Jiu Qing sighed softly upon hearing this, "This is a long story, and I can only tell you what I know."
Qi Jing nodded hesitantly, and then he saw Jiu Qing's figure floating to the table in the pavilion. On the table were snacks, a hot teapot, and a small potted plant.
Jiu Qing stood on the petals and whispered from the beginning, "Actually, there are many rumors about Tianzun. Some say he's the most powerful god of war in the Three Realms, while others say he's the first god to ascend. But the details are unknown. I only know that Tianzun has been wandering around the mortal world since a very early time. Although he's a Tianzun, he has no responsibilities.
I knew Tianzun before I became an earthly immortal, which is almost five thousand years ago."
Gu Zhou frowned and looked at Qi Jing who was crunching potato chips beside him. Five thousand years later, he was hurt in the other world. He didn't say anything, but just listened to Jiuqing's narration.
Five thousand years ago, the world was rich in spiritual energy, and there were sects of cultivating immortals, but they had gradually declined.
Jiuqing is a prince of a country. He has some connection with the immortal cultivation sect and went to the immortal mountain at the age of twelve.
At that time, Qi Jing was the master of a peak of the Immortal Sect and was considered Jiuqing's master. Jiuqing had made great achievements in his three hundred years of practice, but his country was facing destruction because of a powerful enemy.
Jiuqing had responsibilities as a prince. He went down the mountain and used his skills to guard the country's borders, fighting for three months without retreating a single step.
But Jiuqing had already embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, and interfering with the fate of the human world as an immortal cultivator, Jiuqing suffered backlash.
He should have disappeared, but after the war, Qi Jing led the people of the country to build a temple for Jiuqing, so that he could receive incense and faith from the people, help Jiuqing overcome the disaster, embark on the path to immortality, and eventually become a terrestrial immortal.
Jiu Qing said, "It was only after I became an earthly immortal that I learned of the identity of the Heavenly Venerable. There is a statue of the Heavenly Venerable in the Heavens, enshrined on the Qinglian Platform where one ascends. I have also inquired about the Heavenly Venerable, but many immortals in the Heavens are not familiar with him. They only know that he is very powerful, and even the Heavenly Dao has to give him some respect.
I was later assigned an immortal position, becoming the mountain deity of this place. I sat there for thousands of years, encountering the Celestial Venerable several times during this time, but he was always busy and could not speak to me. Until a thousand years ago, the Celestial Venerable suddenly returned to the Heaven Realm, had a huge argument with the Heavenly Dao, and disappeared from the Three Realms. The Heavenly Dao ordered the Three Realms to search for the Celestial Venerable, but to no avail.
Gu Zhou frowned, feeling strange, "So, little uncle didn't fight with Tiandao?"
Jiu Qing shook his head. "It was a fierce argument, but no fight. A lot of things were thrown around, and when it got out it became a fight."
"Since there was no fight, why did the Heavenly Dao abandon the Earthly Immortals in the mortal world and cut off their path to ascension?"
Jiu Qing pursed his lips and was silent for a long time before speaking, "The Heavenly Dao has not abandoned the Earthly Immortals. We all stayed here voluntarily. Cutting off the path to ascension in the mortal world was a last resort."
Gu Zhou was even more confused. Qi Jing also raised his head from the pile of food and looked at Jiuqing with the same puzzled look.
According to Gu Zhou and the others' previous speculation, he should be at odds with the Heavenly Dao, and his soul was also sealed by the Heavenly Dao. But why did the Heavenly Dao look for him after he disappeared?
Seeing their confusion, Jiu Qing continued, "The Earth Immortals who stayed behind maintain the spiritual energy of the human world and prevent it from being invaded by evil spirits. This is what people call exorcising the Yin. We all stayed here voluntarily, but over the past thousand years, many Earth Immortals couldn't hold on and died. Those who remain are just so-so, but they are also on the brink of extinction."
