Under One Person: I Opened the Age of Mythology

Chapter 579

The Southern Continent, once barren mountains and forests eroded by chaos, is now bustling with activity thanks to the inspiration of "Qingling Merits".

Golden auspicious clouds hung low, with celestial officials and deities moving among them, directing cultivators and spirits from all directions.

Soil swirls and spirit seeds are sown; the land, nourished by the pure spirit energy, is sprouting long-awaited tender shoots of life.

Sun Wukong stood in mid-air, gazing at the land that was gradually regaining its vitality. His eyes shone with golden light, showing both relief and a hint of solemnity that was hard to detect.

The Buddha's verse about "karma transforming calamities" always lingered in his mind.

"Immortal Lord! Look how well this 'Soil-Stabilizing Spirit Vine' is growing!"

A young earth spirit pointed excitedly to a patch of rapidly spreading lush green vines and reported to the Earth God.

The Earth God stroked his beard and nodded kindly: "The pure and spiritual energy contains the power of creation. Combined with our method of channeling the earth's veins, it will achieve twice the result with half the effort! Everyone, put in more effort, and once this 'Rejuvenating Forest' is restored, it will be recorded in the book of achievements!"

The cultivators were invigorated, and the radiance of their magical power rose and fell.

However, amidst this seemingly thriving restoration effort, an indescribable gloom quietly seeped in.

Beside the Earth God, a middle-aged cultivator from a major sect in the lower realm was intently moving a stubborn rock containing residual chaotic energy.

Beads of sweat trickled down his forehead, his eyes burning with an intense desire for "Qingling achievements"—his sect's resources were scarce, and if he could exchange them for spirit stones and pills bestowed by the Heavenly Court, or even a sliver of immortal destiny, he was willing to exert all his strength. Just as he was moving the boulder, his mind completely immersed in his anticipation of "achievements" and future "glory," an invisible and intangible aura quietly flowed into his weary body along with the Qingling Qi.

No one noticed. The aura was neither poisonous nor evil; instead, it carried a hint of soothing and seduction, like sweet spring water seeping into a parched heart, instantly amplifying the greed, anger, and delusion deep within him.

The middle-aged cultivator's body stiffened abruptly, and his movements came to a halt.

"Senior Brother Zhang, what's wrong?" his companion asked with concern.

"The achievements... are all mine! The elixirs! The opportunities for immortality! Nobody can take them from me!"

The middle-aged cultivator suddenly looked up, his eyes bloodshot, his facial muscles contorted, and he let out a beast-like roar. He actually hurled the heavy boulder in his hand at his companion beside him!

"Senior Brother Zhang has gone mad!" Exclamations arose from all sides.

This is not an isolated case.

At almost the same time, similar incidents occurred in several other parts of the restoration project.

Two rogue cultivators, who were originally on good terms, suddenly drew their swords against each other over a small patch of soil rich in spiritual energy. Each strike was deadly, and they roared that the other was trying to "steal my opportunity."

A female cultivator skilled in wood-element magic, in order to accelerate the growth of spiritual plants and gain more merit, disregarded the damage to her foundation and frantically squeezed out her own essence and blood. Her spiritual energy went berserk, blood seeped from her seven orifices, and she transformed into a ferocious "tree man" and pounced on the nearest celestial official!

"Hold on! Form a defensive formation! They've been corrupted by evil energy!"

Yang Jian reacted the fastest, his third eye on his forehead suddenly opening, and a silver light swept across the chaotic scene like lightning.

He saw it; deep within the Niwan Palace of those mad cultivators, there lurked an extremely faint, almost transparent, distorted light and shadow.

They have no fixed form, sometimes appearing like smoke or mist, sometimes condensing into a hideous face, greedily sucking up the host's obsessions and negative emotions, amplifying them a hundredfold, and inducing them to completely lose control.

"Karmic obstacles and demonic spirits!"

Yang Jian was deeply shaken and instantly understood the profound meaning of the Buddha's prophecy.

This is far from a simple case of qi deviation.

