Chapter 1: The Day the Sun Rises
It's misty, to be precise, it's always been that way – it's cloudy, it's dark.
The young man stood at the top of the stone cliff in a black robe, the mist had surrounded him, but it could not hide his eyes as bright as stars. It's just that his face is very white, miserable white, the kind of 'sick white' that doesn't see the sun all year round.
"It shouldn't be today!" he whispered. Then he jumped and fell into the stone below in the fog, and then climbed down the stone cliff like an ape climbing a rock, agile and light, using his hands and feet at the same time. Looking at his familiar appearance, it's not once or twice.
The stone cliff is very high, full of feet, and it is the highest place in the entire 'Heavenly Abyss'. Tianyuan—a prison—is full of gods who have broken their godheads, demons who have broken their demon cores, immortals who have shaved their bones, and demons who have picked on demon tendons. They are 'the most wicked sin' and can only live here and die." Gods have no godhead, either they become fools or madmen, they have no demon cores, they are either strange people with human faces and beast bodies, or monsters with beast faces and human bodies, immortals have no fairy bones, they are either disabled and ruined, or they are paralyzed like mud, and demons have no demon tendons, they are either yin and yang people, or they are yin and yang beasts. Whether it is a fool, a madman, a stranger, a monster, a cripple, a yin-yang person, or a yin-yang beast, as long as they lose their godhead, demon core, fairy bones and demon tendons, they are all existences without the slightest combat power.
Why did the boy appear here?
It is said that thirteen years ago, a golden light broke through the seal in the sky above and fell into the 'Heavenly Abyss'. The golden light is a golden lotus leaf, which wraps a baby and a bird's egg. The baby is now a black-robed boy.
The young man's surname is Ye Wuxin, and this name was arrived at after all the wisdom of his four masters who had cracked his godhead, damaged the demon core, broken the immortal bones, and injured the demon tendons. The so-called 'wisdom' – their experiences. They want the child to live 'unintentionally'. Even the masters unanimously affirmed that even if someone named him in the future, it would be called by this name.
As for what it means to 'live without a heart', the four masters said the truth that he did not understand until many years later: the more disciplined the world, the more unruly it is to live.
And when he asked what the world of rules was, the four masters only said, "All this needs to be judged by yourself, because the world is impermanent, and life is impermanent."
But he said that his four masters were called divine impermanence, demon impermanence, immortal impermanence and demon impermanence. Whether this is the real name or not, there is no way to know, at least now I don't know. These four people are well-known 'bastards' in the abyss, and they often walk sideways. Why can they walk sideways? It turns out that if the godhead is cracked, it can be repaired, if the demon core is damaged, it can be repaired, if the fairy bone is broken, it can be connected, and if the demon tendon is injured, it can be cured, but it will take a long time.
"How long is it?" Wuxin once asked the four masters with wide eyes. But I saw them shaking their heads again and again, sighing and saying, 'It's long, long.'"
It is precisely because they have not completely lost their godhead, demon core, fairy bones, and demon tendons, so they still have a trace of divine power, magic power, fairy power, and demon power, and they are considered powerful compared to other 'sinners'. This is also the reason why they can walk sideways in the abyss.
Master Fu Impermanence is often in a state of half-consciousness and half-madness, but he has never been crazy in front of Wuxin, to be exact, as long as he sees Wuxin, he will return to his normal state.
The second master, Demon Impermanence, is a monster with a bull head and a human body, but in front of Wuxin, he is a simple and strong man.
The third master immortal impermanence has always been normal, but he is always lying in his wheelchair made of black wood. Given that the fairy bone is broken, his wheelchair is always walking backwards, no, the person sits backwards.
The weakest Fourth Master, Demon Impermanence, is the most normal of the few, because he walks without hindrance, his IQ is unhindered, and he looks handsome. It's just that he is a yin and yang person, when he speaks, when he speaks, when he is a man, when he speaks, the male voice is thick, the female voice is shrill and thin, and he has never been able to help him, sometimes he says that the male voice inexplicably becomes a female voice, and sometimes the female voice inexplicably becomes a male voice.
