Chapter 114 Holding Up Heaven and Earth

The surroundings were a chaotic blur. Wei Yuan mustered his strength and burst forth with a roar. However, this layer of what felt like qi was far more resilient than he had anticipated. His soul and true spirit had undergone reincarnation and been tempered by lightning and fire, yet he still couldn't break through it.

He faintly sensed a wisp of sharpness within his true spirit.

Wei Yuan tried several times, exhaling and speaking, "Chang'an!"

The sharpness erupted violently.

However, this sword qi and sword intent, which would be a fatal threat to even the strongest experts in the Three Realms and Eight Desolations, was like stabbing into incredibly tough rhinoceros hide with a hobby knife when faced with this chaotic membrane, and then trying to tear it open with that small knife.

His physical body was gone, only his true spirit remained, along with a few items preserved within.

The progress was slow and painful. Wei Yuan could only grit his teeth, purely relying on his will to slowly urge the Chang'an sword, which had transformed into a mass of Geng metal qi, to bore a hole through this chaotic eggshell.

He didn't know how long this process lasted – years, decades, or even longer.

But finally, a hole was pierced.

In that instant, it was like an exchange between innate and acquired qi.

Wei Yuan exhaled deeply.

The Chang'an sword had pierced through the original chaos.

The next moment, a hand suddenly burst through, accompanied by a long roar that had been suppressed for too long and was finally able to be unleashed. Wei Yuan violently tore this chaotic qi apart, and a surging torrent of energy continuously dissipated, causing the five elements to transform in an instant through mutual generation and destruction.

Wei Yuan only had time to fiercely raise a middle finger towards the sky.

Then he was caught up in this violent qi of the five elements.

…

"Ah, I wonder how that kid is doing."

"He's really making me worry."

Despite saying that, there wasn't a trace of worry on Fu Xi's face; he was filled with joy.

The woman in green leisurely took a sip of tea and said, "Where did you send him?"

Fu Xi lazily replied, "A long, long time ago, before the birth of a small, remote world that almost no one would notice. Only then could I complete this step of placing a chess piece across the ages…"

"Complete?"

Xian raised an eyebrow.

Fu Xi casually waved his hand, and countless streams of light converged into a river. He flicked his finger, and a drop of water flew directly against the surging river, back to the very beginning. His voice was ancient and vast as he said, "The fates and choices of countless living beings converge into what is called destiny. He can only go to a remote place."

"If he went to the time when those major events occurred in ancient times,"

"He would be actively or passively drawn into them, just like a swimming fish. Swimming upstream is already a dangerous thing, but to go to the most turbulent part of the river would only result in being swept back in one breath by the incredibly violent whirlpool and current."

"And collisions with reefs and sharp rocks are common occurrences."

"If he went to the core of the great era, not to mention him, even stronger beings would be crushed to pieces by the fate woven by billions of living beings, reduced to ashes, and cease to exist."

"Conversely, the best choice is a place far from the turbulent part of the river, a remote and unknown place."

"Even a rocky depression bypassed by the river would be better."

Fu Xi lazily said, "For example, if an ordinary person went to a chaotic ancient era, they would be swept up in the storm of the chaos in the middle of the great vortex, unable to control themselves, and would often die without a burial. But if they were thrown into a place no one knew about and lived in peace, they would be safe."

"Because they wouldn't form connections of fate and karma with other living beings."

"So, naturally, they wouldn't encounter any backlash."

"Fate cannot be changed, just like the turbulent river always flows forward, but on the edge of this long river of fate, no one will care whether a blade of grass, a flower, or a fruit grows in a corner, because none of these will change the trajectory of fate."

The woman in green, Xian, said, "Are you saying that staying away from the core of that era is equivalent to smuggling?"

"Then why not let him find you in the past?"

"That's impossible."

Fu Xi answered crisply and matter-of-factly:

"If he were to find me in the past,"

"The me of the past would definitely notice the aura of the current me on this guy."

"The me of that era would think that this was a thug sent back by the future me to snatch Away (Ah Wa) as a child, and would angrily attack and obliterate him."

He answered confidently.

Xian was silent for a moment, then said, "Why are you so confident about this?"

"So confident that it's as if you've rehearsed the consequences of doing so in your mind and reluctantly given up."

"How should I put it? It's as if you're thinking about how to snatch the younger sister from the past you, while also guarding against the future you from doing the same, and have prepared many plans for each situation, so you have a wealth of experience in this matter."

The handsome young man in green and black hair was silent.

"Heh, ahahaha, what are you talking about!"

"I don't understand at all!"

Fu Xi scratched his head and laughed heartily.

The woman looked at him deeply, and finally said:

"Fu Xi, you always surprise people."

The woman in green, Xian, sighed, "The more I understand you,"

"The deeper my understanding becomes of the fact that you are an incorrigible scoundrel."

