The most hotly debated topic in the Immortal Realm recently is that the person that Emperor Huayang of Dongshan has been waiting for five hundred years is finally about to ascend to heaven.
Upon hearing the news, everyone's first reaction was to burst into tears of joy. It wasn't because they had a particularly good relationship with Emperor Huayang or the ascended being, but because Emperor Huayang and his companions had ascended, meaning he could soon hold his Dao Couple Ceremony. Once the ceremony was complete, he would no longer have an excuse to solicit donations for the ceremony.
Emperor Huayang of Dongshan, originally named Fu Changling.
As early as six thousand years ago, he was close to the Heavenly Dao. At that time, his name was Ye Lan, a powerful swordsman in the lower world. According to his level at that time, if he ascended to the fairy world, he would probably become a prestigious Taoist Lord.
Beneath the fairyland, there are three thousand small worlds. If the people in these small worlds want to escape the cycle of life and death, they must ascend to the upper realm. Once someone ascends, the fairyland will open the gates of heaven to welcome the people from the lower realm up.
At that time, the gates to the fairyland were open, and the fairy messengers were ready to guide them. Everyone had even thought about what to say when they met.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, the gate of heaven suddenly closed.
Ye Lan was already seriously injured and unable to ascend, so he entered the cycle of reincarnation in the lower realm and was reborn.
This sudden change surprised all the immortals. They had never seen anything like this in hundreds of thousands of years.
So, with the Emperor of Heaven taking the lead, they had everyone calculate for a long time. Finally, the Star Lord Siming, who was the best at mathematics, looked up and said, "He's finished. He has rebelled against the Way of Heaven."
"How does this go against the will of heaven?" someone asked curiously.
Siming Xingjun sighed, "He actually split the lower world into two halves, one named Yeyu and the other named Yunze. He asked Yeyu to use his spiritual energy to nourish Yunze for two hundred years."
"I heard that after the great war in the lower realm, all lives were in ruins. He didn't exterminate all of Karma Prison, so only needing two hundred years of spiritual power isn't too much." An immortal pondered, "How does this go against the will of heaven?"
"The problem lies with his disciple," Siming Xingjun sighed, "who didn't obey his wishes. He didn't unseal the Prison of Creation, and this will be a catastrophe for both worlds. What will become of Yunze's future is unknown."
"What about this Taoist Lord?"
"It's over."
Almost everyone has forgotten this Taoist who was deemed doomed by the Star Lord Siming.
Who would have known that one day three thousand years later, the divine world was shaken, and the Genealogy of the Gods standing on Yunfu Mountain suddenly lit up. In an instant, sixteen names were added, and three of them were directly squeezed into the first row. They were:
Fu Changling, Emperor Huayang of Dongshan
Qin Yan, the Taoist Lord of the East Sea
Nanshan Tongzhen Daojun Jiang Yebai
The fairy world was in an uproar. Before the gods could react, they saw a stone statue suddenly rising in the Temple of the Father. It was ranked alongside the nine emperors in heaven and became the tenth emperor.
A fairy asked, who is this tenth emperor?
Siming Xingjun counted with his fingers, turned his head and looked at the expectant eyes of the immortals: "Do you still remember Ye Lan who was finished three thousand years ago?"
The immortals were shocked, and then they saw Siming Xingjun nod and say, "Yes, it's him. He has ascended again."
Ascension also involves levels.
Some people ascend to heaven after eating a golden elixir. This is purely due to good luck. They can just be ordinary residents when they come up. It is considered good if they have a cave as a temple.
There are also those who ascended to heaven after comprehending certain beliefs in their hearts. This is a higher level. Generally, monks ascended in this way and could hold some official position and do some work.
There are also those who have comprehended their own inner selves and done something to move the world forward. These are more powerful and are considered people with merits, such as the ancestors of certain sects and some monks who act on behalf of heaven during the changes in national fortunes. These people ascend to heaven, have official positions, Taoist temples, and can even set up temples on earth and receive incense.
The third type of people will be ranked in different positions in the immortal class according to the size of the good and evil they have done and the amount of merit they have received. Among them, those who can be called emperors have merits that are close to creating the world.
This immortal world had existed for hundreds of thousands of years, and there had only been nine emperors. Now, suddenly, there was a tenth emperor, and everyone was excited, eager to glimpse the new emperor's true identity. However, after investigating in the lower realms, they discovered that this emperor's merits were not yet sufficient, and his ascension was not guaranteed. It depended on whether the people in the new realm he opened up could be inspired by the scriptures he passed on, and whether his accumulated merits could form enough spiritual energy to allow him to be resurrected and ascend.