In the past thirteen years, Wuxin has gradually grown up under the care of these four people. In view of the 'obscenity' of the four of them in the abyss, they unintentionally became the 'little emperor' of this world. He can enter and exit the four polar circles at will—the Divine Polar Circle, the Demon Polar Circle, the Immortal Polar Circle, and the Demon Polar Circle. These four places occupy the southeast, northwest, and northwest of the heavenly abyss respectively, with this ten thousand zhang stone cliff as the center. Around the Wanzhang stone cliff, there are four other Qianzhang stone cliffs, each of which has a hole similar to a door under the stone cliff, and when you enter the cave, you can reach their respective polar circles through a short stone corridor. At the same time, this stone cliff has also become a common place for gods, demons, immortals, and demons. Wuxin first appeared under this rocky cliff. So much so that he came up with the idea of conquering this cliff at the age of six, and it took him five years from the implementation to the completion of this idea.
He followed the impermanence of the gods to learn divine power, followed the impermanence of the devil to learn magic, followed the impermanence of the immortal to learn the magic arts, followed the impermanence of the demon impermanence to learn the demon way, the premise of the success of these four powers, naturally the need to cultivate the godhead, the demon core, the immortal bones and the demon tendons. And the source of all these powers needs to absorb the essence of heaven and earth released after the circulation of the sun, moon and stars. But the four elephants of the sun, moon and stars, he has only seen them nine times. There was only one day a year in the abyss that he could see these, and he had only seen them nine times except for the time when he didn't remember until he was three years old. Originally, according to the calculations of the masters, today should be the tenth time. However, the four elephants did not appear.
The reason why he wanted to cultivate his strength was nothing more than to break through the seal of this heavenly abyss and take a look at the outside world. From the four masters, he knew that the world was gorgeous and colorful, with gods, demons, fairies and demons, each with its own merits, and the most fascinating thing for him was the mortal realm.
At the age of nine, he was already in his fifth year of practicing these four powers, and he still didn't have the foundation of these powers in his body. So he asked ignorantly, "Master, why can't I cultivate the kind of power you want?" ”
The answers of the four masters were uncertain—probably because you were a mortal.
"What is a mortal body. ”
The answer to the four masters is simple and straightforward – mortal.
Obviously, this answer did not satisfy his curiosity, and he asked, "What is a mortal?"
This time, the answers of the four masters were finally different, and they even showed a look of disdain. Although this look was not aimed at him, it was enough to get his attention.
Master of Impermanence said, "Mortals... Well... Mortals are the ones who annoy God because they like to trouble God when they have nothing to do. Like a worm, born brainless. ”
Master Demon Impermanence said, "Mortals are ants, born with cartilage, and they only swing their swords, guns, swords, and sticks in their hands, and they will only swing at the hearts of their own kind. ”
Master Xian Wuchang said, "Mortals are maggots, they are naturally dirty, they eat and drink turbidity, they are greasy, and there is filth under their skins. ”
Master Demon Impermanence said, "Mortals are moths and are born to fly, but they will only fly to the world of lust that they ignite, and they will not make a detour throughout their lives, and finally turn into dust in the fire. ”
Wuxin was happy that the masters had different answers at first, but after learning about insects, ants, maggots, and moths, he felt that these answers had something in common—weak, incompetent, dirty, and greedy.
But even so, he still wanted to go to the mortal world to see, because the four masters would always unconsciously connect with the mortal world when telling stories.
