Free Web NovelChapter 269: Chapter 249: Fish Country, Sea of Heaven, Dragon Gate
Ning Xunqiu, back then just a mere mortal, was trapped within the small confines of the Mountain and River Seal.
In his pursuit of immortality, he did not want to grow old and die on Cyan Mountain with his junior sister, and was determined to escape the Mountain and River World, but the Martial Dao had absorbed eight hundred years of wisdom from predecessors, reaching the end of a realm with no further advancement possible.
The "Innate Martial Artist" had a lifespan of one hundred and two years, and, although he had the ability to walk in the air and could face ten thousand foes alone, was ultimately just an ant compared to the tactics of the Qi Cultivator, Duan Hong, and the Profound Flood Dragon of the Dragon Race.
At the same time.
He realized that a repetitive life held no meaning, and acquiring a purple life required Heaven and Earth Fortune.
He could only take a risk by inscribing a passage in the first page of the "Celestial Derivation Volume," writing about himself traveling to other worlds.
Thus, "he" was able to travel to other worlds and obtain a red life, and a golden life.
The first world he rewrote was the "Returning Void Heaven."
The second world was the "Modo Realm."
The third world was the "Sea Heaven Realm."
The fourth world was the "Dark Star Realm."
Afterward, Ning Xunqiu, wielding "Supreme Divine Weapon," slew the Profound Flood Dragon, thereby forming ties with the Dragon Race, and was once again involved in the extinction-level calamity of the Ancestral Dragon at the East Sea Purple Bamboo Mountain.
Along with the legacy from the Cyan Mountain and the fortune taken away as the Ancestor Master of Cyan Mountain, this caused Duan Hong to become the "Lord of Mountains and Rivers," and he could not ascend to attain the Dao in "Hongyun Heaven," while also offending the Three Saints of Divine Land.
Ning Xunqiu fell into deep reflection.
The first four worlds in the Celestial Derivation Volume forged "Supreme Divine Weapon," "Sword of Chaos," "Sword of Despair"!
Three golden lives!
The birth of three Daoists!
Moreover—
All methods targeting Divine Land and the Ancestral Dragon!
The Sword of Chaos sealed the Ancestral Dragon, but harbored no killing intent.
Therefore, during the "Cyan Cloud Sword Leader" life, he obtained four strands of great magical power from Donghuang Taiyi and chose to use the "Sword of Chaos" to counter the Venerable of Dao and Virtue, and face the Ancestral Dragon with the "Silent World" of the "Sword of Despair"!
But he could only temporarily trap the Ancestral Dragon for a century, meaning, without the nemesis of "Divine Land’s Mountains and Rivers," the Ancestral Dragon, like [Creation Dragon: Ying Long], would emerge from the "Sword of Despair" and "Sword of Chaos," and with an indestructible body that resists the Great Dao Spiritual Treasure, wielding the Power of the End.
Win or lose, how do you respond?
This is the Ancestral Dragon’s assurance.
Ning Xunqiu now felt how difficult it was to deal with the Ancestral Dragon, and had a throbbing headache.
At this moment, he suddenly recalled something in his mind.
Previously, the River of Destiny mentioned a possible way to defeat the Ancestral Dragon, by cultivating the "Three Saints of Divine Land" into a world of a great mountain, which could eternally suppress the Ancestral Dragon!
A great mountain?
Zhou Dingtian is now Zhou Mountain, right?
The first golden life was actually not "Supreme Divine Weapon: Flame Sparrow," but that "Zhou Mountain" he couldn’t retrieve due to lack of ability at the time!
No.
The Returning Void Celestial Human Clan needed "Zhou Mountain" to reach the sky, and at the time, he desperately needed a "weapon" to leave the Mountain and River World, so the Returning Void Celestial Human Clan reignited the little Flame Sparrow that had always accompanied Zhou Mountain and elevated it to "Supreme Divine Weapon: Flame Sparrow" to present to him?!
Ning Xunqiu suddenly realized.
Next were the Wanhua Realm, Dongyang Realm, Yellow Heaven Realm. These few, weren’t they the divines born to replace the Ancestral Dragon of Divine Land to close the deficiency of heaven and earth...?
So this "Heaven Mending Plan" had been in effect for a long time already?
As expected of myself, it came to mind.
"The first few worlds in the Celestial Derivation Volume weren’t accidental but born for the Cyan Heaven, with the ultimate purpose of suppressing Divine Land and the Ancestral Dragon."
He paused, glancing towards the Celestial Derivation Volume in his hand.
"What about the Sea Heaven Realm then..."
[I glanced at the large crab standing with a weapon in its claw. It casually grabbed a big fish and stuffed it into its mouth to swallow, and I, the entire fish, snapped back to my senses, quietly hid into a crevice nearby.]
[The large crab put down the weapon, churned the water to grab over a hundred big fish for a feast, and my eyes widened. Does this large crab even know magic? Thankfully, I was just born, a little fish about the size of a tadpole, I was so insignificant.]
[Woo—]
[At this moment, a horn sounded from the distant sea, and the large crab stopped eating to quickly pick up its weapon and churn the seawater away.]
[I gazed blankly at the departing figure of the large crab, knowing the existence of "demons" and really wanting to become a "demon" — maybe following the large crab would lead to the cultivation method of becoming a "demon."]
[But life is just one! Although I have a human soul, I can’t speak. Approaching now would most likely end up as food for the crab.]
[Hiding in the crevice, my body trembled instinctively choosing to follow my heart...]
Follow my heart again?
Ning Xunqiu found it quite amusing as he looked at his mindset recorded in the Celestial Derivation Volume when he first crossed over.
In his past life, he was born in a peaceful era and wasn’t a "killer" or a "war maniac."
