I was forced to cultivate immortality when I just wanted to lie down

Chapter 447 The Legacy of Mending the Heavens, Murder to Silence

Xu Qing watched as Kong Ren went mad and crashed headfirst into the Sanzu River sluice gate, his tragic and fearless attitude reminiscent of when Kong Ren crashed headfirst into the Heavenly Pillar years ago.

In the past, no one stopped Kong Ren in front of Tianzhu, yet he still suffered severe injuries.

But today, a new divine power that opens the heavens has appeared before the barrier of the heavenly road, blocking His path.

Xu Qing felt somewhat regretful. If he had known that this hothead would attempt to break through the Heavenly Road, he wouldn't have bothered to strike with that axe.

This axe strike definitely relieved the pressure on the Heavenly Road barrier.

However, if he hadn't swung that axe, Kong Ren might not have been blinded by anger and gone to smash the gate barrier.

Around him, the sinful god Sanmiao, the Kitchen God, Feilian, and Pingyi all stared at Kong Ren in shock.

The Kitchen God had never witnessed the scene of Kong Ren crashing into the Heavenly Pillar, so apart from being shocked, he didn't show much unusual emotion.

However, the Sanmiao people and the Wind God and Rain Master had truly witnessed Kong Ren's inability to distinguish friend from foe, and how he knocked down the Pillar of Heaven in a fit of anger.

At that time, the sky tilted to the northwest, the earth sank to the southeast, the sun, moon and stars shifted, the earth was not full in the southeast, the water of the world was like a giant vat being overturned, and the floodwaters poured in from the earth's veins, causing the four seas to be overturned.
Later, fire leaked from the sky, and flames emerged from the underworld, revealing fiery mouths.

That was a true cataclysmic event, with all living beings in the three realms suffering undeserved calamity. This was Kong Ren's achievement back then.

Without Kong Ren, there would have been no Yu the Great to control the floods, nor would there be the legend of the goddess going to cleanse the alchemical stones to mend the sky.

Fear from the depths of memory spread rapidly.

I remember now! I remember everything about the era 'ruled' by Kong Ren, including the reasons for the execution and exile of the Four Sin Gods!
Because Kong Ren was recommended by Huan Dou before the Heavenly Pillar collapsed, Huan Dou was banished to Chong Mountain; because Kong Ren caused a great flood, the Sanmiao people fled to the Jianghuai region and caused chaos, so he was banished to Sanwei Mountain; even the instigator Kong Ren was banished by King Yu to the extremely cold northern region.

Gun, the most unfortunate of the four sinful gods, was executed at Yushan because he harbored good intentions and wanted to steal the Breath Soil to stop the floods and make amends for Kong Ren's mistakes.
The Sanmiao people's eyes were filled with fear, and Feilian and Pingyi were trembling all over. If they had known that this wicked creature would never change its ways, they should have joined forces to suppress it forever in Beiyou.

Well, before the sin of striking the pillar of heaven has been atoned for, he has struck the new heaven in front of them again.

At this point, Kong Ren completely stripped away any sense of Baosheng Niangniang's presence.

Throughout the entire Yin River region, and even the Three Realms, Kong Ren once again became the absolute central figure.

Xu Qing silently took a step back; this matter had nothing to do with him.

Although he had considered opening the Heavenly Road, that was something he would only consider after he had attained the Dao Fruit of Kuiba and possessed the power to protect himself.

Unlike this stubborn, sinful god, who made a decision on a whim.

As for whether Kong Ren can break through the Heavenly Road...
Xu Qing had some doubts, but the three gods Sanmiao, Feilian, and Pingyi had no doubts at all.

The incident of hitting the pillar in the sky was not without reason.

This is related to Kong Ren's innate supernatural abilities.

Kong Ren, a fierce god of the Great Wilderness, has a human face and a snake's body, with red hair. He is violent and feeds on the Nine Mountains. He holds the position of Gonggong and possesses the ability to dispel illusions. He is skilled at controlling the waters of hot and cold.

Kong Ren's innate supernatural ability is the ability to see through illusions. Whether fighting with magic or engaging in combat with cold weapons, he can use this ability to find the opponent's weaknesses. Even things born of heaven and earth, such as magic treasures and Mount Buzhou, he can see through their weaknesses at a glance.

