Chapter Seventy-Two: Disintegration
For my question, Chunting seems to have expected it.
"Han Chuan, you only know one thing, you don't know the other, what is recorded in that Journey to the West is indeed Heavenly Court, but if you go back to the mythological era, what Emperor Yu established at the beginning was also Heavenly Court, although the two have the same name, but in fact there is a great difference."
It seemed that he felt a little tired because he had stood for too long, so Chunting simply sat down next to the mural and told us the original story like an elder.
"What is recorded in the Journey to the West is the heavenly court that is more well-known to later generations, this heavenly court is divided into thirty-six heavens, and the highest place in the Daluo Tianmiluo Palace is the Emperor's Lingxiao Palace, which is also commonly known as the Lingxiao Treasure Palace, in which the Jade Emperor leads the heavens and the immortals and Buddhas of all worlds."
"And the Heavenly Court I just mentioned is not here, but the Ancient Heavenly Court established by Emperor Yu during the mythological period, the Ancient Heavenly Court is far from what later generations know, if it comes to real strength, I am afraid that the Ancient Heavenly Court can sweep the so-called Heavenly Court of later generations with only a few people."
After explaining the differences between the two Heavenly Courts for us, Chunting focused the topic on the so-called Ancient Heavenly Court, and his words were full of jealousy and yearning for its former might.
"Different from the Heavenly Court of later generations, although there are some ancient people in the Ancient Heavenly Court, most of them are demon races, and the most powerful of them must be the Lord of Heavenly Court, Heavenly Emperor Emperor Jun, and the Emperor of the Demon Clan, Donghuang Taiyi, followed by the Demon Master Kunpeng and the legendary Twelve Desolate Demon Gods."
"It's just that for some reason, the powerful Ancient Heavenly Court suddenly collapsed overnight and ceased to exist, and the people of later generations will also establish the so-called Heavenly Court in order to commemorate the power of the Ancient Heavenly Court in the past, but in fact, the two must not be the same."
"Brother Ting, wouldn't it be a contradiction if you said that?"
Perhaps it was Chunting's elder-like tone that made our emotions slowly calm down, hearing this, everyone was no longer as excited as just now, and Shen Lang directly raised the question that could not be justified in his words.
"Brother Ting, you just told us that Dayu established the Heavenly Court, and he is the Emperor of Heaven mentioned in the Book of Mountains and Seas, but now you tell us that the most powerful Lord of the Heavenly Court in the Heavenly Court is the Emperor of Heaven, how are these two statements completely different?"
"The so-called name, in fact, is just a code name, such as me, I can be called Chunting, and you can also be called Chunting, even an insignificant person can be called Chunting, no matter who it is, as long as he can become the owner of the Spring Pavilion, then he can become the new Spring Pavilion."
Regarding Shen Lang's question, Chun Ting seemed to have expected it, his expression did not change at all, and he made his own answer unhurriedly.
"So the name of the Lord of Heaven doesn't matter, he can be called Dayu, he can also be called Dijun, and even if he is interested, he can also be called Shen Lang, but no matter what his name is, in the end that person is himself, there is no other possibility."
Hearing this, everyone was thoughtful.
Indeed, as Chunting said, the so-called name is just a code name, not to mention such a complicated period as the mythological era, even today, many people have more than one name.
Chunting just told us that Dayu has set up two forces, one for Guanshan and the other for Heaven, although these two forces do not contact each other, and one is bright and one is dark, but there is no doubt that its ultimate purpose is to be able to better protect the peace of Shenzhou.
And since Dayu wants to set up two forces separately, it also means that he doesn't want some people to know that he is the leader of these two forces at the same time, since this is the case, then when he establishes one of the forces, if he changes his appearance, it seems reasonable to use a pseudonym.
"Among these two forces, the Heavenly Court is the force on the bright side, in the Heavenly Court, there are only some of the ancient people's race, and the rest are all the so-called demons in the mythological era, and Emperor Yu, who is known as Emperor Jun, distributes cultivation exercises to the demons, and uses this to manage the cultivators in the world, so that the cultivators will not be evil."
The change in our expressions naturally couldn't hide from Chunting's eyes, and after seeing our thoughtful appearance, Chunting knew that we understood the meaning of what he said just now, so he continued to explain to us.
"And Guanshan is hidden in the shadows, because Emperor Yu learned that the human race was in trouble, so all the people in Guanshan are the human race, and there is no existence of any demon race, although it cannot be compared with the power of heaven in the short term, but as long as it waits for the future generations, the potential of human beings will make Guanshan extremely powerful."
Hearing this, a new doubt suddenly arose in my mind, and I couldn't help but take advantage of the interlude in Chunting's words to ask it.
"Chunting, if according to what you said, Heavenly Court not only has Dayu sitting in it, but also has various big demons in the mythological era, then it should have been the most powerful force in the world long ago, in this case, why did such a powerful force collapse overnight and cease to exist?"
Hearing my question, Chunting's face suddenly became sad, and there was an incomprehensible sadness in his tone.
"In fact, Heavenly Court is just a name, the reason why Heavenly Court is so powerful is because most of the characters in Heavenly Court are all peerless beasts with great names in myths and legends, and it is precisely because of their existence that Heavenly Court can become the most powerful force in the world."
"But as the so-called success is also Xiao He, defeat is also Xiao He, the prosperity of Heavenly Court comes from the addition of these big demons, but the fall of Heavenly Court also comes from these big demons."
Looking at our puzzled appearance, Chunting did not say it directly, but gave us a hint.
"Do you remember what kind of state Houtu was in when he returned to the Netherlands for the last time?"
Since this matter was mentioned not long ago, we naturally will not forget the question raised by Chunting.
If I remember correctly, Hou Tu was seriously injured when he returned to the Land of the Netherworld for the last time, and after he handed over the strange beast and the Ten Thousand Soul Seal to Tubo, he disappeared into the land of Shenzhou shortly after, and has not been heard from for thousands of years.
Because of this, we came to this city of black stones, and its purpose is to get the token left by Houtu at the beginning, which can become the lord of the hidden capital, that is, the legendary seal of ten thousand souls.
But why did Chunting suddenly ask this question?
Could it be that the reason why Houtu was seriously injured when he returned to the Netherworld for the last time was actually because of the collapse of the Ancient Heavenly Court?