Just an ordinary person, at most killing a fish occasionally, and not doing it well either.
Like "Kung Fu Ah Xing," after becoming a member of the Axe Gang, he would boast about how he would be so awe-inspiring and domineering, torment the populace, and if you displeased him, he’d chop you with an axe. In reality, these were just words, and when it came to practice...
As an ordinary person traversing worlds, he naturally didn’t enjoy fighting and killing.
Therefore, at the beginning, he became Qingxu, went through ages to create the Qi Cultivation Dao, and forged the Celestial Dao, absolutely hoping that the "Celestial Dao" would give birth to more "people" to communicate with him.
To prevent himself from going crazy!
However, later on, the conflicts between everyone became increasingly intense, starting a secret competition... forcing him to reincarnate, and reluctantly creating a supreme treasure "Immortal Slaying Sword Map"!
Ning Xunqiu speculated about his previous train of thought, and felt he could understand seventy to eighty percent of it.
He looked towards the Celestial Derivation Volume.
...
[Because I have the consciousness of a "person," compared to the ignorant fish, I have a better perspective and a mind to observe this world, allowing me to consciously detect and avoid larger fish.]
[I’m quite lucky; a large crab ate up all the big fish around, allowing me to grow up on water plants in between them.]
[During this time, I began to breathe rhythmically and even dared to breathe at the "moon" on the sea surface, although besides providing some psychological comfort, it was better than nothing.]
[Demon? How exactly should I cultivate?]
[My body continued to grow, soon surpassing the limits of my species. I painstakingly trained in two ultimate skills "Divine Dragon Tail Swing" and "Fierce Tiger Charge" on the reefs. After leaving the mountain, I struck an old turtle dizzy with one swing of "Divine Dragon Tail Swing," and knocked over an Overseas Dragon single-eyed shark with "Fierce Tiger Charge," seizing the chance to escape to safety.]
[I’m incredibly strong!]
[With this sky-high ability, I looked down upon the small three-mile creek, with no fish able to match me, earning myself a resounding title—"Overlord"!]
[And I, as this Overlord, have been invincible and lonely in my hometown for three years, so I decided to leave the comfortable "hometown" and venture into the world.]
[I have only one goal: to become a "demon"!]
[I left this small creek without hesitation. I can no longer amuse myself; around me is a bunch of idiots I can’t communicate with.]
[That kind of loneliness... is really unbearable.]
[I, as a wise being, long for communication on the same level. I started exploring this ocean world, swimming in one direction, and I don’t know how long it took. I encountered strange sea beasts deep in the ocean, none of which had wisdom.]
[I never found any wise being like that large crab who could use tools and magic.]
[I couldn’t find the existence of "demons."]
[This ocean is so vast, like a universe, and my speed is too slow, so I could never leave this area in my entire life.]
[I’m quite frustrated; perhaps I missed the only chance to communicate with a wise being as soon as I was born.]
[I don’t know how long passed when I came to a sea area, where there were a group of fish similar to me. Our tribe was at the lower end of the ocean, serving as a food source for other sea beasts, and I chose to stay in that sea area.]
[I began to protect the fish school, defeating numerous strong predators. Over time, I, the "Big Fish," became the master of the fish school, and under my protection, the tribe gradually grew.]
[Together with the strongest fish, I formed an ocean torrent, killing "sea beasts" as large as mountains!]
[Half of the tribe was lost, but other predators formed an impression in their minds that this type of "fish" couldn’t be provoked, and my intent was indeed to hope that in such an environment, a fish that could communicate with me could be taught.]
[The more individuals there are, the greater the probability of creating such a "fish." In the long timespan, nothing is absolutely impossible, and I tirelessly guided the fish school.]
[I exhausted my efforts, but the fishes’ bodies never developed wisdom until I nearly gave up. One day, a beautiful fish with red scales mutated in the tribe, and under my guidance, it actually had a budding "wisdom."]
[It followed me, learning my actions, blowing bubbles and calling out to me. It had wisdom.]
[Under my influence, the fish school finally birthed "wisdom," even though now there were only a hundred fish.]
[I delightedly named each one, and marked fish with the same scales. I officially established the "Fish Country" in this sea area.]
[That day was the first year of the Fish Country.]
[Afterwards, influenced by the hundred fish, we planted large areas of water plants on the seabed, and more and more fish were born with budding wisdom.]
[Fish Country at nineteen years.]
[Over seventy percent of the entire fish school possessed wisdom.]
[We formed our own "language," "civilization," they ground scales against each other, played by splashing water with their tails, blew colorful bubbles to communicate, and danced around me.]
[Fish Country at seventy-eight years, the fish whose names I first remembered gradually died of old age...]
[I left Fish Country, in search of the trace of "demons." I kept swimming south, always swimming, sea beasts, and yet more sea beasts, as if the once existing big crab was just my imagination.]
[Gradually, a sense of unease welled up inside me. I’ve been swimming for so long, but yet I saw no island.]
[Obviously, there are creatures so complete, do those reptilian creatures that evolved limbs need to walk on the seabed?]
[There must have once been continents!]
[So, I swam upward with all my strength, until bursting out of the water, that azure sky seemed to surge with the waves...]
[No, that’s not right!]
[With a sudden leap, wanting to see further, I discovered I could soar through the air. This seemingly azure sky was actually also an endless ocean!]
[I looked up towards the end of the sky, a towering gate stood at the other side of the horizon!]
[—Dragon Gate!!]
[Just gazing at it once, a voice like a mountain collapse and tsunami reverberated through my mind, shaking my soul, letting me know the name of that great gate!]
[At this moment, a colossal creature lifted its claws, noticing a bright red appearing in the blue sky, it widened a pupil curiously, getting closer to observe this unusual fish.]
[Its head nearly covered the entire sky.]
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