I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 125 Supplementing Procedures

Huangquan.

When Li Jun woke up, he found himself floating above the Yellow Springs.

He had no body, not even a complete form of soul; he was just a mass of consciousness and information.

But soon a pair of eyes appeared in this consciousness. Li Jun's eyes shone brightly as he slowly emerged from the Yellow Springs.

He looked down and saw the Three Lives Stone rise up, growing larger and larger beneath his feet until it resembled an endless stone platform.

Tu Bo's shadow climbed up from the other side, but he quickly controlled it. Even the entire Yellow Springs was reflected in his eyes, allowing him to clearly see the cycle of life and death of all living beings.

"The Queen Mother of the West's double pupils."

Back then, the Three Lives Stone, a magical artifact, and the method to control it were not written in the Investiture of the Gods, because in Li Jun's mind, the Queen Mother of the West was his partner in establishing the Heavenly Court, not his subordinate.

Therefore, Li Jun later saw many ghosts and gods above the Yellow Springs and different underworlds, belonging to various Buddhist and Taoist sects. This was because the Heavenly Emperors of past dynasties could not control the Three Lives Stone, so they could only create underworlds on the original basis to control the Yellow Springs.

This situation continued until, ten thousand years later, Li Jun exploited a loophole.

Li Jun looked into the distance again, and he seemed to see the shadow of a bluebird flying into the distance, and the Queen Mother of the West was still watching him from somewhere.

Li Jun asked her, "What exactly happened?"

The voice of the Queen Mother of the West appeared and told Li Jun.

“You never came back after you left back then, and your body and soul gradually began to change.”

“One day, your body suddenly began to move, and you stepped down from the Jade Pool.”

“At first I thought you had returned, but then I realized something was wrong with you. As he walked down, he was gathering all his power and demanding the last divine stone you gave me.”

"At that moment, I realized that your soul was being influenced by the instincts of the Emperor's body."

“But I can’t allow him to do that.”

Li Jun understood what the Queen Mother of the West meant: "Because doing this would prevent me from ever returning in ten thousand years?"

The Queen Mother of the West told Li Jun, "That's right, you didn't come back then."

She continued, "And I suddenly realized that if I allowed him to do that, you would never have been born, and you would never have been able to come back."

"In fact, the same situation occurred at that time. When the Emperor's body descended, the entire mountain and sea gradually disappeared."

“Your soul and imperial body were completely controlled by your own desire for perfection, and you didn’t care about anything else. I had to do something to stop it.”

Li Jun nodded and spoke to the shadow of the bluebird high above.

"You chose to use that divine stone to complete the transformation and transcendence. Only higher-dimensional power can solve higher-dimensional problems."

The Queen Mother of the West continued, "But transcendence in the Yellow Springs cannot solve the problem. I have taken away your Bluebird; only the power of time can resolve the issues within you."

Li Jun then asked, "So, what happened next?"

The Queen Mother of the West: "When I transcended, I actually took the Emperor's body with me, but the soul within the Emperor's body remained in the mortal world."

"Moreover, without the Emperor's body to control all the demons and ghosts, the entire order of the mountains and seas is collapsing, and the demons and ghosts are starting to lose control one after another."

"Later, in order to control all the demons and gods and to maintain the order of the Mountain and Sea Realm, Nuwa took your Investiture of the Gods and merged with some of your power to ascend to the throne of the Heavenly Emperor, thus maintaining the order of the Mountain and Sea Realm and preventing its collapse."

"However, after merging with the power of the Investiture of the Gods, another problem arose. She was gradually eroded by the power of the Emperor's Body, and eventually the Emperor's Body and your soul would reappear in her body."

"This was the first great calamity of heaven and earth."

"The later Heavenly Emperors, some of them came to maintain the order of the mountains and seas, while others came for the throne. But in the end, they all found that as long as they sat on the throne, they would eventually become your puppets, the transformation of the imperial body in the mortal world."

"But by then, it will be too late."

Li Jun finally figured out the cause and effect and understood some of the truths of the past.

Next, he needed to make plans and preparations for what would happen next.

Thinking of this, Li Jun, who was on the Three Lives Stone, raised his head.

"From a perspective that transcends time, you should already be able to see the future. The past, present, and future should all be right before your eyes."

"What should I do to solve this problem?"

"and."

"It is you who have repeatedly sent me from the future into the past!"

At this moment, Li Jun also unraveled part of the mystery of why he kept traveling to the ancient era.

The shadow above the bluebird shook its head and told Li Jun.

"Some are me, some are not me."

"At least."

"I didn't do the thing that took you ten thousand years ago with that divine stone."

