Shi Xiaobai nodded when he heard the question. Back when he had asked the Infernal Queen about the Infernal King's Mandate, she had pointed out a history book for him. It had details that connected with what the Infernal Queen had just said.
When D'ya experienced an unprecedented infectious disease, Prince D'yaba was infected, he was quarantined in a sealed-off space with a large number of other infectees, which he called 'hell'.
With his strong will, D'yaba managed to survive 'hell' and later led the 'devil-like' infectees who had survived to establish the Infernal domain of the future.
And on the other side, D'yaji also began to establish the nascent state of the Celestial domain.
Later, when the Infernal King, D'yaba, realized that the sickness was conspired by his elder brother, D'yaji, he was immediately incensed.
Therefore, the first Infernal King and the Celestial King had an irreconcilable vendetta. Hence, all ruling Infernal Kings had the mandate of killing the ruling Celestial King!
That was the history written in the tiny book but it was a rather simple description of the events. It felt like quite a bit of details were missing.
"The scale of the infection gradually increased, with more than half of the people infected. Due to the dire circumstances, the uninfected citizens were forced to abandon the infected land and collectively move to the north. There, they established a new kingdom. And more than half the citizens that remained in the south died. However, there was a tiny portion who survived."
"The D'yaeans, who were infected, experienced various transformations to their bodies. They were originally green-skinned dwarves but not only did their skin turn black after the infection, they would be covered in wrinkles making them look extremely ugly. Numerous thorns and horns would grow around their body making them look like devils."
"Therefore, after D'yaba reestablished his kingdom to the west, calling it the country of devils that come from the burning hells, he renamed the D'yaeans to the 'Infernals', and called himself the Infernal King!"
The Infernal Queen chuckled and continued, "And on the other side, the D'yaeans that moved to the cold north did not escape the calamity. The infection spread once again and this time, it could not be stopped!"
"But strangely, the symptoms of the infected D'yaeans in the north were unlike the originally southern D'yaeans. Instead of having their skin turn black and ugly, it was the complete opposite. In the north, their green skin gradually turned white after the infection. Their short statures also grew taller and they began to become better looking. A pair of pure white wings grew on their backs, making them resemble the legendary angels."
"Hence, the northern D'yaeans considered the infection as a metamorphosis. They were willing to endure the pain that came from the infection and similarly, after more than half their people died, brand new D'yaeans were born."
"After hearing D'yaba term himself the 'Infernal King' and his establishment of the Infernal domain, D'yaji began terming himself the 'Celestial King'. He renamed the northern D'yaeans to the 'Celestials' and called his kingdom the 'Celestial domain'!"
A civil war that resulted in rifts among the Transcendents eventually split into the Transcendents and D'yaeans. Following that, an infection caused the D'yaeans to split again into the northern and southern factions. Due to the effects of the infected surroundings, the southern D'yaeans turned ugly like infernal devils before moving to the west, while the northern D'yaeans transformed into entities as beautiful as angels. Hence, the birth of the Infernals and Celestials!
This was the matter that the Infernal Queen had spent voluminous hundreds of words on depicting. In fact, it could have been finished in about a hundred words but unfortunately, the narration of a story is not an expository list of bullet points. There would always be some necessary or unnecessary details added that would pad the story making it bloat up.
But in short, twenty-seven thousand years ago, the three major factions—Transcendence, Infernal domain, and the Celestial domain entered its nascent establishment. And most shocking of all, the three races and three countries came from the same root. They were all the same weak green-skinned dwarves of the D'ya clan.
However, the Infernal Queen's story clearly did not end here. She continued, "The infection between the Celestials and Infernals had not only changed their bodies. It had also made them completely lose the favor of the Transcendence Holy Tree. They were no longer able to use the Transcendental Nine Transformations; hence, the Infernals and Celestials were no longer powerful enough to fight the Transcendents. They could only be deemed as subjects and hide the fact that they were actually D'yaeans as well. But due to the enmity between the first Infernal King, D'yaba, and the first Celestial King, D'yaji, the Infernals and Celestials began a war that lasted two centuries until the third Celestial King that was inclined toward peace used his Will of the King to forcefully retreat and surrender his troops. He signed a submissive one-sided deed with the Infernal domain that had the unfair clause of the Celestials being isolated forever. Furthermore, with Transcendence intervening, the war between the Infernals and Celestials finally came to an end. The Transcendental World finally returned to the peaceful situation of Transcendence ruling over all.
Twenty-seven thousand years ago, the Transcendents, who were favored by the Transcendence Holy Tree, were still the strongest race in the Transcendental World!
The Infernal Queen continued, "But after thousands of years passed, with the Celestial domain isolating itself, it weakened the stage on which history unfolded. As for the Transcendence Holy Tree, it gradually weakened over the millennia."
