My Core is the Boss

When Qi Yuan arrived at the Eastern Alliance, several Titled Martial Lords immediately came forward to greet him.

"Greetings, Senior! We are honored to welcome you to the Eastern Alliance!"

At their head stood an old man with flowing white hair. Carrying an air of elegance, few antlers sprouted from his brow. Shen Sou had informed Black Deer of Qi Yuan's situation beforehand.

This particular outpost housed three Titled Martial Lords over a hundred ordinary Martial Lords. The weaker ones gathered toward the rear, while the stronger ones stood at the front. Unable to speak with Qi Yuan directly, those at the back could only watch him from afar with envy and respect.

The old man said, "I don't believe I know your name yet. I'm Black Deer."

Qi Yuan glanced at him. "Qi Yuan."

Black Deer cried, "Martial Lord Qi Yuan!"

At that moment, soft voices rippled through the group of Martial Lords.

Stacked Cat and a Martial Lord exchanged transmissions.

"Hey, Stacked Cat, haven't you been looking for someone by that name? Maybe it’s him? Hehe, want to go ask?"

"Get lost. The one I'm looking for is a lowly Martial King. How could it possibly be a Titled Martial Lord? Don't talk nonsense."

"Hey now, don't get so upset. But what if Qi Yuan really is the one you’re looking for?"

"What else is there to do? I'd sever that bloodline connection myself."

Black Deer offered, "I heard you're looking into the Spirit Martial God? Not only does our library encompass every text in the world, but it also has countless hidden records. Would you like to take a look?"

Qi Yuan yawned. "No need. There's nothing on that subject in there."

Thunder and the others had long since combed through the Eastern Alliance's library. Though it contained secrets of every conceivable kind, there was nothing about the Spirit Martial God.

Black Deer paused briefly, then smiled. "It seems you are already quite familiar with our library."

"Yeah, well, my people went through the whole place a while back. Nothing turned up."

Black Deer's gaze drifted toward Fat Egg. Fat Egg caught it and was baffled. Why is he looking at me like that?

Qi Yuan paid no attention to these small gestures. "Is there any way I could consult the Wall of Dong Jun ahead of time?"

Black Deer turned apologetic. "My apologies, but it can't be done. The Wall of Dong Jun may only be accessed after the Ancestral Blood Battle has concluded."

Qi Yuan felt a flicker of disappointment. "Anyway, what sort of person is Dong Jun? Have you met him?"

Respect spread across the faces of the Martial Lords.

Even Black Deer’s eyes shone with admiration that couldn’t be faked. "Long ago, black crows filled the sky and the world stood on the brink of annihilation. Dong Jun stepped forward alone and met the catastrophe head on, pulling everything back from the brink. He gave us hope when we were in the depths of absolute despair. Dong Jun is a true gentleman in every sense of the word and the only sage in this world."

Qi Yuan pressed on. "I've heard Dong Jun had a beloved?"

He was trying to figure out whether the man and woman depicted in the murals were Dong Jun and his companion.

Black Deer’s voice was forlorn. "Besides being righteous and compassionate, he's also unwaveringly loyal, devoted to one woman alone. He wasn't originally from this world, but his lover was, and that was what brought him here. She passed away when the catastrophe struck.

"He could’ve left this world, yet for the sake of protecting her world, he remained and stood alone against the disaster. If not for Dong Jun, we would have perished long ago and faded into oblivion."

The female Titled Martial Lord beside him said, "Honestly, I don't think I could have done the same. I would probably have taken the body and fled as far from the chaos as possible."

Black Deer nodded. "All these years, Dong Jun has not only held back the catastrophe on his own, but also used the Brush of the Mountain-Sea Society to create the Mountain-Sea Scroll. All just to resurrect his dao companion. Once she is revived, the two will face the Great Catastrophe together."

Qi Yuan perked up considerably. "Oh? How does the resurrection work? I'm quite interested."

In his attempt to break through to the Violet Palace realm, he had found Violet Qi, but he still lacked the underworld palace. He had no idea where to begin with something like resurrection.

Black Deer explained, "The spirit of Dong Jun's dao companion is scattered throughout the Mountain-Sea Scroll. That is both the key to revive her and rebuild the world. Our mission is to reenact history again and again, restoring her memories piece by piece. In short, we’re reconstructing her past memories.

"Since she was too powerful, the beings within the Mountain-Sea Scroll cannot bear the full weight of her. Thus, her spirit has been divided into many fragments. Each fragment awakens memories of the past and walks the path she once walked.

"Just before the Dawn Chime sounds, the Mountain-Sea Scroll and the Land of Death will collide. All her spirit fragments will converge and she will revive. The Mountain-Sea Scroll’s reenacted history will then replace the Land of Death’s history. The history of this world will be rewritten, and the dead will return to life."

There were two components to Dong Jun’s plan: resurrecting his dao companion and reviving those who had fallen in ancient times by reenacting their lives within the Mountain-Sea Scroll. He intended to merge the Mountain-Sea Scroll's reconstructed history with this world, overwriting its doomed fate.

Qi Yuan summarized, "So, it's making the false real? Something like cloning? Implanting memories?"

As he understood it, they had cloned a group of people, had them reenact a drama, and once they recovered their original memories, they would become the very people they had been portraying.

"But in that case, won’t the beings in the Land of Death perish?"

Black Deer replied, "When the Dawn Chime sounds, this world will truly fall silent. They cannot escape it."

The female Martial Lord sighed. "If I could meet a man like Dong Jun in this lifetime, I would die without regret."

A male Martial Lord murmured, "He stood watch over a world and laid plans across ten thousand years, all to bring back the one he loves. That devotion is heartbreaking."

The other Martial Lords shared the sentiment. Each doubted they could ever match Dong Jun.

Qi Yuan remarked offhandedly, "Truly, deeply moving. They should bury one at the North Pole and one at the South Pole."

Black Deer asked, puzzled, "What do you mean by that?"

Qi Yuan couldn't be bothered to explain. "Never mind."

Black Deer stopped reminiscing and returned to the matter at hand. "Qi Yuan, come, the Eastern Alliance has prepared a welcome banquet in your honor!"

"Lead the way."