I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 115 Tribulation

Although he lived deep in Taoshan Island, Li Jun was still very aware of some things in reality.

I naturally saw it online.

Some of these changes seem unexpected, but upon reflection, they make perfect sense.

With the establishment of the Great Array of Heaven and Earth, peace returned to Earth day by day, as if things had returned to normal.

But this calm felt too calm. For the first two days, everyone was celebrating and cheering for the arrival of these peaceful and stable days, but then everyone's focus changed.

First, everyone loses interest in work, feeling that work has lost its meaning, and even life has lost its meaning. After experiencing ups and downs, people feel they have lost their goals.

Immediately afterwards, everyone's focus shifted from the real world to the Shan Hai game, and this shift in attention became more and more pronounced each day.

Finally, in reality, a situation arose where, unless absolutely necessary, a large number of people, apart from maintaining their basic living needs, were almost completely immersed in the world of mountains and seas, even abandoning everything in their real lives. Many people brought their entire families, or even their entire companies, neighborhoods, and villages, into the world of mountains and seas.

"What's the point of going to work? We're in the extraordinary era now, even gods have appeared. Why would we still go to work? How stupid!" Li Jun opened a video and saw a streamer saying this. Judging from the background, it seemed to be in a small ruin in the lower level of the Mountain and Sea Realm. The streamer first commented on how to prioritize the Mountain and Sea Realm and the real world, and then began to say that his extraordinary organization was recruiting new people.

"I want to be an extraordinary being, to be a god!" Li Jun opened a video and saw many teenagers ignoring the ban and entering the Mountain and Sea Realm, even though the Human Alliance repeatedly warned of the dangers of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"I'd rather die in the Mountain and Sea Realm than work for someone else." (This is followed by a separate sentence fragment.)

"What's the point of being human? Starting today, I'm not going to be human anymore." And so on.

"With the arrival of the extraordinary era, we should understand the meaning of life even more. The original human society and the fundamental meaning of our existence have been destroyed. Even if the Great Array of Separation of Heaven and Earth is established, we can never go back to the past..." Li Jun saw a video that analyzed the reasons in a fairly reasonable way.

"Abandon this wretched body and follow us..." Turning to the next page, there are promotional videos of lower-level organizations in the Mountain and Sea Realm that use the name of sects. Nowadays, such organizations and institutions are flourishing, and countless ones appear every day.

See here.

Naturally, Li Jun wanted to see what the real situation in the world had become.

The video showed a scene from reality: deserted streets and a completely collapsed social system.

The Human Alliance and various countries even had to introduce extraordinary items similar to nutrient tanks to provide protection for all those who entered the Mountain and Sea Realm.

However, this has further led to the real world becoming a desolate and ruined place.

The video panned across one of the buildings, revealing thousands of metal capsules filled with people, their eyes closed, their souls leaving their bodies to travel to another world.

Only a physical body remains here, waiting for the soul to return at some unknown time.

Seeing this, Guhuoniao laughed: "Tell me, what's the point of all the things you've done?"

Li Jun said, "It still has meaning."

The Guhuoniao didn't understand: "What's the point?"

Li Jun explained briefly: "Some things require a transition period; they cannot be accomplished overnight, and it is even more important to leave a way out."

On Earth, the world had turned into a stagnant pool, but the realm of mountains and seas was becoming more and more lively every day.

It makes one feel that the other side of Earth is nothing more than a tomb for physical bodies, while the other side of the Mountain and Sea Realm is gradually becoming the real world for humankind.

Suddenly, the phone rang.

Li Jun answered a phone call: "Okay, I understand."

The Guhuoniao asked, "What is it?"

Li Jun said, "Mount Buzhou is about to collapse."

Li Jun hung up the phone, looked at Guhuoniao, and told her, "I'm going to help up Buzhou Mountain."

The Guhuoniao asked, "Why are you telling me this?"