"The Transcendents' Transcendence King also weakened from a warrior with the seventh transformation to the sixth or fifth transformation…until the Infernal King's strength gradually exceeded the Transcendence King's! The Infernal King that could not bear the boredom began committing 'atrocities' in the world."
"However, he did not dare offend Transcendence; hence, there was no war between the two races. However, it also gave rise to 'Bravehearts' that were determined to slay the Infernal King! So, the Transcendental World became one in which the Celestial domain had hidden away, the Infernal domain gradually becoming stronger by the day, and Transcendence weakening by the day. As such, another seven thousand years passed until a day twenty thousand years ago…"
Shi Xiaobai was astonished when he heard that. "Seven thousand years passed just like that"?
Although it had only proceeded to a point twenty thousand years ago, it undoubtedly made Shi Xiaobai feel excited.
Heavens knew that the story of the Infernal Queen was as long and ugly as a foot-binding cloth. The crux of the issue was that she had been laying the foundations of the background story without reaching the interesting climax. How could anyone endure that?
However, Shi Xiaobai knew that in common story narration, a story required a cause and development before it could reach a climax. Expounding the boring details was a necessary process for the final excitement.
However, as a listener or a reader, one is unable to understand the difficulties of a narrator. They only have one thought, that the laying of foundations isn't as nice as the climax! Laying of foundations is boring filler! Laying the foundations is just padding the story!
After one round of climax and into the next bout of foundation laying, one would even suspect if the narrator had changed. Why was the difference in excitement so huge? But in fact, it was not the narrator's problem but the problem lied in the story itself!
The little bitch that was the Infernal Queen loved foreplay! She kept dragging out the climax for the listener (readers)!
Well, women come in all shapes and sizes. It was not as though no woman likes to have sufficient foreplay before climaxing. The Infernal Queen was just one person that went to the extremes.
However, the story had finally been pushed forward seven thousand years! It was also proceeding to another stage in the foreplay, just like moving from the top to the bottom
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Chapter495 Here comes the Climax
"The historical story of the world from twenty thousand years ago was also what was replicated in the seventh level!"
The Infernal Queen had not only pushed the story forward by seven thousand years, she had also silently pushed the story to its second stage!
Now, it was finally the true history that began describing the seventh level's world!
Shi Xiaobai turned slightly attentive. If the story the Infernal Queen was telling him had anything worth his concern, it was undoubtedly the historical period replicated in the seventh level. If the trial-takers had not intervened, what direction would the story lead to? What would happen to King Leonis, the gatekeeper giant, Field Marshal Awesomo, the true Infernal King, Infernal Queen, and Celestial King?
The Infernal Queen seemed to realize something as she suddenly said with a chuckle, "About twenty thousand years ago, at a particular year's Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament, the Infernal King had disguised himself as a Braveheart and participated in the tournament at Transcendence. In the end…the tiny precarious boat of peace capsized!"
The cheeky words left Shi Xiaobai slightly surprised. The Infernal King had faked his identity as a Braveheart to participate in the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament? Why was the plot so familiar!?
Shi Xiaobai immediately began to anticipate the story's development.
The Infernal Queen gave a sly smile and did not go straight to the main plotline and instead asked, "Darling, you have stayed in the Infernal domain for a period of time. You must have heard of some hair-raising wails from every corner of the Infernal domain at dawn every day, right?"
Shi Xiaobai was also used to the Infernal Queen's 'wicked' habit of keeping and building suspense. He helplessly nodded. The wails at dawn were indeed hair-raising. Furthermore, it filled every corner of the Infernal domain as if every Infernal was screaming in pain at the same time. In the beginning, he had believed that a calamity had befallen but he later found out that it was a 'daily occurrence' in the Infernal domain.
The Infernal Queen said, "That is the side effect left behind by that infectious disease. Every day at dawn, the Infernals would experience a burning sensation that they cannot bear. It would result in them wailing for more than half an hour. There had even been countless Infernals that had committed suicide because of this torture over millennia. In fact, the Celestials, who had similarly been infected, had a similar side effect. However, the Celestials would only feel an extreme bone-biting chill at dusk. Similarly, it was excruciatingly painful."
The infection was indeed unprecedented. It had not only created the Infernals and Celestials, but it had also inflicted them with suffering on a daily basis. What sort of infection could result in such exaggerated effects?
Shi Xiaobai pondered in his heart but he did not raise any questions. However, he slowly opened his mouth and finally broke his silence.
"What did the Infernal King do at the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament?"
Shi Xiaobai was more concerned about that matter. And from his point of view, that was the 'main plot' of the historical story. However, the Infernal Queen had insisted on being draggy on 'sub-plots'. It had left him impatient.
"Darling sure is impatient. That's right. Darling would want to know if the Infernal King who he had 'acted as' had done the same as he did. It's only to be expected."
The Infernal Queen chuckled and said, "The true historical Infernal King had disguised himself as a Braveheart and not only did he clinch the championship of the Braveheart Martial Arts Tournament, he had gone one step further. He had killed King Leonis at the finals!"
