Chapter 147: Chapter 139: Crow, Rabbit, Little Snake

[When the Crow discovered them, a strange beast was about to swallow the "Little Snake" whole.]

["Stop, you can’t eat!" The Crow suddenly flapped its wings, swiftly fanning the beast into unconsciousness.]

[The Crow scolded the beast, then landed beside the little snake with a kind expression: "Little one, don’t be afraid. If you’re bullied, just call for your big brother."]

[Although he knew the little snake couldn’t understand, he still enjoyed speaking human language, a Dharma Gate he realized during the three hundred years of teaching "Xixi," enabling him to cleverly construct a vocal organ in his throat.]

[The little snake lowered its head, gazed at its beautiful scales with distress, then declared its submission to this awe-inspiring Divine Bird.]

[A day later, the beast slowly awoke, and at once saw the Divine Bird coldly staring at it, causing it to shiver with fear and flee in panic.]

[The Crow caught the beast with a claw; it grew even more terrified, kicking its legs frantically in an attempt to escape. The Crow observed and said, "Don’t be afraid, I’m not hungry; I won’t eat you."]

[Setting it down, the beast fled, and the Crow helplessly caught it again. After seven times, the beast seemed to understand it couldn’t escape the Divine Bird and obediently followed by the Crow’s side.]

[The Crow brought them back beneath the withered tree and began teaching them to recognize words. He discovered that animals born of the "Innate" were not afraid of his flames and their bodies would consume the light and heat emitted by the fire.]

[In other words, they depended on the light generated by his flames for survival.]

[The Crow began teaching this rabbit, this snake, and the beast to cultivate.]

[Eight hundred years later, the rabbit "Xixi," the little snake "Qingqing," and the beast "Ugly Monster" each successively gave birth to a Primordial Spirit, finally able to speak.]

[The Crow told them to call him "big brother." Xixi, Qingqing, and Ugly Monster each called him "big brother," Xixi’s voice was very cool, Qingqing’s voice very gentle, and Ugly Monster had a youthful tone.]

[The Crow was extremely excited, gifting his sisters and brother a softly glowing glass bead each, to decorate their nest. He tirelessly began teaching them to do various things.]

[Every day, the Crow would chat and tell stories with them in the withered tree, today finishing the story of "The Tortoise and the Hare."]

["What is a rabbit? What is a tortoise?" Xixi asked in confusion.]

["Good question, Xixi. A rabbit has two ears, a short tail, and round eyes." The Crow extended his wing to point at Xixi, "What are you looking at? You’re the silly rabbit."]

["Big brother!" Xixi pouted angrily.]

[The Crow laughed heartily; apart from cultivation, this was his one hobby—teasing them until they got angry, then going down to appease "Xixi." He then began the next story, "The Farmer and the Snake."]

["Big brother, I’m not an evil snake, change the story." Qingqing climbed up the withered tree, coiling around the Crow’s neck, also expressing dissatisfaction.]

["Alright, alright." The Crow readily agreed.]

["Xixi is a rabbit, Qingqing is a snake, what am I? Big brother, what about you?" asked the youngest, Ugly Monster.]

[The Crow spread his jet-black wings, which shimmered with iridescent light. He pondered for a moment, "I am the Crow, you are the ugly beast!"]

[Xixi, Qingqing, and Ugly Monster all respected their "erudite" brother from the bottom of their hearts.]

[As for matters the Crow didn’t know, he would fabricate offhandedly.]

[The four were inseparable.]

[Time passed day by day.]

[This world was shrouded in Eternal Night.]

[Apart from the faint luminosity emitted by the massive Primordial Spirit of the Crow, everywhere else remained pitch black. Yet, the Crow noticed that the "Earth Walls" of the four corners began to continuously dissolve, and with each dissolution, a new "Innate Spirit" would be born in the darkness.]

[The Crow occasionally ventured out to patrol the dark world, observing if any new "Innate Spirits" would be born.]

[After another ten thousand years, all places gradually welcomed the birth of "Innate Spirits." The Crow astutely observed that these spirits were conceived from the fusion of a wisp of Qi in the world and the soil.]

[Simultaneously, other "Innate Spirits" began mating and reproducing, miraculously giving birth to bizarre and extraordinary animals of varied forms. These spirits rapidly proliferated in the world, yet the world seemed overly dark and cramped, soon becoming uncomfortably crowded.]

[To compete for living space for their offspring, those "Innate Spirits" began slaughtering one another, filling the world momentarily with turmoil and chaos.]

[However, they all deliberately avoided the East, which was the only source of light and heat in the darkness.]

[It was said that the first born "Innate Spirit" was immensely powerful.]

[The Crow cultivated in the darkness for countless years, with the red halo of his Primordial Spirit outwardly blazing, blinding, and his divine might uncontrollable, leaving no one able to see his true form.]

["Big brother." A cool voice awakened the sleeping Crow on the withered tree. He looked down to see a rabbit gazing up at him—it was "Xixi."]

[The Crow leaped down from the withered tree and asked with concern, "Xixi, what’s the matter?"]

