Monster Chronicles: My Daoist Skill Comes from Mythology
Chapter 167 - 160 Taking a Step Forward and Starting Over (Seeking Monthly Votes)

Chapter 167: Chapter 160 Taking a Step Forward and Starting Over (Seeking Monthly Votes)

"Hey! Where is everyone?"

The mist hung heavy in the air, the sunlight dim; the evening sun slanted through the horizon while fallen leaves gently drifted to the ground. Before the elderly man, a young man suddenly appeared.

A golden crow pattern emerged abruptly at the center of this man’s forehead, his body radiating golden light that illuminated all. From afar, he appeared as holy as the sun itself.

At that moment, a group of people arrived in pursuit.

"Fellow practitioners!" Menglian stopped the crowd, but the others ignored her, charging violently at Song Lin.

Menglian was flustered, her face flushed red. Song Lin was too reckless—he had stormed up the mountain peak without any negotiation and even intruded upon a forbidden area.

A hundred thoughts raced through her mind as she tried to conjure up ways to help Song Lin fabricate an excuse.

Just then, Master Siyao stood up suddenly, as though revitalized for a brief moment, fixing an intense gaze on Song Lin.

Under the bewildered eyes of the crowd, he suddenly dropped to his knees with a thud.

"Disciple Siyao pays his respects to East Lord. East Lord, do you still remember me?"

Witnessing their ancestor kneel down so abruptly stunned everyone from Xuanhu Mountain; they froze completely, unable to react.

When they heard Master Siyao utter that name, everyone widened their eyes in disbelief.

East Lord?

There were few people who bore this name. Spoken from Siyao’s lips, there could only be one explanation...

Menglian’s disbelief deepened.

The secret that Yunmeng Mountain had guarded for a thousand years was now before her eyes, and she had truly encountered East Lord.

But she still could not fully believe it.

Wasn’t it said that East Lord’s mana was as boundless as the sun’s radiance? How could he possess only the mere strength of Nourishing Yuan Sixth Layer?

Meanwhile, Xuanhu Mountain’s people accepted it wholeheartedly, immediately kneeling alongside Master Siyao.

"Rise."

Song Lin did not refute them.

"East Lord, is your arrival to the lower realm meant for restoring the Youxiong lineage?"

"Don’t call me East Lord anymore; East Lord has returned to Heaven. The one before you now is merely the mortal reincarnation of East Lord, Song Lin."

Song Lin indirectly addressed the doubts lingering in everyone’s minds.

So East Lord wasn’t truly East Lord but rather his reincarnated self.

Even so, East Lord’s identity remained incomparably noble.

This was the teacher of the Five Emperors, a sage of humanity.

Even Qi Country’s current illicit rule was established under the pretext of East Lord’s name.

Surveying the nearly desiccated pine wood, Song Lin smiled faintly. "Ah, undying longevity wood."

"Exactly. Without this artifact, I would’ve long perished a thousand years ago," Siyao replied.

Master Siyao had been truly fortunate.

After the battle at Qilun Country, Siyao had traveled across ancient battlefields, eventually discovering this dying tree.

Using his mastery of herbal knowledge, he absorbed the tree’s longevity essence, allowing him to barely survive until now.

"As for restoring the lineage, of course it must be restored. Now, tell me about the state of affairs in Qi Country."

Speaking of Qi Country, Siyao’s face contorted with anger.

"That Gaoyang Clan—they’re clearly descendants of an evil god!"

It turned out Tai Cang had been operating under an evil god’s command, enabling the effortless seizure of Youxiong’s throne.

From start to finish, the evil gods had been manipulating these puppet kingdoms behind the scenes.

Periodically, Qi Country would engage in large-scale battles against demons, with casualties reaching into the hundreds of thousands for both sides each time.

Moreover, Ascension Sect and Undying Sect disciples occasionally achieved enlightenment and ascended to Heaven.

But Master Siyao knew the truth: they were all being consumed as food by the evil gods.

Overall, both demons and humans alike were pawns of the evil gods, their skirmishes merely serving to provide sustenance.

Since the shift from primitive to feudal times, the human population had exceeded one billion.

The periodic loss of tens of thousands of lives was barely significant in comparison.

"These evil gods are rather shrewd," Song Lin mused.

No wonder humans had not been annihilated—they were cultivating their prey slowly and sustainably.

In ancient times, the human population had barely reached three to five million. If devoured all at once, it would have been depleted.

