Chapter 152: Chapter 144: Celestial Gods, Creating Demons and Shaping Humans

"Eastern Emperor’s Transmission"

The son of Donghuang Taiyi, the Golden Crow, erupted in a great war with the Ancient Gods. Eight suns arose, their scorching heat turned the heavens and earth into scorched earth, and all living beings faced an unprecedented catastrophe.

Donghuang Taiyi halted this destructive war.

An Ancient God named "Qiang" was not convinced and argued right and wrong with Donghuang Taiyi.

Donghuang Taiyi admitted his error.

Then, with Supreme Divine Power, he suppressed the bodies of the gods one by one, transforming them into parts of heaven and earth.

From then on, the elemental forces of earth, fire, water, wind, thunder, lightning, and others were no longer controlled by the Ancient Gods.

[Donghuang Taiyi suppressed the Ancient Gods with a flip of his hand, then looked at the two non-combatant Ancient Gods: "Sister, Chou..."]

[This world is much more fragile than a normal one; he cannot allow the existence of Ancient Gods who would destroy the Celestial Vault.]

[Ancient God Chou glanced at his remaining nine descendants and solemnly said to Donghuang Taiyi, "Brother, please treat my descendants well."]

[Donghuang Taiyi nodded.]

[The Ancient God "Chou" smiled, believing in that once unworldly crow on the barren tree. He slowly closed his eyes, and his body dissipated in light, transforming into fiery flames and resilient metal of the world.]

["Brother, please also treat my descendants well," the last Ancient God said gently, then lay down peacefully, transforming into meandering rivers that nurtured the land.]

[As for the few remaining descendants of Qiang and Kun, some went to the extreme north, others went to the extreme south. The remaining nine Ancient God descendants, numbering fewer than ten thousand, migrated to the periphery of East Valley.]

[Donghuang Taiyi gathered the Primordial Spirits of the twelve Ancient Gods into the "Profound Yellow Grand Bell."]

[Donghuang Taiyi looked at the eight Golden Crows in the arms of Qingqing and Xixi, "Eldest, I must also reclaim your power."]

[The Great Golden Crow stood up from his mother Xixi’s arms, his face full of remorse: "I know my wrongs, but what about Xiaojiu and sister..."]

["Alas, Xiaojiu and Sixteen are not dead... but I don’t know how long it will be before they awaken." Donghuang Taiyi retrieved a wisp of their remnant souls from the "Evil Arrow" and placed it in the "Profound Yellow Grand Bell," nurturing these two fragile fires of life.]

[In his cultivation, besides accumulating Magical Power and strengthening the Primordial Spirit, he had not created any "Dharma Gate."]

[The Great Golden Crow sighed in relief, turning to his seven brothers. The Golden Crow’s Great Sun Primordial Spirit gradually converged into a Great Sun, leisurely hanging in the sky, emitting constant light and heat to illuminate the endless night once again.]

[Xixi’s eyes were full of pity; she gently held the eight little Golden Crows, who had lost the protection of the Great Sun Primordial Spirit, in her palms.]

[Donghuang Taiyi looked at Xixi and comforted, "Xixi, their awakening to cultivate anew may not be a bad thing."]

[Xixi nodded, placing the eight slumbering Golden Crows on the barren tree.]

[Then, she gently nestled in Donghuang Taiyi’s embrace, feeling the warmth. Qingqing soothed the startled eight daughters, snuggling on the other side of Donghuang Taiyi, and the family stayed together for warmth.]

[Approximately a hundred years passed.]

[Qingqing’s gentle gaze swept over the desolate and lonely land, a surge of indescribable loneliness arising in her heart: "Husband, Chou and the Ancient Gods have become part of this heaven and earth, from now on, this world will only have us to rely on each other."]

[Qingqing was very fond of the Eastern Emperor’s subjects. In her days of incarnating as the sun and moon, overseeing heaven and earth, she occasionally took the form of the West Emperor’s messenger, shuttling in the Mortal World, collecting interesting stories and precious items, and then shared them with her children, filling their lives with joy and color.]

[Donghuang Taiyi gently sighed.]

[In the Eternal Night World, all "Earth Walls" had melted; there would no longer be any Innate Ancient Gods. The remaining Ancient God’s descendants were unique individuals, difficult to nurture a large number of living beings again.]

[Unless...]

[A sudden inspiration flashed in Donghuang Taiyi’s mind.]

["Qingqing, the Innate Ancient God was born from a wisp of Heaven and Earth Qi combined with soil. We can also, based on this, create beings with wisdom ourselves."]

[Qingqing’s eyes lit up, her azure tail slightly lifted in excitement, she exclaimed joyfully, "Yes, we can create beings ourselves."]

[Donghuang Taiyi and Qingqing found "Rare Earth" and began molding living beings. Donghuang Taiyi, based on Qingqing’s human-headed snake body form, molded the first living being.]

[But the "mud" wouldn’t move.]

[Donghuang Taiyi used the Primordial Spirit to grasp the Heaven and Earth Qi dissipated by the Ancient Gods, adding a wisp of Profound Yellow Qi, and that mud instantly transformed into a fragile living being with a human head and snake body.]

[The being was bewildered and ignorant, looking at the creator Donghuang Taiyi, and prostrated itself, uttering incomprehensible cries: "Yi, Yi."]

[Donghuang Taiyi was pleasantly surprised and casually named this human-headed snake-bodied being, "Without parents, from now on you shall be Celestial God Yi."]

[Xixi and Qingqing looked with curiosity at "Celestial God Yi," a being born from earth and water resembling the Innate Spirit like the "Ancient Gods," but without Divine Power.]

