Free Web NovelChapter 272: Chapter 252: Ancestral Dragon? Immortal? Ancestor!
Ning Xunqiu paused.
The authority of heaven and earth is actually divided into three parts.
The "Qingxu Celestial Dao," now wielded by the Cyan Heaven, with the Great Dao Divine using the Dao Fruit to also mobilize the Power of the Heavenly Dao.
The "Lord of Mountains and Rivers," jointly held by the Three Saints of Divine Land.
The "Sovereign of the Four Seas," solely held by the Ancestral Dragon.
Leading to both their Great Daos being incomplete.
Yet, the Cyan Heaven Realm has been expanded countless times over the ages by the Nine Heavens, Divine Land, Ancestral Dragon and other Great Dao Divines.
Simply traveling from one island to another in the East Sea would take a lifetime, aside from those who achieve Dao and become Immortals, mortals could never leave their own "little patch of land" in their lifetime.
They are using other methods to perfect their "Great Dao."
Ning Xunqiu grew more curious about what occurred in that past...
In Qingxu’s past, the Cyan Heaven Realm was originally a barren world devoid of other life, those Innate Qi initially lacked self-awareness and could not develop self-awareness.
"Stones," even over billions of years, would never develop the seven emotions and six desires like humans...
Innate Qi, shapeless and formless, transformed into torso, limbs, dressed in colorful robes, sharing one common name—Immortal!
The "Immortals" in Ning Xunqiu’s memories from mythology always favored humans, perhaps because they cultivated as humans. But these Immortals are born from the deities of heaven and earth, Innate Qi, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning; they favor their own created "Immortal Beasts."
Then what about humans?
Ning Xunqiu stood up, looking at his own hands, suddenly realizing where humans are.
The Celestial Derivation Volume suddenly flipped open, dense writings manifested.
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[Ten thousand years later, Beizhu awoke from slumber, discovering he was unable to move, his severely injured flesh body departed from the water, gradually melted, and had already transformed into a mountain.]
[A desolate mountain.]
[His Primordial Spirit was trapped within, able only to see what occurred within the mountain, unable to find traces of the Candlefish clan. The Candlefish clan too weak to survive on the mainland, likely became extinct during his slumber due to lack of protection.]
[Beizhu remained silent for a long time because of this.]
[He was already a man ten thousand years old, in the Black Water of the North Sea, as the Elder, besides retreating for cultivation, practicing grand arrays, suppressing Sea Beasts for survival, he enjoyed teaching the newborn Candlefish survival skills, eating grass, catching fish and shrimp together...]
[Beizhu busied himself with these seemingly trivial pursuits, seeking amusement, thus avoiding senility.]
[Beizhu now became a lonely figure.]
[The slaughtering between heaven and earth continued, the bloody rain unceasingly fell, Beizhu even did not know what "Ancestral Dragon and Immortals" were fighting for, feeling deep animosity toward them.]
[Until one day, at the mountain’s bottom where Beizhu had transformed, a group of strange creatures arrived to worship, their aura bore striking resemblance to the Candlefish clan.]
[Beizhu’s Primordial Spirit carefully observing this group of creatures, they walked upright, beastly bodies instead of human, covered in red scales, wielding hoes, speaking the language of the "Candlefish clan."]
[Beizhu was curious, suddenly speaking to inquire the elder leading the worship, the elder upon hearing Beizhu’s voice was overjoyed, pleading for the blessing of the "Creator God."]
[From the elder’s words, Beizhu learned that their ancestors indeed largely came from the Candlefish clan. The Candlefish clan was heavily corroded by the sky’s bloody rain, facing seventy percent death, yet a few Candlefish survived under the influence of "Beizhu’s Primordial Spirit."]
[These fortunate surviving Candlefish evolved into "walking beasts" able to breathe on land, inheriting the Candlefish clan’s civilization, living precariously in mainland caves.]
[Beizhu became ecstatic, choosing to protect this humanoid group, naming them "Candle People."]
[Candle People danced before the mountain, singing hymns of worship.]
[In their tribe’s ancient legends, the Ancestral Mountain transformed from a fallen "Great God," a slender red figure spanning thousands of li, extending across several mountain ranges, upon closing its eyes, the world turned into night, when opened, the world became daytime... all imaginable or unimaginable adjectives were piled onto Beizhu.]
[He was the Creator God!]
[Beizhu, both laughing and crying, wondered how he came to become the Creator God? He had yet to become a True Dragon, and had no such Divine Techniques.]
[But the Candle People’s legend was grounded on reality, back when he and the Candlefish clan survived in the North Sea’s Black Water, his Primordial Spirit Dao Practice was supreme, a single person’s light could illuminate the black water for a thousand li, providing illumination to water plants, while for most "Candlefish" able only to shine three meters around themselves, a thousand li was infinity, being their entire world.]
[Candlefish were inherently weak, even those who excelled and stepped into cultivation could not live beyond a hundred years, the Candlefish generation after generation witnessed Beizhu’s power, the inherited memories growing ever deeper.]
