Chapter 200 Origin: Mingguang was never a child no one loved. ...
After Bitao fainted on the beach, she knew nothing more. She didn't know who brought her back to the newly assigned palace or who took care of her.
Bitao had a very long dream.
In her dream, she had no body, no abilities, and initially even her consciousness was hazy.
In her dreams, she wandered the world with the gentle breeze, the bright moon, the blazing sun, and the stars.
Having witnessed all the joys and sorrows of human life and traversed the vast world, she finally developed "human intelligence."
She began to yearn for and long for everything in the human world, and developed her five senses, becoming able to smell the scent of human life.
She thought she was a ghost, but she couldn't be sent into reincarnation with the ghost officials. The ghost officials seemed unable to see her, and every time she tried to sneak into the gates of hell, she would be repelled.
Bitao didn't know how long she had been wandering in the human world. Her three souls and seven spirits were completely integrated. Not only did she develop the five senses, but she also began to develop the six desires that belong to human beings.
Sometimes, with great effort, she can conjure a physical form. Although her appearance is "messy" and she doesn't look very human, she can eat human food and lives a very leisurely life.
Until one day, she was sucked into a "big pot" by a powerful suction force.
She was inside the large pot when she heard two people arguing.
The woman's voice had a coaxing tone: "Qingming, you have been carrying this egg for hundreds of years. I clearly told you that when I was pregnant, I was exorcising evil spirits on a desolate planet and was tainted by the turbid energy. This egg cannot hatch."
"Isn't having one Dongjun enough for us?"
No one spoke, but Bitao could sense the presence of another person outside the large pot.
A moment later, the coaxing and gentle tone of the woman's voice disappeared, replaced by a cold and stern expression: "Qingming, you want to go to the Southern Heavenly Venerable of Good Fortune and Salvation to bless this egg, just like the other ancient immortal clans, right?"
"The reproduction of all things and spirits in the world is a process of survival of the fittest. The divine power of the ancient immortal clan has become weaker with each generation because of the forced preservation of weak offspring. As the emperor, if you cannot set an example and accept the competition of nature, sooner or later the heavenly realm will be plagued by weak immortals who are incapable of ruling all realms!"
"Bring the egg here. If you can't bear to see him go, I'll personally escort him away!"
"No!" another voice finally spoke, "Kunyi, no!"
After a burst of thunder and the sounds of clashing weapons, the man's voice became very weak, with a pleading tone.
“I’ll listen to anything you say, but this is the only thing… how can I bear to do this? He’s still alive.”
“He should have hatched at the same time as Dongjun. They would have been a pair of exceptionally talented twins. He is our child… Kunyi, haven’t we already chosen a name for him? Our Mingguang is still alive, just a little weak. He might be born soon. How can you bear to do this?”
After a long while, the woman's voice finally spoke again, the coldness in her voice completely dissipated, and she said softly, "What can I do if I can't bear it? He is tainted by the turbid energy. In the celestial realm, a being with both purity and turbidity cannot survive. You have been incubating him for hundreds of years, but he still has not been born. As the Heavenly Dao of all realms, how can I watch you become a demon and be hindered because of a child?"
"I didn't become possessed by a demon, I just..."
Another long silence followed, the two of them silently confronting each other outside the large pot.
In the end, the male voice compromised, saying, "Alright, don't worry, I will definitely not go to the Southern Good Life Deity for blessings, but Kunyi, let's give him another chance."
"Why don't we put him in the star dial for a while longer? I will no longer nurture him with my soul power. We will leave his life and death to the judgment of the common people. If he... he will die naturally, which can be considered as returning his spirit to the mortal world."
The female voice advised again: "Why are you so obsessed? If it weren't for your soul power nurturing him over these hundreds of years, he would have been corrupted by the turbid energy and become a stillborn child long ago."
But the male voice persisted: "I am skilled in astronomy, but as an immortal emperor, I cannot see through my own future. But Kunyi, believe me, I feel that we are destined to have two children."
The woman remained silent for a long time before finally giving in.
“Alright, as you wish, place it in the star dial. However, you are the Nine Heavens Emperor, and I am the Heavenly Dao of all realms. We cannot occupy the life force of the star dial for too long, just three days.”
"good……"
The conversation ceased, and an unhatched egg was placed into the large pot.
Bitao's previously confused mind suddenly cleared up!
—It was an egg, and she was hungry!
So she plunged headfirst into the egg, immersing herself in the egg liquid.
He buried his head and started gulping it down.
But as she drank, she discovered something inside the egg, and Bitao took a bite out of it.
When she conjures up a physical form to eat, it always looks different.
This time, what solidified was a "clump" with only one sharp tooth.