[Donghuang Taiyi extracted eleven wisps of Profound Yellow Qi, creating various beast-headed human-bodied, human-headed beast-bodied, and feathered celestial beings, adding "Yi," totaling twelve Celestial Gods.]

[They were transformed from the Primordial Spirits of the Ancient Gods, but they had been in the "Profound Yellow Grand Bell" for too long, losing their previous memories.]

[Qingqing had several Cloud Bird Maidens take turns going to the East Valley for food, nurturing the twelve Celestial Gods in the East Valley.]

[Donghuang Taiyi gave twelve strands of Profound Yellow Qi to Xixi and Qingqing each, allowing them to create creatures they liked. Meanwhile, he retrieved the Eastern Emperor’s Subjects’ "Glass Beads" to reinforce the Celestial Vault.]

[Donghuang Taiyi built two layers of heaven and earth above the Celestial Vault.]

[The lower heaven and earth guard against internal threats, the upper heaven and earth guard against external threats.]

[The first beings Xixi created were Crows, Rabbits, Little Snakes, and Ugly Monsters. Subsequently, her inspiration flowed like a spring, granting life to various creatures mentioned in the stories told by crows under withered trees.]

[With great creativity, new creatures continuously leaped forth at her fingertips. Rats, Oxen, Tigers, Horses, Sheep, Monkeys, Chickens, Dogs, and Pigs came to life vividly under her skillful hands.]

[The desolate valley, due to the birth of these small creatures, burst with vitality. Xixi especially cherished the first "Rabbit."]

[Though Xixi shed her Innate appearance, she still fondly remembered the day the Rabbit first met the Crow in the Eternal Night World.]

[As for the other creatures, Xixi taught them the language and characters of ten sunsets, then let them freely explore, fly, and run in this newly born world.]

[Meanwhile, the first creatures Qingqing molded were her eight Cloud Bird Daughters, but her craftsmanship was awful, resulting in wretched-looking Cloud Birds.]

[Her daughters, with their splendid feathers, were dissatisfied with their mother’s handiwork and refused to be her "models." Instead, they sought Xixi’s assistance, and Xixi crafted a Bird Race with colorful plumage modeled after them, the most beautiful race in the world.]

[These little creatures lived carefree, multiplying and thriving into a large group. Three hundred sunsets later, they gained knowledge from the "Ten Suns" of memory, gradually developing wisdom.]

[Another three hundred sunsets later, their lives gradually reached twilight.]

[Among them, one creature witnessing the birth, aging, sickness, and death of its tribe, felt the brevity of life.]

[From each among the Bird, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Chicken, Dog, and Pig, a wise one and a warrior set off on a long journey to seek the original valley, searching for the West Emperor, the "Creator of All Things."]

[However, outside the valley, they had to cross the domains of the Eastern Emperor’s Subjects. These subjects had bizarre forms, as large as mountains of a hundred or thousand zhang, possessing various marvelous powers. Just a breath could become a fierce wind, and a slight move while sleeping could cause much damage among them.]

[In their despair.]

[A "Divine Bird" with colorful feathers traced a magnificent rainbow, guiding them to avoid the enormous Eastern Emperor’s Subjects of hundred or thousand zhang.]

[They returned to the valley, where eight red suns rested on withered trees.]

[The beautiful Five-Colored Divine Bird leisurely preened its feathers in front of the radiant palace, uttering a clear, melodious voice like pearls falling on a jade plate: "Honored Mother, sorry to disturb your sweet dreams. Your children outside wish to see you. Would you like to meet them?"]

[Xixi awoke from her pleasant dreams, glancing at the Golden Crow on the withered tree, still asleep, and her expression showed a hint of disappointment.]

[Xixi inquired about their purpose, casually giving them a "Qi Cultivation Scripture" and a dharma gate for constructing throat organs.]

[Her husband, Donghuang Taiyi, had said that all beings with spirit and life could study this "Qi Cultivation Scripture" to seek a sliver of life.]

[The wise ones from each race took the "scripture" back to their tribes to teach the dharma.] 𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

[Thereafter, all intelligent beings could call themselves the Demon Race.]

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[Qingqing was a bit anxious, unsure of what creatures to create for a while. She had to grab her husband, Donghuang Taiyi, and Xixi, and fashioned creatures in their likeness.]

[After practicing this for dozens of sunsets, Qingqing’s skills improved significantly, finally crafting creatures she was satisfied with.]

[In one breath, she molded approximately twelve thousand people by the riverside, using up twelve strands of Profound Yellow Qi. These creatures awoke, only the size of her thumb, crawling around in the palm of her hand.]

[This creature had a nose, mouth, eyes, hands, feet, and most importantly, was born with the ability to speak, known as—Humans in the Crow’s stories.]

[It was the closest likeness to her, Xixi, and Donghuang Taiyi.]

[Qingqing taught them the civilization once created by the "Eastern Emperor’s Subjects."]

[In a hundred sunsets, the number of little people exploded.]

[Qingqing let them leave the valley, and the little people split into twelve tribes, migrating in different directions.]

[Eight hundred sunsets later, the earliest little people gradually reached old age and then passed away.]

[That peaceful and quiet valley, with the sun resting on the tree and eight Five-Colored Divine Birds...]

[There was a Goddess with the head of a human and the body of a snake, her figure towering like a mountain, her tail swaying leisurely in the river, her eyes gentle as water, softly humming ancient songs while "molding earth to create humans."]

[These gradually became legends in the mouths of the Human Race.]

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