Li Jun asked her to do something: "Go back and make sure you know exactly where that fox spirit came from."
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Li Jun brought the Breath of Earth to the foot of Mount Buzhou.

"It's tilted!"

"It's tilted!"

This mountain is larger than any human can imagine, and many extraordinary people gather here, but most people come here to see a strange phenomenon.

"That hole up there is really big."

"Was it Gonggong who caused the collision? Why can't we see Gonggong?"

"It's something from the mythical era; what we're seeing now is just a reappearance of the landscape before that."

The foot of the mountain was packed with people; the scene was far more lively than anything in real life.

When Mount Buzhou first appeared, it was still very intact, but as time went on, the pillar began to tilt and began to show signs of breakage and damage.

When Li Jun brought the Breath of Earth here, Mount Buzhou began to resonate with it. Then, Li Jun cast a spell in the same way that Nuwa used to do, and it stopped tilting.

"Even without anyone pushing it, it looks like it's about to fall over. What force is influencing and controlling all of this?"

Then, Li Jun ascended to the sky and arrived at the four corners of the void.

The four pillars of heaven at the four poles were beginning to take shape, but they did not yet have the appearance of suppressing heaven and earth that they would later have.

Beneath one of the Four Heavenly Pillars, Li Jun stood in the void, looking at the infinitely upward-extending pillar as if talking to himself.

"You've all appeared, so why is Nuwa nowhere to be seen?"

Beside him, a being with a human body and a snake tail emerged.

"I don't know, and it's no use asking me. All I remember is the scene when I finally merged into the tenth body."

Li Jun turned his head: "Then who helped you before?"

The First Goddess Nuwa said, "The person who helps us doesn't necessarily have to show his face. It's enough for him to secretly target you. Why risk standing in the open? Wouldn't that just send you, the Heavenly Emperor, to find his weaknesses and vulnerabilities?"

Then, Li Jun took out the fox mask and the double pupils.

Li Jun had tried this fox mask; it was a magical artifact whose power originated from the nine-tailed fox, a demon god.

However, there is a problem: the nine-tailed fox, a demon god, did not exist in Li Jun's time.

Li Jun speculated that this must be a new demon god created by Nuwa using the power of Nuwa's intestines. As for why the other party did this, Li Jun was not quite sure.

Li Jun said, "That fox spirit comes from Qingqiu, but it is also related to Gushou Mountain. The Tushan clan of Qingqiu is a demon race that you created. Under your command, it went to the east from the wilderness of Suguang to recuperate."

"You two have countless connections, but what exactly is the deal with their nine-tailed fox?"

Li Jun wanted to know from the First Nuwa Goddess whether they had ever intended to create the Nine-Tailed Fox.

The First Goddess Nuwa said, "You took them into the Heavenly Court back then, so your connection with them is not shallow."

Li Jun nodded: "She called out for the Heavenly Emperor in that critical moment. What do you think that meant?"

The First Goddess Nuwa's eyes flickered slightly as she looked at Li Jun: "You mean, the person behind the scenes is yourself?"

Li Jun didn't mince words and expressed his thoughts: "At first I thought so, but then I thought maybe not."

The First Nuwa Goddess understood something, and looked at Li Jun with the same strange gaze as before that of the Guhuoniao: "Don't you remember what happened back then? Shouldn't you have awakened your memories of your past life?"

Li Jun said, "I don't know what happened next. Nuwa and Xi Wangmu were about to break through the sixth stage and enter the seventh stage. I don't know why they turned into this state."

The First Goddess Nuwa couldn't help but say, "Perhaps it was those two who betrayed you."

Whether it's the First Nuwa or the Guhuoniao, they both seem to be particularly eager to see Li Jun, the guy who stole their boyfriends, "crash and burn."

Li Jun toured the Shan Hai Jie area.

Next, they arrived at a place where the Ubume was already waiting.

This land of mountains and seas is filled with the characteristics of the demon race, with magnificent and eerie palaces hidden among the mountains and forests.

It doesn't resemble a city; rather, it's a blessed land blending into the landscape.