"The cause and effect of this matter are not yet determined, and the future is uncertain. I see many possibilities, and I can only say that I am exerting influence to guide the future toward the one that you and I want."

Finally, she said.

"I hope you can come back safely."

"Returning intact."

Li Jun was silent for a while, then asked her.

"How can I solve this problem, that is, complete the causal cycle of the beginning and end of this divine stone?"

"Only in this way can we usher in a true future and push both the Mountain and Sea Realm and humankind on Earth into a completely new chapter."

The Queen Mother of the West seemed to look into the distance before speaking.

"The missing segments of the current causal cycle are several in number, and you must fill in these missing segments."

"The first is the origin and end of the divine stone, the second is the birth and history of humankind on Earth, and the third is your own cycle of cause and effect."

"After completing these three cycles of cause and effect, you will truly transcend."

"It can also help me untangle this knot."

Li Jun: "Haven't you already transcended it?"

The Queen Mother of the West said, "The bluebird's double pupils are yours, and the body of the Emperor is also yours. I am now merely residing in a part of you, trapped outside of time."

“Before your cause and effect are completed, no one else or any other being can transcend it, because you are the first cause and the last effect. Everything we have depends on you.”

The Queen Mother of the West paused for a moment, then spoke with utmost seriousness.

“Li Jun, only you can truly transcend this, because you are the one who started this cycle of cause and effect.”

"What you saw at first was the fruit, which was the divine stone from ten thousand years ago."

"And now, you need to gradually determine the initial cause."

After saying this, the bluebird flew further and further away, gradually disappearing into an unknown place.

Li Jun also understood what Xi Wangmu meant by transcending him. His bluebird, double pupils, and imperial body had all transcended, while Xi Wangmu was attached to them. Therefore, she could not completely control the bluebird and could only let it hover above the years.

While his own power has transcended, this transcendence is merely a result.

The reason he transcended was that the divine stone and various other aspects were not fully resolved.

It's like he applied for a loan, and now the funds have been disbursed, but his paperwork hasn't been completed, so he can't actually receive the money.

Everything the Queen Mother of the West has done before and now is to ensure that Li Jun completes this process so that he can obtain the transcendent fruit of the Great Dao.

Li Jun sat cross-legged on the Three Lives Stone.

He thought for a long time and finally sorted out all his thoughts before standing up and continuing on his way.
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Li Jun emerged from the Yellow Springs. Before him lay a vast, desolate land, with abandoned villages along the roadside and a city faintly visible in the distance.

This place is located in the Eastern Wilderness and belongs to a cultivation dynasty called Dayu. It should be related to the Yinglong clan a thousand years ago, but this dynasty looks like it is on its last legs.

Li Jun wandered across the land like a lost soul, witnessing frequent disasters in various places.

On one side, there is a severe drought, and on the other side, floods are rampant.

In the arid land, all sorts of evil spirits and fierce gods emerged. Li Jun stood on the cracked field, watching the billowing black smoke rising from the cracks in the ground in the distance. Within the black smoke, countless fierce ghosts were screaming in agony, while a fierce god above was carrying them away into the distance.

Not far south, the floods swept across thousands of miles, engulfing one dynasty after another. These floods did not come out of nowhere. Li Jun looked into the raging torrents and could vaguely see evil dragons and monsters causing trouble.

This is true for the entire Great Wilderness nowadays.

The Eastern and Southern Wildernesses are plagued by drought and floods, the Northern Wilderness is haunted by the ferocious Heavenly Dog that devours the light of the sun and moon, the Western Wilderness is in turmoil by the Peach Demon, and various ferocious gods and evil demons are constantly emerging from beneath the earth.

The previous Heavenly Emperor and all the gods and immortals of the Heavenly Court have been gone for almost fifty years. Demons, gods, and ghosts in various places have gradually gone out of control, which has led to the situation we see now.

Moreover, it is foreseeable that if no one does anything, the situation will only get worse.

Li Jun watched all of this unfold.

But at this moment, he was merely a consciousness with double pupils, wandering across the four seas and eight wastelands, and could do nothing at all.

However, he did pick up quite a few magical artifacts along the way.

Those celestial artifacts must have fallen when the previous Heavenly Emperor died and the Heavenly Court was destroyed. The divine objects were scattered all over the Great Wilderness. Li Jun found a few that were usable and took them with him.

After gaining a preliminary understanding of the situation in the Great Wilderness, he headed to the Western Wilderness.

"Go find Nuwa's intestines!"

The former Suguang Field is long gone, or rather, no one calls this place Suguang Field anymore.

There are dozens of countries of varying sizes here, and it seems quite chaotic. Even without the interference of demons and ghosts, they still wage war against each other, and now, in the struggle for power and resources, this situation has become even more serious.

