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Chapter 1259 The True Man Who Mended the Sky

"The one who mended the heavens is on earth, not here?" The bigwigs were all surprised and uncertain.

If someone else had said this, they would have suspected him of exaggeration or ulterior motives.

But they all knew about the Buddha Randeng, and could even say they knew him very well.

Putting aside Ran Deng's character, his cultivation was so high that even the Dao Ancestor acknowledged it.

How arrogant was Yuanshi Tianzun? He still treated "Randeng Daoren" as an equal, and even tried to win him over by offering him the position of "Vice Leader of the Chan Sect".

During the last great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods, Yuanshi Tianzun rarely showed up and directly handed over the task of leading the team to Randeng.

Randeng himself had no calamity to kill, but he took the initiative to enter the calamity, leading the twelve Golden Immortals through the tribulation.

Just like in online games, experienced players help newbies fight bosses and level up.

It was during this process that Randeng did many despicable things, causing the deaths of many disciples of the Jie Sect and even the Chan Sect.

However, he completed his mission exceptionally well. All twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect, along with Nezha, Yang Jian, and other key disciples from the third generation, survived to the end unscathed.

Not only did they successfully survive the calamity, but they also gained a massive amount of human fortune during the great tribulation, laying a solid foundation for the Twelve Golden Immortals to later attain the Great Luo realm.

Therefore, the old immortal of the Chan Sect never doubted the abilities of Master Randeng.

Even though the eldest sister of the Jie Sect hated Randeng to death, she had to admit that the other party was more skilled.

The Buddha also disliked Dipankara Buddha. Upon hearing Dipankara's words, he merely frowned and immediately activated his Dharma Eye, which allows him to see through the three realms, looking towards the Hengshan region of the human world. His carrot-thick fingers deftly made calculations.

"Grandmaster, what do you mean?"

While Buddha was still calculating, Nezha didn't hold back for a moment and asked the question decisively.

He felt restless and uneasy if he didn't ask.

The Old Buddha of the Burning Lamp said quietly, "What I mean is that since destiny has been decided, the one who will mend the sky has probably already appeared! She is already mending the sky now, so there is no point in us arguing about it."

"They've already started mending the sky! Who is it?" Nezha exclaimed in surprise.

The old Buddha said, "You can see for yourselves."

In fact, many great figures, like Tathagata, have opened their heavenly eyes that illuminate the three realms and see all calamities, and turned their gaze to Mount Heng.

Nezha and Yang Jian, whose skills were not yet fully developed, quickly walked outside the hall before opening their eyes to look at the human world.

Then, in the Hengshan area, a waterfall cascades down from the heavens with a thunderous roar, stretching for hundreds of miles, and is still rapidly expanding.

Actually, rainfall of this scale can't even be considered a "waterfall".

It's like an ocean connecting the human world and the heavens.

However, the waterfall did not crash directly onto Mount Heng.

Below the waterfall is a celestial net. It is a water-dividing immortal array set up by the old Taoist Wei Ran and a group of surviving immortals from Zhuling Cave Heaven.

The celestial net disperses the falling waterfall, diverting it beyond Hengshan Mountain, where it either flows directly into the great river or transforms into torrential rain, falling upon the vast land.

Even so, the area within a hundred miles of the main peak of Hengshan Mountain was almost entirely submerged in water.

Vast tracts of land and hills have completely disappeared, leaving only a dozen or so mountain peaks emerging from the floodwaters.

On the outskirts of Hengshan, one can also see thousands of immortals.

There were celestial masters from the Imperial Observatory of the Qin Dynasty and "sinful beasts," as well as divine immortals from China who rushed to save the world upon hearing the terrible news.

They each used their supernatural powers: some took out treasure bottles and absorbed vast amounts of floodwater into them; others opened their mouths wide and swallowed the floodwater, refining it into water spirit energy, or blew a wisp of wind to turn the floodwater into water vapor and drift it eastward; still others used the great supernatural power of "moving mountains and shifting seas" to move vast swamps directly to the East China Sea, thousands of miles away.
Wa Palace.