With the ability to dispel illusions, coupled with a powerful physical body and the rich experience of having once knocked down a celestial pillar, the mere Heavenly Path...
After retreating dozens of miles, the Sanmiao people turned around and prepared to return to Sanwei Mountain, fleeing back to the place where they had been exiled.

Feilian and Pingyi were slow to realize the situation, but they never considered retreating. They were the right-hand men of the Military Lord, and wherever the Military Lord was, they would be there too.

The ancient Yinhe River Road.

Before the Sanzu River sluice gate, forged from celestial stone and bearing the Xuan Yuan Banner to control floods, the sinful god Kong Ren, appearing in a thousand-foot-tall form, crashed headfirst into the weakest point of the sluice gate.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment, and the Sanmiao people, who were about to escape back to Sanwei Mountain, turned their heads to look back.

Xu Qing, who wanted to pursue the Sanmiao, also felt a sense of alarm. He suppressed the urge to examine the Heavenly Road, decisively reached out and opened the bronze coffin, and crawled inside.

At the same time, he did not forget to close the coffin lid and lock it.

Although Xu Qing was unsure what the ominous sign in his heart meant, judging from the state of the death star hanging above his head, it probably wasn't a good omen.

If a death omen appears above an ordinary person's head once, it foretells their impending death.

As a dead man, Xu Qing had a death star above his head that was pulsating almost every moment, but this was the first time he had ever seen a death star that was flashing!

This is even more ominous than dancing on the grave of an old man celebrating his birthday.

With his back to the coffin lid, inside the bronze coffin, Xu Qing looked around and saw that the surroundings were a world of their own. The coffin lid stood alone on the hillside, and there was a fairy hut not far from the hillside. Apart from that, there was nothing else.

Xu Qing had no time to lament Nüba's solitary life of quiet contemplation. He turned his gaze to the bronze coffin lid, only to discover that the lid behind him could see through all the obstacles and reveal changes in the outside world.

A peephole in the coffin lid? Why didn't he think of that before?

For the first time, Xu Qing felt a sense of regret for not having met Nüba sooner.

This zombie looks like one who knows how to manage a household.

Xu Qing peered through the coffin lid.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment. When the thousand-foot-tall sinful god touched the Sanzu River sluice gate, there was no loud crash, only the sizzling sound of burning embers falling into a snowdrift.

The light from the barrier above Xuan Yuan Divine Mountain was rapidly diminishing. Kong Ren, relying on his talent, autonomously searched for the enemy and accurately located the gate array's core.

The ancient Yinhe River, where not a drop of water had ever been seen, was suddenly drenched in black rain.

At a certain moment, the sound of a bowstring snapping rang out, and an unprecedentedly bright white light suddenly burst forth from the spot where Kong Ren's forehead touched the sacred mountain stone!
The light not only illuminated the mundane world in the darkness, but also tore a hole in the Milky Way hanging high above the nine heavens.

The golden gourd in Xu Qing's hand emitted a great light.

In that instant, his divine sense seemed to transcend the barrier of the Yin River and arrive at the Zhonghuang Temple located in the Sanqin Pass.

Inside the main hall of the Zhonghuang Temple, the statue of the goddess opens her eyes and looks out at the sky.

The statue of Baosheng Niangniang, also enshrined in the main hall, opened its eyes and looked in the direction of the goddess's gaze.

Xu Qing saw the deep red fissure outside the temple, stretching for hundreds of miles from south to north.

Now, the rift that once mended the sky seems to have been torn apart, and the rift that was only a hundred miles long has instantly stretched to a range of a thousand miles.

The waters of the Milky Way and the fire from beyond the heavens overflowed from the crack. Upon seeing this, the goddess frowned and threw out a scroll of the Mountain and River Map.

The treasure map unfurled in the wind, instantly transforming into a thousand-mile-long scroll that temporarily plugged the leaking sky.

Xu Qing's heart skipped a beat as she looked at the landscape painting being used as menstrual pad. Was the sky about to be smashed down by Kong Ren again?
If that's the case, wouldn't he, who brought all of this together, also have to bear some karma?
Beside her, the goddess, having exhausted her last bit of divine power, spoke up: "This avatar of mine is no longer able to interfere in this matter. You must quickly cultivate and accumulate enough virtue to prepare for the second time to mend the heavens."

