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Multi-colored lights flooded the world.
Qi Lin currently at a loss. In front of him, five-colored divine lights gathered, and the mysterious woman from his dreams, Lingmeng, entered his field of view.
“Lingmeng?”
“Your Servant must leave now.” She said.
“Where to?” Qi Lin asked.
“You need not know.”
“Okay.”
“Your Servant has troubled you these times in your dreams.”
Qi Lin shook his head: “No, you’ve saved me so many times. I should be thanking you.”
The woman smiled, “As one who has lodged under your roof, this is something Your Servant should be doing. We part today. Your Highness, you must look after yourself from now on.” Her words were especially sympathetic, with the concern of a confidante. Qi Lin’s heart was full of warmth knowing this.
“Don’t call me ‘Highness,’ I don’t have any noble status.” Qi Lin waved his hand, for he was not worthy of this address.
Lingmeng matter-of-factly said: “Among those that Your Servant has acknowledged, from the Deva Of Partings And Regret down to the Nine Hells, there is no one who can compare to Your Highness. It is only natural that you can assume this title, otherwise you insult Your Servant.”
Qi Lin laughed. These words sounded truly pleasant, and he could not refute them.
“Your Servant shall gift you something. Please, cultivate it well, Your Highness.”
She spread her fingers, and five rays of qi radiated from her palm.
The five rays of qi were formless and colorless, completely lacking in substance yet real nonetheless. Lingmeng gently tapped with her hand, and the five qi entered QI Lin’s organs. “Metal produces magnificence, becoming precious fragrance; wood produces growth, rising up; water produces moisture, freezing solid; fire produces scorching heat, inciting restlessness; earth produces harmony, turning all things green. Man is miniature of Heaven and Earth, its Five Elements also being the Five Elements of the human body.”
She slowly said: “Your Highness’ Yin Yang Fortune Body cultivates the Dual Modes. Although very powerful and very practiced, the foundation is unstable. Thanks only to the Great Sage Equal Heaven’s Great Chapter Heavenly Immortal Chant and her spirit-stone Divine Womb contract, it has lasted until now. For the average cultivator, they would eventually undergo qi deviation and die.”
“This is Your Servant’s ‘Five-colored Fate-managing Divine Chant.’1 It allows the spirit to roam, to follow human will and pass the control of all deities. If you can refine ‘Five Colors’ from these five qi, then you will have succeeded. Only by attaining proficiency with the Five-colored Fate-managing Divine Chant can Your Highness breakthrough to Nine Yin Nine Yangs Fortune Heaven when you cultivate in the future. Otherwise, there will be no end to your troubles.”
“Meng’er also knows of the Nine Yins Nine Yangs Fortune Heaven?” Qi Lin unconsciously switched to a closer form of address.
“There is nothing yet in Primordial World that Your Servant does not know.”
“Is that so.”
Lingmeng then passed on the method of cultivating the Five-colored Fate-managing Chant through the dream. Her cultivation method trained the human body’s Five Elements. Cultivators had a Realm called “Void Return Five Elements,” the meaning of which was to cultivate one of the world’s Five Elements, to train and integrate the corresponding magical energy given one’s own Five Elements constitution.
But this Five Elements talent could reach “two” at most. Except Lingmeng’s cultivation method cultivated all five, possessing five times the benefit.
After proficiency with the Five-colored Fate-managing Divine Chant was achieved and combined with the indestructible Primordial Spirit, reconstruction of the corporeal body was possible even in the event of its destruction. In other words, Qi Lin could reconstruct his physical body without limit, as if he possessed an immortal body.
One day in the human world was one year in the dream.
Lingmeng passed the Five-colored Fate-controlling Divine Chant to Qi Lin through the dream. Qi Lin’s fundamentals were extremely fine, and with the “Heavenly Qilin” attribute, learning anything required half the normal effort. Very quickly, one of the Five Qi gradually showed a bit of a burning red color.
“Your Servant must warn that the ‘Qilin Heart’ in Your Highness’ body is nearly withered.”
“It must be because I overused it in the Chiyou Banner.” Qi Lin had also sensed this.
