Longevity, starting from traveling and telling stories

Chapter 126 The Beginning and End. The Origin of the World
"I am you, and you are you." Ye Beixuan opposite turned back into an old man and responded to him.

Ye Beixuan felt that this guy was nothing like him, except for his ability to tell riddles.

"You are me? And I am not you, what do you mean?" He was anxious at the moment and really didn't want to argue with him. He was afraid that Ao Qin was in danger, and also afraid that Li Xianglian was in danger.

The old man did not answer him, but said softly: "Let me tell you a story! After I finish it, you will naturally understand."

"Story?" Ye Beixuan frowned slightly. Although he was anxious, he remained calm and patient and said, "I'm all ears." At this moment, he could only listen before he could leave.

"Pa!" There was a sound of a clapperboard. The old man coughed and took out his folding fan. He slowly unfolded it and said, "When the world was first created, all the worlds were in chaos. And from this chaos, the first god in the heavens was born - Pangu."

"Pangu wielded three divine weapons—the Pangu Axe, the Book of Creation, and the Mirror of Samsara—to create the world. Every time he swung his axe, a new world was born. Every time he told a story in the Book of Creation, a new world was born. And with each new world born, the mirror would create reincarnation, and so on and so forth, and thus our world was born."

Speaking of this, Ye Beixuan's heart trembled. This seemed to be similar to the legend in his previous life.

"After that, where is the great god Pangu?" Ye Beixuan asked.

The old man smiled and replied, "However, the great god Pangu was truly exhausted. After he created the world, the sweat, dirt, and blood that flowed from his body gradually gathered into a sea of blood."

A sea of blood? Could it be that the strange sea of blood was formed from the blood of the great god Pangu? Ye Beixuan frowned and continued to listen to his narration.

Seeing Ye Beixuan pondering, the old man paused for a moment before continuing, "However, the blood stain formed a sea, and it unexpectedly developed self-awareness. The great god Pangu realized that the blood stain would endanger the world he created, so he used the Pangu Axe to suppress the sea of blood. As he was dying, he dispersed all his energy and transformed himself into the world, hoping to give birth to a new god to protect the world."

Could it be that the Blood Demon came from this strange sea of blood? Ye Beixuan suddenly understood. If that was the case, then who was the person who swung the sword and cut him in half?

"And during this long period of time, new gods gradually emerged between heaven and earth - great gods such as Nuwa and Fuxi." The old man's voice continued, pulling Ye Beixuan back from his thoughts.

"Where are these gods?" Ye Beixuan asked.

The old man knew he would ask, but didn't answer. Instead, he continued, "With the birth of these new gods, there will be conflict. With conflict, there will be evil desires. With evil desires, there will be opportunities for the Sea of Blood to grow stronger."

"The sea of blood continually bewitched a great god named Gonggong, who was eventually instigated by it to fight for the throne of Heavenly Emperor. However, he lost his battle with the Fire God Zhurong and, in anger, struck Mount Buzhou, causing the heavens and earth to tilt and collapse."

It turned out that after Gonggong angrily hit Mount Buzhou, a hole was created in the sky, which caused the strange sea of blood to pour out and caused some abnormal changes and pollution to the gods that were born in the sky, which led to the war between gods.

The war between gods caused the sky to collapse and the earth to split, with countless casualties. In the end, the goddess Nuwa used the five-colored stones between heaven and earth to refine stones to repair the sky, which blocked the hole in the sea of blood and left the mutated gods with no source. Only then did the gods defeat the strange sea of blood with great difficulty.

The old man spoke at this point, his tone high, "After countless gods were killed and injured, the goddess Nuwa realized that the world needed order, and that order needed to be maintained by gods, so she started the Conferred God War."

"Conferred Gods?" Ye Beixuan was shocked. "Is there a Conferred God List?" The old man smiled and nodded. "Indeed, there is, but it's not called the Conferred God List. It's called the Imperial Conferred God List."

"This list of conferring titles was refined by collecting the good fortune that the great god Pangu scattered throughout the heavens and earth. This is used to respond to calamities and attain godhood. This is the second batch of gods and Buddhas that have appeared in the sky."

