The Imperial Heavenly Library.
The largest collection of books, scrolls, ancient texts, and lost knowledge in the Empire.
The one place where a wanderer like me might finally find answers
about cultivation, about the flow of power in my veins,about who I amand where I came from.
I tighten my grip on my fishing rod, its wood still smooth from years of holding it.My only constant.My only inheritance.
I look up at the golden gates as they part slowly, creaking like the bed I once slept on.
The palace guards stare at me with thinly veiled confusion.
To them, I am no one.Just a wanderer with messy hair, calloused hands, and a simple rod slung across my back.
But today, ignorance favors me.
Because the gates do not open for nobodies, only those who earned victory in the tournament may step inside.
Only those who proved their strength may touch the knowledge hidden beyond these walls.
And somehow… against all odds…against my weak heart, my quiet nature, my lack of background…I'm here.
As I step onto the polished stone path, the weight of centuries presses down on me.
I breathe in.Slow.Steady.
Grandpa always said quiet things suit me.
He never knew I would one day walk into the heart of the Empire.
"Grandpa… I made it" I whisper.
The wind answers with silence.
And Jin Yue, the boy who once hid in a tiny chest, clutching his fishing rod in fear finally enters the Imperial Palace,seeking not glory, not titles,but the truth written in its forgotten pages.