With one bite, her only tooth broke. She inhaled something else as well.
"Ptooey! Ptooey! Ptooey!"
"It stinks!"
Bitao was about to run away angrily when suddenly the pot was overturned!
A large hand lifted her and the rotten egg out, excitedly exclaiming, "Kunyi, Kunyi!"
"The people chose our light, and their consciousness absorbed his turbidity, and he came back to life!"
The woman trembled at the man's roar. Her instinctive fear of the strong made her burst out of the egg as soon as she saw the "light" and disappear into the wind.
She floated and floated until she could no longer feel that terrible oppression, and landed on a large peach tree that was constantly blooming and shedding flowers.
She felt that she had eaten something bad about the eggs, and her mind began to become muddled. Gradually, she couldn't remember anything, except for the taste of the egg liquid mixed with stale air.
When she regained consciousness, she was a filthy being, both pure and impure, awakening atop the large peach wood.
Her body was in pain every moment; the clear and turbid energies were constantly tearing at her.
She was very hungry, but she was stuck on the large peach tree and couldn't break free.
One day, a child came down from the peach tree. The child looked fresh and delicious, and was as cute as a big white steamed bun!
Bitao was starving and desperately tried to break free from the large peach tree. She rushed down from the tree, intending to eat a "steamed bun".
"Mantou" heard the sound of the little filth breaking free from Ningling, and looked up at it—splat.
The little filth landed on his shoulder, nibbled off a part of his immortal spirit, and then stopped moving on his shoulder.
Wood spirits and metal spirits are incompatible. Bitao's celestial soul was burned, and she forgot why she fell.
But they didn't forget to eat.
She took another bite of the "steamed bun".
The burning sensation all over her body after absorbing the golden spirit caused Bitao to suddenly open her eyes from her deep sleep—she abruptly broke free from the bed and from that long dream!
She looked around at the unfamiliar furnishings, her breath coming in ragged gasps, and for a long time she lost track of what day it was.
But as her consciousness slowly returned, Bitao realized that this dream was a memory she had forgotten for hundreds of years, the earliest memory she had ever created between heaven and earth.
This is also the origin of her relationship with Mingguang.
It turns out that their first meeting did not take place under the large peach tree.
They had known each other since they were still in the dark and ignorant; they met inside the egg of light.
The "first meeting" under the large peach tree was actually a "reunion".
Bitao smiled, overjoyed.
She couldn't wait to tell Mingguang these memories so that he could understand that she was not Dongjun's destined one at all. From the very beginning of her spiritual journey, she was the vessel of the consciousness of all living beings. All living beings sent her to ascend to heaven to choose a god, and Bitao chose him from the very beginning.
They were destined for each other!
Bitao threw off the covers and jumped out of bed. Having slept for too long, her knees buckled and she almost collapsed to the ground.
She used her divine power to support herself, and then she was met with the rolling tribulation of advancement lightning.
Her brand-new palace was once again wrecked by lightning. As soon as the tribulation ended, Zhan Kui rushed in from outside, heartbroken, "Ancestor, couldn't you have gone outside to advance your realm?!"
"Do you know how scarce the Nine Heavens Palace is right now? Guoxiang and her colleagues practically fought tooth and nail to get this one for you! Besides, this isn't just your palace; a whole bunch of us will be staying here for a long time!"
Bitao smiled at Zhan Kui, who rushed up and hugged her tightly. His eyes reddened for a moment before he said, "I knew you would be alright!"
Bitao hugged Zhan Kui and patted him.
As soon as they went downstairs, the brand-new palace was empty; there was no one else there except Zhan Kui.
Logically speaking, after this great battle, Bitao should be an unparalleled figure in the Nine Heavens. She already has countless friends, so her new palace should be too crowded to accommodate them all.
What's more... even Tai Chi isn't there.
After asking Zhan Kui, Bi Tao learned that after reshaping her soul, she had exhausted herself protecting the little immortals during the lightning tribulation and the star gnome, and her immortal essence needed time to recover after the reshaping. She slept for more than half a month.
Now, almost all of the Nine Heavens Immortals have made progress after Qingming reshaped their bodies and souls.
Furthermore, regardless of their celestial rank, they had all entered celestial positions and were currently busy in some star realm or world.
Zhan Kui said, "It's good that you're awake. I just happened to be back to hand over my official duties and see you one last time before I have to leave."
"Now, Guanghan and I are in charge of the six stars of the Southern Dipper, and we also have to take care of the places where the White Tiger Star God and the Azure Dragon Star God are stationed. I'm flying around in all the worlds all day long... It's so tiring!"
