Chapter 001: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate
In the mountains of Wanshou, there is also a green aura surrounding the summit, with the light of Wu Tu shining brightly from afar, receiving the vast and majestic breath of the sage in waves. The ginseng fruit trees sway, their three-year-old fruits chirping and laughing, as if congratulating the sage's emergence. The branches bow and shake, lowering their heads and eyes in reverence.
The Dong Huang Tai Yi above the nine heavens, Tian Di Emperor Jun, Yao Shi Kun Peng and others, although they can withstand the pressure, all chose to kowtow to the ground, worshiping the void with a height of tens of thousands of feet, and repeatedly knocking their heads in reverence!
Not to mention the many powerful beings in the vast wilderness who had different thoughts about Nüwa's ascension, but even on Qingxuan's side, a problem arose. As Nüwa departed, countless newly-born humans were seen, all uniform and prostrate on the ground, knocking their heads and shouting: "The human race pays homage to the Holy Master!" With this bow, Qingxuan was shaken, feeling a rumbling sound in his mind like thunder on a clear day, startling him as if the nine heavens had been disturbed!
The Azure Mystic's heart was moved by the resonance, and with a snap of his fingers, he calculated it. His Dharma Eye opened wide, piercing through the layers of veils that concealed it, and his divine thoughts directly entered the River of Fate. Suddenly, he discovered that as soon as humanity bowed down, their vital energy became connected to his own, with an almost inseparable bond driving them together. The vital energy of the Jade Flower Mountain lineage was even more closely tied to his own, with nearly half of it being linked to humanity. From then on, humanity would be protected by the Jade Flower lineage, and the Jade Flower lineage would benefit from their vital energy!
With this as a basis, Qing Xuan also figured out the fate of humanity and knew that they were not the main protagonists destined by heaven. Although teaching them had some merit, it wasn't much. He secretly sighed, no wonder Nüwa was so generous. However, he was also vigilant, knowing that teaching humanity required attention to many things and not everything could be passed down. Qing Xuan wasn't afraid of spoiling them, but rather didn't want to say that some things belonged to the future Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors' governance and teachings. Some things might produce merit and fate that would attract the attention of most of the powerful beings in the vast expanse if they were revealed now. If the witches and demons felt threatened, what would happen to humanity? Qing Xuan wouldn't be able to bear it!
Thinking of this, Qing Xuan first took out the You Ming lantern and placed it beside him, teaching the human tribe to take fire, slaughter pigs and sheep, roast food, and have a delicious meal. Then, from among the human tribe, he selected 125 people with the best roots and bones, taught them his own five-element Taoist methods, allowing them to learn the five-element spiritual powers, breathe in and out of spiritual energy, and at the same time be able to combine the five elements, form a five-element array, and come together to defend against enemies and protect the human tribe.
Later, Qing Xuan saw the human tribe again. At this time, they were all naked, not wearing a single thread. He let out a faint sigh and with a wave of his sleeve, summoned countless clean grass leaves to transform into simple clothes to cover their private parts. However, the humans felt deeply puzzled and confused, only having a sense of novelty. At that time, the human tribe had no concept of morality, nor did they have any shame in their hearts. Although they lacked etiquette and moral education, weren't they as pure as blank white paper, untainted by even a speck of dust?
The Azure Mystic thought to himself, "Although the land of human civilization is not far from Mount Buzhou, it is a place of evil, not suitable for humans to settle and make a living. However, it is after all the ancestral home of humanity, the birthplace of humanity. Moreover, there are still several thousand years until the Great War between Wizards and Demons. If we leave too early, I fear that the aura will be unstable." With that thought, the Azure Mystic flung his sleeve, supporting humanity, and then pointed to the ground, controlling the earth dragon to churn and surge. In an instant, gullies and ravines appeared, rocks split open, sand and stones flew about, mountains shifted positions, transforming into a formation of arrays, creating a secluded valley. At the same time, numerous caves opened up throughout the valley. The Azure Mystic nodded slightly, and with a flicker of his eyes, the lanterns in front of him transformed into countless sparks, turning into tens of thousands of bright lamps that hung from the tops of the caves, shining brightly like the full moon hanging above. Next, he gently shook the gourd of creation, sprinkling down a few drops of pure water, which turned into a skyful of sweet dew, nourishing the plants and trees for miles around. In an instant, the land within a radius of thousands of miles was filled with blooming flowers and ripe fruits, not a paradise of the immortals, but a heavenly realm of humanity!
The living environment of the human race is basically complete. The mysterious and subtle entrance to the mountain valley where the human race resides, a cave was opened at the top of a mountain peak, and then the dust in his hand was swung, and silver silk threads danced in the sky, with clear light intersecting, combining with thousands of golden silk threads, forming a web-like shape. With the Yuangu Qingdeng lantern at the center of the valley as the foundation, it covered the entire valley, forming a seal, protecting the entire ancestral court of the human race and warning the many cultivators around!
