Book 6: Chapter 007: Long Zhanguo’s Revival
Soon, two n arrived at Laozi’s courtyard. One was a barefoot, burly Indian. However, the Indian man was immaculate despite that. The other was a sowhat skinny Caucasian. The Caucasian wore white clothes and radiated a gentle, white light.
When the two arrived at the courtyard, they imdiately sized up Gu Hai with surprise and curiosity. Although Laozi had described the situation very casually in the video call, the two still felt incredibly shocked. Another perfect immortal firmant? The two tossed aside their computers and imdiately rushed over at nearly the sa ti.
“From another immortal firmant? Gu Hai?” the burly Indian asked with a smile.
“Other immortal firmants truly exist?” the white-clad Caucasian asked curiously.
Before Gu Hai could speak, Zang Yulian raised her eyebrows. “The Present Buddha’s, Gautama’s, aura? Oh? The Supre Genesis’s aura?”
“Gu Hai greets Mister Siddhārtha and Mister Jesus. This is Zang Yulian, the Supre Ascendant from the Six Paths Immortal Firmant.” Gu Hai bowed politely.
“Gu Hai? Zang Yulian? The Six Paths Immortal Firmant?” The two’s expressions changed.
“Alright, we can speak later. Did you bring the things?” Laozi asked.
“Naturally.” Siddhārtha nodded while smiling.
Jesus nodded as well.
“Let’s go!” Laozi waved.
Buzz!
A spatial door suddenly appeared in front of the group.
“This is?” Zang Yulian appeared slightly suspicious.
Laozi, the altar boy, Siddhārtha, and Jesus had already entered. Gu Hai followed after them with Zang Yulian.
Buzz!
The spatial door vanished.
In the next mont, the group appeared above a sea of clouds.
They were on a large floating island with many palaces on it. A sea of clouds lay outside, and many immortal cranes flew about in the distance. With sunlight shining down, it looked incredibly dreamy.
“A floating island? This isn’t Earth anymore? Is this another immortal firmant?” Zang Yulian marveled at the surroundings.
“It is not an immortal firmant. It is just an independent world that we forged together, a common place of refuge.” Laozi showed a faint, bitter smile.
When Gu Hai looked at the largest palace on the floating island, he saw a signboard on it.
“Tusita Palace? The Supre Ascendant Sovereign’s residence?” Gu Hai was startled to see that signboard.
[TL Note: Tusita ans contented or joyous in Sanskrit. In one of the Buddhist interpretations, it is the fourth of the six heavenly realms. Tusita is a Buddhist concept, while the Supre Ascendant Sovereign is a Taoist deity; this makes it appear rather strange. It was Journey to the West that claid that the Supre Ascendant Sovereign stayed in Tusita Palace.]
Creak!
The doors of that palace opened.
Many Daoist altar boys poured out from inside. The person leading them was an old man who resembled Laozi sowhat.
“It really is the Supre Ascendant Sovereign?” Gu Hai said with a strange expression.
The Supre Ascendant Sovereign walked over to Laozi and bowed respectfully. “Grand Pure One, the Lord of the Dao and the Virtue, salutes my true body, Laozi!”
Laozi nodded. “Supre Ascendant, can I trouble you to go to Nuwa Palace and bring Nuwa’s holy blood over? Bring all of it.”
“Yes!” the Supre Ascendant Sovereign answered.
The Supre Ascendant Sovereign’s figure flashed and vanished from where he was.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
As though sensing the arrival of the group, many beams of light shot over from a distance.
Whoosh!
The first to arrive was a black-robed man. This person emanated overwhelming sword qi.
“Sect Master Heavenly Access? Why is the aura so similar?” Zang Yulian goggled in shock.
The black-robed man glanced at Zang Yulian with puzzlent. Then, he turned to Laozi and bowed. “Supre Pure One, the Lord of the Numinous Treasure, salutes my true body, Laozi!”
The white-clad man at the side said respectfully, “Jade Pure One, the Lord of Primordial Beginning, salutes my true body, Laozi!”
“Myriad Age Mountain’s Zhenyuanzi salutes Senior Laozi!”
[TL Note: Zhenyuanzi is worshiped in Chinese folk religion and is also a character in Journey to the West. Here is the Wikipedia entry on him: sen.wikipedia/wiki/Zhenyuan_Daxian.]
The Daoist experts respectfully saluted Laozi.
