The Geared Immortal

The demon queen and the demons

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Thousands of years ago, in the land of cultivators there exists a woman which foretells and the impending doom of all the creatures in the continent. Everybody laughed at her at that time and treated her like a fool. Nobody believed her even when she tried to tell them what she saw in her vision. Many did not believe but some did.

The woman explained to everyone what she saw in her visions, the destruction and the war between cultivators, the beast clan and some strange race. The vision in dreams was so vivid that it hunts her even in her wake.

What she saw was the horror and the bloodshed where many have died and was devoured by many monstrous creatures. Many of the people listening to this story didn't believe it because they know that the cultivation land is protected by many powerful cultivators. And on top of that, there are the immortal schools that stood at the apex of the cultivation realm.

Even if the empire would fall, the immortal schools would not. As they have existed for who knows how many years.

Those who listened to the woman turned their gaze to the Daemon forest. Because this forested region is located in the middle of the continent dividing the cultivation land and the beast clan or Beastia land.

Many horrid monsters are currently living in that place and would sometimes attack the cultivation land.

And so, because of this treatment and the people who were convinced of their own thinking, they build the high walls to protect the cultivation land and from there assign the five kingdoms to guard the walls against the beasts from inside the Daemon forest.

Everyone thought that the threat would now be contained. But the woman emphasizes that it is not what she saw in her visions. Those who did not believe her threw her in prison to appease the public and prevent any rumors from spreading.

Hence, the spread of the rumor was stopped.

While in prison, the woman was visited by a scholar who heard her and believes in her words. This scholar asked the woman and wrote everything that he had heard. He even drew the things that the woman saw in her vision and made a record of it.

This scholar is actually a part of the empire's scribe. When he heard the woman, something told him to put everything on record and so he did.

Now this record was kept by the imperial family of the Xi Empire and was handed down until it reached the hand of the current emperor of Xi.

…

In a certain darkroom of a huge castle, in the middle of the great Xi city, there stood a middle-aged looking man while looking at a certain book. The man wore a simple-looking robe, but the inlay and the material of the robe are of high quality. The man has a regal appearance and he has a commanding and strong aura.

The man furrows his brows as he reads the book which looks really old with its sides and pages already showing its age with its decay.

"Hmm… demons… I guess what they said about this book is true." The man muttered.

When he heard the report of what had happened in the kingdom of Wu, the man suddenly thought of the myth which he had read once from the old library.

"The demon queen… what kind of existence is this? From the way she was described in this book, she seems to be a very beautiful yet very vile woman. If the prophecy in this old book is right, then can the kingdom prevent this catastrophe from coming? Hmm… this book only foretold what would happen, but not the way to prevent it from coming…"

The emperor continuously flips through the pages and carefully looks at the pictures. The gruesome faces of the demons and their shapes made him feel like those creatures are made for doing one thing, to destroy and wreak chaos and havoc to the world.

"The demon queen is going to lead the army of the demons and would conquer every land in this continent until no living creature except for the demons would exist. Then they would continue to rampage throughout the world and set everything on fire. The destruction of this world would usher the great war of the deity. The deity of the cultivators would be angered by the rampaging demons and would attack the demon gods. The result of this battle would be the destruction of all the continents and the whole planet would return to the void when all things would die, even the gods…" the emperor reads this page which gained his attention.

"…the time of the demons has come and the end is near. Nothing can stop this… nothing…" he continues reading.

The words of the book ended with these words. From the looks of it, the one telling this story seems to have stopped talking.

"So everything that's happening is because of the machination of the one they called the demon queen. If we can destroy or kill the demon queen, would everything end? This prophecy is incomplete; they should have written everything at that time… Damn those fools." The emperor muttered as he knows the back story of this prophecy and how the woman was treated at that time.

But everything is in the past; his goal right now is to find the solution to this impending crisis.

The man flips to another page, but what he saw stunned him. This is because on the next page there is an unfinished drawing. From how the thing that the drawing is portraying, it shows something that he has seen before. Hence he stopped and thinks… then suddenly the emperor opens his eyes as realization dawned unto him.

Although the drawing is rough and incomplete, the scholar at that time is truly someone with great hands. The woman only told him fragments of what she is seeing, yet the scholar is able to piece everything together. He was even able to imagine it in his head hence he drew it almost like the one the woman explained.

"I have seen this… I know what this is." the emperor said as he quickly kept the book in his spatial tool and walks out of the darkroom in quick strides.

This time, a smile can be seen on his face which is in contrast when he enters the darkroom.

…

Two days later…

Shin Jiao is currently walking towards the old residence and estate of the Jiao family. Since he became the new head of the Jiao family, they transferred their residence in this place according to the command of the king.

But before he transferred in this place, he renovated everything and tore down the old buildings. Though those are the ancestral sites of the Jiao family, to Shin Jiao it is not. Even Aye Muyan didn't want those old buildings with sad memories to stay. And from there they build something different.

Since Shin Jiao is a modern man, he prefers to see modern buildings. And so just like the one he did in the academy, he designed everything from ground up and let the builders construct the boxy looking design yet with complicated structures inside.

When everything was finished and they transferred, everyone was amazed at what they saw inside.

Shin Jiao has already crafted the air-conditioner, the stoves, and other appliances. Jie Ye is also familiar in using those things as she had used them in the underground base. Although Aye Muyan and the rest saw these things while hiding underground, they didn't bother with it because they were more worried as to what is happening outside.

But now that everything is at peace, they began to appreciate the things that they are seeing.

When Shin Jiao saw this, he felt happy, because he made those things with his own hands. He was able to give happiness and joy to his family and loved ones. And seeing their happy and amazed faces made him feel a little satisfied.

He knew how powerful technology is, and without the help of technology, he would not have survived this crazy world.

He knows that if he only relies on his own cultivation, then he would be powerless to resist this world's demeaning and backward mentality. Hence he focused more in combining cultivation with technology to further strengthen himself, so that he would be able to protect those around him.

"Mother, I'm going out. I need to go back to the academy now." Shin Jiao said as he asks for his mother's consent for him to leave.

"Already? Can't you stay for just another day?" Aye Muyan said with a frown.

"Mom, you look like a teenage mother when you act like this. Anyway, Ai Ji told me that she is done with her project."

"Sigh, okay… I'll call you later tonight then." Aye Muyan said while waving her hand as she watches Shin Jiao walks away.

"I'm going guys!" Shin Jiao also waved his hands towards the rest of the people in the house.

They have stayed for a couple of days together and their bond was closer than ever, so everyone felt a little sad when they saw Shin Jiao leaving the estate.

The academy is a little far from the Jiao estate, however, with Shin Jiao speed, he is able to get there in just an hour. Running would be the best way to reach the academy as flying would consume too much of his Qi.

But before he can start sprinting, he saw two familiar figures walking towards him.

When the two people appear in front of him, Shin Jiao showed a welcoming smile.

"Ah, we've met once again young one.." The old man said with an amiable smile.