“The Qilin Heart requires auspicious True Qi to be nurtured. Now that auspicious True Qi is wholly concentrated in the Central Plains Divine Kingdom, Your Highness must think of a way.”
“I know.” Qi Lin understood her meaning.
Ten years passed in the dream. When Qi Lin completely grasped the cultivation method for the Divine Chant, Lingmeng’s figure gradually faded.
Qi Lin wanted her to stay, yet she could not.
…
Braziers were arranged in a small, warm room. The outside was moist, but the interior of the room was warm and spring-like.
Qi Qi sat before the head of the bed quietly. The girl’s gaze was on Qi Lin, never moving, her eyelids never blinking, as if she was a statue. She did not even respond when Nezha called out to her.
A man with delicate features slept on the bed.
Bai Ze explained that Qi Lin’s coma was a result of magical energy overuse in addition to Chiyou’s blood in the end. Yes, Chiyou had given Qi Lin her blood, but the blood of Chiyou was tyrannical. Without the assistance of the Chiyou Martial Chant, cultivating it would give cultivators a very incongruous feeling, resulting in a coma.
However, this was not considered a very serious injury. Bai Ze said that Qi Lin’s constitution was particularly special and could harmonize with Yin and Yang. Even if the domineering blood of Chiyou had entered his body, with just a bit of time, the Yin Yang Fortune Body could refine away the blood of Chiyou.”
Bai Ze was not too sure why Chiyou would give Qi Lin her blood, but the girl could be sure of one thing. Not only would it not injure him, on the contrary, it would make his martial arts become even more domineering.
Qi Qi had stood watch like this for more than ten days.
Nezha came bearing information regarding the battle between Gonggong and the Yellow Emperor, but Qi Qi was in no mood to listen.
Lingmeng, who had been sleeping nearby on Qi Lin’s pillow, suddenly shook her feathers today and woke up.
The peacock jumped onto the ground and spread her tail feathers.
The white feathers surprisingly produced five-colored divine light.
Qi Qi stared blankly.
The peacock glanced at Qi Qi. Then, she spread her wings and flew out the window, becoming a red light that vanished without a trace.
“Was that Lingmeng just now? Wow, so pretty.” Nezha just caught sight of her.
Qi Qi shook her head. Normally, Lingmeng would never leave her big brother’s side.
…
Finally, on the twelfth day, Qi Lin opened his eyes.
“Brother.”
Upon seeing her big brother wake up, Qi Qi heaved a long sigh of relief; the stone statue finally breathed.
Qi Lin’s head ached a bit. Qi Qi helped her big brother recline on the bed, where he found his body was very painful, a pain like every single one of his bones was scraped by a blade, but his magical energy was already more or less recovered.
“How long was I asleep?”
Qi Lin asked.
“Elder Brother has already slept for twelve days.” The door opened, and Yu The Great walked into the room. Several maids also brought in some tools to freshen him up.
“Twelve days? That long?” Qi Lin was surprised. Even if he had suffered from magical energy exhaustion, there was no way he was unconscious for that long.
“The Blood Of Chiyou is in Elder Brother’s body, that is why you were out so long.” Yu The Great relayed Bai Ze’s explanation.
Qi Lin was pensive. He indeed sensed something was off that he could not describe. If he had to, it would be “effortless.”
After Qi Lin washed up, he walked out the door. Bright and beautiful sunlight shone down from the sky, making him blink his eyes in discomfort.
A rare clearing in the sky.
“Don’t tell me the floods have receded?” Qi Lin looked at the fresh, clear and cloudless skies. If this was during a flood, the rains would be endless. There absolutely would not be such fair weather.
If the floods truly could recede, Qi Lin would have been relieved. Pity that things were not as he had hoped at all.
“The Yellow Emperor defeated Gonggong at her coronation, and Lü Dongbin said that Gonggong may have used the Primordial Flood Array to absorb the power of the Immemorial Water God. She is the reason for these floods, so after the Yellow Emperor injured her, some changes would occasionally appear in the weather. However, the floods show no signs of ending.” Yu The Great answered.
Qi Lin was confused.
Gonggong?
