Chapter 1: The Entrance of Tianmo Valley

  Beihuangtian, also known as the Northern Wilderness, is named after its location in the far north of the Sealed Divine Realm. The Sealed Divine Dynasty also refers to Beihuangtian as Tianhuang, which means Heavenly Wilderness. It is called Heavenly Wilderness because there was a cultivator named Tianhuang Lao Ren who lived in Beihuangtian, and people revered him so much that they referred to Beihuangtian as Tianhuang out of respect.

  The Feilongjiang River, the Mingyuejiang River and the Canglangjiang River, which flow south from the Tianhuang Plateau, converge at the Wolong Ridge's Tiansheng Grand Canyon to form the magnificent "Three Rivers in Parallel".

  When the Red Dust Sword Gate outside the southern face of the Tianhuang Forest suddenly turned 180 degrees, it formed a large turn and rushed through the Ghost Wailing Abyss, the Tiger Leaping Gorge, and flowed into the Luoshui River, the giant moat protecting the Sealed God Dynasty. The river then continued downstream for thousands of miles, gradually entering the Returning Void Ocean in the far east.

  In the far north of the Tianhuang continent, where the sealed divine world was located, there was a place that was considered an ideal home for the lowest-level cultivators in the Xiuzhen realm. The old man from Tianhuang had somehow managed to get the seven major sects of Xiuzhen to jointly issue a heavenly decree: "All Golden Dan cultivators are forbidden from setting foot in the northern wilderness."

  This strange edict gave many low-level cultivators a glimmer of hope for their cultivation.

  The Northern Wilderness occupies over 30,000 miles of land, stretching from the mouth of the Heavenly Devil Valley in the south to the Heavenly Wasteland Plateau in the north, bordering the Ghost Watchtower in the east and leaning against the Black Dragon Marsh in the west. Located at the extreme north, the Northern Wilderness was originally desolate, but after the Heavenly Old Man's edict was issued, many low-level cultivators flocked to the Heavenly Wasteland. A hundred years later, it became the place with the most bottom-tier scattered cultivators in the world and also the safest place for low-level scattered cultivators, as the slaughter and plunder outside were too cruel, and the bottom-tier scattered cultivators could live without worrying about their lives as long as they didn't step out of the Heavenly Wasteland.

  Thousands of years later, the Tianhuang gradually had a new atmosphere, with various sects and factions closing their mountains to cultivate, and everywhere was filled with an auspicious aura.

  Tianhuang Forest, near the intersection of Tianmo Valley entrance ten miles away

  Ancient trees stretch towards the sky, forming a vast expanse that reveals an ancient, desolate and majestic atmosphere everywhere.

  A single ancient tree that seven or eight adult men can barely encircle, its main trunk shoots straight up into the sky, pointing to the deepest part of the heavens. The sprawling branches and leaves cover an area roughly half the size of a football field, blocking out the dazzling sunlight and leaving behind a cool, dry, and refreshing shaded area.

  Zhang Hao stood stupidly under the shade of this tree, staring blankly at the distant clean and clear sky. When he turned around, seeing the towering ancient tree behind him, his eyes almost rolled out of their sockets, his eyes were somewhat dazed and confused, his expression was dull and stiff like a stone statue.

  After a while, Zhang Hao came to himself, withdrew his gaze, and glanced around. He stretched out his slender fingers, moved them swiftly, and struck the black-haired thigh with a series of rapid finger strikes, as if through tattered willow catkins on his long pants.

  All that could be heard was a mournful wail coming from under the tree, followed by Zhang Hao, dressed in a strange Daoist robe, stumbling out from under the shade of the tree, muttering curses and waving his middle finger at the blue sky.

  "Who was it that ambushed Grandpa and got me killed?"

  Many weak birds in the forest were frightened by Zhang Hao's mad-like symptoms and flew away in a flurry.

  Zhang Hao couldn't care about the birds on his head, he looked at his own hands and then at the tattered clothes on his body, his nose smelled a pungent smell of scorching coming from himself.

  Zhang Hao muttered to himself, "It can't be that I was struck by lightning once! I remember yesterday I was clearly PKing in the game, and when I entered the game, I seemed to hear thunder, but after putting on the virtual headset, I couldn't hear any external sounds."

  He looked down at the dark scar about the width of his thumb on his waist, and a inexplicable sense of horror rose in his heart.

  "No way! I died and revived in this weird place. This is the first time I've died in this game, how come I didn't get an achievement?"

  While making an effort to recall, and observing the surroundings, Zhang Hao became more and more shocked. The trees, flowers, and grass here were lush and vibrant, surrounded by a thick aroma of plants and trees. Moreover, his own finger veins and palm lines were vividly visible, shouldn't the realistic degree of the immortal world he played in be clear to this extent?

  It's too realistic now! Before, I was busy fighting monsters and leveling up, I didn't take a closer look. Zhang Hao muttered to himself while randomly tearing at the big hole in his clothes with force, but unexpectedly couldn't tear it open. This thing is soft and fluffy but has a strong elasticity, very sturdy.