Despite saying she was tired, Bitao could clearly sense that Zhan Kui was very happy. And when Zhan Kui said everyone was busy, he really was busy. She loved to have fun, and when she said she was leaving, she really left very quickly.
Bitao left the Palace of the Living Beings and saw the Heavenly Realm... It was empty and desolate, with everything in need of rebuilding.
The streets no longer boast the former prosperity of Baiyu Xianjing. Although there are no broken walls or ruins, the absence of anything only makes the place seem more desolate and dilapidated.
There was no one to be seen anywhere. Occasionally, someone would be seen walking quickly, and when they greeted Bitao, their voices would drift over only after the person had disappeared.
Bitao ran to the yin-yang sundial where the stars rotated.
Half a month ago, when she was poured out of the star dial, Kunyi's voice secretly conveyed to her that the strong light from the star dial had severed the power of the star god, causing serious damage to her soul, and that she needed to stay in the star dial to be nurtured.
Bitao ran to the sundial, wanting to see how Mingguang was doing.
They had only just set up their array under the stardial when they heard a majestic voice behind them: "What are you doing here?"
"Now that you've woken up, why haven't you gone to the Six Ministries to claim your celestial post?"
With the world in chaos, the results of the third competition have not yet been announced. Qingming was about to leave the Star Dial to take on a public post when he realized that someone was spying on the Star Orbit, so he hurriedly returned.
—And there I saw Bitao leisurely strolling around.
Bitao was both amused and exasperated. She slowly turned around and saw the majestic Qingming Emperor. For a moment, she couldn't reconcile him with the male voice in her dream.
Bitao always thought that Qingming and Kunyi neglected Mingguang, and Mingguang always felt that his parents only loved his brother.
But Qingming, a man of strict discipline, kept the unhatched egg by his side and nurtured it with his soul power for hundreds of years without giving up. Even the just Heavenly Dao of the myriad realms tolerated Qingming's actions for hundreds of years. Finally... Mingguang hatched.
By forcibly keeping the "weak fetus" that should have been returned to heaven and earth, they affected the destiny of the child who was born normally—Dongjun.
It wasn't that Qingming told a story and sent Dongjun to Shangqing Realm.
It was Mingguang's birth that influenced Dongjun's destiny. After all, there can only be one emperor in the celestial realm, and the calamity of succession struggles in the mortal world must never occur in the Nine Heavens. And Bitao, as the carrier of the consciousness of all living beings, chose Mingguang, which was tantamount to eliminating Dongjun.
Qingming knew that Dongjun's destiny had shifted and felt guilty, which is why he told Dongjun the story of the Shangqing Realm. Perhaps the Shangyuan God Zhen at that time was also deliberately summoned by Qingming.
That's why he had a conflict with Kunyi.
Mingguang was never a child who was unloved.
The youngest child, who has always been "neglected," is the one who silently receives all the pampering from his parents, prompting the law-abiding parents to break their principles.
He seemed to be taking on responsibilities that his brother refused to shoulder, working diligently and daring not to make the slightest mistake, and was even called a "substitute" by others, but from the very beginning he was the only immortal lord chosen by the consciousness of all living beings.
The poor thing nobody wanted turned out to be Dong Jun (a legendary figure associated with the East).
Bitao met Qingming's stern gaze, smiled, and said, "I want to see how Mingguang is doing."
"He forcefully took the sundial, shattering his soul and bones. It's unlikely he'll wake up so quickly."
"Stop looking, go get your government job."
If it were anyone else, Qingming's stern voice and expression would have scared them so much that they would have run away in a panic.
However, Bitao has always been "outrageously bold".
She held up one finger, pleading with Qingming with a smile, "Your Majesty, just one glance."
"After just one look, I'll go to work like a donkey."
Qingming frowned deeply, instinctively wanting to wave her hand and send Bitao away, but then she thought of how Bitao was entrusted with the will of all living beings, and how Mingguang was the first immortal chosen by her as "all living beings" to be born. There was always a deep connection between them.
So he activated the star dial barrier and put Bitao inside the star dial.
Sure enough, the galaxy revolves and the sundial is the "big pot" from my dream.
However... what was once an egg has now grown into a tall, handsome, and incomparably beautiful god.
The deity was unconscious and floating in the spiritual sea of stars.
Bitao stepped forward, stroked his cheek, and hugged him tightly. She rubbed her face against his chest several times.
After a while, they had their fill of fun.
Only then did she restrain herself from letting go of Mingguang, and she gave him a heavy kiss on his chin, on that... the spot where she had once broken her only fang, biting a small hole that turned into a small red mole, "Little Red".
"Muma!"
Only then did he leave contentedly and happily go to "pulley with his donkey"!
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