As Li Jun walked through it, he felt that it was constantly changing.

The picturesque pavilions soon fell into disrepair, and the gold and silver paint applied to them quickly lost its luster, as if time itself was accelerating its passage through this land.

This is a mountain and sea kingdom that appeared in ancient times and gradually disappeared. The speed of change seems to suggest that its existence was very short.

Seeing Li Jun approaching, the Guhuoniao pointed downwards.

"found it."

"look!"

This is Qingqiu, the sacred land of the fox clan in the past, and also the hometown of the fox spirit who escaped with only a wisp of soul.

At this moment, Li Jun returned here with its mask and double pupils, hoping to use it to uncover more of the truth from the past.

Standing on the edge of this land of mountains and seas, Li Jun looked down and saw that there were many more things rising up from below, some embedded in the land of mountains and seas, and others trying to replace it.

The First Nuwa Goddess followed, but she still didn't understand what Li Jun was going to do.

"What are you doing here?"

"There's nothing here, and we won't get any useful information."

Li Jun said meaningfully, "Just because you can't get it now doesn't mean you can't get it later."

Guhuoniao already knew what Li Jun was going to do: "He wants to see what this country of mountains and seas will look like in a few hundred years."

Nuwa's intestines looked at Li Jun: "Hundreds of years later, such a long time span, is it really possible to do this?"

Li Jun said, "We can give it a try. It's said to be several hundred years, but it's actually the changes of several hundred years in ancient times. Everything here is changing at an accelerated pace as things from the lower layers rise up. In other words, we can see what this place looks like after a period of time."

The First Goddess Nuwa seemed to know some of Li Jun's Azure Bird Divine Power, though not all of it.

"You're going to use the Bluebird's supernatural powers again. I know your Bluebird seems to be able to foresee future fortunes and misfortunes, and even see some future scenes."

"However, this kind of supernatural power must come at a great cost!"

As she said this, the First Nuwa Goddess glanced at Li Jun's celestial appearance. If she continued to pay such a price, things would get much worse.

Li Jun did not obtain the Ascension Jade, and the price has not yet been erased. The years that the Bluebird took from Li Jun in advance cannot be returned.

Do you still want to use it?

Li Jun nodded: "Yes, we'll need it."

The Guhuoniao scoffed, "Of course he'll use it, because I'm the one paying the price."

To avoid potential dangers, Li Jun seized Xihe's power, and then attached the double pupils that controlled the bluebird to the Guhuoniao, using these double pupils to control her.

She activated the Bluebird's supernatural power with her double pupils, allowing Li Jun to not only see some future scenes, but also without having to pay the price himself.

Unmoved by the Guhuoniao's taunts, Li Jun quickly activated the bluebird's power on the spot.

"Chirp!"

As the familiar cry of the bluebird echoed in his ears, Li Jun turned his head and could vaguely see the shadow of a phoenix circling around the Guhuoniao.

Then the double pupils in the Guhuoniao's eyes split open, and the light reflected many images, illuminating everything around it.

The kingdom of mountains and seas itself did not change much, but in the eyes of that double-pupiled being, everything around it began to transform at an accelerated pace.

"ten years!"

"Fifty years!"

"a hundred years."

Li Jun stood face to face with the Guhuoniao and saw more and more things from the lower levels rising up and filling the interior of this mountain and sea kingdom.

Li Jun saw the pavilions rise and fall here, and the Kingdom of Mountains and Seas changed one after another, seemingly changing one master after another.

Finally, the scene he saw was beyond the time period he had been in before, that is, the time when he left the ancient era in the Jade Pool of Heaven.

Li Jun said, "We need to be even faster. The cost of Qingniao is not small. If we can solve it in one go, we must see the key thing this time."

The Ubume seemed to be in bad shape, and gritted her teeth as she said, "I know."

Then he saw the light of the bluebird completely envelop the Guhuoniao, and the scene Li Jun saw was instantly pushed forward, the scene of Qingqiu that his eyes saw was directly pushed to two or three hundred years in ancient time.