As for joining forces to fight against demons and ghosts, that simply doesn't exist here.

As Li Jun walked by, he also looked at the strange people of the mountains and seas a thousand years later. After a thousand years of great integration, the situation had undergone some changes that Li Jun had not expected.

A thousand years ago, the strange people of the mountains and seas all had unusual appearances, and it was clear at a glance that they were not ordinary people.

Now, most of the people of the Great Wilderness have returned to the appearance of ordinary people. At least, without careful observation, it is impossible to see the obvious characteristics of those extraordinary beings.

However, upon observing their bodies, Li Jun discovered that they all possessed traces of mixed demonic and ghostly power seeds. If these seeds were drawn out, they could truly gain the attention of those demonic and ghostly beings and become ancient sorcerers or, as the Great Wilderness now calls them, cultivators.

As Li Jun walked and looked around, he finally found the location of the former Intestineless Kingdom. Correspondingly, Li Jun also found the entrance from the Plain of Grain to the core of the underground Nuwa's Intestine.

Over the millennia, mountains and seas have changed, and the terrain has undergone many transformations, but some traces of the past still remain.

Li Jun went deep into it.

This place used to be a den of dragons and tigers for him, because he didn't understand the power and changes within.

Now, Li Jun easily bypassed the layers of deadly obstacles and evaded the attention and power of Nuwa's intestines to enter it.

At the same time, he also used the power of Nuwa's intestines to create a physical body for himself.

In fact, one could achieve something similar by reincarnating once in the underworld, but Li Jun still didn't want to create a father for himself.

Inside a cave, something resembling an embryo was wriggling high up, and then a body fell from inside.

The body started as a child, but as it fell, it grew into a teenager, and upon landing, it transformed into a young adult.

Li Jun touched his face and felt much more comfortable having a body.

"It's alive again."

Having created a body, Li Jun then looked deep into Nuwa's intestines.

He came here for another purpose besides creating a body.

Li Jun recalled what the First Goddess Nuwa had said before. He had forgotten the exact words, but he understood the meaning.

Since the marks of the nine women exist within Nuwa's body, and they were able to come back to life ten thousand years later with the revival of the mountains and seas, then Nuwa's mark should still be inside Nuwa's intestines.

Even if she really died, at least Li Jun could revive a part of her.

Few can compare to the power of immortality and resurrection as Nuwa's intestines.

With that in mind, Li Jun continued walking towards the interior of Nuwa's intestines, which is the heart of the mountains and seas.

Using the old method, he concealed himself with a portion of the power of the demon god Xuanming and gradually penetrated deeper into it.

Subsequently, based on his experiences and memories from ten thousand years later, Li Jun located the Nuwa Palace.

Ordinary people cannot enter this place, and even if they do, the Nuwa Palace will not appear.

But when Li Jun came over, he revealed his true appearance.

It just appeared out of nowhere.

It was as if they were waiting for Li Jun.

Li Jun stood below, looking up at the palace complex that shone with light in the darkness.

"Did they already know I was coming?"

Thinking about it, Li Jun didn't find it strange either.

Nuwa knew many of Li Jun's secrets. Even if Li Jun didn't say them, she should have been able to guess them, or at least figure them out later.

After all, the other party is Nuwa.

She was also the Earth Mother who ruled the entire Great Wilderness after him, and the second Heavenly Emperor.

As she gradually discovered and resolved the problems, she should naturally have left some backup plans and preparations.

Li Jun walked towards the Nuwa Palace, thinking to himself at the same time.

"Are you waiting for me to come back and clean up this mess?"

"Are you still waiting for me to come back and resurrect you?"

Or is it both?

The palace complex began to change the moment Li Jun entered the first major gate; the entire Nuwa's Intestine began to move, as if it had locked onto Li Jun.

Li Jun understood that simply imitating himself was useless.

The other party still needs to confirm.

You are your true self.

At this moment, Li Jun thought, he has neither the body of an emperor nor the double pupils of the Azure Bird. He is different from the inside out. How can the other party confirm that he is Li Jun?

At that moment, Li Jun heard a familiar voice.

The other person asked him, "Who is the Queen Mother of the West?"

Li Jun was taken aback. This didn't seem to be a problem, nor was there anything special about it.

The origins and identity of the Queen Mother of the West are not a secret to a large portion of the ancient gods and immortals of the Great Wilderness.

However, if it were Nuwa, the answer she would ask would definitely not be this.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Jun replied, "Shao Li?"

Then, the entire Nuwa Palace opened up, and layers of light swept out from within, enveloping Li Jun like a vortex.

(End of this chapter)