Destined Antagonist: I Refuse To Annul The Engagement!

"The Mountain God... lifelong guardian monument, fought until exhausted..."

Jiang Xuan stared at the body of the god, feeling deep respect in his heart.

He, dedicated his entire life to the human race.

"Why did the monument break? Why are you guardians here? And... what is this place exactly?" Jiang Xuan turned to the old man, pouring out all his doubts.

The old man smiled bitterly, "Young king, let this old man explain slowly."

"This world is called the Xuan Guang World. It was a newly born world when the Mountain God found it, still in a relatively primitive state with few living beings. However, the spiritual energy of the world was extremely abundant, and the laws of the Great Dao were easily comprehensible."

"Our overall strength as the guardians has also greatly improved."

"But compared to the powerful enemies that invaded during the ancient catastrophe, our numbers were still too few to resist."

"To protect the guardian monument from being taken by the enemy and to preserve our lineage, the Mountain God sacrificed itself and used a powerful Divine Ability to annihilate the enemy. However, the terrifying aftermath also eroded this world, causing it to shatter into multiple fragments, with the heavens and earth incomplete and the Great Dao disintegrating."

"With the loss of the power of the heavens and earth, strong individuals at the Heavenly Origin Realm and above gradually perished under the erosion of the chaotic rules of the heavens and earth, and since then, no one has been able to step into the Heavenly Origin Realm."

"The monument also shattered in the chaos of the world's destruction and turned into five pieces, which fell into the hands of my Jiang family."

Jiang Xuan's eyes narrowed slightly. Obtaining all five pieces would not be easy!

The old man's aged face carried a sense of bitterness and helplessness as he continued, "Although the Mountain God has fallen, it is still there. With the Mountain God above, we, the guardians, remember our mission and dare not have any rebellious thoughts. We have established the Five Ancient Cities to present the five pieces of the monument, passing it down from generation to generation."

"The Five Ancient Cities gradually split into five lineages. Although there are disagreements, they still maintain overall unity."

"But, the human heart is unpredictable... as time went on, the differences between the lineages grew larger, and even voices of rebellion and defiance against the Mountain God emerged."

The old man's emotions became visibly agitated, his tone filled with anger, the anger of a faith being trampled upon.

"Among the four lineages, especially among their newly born geniuses, those in their thirties and forties who have reached the Profound Earth Realm, they are dissatisfied with being trapped here for their entire lives, unable to make progress. They wasted their own talents and developed thoughts of abandoning their mission and leaving this place to pursue their own paths!"

"They have abandoned their mission and tainted the bloodline that flows within them!"

The old man's words were intense, but they were filled with more helplessness and sorrow.

"But this proposal received the support of the majority of the Jiang family..."

"Although my lineage strongly opposed it, we were ultimately powerless to stop them. We were even expelled and ostracized by them, forced to live in hiding here."

Jiang Xuan's expression froze, unable to pass judgment.

Honestly speaking, he didn't think there was anything wrong with their choices...

In this fragmented world, guarding a mission without a visible future, anyone would have other thoughts.

Especially those geniuses with monstrous talents, in their thirties and forties, who have already reached the Profound Earth Realm. One must know... such terrifying cultivation speed, even in the Celestial Wonders Realm, it would take tens of thousands of years to produce one!

Such peerless geniuses naturally have ambitions. How could they willingly let their paths, full of infinite possibilities, be completely blocked by a vague ancestral mission?

If he were to be honest with himself, he would probably have the same thoughts and make the same choice.

However... since this world is a fragment of the Xuan Guang World and the dwelling place of the guardian lineage, why is it called the True Divine Realm?

The chaotic and incomplete rules of this world, where even the Heavenly Origin Realm cannot be reached, how could a true god be born?

The old man's next words unraveled Jiang Xuan's doubts.

"They, the Four Veins, will use the power of the Human Stele to send out the most monstrous geniuses of this world, once every hundred years."

The old man's eyes were bloodshot, his voice hoarse, "Their betrayal of their mission has finally brought them retribution!"

"It's probably our lineage that was expelled thirty thousand years ago."

"One of the geniuses who left our lineage has returned."

"He has already achieved true godhood."

Jiang Xuan's heart stirred, could it be... this is the origin of the True God's Mystery Realm?

But how did the True God, who returned in glory, end up dead?

"With the return of the True God, those few lineages were ecstatic, more convinced that their choice was right, and they mocked us even more, ridiculing our ignorance!"

A mocking smile appeared on the old man's face, "They want to go further and ask that True God for help, to move the entire clan and go to the Celestial Wonders Realm."

"But, they don't know..."

"That True God has long been targeted by someone!"

Some powerful beings in the Celestial Wonders Realm had long discovered that he carried the bloodline of protection and had been deceiving him, hoping to use him to find this world and seize the Human Stele!"

"On the day that the True God opened the passage to the Celestial Wonders Realm, thousands of powerful beings descended and forcefully broke in."

Only then did that True God realize he had been deceived.

He fought back in anger, vowing to resist to the death.

But one fist is no match for four hands, and that True God ultimately fell at the hands of the enemy, dying in this world.

Those Four Veins didn't even have the Heavenly Origin Realm, let alone being a match, resulting in countless deaths and injuries.

In the end... if it weren't for the residual will of the Mountain God's remains being stirred by the Human Stele, unleashing an overwhelming divine might and annihilating the invading enemies, I'm afraid the Human Stele would have long fallen into their hands, and the protection of the Five Veins would have ceased to exist!"

"This is the punishment the Mountain God gave them for their betrayal!" The old man said this with a red face, his tone filled with anger and sadness.

Anger at the other side's betrayal of their ancestral mission, which brought disaster, almost allowing the enemy to seize the Human Stele.

But as members of the Jiang family, sharing the same bloodline, they felt the same sorrow when the other side suffered a calamity, naturally filled with sadness.

Jiang Xuan remained silent.

Wealth and fortune move people's hearts, let alone the Human Stele, a sacred object that carries the luck and destiny of the human race?

This situation... is also within reason.

After all, the human heart is the most complex thing.

When Jiang Xuan looked at the old man again, there was a hint of respect in his eyes.

Because there are too many situations that are within reason, it highlights their perseverance, which is more valuable and noble!

Although he didn't understand their stubbornness, their dedication to their ancestral mission, guarding here for generations, only to protect the Human Stele and the luck and destiny of the human race, this kind of guardianship and sacrifice filled with spirit, as a member of the human race, he must sincerely admire and be grateful for it.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Xuan sighed in a deep voice, "You... have worked hard."

Upon hearing this, tears welled up in the old man's eyes. He straightened his withered hands and half of his body pressed against the ground, bowing to Jiang Xuan, and said with a resounding voice, "With Young King's words, our lineage's efforts have been worthwhile!"