  He casually pulled out a fine iron sword from behind his back, intending to use it to cut open his clothes and bandage his wound.

  It was unexpected that these fine iron swords could not cut through their own clothes on their bodies.

  "What is this thing? So tough!" Zhang Hao's curiosity was piqued, and he simply took off his clothes and placed them on a bluestone, wielding the treasure sword in his hands and chopping at the clothes with lightning speed.

  All I could hear was a cacophony of clanging sounds.

  The treasured sword slashed through the clothes, but most of its power was transferred to the stone beneath, causing a dull and massive sound as the sword struck the stone. The clothes, however, remained completely unscathed.

  Zhang Hao reluctantly put his clothes back on, supporting himself against a large tree. He had used too much force earlier and now his head was spinning with dizziness, and many strange and bizarre fragments emerged from his mind.

  Leaning against the big tree, half asleep and half awake, he finally remembered some things, but he felt that his memory was a bit fragmented, as if someone had forcibly erased a part of it, and there seemed to be two people's memories in his mind.

  Zhang Hao is a professional gamer, yesterday at home playing online games, forgot to close the window, outside the wind and rain thunderstorm, Zhang Hao was in the midst of PK with a guy called Hei Yiren in the Xian Xia world, because he was the number one master in the server, Zhang Hao often received challenges from many swordsmen who wanted to make a name for themselves. Zhang Hao remembered that he only used three swords to break through the guy's defense, his HP was all gone, how did he end up in this ghostly place after waking up?

  "I remember now, this is a trap."

  The position where I stand is with two swordsmen, my mode is different from theirs, it should be that the three of them joined forces to launch a sneak attack on me.

  At this point, Zhang Hao couldn't help but blurt out a curse, and slightly opened his eyes, the light was a bit dazzling. At this time, many strange fragmented memories suddenly emerged in his mind.

  Those fragmented pieces left him somewhat perplexed! Has his personality split? Zhang Hao felt a bit tragic, and after sensing the lower line system, he found that when he closed his eyes to sense the lower line system, all he felt was a vast expanse of whiteness, with various dazzling lights floating in his mind.

  Then a voice rang out "Haha......haha......I'm finally going to wake up!" The white floating light disappeared, and my mind cleared up.

  The sound just now has also disappeared.

  Who's there! What are you playing? Zhang Hao looked around cautiously while asking quietly.

  Half a day has passed, and all around is quiet, with no one appearing, nor any sound ringing out again.

  Zhang Hao closed his eyes and sensed the online system again, but this time he felt his consciousness suddenly falling into darkness, a pitch-black darkness that seemed to have fallen into an abyss of ten thousand meters, with a cool breeze all around, making people feel a sense of inexplicable despair.

  He... Zhang Hao wanted to speak but hesitated, and finally couldn't bear it anymore and scolded loudly.

  "Isn't this forced online? I'm a VIP, I'm a paying player, I'm God!" Zhang Hao cursed and scolded, but his mind was still completely unresponsive.

  However, many strange memories emerged from his mind, such as Red Dust, Master, Senior Sister, Tongtian Tower, Ancient Witch Tribe, Sword Techniques, and all sorts of fragmented and chaotic recollections filled his memory.

  Just then, Zhang Hao suddenly felt the hairs on the back of his neck standing up, and a strange chill ran down his spine. He quickly sat up and saw a tall, large man with Miao ethnic minority clothing, covered in strange symbols, walking towards him with a feather inserted into his hair at an angle.

  Wow! This is a nearly two-meter-tall giant! Zhang Hao thought in amazement.

  But this guy walks without making a sound at all.

  Zhang Hao instinctively felt danger and quickly got up, turned around and ran away.

  The man behind him sneered: "Want to run? But you can't escape!"

  I won't be so unlucky, will I?! Zhang Hao cursed as he quickly scrambled to his feet, his right hand instinctively grasping the Qiankun bag at his waist.

  As soon as his hand touched the Qiankun bag by his waist, he felt that there were many talismans inside, such as Gale Talisman, Small Thunder Talisman, Great Strength Talisman, and Unbreakable Steel Talisman...

  In addition, there are Yin Lei Sha, Poison Dragon Swoop and Exploding Flame Crossbow.

  Finally, he felt something extremely strange, like an old tree's twisted roots, with five branches at the bottom, but he didn't know what it was. Although this thing fell into his hands and felt somewhat heavy, the five branches below clearly couldn't feel any spiritual energy, yet they seemed to want to stretch out their roots and penetrate into the mud.

  "What a weird thing, dull and lifeless... " How did I end up with these, he thought, when suddenly a hurried gasping sound came from behind him.

  He was pulled back into reality again.

  What kind of monster is this, running out from who-knows-where and having to chase me?

  Just as he was about to use his probing skills to probe the monster's level, he suddenly discovered something even more tragic - all of his skills were no longer usable. This... is a disaster! Zhang Hao let out a mournful cry.