It was clearly the "karmic poison" that had spread from the pure spiritual energy that was causing the trouble.

These invisible demons, born from the embryonic core of the Chaos Pearl Mother and feeding on the greed, anger, and ignorance of living beings, are taking advantage of the restoration to quietly sow the seeds of chaos in the Three Realms!

Meanwhile, in Beiju Luzhou, there is the "Pure Karma Valley".

The land that was once riddled with huge wounds and churning with chaotic liquid is now a completely different sight.

The rift valley was constrained and compressed by a powerful force, transforming into a bottomless, dark red "river"—the River of Chaotic Earth Fire.

On both sides of the river, the spiritual fields and medicinal gardens cultivated by the immortal officials and heavenly soldiers of the Imperial Pharmacy are lush and green, growing strange spiritual herbs that can absorb evil energy.

The boy, whose core had been corrupted by chaos and who was awakened by Sun Wukong's Buddhist power, was now sitting cross-legged on a protruding dark rock at the edge of the rift valley.

The boy's name was "Jin," which was what the heavenly soldiers called him in private.

His eyes were tightly closed, but a deep purple mark between his brows, like a flickering flame, was faintly glowing.

The pure spiritual energy permeated the sky above the rift valley. Most of it was absorbed and transformed by the herb garden, but some strands, like the purest nutrients, were involuntarily drawn into Jin's body.

With each breath, the pure energy entered his body, like dry tinder thrown into a spark, igniting the seed of chaos dormant deep within his soul.

A warm, comfortable feeling, like the tranquility of returning to the womb, enveloped him. But along with it came countless broken, chaotic whispers echoing deep within his consciousness:
"Repair? Hypocritical! They're just plundering in another way..."

"Nature's wounds are its medals of self-healing; how can they be desecrated by external forces?"

"Flame... the earth's fire is the true source... purification is betrayal..."

Beneath him, the chaotic river of earth fire, which had been forcibly restrained, began to stir restlessly.

The dark red liquid surged into even higher waves, and the scorching air distorted the air, emitting a low groan, as if responding to the will that was gradually reviving within the boy.

A female immortal from the Medicine Palace was cautiously approaching the edge of the rift valley, intending to collect a sample of a mutated spiritual herb that was near the earth's fire.

Just as her fingers were about to touch the spirit herb, Jin, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly opened his eyes!

Those once clear eyes have now completely transformed into two swirling, chaotic vortexes!

Cold, indifferent, devoid of any human emotion.

"Blasphemer...get out of here!"

There was no roar, only a chilling mental shock, like a heavy hammer, crashing into the female immortal's sea of ​​consciousness.

The female immortal screamed and flew backward, spitting out blood.

At the same time, the rocks beneath Jin suddenly glowed with dazzling purplish-black patterns. The river of fire and earth he had barely tamed, used to maintain the balance of the rift, suddenly went berserk.

boom--!
A dark red pillar of lava fire, several meters in diameter, shot into the sky, not to attack the female immortal, but to fiercely rush towards the newly cultivated herb garden outside the valley. The scorching and violent energy instantly burned the precious anti-evil spiritual herbs to ashes, and even the fertile spiritual soil turned into charred glass.

The defensive aura cast by the celestial soldiers guarding the herb garden was torn apart as easily as paper.

"Jin! What are you doing?!"

The heavenly general in charge of guarding the area was both shocked and furious, and unleashed his magical weapon.

"doing what?"

Jin slowly stood up, hovering above the boiling subterranean fire. A purplish-black aura swirled around him, merging with the raging river of subterranean fire beneath his feet, radiating a chilling pressure.

"I am protecting... true nature."

His voice became hollow and booming, like the low growl of the earth's veins.

"You puppets of Heaven, under the guise of purification, are engaging in acts of pollution and plunder! This land does not need your hypocritical restoration! It has its own laws and its own wounds!"

He spread his arms, and the rock walls on both sides of the rift trembled violently. More chaotic fire burst forth from the ground like angry fire dragons, swirling and roaring around him.