When he was ten years old, he remembered what Master had said about 'mortals' and felt that they didn't answer the point of the question—where did mortals come from? The final answer is the reason why he is really fascinated by the mortal realm - parents - a strange and shocking term. Knowing his origin, he became more and more obsessed with the Wanzhang Stone Cliff, and he firmly believed that as long as he conquered this Wanzhang Stone Cliff, he would be one step closer to the mortal realm. A year later, at the age of eleven, he stood on the top of a rocky cliff for the first time. But the expected situation did not appear, so after descending the cliff, he asked the four masters for the first time - why is there no way out on the Wanzhang stone cliff?
The masters gave the same answer again - seals. There was an incomparably powerful sealing formation in the sky above the stone cliff.
As for the seal, he naturally understands that although he has not cultivated powerful divine power, magic power, immortal power and demonic power in his body, he already knows a lot of theoretical things. At the same time, he knew better that it would take great strength to break through the seal.
I saw him jumping quickly and calmly among the rocks, and in a blink of an eye he was at the waist of the stone cliff. He stood on a boulder, ready to continue climbing down, only to find that the fog above him was sinking, instantly submerging him and spreading rapidly downward.
"The fog is weird today!" Doubts flashed in his eyes, and he instantly came back to his senses. Continue to climb and jump with the help of your hands and feet. These fogs didn't seem to pose any threat to him, who was accustomed to the darkness, not to mention the foothold on the rocky cliff, he already knew it well. In about two sticks of incense, he had fallen under the stone cliff. Clap your hands and tidy up your clothes.
"Wait, why is it so quiet here? Normally, at this time, the gods, demons and fairies should gather here to talk about the feelings of life back then. What's more, according to calculations, today is the day when the four elephants are dispatched. The outstretched hand stopped in mid-air, star-like eyes swept around, and a figure stood in place in the mist and did not move.
Looking closely, I found that both gods and demons and fairies and demons closed their eyes and maintained various postures. If it weren't for the fact that their breath was inadvertently perceived, they would have thought it was a specimen sculpture.
"What do you mean? play with me Wooden Man? Do you really think I'm a little kid?" said unintentionally, shaking the body of the goat uncle next to him, and he fell stiffly. shouted several times in a row, but there was no response. Continuing to move forward, he pushed down Aunt Snake Demon, Uncle Bull Demon, Big Brother Shenlong, and Aunt Xianfeng, and the result was still the same.
"By the way, what about the masters, why can't they be seen on such an important day?" With doubts, he came to the east in front of the stone cave gate, which was the place leading to the Divine Circle.
"Master!" Wuxin shouted inside, and an echo came from the corridor behind the cave: "Master... Master... Master......"
After a long time, the echo dissipated, and the doubts in the bright eyes deepened. Raising his feet, he was about to enter the cave, but an invisible force ejected him. He stretched out his hand, only to notice that there was an invisible energy flowing in front of the cave door. The fact that there is wind rushing out of the channel is enough to show that these energies are not airtight. Seeing this, he stood in front of the stone cave door and shouted "Master" several times in a row. In response to him, there was still only an echo.
He didn't give up and went to the south cave gate again, which led to the fairy pole circle, and shouted a few times in a row, but there was still no response.
In this way, he went to the entrance of the cave leading to the Demon Polar Circle to the west and the entrance of the cave leading to the Demon Polar Circle to the north, and the result was still the same.
"Strange things happen every day, there are a lot of them today, and they are very strange!" muttered in a low voice, and the confusion in his eyes had turned into a daze.
The fog became heavier and thicker, and his star eyes were also lost in the mist, he stood in place in a daze, learning the appearance of those gods, demons, fairies and demons to transform into sculptures, and said secretly: "Is it to be more patient?" He thought about the scene of meditating while cultivating the mental method.
"I'd like to see who breaks this damn state first!"
Drowsy, silent, silent, drowsy, it lasted for half a day, and there was nothing else around the entire stone cliff except for the sound of the wind coming from the hole of the quadrupole circle.
Wuxin had already recited the four mental mantras several times, and he found that he couldn't calm down and continue, his mind was full of these strange phenomena and strange things.