"Boom!"

Li Jun felt a blur before his eyes, and when he looked around, all he saw was a scene of broken walls and ruins.

At this time, the Qingqiu below had been completely destroyed and turned into ruins.

There was no sign of any humanoid Qingqiu fox clan members or cultivators, only a few foxes reduced to wild beasts huddled in someone's unknown grave.

Li Jun didn't look at anything else.

Following the phantom of the fox, we arrived at the tomb.

Passing past several rows of tomb guardian beasts covered in vines, the tombstone recorded the life of the deceased, the sixth ruler of Qingqiu Kingdom. He might not be considered a great figure in the vast wilderness, but in this area, he was practically a god.

The rest of the inscription on the tombstone is not important. It mainly states his birth year, who his parents were, and there is not much to say about the first half of his life. He was just a small clan ruler trapped in one place.

The ruler of such a small clan would hardly know what was happening in the distant wilderness, just as a village in the wilderness would be unaware of a change of dynasty outside.

However, his later life was quite interesting. The ancient text on the stele, when translated, roughly means this.

"Earth Mother Nuwa has collapsed!"

"All the immortals and saints perished. Before her death, Nuwa issued a golden decree of heaven, proclaiming to the four seas and eight wastelands that the position of Heavenly Emperor should be passed on to the human race Shennong. The various races of the Great Wilderness did not accept this."

"The Tushan clan, following the orders of Nuwa, followed the Human Emperor Shennong to conquer the Jiuli clan. The sixth ruler of the Tushan clan died in battle in the Southern Wilderness."

As Li Jun finished reading the inscription, the Guhuoniao was also reaching its limit and finally ended the power and supernatural abilities it had borrowed from the Qingniao.

All the strange phenomena around him disappeared, and Li Jun remained standing in the same spot, only looking at the Guhuoniao, whose figure began to change continuously.

Li Jun saw many of the characteristics of the Guhuoniao on her body. Her ability to transform into all living things had been taken away, and even her original appearance had been distorted and disappeared.

Finally, Li Jun saw a face appear on the Guhuoniao's face.

"The Three Generations of Western Mothers".

Li Jun was stunned for a moment, but in the end, the Guhuoniao returned to its original state. It seemed that its appearance was not affected at all, but what it actually lost was probably only known to the Guhuoniao itself.

Li Jun asked her, "How many years of your life did the bluebird take away?"

The Guhuoniao was in a daze for a long time before finally looking slowly at Li Jun: "I do hope it can take more."

Li Jun knew what she was thinking: "No matter how much you take away, you can't go back to ancient times and become the third generation of the Western Mother."

The Guhuoniao said, "How do you know it's not allowed?"

Li Jun stopped talking about that and began to think about the scene he had just seen. Although it was only a short record, it revealed a vast amount of information.

First Nuwa: "What did you see?"

Li Jun glanced at the First Nuwa Goddess, thought for a moment, and decided to tell her anyway. After all, this information seemed secret, but those who were about to rise from the lower levels should know it.

If that's the case, then it probably won't be a secret for long.

From that information, it seems that Nuwa was already dead, and that she was the Heavenly Emperor after Nuwa, or at least acting on behalf of the Heavenly Emperor.

The Heavenly Emperor after Nuwa's death should have been the Human Emperor Shennong. However, according to the inscription, when Nuwa died, all the gods and immortals in the sky also perished. As a result, when Shennong ascended to the throne, it seemed that he had nothing to support him except Nuwa's decree, which forced him to conquer the entire world.

Li Jun asked, "It's strange. Even if I'm gone, the Queen Mother of the West should be the next Heavenly Emperor, but she hasn't been seen. What exactly happened during this time?"

First Nuwa: "It seems that Nuwa has also betrayed you. She seized your throne and even defeated the Queen Mother of the West?"

Li Jun shook his head: "I don't think so."