A “Guardian of the Earth Veins” composed of chaotic earth fire, intending to completely expel the “Repairers” of the Heavenly Court, announced his existence in the Pure Karma Valley of Beiju Luzhou, and ignited the first chaotic fire against the Heavenly Court!
Deep in the Kunlun Mountains, a newly formed Kunlun Spirit Jade vein.

Thanks to the immense primordial energy guided by the Golden Cudgel's divine pillar after repairing the earth's veins, this mineral vein contains unprecedentedly pure spiritual jade and is regarded as an important strategic resource for the Heavenly Court's future.

Deep within the mine, crystal lamps powered by magical energy illuminated the mine walls with dazzling light.

Under the guidance of a team of craftsmen, several celestial soldiers were carefully peeling away a piece of top-grade spiritual jade that had just been revealed. It was about the size of a millstone, crystal clear, and seemed to have swirling nebulae inside.

"Be careful, the earth vein energy contained in this jade marrow is extremely pure, it is a top-grade material for refining high-level immortal treasures!"

Excitement gleamed in the eyes of the leader of the craftsmen.

The captain of the excavation team was named Wang Kui, an experienced veteran of the Tianhe Navy.

Holding a specially made chisel, he carefully tapped the edge of the chalcedony.

When his chisel tip touched a small, slightly darker-colored crystal at the bottom of the chalcedony, as if it were hidden deep within—

hum!
A cold, eerie, chaotic, and malicious wave suddenly erupted from the dark crystal! Wang Kui was the first to be hit, his mountain-splitting chisel slipped from his hand, and he was struck as if by lightning, frozen in place.

"Captain Wang?" The soldier next to him noticed something was wrong.

On Wang Kui's body, starting from the palm that touched the chisel handle, purplish-black, diamond-shaped crystalline patterns quickly appeared.

The pattern spread extremely quickly, carrying a chilling aura. Wherever it passed, flesh seemed to lose its vitality, becoming stiff and cold, presenting a strange purplish-black crystalline state!
“Ugh…ah…!”

Wang Kui made a strange, guttural sound, his eyes filled with extreme fear and madness.

He whirled around, his amethyst-covered arm lunging at the nearest craftsman! Sharp crystal spikes extended from his fingernails!

"The captain's gone mad! Subdue him!"

The heavenly soldiers were terrified and rushed forward.

However, the purplish-black crystallization seemed to be contagious.

One of the heavenly soldiers had his arm armor torn by Wang Kui's crystal claws, which stained it with a trace of purplish-black aura. The skin on his arm immediately began to crystallize and spread. The intense pain and madness instantly eroded his sanity!
Even more terrifying, stimulated by the fluctuations of the purplish-black crystals on the mine walls, dark star-like rhomboid spots began to appear on the originally pure spirit jade veins.

The temperature in the entire mine plummeted, and chaotic, frenzied thoughts surged like an invisible tide, assaulting the minds of everyone present.

Dark Star Rhombus!

This power, which shares the same origin as the pattern that eroded the Golden Cudgel's divine pillar and defiled the foundation stone of Kunlun, has not truly disappeared.

Like a malignant tumor lurking deep within a newly formed mineral vein, it was finally awakened as the Spirit Jade Mine was mined. It not only twisted minds but also eroded divine bodies, transforming living beings into cold, hostile crystalline monsters.

The heart of Kunlun Ruins is once again shrouded in a deadly shadow.

Almost simultaneously, three urgent distress talismans tore through the sky, accompanied by piercing shrieks, and crashed into the Qitian Palace above the Southern Continent!
The first challenge came from the beleaguered Earth God and Yang Jian of the Southern Continent:
"Great Sage! Chaos has suddenly broken out in the restoration area of ​​Southern Continent! Cultivators have inexplicably fallen into demonic possession, seemingly haunted by an invisible evil spirit that devours their obsessions! Please make a decision immediately!"

