The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 337 - 26 Pao Qi Returns to Her True Self (Part I)

Chapter 337: Chapter 26 Pao Qi Returns to Her True Self (Part I) freēwēbnovel.com

"Boom!"

The entire Fengyan Tribe revealed boundless auspicious radiance, with brilliant rays of light extending for miles and thousands of strands of purple qi. Nine giant dragons and nine colorful phoenixes soared abruptly into the skies, closely followed by an immense Merit Cloud.

As the Merit Cloud approached the heavens, it split into four parts. Two streams directly descended upon Pao Qi and Hua Ling, one stream fell upon Lord Zishu. And those remaining pieces of the Merit Cloud transformed into thousands upon thousands of golden arrows, falling upon the tribe’s members who had exerted effort for the human marriage.

Bathed in Merit, Pao Qi felt a warm sensation enveloping his whole body. That gentle and comfortable feeling was as if he was being embraced by his mother, leaving him utterly intoxicated. The portions of past life memories stored in his mind, which had just begun to awaken, now violently surged, with countless scenes growing clearer and clearer. The shackles that held him within the Martial Break Void realm were also blasted apart with the descent of Merit.

Pao Qi quickly immersed himself in the realm of Martial Arts, with numerous mysterious Laws unveiling themselves before him.

Standing beside Pao Qi, Hua Ling looked at the Merit Golden Cloud filling the sky, somewhat at a loss. When Merit poured down into her from above to below, from her head downwards, Hua Ling even closed her eyes in fear.

"Boom"

A boundless force, like a wild horse that had broken free, roared and galloped out of Hua Ling’s mind. That overwhelming sensation of expansion made her head feel like it was about to split.

"Damn!" Netherworld River, seeing this scene, his complexion abruptly changed. Waves of Blood Evil Power surged forth thunderously and directly poured into Hua Ling’s body, compressing the awakening Power of Primordial Spirit back into place within a blink of an eye.

"Fellow Daoist, compressing this Power of Primordial Spirit like this, I’m afraid it won’t benefit her Cultivation, right?" Laozi, frowning, observed Netherworld River’s actions and suddenly spoke with a frown.

"Hehe, it’s fine!" Netherworld River smiled faintly and said, "My Asura Clan’s Primordial Spirit is vastly different from those of other clans. Even if the Primordial Spirit perishes, there is still a way to be reborn!"

"Oh?" Laozi, upon hearing this, couldn’t help but chuckle softly, "That really is extraordinary!"

Netherworld River smiled and fell silent. After all, this was a secret of a clan, even Li Qingming was not privy to it.

...

Now, let’s take another look at Lord Zishu!

At this moment, he was watching the incoming Merit with boundless excitement, his smile stretching to his ears: "Damn it, Mr. Shu is finally about to break free! Hahaha, Cultivation, Mr. Shu is coming back! Realm, Mr. Shu is coming back!"

Following Lord Zishu’s expectant gaze, Merit touched him.

A quarter of an hour passed, half an hour passed, an hour passed...

"Damn it, why isn’t there any reaction?" Lord Zishu became enraged, restlessly drawing out his huge iron rod and swinging it around.

"Have you enjoyed cursing me over these years? Just keep on with that same skin and live through your endless life!" Suddenly, a very familiar voice echoed in Lord Zishu’s ears.

Lord Zishu shivered violently, and after carefully looking around, he nearly sycophantically transmitted his voice: "Sovereign, Zishu acknowledges his mistake! Please have mercy, Sovereign, and lift the Sealing from me, restore my True Body!"

After a long while, seeing no response from Li Qingming, Lord Zishu morosely picked up the iron rod that had fallen to the ground, grinding his large flat teeth in frustration.

...

After this human marriage, Pao Qi’s renown once again resounded throughout the lands of Shen Zhou. He established human relations, pioneered the arts of domestication, created runes to record events... The stories of Pao Qi of the Fengyan Tribe circulated among all the Human Clan.

