At this moment, Yang Hao and the manifested heroes, all with golden light flashing, passed through three minor realms in an instant. The Imperial Destiny he controlled had already reached twenty-four streams!
"Ding! Congratulations to the host, for the heroes Dian Wei, Xiong Kuohai, Meng Tian, Zhou Yu, Qin Qiong, and Yuchi Gong successfully advancing by three minor realms, breaking through the Quasi-Emperor realm's barrier and stepping into the Immortal Emperor realm, achieving Dao. One stream of Imperial Destiny controlled!"
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Dense information poured in. In an instant, the un-Dao manifested heroes advanced by three minor realms, and those who had already achieved Dao successfully condensed three streams of Imperial Destiny!
"Use a Thousand Years Heroes Summoning Opportunity!"
"Ding! Successfully deducted one Thousand Years Heroes Summoning Opportunity, commencing Thousand Years Heroes Summoning!"
"Weng~~~"
As a Thousand Years Heroes Summoning Opportunity was deducted, a golden river of history surged through the void deep within Yang Hao's sea of consciousness. The river of history flowed forward, from the Spring and Autumn period all the way to the early Ming Dynasty. Above the river, ninety-nine majestic peaks appeared, like a beautiful scroll. In the void, an Yin-Yang diagram condensed and slowly rotated!
In the eighth level of the Samsara Xuanhuang Tower, a carved figure flashed and rushed into the fourth level of the Samsara Xuanhuang Tower.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning the peerless recluse from history—the Ancestor of Wudang—Zhang Sanfeng!!"
Zhang Sanfeng!
The Ancestor of Wudang Taoism, the Patriarch of the Sanfeng Sect!
In history, Zhang Sanfeng's birth and death dates are unknown. He was born around the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty. He once served as an official in the Yuan Dynasty. At sixty-seven years old, he entered the mountains to cultivate and attained true immortality. Later, after the founding of the Great Ming, Zhu Yuanzhang repeatedly summoned Zhang Sanfeng to the imperial court, but Zhang Sanfeng repeatedly refused. During the reign of Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty, traces of Zhang Sanfeng were still rumored among the common people.
The posthumous immortal titles bestowed by successive Ming emperors showed Zhang Sanfeng's status at the time!
"View detailed information of the Ancestor of Wudang—Zhang Sanfeng!"
"Name: Zhang Tong"
"Courtesy Name: Junshi"
"Alias: Sanfeng"
"Dynasty: Late Song to Early Yuan and Ming"
"Cultivation: Immortal Emperor (controls forty-seven streams of Imperial Destiny)!"
"Cultivation Method: Five Virtues Scripture!"
"Attached Troop Type: None!"
Experience: Born around the end of the Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, Zhang Sanfeng had an unusual physique, with a turtle-like body and crane-like bones, large ears, and round eyes. He was over seven feet tall. At the age of five, he contracted an eye disease that lingered, affecting his vision. At that time, a Daoist named Zhang Yun'an, an extraordinary recluse who presided over the Biluo Palace and called himself Elder Baiyun Chan, was greatly surprised upon seeing Zhang Sanfeng. He declared that Zhang Sanfeng possessed an immortal aura and was no ordinary person, but his eyes were afflicted by demonic obstruction, and he must become his disciple to remove the dust and clarify his vision. His mother then had Zhang Sanfeng apprentice under Yun'an.
After living in seclusion for half a year, his eyesight gradually improved. He studied Daoist scriptures, memorizing them after a single glance. With ample time, Zhang Sanfeng also read books from Confucianism and Buddhism, skimming through them and grasping their main points. At thirteen, he bid farewell and returned home to specialize in Confucian studies.
In the first year of Zhongtong during the reign of Kublai Khan, Zhang Sanfeng was recommended as a scholar of exceptional talent. By the autumn of the first year of Zhiyuan, Zhang Sanfeng's reputation had grown. He befriended Lian Xixian, the Peace Minister, who was astonished by his talent and recommended him to be the Magistrate of Zhongshan Boling.
In the second year of Zhiyuan, Zhang Sanfeng's parents passed away. Zhang Sanfeng resigned from his post and returned to Liaoyang. After several years of idleness, Zhang Sanfeng packed his bags and traveled, visiting famous mountains and ancient temples, reciting poems and observing idly. For thirty years, he encountered nothing significant. It wasn't until the Yanyou era of the Yuan Dynasty, when Zhang Sanfeng was sixty-seven years old, that he went to Mount Zhongnan to cultivate and became a disciple of True Person Huolong. He lived in seclusion for four years, achieving profound stillness. True Person Huolong imparted to him the secret of elixir refinement and instructed him to leave the mountain and cultivate. Zhang Sanfeng traveled south to Mount Wudang, where he meditated for nine years and achieved his Dao. In the nineteenth year of Zhizheng, Zhang Sanfeng transmitted his teachings to Shen Wansan.