The second voice came from the head of the Medicine Hall in Pure Karma Valley, tinged with tears and burning pain:
"Great Sage! 'Jin'... that youth has been resurrected! He... he controls the earth's fire, burning down the herb garden and driving away the celestial officials! He calls himself the 'Guardian of the Earth Veins,' and his power... is comparable to that of a true immortal! The Northern Continent is in dire need of help!"

The third one, from the guardian general of the Kunlun mines, was filled with despair and fear:
"Great Sage! Dark Star Evil Crystals have been unearthed deep within the mine! Heavenly soldiers have become mentally twisted, transforming into amethyst monsters! The power of the rhombus crystals is spreading through the mine! Kunlun... Kunlun may face another cataclysmic upheaval!"

Sun Wukong sat upright in the hall, three jade talismans floating in front of him, their dazzling red light reflecting in his solemn golden eyes.

He had just signed the decree to dispatch the Pure Spirit Energy to various continents.

Nezha was discussing the details of the defense of the Milky Way with him, while Yang Jian also hurriedly returned to the palace due to the strange changes in Nanzhanzhou.

The hall was deathly silent. Li Jing, Venus, and other high-ranking celestial officials were all pale.

They had just been celebrating the end of the chaos and discussing how to use the pure spiritual energy to benefit the three realms.

“Karmic spirits…Earth ley line guardians…Dark Star Crystal…”

Sun Wukong's voice was deep and resonant, each word deliberate and forceful, as if striking the hearts of every immortal and god with a heavy hammer.

He looked up, his gaze piercing through the palace ceiling, as if he could see the chaos and madness erupting simultaneously in all parts of the Three Realms.

"The Buddha's prophecy came true, karma transformed into calamity... Under Laozi's transformative power, the embryo of the Chaos Pearl core... ultimately gave birth to a new demonic fetus!"

Nezha gripped the Fire-Tipped Spear tightly, his eyes flickering with the red lotus flames of karma, a mixture of anger and lingering fear. When they purified the fragments of the Chaos Pearl, they only stripped away its resentment and karmic obstacles, but underestimated the "plasticity" and "polluting power" of the original Chaos Mother Core itself. It could absorb the karma of all living beings and transform it into formless and intangible spirits!
Yang Jian's Heavenly Eye shone brightly: "The boy from Beiluzhou, whose chaotic seed was revived by the pure spiritual energy, has distorted his cognition... The dark star rhombus crystal of the Kunlun mine... is probably the same source of power that the divine pillar buried deep underground was not completely destroyed. It was nurtured and strengthened by the spirit jade mine. These three... seem independent, but they are all inseparable from the pure spiritual mother core that has spread throughout the three realms!"

Sun Wukong slowly rose, and the golden cudgel silently appeared in his hand, its body humming and exuding a chilling aura.

The solemnity on his face gradually faded, replaced by an almost cold-blooded resolve.

"Send the order!" His voice, like thunder, resounded throughout the Qitian Palace:
"First, seal off all contaminated areas in the Southern Continent undergoing restoration! The God of Justice, Yang Jian, bearing my decree, commands the Thunder Gods and immortals skilled in calming the mind to swiftly suppress the demon-possessed cultivators, search for and analyze the true form of that 'karmic demon'! A method to subdue it must be found! Those who have fallen into demonic possession should be imprisoned as much as possible, avoiding any killing!"

"Second, Marshal Nezha, gather the elite Heavenly River Navy and accompany me immediately to the Pure Land Valley of Beiju Luzhou! We must capture that 'Guardian of the Earth Veins' Jin alive! The Chaos Seed within him is deeply connected to the Earth Fire, and may be the key to resolving this predicament! At the same time, do everything in our power to suppress the rampaging Chaos Earth Fire and prevent it from spreading and harming the lives of Luzhou!"

"Third, order the Supreme Lord Laozi and the Immortal Official of Fate to bring the precious treasures of the Tushita Palace to the Kunlun Mine immediately! Seal off the mine shafts and isolate them from the Dark Star Crystal pollution! Attempt to suppress and analyze the essence of the crystal using the power of the Eight Trigrams Furnace! Without my order, no one is allowed to approach the core of the mine!"

(End of this chapter)