CHAPTER 825: CHAPTER 373: BOOK OF CIVILIZATION (PART 3)

"You suffered a fatal injury, and we tried everything, but we couldn’t stop your body’s collapse. At that time, you and our pioneers couldn’t communicate, unable to understand each other’s words.

"What you did back then, you revealed to us only later.

"You voluntarily dismembered, allowing your body and cultivation to melt, and your soul entered the body of a recently deceased human, transforming this body into your own appearance.

"The Book of Civilization refers to this encounter with you as the ’Second Contact with an Advanced Civilization.’"

Wang Jixuan:...

Failed Crossing Tribulation, destined to perish, yet this civilization inadvertently opened a space-time barrier and pulled him out?

Eh?

"Is that rift you opened still there?" Wang Jixuan asked, "Where was it opened? Is there still a location?"

"This is a secret of our civilization."

He Ruli gently shook her head:

"I cannot reveal these to you, but I can say that we’ve already resolved this threat.

"If you can regain your memory, you will naturally be clear about these."

"Back then, your self-proclaimed title was ’Three Realms Wanderer,’ and to this day, we still use this title."

With that said, He Ruli turned the page of the Book of Civilization in front of her.

She continued:

"Your arrival delighted the pioneers immensely.

"In just a few hundred years, our civilization underwent immense changes, with the birth of Spiritual Energy. All the technologies you shared with us were so miraculous, offering another path to achieve individual Ascension.

"Almost all the pioneers couldn’t resist individual Ascension.

"However, just as you admonished, not everyone has the talent and aptitude to become a cultivator.

"Our civilization had very few individuals capable of becoming cultivators.

"It was from this that the dissenters emerged.

"The dissenters believed that our civilization was sick and was on the wrong path.

"The pioneers, however, believed that collective Ascension had already been deemed a failure, and that to elevate civilization, more than just energy and population was needed. If all individuals in the civilization were to ascend, wouldn’t that be a form of collective Ascension?

"The promotion of Spiritual Energy was carried out against the backdrop of this debate.

"After hundreds of years of argument, under your guidance, we’ve begun to attempt the development of inclusive Spiritual Power Technology.

"This is the Cloud City you see before you, and later, the Core Circuit and Spiritual Energy Circuit."

Inclusive, Spiritual Energy Development...

Wang Jixuan slightly leaned back.

This path was almost completed by these folks?

Wang Jixuan asked: "Then what I saw in Xiao Huating’s memory, comets raining down from the sky, and a massive emergence of Flame Giants?"

"That was the rebellion."

He Ruli sighed:

"A rebellion launched by the dissenters allied with formidable enemies beyond the Star Domain. At the time, the dissenters were almost opposing for the sake of opposition.

"Our civilization suffered heavy casualties in this rebellion.

"I forgot to tell you, our civilization never had a significant population at any given time, only a few million. This Cloud City is our paradise.

"In moments of crisis, we released our research results and created the current Spirit Cultivation Civilization.

"Afterward, our civilization quickly deteriorated. This was once the battleground between the dissenters and us. After the war, the city self-repaired here."

Wang Jixuan looked enlightened and laughed: "So, you are one of the dissenters?"

He Ruli slightly frowned.

Wang Jixuan’s gaze was as sharp as a sword:

"You are not Xiao Huating’s past life.

"Xiao Huating was indeed a person of your civilization, but she should have been a member of the governing body of the time, also responsible for guiding the souls of the deceased. Her position within the civilization was definitely not low.

"And you...

"You and Xiao Huating have a subtle dislocation. No matter how much you disguise it, this discord has always been present. When you left Xiao Huating’s body, the sense was exceptionally clear at that time.

"Another existence like you is a burden for Xiao Huating, and there was no sign of integration between you two."

He Ruli slowly nodded: "Great Pioneer’s insight truly amazes me."

Amina was already frowning with pursed lips, looking somewhat annoyed.

He Ruli said calmly: "The final outcome of the war had no winners. The formidable enemies took the opportunity to dismantle us completely, and I, once exiled by them as a dissenter, became the last survivor of this civilization."

She sighed:

"The dissenters were not mobs; we were simply marginalized and expelled by them.

"Amina, you should feel the same, right?"

Amina did not answer.

Wang Jixuan, however, said: "Don’t change the subject. I want to hear about that Po Suo part that happened afterwards."

He Ruli turned to the last page of the Book of Civilization, her expression becoming somewhat unpredictable.