MTLNOVEL Chapter 68: Fuxi Appears
With the death of the monster, the Thunder World regained its peace. Everyone's gaze was drawn to the Thunder Seal still floating in midair—a renowned treasure, formed from the death of Leize, an Ancient God, and the physical embodiment of thunder.
However, the Thunder Seal was now clearly an object belonging to the Great Chun King, a being who had lived since the beginning of the world. No one knew the extent of his mana, and few had ever seen him take action.
For the Great Chun King, the long years were but the duration of a nap. Perhaps the next time he awoke, the world would have already changed its appearance.
The Thunder Seal slowly descended but did not return to the hands of the Great Chun King. From the void came an elegant and gentle voice, "Great Chun King, I have come to fulfill my promise to Leize."
The voice resonated through heaven and earth. Along with the voice, the Thunder Seal gradually flew into the distance and landed in the hands of a young man.
The youth wore simple linen clothing, but he carried himself with a dignified air. Standing upon the void, he exuded a scholarly aura, and there seemed to be the Light of Merit radiating around him, capturing everyone's attention.
Emperor Fuxi, the foremost of the Three Emperors, the progenitor of civilization, the creator of the Eight Trigrams, and the definer of the directions—as a member of the human race born from Immortals, everyone present nodded their heads and paid their respects. This ancestor of the human race had always been revered.
"It's you, lad. It seems you have advanced further after reincarnation," sighed the Great Chun King.
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"You, senior, are still the same as before," Fuxi replied.
"I cannot compare with you later talents. I am old now and cannot keep up with the times," said the Great Chun King in an aged voice.
No one in the world was more suited to say this than the Great Chun King. As a being who had lived since ancient times, it was not easy to find a more ancient existence in all three realms.
"Senior jests. Even the Ancestral Master once sought your advice. Eight thousand years are but a year to you, how could you be old?" Fuxi's warm voice sounded.
The crowd looked at the Great Chun King in surprise, not expecting that even the transcendent Ancestral Master had once sought guidance from him.
"Do not frighten the young ones. Hong Jun appeared in the world back then, he spoke of the sturdiness when encountering mountains, the agility when facing waters, the way of flying upon seeing birds. As he traveled, he articulated the ways of all things under heaven and earth. When he arrived in Yunmeng and met Leize, he discussed the Way of Thunder.
Back then, the gods were too proud to listen to his words. I was born in the depths of Yunmeng and conversed with him about the Way of Wood—there was no seeking of advice."
The Great Chun King recounted the past. His words were laced with nostalgia—the vivid smile and voice of that young man still seemed to be right before his eyes. After a sleep, he had transcended the cosmos. Time, a meaningless concept to him, gained significance through the existence of such beings.
"What happened after that?" Lu Yu asked, unable to contain his curiosity about the transcendent Ancestral Master.
"Later he traveled forth, followed by countless creatures who all called him Teacher, until he reached Mount Buzhou. Climbing the mountain on foot, he arrived at the summit where he saw three young men.
Then he clapped his hands and sighed, saying, 'My way is not alone.' He burst into laughter as the Purple Qi billowed out for thirty thousand li, and from within the Purple Qi, a palace was born, inscribed with 'Purple Cloud Palace.'
"Thus Hong Jun preached in the Purple Cloud Palace about the ways of cultivation: refining essence into mana, mana into divine spirit, divine spirit into the void. These words spread throughout the world and became the general guide for all cultivators."
Lu Yu and the others listened with rapt attention, regretting that they hadn't lived in that era to see the splendid Hong Jun for themselves, to sit in the Purple Cloud Palace and listen to his teachings."
"Not being able to hear the Ancestral Master preach is the regret of my life," said Fuxi, his words filled with remorse upon hearing this."
"Haha, Leize stays secluded, too lazy to leave his abode, the gods are too proud, only you, my boy, missed the opportunity because you were immersed in music. Whose fault is that?" Great Chun King laughed heartily.
"May I ask elder, what exactly was that creature just now?" Iron-Crutch Li was extremely curious about the nine-headed monster; he was among the immortals widely recognized for his broad knowledge, yet even he could not recognize this creature. Having come across this old predecessor, he naturally did not want to miss such an opportunity."
"This creature calls itself Nine Emperors, created by the vengeful spirits of the numerous Ancient Giant Beasts and members of the Dragon Clan who perished, born from the Sea of Blood after the gods annihilated the Dragon Clan. It possessed strength no weaker than that of Divine Spirits from the moment of its birth."
"Each of its nine heads possesses the powerful Divine Skills of the strongest dragons and Ferocious Beasts of that time. It harbors intense hatred for the gods. Leize fell victim to its ambush, and with his death, one of its heads devoured a part of Leize, growing ever stronger until finally, a Taoist from Shangqing intervened and killed the creature."
Lu Yu and the others suddenly understood; no wonder the creature had called Lord Qiantang a traitor. It turned out to possess the consciousness of those slain members of the Dragon Clan."
Conceived from the grievances of heaven and earth, the fact that the radiance of Buddhism's Light of Merit could restrain it made sense, and its appearance, resembling a patchwork of numerous creatures, was also for this reason."
"The Nine Emperors, after coming into being, ambushed many Divine Spirits. Its nine heads, with differing abilities, could devour most of the power in the world, growing ever more formidable. Later it disappeared without a trace, never to be seen again in the world.
Everyone in the Three Realms suspected that the gods had killed it, never imagining that Lord Lingbao himself had personally taken action," Fuxi continued after the Great Chun King, revealing the full story to Lu Yu and the others.
"That was still the trouble you caused, you rascal!" Great Chun King said with a smile.
This statement left Lu Yu and the others baffled. Lu Yu remembered clearly that the gods had annihilated the Dragon Clan primarily because they were bloodthirsty and murderous, lacking creativity and the human race's reverence. The dragons had relied on their status as the chosen of heaven and earth, disregarding the gods, which led to that catastrophe.
He had not thought it was also related to Fuxi."
"Originally, Nuwa, having heard the teachings at the Purple Cloud Palace and comprehended the mysteries of creation, fashioned man from clay and became the maternal deity of the human race. The human race, modeled by Nuwa after the Taoist Body, naturally possesses seven apertures and boundless potential.
Heaven and earth bestowed infinite Light of Merit, and heaven and earth's favoritism toward the human race caught the attention of the Dragon Clan."
"They sharply realized that the human race might replace their status as the protagonists of heaven and earth, and so a frantic plan was put into motion. Many experts from the Dragon Clan emerged en masse, intending to kill Nuwa. Little did they imagine that Nuwa, with providential protection, would narrowly escape certain death. Instead, it was her brother Fuxi who met his demise."
"This incident incited furor in Nuwa, who then forged a covenant with the gods. She agreed to forgo receiving worship from the human race, allowing humankind to venerate the gods in exchange for their intervention. Thus, a devastating calamity unfolded across heaven and earth."