Whoosh!
A beam of golden light approached from a distance.
“Gautama salutes my true body, Venerable Siddhārtha!” a man who looked sowhat similar to Siddhārtha saluted respectfully.
[TL Note: Many Buddhist and Hindu deities have the concept of having incarnations. They appear in the world in different forms and nas, often showing different aspects and appearing like different people. So while Gautama and Siddhārtha refer to the sa deity, they are different incarnations. However, in this novel, it seems like the incarnation becos a separate person and exists together with the original.]
More beams of golden light shot over. Various buddhas and arhats appeared and respectfully saluted Siddhārtha.
Siddhārtha nodded.
Whoosh!
Now, beams of white light shot over.
A white-Confucian-robed man appeared and said, “Confucianism’s Kong Qiu greets the various sages!”
“Mohism’s Mo Di greets the various sages!”
“Legalism’s Han Fei greets the various sages!”
[TL Note: Kong Qiu is another na for Confucius. Mo Di also goes by Mozi or Micius. Confucianism, Mohism, and Legalism are classical schools of thought in Chinese philosophy. Here are the various Wikipedia entries for the characters and schools of thought: sen.wikipedia/wiki/Confucius, sen.wikipedia/wiki/Mozi, sen.wikipedia/wiki/Han_Fei, sen.wikipedia/wiki/Confucianism, sen.wikipedia/wiki/Mohism, and sen.wikipedia/wiki/Legalism_(Chinese_philosophy).]
Notable characters that Gu Hai knew from history flew over.
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Gu Hai looked at everyone with curiosity but did not ask any questions. This was not the ti.
Whoosh! The Supre Ascendant Sovereign suddenly flew back with a group of won. Then, he bowed respectfully to Laozi.
“True body, Nuwa died in a calamity, and her blood is all here. Didn’t you say that there is no way for Nuwa to revive?” the Supre Ascendant Sovereign asked out of curiosity.
Laozi shook his head and did not explain.
Then, Laozi waved his hand and moved out the Eight Trigram Pill Furnace from Tusita Palace. The Supre Ascendant Sovereign began assisting from the side.
Laozi looked at Gu Hai. “Mister Gu, who shall we start with?”
After so silence, Gu Hai said, “Let’s start with Long Zhanguo.
“Alright!” Laozi nodded.
Creak! The pill furnace opened.
“Siddhārtha and Jesus, I’ll have to trouble you here!” Laozi looked at the two.
Siddhārtha nodded, then extended his hand and took out a golden lotus flower. Jesus took out a golden chalice filled with liquid.
“The Reincarnation Golden Lotus and Holy Water, please pour them into the Eight Trigram Pill Furnace!” Laozi instructed seriously.
Whoosh!
The two quickly poured their items into the pill furnace. Then, Laozi extended his hand and tossed in a pile of materials.
Laozi looked at Gu Hai. “Mister Gu, Long Zhanguo’s three spiritual souls!”
Zang Yulian looked at Gu Hai with curiosity.
“Hah!”
Gu Hai opened his mouth and spat out a clump of white energy.
Long Zhanguo’s three spiritual souls? As Gu Hai cultivated the Worldly Sorrowful Endownt, he had the Karmic Energy nding Heaven pool in his dantian. The sins and three spiritual souls of anyone Gu Hai killed would be pulled into the Karmic Energy pool to be refined into nding Heaven Energy. Once the spiritual souls entered the Karmic Energy Pool, he had full control over the three spiritual souls, with the choice of refining them or preserving them.
Laozi extended his hand and waved.
Whoosh!
Long Zhanguo’s three spiritual souls, inside the clump of white energy, imdiately entered the pill furnace.
“Start the fire!” Laozi said seriously.
Boom! The Supre Ascendant Sovereign imdiately brought out the Samādhi True Fla and started the refinent.
Intense flas covered the Eight Trigram Pill Furnace. The materials for reforging the body lted within it.
“Long Zhanguo can reforge his physical body after forty-nine days,” Laozi said seriously.
“Forty-nine days? That long?” Gu Hai opened his eyes wide, revealing a trace of concern.
“There’s no need to worry. One day on Earth is one year in this world,” Laozi said with a smile.
Gu Hai’s expression changed as he nodded.
Given this, Gu Hai waited patiently. He could afford to wait for one or two days.