Including the goddess Nuwa, all the powerful figures used their all-seeing spiritual eyes to scan all the immortals who came to the rescue.

We didn't even find a single Great Immortal.

"Teacher, most people in the lower realm are ordinary Qi cultivators, and even Golden Immortals are rare. Who can mend the heavens?" Guang Chengzi asked.

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara said, "Don't just look at what's on the water; look at what's below. Isn't Mount Heng growing?"

Reminded, the leaders once again turned their gaze to the boundless, surging waves.

Even a flood thousands of feet deep could not obstruct their spiritual vision.

They easily pinpointed the original location of Hengshan Mountain and saw a hill slowly growing inside the huge hole.

"Teacher, the one you mentioned who mended the sky, could it be Yu Fengxian?" Taiyi Tianzun exclaimed.

"Impossible!" Many experts vehemently denied it.

“Yu Fengxian has taken the wrong path and will never be able to attain the Great Luo Dao in this lifetime.”

"Even if she embarks on the path of celestial immortality, it's useless; her current realm is far too far behind."

"Indeed, she is tens of thousands of miles away from Tianxin."

"How can we mend the sky if we can't even touch the heart of heaven?"

These are common sense facts; you don't need to think about them, you can just say them off the cuff.

Nuwa frowned slightly and said, "It is beyond my expectations that Yu Fengxian was able to hatch Hengshan."

To mend the sky, one must indeed delve into the very heart of heaven.

Last time she repaired the ground fissure, she cut corners and secretly kept a lump of "breathing soil," resulting in an imperfect repair of the fissure on Guaizi Mountain.

"Extraterrestrial demons have already built their nests at the location of the rift, and a terrible calamity may befall the West in the future."

The Ancient Buddha Dipankara sighed, "Didn't the Empress say that she was already beyond your expectations?"

Nuwa paused for a moment, then said thoughtfully, "That's true. I hadn't foreseen her ability and actions in hatching Hengshan!"

No wonder she was able to embarrass the Heavenly Emperor time and time again.

The Jade Emperor was a little embarrassed, but he also secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

—Even a saint cannot accurately predict Yu Fengxian's abilities, so it's normal for me to make mistakes occasionally!

You bigwigs from the Taoist and Buddhist sects, did you all hear that clearly?
The Sage himself said that from now on, people should stop mocking me with events like "gambling on the will of Heaven at the government office."

After calculating for a moment, Zhen Yuanzi hesitated and said, "According to my observation, I'm afraid Yu Fengxian will be unable to hatch Hengshan from the ground."

The immortals, knowing the immense value of the ancestor of earth immortals, adopted a listening posture upon hearing this.

Zhen Yuanzi continued, "After Hengshan collapsed, a hole ten thousand feet deep was left in the original place."

Yu Fengxian re-dredged, repaired, and reconnected the earth veins and mountains, allowing the five sacred earth veins to be reconnected into the 'Great Five Elements'.

She completed this process in just two hours.

In two hours, she filled most of the bottomless pit.

Several more hours have passed, but the new Hengshan hill remains inside the hole, not emerging from the ground.

"Hey, that's really true! The growth rate of the mounds is obviously getting slower and slower now."

If this trend continues, it will truly come to a complete halt. Taiyi Tianzun asked in surprise, "Why is that?"

Zhen Yuanzi sighed, “Because she did not create a mountain out of thin air, she revived Hengshan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains.”

That is, to revive the pillar of heaven of China!

If she truly revives Hengshan as it was, we won't need to mend the sky; we can simply support the heavens once more.

A single word can awaken someone from a dream.

Before it was explained clearly, the bigwigs couldn't understand it for a while.

Once the words were explained clearly, the big shot immediately understood.

If Yu Fengxian simply moved a three-thousand-foot-tall boulder to the original location of Mount Heng and pretended it was Mount Heng, it would be very easy.