On the twentieth day of the ninth month in the twenty-sixth year of Zhizheng, he proclaimed his departure from the world, leaving behind a poem and passing away. The scholar and commoner Yang Guishan arranged for his burial. It was discovered that Zhang Sanfeng had come back to life. Later, in the seventeenth year of Hongwu during the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Taizu of Ming, with the empire subdued, issued a decree seeking Zhang Sanfeng, but he did not appear.
In the eighteenth year of Hongwu, Emperor Taizu of Ming forced Shen Wansan to earnestly invite Zhang Sanfeng, but he still did not appear.
In the twenty-fourth year of Hongwu (1391), Emperor Taizu of Ming dispatched the Daoist Shen Wansan from the three mountains to search for him, but to no avail. The following year, Zhang Sanfeng went into hiding in Yunnan. Coincidentally, Emperor Taizu of Ming moved Shen Wansan to the coast, thus fulfilling his promise to meet him and refine the Great Elixir of Heavenly Origin together.
In the fifth year of Yongle during the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Chengzu of Ming dispatched the Censorate official Hu Yan, Commander Yang Yongji, and others to search for Zhang Sanfeng, but they could not find him. Five years later, Zhu Di ordered Sun Biyun to build a palace on Mount Wudang to pay homage and sent him a letter of invitation, but he was still not seen.
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"Ding! Successfully deducted one Thousand Years Heroes Summoning Opportunity, commencing Thousand Years Heroes Summoning!"
"Ding! Alerting the host, both Thousand Years Heroes Summoning Opportunities have been deducted!"
Instantly, Daoist sounds permeated the air, like the roars of angry deities. The river of history instantly reached the late Sui and early Tang Dynasties. In the Samsara Xuanhuang Tower, a figure holding a pair of hammers gradually appeared, emitting bursts of golden light.
Swish!
Boom!
A multicolored star river flashed, stars shifted and revolved, shining brilliantly! In the eighth level of the Samsara Xuanhuang Tower, a carved figure flashed and rushed into the fourth level of the Samsara Xuanhuang Tower.
"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully summoning the peerless fierce general from history—the Silver Hammer Guardian—Pei Yuanqing!!"
The third fiercest general in the epic, possessing immense strength, wielded a pair of silver hammers, each weighing three hundred catties. His mount was a "one-character ink-horned Qilin." Legend has it that he was a reincarnation of Nezha. He became famous throughout the land after enduring Li Yuanba's three hammer blows!
He defeated Qin Qiong with one hammer, endured Li Yuanba's three hammer blows, defeated Yang Lin with one hammer, defeated Xin Wenli with one hammer, and fought Yuwen Chengdu to a draw for a day. His strength should be somewhat inferior to a full-strength Yuwen Chengdu.
"View detailed information of the Silver Hammer Guardian—Pei Yuanqing!"
"Name: Pei Yuanqing"
"Dynasty: Late Sui Dynasty"
"Cultivation: Immortal Emperor (controls forty-seven streams of Imperial Destiny)!"
"Cultivation Method: Fury Blood Battle Demon Scripture!"
"Attached Troop Type: Peerless Troop Type: One hundred thousand elite soldiers!"
Experience: Pei Yuanqing was the third son of Pei Renji, the General of Shanmashan Pass. At the age of twelve, his two hammers were as large as a five-liter dou, weighing three hundred and twenty catties, and he had never met an opponent. He followed his father to attack Wagang Mountain three times, fighting fiercely against a host of heroes, defeating Qin Qiong with one hammer. After being subdued by Xu Maogong's stratagem, he fought at Siming Mountain, blocking Li Yuanba's three hammer blows. Li Yuanba, seeing him as a hero, let him go.
After leaving, he encountered Yang Lin. With one hammer strike, he shattered Yang Lin's Dragon-Prisoning Rod into two pieces, jolted his tiger's mouth, causing his hands to bleed, and he fled in defeat. He also encountered Yuwen Chengdu, with whom he fought for a day and achieved no clear victor.
Later, he defeated Xin Wenli with one hammer. Shang Shitu devised a plan, which pleased Xin Wenli immensely. He sent men to secretly plant landmines and cannons in Qingzhui Mountain south of the city, ordering his soldiers to prepare baskets on the cliff. The next day, Xin Wenli lured Pei Yuanqing into Qingzhui Mountain, ignited dry wood rockets, and triggered the landmines. Flames erupted, and the young Pei Yuanqing was burned to death in the cave. He was fifteen years old at the time.