A sky full of gods and Buddhas? But why did Hanba say that this was the Dharma Ending Age and the path to immortality was completely destroyed? So Ye Beixuan couldn't help but ask, "Where are those gods and Buddhas now?"

The old man seemed to know Ye Beixuan would ask this, so he spoke slowly and calmly, "After a long time, the Blood Sea, unwilling to be suppressed, gave birth to demons such as Luohou, Jidu, and Wuzhiqi, and once again launched the divine war."

"This battle was fought to the point of devastation, with countless gods and Buddhas dying. Ultimately, they triumphed with difficulty, realizing that the Sea of Blood was the source of all demonic energy, and began to work together to seal it."

Ye Beixuan thought the legend ended here, but the old man's face darkened again and he began to tell the story:
It turned out that the gods and Buddhas in the sky enjoyed the incense of the human world and gradually lost their vigilance. The sea of blood took advantage of the evil nature of Tathagata who killed the three corpses and gave birth to another big demon - Wu Tian.

Wutan rushed out of the sea of blood, and used the sea of blood to create countless demons, and once again launched a war between gods.

At this point, the old man's tone suddenly became excited again. "Just when countless gods and Buddhas were being killed or injured, a legendary empress was born between heaven and earth - the Immortal Empress. She single-handedly suppressed the Blood Sea, buying time for the countless gods and Buddhas. However, she did not want to be contaminated by the Blood Sea. In the end, she endured the pain and split herself in two. Using the Samsara Mirror, she knocked the contaminated half of her body into the Blood Sea. The other half was placed between the immortals and mortals to prevent the Blood Sea from leaking out and contaminating the world. Her soul also fell into the cycle of reincarnation, collecting Pangu's luck so that she could continue to fight against the Blood Sea. The Samsara Mirror was shattered into dozens of pieces and scattered everywhere."

It turns out that these monsters on the road of reincarnation are the evil nature that was contaminated in the soul of the Immaculate Empress. She used the power of reincarnation to wash away and sealed it here. She released some of them every once in a while to be slowly eliminated by the ascetics in the world.

"Now the sea of blood is spreading across the fairyland. All the gods and Buddhas are either trapped in the cycle of reincarnation and withering, or are still struggling. The road to immortality has been cut off. Without all the gods and Buddhas, the empress's body will collapse sooner or later. I'm afraid that this mortal world will soon become a sea of blood." The old man sighed and finally said slowly.

Could it be that the person he saw in the mirror was the Immaculate Empress? Ye Beixuan's mind raced with thoughts. If that were the case, would he also die without a burial place? The kind where he couldn't even survive?
"Then where did the other divine weapons of creation go?" If Ye Beixuan guessed correctly, the broken mirror must be the Samsara Mirror, and the place where he was now must be related to the Samsara Mirror.

"Alas! Let me tell you slowly." The old man stroked his beard and continued, "After Pangu's luck was exhausted, Pangu's Axe suppressed the sea of blood, the Samsara Mirror shattered in many places, and the Book of Genesis..."

Having said that, the old man looked at Ye Beixuan deeply. After a long moment, he shook his head and said, "The Book of Genesis has long since disappeared."

"If that's the case, why don't all the gods and Buddhas in the sky look for the fragments of the Mirror of Reincarnation and the Book of Creation? Gather the three great divine weapons to have a chance of winning." Ye Beixuan said.

The old man shook his head and said, "The divine weapons have spirits. They will choose the people they want to find."

"Is there no hope for the immortals and Buddhas?" Ye Beixuan was speechless. If the immortals and Buddhas were all dead, what was the point of cultivating immortality? It would be better to just go back to Gao Laozhuang and live happily like Zhu Bajie.

"Yes, there is still hope." The old man suddenly looked at Ye Beixuan seriously and said, "As long as you are here, there is hope."

"Me? What can I do to have hope?" Ye Beixuan was speechless. I am just a storyteller. Although I have a system cheat of unknown origin, the ancient gods have been defeated. Even if I give myself a thousand years, I am afraid it will not work!

(End of this chapter)