The First Goddess Nuwa scoffed: "You trust her so much, yet she betrayed us in the past. Is your relationship with her more reliable than our symbiotic one?"

Now, the First Nuwa says she has let go of many things, but she still seems to harbor some resentment about certain things from back then.

Li Jun just felt it shouldn't be, he said.

"Because Nuwa died."

He said, "This shouldn't be. How could she die? Even if she really betrayed me, she took my throne and controlled the entire Heavenly Court. How could she have fallen so quickly? Something must have gone wrong."

The First Nuwa also found it strange: "It is somewhat strange. According to the arrangements of your Heavenly Court, the Queen Mother of the West is immortal, and the Tenth Goddess also has a method for immortality. The Peach Banquet can allow all the gods to live for lifetimes. How could it have come to this?"

Li Jun felt heavy-hearted, unable to understand many things.

At this moment, the Guhuoniao standing to the side pointed downwards and suddenly spoke.

Something is surfacing.

Li Jun looked down.

Beams of light rose from below, heading upwards.

Li Jun noticed it.

Those were pairs of double pupils, and countless celestial artifacts.

More importantly, both the double pupils and the immortal artifact have owners.

Those beings below haven't surfaced yet, but they've already begun preparing to exert influence on the Mountain and Sea Realm, just like the fox spirit before.

The First Goddess Nuwa said, "Didn't you just say that Nuwa perished along with all the other gods? Then who are those other gods below?"

Li Jun shook his head: "We'll know soon enough."
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Mountain and sea realm.

Those with double pupils and immortal artifacts flew up and immediately began to "choose a master," at least that's what's circulating online.

As the golden crow patrolled the sky, a group of shadows appeared on the surface of a mountain and sea ruin called Xiaoyang Kingdom.

A group of people used the power of the Candle Dragon to send their souls into the mountains and seas, holding a candle that materialized from the yin, briefly forming a physical form within the realm of mountains and seas, and then began to enter this ruin in search of their "opportunity".

But just as they were getting ready, before they had even finished exploring the outer perimeter, they noticed movement from the lower levels.

Beams of light shot into the sky, and one of them fell down, striking their location with lightning speed.

"Get out of the way!"

"That's too late."

"Someone has been infected."

Someone was struck by the light, and a group of people cautiously approached, thinking that the unfortunate fellow had been annihilated.

As a result, the man sat cross-legged on the ground, looking like a completely different person.

He said he suddenly had an "enlightenment" and awakened his past life wisdom.

"I received the inheritance of an immortal. In my previous life, I was actually a great shaman of the Gonggong clan."

That feeling was quite like realizing today that I am who I am.

This scene didn't just happen here; it also unfolded in every corner of the Mountain and Sea Realm.

"The deity told me that I was a disciple of the Immortal Mountain in my previous life, so he came to enlighten me in this life."

"Today, I saw a deity from mythology. He said he came from Rongtian Mountain and wanted to summon me back to the mountain gate."

"I saw the Bashe..."

The world of mountains and seas suddenly erupted with various inheritances and extraordinary encounters, which at the same time greatly satisfied the needs of the overwhelming influx of humans into the world of mountains and seas.

Various inheritances and cultivation methods were passed down, allowing them to condense their ordinary souls into physical forms and become extraordinary beings.

However, most people still do not have that qualification, but at least they can attach themselves to a certain force to become people of the mountains and seas, and they also have some special abilities.

Many real-world humans have established sects and kingdoms in the Mountain and Sea Realm, and all sorts of forces are flourishing within it.

They built towns, established cities, occupied various ruins, and expanded outwards from these centers.

Some even entered the second or even third stage by virtue of certain resources, becoming the great shamans in ancient mythology, who could be said to be the rulers of a kingdom of mountains and seas.

Some are even more outrageous.

With those double pupils entering his body and wielding a celestial weapon, he appeared to have ascended to godhood in one step, becoming a figure resembling a Dao Ancestor in the Mountain and Sea Realm.