But if she wants to revive Hengshan, she must, like the real Hengshan, form the framework of the Chinese celestial dome together with the other four sacred mountains.

Yu Fengxian has already accomplished part of it.

She actually managed to make the new Hengshan Mountain and the Four Sacred Mountains complete the "Great Cycle of the Five Sacred Mountains' Geological Veins".

By achieving this, at least the Central Plains region was stabilized.

The tragedy of continental plates breaking apart and sinking to the bottom of the sea will not occur.

Next, a new Hengshan rose from the ground, like a jack, lifting the "sky" upwards until it blocked the hole in the sky. But this was beyond her ability to do.

With her current abilities, she is unable to raise the new Hengshan hilltop above the ground.

Once it grows above the ground, it must support the sky.

Conversely, the irresistible power of the heavens will press down on the hill, preventing it from rising.

"Boom—Crack!"

Under the watchful eyes of the powerful figures, just a quarter of an hour later, the hill in the Hengshan Cave shook violently, as if it had crashed into an invisible steel plate and then became immobile.

"Oh, what a pity."

Zhen Yuanzi let out a long breath, his face showing little joy, but rather a hint of regret.

Other bigwigs, even if they felt a little smug, also felt a sense of admiration and regret.

I admire Yu Fengxian for creating such a great miracle; she hatched the real Hengshan.

It's a pity that the miracle ended there. Hengshan died in the womb and could not be fully hatched. Otherwise, it would have been a great miracle that shocked the Three Realms and even the Old Immortal.

"If we had patched up the hole in the sky sooner, perhaps she could have allowed Mount Heng to continue growing," Doumu Yuanjun sighed.

"I'll give it a try!" Guang Chengzi nodded and took the lead in stepping forward to stand in front of Goddess Nuwa.

The goddess did not refuse, and placed the bamboo basket in front of him, asking him to take out four stones for mending the sky.

Before Guang Chengzi learned from his teacher Ran Deng, he first made a grand vow to do his utmost to mend the sky and save all people before reaching into the basket.

He successfully touched and picked up a multicolored stone. It kept vibrating with a "buzzing" sound, and multicolored light was flowing out from it.

"Sigh, Yu Fengxian is beyond help now, what are you struggling for?"

Guang Chengzi forcibly put it into his pocket, and then took three pieces for his fellow disciples in turn.

They were all struggling slightly, but were forcibly taken away.

Nuwa frowned and said, "If the Heaven-Mending Stones continue to resist, you may find it difficult to perfectly mend the sky."

Doumu Yuanjun sneered, "Disregarding the will of Heaven and forcibly mending the sky for the sake of merit, you will suffer the consequences if you fail."

Guang Chengzi asked, "Does the Primordial Sovereign want the remaining Sky-Mending Stones?"

"I'll give it a try. If destiny is on my side, I won't hesitate!"

Doumu Yuanjun walked over, without making any grand vows, and directly reached out to grab, but each time she grabbed nothing.

"Sigh, I'm not destined for greatness, I accept it!" She sighed and decisively moved aside.

Guang Chengzi, Chi Jingzi, and other senior immortals of the Chan Sect were somewhat embarrassed.

In the past, it was always the old immortals of the Chan Sect who knew the will of Heaven and followed its destiny.

They also criticized the Jie Sect for being ignorant of destiny and acting recklessly against the will of Heaven.

Today, however, she was outshone by Doumu Yuanjun.

Afterwards, Zhen Yuanzi, Bixia Yuanjun and other old immortals stepped forward one by one to try, but they all missed every time they grabbed at something, and then gave up decisively.

The old immortals of the Chan Sect blushed, both ashamed and indignant. "Since you have all given up, it would be disrespectful for us brothers to refuse this task of mending the heavens."

"I'll wait and see you all get struck by lightning!" said Doumu Yuanjun.

Taiyi Tianzun said, "We can't just let the floodwaters engulf the world, can we? If you won't do it, we'll gladly take on the task."

—If you don't do well, you can still cry out, "Master, save me!"

