Journey to the West: Demon Emperor: Beginning as a Little Toad

Chapter 447: The Queen Mother's Past
Xiao Chen learned from Demon King Kun of the Demon Master Palace:
In ancient times, the King of the East wanted the demons to submit to him.

However, are the two brothers Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun the kind of people who are inferior to others?

They are proud and arrogant, and have their own ambitions and aspirations. How could they easily bow to the King of Dong?

Thus, a thrilling battle for power began.

Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun defeated and killed Dong Wanggong with their own powerful strength and extraordinary strategy, seized Dong Wanggong's throne, established their own sect, and created their own demon heaven.

After the death of Dong Wanggong, the luck of the Emperor of Heaven contained in him was ruthlessly taken back by the Heavenly Dao.

As time passed and years went by, the war between wizards and liches broke out. This war plunged the entire prehistoric world into endless turmoil and chaos.

After the war between wizards and liches, in order to restore the order of the ancient world, the Heavenly Dao facilitated the order for Haotian God (the reincarnation, rebirth and tribulation of the Jade Emperor) to rebuild the Heavenly Palace.

To put it bluntly, this is what happened:

At first, God chose Dong Wanggong and supported him to sit on the throne of Heavenly Emperor, hoping that he could govern this ancient world well.

However, Dong Wanggong acted too radically. He was so focused on promoting reforms that he did not take into account the interests of all parties. He made enemies everywhere and caused countless contradictions and conflicts.

As a result, Dong Wanggong's rule collapsed and he failed to complete the task assigned to him by Heaven.

When the Heavenly Dao saw that this wasn't going to work, he had no choice but to replace him and let the Jade Emperor take over the position of Heavenly Emperor.

In this way, Dong Wanggong became a thing of the past and the spokesperson for the old Heavenly Way; while the Jade Emperor became the new spokesperson for the Heavenly Way, and there was a change of destiny between the two of them.

Although Dong Wanggong failed in his rule, he was lucky enough that a wisp of his pure yang soul survived and was later reincarnated as Emperor Donghua.

Simply put, Dong Wanggong is the old Emperor of Heaven, and Jade Emperor is the new Emperor of Heaven.

As for the situation of the Queen Mother of the West, it is more complicated.

At that time, King Dong set up the "Honghuang Immortal Alliance" and fought a war with the demon clan.

When the fight started, the "Honghuang Immortal Alliance" was no match for the demon clan and was quickly defeated.

Dong Wanggong fell on the eve of the witch-lich catastrophe, and the event was called:
"The sound of the Donghuang bell breaks through the purple palace, and the pure yang falls and the calamity energy rises."

Dong Wangong's soul was shattered by Donghuang Taiyi's Chaos Bell, leaving only a wisp of pure yang soul that escaped into reincarnation.

The battle was so brutal that almost all the members of the "Honghuang Immortal Alliance" died.

However, the Queen Mother of the West had a way. She used the method of "killing the three corpses and protecting the true spirit" and was able to survive.

After the war, the Queen Mother of the West may have seen through everything, or she may have become disheartened, so she directly severed her marriage with the King of the East, ended the cause and effect, and escaped into the secret realm of Kunlun.

To put it bluntly, the two people divorced.

Then the Queen Mother of the West divorced the King Father of the East.

Donghuang Taiyi and Di Jun naturally stopped bothering her.

……

Later, after the war between the wizards and the liches, the heaven was overthrown and everything became a mess.

The Jade Emperor cleaned up the mess and established a new heaven.

So he sent immortal messengers to respectfully invite the Queen Mother of the West to take up the honorable position of Queen Mother of Heaven again.

There are so many female fairies in these three realms, why do we invite the Queen Mother of the West to serve as the Queen Mother of Heaven?
Why is this so?
This is because Dong Wanggong was once the Emperor of Heaven destined by heaven. However, after his death, all the great fortune of Dong Wanggong, the Emperor of Heaven, was inherited by the Jade Emperor.

As fate would have it, the Queen Mother of the Heaven, "Queen Mother of the West", was safe and sound and still the leader of the female fairies.

