Primordial Era: The Great Serpent of Yunmeng

Chapter 2 Magical Treasures and the Candle Dragon's Calendar Fixation

Amidst the drumbeats, Qi retrieved his previous memories.

In addition, the scene of Pangu creating the world helps Qi understand where he is now: this is the primordial world.

The sky is round and the earth is square, boundless and limitless, a world where immortals and gods are everywhere, and various myths and legends appear.

A world teeming with spiritual treasures and roots, abundant opportunities, and frequent calamities...

In his memory, He saw the great calamity that was to come.

From the struggle for survival between ferocious beasts and innate deities, there followed the struggle for the destiny of the three races of dragons and phoenixes, the struggle for the lineage of Dao and demons, the struggle between the shamans and demons over heaven and earth, and the struggle between the philosophies of Chan and Jie.

If this is true, then the living environment of immortals and gods must be extremely harsh, and the living beings below them must live in constant fear and uncertainty. How utterly despicable!

He saw that He was originally a mortal who had lived in the mundane world for more than twenty years, so calm that even death could not cause a ripple.

He had a sudden act of kindness and saved two children who had fallen into the water. After saving one, he returned.

She suffered a cramp while trying to save the second child, and ran out of strength before she could reach the second child. In the end, she and the second child perished in the water.

I seemed to hear the anxious voices around me growing fainter, and then my consciousness went completely dark.

Suddenly a white dot appeared, emitting light that shone on him, after which he fell into a long slumber.

I don't know where I am or how much time has passed, I just feel warm and at peace.

Upon waking, I felt completely refreshed and full of energy, with a peaceful mind and a perfect and complete spirit.

His divine power flowed as naturally as an instinct, just as he could control the water in a pond with a thought, and disperse it when he no longer wanted it.

Although I don't know why it works, it's usable and functions like an extension of my arm.

At this moment, the lotus platform suddenly vibrated, drawing Qi's mind into the platform.

Qi looked inside the lotus platform and found a scripture of more than 12,000 characters.

Its name is "The True Scripture of the White Lotus Purifying the World and Universally Transforming the Way".

Qi had never seen any of the characters before, but when he saw them, he understood their meaning. Each character seemed to be evolving the scene of existence and non-existence at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

There is another scripture appearing next to the main scripture, but the number of words varies, and the wording and content are constantly changing.

The meaning of the text has not changed at all; it has been trying to explain the principle that when Pangu separated heaven and earth, heaven and earth came into being from nothing, and that existence and non-existence transformed into each other, with non-existence swallowing existence.

However, after forming a complete scripture, it began to be reinterpreted.

Each time it was completed, it would soon start all over again, with only the title remaining unchanged from beginning to end.

Each completed work is ultimately transformed into a single word and added to the scripture. The addition of each word causes changes to the preceding text, and may even destroy the writing.

The disappearance and reappearance of sentences seem to indicate a conflict between the content and the preceding text, making the scripture contradictory and illogical.

Qi discovered that the reasoning behind each character's manifestation was different, yet it harmonized perfectly with the next character, making perfect sense.

Everyone thought it was correct, but sometimes when new words were added, the content was very different from the previous text, even vastly different.

The different paragraphs flow smoothly together, but when the entire text is written in parallel, the content becomes scattered and disorganized, like a tangled mess.

This causes the preceding text to continuously break down, or paragraphs to disappear one by one.

Qi was deeply captivated by this scene, so engrossed that she lost track of time.

The body unconsciously began to try to learn and understand the path of the White Lotus.

In contrast to Pangu, who created heaven and earth, the sky outside suddenly lit up.

The light even broke through the barrier in the swamp and shone on Qi. The sound of the Great Dao resounded in the sky, startling Qi awake.

All that could be heard in the world was:

"I am the god of Zhongshan, named Zhu, who felt the darkness of heaven and earth, where there was no sign of time."

"Living beings are unaware of time, and heaven and earth cannot revolve. From this day forward, I will regard day as night, darkness as night, the blowing of the wind as winter, and the exhalation as summer. I will neither drink nor eat."

"Until the world is in harmony with yin and yang, the natural order will come to an end."

From this point on, the sun and moon in the sky began to move according to the candle's pattern, and the alternation of the sun and moon was timed using the candle.

The distance from the ground is used to control the cycle of winter and summer, and the stars follow the sun and moon.