If Zhou Shentong and Zhang You were alive, they would probably be dumbfounded to see this scene.

The ruins of Xiaoyang Kingdom in the Shan Hai realm.

At this moment.

This land of mountains and sea has been transformed into a town with an ancient style but a modern core. The surrounding buildings look antique, but inside they are lit up with electric lights and use various electrical appliances.

Inside the ancient temple, the lights were so bright that it resembled a celestial palace. Several rivers crisscrossed the mountains and seas, and the town was practically situated in the middle of the water.

The ruler of this mountain and sea kingdom, who is also the great shaman who claims to have been born into the Gonggong clan in his previous life, lives in a pavilion on the water amidst several intersecting streams.

The pavilion had no support underneath, making it look like a giant lotus lantern placed on the water.

The highest point of the "Water Lotus Lantern".

In the luxurious palace.

"Double pupils...double pupils...Li Jun?"

The man was so shocked by the sudden appearance of the person in front of him that he almost collapsed to the ground, retreating to the window as if he were about to fall out and plunge into the raging torrent.

But when Li Jun looked over, the man was immediately subdued.

Li Jun asked him, "What did you see?"

He didn't want to speak, but he had to answer: "What did you see?"

Li Jun asked, "Why did Nuwa die? What exactly happened back then?"

The one who had awakened to his innate wisdom said, "I don't know, I know nothing."

Li Jun said, "Didn't you awaken your past life wisdom? Naturally, you also saw something."

The man said, "I just heard a voice in my head that told me this."

Li Jun didn't speak, but behind him, Guhuoniao stepped forward.

She wore a fox mask, held the double pupil in her hand, and activated the power of the immortal artifact.

"tell me!"

"You know."

After she spoke, the shadow of a nine-tailed fox appeared behind her, leaping through the air a few times, carrying with it a cloud of mist that swirled around the pillars and beams of the palace.

A force suddenly rushed directly into the double pupils, as if it had taken control of the true master of those double pupils, making him come out to talk to Li Jun.

In a daze, the man's fearful expression slowly disappeared, his eyes became vast and calm, and then he slowly sat down cross-legged.

"A cataclysmic event!"

Li Jun asked, "What great calamity of heaven and earth?"

The other party replied, "When the great calamity begins, the Heavenly Emperor will fall from the Imperial Palace, and all the gods will enter the cycle of reincarnation."

"All the rules of the Great Wilderness will be disrupted and fall into chaos. Celestial artifacts and double pupils will rush into the mortal world to choose a master, waiting for the Celestial Realm to reopen and order to be restored."

"This will all end when a new Heavenly Emperor appears."

"But it's no use, the next great calamity will still come."

Li Jun asked, "You still haven't said why Nuwa died, and what the great calamity was aimed at."

The other party said, "Heaven and earth are ruthless, treating all things as straw dogs. In this world, whether it is the Heavenly Emperor, the immortals, or all cultivators and people of mountains and seas, they are all just pigs and dogs under the Heavenly Dao."

"When the great calamity comes, they will naturally turn to dust and be harvested by the Heavenly Dao."

Li Jun finally grasped the key point: "When did the great calamity of heaven and earth begin to appear, and who is the source behind it?"

Li Jun didn't recall such a thing existing; at least, it certainly didn't exist when he was still alive.

Suddenly, the person in front of me seemed to break free from their restraints, and their eyes became incredibly sharp.

He revealed a deep-seated hatred, staring intently at Li Jun.

"You are the source!"

"Emperor Jun!"

Subsequently.

Then they saw the person's body turn into blood mist in an instant. The double pupils and the immortal artifact tried to escape, but were caught and stopped by Li Jun.

However, a sentence remained in the air.

"The last great calamity of heaven and earth continued for ten thousand years. We have finally found your weakness. It turns out you were hiding here."

"This time."

"We will absolutely not let you succeed."

"We want to transcend heaven and earth and break free from your shackles."

(End of this chapter)