So the immortals began to wait. One year, ten years, a hundred years, a thousand years passed, and almost everyone had forgotten about it. But two thousand four hundred and ninety-eight years later, there was another loud rumbling sound in the immortal world. A high mountain suddenly rose in the easternmost part of the country, forming a Taoist temple. Everyone knew that this must be the Great Emperor Huayang who was about to ascend to heaven!
So all the immortals hurried to the gate of Heaven and waited. After waiting for a long time, they saw a beam of light slowly forming a human shape at the gate of Heaven. A young man stood in front of the gate, looking at it in a daze.
The pressure from him, unique to the Way of Heaven, had not yet subsided. The immortals knelt on the ground. Fu Changling was in a trance when he heard the immortals call out, "Welcome Emperor Huayang."
Fu Changling spent about a month in the fairyland, getting familiar with the entire fairyland, and then he understood what had happened.
"So, I'm not dead." Fu Changling replied affirmatively. Siming Xingjun, who was already his friend, smiled. "The Emperor has understood the laws of the universe and has saved the world. He has long transcended life and death."
He has long been immortal, but because he lacks spiritual energy to support the two worlds, he has always relied on the statue.
He stayed in the statue for two thousand five hundred years. He stayed in the temple built for him by Qin Yan and kept staring at Qin Yan for a full two thousand five hundred years.
He thought he would stay there until he disappeared into thin air, but he didn't expect to ascend to heaven just like that.
"Then..." Fu Changling hesitated for a moment, "I...my friends..."
"As long as Yunze has enough spiritual energy and has the merit of saving the world, he will naturally ascend."
After hearing what the Star Lord Sima Ming said, Fu Changling felt relieved. From that day on, he kept the peephole open and watched Qin Yan in the lower world from his own Taoist palace.
He could not go down to the mortal world, nor could he talk to Qin Yan. This was Qin Yan's path of cultivation, and he could not disturb him.
Just like the so-called laws governing the operation of the Heavenly Dao, they are actually very simple, but if they are revealed to others, they are not considered to have been fully understood. Because once known, even if one follows the laws of the Heavenly Dao, they already have a purpose. Only those who comprehend them on their own and cultivate goodness on their own are recognized by the Heavenly Dao and can ascend.
So he looked at Qin Yan every day.
At first, he would feel sad to see him preaching and traveling alone.
The person was clearly right beside him, very close, but he couldn't touch him. He didn't even know whether the other person would succeed or ascend. What was waiting for him was a great torture.
He saw the child Hengdao, who had grown up and become Qin Yan's adopted son.
He is very filial and takes good care of Qin Yan, who is already in his twilight years.
It’s just that Hengdao doesn’t understand Qin Yan. In his mind, Qin Yan is the master of a world, a father, an elder, and Yunze’s sky.
In his heart, Qin Yan had no desires or demands and no preferences.
So Qin Yan always celebrated his birthday alone and walked alone, which made Fu Changling angry and hateful. Did he pick up such a child just to use him as a decoration?
After watching for ten years, Fu Changling finally couldn't help it and summoned Heng Dao's spiritual consciousness into the Huayang Taoist Palace in the upper realm.
It was Hengdao's first time to come to such a place, and he felt that the spiritual energy was astonishingly abundant. He walked in panic among the white mist, and then he saw a figure sitting in front of him.
Heng Dao knew that this must be a master summoning him into his dream, so he hurriedly bowed and said, "Junior Heng Dao greets Dao Lord."
Fu Changling was very dissatisfied with the way he took care of Qin Yan, so he snorted.
Heng Dao broke out in a cold sweat, but still said, "May I ask which senior summoned me into your dream, and why?"
Fu Changling raised his eyelids and said coldly, "I am your father."
Heng Dao was stunned. He knew that he had two fathers: one was the current Daoist Lord Qin Yan, and the other was the long-dead Daoist Lord Fu Changling. Although the two of them had not held a Daoist Couple Ceremony, Yun Ze knew their relationship.
Qin Yan wouldn't talk like that, so his other father...
"Hua...Huayang...Dao...Daojun..."