Shi Xiaobai was astonished. The Infernal King had killed King Leonis? No wonder the tiny boat of peace capsized!
The Infernal Queen said with a chuckle, "Back then, the Infernal King was affected by the deep-rooted belief of every past Infernal King—the Transcendents were still the strongest race in the world. Therefore, despite him committing atrocities, he had never dared to offend the Transcendents. He believed that his battle with the Transcendents' King Leonis would result in defeat or even an abject defeat. He never expected that the toxins accumulated in the Transcendence Holy Tree had long resulted in their decline. King Leonis could only barely reach the fourth Transcendent transformation! The Infernal King was unaware of the fact that King Leonis was that weak so he had accidentally killed him!"
As the Infernal King did not know that King Leonis was too weak, he had not held back and ended up killing King Leonis?
Eh? So be it the replicated history or the true history, King Leonis was actually such an aggrieved existence!
Shi Xiaobai could not help but chuckle. Although he was listening to the same story, listening to the original historical story and a similar adapted story felt completely different.
Shi Xiaobai immediately wiped his smile away. He felt a lot better.
How should it be put? If you can't prevent it, you might as well enjoy it?
The Infernal Queen was very pleased with Shi Xiaobai's reaction. She turned even more excited as she continued narrating the story. "The Infernal King had not only killed King Leonis from his infiltration of Transcendence. He realized the truth that the Transcendents were declining."
"More importantly, when Transcendence ushered in a new dawn, he felt a cool refreshing feeling, relieving the burning pains that he suffered and endured every morning. The pain from the burns was greatly reduced and the time he had to endure it was cut short. The Infernal King discovered the power of the Transcendence Holy Tree's favor!"
When Shi Xiaobai heard this, he had vaguely guessed at the future development. With the weakening of Transcendence exposed and that the fact that the Transcendence Holy Tree could reduce the excruciating torment the Infernals endured on a daily basis, the Infernal King was bound to covet the Transcendence Holy Tree. Furthermore, the Infernal King was never one to stay within his confines, or why would he have disguised himself as a Braveheart?
Indeed, what the Infernal Queen described next was how the Infernal King began planning to invade Transcendence after returning to the Infernal domain. Furthermore, there were wise people among the Infernals who posited a guess—Could the infection that transformed the D'yaeans be an after-effect of them separating from the Transcendence Holy Tree?
It was very likely and it could explain the strange illness that had plagued the Infernals and Celestials.
As such, the Transcendence Holy Tree became even more important. The Infernal domain planned on invading Transcendence with full force, conquering their land and taking the Transcendence Holy Tree for itself!
"However, there were Celestial spies hidden in the ruling upper echelons of the Infernal domain. Therefore, the Celestial domain learned that the Transcendence Holy Tree could stop the chilling pain that plagued the Celestials for millennia. Immediately, the Celestial King broke the agreement of staying isolated. Similarly, he sent his troops to attack Transcendence!"
The Infernal Queen said, "Although the Infernals and Celestials had an enmity that spanned generations, under the allure of the Transcendence Holy Tree, they decided to join forces to 'clean out' the Transcendents before discussing the splitting of Transcendence. And at that moment, King Leonis was dead."
"Transcendence was in chaos, so how could it withstand the combined invasion of the Infernals and Celestials? But seeing as Transcendence was about to fall, the Transcendence Holy Tree suddenly bestowed its power onto six Transcendents, making them much stronger. They became the Hexstar Bravehearts."
"Later on, the Celestial King had suddenly betrayed his alliance because of the shocking power that the Infernal King and the Infernal domain had shown. He joined forces with the Hexstar Bravehearts and killed the strongest Infernal King! However, the Infernal King had given his all to inflict a mortal wound on the Celestial King. Such a turn of events greatly weakened both
the Infernals and Celestials!"
The Hexstar Bravehearts' birth and the sudden betrayal of the Celestial King resulted in Transcendence, which was certainly doomed, to survive. It also, unfortunately, resulted in the strongest Infernal King to die in combat. And this historical fact was the reason why the seventh level had designated the clearance condition for Shi Xiaobai, who had been designated as the Infernal King, to kill either the Hexstar Bravehearts or the Celestial King.
It was because, with any of these two killed, the fate of the Infernal King fate would change.
But what really happened historically was that the strongest Infernal King had died in battle twenty thousand years ago!
"The Infernal King died in battle while the Celestial King was left seriously wounded. He died a few days later as well! As such, the Infernal King, Celestial King, and King Leonis were all dead. All three races lost their leaders! But the war continued on!"
"The Infernal Queen temporarily inherited the throne while Field Marshal Awesomo became Celestial King. As for King Leonis's illegitimate son, the gatekeeper giant, he forcefully ascended the throne and became the new Transcendence King! The deaths of the three kings between the three races made it irreconcilable between each other."
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