Just as he was about to give up, four rays of golden light spread down from the stone cliff like vines, and soon the golden light spread and enveloped the entire stone cliff. There were mysterious runes flowing in the golden light, and if I didn't bother to look closely, I found that these runes were a collection of divine patterns, demon patterns, immortal patterns, and demon patterns. In the golden light, the cliff looks like a round stone pillar that soars into the sky.
"Array, is it... Sealed?" Unintentionally shocked, his bright eyes stared at the golden light that surrounded the Wanzhang Stone Peak.
The golden light spread down, down the ground and past his feet, towards the mouth of the cave like a spider's web. Almost at the same time, the four cave entrances lit up with golden light, and at the entrance of the cave, the soldiers divided into two ways, rushing all the way into the cave and marching towards the polar circle, and continuing to climb through the cave and spread upwards to the Qianzhang stone peak.
The entire Heavenly Abyss World was shining with golden light, and mystical runes flew through the misty mist.
Unintentionally observing carefully, he found that the golden runes leading to the four polar circles corresponded to gods, demons, immortals, and demons one by one.
He still didn't dare to move, maintaining a sculptural form, but his bright eyes were dripping and rolling, and it was the kind of look that was excited by fresh curiosity.
The golden ladder descended, inserted into the gap in the golden light, and five figures descended from the golden ladder one after another, appearing in the range of Wuxin's line of sight.
They didn't speak, one stopped in place, and the four of them walked in four directions with a blank expression, carefully observing the terrain along the road, or observing the runes in the golden light.
From time to time, the sound of chisels and hammers being heard is heard. This sound goes from far to near, and from near to far, as if it is tinkering with something.
After about a stick of incense, the four returned to the edge of the golden ladder.
"It's not for me to say, this heavenly abyss is full of people who have no combat power, why do you need to use the 'Halo Scatter' to repair the seal? Could it be that they can still pose a threat to us?" one of them asked.
"Hmph, there's a lot of water in here, where are you talking so much, is it over?" replied in a deep voice with an unhappy face on the face of the person who had stayed there and waited.
Seeing him speak like this, the four of them glanced at him, ignored it, and climbed the golden ladder one after another.
Without thinking about it, combined with what he knew, he also guessed the intention of these people - to repair and stabilize the seal. As for their use of 'dizziness and dispersion', it is naturally because when they reach the abyss, their strength cannot be used. Otherwise, how can you need a golden ladder, and you can use your own strength to go down this stone cliff.
Rumble!
The golden light disappeared into the chaos of stones at an extremely fast speed, and the golden ladder slowly rose into the air.
"Unintentional, it's now!
The shrill voice of Demon Impermanence sounded behind him. I didn't want to look back, expressing doubts.
"Rush out of the Abyss World along this ladder!"
Demon Impermanence's handsome face was full of anxiety, and a heart-rending shrill voice once again came from the hole leading to the Demon Polar Circle.
Only then did I understand what Master Demon Impermanence meant. He rushed towards the stone cliff, and with the help of the boulder on the edge of the stone cliff, he squatted down, jumped forward, and firmly grasped the rising golden ladder with both hands.
When the golden ladder crossed the stone cliff, a round of morning sun slowly rose in his sight, his pale face turned red, and his bright eyes showed excitement.
"It's today, Master is right, today is the day when the four elephants appear, and today is the day when the sun rises!"
Thinking of the masters, he immediately looked down, the mist was still drifting, but he believed that the masters were looking up and waving goodbye to him.
"I'll be back, four masters!" he shouted. Then I looked up, but saw that the golden ladder had passed through the whirlpool of clouds, and when I looked down again, I was already in a sea of clouds.
Suddenly, he felt the golden ladder in his hand grow smaller and smaller, until he felt that his hands were holding air, and his bright eyes became dull.
Yes!
The terrible screams echoed in the sea of clouds, and the body kept falling.