Longzang

Chapter 1013 Double Blessings, Triple Crimes

Wei Yuan opened his eyes and found himself lying in the ruins, with no one around. He realized with a thought that he had only lost consciousness for a moment, and at that moment his stomach was churning, and he felt an urge to vomit.

This was unprecedented. Wei Yuan immediately suppressed his urge to vomit, first checking himself to find nothing amiss. Then he looked at the human world; it was peaceful, everyone was working on their own, handling the complex affairs from Qingming. The only unusual thing was that the egg that couldn't be lifted had a crack.

Wei Yuan stood by the egg for a long time, but couldn't figure it out. The cracks didn't continue to widen, and there was no sign of life inside the egg. Instead, there was a sense of ancient vicissitudes emanating from it, the origin of which was unknown.

Wei Yuan felt something was amiss and was about to continue observing when he suddenly sensed the arrival of immortals outside.

He withdrew his divine sense and saw the Sword Palace Master reappear, mysteriously and with a hint of nervousness, taking out a small sword and quickly saying, "Hang it on your body quickly and don't move."

Wei Yuan followed instructions and hung the small sword around his neck. Instantly, a dense aura of death enveloped his entire body, numbing his senses and rendering him unable to move. The Sword Palace Master beside him also lowered his eyes and entered a meditative state.

A moment later, a vast, cold, and boundless will swept across the land. If it weren't for the little sword elevating his divine sense level, Wei Yuan wouldn't have been able to sense this will at all. It was too vast, too lofty, like a giant beast standing high above, scrutinizing the ants scurrying about on the plains below.

This thought was so vast that it far exceeded the limits of Wei Yuan's divine sense. Therefore, once it was covered, no matter how Wei Yuan scanned his surroundings, he remained within the realm of this thought and could not perceive its existence. It was like an ordinary person being completely unaware of the existence of air.

Wei Yuan didn't know what had happened, but seeing that the Sword Palace Master was also on high alert, he dared not make any rash moves.

At this moment, amidst the everyday life, after Wei Yuan's divine sense departed and remained motionless, the everyday life instantly came to life!
Three terrifying torrents of sword energy shot out from the Pure Land of Bliss, slashing one after another towards the girl Yin Yang. Yin Yang stood on the earth, and the Yin and Yang energies were also inexhaustible, rising like a storm, with two true dragons circling back and forth, constantly dispersing the torrents of sword energy.

In this earth-shattering battle, the cracks on the eggshell spread rapidly and multiplied until finally, with a snap, a small piece of the eggshell popped open, and a shadow rose from within.

This shadow seems to exist independently of everything in the world, imperceptible and intangible, its existence can only be 'seen' through the contrast with its surroundings.

It seemed to have its own ideas, slowly crawling towards the outside of the sky, its target actually being the orbit of the fifth grotto-heaven that Wei Yuan had not yet finished calculating.

Amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life, a moment of silence fell.

Wei Yuan had a vague feeling, but at this moment, the thought had just passed, and the residual power of the small sword was still there. He was still unable to move, and his divine sense was frozen, unable to observe the world around him.

Amidst the everyday hustle and bustle of life, the sword-qi galaxy and the Yin-Yang True Dragon vanished simultaneously.

Xihe kicked the lotus lantern away, snatched the green lantern, and the flame instantly surged. At the same time, half of the immortal plants in the mortal world froze instantly, their divine senses running wildly involuntarily. The lotus lantern, on the other hand, sprouted hair from its head, which instantly reached past its knees, then fell off, and then sprouted again, repeating this process over and over.

Countless data points flowed through Xihe's fingertips, transforming into a torrent that roared and burned. Amidst the raging flames, the incomplete orbit of the Fifth Heaven in the sky was being completed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
Yin Yang also raised his hand and gently pointed, causing the other half of the immortal plants to freeze, similarly stripped of all their autonomous divine sense. At this moment, those mortals who were not involved in Qingming's affairs were instantly assigned tasks, and countless data points were distributed and then returned as new data.

Yin Yang pointed his finger, and a point of light appeared before the shadow, drawing it away from its path and causing it to crawl towards the light. In front of it, one point of light after another appeared, forming a path of light that finally merged with the newly completed trajectory of the Fifth Grotto Heaven.