Fu Xi said embarrassedly:

"Well, I don't have anything good to give you for praising me like that."

I'm not praising you.

The woman in green, Xian, thought to herself, then pondered whether the reason those later Confucian officials pretended to be stupid was also learned from this guy. It's just that Fu Xi is actually all black on the inside; he's pretending to be stupid, but in later generations, it becomes genuine boorishness.

"So, in the past of the same timeline, what is Wei Yuan doing?"

"I can't see it. How could anyone know?"

Fu Xi stroked his chin, a joyful smile appearing on his face:

"As for what he's doing, well, probably pointing his middle finger at the sky and raging helplessly."

"I hope he can have a good epiphany. In that kind of place, he can only honestly support the sky for himself, force, ah, I mean, make learning a pleasure."

The woman in green, Xian, said, "Does 'make learning a pleasure' mean-"

"Does it mean that forcing others to suffer and work overtime to study makes you feel happy?"

"Isn't it?" Fu Xi asked in confusion.

The woman in green said, "If you say so, then it is."

"But, I advise you not to think that that guy will do as you want."

"Hahahaha, in a past where there's nothing, what else can he do?"

Fu Xi laughed dismissively.

The woman in green, Xian, her eyes slightly turning, said, "How about we make a bet?"

"What bet?" Fu Xi asked, supporting his chin with one hand, lazily.

Xian said, "That keepsake photo you secretly took before."

Fu Xi was puzzled, and then said, "That thing, ah, okay. If he can make something interesting out of it, I'll destroy it."

"No, no, no, not destroy it."

The woman in green, Xian, smiled: "I want it."

Fu Xi said, "Okay…"

"I'd also like to see what that kid can do."

…

"Cough cough, ptui, ptui, ptui!"

Completely unaware of Fu Xi and the woman in green, Xian's bet.

Wei Yuan had now broken free from that unfortunate eggshell.

Then, that chaotic sky crashed down fiercely. Although it was only the nascent sky, although it was only the concept of the upper sky of a small world, Wei Yuan, who was currently only a true spirit, wouldn't feel good if he was hit by this thing.

So, he could only support the sky with both hands.

His feet were planted on the ground.

At this time, Wei Yuan finally emerged from the negative feelings of that time-space transmigration. He didn't know where Fu Xi had thrown him, but that didn't prevent him from guessing the result from Fu Xi's previous words. When this guy threw him out, he asked a question, "Do you know Pan Gu?"

Did he throw himself into a small, undeveloped world on the frontier to perform a duty similar to Pan Gu?

Hold up the sky and stand on the earth for hundreds, thousands, or tens of thousands of years, and you still won't be able to grasp the concept?

Wei Yuan's face turned a little black.

The mythical figure of Pan Gu is a composite type, but in the story, Pan Gu is the only one in Chinese mythology who died after creating the world, his body transforming into mountains and rivers. This is also easy to understand: after a high-level existence dies, their body, containing enormous energy, transforms into a new ecosystem.

It's like a whale fall ecosystem.

So, the story of Pan Gu is about a poor corporate slave who worked overtime holding up the sky and standing on the earth his whole life.

Then, after he died, he became nourishment for other living beings.

Work overtime?

Jue is still in the human world, and you want me to work overtime here?

Wei Yuan took a deep breath. Holding up the sky and standing on the earth isn't something a human does. Either you'll die from overwork, your body and spiritual energy dissipating and returning to the heavens and earth, or you'll become like Lao Bo and Zhong, bored and suffocated for too long, and eventually become a mischievous Great Wilderness person.

Both are miserable.

Wei Yuan could only try his best to watch the changes in the concept of holding up the sky and standing on the earth, and to ponder the flowing aura.

But such things are very boring.

Undoubtedly, this was definitely intentional by that Fu Xi guy. Helping you and screwing you over can coexist perfectly, especially in the eyes of that human scum and snake scum hybrid. Otherwise, he would have put himself in a more suitable place for observation, instead of coming here to do hard labor.

This guy seems to be very vengeful…

Wei Yuan felt a little tired, and even his comprehension of holding up the sky and standing on the earth was somewhat half-hearted.

He had to find a place to support himself…

Wei Yuan looked around, but there was nothing. He didn't know where Fu Xi had thrown him. But, after all, it was a newly born small world, so it was naturally desolate. As the process of holding up the sky and standing on the earth progressed, this small world would gradually stabilize, the qi of the five elements would generate and destroy each other, and the world's boundaries would expand.

This takes time.

Wei Yuan only wanted to complete it as soon as possible and return to the human world.

He had no idea that he was now in the past.

Find something to support myself… No, I'm too tired, I have to rest for a while. Chang'an sword? No, no, no.

The sky hasn't completely stabilized yet, won't the Chang'an sword poke a hole in it?