The gods who had awakened on earth all looked at the stars in the sky and, though they could not see the whole picture, they still gained something.

The number of times the sun and moon alternate during the cycle of winter and summer was used to establish that the number of days in a year is 365, and every four years is increased by one, which is called the true number of the sun.

Because winter and summer are too long, a transitional period was chosen as spring and autumn.

After 129,600 years, a celestial voice resounded, and the gods, who had been completely absorbed in the movement of the sun and moon, returned to their senses and discovered that the celestial calendar had been completed.

Then I heard:

"My name is Zhu. Today, the celestial calendar and earthly calendar are complete. I celebrate this occasion. From now on, every 129,600 years will be a new era."

The heavens and earth resounded with the Daoist voice, which continued for 108 days without ceasing. The gods then called 108 the number of the Lesser Heavenly Cycle.

Qi also admired Zhu's actions; there was not a single error in the time calculation during this entire cycle, and the accuracy was impeccable.

The movement of the stars has created an incredibly vast and complex operating mechanism, which everyone senses contains immense power.

It's hard to understand, yet it's so addictive that you can't help but be hooked.

Qi looked up at the cover that had been operating since its birth, as if he could see the laws governing its operation.

No longer unchanging, but countless streams of light moving in various ways.

Qi channeled his spiritual energy into the process, attempting to disrupt their operation, but found it had little effect.

The spiritual energy was swept up and incorporated into the process, becoming uncontrollable, like trying to move a mountain with a single straw.

Praying for blessings from the heart, I learned that this is called a "formation".

Over the next few eons, Qi continued to learn from spiritual treasures such as the great formation and the lotus platform.

They understood their uses and functions, and when they got tired, they would play the flute they made from lotus stems.

From knowing the Tao but not its reasons, one gradually develops one's own understanding.

The xiao (vertical bamboo flute) also gradually became normal through trial and error, from being unable to produce any sound to being able to play the notes it wanted.

In this process, they often end up embarrassed and disgraced by making wrong attempts at forming large formations.

However, under the protection of the lotus platform, everything remained safe and sound, and they had a complete grasp of all the changes in the great formation.

I also learned their names.

The lotus platform is a supreme innate spiritual treasure, a twelve-petaled pure white lotus, which internally embodies the principles of creation and transformation between existence and non-existence.

By remaining untainted by defilement, one is free from the karmic forces of heaven and earth, untouched by calamities, and thus purified by the universe.

Sitting upright, a pure light descends, protecting the mind and body.

The drum is a superior innate spiritual treasure, named the Water Splendor Awakening Drum, which internally embodies the way of Pangu's roar and the birth of the world by heavenly thunder.

It has the effect of warding off evil spirits and dispelling malevolent influences. When struck, it can generate divine thunder from the Purple Heaven, which can be used to fight enemies and protect the path.

The whip is a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, named the World-Breaking White Jade Token. The whip has 129,600 runes on its body, which is the number of Yuanhui (a unit of time in Chinese astrology).

It records the sparks and flashes of light and lightning generated by Pangu's axe when it created the world.

When waved, the runes move automatically, surrounded by a clear light, specifically designed to break through the spiritual light of magical treasures and protect the body's true energy.

It is incredibly tough, a hexagonal pillar that can be long or short and can be bent at will.

The short whip is made of hard armor and stiff material, while the long whip is made of soft material and can be used for striking. Neither has the power to suppress the flow of energy.

The Imperial Bell is a mid-grade innate spiritual treasure, a calming bell, containing the rhythm of pure energy rising and turbid energy descending.

When shaken, it produces clear and turbid sounds. Clear sounds bring peace of mind, while turbid sounds leave one feeling confused and disoriented.

When two sounds are heard simultaneously, they can harm a person's spirit and soul, causing the six desires and seven emotions to become agitated and bewildering.

The formation is the Primordial Cloud Dream Grand Formation, which primarily uses illusion, concealment, and trapping, with offensive capabilities as a secondary function.

It's not a pure killing formation; compared to other formations, its damage output is rather mediocre at the same level.

However, it should not be underestimated. The cloud formations within are generally ineffective against protective spiritual light, but they specifically damage a person's consciousness, making those who enter the formation appear as if they are blind and deaf, unable to escape.

(End of this chapter)