The two senior and junior brothers both showed a contemplative expression.

They had not returned to Yuhang with Abbot Miaoxin.

Instead, other cultivators arrived to help later on.

Among them, a scholar who appeared to be around forty years old had a calm and reserved demeanor and an orderly air.

Lei Jun recognized him as a Great Scholar of the Confucian Sect from the Jingxiang Fang Clan, Fang Yue, who had reached the Seventh Heavenly Layer.

"Abbot Miaoxin, Elder Lei, Master Faming, Taoist Master Chu," Fang Yue greeted Lei Jun and the others.

Lei Jun responded, "Sacrificial Official Fang, it has been a long time since we’ve met. I hope all is well with you."

Chu Kun followed suit with a Taoist Sect bow.

The Jingxiang Fang Clan and the Suzhou Chu Clan had many marital ties.

According to seniority and kinship, though they were not far apart in age, Chu Kun would need to call Fang Yue "uncle-in-law."

However, given that they were greeting each other in the current context, Chu Kun naturally followed the etiquette of a Taoist Sect cultivator and an Elder of Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Fang Yue did likewise.

After the greetings, this Academy Libationer, who had originally come to Jianye to oversee the foundation of the third Scholarly Mansion but was called here due to the unexpected incident in the East Sea, said, "The people following Heavenly Principle intend to disrupt the earth veins of our Great Tang, seeking to divert the Global Spiritual Qi into Heavenly Principle. Such plundering actions are impermissible. It’s fortunate that the experts from Celestial Master Mansion and Tianlong Temple prevented a disaster. To stop future attempts, the Ye Clan Chief of Yuhang and Elder Chu from Chu State are considering a joint strike from both Yuhang and Mingzhou. This aims to cut off any foolish notions from the people of Heavenly Principle at the source. I have come ahead, and more will follow later."

Both Lei Jun and Abbot Miaoxin willingly agreed.

After the exchange of courtesies, they began their joint journey out to sea.

On the way, Lei Jun and the others compared various pieces of information from Yuhang and Mingzhou.

"With no historical records from Heavenly Principle to consult, it’s difficult to make a definitive statement," Lei Jun said slowly. "However, from what we’ve heard from those Heavenly Order Cultivators, the historical progress of both mortal worlds was roughly the same up until the end of the Great Han Dynasty."

Fang Yue and Abbot Miaoxin both nodded slightly.

Currently, Zhang Wantong of the Tang Imperial Dynasty, the fifth Empress, presides over the realm.

Because the former Emperor, Zhang Qilong, was Zhang Wantong’s older brother, the current generation still belongs to the fourth generation of the Zhang Tang Royal Family.

Prior to the Tang Imperial Dynasty, there were others such as the Great Sui Dynasty.

From the Qin and Han dynasties onwards, through the endless ages and the vast transformations of the sea into mulberry fields, countless changes have taken place, burying innumerable people.

The Great Han itself was a dynasty that once established its reign for many years, producing many Han Emperors of formidable talent and strategy.

And when that giant fell, it set off years of turmoil throughout the land.

According to what Lei Jun knew, it was at the end of the Great Han that the Global Spiritual Qi in the Mortal World began to thin.

Only recently had the Global Spiritual Qi surged once more, bringing about a renewed flourish.

The historical records passed down in the Great Ming Dynasty largely corresponded with this.

The problem arose after the fall of the Great Han Dynasty.

The history that followed in the Mortal World where the Great Ming Dynasty resided is completely different from what Lei Jun, Fang Yue, and Abbot Miaoxin knew.

For example, there were no mentions of dynasties like Great Sui or Great Tang in the history familiar to people like Wang Feng.

Heroes vied for dominance, and new heroes emerged.

According to the chronological comparison, at this point in time in the history known to Wang Feng and others, another dynasty should be ruling over the Mortal World.

Its name was the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It later became known among the people of Great Ming as Later Zhou.

In terms of timing, it was not exactly contemporary with the Great Tang but was established a few hundred years later; prior to it, there were other dynasties.

The biggest difference between the two mortal worlds, however, was that the history of the Mortal World where Great Ming resided was a full more than 2,400 years longer than that of Great Tang.

After repeatedly confirming this point, Lei Jun, Chu Kun, Fang Yue, Abbot Miaoxin, and Master Faming couldn’t help but exchange glances.

In the records of Great Ming, after the fall of the Later Zhou Dynasty, the succeeding dynasty was called the Great Liang Dynasty.

The genesis of Neo-Confucianism began with Great Liang.

But thereafter, the Great Liang Dynasty was overthrown by a rising Foreign Tribe on the northern border.

It was a time when martial might overshadowed cultural elegance.

The tribe established their state through martial force. The raw and domineering nature of their Martial Tao True Meaning exerted significant oppressive and destructive power against Confucian Practitioners. It was just as aggressive towards practitioners of other Taoist Heritages, ultimately allowing them to successfully sweep through the heavens and earth.

However, during the process of stabilizing their reign, Wenhua and martial arts gradually merged.

The name of the dynasty established by the Foreign Tribe was also inspired by the Wenhua of the Central Plains, specifically from the phrase ’Vast is the all-embracing Qian!’ and was thus named the Great Qian Dynasty.

And following the fall of Great Qian, the Great Ming Dynasty was established.

The former’s dynastic name originated from the phrase ’Vast is the all-embracing Qian!’; the latter, from the same classic text, derived its name from the phrase ’Great brightness initiates!’

After the establishment of the Great Ming Dynasty, Confucian Rationalism was reasserted as the official and rightful Taoist Heritage.

It was during the previous era, under Great Qian, when civil and martial streams converged, that Neo-Confucianism slowly transformed and improved. It was no longer easily subdued by the Martial Tao of Great Qian and gradually reached perfection.

Chu Kun’s gaze flashed, turning to his senior brother, Lei Jun.

He saw Lei Jun looking as usual, his eyes focused in the direction of the East Sea.

But Lei Jun’s gaze was not directed toward the Void Gateway that connected Heavenly Principle with the Great Tang Realm.

Instead, he was looking towards Changjie Island.

The portal on that island, as mentioned by Xu Yuanzhen, led to a newly formed world.

For the Great Ming Dynasty, the once domineering Savage Iron Cavalry might still exist, but the Great Qian Dynasty had become part of history.

So whose handiwork was the world connected to by Changjie Island?

What was the situation with the Solitary Eagle Khanate?

"Senior brother..." Chu Kun softly sent a telepathic message.

Lei Jun kept his composure, responding secretly without answering but instead counterquestioning, "Junior brother, what kind of life do you think you would have led if you had not come to Dragon Tiger Mountain and entered Our Sect’s portal back then?"