The evil gods’ method was indeed clever; in the last five hundred years, they must have consumed tens of millions of humans.

As they spoke, Master Siyao’s condition deteriorated further.

"Come aboard my carriage."

Song Lin summoned the jade carriage contained within the Heavenly Demon Stomach storage bag.

Upon seeing the jade carriage, everyone was astonished. Could this be the legendary Sun Jade Car?

There was no longer any doubt; he truly was East Lord.

Everyone’s belief solidified.

The two climbed aboard the carriage.

"This reincarnated body’s strength hasn’t even reached its peak yet. For now, we must develop covertly or launch expeditions under your names to avoid interference from the evil gods."

Song Lin’s current advantage lay in the fact that the evil gods were unaware of his rebirth.

His enemies operated openly, while he remained hidden.

If humans engaged in internal strife, the evil gods might even silently rejoice. ƒrēewebnoѵёl.cσm

Song Lin set his first target.

To destroy the evil gods, step one was reclaiming his magic artifacts; step two, dismantling the Qi royal family and establishing a dynasty of his own.

For potential candidates, the descendants of Youxiong were ideal—especially if he could procure the Emperor Sword.

But above all, the critical step was breaking through to Core Formation.

This would provide the bare minimum capability to challenge the evil gods.

Meanwhile, he would act discreetly until then.

Furthermore, this world held greater significance.

He could pass down the Taoist tradition and harness collective human intelligence to achieve specific goals.

"I know the whereabouts of the magic treasures, Master. The Qi royal family’s Qin Clan possesses the Coiled Dragon Jade and Divine Crocodile Armor. Ascension Sect has the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order. Undying Sect has the Taiyin Refining Technique, Corpse-to-Immortal Technique, the Cassia tree, Taiyin Bone Mirror, Temple Emperor Seal, and the Red Umbrella."

"I’ve already reclaimed the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order."

Song Lin waved his right hand, and the order materialized on the table.

"How capable is Xuanhu Mountain overall?"

"Disciple is at the Nourishing Yuan Sixth Layer level. Among the Twelve Disciples, three are in the Nourishing Yuan stage, and the rest are still in Qi Refinement."

"Excellent—tomorrow, I’ll guide your cultivation. By the way, in a few days, you should release news of the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order to draw the Ascension Sect’s forces over."

"Also, wasn’t there an ancient disciple at Swordsmith Peak?"

"Indeed. That person was the craftsman who forged your sword back in the day, Tie Guan. He too possesses undying longevity wood."

"Perfect, tomorrow I’ll visit him personally."

Song Lin nodded in satisfaction.

The next day, two elderly men met inside the Sun Jade Car, their eyes brimming with tears.

"Siyao, we may be confined to the carriage for now."

"Don’t worry—breaking through Foundation Establishment can add another hundred or two hundred years to your lifespan, and then you’ll be able to leave." Song Lin comforted them.

"Ah, Foundation Establishment..." both sighed.

The cultivation path was arduous.

Even the sect masters of Ascension Sect and Undying Sect were merely at the Great Perfection stage of Nourishing Yuan Ninth Layer.

To this day, no one had succeeded in breaking past Foundation Establishment.

Xuanhu Mountain and Swordsmith Peak merged, and Song Lin named the new sect "Heavenly Mechanism." Adding Menglian to the mix, their total membership now numbered thirty.

On the third day, news of the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order being in Xuanhu Mountain spread.

By the sixth day...

Under astonished gazes, Song Lin advanced three levels in cultivation, reaching Nourishing Yuan Ninth Layer.

Atop Xuanhu Mountain, two figures descended from the skies.

The man on the left exuded regal elegance and wore violet robes, while the other radiated an eerie vibe, like a specter from the Netherworld.

"Taoist Zilei!"

"Taoist Xuanming!"

The two exchanged greetings.

These were the sect masters of the two great sects.

Today, they came at Zilei’s behest to reclaim the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order and resolve Xuanhu Mountain’s ancient grievances.

Not being of ancient lineage themselves, they were merely the fifth-generation successors of their sects. Their elders had passed down warnings about the dangers posed by the ancients.

This was the perfect opportunity to settle matters once and for all.

The two landed on the mountaintop, and Xuanming produced the Taiyin Bone Mirror.

The dark clouds dispersed, revealing someone already waiting for them.

Leading the group was a man with a jade carriage and the Golden Crow Yang Pattern emblazoned on his forehead.

