"Hello, are you a visitor from the City of Light and Dark?"
"Your attire looks somewhat similar to visitors from the city."
A young guard approached, wearing cyan-white armor with a glowing white leaf on his head.
He held an unusual iron weapon in his hand and asked Qiu Bai politely.
"No, I come from outside."
"This is my first time in this place."
Qiu Bai shook his head.
"The outside?!"
"Do you mean the lands under the Seven Orders, beyond the Dark Sea?"
The guard exclaimed in shock.
"That's right."
Qiu Bai nodded.
"This... this is impossible..."
"At the boundary between the Dark Sea and the Seven Orders, there's a massive barrier that humans cannot pass through at all."
"Even powerful archons can enter, but they cannot leave."
The guard shook his head with a smile, thinking Qiu Bai was joking.
This was too absurd to believe.
"Do you mean that white, transparent."
Qiu Bai muttered, rubbing his chin "endless barrier?" During his flight, he had indeed seen something resembling a barrier, but he hadn't felt any resistance at all and had simply flown through it.
"Yes."
"Once anyone touches that barrier, whether archon or mortal, they'll be reduced to ashes instantly."
The guard explained.
"System, what is that barrier?"
"I sensed the power of principles just now."
Qiu Bai frowned and asked the system in his mind.
[In response to host.]
[That is a principle barrier left by the Ruler of Space, used to isolate the Dark Sea.]
The system voice resonated in Qiu Bai mind.
"I see..."
Qiu Bai murmured.
"Could you tell me what this City of Light and Dark is?"
"For some reason, I was able to pass through that barrier and spent a long time getting here."
Qiu Bai asked the guard with a slight smile.
"The City of Light and Dark?"
The guard began to explain slowly.
"Long, long ago, our ancestors came from the other side of the Dark Sea to colonize this place. In ancient times, for unknown reasons, an endless darkness descended upon this boundless sea."
"This darkness turned the sky gray and the sea dark red. It constantly eroded our ancestors, causing their lifespans to shorten dramatically. They tried everything to block the malevolent energy of the Dark Sea, but nothing worked."
"Our ancestors also thought about escaping this sea by boat, but as soon as a boat touched the water, it would be corrupted by the darkness. So, under conditions of drastically reduced lifespans, who knows how many years passed..."
"About two thousand years ago, a group of enormous beasts, like giant mountains, invaded this place. Later, our ancestors learned they were called archons. These archons protected our ancestors."
"They informed us that the world outside was called the new world under the Seven Orders. A great war had broken out there, forcing them to flee here. Although the archons were kind to our ancestors, their relationships with each other were not friendly."
"From time to time, battles would break out among the archons. Our ancestors often suffered greatly from being caught in the crossfire. It was at this time that an endless barrier descended at the junction between the Dark Sea and the outside world."
"Our ancestors and the archons tried to pass through the barrier, but merely approaching it would reduce anyone, whether archon or human, to ashes. Several decades passed."
"Then a powerful humanoid archon was chased here by many beast-like archons. Those beast-like archons were strange, as if they had no reason. They frantically hunted the humanoid archon, disregarding the lives of our ancestors completely."
"Unlike the archons who had come before, who despite their conflicts were all kind to our ancestors, these newcomers were different. The humanoid archon wore white clothes."
"He had a yin-yang jade stone at his waist and held a long sword. When he flew to a huge island, he stopped... Those archons hunting him also stopped on the island."
"The white-robed archon, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, turned around to face the mountain-like archons on the island. With one sword strike, just one strike, it was as if the heavens and earth were split apart!!!"
At this point, the guard suddenly became excited, as if he had personally witnessed the scene.
"Instantly, the world seemed to be divided into two parts, one bright and one dark. Those mindless archons, under this one sword strike, all perished! The huge island was split in half."
"One side constantly emitted strange black vapors that would reduce anyone who touched them to ashes. The other side was different—birds sang and flowers bloomed, emanating a vibrant vitality."
"Moreover, the trees on the island were influenced by this energy, emitting a power that could block out the darkness of the Dark Sea. After that one sword strike that vanquished many archons..."
"It seemed as if the white-robed archon noticed our ancestors. He coughed up a mouthful of white blood. This white blood dripped into the sea. Amazingly, the sea around the island turned azure blue in the blood!"
"Then the white-robed archon flew away very quickly toward an unknown direction. Our ancestors, seeing the azure blue and the vibrant half of the island, did everything they could to land there."
"They discovered that wearing the leaves from there could block the malevolent energy of the Dark Sea. Our ancestors built cities there and studied the trees on the island."
"Our ancestors discovered that by taking leaves from that island, they could block out the darkness outside. And this city was called the City of Light and Dark."
"By placing these plants in one spot, they could gather power to form a protective barrier. This is how this island and village came to be..."
"This island is called the Island of Bright Yang, and the village is called the Village of Bright Yang. However, our ancestors found that this power was not inexhaustible."
"It could only maintain one island year-round, which is this island. After the white-robed archon slaughtered many archons, the group of archons who had helped us seemed to have seen something terrible."
"They all fled to the deepest part of the Dark Sea, where the dark energy was so strong that even the glowing white plants couldn't block it."
The guard explained all this to Qiu Bai.
"That white-robed archon."
"We respectfully call him the God of Light and Dark. Haha, what I've told you is quite rudimentary. If you have more questions, you should ask our village chief."
The guard continued,
The guard scratched his head somewhat embarrassedly as he looked at the dazed Qiu Bai.
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