Now Qi Jing and Gu Zhou fell silent. They both thought of the tragic situation in the other world. If it weren't for these earthly immortals guarding it, with the gathering of negative energy, it would sooner or later fall into that situation.
After calming down, Gu Zhou asked, "What is the path to ascension?"
"Humans have seven emotions and six desires, and this is also true for immortals. I've heard of many instances where immortal officials who ascended to the heavens harmed the people of the mortal realm for their own selfish interests. The most serious incident involved a struggle for the position of Heavenly Sovereign. There were countless casualties in the celestial turmoil, and it was only through the intervention of the Heavenly Lord that the celestial realm was forcibly suppressed.
Since then, the Heavenly Dao has been thinking of cutting off the path of ascension for humans, but was persuaded back by the Heavenly Venerable. A thousand years ago, the Heavenly Venerable suddenly disappeared, and civil strife broke out again. The Heavenly Dao forcibly cut off the connection between heaven and human, and did not want to involve human beings.
As for how the civil strife was quelled, when the Heavenly Lord returned, and how his spirit was trapped by the Heavenly Dao, I have no idea."
After hearing Jiuqing's words, Gu Zhou and Qi Jing both felt complicated. Qi Jing was simply confused and felt bewildered. Gu Zhou also had deep doubts and didn't know whether Tiandao and Qi Jing were friends or enemies.
Jiuqing didn't say anything else, but waited for the two to slowly digest it.
After a long while, Gu Zhou asked, "So you don't know what the situation in heaven is like now?"
"The heavens cut off from the human world, and there will be no contact from now on."
"Then do you know about the thunder that fell a thousand years ago, and the zombie on the mountain?"
Jiu Qing remembered it. He said, "I did see the thunderbolt. That zombie also had some luck on him. As for why the thunderbolt targeted him, I don't know."
Gu Zhou thought for a moment and asked again, "Is there still any connection between the heavenly realm and the ghost realm?"
"I'm not too sure about this, but the current rules of the ghost world were also set by the Heavenly Venerable. I heard that a long time ago, those in the ghost world often came to the human world and did many inappropriate things. The Heavenly Venerable came to fight them and made them behave themselves."
Qi Jing straightened his back instantly. Although he thought it was not good for him to go to the ghost world to fight, he was really powerful, so he was very happy.
Gu Zhou twitched his lips helplessly, "As expected, outrageous rules always lead to even more outrageous things."
Jiu Qing smiled faintly and set his gaze on Qi Jing again, "Does Tianzun have anything else to ask?"
"Yes!" Qi Jing stared at Jiu Qing seriously, "Why did you choose Ai Duo as your wife?"
Jiu Qing was startled for a moment, his face flushed instantly. He lowered his eyes and whispered, "She has been reincarnated in Chuzhou every time, and each of her lives has a connection with me. I have completed my mission, and I thought I would disappear, but I never expected to be awakened by her again. I want to use this last bit of strength to stay by her side and protect her safety and success in this life."
This feeling is heavy. After completing his mission as an earthly immortal, Jiuqing is just Jiuqing, accepting incense from only one person and guarding her safety only.
Although we don’t know what kind of connection Jiuqing and Aiduo had in their previous lives, the fact that Jiuqing was awakened when he was about to die must mean that they had their own destiny.
Qi Jing really wanted to know what happened in Jiuqing and Aiduo's previous lives, but unfortunately Jiuqing's recovery was not very good, and he could not directly see Aiduo's previous life from her present life.
Qi Jing was a little disappointed and asked him, "Can't you tell me?"
Jiuqing smiled at him but said nothing.
Qi Jing sighed, turned his head to look at Ai Duo who was busy alone in the room, and did not disturb their conversation.
Jiu Qing also followed her gaze and said, "I owe her a lot. In the past, due to my responsibilities, I had no choice but to give up. Now, it is useless to dissipate my weak spiritual power. I hope to have a perfect life with her in this life. I hope Tianzun will forgive me."
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