Seemingly worried that Xu Qing was under too much pressure, the goddess comforted him, saying, "You have my Gold-Borrowing Gourd, so you don't need to worry about the five-colored stone embryos needed to mend the sky. In addition, the Map of Mountains and Rivers can also be used by you in the future. Just go ahead and do your thing, but don't disgrace your sect!"

In the past, even if Xu Qing had agreed, he would have thought it over carefully, since no one knew whether he, without the cultivation of a goddess, could withstand the losses required to mend the heavens.

This is like him having the altar masters of the Great Luo Sect preside over the feeding array. Overworking his body is a small matter, but if he is sucked dry, who can he complain to?

Perhaps it is a case of 'those who do many unrighteous deeds will surely perish'.

The tradition of the Great Luo Sect ultimately fell to Xu Qing.

Xu Qing, feeling guilty, dared not hesitate for a moment. After all, apart from the Dao Fruit of Kuiba, all his three major paths relied on cultivation in the mortal world. If the disasters here caused suffering to the human world, his path would be difficult to complete.

Xu Qing nodded and said:
"Please rest assured, Master, your disciple will do everything in his power to prevent the catastrophe from collapsing!"

The goddess nodded with satisfaction.

Although evil and depravity are rampant during times of calamity, there are always those with the qualities of saints who emerge to meet this challenge.

Her newly accepted disciple should be the best among them. At least for now, the goddess can't find a second person more outstanding than Xu Qing.

However, the only regret of the goddess was that she only descended into the Zhonghuang Temple as an avatar. Otherwise, she could have taken a good look at her disciple and pointed out a more suitable path of cultivation for him.

Xu Qing's divine sense returned to the bronze coffin. At this moment, the sacred mountain in front of the Sanzu River sluice gate had already crumbled inch by inch, and countless dust particles formed a hazy mist in mid-air.

In that instant, the world seemed to return to the beginning of chaos.

Yin and Yang, life and death, immortals and mortals, good and evil, were all completely mixed up and plunged into a state of filth.

In the brief moment after the Xuan Yuan Banner detached from the sacred mountain and flew away, the living in the world could vaguely see the remnants of the souls of deceased relatives and friends floating in the void.

The spirits of the dead can reach out and touch the flowers, plants, and trees of the living world.

At this moment, Yin and Yang are reversed, and the River of Three Crossings seems to be a ferry connecting the three realms, bringing laws that do not belong to each other to places where they should not be.

Xu Qing witnessed the collapse of the sluice gate and saw the River of Three Crossings in the underworld break free of its cage, like a raging dragon, carrying countless fallen sinful souls, the cold evil of the nine netherworlds, and boundless resentment, roaring out of the sluice gate!

Its power was so great that even immortals and gods could not stop it.

Xu Qing gazed into the distance and saw ten thousand golden lotuses appear at the end of the Heavenly Road barrier. Beyond the Nine Heavens, an apricot-yellow flag slid down, as if it had been thrown down from the upper realm.

The flag kept emitting golden light, attempting to stop the Sanzu River from rushing into the upper realm.

The ancient Yinhe River, which had been dry for a long time, has now entered a new era of flowing water.

Xu Qing observed the changes in the Yin River and vaguely understood something in his heart.

No wonder the Yin River has always been dry. This ancient Yin River channel, existing between Yin and Yang, seems to be a barrier to prevent the Sanzu River from directly rushing into the mortal world.

Then I recalled the Yin-Yang boundary marker outside the Exorcist Temple.

Beneath that boundary marker lies the Bixi, a mythical creature that followed King Yu in controlling the floods in ancient times.

"That's right! During the Great Wilderness period, all rivers flooded, and the Santu River was the first to be affected. If King Yu wanted to control the flood, he must first isolate the Santu River from the world."

Combining the images of the revolving lanterns seen during the ritual to deliver Huan Dou from suffering, Xu Qing now sees the Yinhe Ancient Road not as a barren land breeding evil spirits, but as a flood discharge channel opened up by King Yu during the Great Wilderness period.