[Greatness, requiring no further explanation!]
[Beizhu converses with the Candle People elder. The Candle People once numbered in the millions, now they are merely tens of thousands, teetering on the brink of extinction.]
[The war between dragons and immortals involves only immortal beasts and the aquatic race, unrelated to the mortal beasts of the continent. Nevertheless, during their brief lifetimes, these creatures occasionally ponder why a blood rain descends every so often, forming blood crystals upon the ground.]
[The Candle People have identified two drawbacks.]
[First, blood crystals tempt beings to consume them; secondly, consuming them might cause one to explode in agony into blood mist.]
[There is, however, one benefit: successfully consuming blood crystals can transform one into an overlord capable of moving mountains! Although, approximately one in ten thousand will survive the explosion to achieve this!]>
[The Candle People who controlled divine power in this generation met an unfortunate end, and those who consumed blood crystals failed one by one, leading to the Candle People’s defeat by other races and fierce beasts.]
[Beizhu’s primordial spirit cannot leave its body, nor dares it recklessly employ "Water Clan Technique" upon the continent. Yet, at the time of its fall, its body stretches for a thousand zhang, sufficient to create a world beneath the mountains to house the Candle People.]
[It diverts a river into the underworld and begins teaching the Candle People to cultivate edible plants.]
[In the dim underworld, the ’Beizhu Primordial Spirit’ appears at intervals, providing light, teaching tools, and spreading fire among the Candle People.]
[The Candle People swiftly adapt to the subterranean world, multiplying exponentially, overcrowding the space, causing the tribe to branch out, carrying fire to distant caverns. The original Candle People die of old age, and Beizhu becomes a myth in their memory.]
[Beizhu amazedly discovers its primordial spirit’s Dao practice advances rapidly—ten thousand years of Dao practice, then a hundred thousand... The Candle People’s world continually expands, and when its primordial spirit opens its eyes, it provides light to the underworld within a radius of a hundred thousand li.]
[Gradually, it indeed becomes the Candle People world’s ’Creator God.’ ]
[Beizhu loses its flesh body and finds freedom, quickly becoming a ’True Dragon’-like ’Ancient God.’ ]
[Its primordial spirit’s Dao practice continues to grow, seemingly without limit.]
[Beizhu starts to study carefully. ]
[The Candle People follow a tradition of burning their flesh bodies after death, hoping to join the realm of the ’Creator Great God,’ to enjoy eternity, and that Candle Person literally transforms into a speck of candle light next to its ’primordial spirit’ to cultivate.]
[This candle light is not a soul, devoid of wisdom, only pure thoughts, assisting Beizhu in accelerating cultivation.]
[Curious, Beizhu places a particularly bright candle light into a newborn Candle Person. The ’New Candle Person’ seems inherently divine, able to walk upon birth, inherently stronger than its peers.]
[This Candle Person realizes its uniqueness and begins to ponder, casually refining the primitive tools handed down from the "Era of the Creator God," saving Candle Persons from sickness, performing various miracles...]
[Candle People within a thirty-li radius consider it a ’Divine Spirit Reincarnate.’ ]
[This Candle Person earns the name—’Flame’.]
[The name is closest in Candle People mythology to the red Creator Great God. ]
[This special Candle Person bears a celestial mandate, learning without a teacher, establishing order and unifying the subterranean world within a century, founding the Candle People’s first nation—’Flame Country’.]
[On this day, the Candle People together worship the Great God who created their world.]
[’Flame’s merit reaches perfection, after dying of old age, transforming in the flames into a golden candle light accompanying Beizhu’s primordial spirit. With the golden candle light’s blessing, the obscure heavenly rules suddenly become clear.]
[Beizhu is entranced until the golden candle light dims, awakening it abruptly.]
[Beizhu opens its eyes, discovering the world hosting its primordial spirit is immensely vast, resembling a cosmic star river, countless candle lights orbiting the giant god at the center, projecting warm thoughts toward it.]
[It is where the Candle People belong.]
[Ancestral Dragon?! Immortal? Ancestor!!]
[Beizhu finally understands the source of ’dragon and immortal’ power, realizing why they favor their created beings, why they incite inter-tribal slaughter, and why they remain indifferent to their kin’s demise.]
[The recurring death and rebirth, the ever-returning ’candle light’ empowers these ’sources’ immensely.]
[Beizhu gazes at the vibrant Candle People, worrying about their fate.]
[Experiencing birth, aging, sickness, and death, generations consume plants, devoid of predators, gradually shedding their red scales, donning beautiful leaf attire, while wise Candle People practice breathing cultivation toward ’Beizhu Primordial Spirit’.]
[Candle People’s images approach ’Beizhu Primordial Spirit’ through cultivation; those with ten years of Dao practice appear identical.]
[These new Candle People symbolize ’wisdom,’ each heading toward a direction to become a ’king’ governing other Candle People!]>
[Spring passes and autumn comes.]
[Unaware of how long.]
[The war between dragons and immortals ceases one day suddenly...]
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