to the records of that time, that powerhouse spent a full two hundred thousand years to achieve the Saint Realm, and it took me over ten thousand years just to break through from the Sovereign level to the Emperor level. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Pardofelis: Ah, over two hundred thousand years? That's… four Sister Huas or four Boss Kevins. ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Kevin: Since when did I become a unit of measurement? ]
[ Honkai Impact 3rd - Hua: I don't even know what to say anymore. ]
At this moment, Kevin and Hua, who were eating instant noodles with their teammates, looked at each other, both seeing the helplessness in each other's eyes.
"Hehehe, Kevin, your skills have improved again. This instant ramen is much tastier than before," Elysia said with a face of pure enjoyment after taking a big slurp of noodles.
"If it tastes good, eat more. I cooked a lot. I've basically brought out all of our stock," Kevin smiled upon hearing Elysia's words, and then brought out another large pot of noodles.
[ Honkai Star Rail - Herta: Two hundred thousand years is just a blink of an eye to some Aeons. For an Emanator like me, living for a hundred thousand years is already pretty good. ]
[ Honkai Star Rail - Bronya: Yeah, even for Pathstriders like us, having a lifespan of just about two hundred years is already considered very impressive. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Zhongli: You all talk in terms of hundreds of thousands of years or tens of thousands of years. For those of us who can live for ten thousand years, it is already quite good, while ordinary mortals cannot even live past a hundred. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Hu Tao: Exactly, exactly! Zhongli, after I'm gone in the future, you have to take good care of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor and the next Director. ]
[ Genshin Impact - Zhongli: Yes, yes, I understand. I will take good care of them. ]
Watching Hu Tao bouncing around not far away, Zhongli slowly muttered to himself, "Another mark of erosion."
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"Having become an Emperor-level powerhouse, Xuan Yong immediately chose to leave seclusion to seek revenge on those enemies from back then. However, those enemies had already died or been injured in the self-detonations of his parents, uncles, and master. Only a few remnants remained, and over these two hundred years, only two or three new Emperor-level powerhouses had been born among them."
"But this did not stop Xuan Yong's desire for revenge. He immediately wiped out seven sects: the Tianyun Sect, Xuanyun Sect, Qinglong Sect, Huangri Sect, Lieri Sect, Qingfeng Sect, and Yunfeng Sect. Millions of people within these seven sects all died by Xuan Yong's hand."
"The destruction of the seven sects instantly drew the attention of several other major forces. However, they did not know that Xuan Yong had come looking for them; they only knew that an unknown Emperor-level powerhouse had made a move and wiped out the seven sects."
"They subsequently gathered together and held a heated discussion regarding the destruction of the seven sects. But right as they were discussing, Xuan Yong arrived at their doorstep."
"The leaders of these major forces stared blankly at Xuan Yong. Because they had seen portraits of Xuan Yong when he was young, they looked at him with shocked expressions and said in disbelief: 'The Xuan Clan was clearly wiped out, how could there still be a survivor?'"
"To this, Xuan Yong did not answer. He simply raised his weapon and slaughtered everyone, then went to each of their territories and killed all of their disciples. Blood flowed like rivers, practically staining the entire continent red. Trillions of people died under his blade."
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