Since the pressure isn't in this mundane world, then it can only be...
Xu Qing turned his gaze to the sky, feeling both excited and slightly fearful.

If the Heavenly Emperor knew what a great thing he had done, he would probably be furious!

"What Kong Ren did has nothing to do with me? As a disciple of the Goddess, the junior brother of the master of the Little Water Curtain Cave, the inheritor of the Nine Heavens Mysterious Maiden Sword Technique, and the godfather of the disciple of the Great God of the Sea Gathering, how could I possibly do such a thing?"

Xu Qing believed that as long as his background was deep enough, he wouldn't be afraid of the Heavenly Emperor's suspicion. But he didn't consider that among the names he had given, how many hadn't done things that defied the Heavenly Emperor?

It would be better not to say anything, because if I do, I'm afraid I'll be added to the Heavenly Emperor's blacklist the next moment.

Xu Qing drove the bronze coffin away from the Zhuoshui Taoist temple, and along the way he also picked up two Dharma corpses that had lost their ability to resist.

Feilian and Pingyi were killed by King Yu as early as the Great Wilderness period. The Wind God and Rain Master in the Taoist temple today are just Dharma Corpses summoned by the Lord of the Nine Netherworlds.

Xu Qing hid in the coffin, keeping a close eye on the situation at the temple. When the sluice gate broke and the Sanzu River burst forth, leaving Fei Lian and Ping Yi dazed and confused, he took the opportunity to open the coffin lid and resume his old profession of collecting corpses.

Without much effort, after two rounds of rituals, Xu Qing had acquired a Rain Master Flag and a Wind Master Fan.

In addition, there is a magical ability to summon clouds and rain.

The ability to summon clouds and rain is different from the ability to call for wind and rain. The latter is a common earthly supernatural power that borrows the laws of heaven and earth, while the ability to summon clouds and rain is a heavenly supernatural power that creates the laws to summon clouds.

After performing the rituals to appease the two stubborn soldiers who refused to leave the temple to avoid the wrath of the gate, Xu Qing continued his pursuit towards Sanwei Mountain without stopping.

Compared to the stubborn Fei Lian and Ping Yi, the sinful gods San Miao and Zao Jun are clearly much more willing to follow their hearts!

The sinful god has now been awakened to the memories of being dominated by Kong Ren in the past.

Sanmiao no longer cared about You Gong's decree, nor about the grudges between the Dharma Lord and the gods and Buddhas of the upper realm; all he wanted was to survive.

The Kitchen God originated from the gods of the Five Sacrifices Kitchen Department, and is also a Dharma Corpse who receives the decree of the Nine Netherworld Law Lord and is responsible for supervising the Heavenly Path.

The moment the Sanzu River burst its sluice gates, He realized that He had not only angered the Heavenly Emperor, but also failed in his duty and jeopardized the Lord of the Dharma's important affairs.

The Kitchen God was at a loss. Seeing that the Sanmiao people fled the temple without hesitation, he followed them.

Sanmiao ignored the Kitchen God following behind him and continued on his way.

However, just as He was about to enter the territory of Sanwei Mountain, a bronze coffin descended from the sky.

Sanmiao looked at the exile site so close at hand, his face grim, and said:
"You are a celestial being from the upper realm, yet you descended to the mortal world without permission, causing Kong Ren to destroy the Heavenly Road. The Heavenly Emperor will not let this crime go unpunished! You can barely protect yourself, so why fight me?"

Xu Qing conjured the Dharma form of the Life Preservation Technique, activating almost all of the Yellow Heavenly Banner, Golden Light Umbrella, and Bewildering Heaven Barrier.

"Now that you know what is going to happen today, I have no choice but to let you live!"

Xu Qing unleashed his full aura, and the Yin Kingdom's domain instantly expanded within the area covered by the Heavenly Barrier. Afterwards, he unleashed nine clones, the Heaven-Burning and Sea-Boiling Techniques, the Bone-Eroding Wind Techniques, the Heaven-Opening Axe Techniques, and all sorts of supernatural powers without reservation!
When the dust settled, Xu Qing stood before the corpses of the Sanmiao people and said coldly:

"I forgot to tell you, I'm not some celestial being from the upper realm."

(End of this chapter)