Chapter 516 Extra: The Past of Jade Void (Ling Xiaozi)
When Shan Shui wanted to take over the land of Lan Heng Realm, Ji Rong couldn't wait, so she sent Jiao Jue and Xi Tong to accompany Shan Shui. She then concealed her aura and transformed into a mortal colorful bird, flying into Lan Heng Realm.
She missed Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang terribly after being separated for many years.
After flying around the former Fifth Mining Area—now known as "Lingxiao Mountain"—I saw Ji Zhuang teaching the human farmhands how to plant new spiritual plants in the fields, while Gu Qingqing was giving a passionate speech to a group of managers in a simple earthen shed.
They had important business to attend to, so Ji Rong didn't rush up to disturb them.
She then flew around and discovered that Qingpingzi, whose body was covered in pink, was carving stones alone in the shady part of the mine.
The stone looked like it had just been unearthed; it was white-blue with many black spots in the middle, quite ordinary. The carved areas on the stone already faintly revealed the outline of a tail.
Beside this ordinary stone, there was a huge, high-quality red jade ore, and it was unclear what it was intended to be used for.
Ji Rong flapped his wings and came to the stone statue, asking, "Senior brother, what are you carving? Why not use the finest jade?"
Qingpingzi didn't even look up. He focused on using a fine iron knife to continue carving the stone and said, "Junior sister, our master comes from the ancient god clan Ruyue."
You entered too late and have only seen the master's statue. You wouldn't know that among the stones from several realms, this one is most similar to the skin color of the Ruyue people; it's clearly fate.
With nothing else to do, Ji Rong said, "Then, senior brother, take a rest and tell me about Master's background."
Upon hearing this, Qingpingzi put down his carving knife, squatted down beside the still rough tail, and slowly recounted the origins of Lingxiaozi.
"Our master, Ling Xiaozhi, naturally has a remarkable background..."
Ling Xiaozi was a prodigy of the Ruyue clan of the divine race, whose real name was Ruyuexiao.
Their clan was a prosperous clan during the ancient times, and they were the lineage that had the most successful Daoist Moon Lords.
However, without the collapse of the old gods, it is difficult for new gods to emerge.
As a result, even such an ancient ethnic group has split into many factions, which are often embroiled in internal strife.
However, at that time, the source could no longer supply the many gods, and almost every god who attained godhood would restrict the use of the source by the gods under his jurisdiction.
Ruyue Ke was such a Moon Lord. He not only reduced the expenses of the Ruyue clan, but also drove the Ruyue clan out of the Moon Shadow Mountains and made them live in the spiritually rich Kexu Mountain (now within the Jade Void Mountains). He ordered them to change to using spiritual energy for cultivation, just like all other races, in order to seek a new path.
He said, "This is the future of the gods!"
In retrospect, Kisaragi Katsuki's idea was good, but the Kisaragi clan was naturally close to the night, used to the nourishment of their origins, and used to their revered status for generations. How could they endure the suffering of being exposed to the sun every day?
As a result, the Ruyue clan, unusually, stopped fighting amongst themselves. Instead, they focused on accumulating resources and secretly nurturing the next prodigy, determined to drag the ungrateful Ruyue Ke down from his divine position.
When Ruyue Xiao was born, it coincided with the time when the Yuanjun, who was then called Ruyue Huan, led a group of confidants to overthrow the previous Yuejun, Ruyue Ke.
After stripping the power from Ruyue Ke's heart, Ruyue Huan hurriedly hid underground to merge with the power, and this went on for decades.
With Ruyue Huan's fate unknown, the Ruyue clan, which had been severely weakened in supporting Ruyue Huan's power grab, became the target of various clans' secret desire to annex them.
However, the Yuezhi clan was a powerful clan that had existed since ancient times. In just over a dozen battles, they had driven the surrounding clans to cede territory and beg for mercy.
Ling Xiaozi was born at dawn during this period, surrounded by colorful rays of light that lingered around her for a long time. When the chief of the Ruyue clan saw this light, he felt that his clan was destined by heaven and became even more confident!
Perhaps because she was forced to switch to cultivating spiritual energy, Ruyuexiao was born with only one tail, but had eight arms (two more than the average Ruyue clan member).
She is not afraid of sunlight, unlike ordinary members of the Yuezhi tribe whose power is weakened by 20% when exposed to the sun.
Thus, even in her childhood, she was able to fight three opponents single-handedly under the sun, and often went out with her clan's team to seize territory, quickly gaining fame.
As the territory of Mount Kexu grew larger, more and more of the gods were robbed.
Not long after, in the daytime when the moon could not reach, the Wangshan clan suddenly joined forces with other clans to invade the territory of the Ruyue clan, Kexu Mountain.
This was a one-sided massacre, and the Yuezhi people were completely unprepared.
When they finally managed to escape back to the Moonshade Mountains after exhausting all their strength, only seven little cubs like Yuexiao and about twenty seriously injured members of their clan remained.
They used a secret method to hide in a dark ravine, waiting for five years until the Yuanjun awoke and came out for the first time to inspect the territory in his chariot, at which point they finally emerged.