Wei Yuan thought back and forth, and finally his eyes lit up. He found the ground. He bent his knees slightly, exhaled, and with a shout, directly supported the nascent sky, which hadn't stabilized, upwards. Taking advantage of the moment when the sky was about to fall, he flicked his sleeve.

Sleeve Universe - Yaochi! (Jade Pool)

A loud boom.

The huge Yaochi Palace appeared here.

This was a spell bound to Wei Yuan's own spirituality. It was the palace built by King Yu after sealing Gonggong with the power of the gods. Its rank was only higher than that of this small world. In an instant, a torrent of pure qi overflowed, directly expanding this world.

Wei Yuan stared intently at the changes in this world.

The drastic changes in the world's laws caused the sky and earth to quickly stabilize.

Then, it was supported by this Yaochi Palace.

Very good…

It's much easier this way.

Wei Yuan breathed a sigh of relief, but when he lowered his head, he saw that the Guixu (Returning Ruins) token that the two Emperors, Suddenly and Hurtle, had prepared for him had fallen down. This thing, like the Chang'an sword, was bound to his true spirit and had been sent back by Fu Xi. Just as it fell, it was embedded in a stone.

As a result, because the world had suddenly expanded, this stone had also transformed into a mountain range.

Because the original stone was only because the world hadn't stabilized yet.

The primordial qi was all concentrated.

It was flattened by this jade token.

Now that the world had been expanded, the stone had also changed accordingly, expanding a thousand-fold, ten-thousand-fold, transforming into a mountain range. It was just that this mountain range was continuous and imposing, with the appearance of the spine of the world, except that one side was flattened like a rock wall.

Wei Yuan didn't care and directly placed this Yaochi Palace under the rock wall.

Shelter from the wind and rain.

He supported the heavens and the earth with the majestic primordial qi overflowing from the Yaochi Palace, and he stayed here, staring at the changes in the laws of heaven and earth, and then tried to support the heavens and the earth himself. In the best state of essence, qi, spirit, and true spirit, he comprehended the concept of supporting the heavens and the earth. When he had some comprehension, he would switch back to the Yaochi Palace for support, and then reflect and ponder.

But such things are always very boring.

Wei Yuan, bored, reclaimed large patches of vegetable gardens in the back.

Thinking that after he comprehended holding up the sky and standing on the earth, he would definitely return to the human world, but he couldn't let this place go to waste either.

It would be good to come back and harvest the vegetables then.

Well, it seems to take some time to go to the human world from here. If I go back and forth, ordinary vegetables might rot.

I'd better plant some spiritual herbs.

It doesn't matter if they're several years old.

This Yaochi Palace was originally lived in by that Bo Dragon. Wei Yuan found many, many recipes inside, as well as some strange books. He saw in the diary how the Bo Dragon worked hard to learn cooking, how he secretly used a computer to take online courses, and how he became the number one student in the New Oriental Culinary School.

He went to the Shu region to learn hot pot techniques, and to the Central Plains to learn Lu cuisine.

He even ran to the Northeast to learn barbecue.

Changing his form, he hid his hooves and worked as a chef for a long time, working hard to save money.

His effort and striving for upward mobility were simply tear-jerking to read.

Wei Yuan felt a little emotional. When he was moving these things away, he saw a diary below. He thought about it and opened it to take a look. This diary was writing something like, "Ah, later comer, by the time you see this letter, I've probably become a barbecue meal…"

The Bo Dragon's diary had a melancholy and vicissitudes tone:

"Alas, I have been cautious all the way, holding the heart of walking on thin ice, and doing brave and diligent things."

"In the end, I still fell."

"But, do you know, this seat used to be an existence that killed the human race's God of War with a single horn."

"Later comer, I have left all my treasures behind. Go!'"

"Go pursue my collection!"

"That is the most valuable thing!"

A sense of curiosity arose in Wei Yuan's heart.

This guy…

What treasure?

Are they recipes or seasonings?

Wei Yuan wondered, and a sweep of his divine sense finally unearthed a pile of books from under the bed, which seemed to be extremely cherished and well-protected. He glanced at them –

"Viscous Tentacles, Centaur Girl · Requiem!!!"

"Eighteen Prohibitions, Horse Girl's…"

Pa!

Wei Yuan expressionlessly closed the book and glanced at it.

He saw a pile of scrolls, almost a truckload's worth.

He understood.

The reason for driving that Bo Dragon horse to study hard was not fear, but lust.

With a clench of his five fingers, he directly burned them clean.

In the following time, Wei Yuan's days gradually became boring. He watched the heavens and earth, explored everywhere, came back to move things, planted vegetables, and finally even degenerated to raising delicious species, going to work to support the sky, clocking out after work, planting vegetables. While Wei Yuan was idly farming and developing in an ancient era that he didn't even know about.

In the distant future, in the years observed by Fu Xi.

Xuan Wu found a way to go to the human world.

ps: Today's first update… 4400 words.