At this time, the human race was enjoying a period of great fortune, and under the leadership of Fuxi, its development had already entered a fast track.
The damage inflicted on humanity by the devastating floods is rapidly being repaired.
Fuxi became the supreme ruler of the human race, and most cultivators were aware of his identity.
This man was not only the emperor of the demon race, but also the elder brother of the goddess Nuwa, and the disciple of the sage leader. No one dared to disturb his path to enlightenment.
On this day, Fuxi left the capital of Chen and was inspecting the area outside the city. When he passed by a tribe, he saw a middle-aged man writing and drawing on the ground with a twig.
The man had a furrowed brow and a face full of sorrow.
Fuxi saw the messy strokes on the ground, which resembled birds and beasts, and also swimming fish. He felt a strange stirring in his heart and walked to the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was engrossed in thinking about something and was completely unaware of Fuxi's arrival.
"What are you doing?" Fuxi asked tentatively.
The middle-aged man was finally awakened, and a look of displeasure appeared on his face. When he saw that it was Fuxi, he hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.
This man was named Cangjie, a minor official in the capital city of Chen. Naturally, he recognized Fuxi, the common ruler of the human race.
"Reporting to the Lord, the immortals and gods have cloud patterns and runes, the demon race has its own script, and even the Asura race has its own writing system. Only our human race, which is now the protagonist of the primordial world, has no writing system of its own."
"Your humble servant is unworthy, but I wish to remedy this deficiency for my human race."
"Oh? So you're planning to create our own human script?" Fuxi's heart stirred; if this person hadn't reminded him, he would have completely forgotten about this.
"That's exactly right." Cangjie nodded resolutely.
Fuxi looked at Cangjie with great admiration, clapped his hands and laughed, "Good! Your heart is a blessing to the human race..."
Next, with the help of Fuxi, Cangjie devoted all his efforts to creating the most primitive writing system for humankind.
As Cangjie held a twig and wrote on the ground in front of him, human characters, flashing with golden light, rose from the ground and danced in the sky.
The once clear sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, thunder roared, and then a rain of blood began to fall.
At the same time, mournful wails and howls of ghosts echoed throughout the heavens and earth.
From then on, humanity had its own writing system. As people's intelligence gradually increased, their morality declined, and all kinds of deceit, cunning, struggle, and killing arose. From then on, there was never a peaceful day in the world, and even ghosts and gods could not find peace...
Cangjie's successful invention of characters allowed human civilization to continue forever, and the river of human destiny continued to surge, creating towering waves.
A mass of merit flew in from the sky, appeared above the two people, and then split into two streams that entered their bodies.
Cangjie, as the main contributor to the creation of characters, naturally received the greatest share of the credit.
As the merits descended, two more bolts of purple lightning struck down from the heavens.
These two bolts of divine lightning are the final test for the birth of human writing. If the two of them can withstand the divine lightning, then from then on, human writing can be passed down forever.
However, if one fails this test, it means that the text has never existed in the world and will be erased by the heavens.
This trial did not originate from the will of Heaven, but was formed by the combined resentment of a group of ghosts and gods...
As the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning struck, a Kongtong Seal immediately rose above Fuxi's head, releasing a stream of Xuanhuang Qi that blocked the divine lightning.
But Cangjie was in trouble. The Purple Heaven Divine Lightning above his head was much thicker than the one from Fuxi, and since he had no cultivation, he was struck squarely on the head by this divine lightning.
In an instant, his physical body turned to ashes, and seeing that his soul was about to be burned to ashes by the divine lightning, the ball of merit he had just obtained flew out and transformed into a wisp of primordial yellow energy that enveloped his soul.
Boom!
The divine thunder struck the Xuanhuang Qi, causing it to tremble, but ultimately failed to penetrate its interior and harm Cangjie's soul.
As the divine thunder dissipated, the primordial energy, carrying Cangjie's soul, entered the Netherworld...
When Fuxi saw this scene, he frowned. It was truly tragic that such a great contributor to the human race had ended up like this.
However, Cangjie had already perished under the heavenly lightning, and he couldn't go back in time to save the person, but he would make sure to settle the person's soul properly.
So he immediately activated the Kongtong Seal, breaking the barrier between the Yin and Yang realms. He then entered the Netherworld, checked the direction, and flew straight to the Underworld.
Not long after, he arrived in the underworld.
When the Lord of the Human Race of the Yang World came to visit, the Lord of the Underworld gave him great face and personally came out to greet him, inviting Fuxi into the Underworld.
After learning of his purpose, Yama summoned the judge, who, after reviewing the Book of Life and Death, discovered that Cangjie's soul had not entered the underworld.
Upon learning of this, Fuxi frowned.
Just as he was about to speak, wanting to ask Yama to mobilize the ghost messengers to help search, a ghost messenger suddenly came to report that the Heavenly Venerable of Salvation from Suffering in the Eastern Pure Land had sent a boy to request an audience with the common ruler of the human race.
Upon hearing this, Yama glanced thoughtfully at Fuxi.
As Yama, he was well aware of the relationship between Fuxi and the Eastern Pure Land, and immediately ordered someone to invite the boy in.
After the boy entered, he first bowed and greeted everyone before speaking to Fuxi: "My Lord, my master invites you to come over for a chat."
"this……"
Although Fuxi became a disciple of Hu Le, he did not follow Hu Le in his cultivation for long, so he did not know much about the disciples under Hu Le's tutelage, only that he had a few senior brothers.
As for their identities, he wasn't quite sure.
Upon receiving the invitation, Fuxi paused for a moment, then smiled and said, "I wonder what brings the Heavenly Venerable to invite me here? I don't recall ever meeting the Heavenly Venerable before?"
Upon hearing this, Yama and the judges burst into laughter.
It seems this person is unaware of their connection to the Eastern Pure Land.
"Hahaha... Since it is the Heavenly Venerable who has invited you, Lord, you can go without worry. With your relationship with the Heavenly Venerable, I guarantee you won't suffer any losses!" Yama laughed as he gave him his assurance, assuring him that he could go without worry.
Fuxi touched his forehead, increasingly puzzled. He didn't recall having any connection with that Heavenly Venerable, so why would Yama say such a thing?
He hurriedly pressed on, asking, "What does Yama mean by this? Please speak frankly!"
"Hehe... Lord, don't be impatient. Once you personally meet the Heavenly Venerable, everything will become clear."
Yama then dismissed the utterly bewildered Fuxi...
After a long time, Fuxi arrived outside the Pure Land in a lotus boat.
The sky above the Pure Land was filled with auspicious and meritorious energy, and the world was filled with tranquility and peace.
"It seems that this Celestial Venerable is indeed a fully enlightened being..."
Fuxi muttered to himself as he entered the Pure Land under the guidance of the boy. They arrived at a Taoist palace and entered the hall, where they immediately saw a graceful and noble female immortal.
"Junior brother! Now that you've arrived in the Netherworld, why don't you come and sit here with your senior sister?"
The two had just met when Guan Kong's words left Fuxi somewhat stunned...
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