She was transformed from the "innate Yin energy", her luck still exists, and her status as the supreme female fairy of the Three Realms has not changed.

The Queen Mother of the West is the Queen Mother of Heaven appointed by heaven and should not be moved or replaced lightly.

The establishment of this new heaven is the manifestation of the will of heaven and cannot be violated.

Although the Queen Mother of the West was reluctant, she had to accept the invitation of the Jade Emperor to leave the Kunlun secret realm, manage the female fairies of the three realms, and help the Jade Emperor establish a new heaven.

However, the Queen Mother of the West did not fully devote herself to the new heaven, but kept a trick up her sleeve.

It turns out that in the realm of Daluo Jinxian, one can kill the three corpses to prove his truth.

The so-called three corpses are the good corpse, the evil corpse, and the obsession corpse.

Only after the Golden Immortal of Great Luo kills the three corpses can he attain the Dao of Hun Yuan and take a further step.

The original deity of the Queen Mother of the West is half human and half beast, with a ferocious appearance. She is the god of plague and killing, with a murderous aura and is awe-inspiring and inviolable.

As recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "It looks like a human, with a leopard's tail and tiger's teeth, and is good at howling. It has disheveled hair and wears a crested bird, and lives on the Kunlun Hill."

Later, the Queen Mother of the West took advantage of the "Conferred Gods Tribulation" to kill Shan Shi.

Among the three corpses, the good corpse is kind and gentle in nature, symbolizing light and altruism.

After the good corpse separates from the main body, it often behaves as an individual who does good deeds independently, and may even take the initiative to separate from the main body.

The corpse of the Queen Mother of the West transformed into the Queen Mother of the Yaochi Lake, a stunning goddess about thirty years old, with a graceful figure, an unparalleled beauty, and a graceful demeanor.

The Queen Mother of Yao Chi inherited the divine duties of the Queen Mother of the West, namely "harmony of order and harmony of yin and yang". In the heavenly palace, she is in charge of marriage, childbearing, longevity and other matters.

This move is also to conform to the new heavenly system led by Hongjun Tiandao.

The real body of the Queen Mother of the West is hidden in the secret realm of Kunlun, maintaining the divinity of the innate chaotic deity and staying away from the world.

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During the Conferred Gods Battle, the Queen Mother of the West and the Queen Mother of the West were actually the same person.

The Zhou army used the magic weapon Five Directions Flags to deal with Yin Jiao who held the Fantian Seal.

Princess Longji heard this in her quiet room and said to Tuxingsun:
"The plain-colored Cloud Realm Flag is from 'my mother's' place. This flag is also called 'Cloud Realm' and 'Gathering Immortals'. When you go to the Yaochi meeting, you raise this flag and all the immortals will know and come to the Yaochi meeting. That's why it's called the Gathering Immortals Flag."

When Tu Xingsun heard this, he rushed to the front hall in a hurry. When he saw the Taoist Master Ran Deng, he hurriedly said:
"The disciple went back to the inner room to discuss with his wife, but unexpectedly Princess Longji heard it. She said that this flag belonged to the 'Queen Mother of the West' and was called the Gathering Immortals Flag."

That is, when Tuxingsun was talking to the Taoist master Ran Deng, he explicitly called Princess Longji's mother, Yaochi Jinmu, "Queen Mother of the West".

The Gathering Immortals Flag is also at the location of the Queen Mother of the West.

Afterwards, the South Pole Immortal went to Yaochi and reported to the Golden Mother. He found the "Yaochi Golden Mother" in Yaochi and borrowed the Gathering Immortal Flag from her.

That is to say, during the Conferred Gods Battle, the corpse of the Queen Mother of the West had not yet been completely destroyed.

There are still some subtle ties between the good corpse and the Queen Mother of the West, which are hard to cut apart.

……

Time flies, time flies.

By the time they set out to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, the Queen Mother of the West and her other corpse, the Queen Mother of the Yaochi Lake, had become completely independent and transformed into two completely different individuals.

At this time, Queen Mother of the West and Queen Mother of the Yaochi had become two completely independent individuals.

The two people's images are also completely different.