With teachers backing us up, what's there to be afraid of!
The old immortal of the Chan Sect wasn't really a fool who disregarded everything for the sake of merit.

They simply have powerful connections and know that no matter what, their teachers can always be their last resort.

"Why should we sink to the mortal realm? It's just that we are not the chosen ones, not that there are no truly chosen ones," said Doumu Yuanjun.

Guang Chengzi exclaimed, "If we can't do it, then the other Great Luo Golden Immortals are even less capable."

"We can't expect the sages to do it themselves, can we? What's the point of all our arduous journey to attain the Great Luo realm then?"

A muffled sound came from beyond the sky, and the Nuwa Palace where they were located also trembled slightly.

"What's going on?" Guang Chengzi exclaimed in surprise, looking around in confusion. "Why did the Nuwa Palace experience an earthquake?"

"It moved! It moved!" The Buddha exclaimed with a look of surprise and doubt, "Mount Heng has moved again!"

He didn't argue with the Taoist leaders, but instead kept his Heavenly Eye open, watching the human world. This was because the Ancient Buddha Dipankara was staring expressionlessly at Mount Heng.

Then he witnessed an astonishing scene: the "Hengshan spores" that had been pressed into the hole in the ground by the sky suddenly burst out like a giant defecate—a thick, large, and black lump.

The hillock inside the cave suddenly rose a hundred feet high from the ground.

It truly became a mountain peak.

Even more mysteriously, the hundred-zhang-high mountain peak, which was countless miles away from the Heavenly Cave, suddenly cleaved the Milky Way below the Heavenly Cave.

It was as if an invisible yet tangible sword aura emanated from the hundred-zhang-high mountain peak, soaring millions of miles into the sky and splitting the Milky Way in two.

"Hengshan has really grown? This doesn't make sense!" the bigwigs exclaimed in shock.

The Jade Emperor murmured, "The Nuwa Palace just shook. It wasn't an illusion, and it wasn't just the Nuwa Palace that shook. The entire Heavenly Realm experienced a violent tremor."

The newly formed Hengshan Mountain stands proudly against the sky; it has begun to "support the heavens."

Nuwa looked in the direction of the hole in the sky, her eyes sparkling with spiritual light.

"Look at the crack in the sky, it's slowly healing."

Actually, you don't need to look at the hole in the sky; just look at the Milky Way pouring down on the human world.

It is shrinking at a visible rate. Further afield, the torrential rain has turned into a drizzle.

The amount of water from the Milky Way that falls to Earth is clearly decreasing.

"Can the sky be mended without the Sky-Mending Stone? What kind of logic is that?!" Taiyi Tianzun was somewhat bewildered.

"It seems that Yu Fengxian possesses at least one Heaven-Mending Stone. There is the aura of a Heaven-Mending Stone in Hengshan. How strange!"

Zhenyuan Daxian stared at the rapidly growing "New Hengshan," his hands quickly calculating. "I feel the Heaven-Mending Stone is inside Hengshan, but that Heaven-Mending Stone is very strange. It looks like the Heaven-Mending Stone, yet it doesn't look like it at all. Strange!"

Under the watchful eyes of the powerful figures, the newly formed Hengshan Mountain grew to a height of one thousand zhang (approximately 333 meters) before stopping again.

"This new Mount Heng is so small, and it's even crooked!" Doumu Yuanjun looked at the Heavenly Hole again, where the Milky Way had almost disappeared.

Within the Hengshan area, the rain continued to pour down. Outside Hengshan, the rain had stopped completely.

The immortals who were originally engaged in disaster relief exclaimed in surprise.

"The water in the Milky Way has decreased, but it hasn't disappeared, which means the Heavenly Abyss has been sealed, but not completely blocked. But wait, the Heavenly Abyss is still pitch black; it's not that it wasn't completely blocked, it's that it wasn't blocked at all. What's going on?"

Too many illogical and unexpected events left Doumu Yuanjun bewildered.

(End of this chapter)