Gradually, countless Human Clan tribes began to migrate south towards South Zhanbu Continent, integrating into the Fengyan Tribe, and revered Pao Qi as the Shared Ruler of the Human Clan.

As the Fengyan Tribe grew in stature day by day, Pao Qi also aged. Despite working hard every day, he showed no sign of aging, peacefully passing another ten years.

One day, as dawn neared, the Fengyan Tribe was like a mighty beast that slept in South Zhanbu Continent, vast and silent.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a thunderous explosion split the sky, completely waking the fierce tiger and shattering the tranquility of Shen Zhou.

Pao Qi climbed up from his bed with a shocked face, and as he reached the courtyard, the earth began to shake violently. Endless Earth’s Primordial Energy surged outwards, causing the continuous Chengji Mountains to tremble.

Countless boulders, the size of human heads, tumbled down from the mountain peaks. Pao Qi had reason to believe that if these boulders were to fall into the tribe, not to mention the complete death of the pigs and sheep, but the tribespeople would suffer heavy casualties as well.

With this thought in mind, Pao Qi clenched his teeth, his Cultivation at the Heavenly Immortal Realm burst forth, manipulating a giant net to float back and forth across Chengji Mountain, intercepting these boulders in mid-air.

After a few breaths, the earth returned to calm, and Chengji Mountain settled once more.

Pao Qi wiped the sweat from his forehead and soared onto the highest cliff of Chengji Mountain, gazing towards the Eastern Extremity.

At this moment, the eastern horizon was pitch black as ink, with massive visible bolts of lightning wildly dancing within the dark clouds. Billowing smoke and dust soared to the sky, with the torrential rain unable to wash away the omnipresent heat. That terrifying power of Heaven and Earth shattered one’s courage!

"What on earth has happened to this Eastern Extremity?" Pao Qi, with a puzzled look, furrowed his brow deeply.

Unbeknownst to all, the Great Sun rose in the east. The radiant sunlight, however, could not illuminate the gloom that enshrouded the East Pole lands.

Pao Qi and a group of tribal elders from the Human Clan sat solemnly in the council hall, each with furrowed brows. The atmosphere inside the hall was oppressively tense at that moment.

"Esteemed elders, do any of you know of any secret places in the Dongsheng Divine Continent? What could possibly trigger such a terrifying display of Heaven and Earth’s might?" Pao Qi broke the silence in the hall, initiating the conversation.

Ao Luo stood up and said, "Sovereign, my Ao Luo Tribe has resided in the Dongsheng Divine Continent for thousands of years, but we have never heard of any mysterious locations! Could it be that this cataclysmic event did not originate from the East Pole?"

"None?" Pao Qi pinched his brow, his face etched with distress.

At that moment, a clansman rushed in from outside the hall, fell to his knees, and reported, "Sovereign, a Mystic Robed Taoist has come to see you from outside the tribe. He says he is from the East Pole!"

"Oh?" Pao Qi’s eyes lit up and he commanded, "Quickly, bring him in!"

After a short while, a middle-aged Daoist of unique appearance, about seven feet tall, entered the great hall.

Pao Qi stood up and gave the Daoist a respectful bow, saying, "Greetings, Immortal."

The middle-aged Taoist stepped aside to avoid Pao Qi’s bow and said, "Sovereign, please spare me such great honors, I am not worthy!"

Pao Qi did not insist and then asked, "May I inquire the esteemed title of the Immortal and where you dwell?"

The middle-aged Taoist responded with a bow, saying, "Infinite Taoist Venerable! My Taoist name is Yun Hu, a Qi Cultivator from Luo Fu Mountain in the Dongsheng Divine Continent!"

Pao Qi’s eyes shone brightly and he questioned, "Yesterday, the East Pole lands were engulfed in fierce flames and torrential rain. May I ask what exactly occurred? Please enlighten us, Immortal."