Forty-nine days passed in a flash. More experts had shown up around Tusita Palace. These were mythological figures and people from history that Gu Hai had heard of, coming from various places. When they arrived, they simply bowed, not interrupting.
“Hah!”
A loud shout ca from the pill furnace.
Boom!
The lid of the Eight Trigram Pill Furnace burst open. Two beams of golden light imdiately shot into the sky.
“Withdraw!”
The Supre Ascendant Sovereign waved his hand, and the intense fla suddenly vanished, revealing a muscular man within.
This man walked out of the pill furnace naked. His eyes flashed with golden light that shone in all directions.
“The Fiery Golden Eyes?” Gu Hai smiled.
[TL Note: The Fiery Golden Eyes is an ability that the Monkey King has. The Monkey King gained it when he got captured and the Chinese pantheon tried to refine him into a pill with this furnace to kill him. However, the Monkey King survived and gained this ability instead. These eyes grant the ability to discern truth from illusions.]
Gu Hai imdiately recognized the man that appeared.
“Where is this? Why are we here? Gu Hai?” The man raised his eyebrows when he saw Gu Hai.
“Qian Heavenly Emperor, congratulations on your rebirth!” Gu Hai said with a smile.
As Gu Hai smiled, he took out a set of imperial robes for the man to wear.
This man was Long Zhanguo.
Long Zhanguo narrowed his eyes and surveyed the surroundings as he held the dragon robes. He did not recognize anyone here but Gu Hai and Zang Yulian. Where am I?
Long Zhanguo had lost all his cultivation. Even so, he still gave off a regal air, as though he feared nothing. This effulgent regal air caused the expressions of several of the deities and buddhas in the surroundings to change.
This was the air of absolute superiority.
The Qian Heavenly Emperor? Who is that? Why have we not heard of him before? Only the fallen Jade Emperor had such a regal air.
“Rember, I ntioned that there might be other perfect immortal firmants aside from the Six Paths Immortal Firmant?” Gu Hai prompted seriously.
“Another perfect immortal firmant?” Long Zhanguo narrowed his eyes.
“This is the place of my birth,” Gu Hai said seriously.
Laozi looked at Long Zhanguo. “A mighty air refusing to submit to Heaven. The strongest person in the world of the Six Paths Immortal Firmant. Long Zhanguo, it took forty-nine days to reforge your physical body. During this ti, Mister Gu has told about it. This old one is in awe!”
“Oh?” Long Zhanguo looked at Laozi.
“These are the seniors who are fighting against Heaven and protecting all life in my immortal firmant,” Gu Hai explained.
“Li Er greets Mister Long Zhanguo!”
“Siddhārtha greets Mister Long Zhanguo!”
“Jesus greets Mister Long Zhanguo!”
“Kong Qiu greets Mister Long Zhanguo!”
The surrounding people bowed politely. Although curiosity filled Long Zhanguo’s eyes, he bowed back to everyone.
After returning the courtesy, Long Zhanguo suddenly laughed, “Hahaha! It looks like my life did not end! Gu Hai, our spiritual light once pointed to us that you are trustworthy. You are indeed a great variable!”
“Qian Heavenly Emperor is too generous with praise,” Gu Hai said with a bitter smile.
“The Qian Nation no longer exists. There is no need to address as Qian Heavenly Emperor anymore. Just address by na; call Long Zhanguo,” Long Zhanguo sighed.
“Alright.” Gu Hai nodded.
“These are? Oh? The Present Buddha? Sect Master Heavenly Access? Their auras?” Long Zhanguo looked at Gautama and the Supre Pure One, the Lord of the Numinous Treasure.
It was not just these two people. Long Zhanguo found so of the others very familiar as well.
“Immortal firmants have similar origins, so there will always be parallels in the process.” Laozi nodded.
Surprise flashed in Long Zhanguo’s eyes, but he did not pursue the question. He only nodded gently.
“Now that Long Zhanguo has revived, I would like to ask Mister Laozi to assist in reviving the Supre Wa next,” Gu Hai said gravely.
As Gu Hai spoke, he took out a large coffin. The Supre Wa he had killed lay inside. Over the past few days, he had used nding Heaven Energy to nd the hole in her forehead.
“With her physical body here, it will be much easier.” Laozi nodded.
When the coffin was opened, it caused a commotion in the surroundings.
“Lady Nuwa’s physical body still exists?!” so of the immortals and deities at the side cried out in shock.
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