Primordial Era: The Great Serpent of Yunmeng

Chapter 59 Praying for Return to Yunmeng, Changes in Heaven and Earth

Bai Ling's banquet proved useful after all. Once the singing and dancing ended, Qi regained control of the water management authority over Yunmengze.

The Yunmeng waters, which had been suppressed by Fuxi, were released by Qi and became turbulent again, with the tides rising and falling much more violently.

Yunmengze absorbed a lot of foreign water and released a lot of previously accumulated stagnant water, which had a wide impact on the surrounding major water systems.

These effects caused devastating losses to the creatures living in Yunmengze, with raging tides flooding many farmlands and towns.

These areas, which could only exist under the suppression of Fuxi in the past, have now returned to the water and become a vast swamp.

Similarly, many former marshes have receded, revealing fertile soil and silt underneath. With just a little modification, they can be transformed into excellent farmland.

The same was true for the surrounding water system. Many water gods who had visited Yu Qi to discuss water vapor when he was not in Yunmengze were dumbfounded, as this was different from what had been discussed before.

This has a great impact on them. The water system and its atmosphere have undergone tremendous changes. The sudden increase or decrease in the flow of the river will shake their fortune.

The environment around the water system will also be affected, and the living environment of the surrounding creatures will change, and their living conditions will also undergo tremendous changes.

This caused them to lose control of their surroundings and made it difficult for them to gather the fortunes of all living beings within the water system.

Some are kind-hearted and feel heartbroken for the injuries and deaths of all living beings, while others only care about themselves and feel pain for their own losses.

They were confused and angry, feeling deceived, and spontaneously set off for Yunmengze.

These all happened during the banquet.

For a thousand years, the world has undergone tremendous changes.

The entire eastern and western continents have been affected, and the effects have only just begun.

Even a slight change upstream of a river can have an immeasurable impact downstream.

Within a single era, the water systems of both the eastern and western continents are unlikely to remain calm.

Whether it's the four rivers and eight streams of the eastern continent or the three rivers and twelve rivers of the west, they all generate a lot of changes in water flow, thus affecting the entire continent.

Fuxi sensed the changes taking place in Yunmeng Marsh and wanted to find Qi to ask why, as this had a huge impact on the primordial world.

Fuxi even felt that this impact might be the largest in terms of the number of living beings in the primordial world since the Great Calamity of the Ferocious Beasts.

It could cause the deaths of trillions of living beings in the world!

Nuwa tried to stop him, but failed. Fuxi broke free and walked straight towards Qi's residence, his anger completely uncontrollable.

Fuxi could not find Qi at Qi's residence, so he could only use his divine sense to search for him, only to find that Qi was still drinking alone in the pavilion in the center of the pond.

"After doing such a thing, you still have the heart to drink?"

Fuxi's rage was boundless, and he slammed his hand on the stone table in front of Qi, making a loud noise, but the stone table remained unharmed.

Qi used his divine power to protect the stone table, preventing it from suffering the cruel hand of Fuxi.

"Are you angry? Sit down."

Qi's voice was calm as he pointed to the stool beside him.

"What else can you do? This concerns countless lives on two continents, and you can just act so recklessly? It's utterly absurd!"

Fuxi did not sit down, but instead angrily questioned Qi.

Taiyi and Dijun listened quietly in a corner. Before long, Nuwa arrived, and the three of them listened to the conversation between the two.

With pre-planned methods, Chaos Bell could allow Taiyi to hear their voices without damaging the Chixin Pavilion's barrier.

"Did you know Qi would do this? This kind of tactic can't be accomplished in a short time."

Di Jun and Nuwa were somewhat curious.

"This was bound to happen. It was inevitable that Fuxi would be persuaded by the water gods and have compassion for those living beings."

"Why? Isn't this a good thing?"

Nuwa was truly bewildered this time. This was a good thing for all living beings, so why did Taiyi say that the prayer meeting must be like this?

Prayer is also a form of compassion for all living beings in the world, so how did it become an inevitability?

Di Jun was also somewhat puzzled. In his opinion, this was a good thing for Qi, as it would allow him to easily gather a large amount of fortune, which would also benefit all living beings. Qi should not refuse it.

Seeing their confusion, Taiyi explained:

"Although prayer has compassion for all living beings, its fundamental principle is based on the foundation of heaven and earth. One can save and love, but one cannot interfere with the operation of heaven and earth."

"Or rather, we cannot directly interfere unless it is beneficial to heaven, earth, and all living beings, just like when we first preached in Yunmengze."

At this point, Taiyi glanced at Dijun and said:

"You've spent so much time with Qi, and Qi has always been very cautious about this, never using the power of water control lightly, precisely because she's worried about something like this happening."

"Ki's compassion for all beings is not limited to the present moment; he values ​​the future even more. He believes that there is hope only in the unknowable future."

"In Qi's view, the gods' manipulation of heaven and earth is to obliterate the future of living beings. If heaven and earth remain unchanged, it is as if the future of living beings has no chance to be changed, and they become a stagnant pool."

"Therefore, Qi never interfered with the evolution of Yunmengze in the past, only retaining a certain amount of necessary water vapor, and letting the rest flow freely."

"These changes are a glimmer of hope for changing the fate of all living beings that Qi can influence in Yunmengze."

"Because of the changing environment, Qi believes it is the optimal solution to prevent social stratification."

"At the urging of many water gods, Fuxi manipulated the changes in Yunmeng Marsh, which was tantamount to erasing the hope that Qi left for all living beings."

"Given Qi's personality, this became inevitable."

Taiyi's voice stopped, and Dijun and Nuwa were also thinking.

After a moment, Nuwa asked:

"Since you knew, why didn't you stop it or warn me? How are we going to clean this up now?!"

Nuwa felt completely overwhelmed.

Di Jun looked at Tai Yi with a great headache. Yes, why didn't you stop them or give them a hint? Now it's a problem how to get the two of them out of this mess.

Taiyi also explained:

"Don't blame me. Although I knew it at the time, I was just like you. I couldn't bear it and was persuaded by them."

Di Jun was truly speechless, and he and Nuwa looked at each other in bewilderment.

"How should we handle this? Fuxi won't give up so easily; those are two continents! And the key is how to resolve this now."

Di Jun had a splitting headache; he really didn't want his friend of many years to drift apart like this.

Nuwa nodded in agreement.

Taiyi simply smiled and said:

"It's alright, Fellow Daoist Fuxi will figure it out. As for now, at most Fellow Daoist Fuxi will just get a beating, it's nothing."

"Fellow Daoist Qi will act with restraint. As long as Fellow Daoist Fuxi understands the situation and doesn't stubbornly resist, he will only need to recuperate for a few eons at most. It's not a big deal."

"We just need Fellow Daoist Nuwa to help persuade Fellow Daoist Fuxi not to think that this great calamity was caused by him alone."

Upon hearing this, Di Jun realized what was happening and relaxed considerably, his expression no longer somber.

Nuwa, on the other hand, was completely stumped.

Because she realized that, given Fuxi's personality, he might really blame everything on himself, since Qi's actions were reasonable.

Nuwa now looked pained, wanting nothing more than to strangle Taiyi or kill herself by smashing her head against a wall.

On the other hand, the communication between Qi and Fuxi had only just begun.

(End of this chapter)