The entire human world seemed to have turned into a bottomless abyss, frantically devouring the surrounding天地元气 (heaven and earth energy), while the internal temperature continued to rise, turning into a sweltering summer day.

Amidst the bustling worldly activity, only the Laurel Fairy Tree seemed bewildered, wondering why those two, who needed computing power, hadn't come to her. Feeling inexplicably melancholy, she began rummaging through her snacks.

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The Sword Palace Master recovered first. Looking around and seeing nothing amiss, he breathed a sigh of relief and removed the small sword from Wei Yuan's chest. "What was that just now?"

"I can't explain it clearly either, but in short, it's not a good thing. It appears whenever the world is in chaos and people are suffering. But neither the Sword Palace nor the Primordial Palace, nor any of the major immortal sects, have any record of it. Only we few who have ascended to immortality can retain the memory, but we have to experience it ourselves. Presumably, some powerful being erased its cause and effect from ancient times, which is why there are so few records of it in the world."

This time, I'm letting you sense it beforehand so you'll remember it. The next time it appears, you'll be able to sense it and disguise yourself in time.

Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine, but this was clearly beyond his level to concern himself with, so he made a note of it. After seeing off the Sword Palace Master, Wei Yuan hurriedly entered the mortal realm to investigate what had happened.

Upon entering the bustling world, Wei Yuan was stunned.

Amidst the hustle and bustle of everyday life, most mortals are assigned tasks, with only a few relaxing and using their time to do things they enjoy. For example, fishing, carving, metalwork (mainly engraving), writing poems on walls, and so on.

The only and most significant anomaly was that a small half-moon appeared on the orbit of the Fifth Grotto Heaven!
Only a small section of the full moon was full; the rest was riddled with holes, as if it had been bitten by insects.

Upon closer inspection, Wei Yuan realized that the full moon wasn't incomplete, but rather being restored. Patches of shadow on the moon were wriggling, releasing a small piece of the full moon with each movement. The full moon was slowly becoming whole again.

Looking at these shadows, Wei Yuan had a strange feeling, as if they were invisible pockets that originally contained the full moon and were now spitting it out again.

However, Wei Yuan clearly remembered that he had not finished calculating the trajectory of his fifth cave heaven, and had only completed less than 30% of the basic work.

Because he failed to complete Chapter 8 of the Initial Exploration of the Desolate Realm, Wei Yuan hadn't even fully calculated the fourth orbit. He later relied on luck to forcibly make up for it and reversed the orbit of the third cave, thus allowing the third and fourth orbits to coexist.

But now, although the giant full moon hasn't fully emerged, it has already begun to move along the fifth orbit? Wei Yuan was very surprised. Could it be that his talent was so strong that he had unknowingly calculated the fifth orbit?
But reason told Wei Yuan: to believe this statement, he needed to drink more.

Although only a small part of the full moon was visible, Wei Yuan had a gut feeling that it was probably a complete full moon. Moreover, it was exceptionally large. According to the standards of the mortal realm, and calculated by its arc, its diameter was probably over three thousand miles, many times larger than the other four grotto-heavens combined. In fact, its very existence was already causing the mortal realm itself to begin to move.

The full moon had an ancient feel to it, but Wei Yuan felt a sense of familiarity, as if he had seen it somewhere before. However, his memories of it were somehow incomplete, with many parts missing.

However, the more Wei Yuan looked at it, the more he felt something was amiss. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he realized what the full moon was. It actually had no physical form, only a basic essence, and had not even developed any spirituality; it was a completely lifeless celestial body.

It has neither a complete world nor any spirituality, so... this is the foundation of the Dao! The foundation of the Dao of a great human cultivator from the Primordial Era!

Although it lacks spirituality, this essence is complete, full, and without flaw; it is naturally self-sufficient and self-evidently unique. In other words, this is a one-of-a-kind ancient full moon.

How did this thing end up in the mundane world and become its own fifth grotto-heaven?
At this moment, Wei Yuan felt a sense of kinship with a young girl.

As the saying goes, "A common man is innocent, but possessing a treasure is a crime." Now, Wei Yuan possesses two treasures, and his crime deserves death.

　I don't know if I should write this tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)