Generally speaking, Qingxuan guarded the human ancestors in the ancestral court on one hand and taught and guided humans to cultivate their lives, stabilize their own energy, and after a hundred years, Qingxuan suddenly felt that there was a slight problem with the lantern of the underworld. So he transformed into light and appeared before the lantern of the underworld, waved his sleeve, helped up the human who wanted to kowtow to him, took a look at the lantern of the underworld, and knew what was going on.
The Yu Ming Qing lamp, after being refined by the Xuan Wei and Qing Xuan several times, was influenced by the power of the Primordial Sun's Golden Flames, which remained in the branches of the Fu Sang tree. It has been upgraded to a top-grade Primordial Spirit Treasure, one of the Thirty-One Primordial Spirit Seals. The lamp body is ancient and simple, as if cast from blue gold, with a lotus-shaped cup and mysterious purple-gold patterns that seem to contain the Great Way's ultimate principles. A cluster of blue-gold flames at the flower bud emits a faint, ethereal glow that illuminates the void.
However, at this time the entire Yōmei Qingdēng was shrouded in a layer of white mist, and the milk-white lanterns that resembled lotus flowers were placed on top of each other, allowing any Tianxian Xiūshì to see through the Yōmei Qingdēng and witness countless humans kneeling and worshiping.
"It turns out that the human tribe has forgotten the power of faith and incense. Qingxuan let out a soft sigh, originally, Qingxuan had placed the Youming green lantern here for the human tribe to receive fire before the appearance of Suirenshi, but it was not without the intention of using the human tribe's aura to nourish the Youming green lantern. However, Qingxuan did not expect that at this time, the human tribe would kowtow and worship the green lantern every time they received fire, and the accumulated power of faith generated by their worship would gradually transform the Youming green lantern into a sacred artifact of the human path over the course of a hundred years."
It's no wonder that Hu's body, as the master of Qingxuan, had a premonition and came to take a look. He wanted to know that the Human Dao Sacred Instrument was the racial sacred instrument of the human race, just like the Creating Human Whip in Qingxuan's hand, representing the luck of a certain aspect of the human race. If the Youming Green Lantern really became the Human Dao Sacred Instrument, then whoever possessed it would definitely get a share of the human race's luck. The only flaw of this racial sacred instrument was that it rose and fell with the fate of the human race; if the human race declined, the Youming Green Lantern would inevitably fall from its position as a top-grade innate spiritual treasure. But what about the human race's racial sacred instrument??????
Thinking of this, Qing Xuan was just a finger away from the dark lantern, and the white faith force combined with the surrounding white faith force turned into a single white lotus seed with a golden center, placed in the center of the dark lantern's lotus-shaped lamp cup. The holy fire rose up, and Qing Xuan nodded slightly towards the person beside him. He discovered that someone nearby had a subtle response in his heart, and his body's aura was subtly connected to the green lantern in front of him. He was taken aback for a moment, then called the person over, pointed at something, and returned to the cave afterwards.
It is said that the person, under Qingxuan's guidance, observed the human saintly fire on top of the dim lantern in the netherworld every day. One day, a spark of the sacred fire fell onto his head, and he felt a sudden response. Using sharp stones and sticks, he drilled holes in dry wood to make a wooden strip for threading, and under the dry weather, faint blue smoke rose, and a thread of flame emerged. The person was overjoyed, and from then on, his tribe had a wonderful method for making fire!
Between heaven and earth, the first wisp of flame that was not born from heaven and earth was born. Heaven and earth naturally had a feeling, and suddenly the person received merit and virtue added to his body. The wisp of mysterious yellow energy wrapped around the person like clouds and fog gathering together. Qing Xuan was originally in the cave, meditating with his eyes closed, seeing the heavenly phenomenon, suddenly opening his Dharma eye, calculating with his fingers, instantly understanding the ins and outs of things, smiling slightly, then transforming into a flowing light, rushing to the place where merit and virtue descended!
Behold, that person's aura shines brightly from the top, their merits and virtues are like a golden wheel subtly revolving behind their head. Auspicious light follows them, all evil retreats! A cluster of flames on their palm burns without fuel, emitting ring after ring of red and yellow halos. This is a manifestation of their possession of meritorious objects, with crackling sounds that are barely audible.
That person saw Qingxuan, and couldn't help but be surprised and delighted. He knocked his head to the ground and bowed: "Greetings, Holy Master! I wish you a long and boundless life, and may you soon attain the Mixed Origin!" Qingxuan smiled slightly and calmly accepted the bow, although in the vast expanse of the universe there were those who would suffer great misfortune from accepting such homage. But that depended on who it was - Qingxuan was not only the Holy Master of the human tribe, but also the master of the Azure Lantern of the Underworld, equivalent to this person's teacher, and so could naturally accept it!
" Fellow Taoist, please get up. Fellow Taoist is now experiencing the green lamp's Tao rhyme of the poor Tao, creating a human life with the poor Tao, and has fate with the poor Tao. Are you willing to worship the poor Tao as a teacher and become the poor Tao's third direct disciple?" Xuan smiled and said, this person heard it with great joy, hurriedly kowtowed on the ground, shouting: "Pay respects to the master."
Qing Xuan lightly supported him and smiled: "From now on, you will be the ancestor of fire."