["Big brother, they’re becoming more audacious, venturing beyond the East Valley. I went into the darkness to find a bead and was nearly devoured by his offspring." Xixi’s rabbit face was filled with fear; she had come to report the incident.]

[She was very dissatisfied with those big "Innate Spirits", shouting and fighting every day, causing the ground to shake and the mountains to shiver. She was always woken up from her sweet dreams of playing with her big brother by their noise, it was so annoying.]

["How dare you bully my sister, lawless indeed." The Crow, upon hearing this, flew into a rage.]

[Among the later-born "Innate Spirits", a few were not very bright, but they were naturally strong and robust, much stronger than Xixi, who only had weak Magical Power.]

[The Crow spread its wings, like a Great Sun rising. He found the ’O’ tribe, a group of strange creatures a hundred feet tall, and spewed out a breath of fire, vaporizing the entire tribe.]

["The East, why has the East come? We must flee quickly." The creatures in the dark awoke in alarm and fled in all directions.]

["Every time we witness the might of the East, it is so awe-inspiring. We can’t even clearly see the form of the East, it is so great."]

["It seems the East is very angry. Who among you provoked it this time?"]

["The light from the East feels even hotter and so comfortable. But it doesn’t like to move, just stays there and doesn’t allow us to approach, and a few of my grandchildren died from lack of light."]

[Whispers of worship, complaints, and doubts filled the darkness...] 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

[The Crow looked at the chaotic world, unable to understand the nonsense of the "Innate Spirits". He pondered for a moment, then returned to the withered tree of East Valley, and shouted: "Ugly!"]

[The Ugly Monster, now a hundred feet tall, was startled awake by the sound. With a few leaps, he ran over and bowed his head, gathering in front of the Little Crow, "Big brother, what’s the matter?"]

[The Crow ordered: "Ugly, go and subdue the leaders of those Innate Spirits, and bring them all here."]

[The Ugly Monster’s expression changed, looking troubled, he whispered: "Big brother..."]

[The Crow thought of the Ugly Monster’s strength, realizing there were a few powerful creatures he couldn’t defeat. "Tell them, if they don’t come, they’ll bear the consequences."]

[He paused, looking at the Ugly Monster, added: "Don’t worry, if you can’t beat them, run back here, I’ll incinerate them with a breath of fire."]

[The Ugly Monster nodded, suddenly ablaze with fierce flames, leaping away into the darkness to summon the "Innate Spirits" to face East Valley.]

["Big brother, did you teach ’O’ a lesson?" Xixi eagerly came forward to ask.]

["From now on, the name ’O’ will no longer exist." The Crow solemnly instructed, "Xixi, next time you go out, remember to have ’Ugly’ or me by your side. The outside world is too dangerous, I really can’t feel at ease with you alone."]

[The Crow also didn’t know to what extent the outside world had expanded, nor how many powerful Innate Spirits lurked in the darkness. His radiance could only illuminate a hundred miles around East Valley.]

[Xixi and Qingqing nodded upon hearing this, their eyes full of admiration directed towards the Crow. Their brother was still so powerful, among the Innate Spirits, those born later were often increasingly formidable.]

[Although their brother’s figure was more petite than theirs, his fiercely burning flames dared not to be easily provoked even by the most powerful Innate Spirits.]

[In the darkness, colossal beings carefully approached the dazzling crimson of the East. Though they were the most powerful Innate Spirits in the world, they couldn’t see the presence of a small Crow at the heart of the red sun.]

[Only mistaking that "red sun" as the body of the "East".]

[The Little Crow lightly coughed, his whole body erupted in crimson light, and the red sun behind his Primordial Spirit expanded drastically, encompassing all the surrounding Innate Spirits.]

[Those colossal beings shrouded in the radiance of the red sun showed looks of fear. Lightly shaking their heads, they realized they weren’t vaporized by the supreme power of the "East", only feeling a peculiar sensation that arose spontaneously.]

["Listen carefully..." A majestic voice suddenly sounded in their ears.]

[It was the voice of the "East". They all prostrated on the ground, their heads lowered, not daring to make the slightest mistake.]

[Verse after inscrutable verse resonated slowly in their ears.]

[After a long stretch of Eight Hundred Years, they finally comprehended a piece of scripture, and began to speak human language, able to communicate with the diverse forms of the surrounding Innate Spirits.]

[At this moment, a voice from the majestic red sun said: "You should return to your own cultivation, teach your offspring well, and refrain from casual fighting. I do not like it."]

["Great East Emperor, we are determined to follow your will." They responded in unison, their tone full of reverence.]

"Eastern Emperor’s Transmission"

In the Eternal Night World’s first Ancient God at the beginning of time, named East, whose majestic body was of unknown vastness, radiating warm light and heat.

He was the elder brother of all gods.

The twelve Innate Ancient Gods, seeing the desolation of heaven and earth, felt inspired to nurture offspring, who begot grandchildren, but there was birth and death, hence unending chaos.

They sincerely went to East Valley to face the sole sun, "East".

The Great "East Emperor" was moved by the sincere hearts of the twelve Innate Ancient Gods, imparting to them knowledge and the seeds of fire.

Henceforth, order was born.

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