"Attack!"

Boom!

Zilei reacted swiftly, unleashing a Dragon Thunder strike.

The black Dragon Thunder caused storms and rain to erupt upon its appearance.

Song Lin stepped forward, wielding the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order.

Boom!

He channeled True Qi into it.

Dozens of bolts of godly lightning descended.

"Impossible! This is my sect’s treasure—how can you wield it?" Zilei cried out in disbelief, quickly glancing at Xuanming beside him. "Taoist Xuanming!"

Before Zilei could finish his words, Xuanming shot a golden beam from the Taiyin Bone Mirror. However, as the beam neared Song Lin, it disappeared on its own.

"It’s my own artifact—why wouldn’t I be able to use it?" Song Lin laughed.

The two stared at him in shock.

...

As the storm cleared, only two lifeless corpses remained in the distance.

Song Lin was sitting and flipping through a newly acquired manual.

The manual was titled "Taiyin Nine Refinement True Form Technique."

This technique was an evolution of the Taiyin Refining Technique but did not require winter naps every sixty years.

Once mastered, it promised inconceivable power.

Every hundred years, a tribulation had to be overcome—be it war, plague, famine, wind and thunder, or floods and fires.

With each successive tribulation, they intensified; surviving all nine led to the attainment of the Ghost Immortal status.

Of course, everything beyond the fourth tribulation was conjecture, as no one had ever succeeded.

Regardless, Song Lin had gained one more Taoist skill.

Turning his gaze toward the boundless void, Song Lin seemed to sense something, as if a call emanated from deep within Yunmeng Marsh.

"You harvest the Mortal World—very well, I shall reap you!"

...

Three days later...

Song Lin stood before twenty disciples of Heavenly Mechanism Sect, including Menglian.

Every one of them held cultivation techniques or treasures in hand.

The Temple Emperor Seal, the Red Umbrella, the Five Thunders Heavenly Master Order, and even skills and artifacts from the Real World such as the Five Ghosts Skills, Divine Establishment Spirit Qi Cultivation Method, Mountain Demon and Wood Guest Skill, and Lao Mountain Taoist Skill. Other items included the Refining Soldiers Skill, Alchemy Skill, and Artifact Refining Technique.

The atmosphere was solemn; Song Lin suddenly bowed deeply to everyone.

"Your mission in descending the mountain is to propagate the Daoist tradition, explore Taoist techniques, and resist the evil gods. You are destined to be founding patriarchs. If all goes well, we may only meet again centuries later."

"Remember, until your strength has grown immeasurably, never reveal your missions nor the existence of Heavenly Mechanism Sect. And always keep an eye out for Youxiong Royal Family descendants!"

"Understood!" The group swore a blood pact.

"For humanity, for the Great Dao, may you remain true to your purpose."

Song Lin spoke with solemnity.

The foreboding omen he felt days ago had actually been linked to the Heavenly Emperor’s Secret Realm.

To his surprise, it had become active again, likely having absorbed sufficient energy.

Moreover, the void seemed to pull at him faintly, as though it sought to drag Song Lin inside.

Entering the Heavenly Emperor’s Secret Realm meant disappearing for an indeterminate span of years.

Thus, Song Lin disseminated the traditions, choosing to reap boundless results in the future when the time ripened.

As he spoke, the void behind him distorted faintly, signaling imminent ascension.

Siyao and Tie Guan peeked out of the carriage, their expressions tinged with reluctance as they gazed at the crowd. Song Lin entrusted them with the truth and decided to take them along—it was likely a farewell for eternity for many.

"Take care, everyone. We shall slip through the tides of time and await the opportunity to explore the Great Dao together once more!"

Gradually, the jade carriage and Song Lin faded from view.

"The steep pass and iron track are truly formidable, but now, we march forward anew. In some distant future, we shall meet again! May the Daoist energy endure eternally, and may your lives be as enduring as Heaven itself."

"May the Daoist energy endure eternally, and may our lives be as enduring as Heaven itself!"

Tears brimmed over as the crowd chanted their rallying cry, watching East Lord and his companions vanish from sight.

Everyone straightened their backs, each carrying the burden of their mission.

According to their Grandmaster’s words, they would likely sleep for centuries.

If they wished to reunite with him in the future, they would have to climb step by step to the summit of power.

Menglian gazed blankly into the void, her thoughts unknowable.

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