After Yuanjun woke up, she threw a tantrum.
After hearing the words of the remnants of the Yuezhi, He flew up to Mount Kexu that very night.
He opened his mouth wide, stuck out his tongue, and devoured the shadows of dozens of clans, including the Wangshan clan, that were besieging the Ruyue clan. Then, at the cost of his heart and flesh as nourishment for his authority, he spent two days and nights transforming them into creatures of the night.
In this battle, Yuanjun did not win easily. Her tongue was pierced through by Shuijun and Dianjun, who rushed to the scene upon hearing the news, and could no longer be retracted.
After killing the Water Lord and the Lightning Lord, the Primordial Lord used this overwhelming killing power to expand the area of the Moon Shadow Mountain Range three times over. The killing only stopped when the gods gave in and agreed to reconnect the source to the Jade Liquid Moon Washing Pool.
From then on, the Moon Shadow Mountains began to lose their balance of Yin and Yang, gradually becoming a desolate place. Yuanjun had no choice but to settle the remnants of the Yuezhi people on the outskirts of the Moon Shadow Mountains to prevent them from being assimilated by her.
As the old and weak members of the Yuezhi tribe died under the erosion of time, and the struggle between the old and new gods never ceased, all of this had nothing to do with Ruyuexiao.
Ruyuexiao grew up safely under the protection of Yuanjun.
Yuanjun invited an ancient shaman to teach her physical skills, wisdom, and medicine; she took her to the Golden Cauldron Palace to learn the art of creation from the Golden Mother Goddess; and she also sent her to the War God Hall to meet Emperor Ba, whose brains were scattered all over the ground and who was about to die.
This Emperor Ba was on his last breath, his body riddled with weapons, and at the foot of Chijian Mountain, the gods were swarming around him, eyeing him covetously.
He looked at Ru Yuexiao's strong and robust physique, sneered, and then summoned a blood-red seal covered with weapon patterns, asking fiercely, "Little brat, with such a good physique, do you want to become a god?"
Looking at Di Ba's incomplete yet immortal state, Ru Yuexiao shook her head and said, "I don't want to be a god. If I could, I wouldn't want to be a member of the God Clan either."
Upon hearing this, Di Ba felt a sense of novelty and asked, "Is it because of the origin? If you can become a main god, you can share it."
Ru Yuexiao coldly replied, "No."
"My Lord, forgive my bluntness, but if we gods continue to fight like this, we will eventually be wiped out. This path has no future; it is a path to certain death."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Ba's pained face showed a hint of surprise, but he still said, "What does death matter? As long as we sit on the throne of the chief god, we are one of the most honorable beings in this world."
Little brat, these days you've pleased me the most. Are you willing to take over my authority and become the new God of War?
I will give you five moves.
Ru Yuexiao shook her head and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Overlord. In this life, I only wish to seek a new path."
"Your Majesty, as an ancient god with a powerful divine body, why not ask the Golden Mother to recreate your divine body before your divine essence shatters, so that you may reign as a god once more?"
After listening, Di Ba remained silent for a long time, and finally sighed, "You are right. My authority is a collection of the essence of the minerals of the nine provinces, and it is not easy to bear."
When I grow old like this, it will be the day my body is ravaged by countless weapons. Since I will not die a good death, it would be better if I simply crumbled."
However, Emperor Ba ultimately could not achieve his goal.
When Ru Yuexiao saw Di Ba again, he was unable to speak or move.
This time, Yuanjun was summoned by the Golden Mother Goddess and the Great Goddess Nuwa to be a witness, and all the gods in the Nine Provinces who could be ranked were present.
A large iron blade pierced through Emperor Ba's head, and golden-white fluid kept dripping from the back of his head.
Looking at His broken body, the Golden Mother Goddess revealed a rare hint of excitement. She said, "Overlord, I will use your body to perform the art of regeneration. You will have to thank me properly in the future."
After saying this, the Golden Mother opened her mouth, and divine words floated in the air. As soon as she spoke, one divine talisman after another twisted in the air and covered the Emperor Ba's broken body; soon, all the gods began to chant.
The Golden Mother Goddess and the equally aged Great God spun around in that pile of scraps of flesh, singing and dancing as they went.
They reshaped the Emperor and finally sealed him in a pool of source water.
After that, Yuanjun left with Ruyuexiao and the other gods.
Not long after, a deity named "Di Rong" briefly appeared under the command of the Golden Mother Goddess. A few years later, Di Rong took over the Temple of the God of War.
It was at this time that the Golden Mother Goddess began to frequently go into seclusion, and Ruyuexiao also left Yuanjun and took over Kexu Mountain again.
She called herself "Lingxiaozi," and swept away the gods around Kexu Mountain, driving them all into the Kunlun Mountains. Then she recruited many disciples, refined elixirs, drew arrays, pounded medicine, and made talismans, trying out a new path.
After hearing the story, Ji Rong pointed to the red jade stone and said, "Senior brother, if the black stone carving is Master's image, then what is this red jade stone meant to be used for?"
Qingpingzi stroked the stone and said, "It is natural to carve me."
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