"Why are you stuttering?" Fu Changling frowned, too lazy to waste time talking to him. He just said, "How do you usually take care of your little daddy? You don't even know what he likes. Are you still worthy of being a son? I'm telling you, his birthday is in three days. You must make good arrangements for it. Buy him a hundred jars of Peach Blossom Drunk and find him some good swords. He likes sword manuals, so collect all the sword manuals that Yunze has and give them to him! If you can't do it well, I'll come to beat you up in my dreams every day."
"Yes, yes, yes," Heng Dao kowtowed hurriedly, "Don't worry, Daojun, I'll do it right away."
"Also," Fu Changling lowered his voice, "Don't tell him about my dream, or it might delay his cultivation."
After hearing this, Hengdao hurried to do it. Qin Yan celebrated his birthday that year with great fanfare. He didn't ask Hengdao why he suddenly thought of arranging a birthday for him, how he knew his birthday, or why he knew he liked these things. He just accepted it calmly, as if he had no interest in anything.
At night, he sat alone under the Bodhi tree and drank some wine. Suddenly, he said, "I was hoping you told him, but I was afraid it wasn't, so I didn't ask."
"This world belongs to you," Qin Yan raised his glass to Mingyue, "Let's have a drink."
Fu Changling sat in front of the peeping mirror and watched. When he heard Qin Yan say this, he felt indescribably sad.
So he used his spiritual consciousness to transform himself into a bird, secretly went down to the mortal world, and landed on Qin Yan's shoulder.
Qin Yan turned around and saw a plump little bird with plump feathers coming up and rubbing its head against his face.
Qin Yan couldn't help laughing. Without saying much, he turned around and took a sip of wine.
After Qin Yan fell asleep under the Bodhi tree, Fu Changling went into the house, brought back a quilt, and gently spread it on Qin Yan.
When Hengdao walked in, he saw a bird using its claws to spread the quilt like a human. He froze in place and watched the bird turn back fiercely, its eyes inexplicably familiar.
He knew that the great god had come again.
From then on, Fu Changling often sneaked down to the mortal world. When Qin Yan was preaching, he would transform into a bird and land on his shoulder.
When Qin Yan was tired during his travels, he turned into a tree for him to rest in the shade.
When Qin Yan watches flowers in spring, he is like a butterfly dancing on the flowers.
In the summer, Qin Yan went boating on the lake, and he was like the koi carp chasing the boat in the lake.
In addition to accompanying Qin Yan, he also found other fun, which was giving Qin Yan gifts.
There are many treasures in the fairy world, and because of his merits, Dongshan is full of treasures.
Today he refined a piece of black iron and used it to cast a sword. Then he went down to the mortal world, buried it somewhere, and let Hengdao dig it up.
Tomorrow he got a precious pearl, and he hurried down to the mortal world again, threw it into the sea, and asked Hengdao to pick it up.
After getting these treasures back, Heng Dao handed them all over to Qin Yan. Qin Yan initially refused, but then he pointed at the treasure and said, "Dad, this thing must be the spiritual energy gathered by my father, specially given to you. Look, your name is written on it."
Qin Yan looked at the word "Yan" above and finally compromised.
Within a hundred years, Heng Dao had become the luckiest cultivator in Yunze's history, but his luck seemed a little strange. He was always picking up things, but they all belonged to his father, Qin Yan.
Two hundred years later, Jiang Yebai, Yun Yu, Fu Yushu, Lin Chen and others came up one after another, and Fu Changling began to have hope.
Fu Yushu and Lin Chen discussed with him that Qin Yan's ascension was a matter of time, and asked him to prepare for the Dao Couple Ceremony early. It hadn't worked out before, but now it must happen. Don't just focus on sending gifts. If you do, it would be a shame to have nothing for the Dao Couple Ceremony.
Fu Changling agreed with this and thought it made a lot of sense.
Then he thought, the gift he gave was good, and the Taoist Couple Ceremony was even better.
He suddenly had a goal and began to search for treasures from the immortals.
Today, at the home of Siming Xingjun, he saw this nice vase and happily pointed at it and said, "Siming Xingjun, I think this vase is very suitable for my Taoist Companion Ceremony. Please give it to me."
Tomorrow, when he went to the Ziwei Emperor Dao Palace, he saw that the cup was nice, so he happily pointed at it and said, "Daoist Ziwei, I think this cup is very suitable for my Dao Couple Ceremony. Why don't you give it to me?"
The day after tomorrow...
He was shameless and a scoundrel. Although he would offer many magic arrays and elixirs he drew every time, his behavior of plundering still gave the immortals a headache.