The Queen Mother of the West is a half-human, half-beast, ferocious-looking innate deity of chaos who hides in the secret realm of Kunlun and never comes out.

The Queen Mother of Yaochi is like a stunning fairy flower blooming in the fairyland of Yaochi. She is a goddess who is about thirty years old, with a natural beauty and an unparalleled appearance.

She was dressed in gorgeous fairy clothes and wore a dazzling phoenix crown on her head. She was graceful and elegant. She was the Queen Mother.

Shanshi is gentle and kind.

The Queen Mother of Yaochi, with the mercy and peace of the Queen Mother of the West, sits on the Yaochi throne in the heavenly palace, in charge of the authority of the Queen Mother, becoming the head of the female fairies in the three realms. With her wisdom and mercy, she maintains the order and peace of the heavenly palace.

The Queen Mother of the West and the Queen Mother became independent from then on.

……

What Sun Wukong saw in the Heavenly Palace was the Queen Mother of the Yaochi, not the Queen Mother of the West who was hidden in the secret realm of Kunlun.

But in Journey to the West, the story of the Queen Mother of the West and the Queen Mother of Yaochi is actually told. There is a poem in the book that says:

"The Queen Mother of the West Pond often comes here to offer peaches to the Three Immortals."

The poem refers to the Queen Mother of Heaven as "Queen Mother of Xichi".

It implies that the Queen Mother of the West and the Queen Mother of Heaven were once the same person.

……

On the top of Kunlun Mountain, Queen Mother of the West is the leader of the female fairies.

Beside the Yaochi Lake in the Heavenly Palace, there is also the Queen Mother of Yaochi, who is also the chief of the female fairies.

Then, how can the world allow two masters to coexist? How can there be two female fairy leaders in the world?
In fact, the Queen Mother of the Yaochi and the Queen Mother of Kunlun West are just different names for the same deity. Among the people, she is commonly called "Queen Mother".

She lives at the top of West Kunlun Mountain and is known as the Queen Mother of the West of Kunlun. She controls the power of heaven and earth and is in charge of disasters, epidemics and punishments.

If one resides in the fairyland of Yaochi in Heaven, he will be the Queen Mother of Yaochi, who bestows the blessing of peaches and is in charge of the register of female fairies.

The Queen Mother of the West first appeared in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". She is half human and half beast, with a leopard tail and tiger teeth, and a ferocious look. She is in charge of disasters, epidemics, and punishments. She symbolizes the power of nature and intimidates all spirits.

"Jinmu of the Yaochi" is the Taoist system's respectful title for "Queen Mother of the West", emphasizing her function of "bestowing longevity and blessings". It originated from the literary transformation of documents such as "The Secret History of Emperor Wu of Han".

The two are actually the evolution of the title of the same deity in different historical stages, and are essentially the result of the "transformation of the divine function of the Queen Mother of the West."

Throughout the long history, the image of the Queen Mother of the West has gone through many vicissitudes, from a half-human, half-beast, hideous and terrifying figure to a graceful and beautiful noble lady. Her divine duty has also changed from an evil god in charge of epidemics, severe punishments and killings to a lucky god holding the elixir of immortality, and finally to the head of the celestial beings who nurtures all things and is the mother of the world. She has become the supreme "Queen Mother" in folk beliefs.

The image of the Queen Mother of the West changed at different stages of time, which was a gradual process of evolution. According to the research documents of the Qing History Research Institute of Renmin University of China, there is a Taoist classic "Jindan Chan of the Golden Mother of the Jade Pool", which says: "Jinmu of the Jade Pool sits upright in the Daluo Heaven, in the Jade Pool Palace, on the lotus platform, with brilliant light, and discusses the future with the Wuji Saints and Taiyi Immortals..."

This "Jindan Chant of the Golden Mother of the Jade Pool" is the ritual text for "worshiping the Queen Mother of the West" and for folk sects to perform rituals.

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The Queen Mother of the West symbolizes her "past body". She has gone through countless tribulations and finally become the supreme being she is today.

The Queen Mother of the West symbolizes the "present body", who is in charge of the present and blesses all living beings.

God has a thousand faces, each one is different.

Only when many aspects come together can the full picture of the deity be revealed.