“You don’t know, huh. Something incredible happened while you were asleep.” Nezha said, smacking her lips as she ate some fruit.
Yu The Great recounted the events. After listening, Qi Lin finally understood what had happened.
“Gonggong, Primordial Water God, one who controls the element of water. So that’s how it is.”
“That Yellow Emperor is also truly well-hidden. She was powerful enough to defeat even the Primordial Water God, so even Lü Dongbin has gone to meet her.”
“Elder Sister Xuanyuan is also injured right now. The Hong Tribe has temporarily secluded themselves while the Li Tribe has also ceased hostilities. For the time being, Zhuolu should not see any fighting. General Xian feels we should seize this chance to quickly relocate.” Yu The Great said.
Qi Lin agreed, “Everything is up to you to decide.”
“Very well. What other plans do you have for the future, Elder Brother?”
“Is Little Sister Yu trying to drive me out?” Qi Lin joked.
Yu The Great gently explained: “The Divine Cauldrons were seized by Chiyou, and she will not prepare them for use in flood control. Elder Brother has already done everything to resolve the Northern Primordial’s floods. This King has inquired with Bai Ze, and she is also powerless. Elder Brother is also facing the Register Of Deities. Yu fears she has delayed Elder Brother too long.”
“One more thing that Little Sister has not mentioned. Soon, the Northern Primordial, save for Zhuolu, will become a swamp. By then, the Northern Primordial will be ruined.”
Yu The Great nodded.
Qi Lin needed resources to handle the Register Of Deities in the future. Then the swamp Northern Primordial clearly was not a place to linger.
“Until the floods have receded, I will not leave.” Qi Lin was determined. He looked at Qi Qi; the Great Sage Equal Of Heaven was indifferent.
Yu The Great was deeply moved, but she did not want Qi Lin to waste his time in this place.
“Besides, Little Sister Siming, now is not the time to lose heart. Although the Divine Cauldrons were taken by Chiyou, we can still steal them back.”
“Chiyou’s powers are immense. Unless Elder Sister Xuanyuan personally takes action, we will be no match.” Yu The Great said.
“I never said we had to defeat Chiyou to be able to steal the cauldrons back.” Qi Lin mysteriously smiled.
Yu The Great showed a bit of bewilderment.
Qi Lin grinned and moved his thoughts.
A jewel emerged from void space.
This gem was extraordinarily bright, flickering with radiant light. It was light blue in color, a shade such that not even the stars could compare.
“This is Emperor Yao’s jewel. The secrets to how Emperor Yao casted the Divine Cauldrons are all in this jewel. The cauldrons aren’t complete, and there should be some clue in here on how to proceed.” Qi Lin explained.
The girls all suddenly understood.
“So it turned out you leapt into the Primal Chaos Sea to retrieve this gem.” Only then did Nezha understand why Qi Lin did so back then.
“Of course.”
Thus, it really did not matter that Chiyou had seized the Divine Cauldrons. The true treasure of the divine palace was actually this gemstone.
“Qi Lin, hurry and open it. See if there is some way to take back the Divine Cauldrons.” Hou JI, who was with them, worriedly asked.
“En.”
Qi Lin’s thoughts moved as he imbued the stone with his Divine Intent.
In an instant, the scene changed.
The room vanished, and a space that was filled with crystals all around subsequently appeared before him. These crystals were very unusual, for they emitted light purple and light blue True Qi. The crystals reflected dazzling, blinding multi-colored lights as well as a multitude of illusions. Encased in the center of the crystal was an object, and his thoughts were surprisingly unable to proceed further, for they were blocked by the crystal. Then, his Divine Intent was dazed.
Qi Lin retracted his Divine Intent and showed an expression of astonishment.
“Elder Brother, what is the matter?” Yu The Great asked.
Qi Lin let them look for themselves.
They injected their thoughts into Emperor Yao’s gem then retracted their Divine Intents, also showing astounded expressions.
“Could this be Pure Sky.”2
Yu The Great exclaimed.
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THE BIRDIE IS GONE!!!!
:'( It’s sad to see Lingmeng go, but she did leave Qi Lin a parting gift at least. I guess she’s fully recovered…