usenovelgroup Chapter 342 - 66: So He Got His Start by Selling His Ass
Chapter 342 - 66: So He Got His Start by Selling His Ass
Westheid sat up amidst the curious gazes from his companions. He leaned his back against Reiya’s chest and hugged the Pure Holy Spirit that had crawled over, cuddling it close. Then, he began to show off his vast knowledge to his companions.
"By the way, do you guys know what race Emperor Qianlu is?"
Yolanda: "Isn’t he a Fairy?"
Westheid glanced at Rozana and noticed her expression was a little odd. He smiled and said:
"It’s not exactly a top secret within the Thousand Laws Royal Court, but it is considered taboo. To commoners and outsiders, the Royal Court claims the Divine Ancestor was of Fairy origin... which isn’t entirely wrong. After all, Enchanters can be considered a type of Fairy in a broad sense."
"Wait, you said Enchanter, isn’t that a Suc..."
Yolanda’s eyes widened upon hearing this. She was about to cry out in alarm, but the words caught in her throat, and she clapped her hands over her mouth instead.
Her large, purple eyes blinked, filled with astonishment.
Westheid waved the Ritual Book in his hand and said:
"Although this book is very vague about Emperor Qianlu’s deeds and intentionally conceals his origin story, I can still figure it out."
The great beings who achieved Ascension to the Supreme Heaven each possess unique skills and have all achieved great enterprises.
Even their origins and races are all different; no two are alike.
Radiant Holy Tree is an Innate Holy Spirit, the purest life form of Order.
Star Abyss Wings is an Alien, an Immortal Ancient Dragon whose wings are the Star Sea itself.
These two Celestial Gods had the highest starting points. Their births alone were an endpoint others could never hope to reach. That’s just fate for you; nothing to be done about it.
But this doesn’t mean becoming a god is all about bloodlines. On the path to godhood, one’s starting point isn’t that important.
For example, Westheid was already very clear on the deeds of the Venerable Master of the Azure Heaven. Much like the Yonglan Riding God, he ascended to godhood from being a mortal. Compared to one’s origin, the whims of fate and a steadfast will are far more important.
And among all the Celestial Gods, the only one with an origin even lowlier than a mortal is Emperor Qianlu, the one who started as an Enchanter.
The so-called Enchanters are a unique type of Spirit Monster native to the Land of Rhythm. They dwell in the depths of dark forests and swamps, striking at night in their Spirit Body form. They infiltrate people’s dreams to feed on their vital essence. This act isn’t fatal unless it’s sustained on the same person over a long period.
To put it simply, common folk call Enchanters "Succubi" or "Nightmare Demons," which tells you all you need to know about their nature. And because the Enchanters’ special abilities are completely mismatched with their feeble strength, they are often captured by surrounding Spirit Monsters and used as Star Fury Power. What happens after that is not for mortal ears; it’s the kind of thing that would make you black out if you knew.
At most, mortals have no positive buffs—no advantages, no disadvantages. But Enchanters? They’re a pure debuff.
They lack physical bodies and are extremely susceptible to corruption by Chaos. They subsist on vital essence, yet their own strength is pathetic. Among the many Spirit Monster and fairy-spirit populations in the Land of Rhythm, they are at the very bottom of the food chain. They’re only fit to be written into erotic novels as playthings or to feature in the dirty jokes people tell after dinner, because they pose absolutely no threat!
And yet, from such a lowly Spirit Monster, an extremely special individual was born.
The territory where the Thousand Laws Royal Court is located is called the "Land of Rhythm." That’s the nice-sounding name given after the Celestial God founded his nation. Before Emperor Qianlu was born, it was known as the "Land of Thousand Lakes," the most chaotic and disorderly region in the entire Mortal World. Its level of chaos could rival that of the former Yonglan Territory—and was possibly even worse.
The Land of Yonglan merely bordered Chaos; its core was still human settlements. But the Land of Thousand Lakes... that was no place for humans. To put it bluntly, that place accounted for eighty percent of all non-human species in the Mortal World. All sorts of strange and bizarre races flourished on that land.
With such a complex racial ecosystem, the situation in the Land of Thousand Lakes was, to put it mildly, extremely complicated. The various groups slaughtered each other, caught in an endless spiral of hatred. It was the cesspool of all cesspools.
And in the midst of this utter chaos, in a land where clans slaughtered and exterminated one another, a Low-level Enchanter began to rise. He perfectly transcended the limitations of his own race, using his Charm to conquer and unite one tribe after another. In the end, he linked the entire Land of Thousand Lakes together, unifying it under the banner of a single Royal Court.
Among all the Celestial Gods who underwent Ascension, Emperor Qianlu was probably the one who killed the least. To establish his Fanatic Realm in the Mortal World, he barely fought any difficult battles at all. You could say he took the diplomatic route.
However, if that were all there was to it, this great enterprise would still be full of suspicious points.
How did Emperor Qianlu unite all those tribes? Everyone else was beating each other’s brains out, and you think they just switched sides because he said a few words? Considering Emperor Qianlu’s identity as an Enchanter, it’s hard not to suspect he built his empire by selling his ass.
Sigh. This isn’t some apocryphal tale, because he really did build his empire by selling his ass.
Although he did indeed sell his ass, the main factor in Emperor Qianlu’s ascension to godhood was his talent.
This Enchanter created a great Technique that reached from the heavens to the earth, blanketing the entire Land of Thousand Lakes.
Thousand Laws Ceremony
Flipping the Ritual Book to a page in the very middle revealed a hymn in praise of the Thousand Laws Ceremony:
"Call forth the distant sounds to journey through the great sky; play the harmonious chords to journey o’er the great lakes."
"Sowing goodwill by day, passing on knowledge by night,"
Emperor Qianlu adapted to the local conditions, linking together all the Spirit Veins of the Thousand Lakes. It was an unprecedented, top-tier Technique structure that connected the will and spirit of every subservient clan at their respective Spirit Vein nodes. A single, collaborative movement bound the nation’s living beings together, playing an infinitely looping Melody of Emperor Qianlu’s own creation.