So, the most frequently asked question in the Immortal Realm was: "When will Qin Yan ascend to heaven? When will they hold their Taoist Couple Ceremony? When will Emperor Huayang put an end to this gangster behavior of looting everywhere?"
The immortals waited eagerly for five hundred years, and finally saw Qin Yan's name light up! !
The immortal world was beating drums and gongs and rejoicing. Fu Changling was so happy that he couldn't sleep all night. As soon as the gate of heaven opened, he and Shangguan Mingyan immediately rushed down to the lower world to pick up people.
After not seeing each other for three thousand years, he and Shangguan Mingyan were both a little nervous. After arriving in the lower realm, they hesitated for a long time before Shangguan Mingyan said, "I'll go first."
So he walked out of the Heavenly Gate and called Xie Yuqing, "Senior Sister."
Xie Yuqing stopped and turned around. Shangguan Mingyan looked at Xie Yuqing's face, which hadn't changed in a thousand years, and his heart trembled. He suppressed all emotions and pretended to be calm. He didn't know if Xie Yuqing still blamed him or hated him. He could only say cautiously as he had done back then: "Senior Sister, the Heavenly Gate has opened. I heard you were going to ascend to heaven, so Mingyan came to pick you up."
Xie Yuqing didn't say anything. As he stared at her, Shangguan Mingyan suddenly felt that he had actually let it go a long time ago.
He saw forgiveness, peace, and longing in Xie Yuqing's eyes.
He had been watching her for the past two hundred years, so how could he not know what she was thinking? It was just that he was homesick and his thoughts were all over the place. When he saw Xie Yuqing's clear eyes, he finally calmed down.
So he smiled and said, "Madam, everyone is waiting for you in the upper realm. Let's go."
Xie Yuqing and Shangguan Mingyan went to Tianmen first, leaving Fu Changling and Qin Yan behind.
Fu Changling looked at Qin Yan's sleeping face and couldn't bear to disturb him for a moment.
So he raised his hand and took Qin Yan's daily necessities and treasures into the Qiankun bag, moved Tianmen to the Dongshan Taoist Temple, and then sat in the statue, waiting for Qin Yan to wake up.
After sitting for a while, Qin Yan was finally startled by the noise and slowly opened his eyes.
Fu Changling finally stood up from the statue and reached out to Qin Yan: "Brother, I'm here to pick you up."
The mortal body cannot be brought to the fairyland, so when Qin Yan followed Fu Changling through the Heavenly Gate to ascend, Heng Dao came into the room and saw that Qin Yan had passed out in his sleep. He fell to his knees and burst into tears on the spot.
But he hadn't cried for a moment when he thought of Fu Changling. He thought, Qin Yan's death was so unclear, maybe he didn't die in meditation, but ascended to the upper realm?
He quickly looked up and saw that there were statues of Qin Yan and Xie Yuqing in the temple. He hurried to the warehouse where Qin Yan kept his treasures.
My goodness, his two fathers have nothing left.
Hengdao walked out of the warehouse in a daze, staggered to sit on the ground, and for some reason, he still felt like crying.
Qin Yan crossed the Tianmen Gate while chatting with Fu Changling. When their eyes lit up, they arrived at the Dongshan Huayang Taoist Palace.
The Huayang Palace was built in the image of the Lanyue Palace, only larger and more imposing. Qin Yan stood at the gate of the Huayang Palace, feeling as if he were in another world. Fu Changling stood behind him, standing with him for a long time.
He felt that he should say something, but the years were so long that he didn't even know where to begin.
The two of them were silent for a while. Fu Changling was about to speak when he suddenly heard Yun Yu's voice beside him interrupting hurriedly: "Senior Brother."
Yun Yu panted: "Brother, you are finally here!"
Qin Yan turned around in surprise and saw many people coming one after another, including Yun Yu, Xie Yuqing, Shangguan Mingyan, Fu Yushu, Lin Chen... even Yue Sinan and Lin Ya were there.
Behind these people, there were many others he had never seen before. They looked at him with scrutiny. One of them, a young man in a blue shirt who looked like a scholar, spoke at about the same time as Yun Yu. Before Yun Yu could even reach Qin Yan, he took the lead and raised his hand, saying, "Congratulations, Daojun, you have finally ascended to the upper realm. Thank you for your great kindness and saving the immortal world from disaster. Please pick a date."
Siming Xingjun spread out the scroll of suitable wedding dates calculated by the immortals over the years and handed it to Qin Yan with a pen. "What do you think? Is the wedding tomorrow? Or the day after tomorrow?"
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