"Alas!" Upon hearing this, Yun Hu sighed and explained, "The scenery of the Dongsheng Divine Continent may be spiritual and beautiful, but it lies on the brink of the Fire Element Qi’s rampant margin. Yesterday, the sky unleashed its wrath, igniting the Fire Element Qi within the Earth’s crust to surge rapidly. In an instant, the ground split asunder, and several surrounding volcanoes on the Dongsheng Divine Continent erupted in unison. This horrendous anomaly in Heaven and Earth even triggered drastic changes in the sky! With such lightning strikes and torrential downpours, the ground cracking, and volcanic eruptions, more than one-tenth of the entire Dongsheng Divine Continent was transformed into barren wasteland almost instantaneously. Countless people within its clans were either killed or injured!"

As he spoke, Yun Hu’s voice became increasingly somber and heavy.

"What?" Pao Qi spoke with suppressed fury, as if his eyes were about to burst.

"Although we who practice cultivation tried our best to save lives, we only managed to rescue a handful! We—I—we have failed in our duties given our cultivation levels!" Yun Hu cried uncontrollably, tears streaming down his face.

"This is destiny, destiny!" Pao Qi sighed, and in a moment, his temples turned white as if he had aged a decade in an instant.

"Sovereign..." The elders of the Human Clan were shocked and dismayed. To turn white-haired overnight — what sorrow, what despair!

"Dispatch the elite of the Human Clan, hurry to the Dongsheng Divine Continent to rescue our surviving kinsmen!" With a wave of his hand, Pao Qi shuffled out of the hall, his steps unsteady.

Gazing at the still bright and proud sun outside the hall, Pao Qi felt a coldness in his heart.

From that day on, Pao Qi seemed a changed man. Each day before the sun had risen, he would sit early atop Chengji Mountain waiting for sunrise; during stormy weather, he would insist on standing out in the rain, which left the entire Fengyan Clan’s people curious, not understanding what he was doing.

Finally, one day, Hua Ling could no longer bear to watch and approached Pao Qi, asking, "Brother Qi, in these past days, you’ve seemed obsessed, ignoring tribal affairs and all day long dealing with these intangible things—what exactly are you trying to do?"

Pao Qi, messing with a stone in his hand, scribbling aimlessly on the ground, replied without looking up, "Ling’er, why does it rain, why do volcanoes erupt, why does rain pour down from the sky..."

Hua Ling said, "The Heavenly Dao is unpredictable; who can know the reasons behind it?"

"Why do lightning and thunder rage!" Pao Qi kept repeating these seemingly nonsensical questions as if in a daze.

Looking at Pao Qi with a sense of helplessness, Hua Ling stomped her foot in frustration and covered her face as she turned away.

Mr. Shu saw this scene from beginning to end, waddling out of his small hole, and said to Pao Qi, "Do you know how many stars there are in the sky?"

Pao Qi, looking up in confusion, replied, "Pao Qi does not know!"

Mr. Shu kicked the stone from Pao Qi’s hand with a snap and asked, "Do you then know why sudden murderous intentions arise between Heaven and Earth?"

Pao Qi trembled all over, as if comprehending something.

Mr. Shu swiftly tossed out a Five-Colored Jade Stone, saying, "This is the wedding gift granted to you by the Taiching Saint, with this item you should be able to solve the matters on your mind!"

"Innate Calculation?" Pao Qi picked up the stone, murmuring to himself.

Thereafter, wherever he went, he always carried that Five-Colored Stone with him, pondering the Innate Calculation within it daily.

Over several years, by observing the daily changes in the weather, combined with the principles of Innate Calculation within the Five-Colored Stone, Pao Qi gradually discerned certain patterns. He created symbols to represent the weather and carved them into the clan’s large stone tablets.

Every evening, Pao Qi would carve the next day’s forecast onto the stone tablets. Still, some major natural disasters remained unpredictable, causing him to age overnight. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian [qidian.com] by casting your recommendation votes, monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to continue reading.)