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As for the Jade Emperor.

In terms of the immortal career, Dong Wanggong is actually the "former lord of heaven".

Dong Wanggong was the former ruler of the heavens, with a great reputation and outstanding achievements.

In terms of family marriage, the relationship between the King of the East and the Queen Mother of the West is also extraordinary.

To some extent, Dong Wang Gong can also be regarded as the "previous partner" of Xi Wang Mu.

It’s a pity that the world is unpredictable and the fate of immortals is also hard to predict.

The King of the East and the Queen Mother of the West eventually parted ways, broke up, and divorced.

After the Queen Mother of the West beheaded Shan Shi, the Queen Mother of Yao Chi and the Queen Mother of the West also became independent and each became an independent individual.

Yes.

The Jade Emperor's current empress is actually the Queen Mother of the Yaochi, and her relationship with the Queen Mother of the West is no longer very close.

Although, Dong Wanggong has fallen from the sky and disappeared into thin air, his remaining soul, the reincarnated body, Emperor Donghua, still exists in the Three Realms and Six Paths.

Although Emperor Donghua is related to Lord Dongwang in some ways, he is also an independent being and has his own unique path to immortality.

but.

Faced with such a person, Emperor Donghua, who has the dual identities of being both the "former co-lord of the fairy world" and "former partner".

"Ex-boyfriend" in career + "ex-husband" in relationship, these two layers of buffs are superimposed on each other.

How many men in the world can keep their hearts from wavering, secretly competing with each other, and trying to see who is better?
The feeling is complicated and hard to describe, and only the Jade Emperor himself knows it.

……

On the Immortal Mountain of Fangzhang, the sea of ​​clouds is rolling and the mist is lingering. The magical birds and cranes are flapping their wings and soaring, shuttling through the myriad of rays of light.

In Taiyuan Palace, purple mist was thick, like threads, and celestial music was lingering, seeming to be there and not there.

Emperor Donghua, also known as Emperor Donghua Zifu Shaoyang, sat upright on a couch carved from green jade, his eyes slightly closed, his expression indifferent, a faint golden glow flowing around his body, like the rising sun, shining brightly.

Emperor Donghua is concentrating on practicing the "Innate Pure Yang Kung" left by King Dong, in an effort to revive his former glory, restore his supreme strength, and take control of the world again!

This "Innate Pure Yang Kung" is the supreme immortal method in the Three Realms. It originates from the "Shaoyang Qi" of the King of the East. It contains innate masculine power and is vast and unparalleled. It can be called the exclusive skill of the Emperor of Heaven.

However, all things in the world follow the principle of yin and yang.

Just like this vast wilderness, there is a scorching sun in the sky and a bright moon hanging in the sky.

It is difficult for the yang to exist alone for a long time, and it also needs the harmony of yin energy so that it can continue to cycle endlessly.

In the past, Dong Wanggong controlled the yin and yang energies of heaven and earth and was feared by the world. However, after his death, his yang origin was damaged, and the yin and yang became unbalanced.

Emperor Donghua is the reincarnation of a wisp of pure yang soul of King Dong. Because the soul has not been restored, it is difficult for him to practice the way of Yang alone. The only way is to practice dual cultivation between men and women, draw Yin Qi into the body, harmonize Yin and Yang, to complete the incomplete body and break through the bottleneck of cultivation.

In the later stage of "Xiantian Pure Yang Gong", he can reach the state of "spontaneous generation of yin and yang", and the yin and yang energies in the body will be harmonized by themselves, endlessly, and free from the shackles of dual cultivation.

At the same time, although this "Innate Pure Yang Power" is powerful, it also hides dangers.

Too rigid and easy to break.

In the early stages of practicing "Xiantian Pure Yang Gong", there is a defect called "positive pole backlash". If one cannot balance yin and yang in time when practicing to a deep level, one may suffer from the disaster of being burned by yang fire.

Therefore, Emperor Donghua needs to find a body of extreme yin, practice dual cultivation with it, and harmonize the yang fire in the body through the extreme yin energy to form a "yin and yang circulation".

As a result, his cultivation level increased rapidly like a tide, making rapid progress every day.

So, it’s really not that Emperor Donghua is greedy for beauty.

If he wants to restore the full strength of Dong Wanggong, he must practice the "Innate Pure Yang Gong" to replenish the source of Yang.

However, "Yang cannot exist alone" and it also needs the balance of Yin.

Moreover, she has to be a high-level female fairy. Ordinary female fairies lack yin energy and are of no use to him.

In fact, the Queen Mother, who was transformed by the innate Yin energy, is naturally the best partner for dual cultivation for the Emperor Donghua, who was transformed by the residual soul of the innate Yang energy.

But the Queen Mother of the West and the King Father of the East were divorced, and the karma between them was severed, so they had nothing to do with Emperor Donghua anymore.

The Queen Mother of the Yaochi belongs to the Jade Emperor, not to him, and has nothing to do with Emperor Donghua.

There are not many high-level female fairies in this world, and most of them are in high positions. Why should they cling to Emperor Donghua?

He, Emperor Donghua, is not the King of Dong after all.

So he had no choice.

At this moment.

Ao Bing looked hurried, and hurriedly stepped into the hall, respectfully clasping his fists and reporting:

"Master, the Jade Emperor sent General Juanlian to my Three Islands to capture the golden turtle."

"Now, they have set up camp on the Penglai Fairy Island, and it seems that they are going to stay there for a long time."

"Catching turtles?"

Emperor Donghua was originally sitting on the throne surrounded by clouds and mist, his eyes slightly closed, a faint golden glow flowing around his body, as if he was enveloped by a layer of sacred golden halo, and his whole body was immersed in some extremely mysterious state.

Hearing this, Emperor Donghua slowly opened his eyes, a hint of coldness flashed across them, and then he quickly calmed down, pondered for a moment, and slowly spoke:

"A little impatience can ruin a great plan. It's just a simple act of catching a turtle, so let him do it."

"Don't let a momentary anger ruin your long-term plans."

"Yes, Master, I understand."

Ao Bing took the order, bowed and slowly retreated. The sound of his footsteps gradually faded away until they disappeared outside the hall.

After Ao Bing walked away, Emperor Donghua slowly stood up, and his aura suddenly changed, exuding a kind of majesty that looked down on the world and was the only one in the world.

His eyes were deep and far-reaching, looking in the direction of the heaven, with a mocking arc on the corner of his mouth, he laughed:

"Jade Emperor, you can't do this."

"My body is too weak, do I need to replenish it?"

As he spoke, Emperor Donghua crossed his arms across his chest, his expression full of confidence and disdain.

In this regard, he, Emperor Donghua, is, after all, the origin of pure yang, and he practices the supreme "Innate Pure Yang Kung Fu".

The masculine energy in his body is vast and majestic, like a surging river or sea, and its roots are extremely deep, like a thousand-year-old tree, deeply rooted.

In this regard, the Jade Emperor is not as good as him.

Compared with Emperor Donghua, he is still a long way behind.

However, when he thought of the Queen Mother of the Yaochi, Emperor Donghua's originally proud expression froze for a moment, and a feeling of depression surged in his heart.

In this heaven, the Jade Emperor can do whatever he wants.

The Jade Emperor can do it openly and without any scruples because he is the current Emperor of Heaven and this is his privilege.

But Emperor Donghua could only communicate with the Peony Fairy secretly. He had to be very careful every time they met, for fear of being discovered and given a chance to talk.

……

Penglai Fairy Island.

Overseas sea area.

General Juanlian led members of the "Heavenly Turtle Catching Team" to capture the golden turtle.

This "Heavenly Turtle Catching Team" is usually quite lax. They work diligently for three days to catch turtles, and then find a reef to dry their nets and rest for two days.

It is just like this: "Three days of catching turtles, two days of drying the nets."

Even though he was so lazy, the power of the Golden Turtle was still tempting.

Every time a golden turtle is captured, you will get one thousand Tianlu points.

Xiao Chen's "Tianlu Points" soon approached 10,000 Tianlu Points, almost meeting the requirements for promotion to a Golden Armor Heavenly Soldier.

(End of this chapter)