Chapter 950: Awakening
The world, the western China.
Anshan.
The breeze is gentle and the sun is shining brightly.
Li Yuan bid farewell to Zhuge Laodeng who had just ascended to heaven. He looked at him going farther and farther away in the clouds and going to the Heaven to meet Lao Zhang as the first land god of the Three Realms. He also showed a gratified smile.
On the hill behind him, there was a physical chessboard, and the demon was secretly moving a chess piece on it.
"Brother, don't play dirty... You've already regretted three moves."
Li Yuan turned around with his hands behind his back and smiled indifferently.
The celestial demon transformed into a handsome blond man, and his face turned red at this moment: "What do you mean by regretting your move... I just saw that there was dust on the chessboard, so I just wiped it off!"
As he spoke, he pulled a chess piece under the chessboard and threw it behind him.
"No, you're also regretting your moves in Gobang?!"
Li Yuan was so angry that he laughed and pointed at Brother Tian Yao. Tian Yao did not show any weakness and the two began to exchange sharp words.
Since Li Yuan's return, time seems to have slowed down. Life in the mountains is leisurely and relaxing. Everyone feels at peace and lives happily every day.
The great conferment of titles by the Heavenly Court also came to an end. Many creatures in Anshan became immortals in the three realms. Some ascended to heaven, some stayed in the human world, and some entered the underworld. Each had its own future.
Even Wang Shuo, who was reluctant to go to heaven, was persuaded by the great immortal Nacai of the Nacai tribe to temporarily replace the former silver-armored immortal god and take up the position of guarding the Heavenly Gate.
Because of his special status and strong enough strength, he was specially appointed as the Imperial Guardian General, Thunder and Fire God, and Spiritual Officer.
Especially the position of spiritual officer, which is also a new position in the Three Realms. The Heavenly Court even plans to establish a spiritual officer department to recruit a steady stream of people who will become immortals in the future. The number of positions is tentatively set at 300, and it will be filled within 10,000 years.
The spiritual officials in heaven correspond to the free and easy immortals in the human world. They are both a means of recruiting virtuous cultivators and immortals, and also a form of discipline over them.
The son of human race's luck was rewarded by the heaven, which seemed to intensify Wang Shuo's infinite luck. The heaven was moved and bestowed great blessings on him, granting him the ability to control heavenly thunder and fire, and to gather the thunder and fire whip to mobilize the great power of heaven and earth.
The Emperor of Heaven even summoned him personally, and with a flick of his finger imprinted a drop of divine water from the Yaochi Pool on Wang Shuo's forehead, granting him the "clairvoyance". From then on, he would not be seduced by evil spirits or fall into vulgarity, and could see through all ghosts and monsters. He even had the power to supervise the gods similar to the god of justice.
However, the God of Justice is a supervisor, and as long as he can prove the evil deeds of immortals and gods and report them to the Emperor of Heaven in a timely manner, he has absolute power over life and death; the newly appointed Wang Lingguan only has the power to restrain and punish.
Regarding this, although Wang Shuo acted loyal and devoted in front of the Emperor of Heaven when he was conferred the title in the Lingxiao Palace, he secretly complained about the troubles after coming back after hearing the rules, thinking that after becoming a god in Heaven, he would definitely not be able to have an easy life like Tian Yao and Li Yuan.
In response to this mentality, the Heavenly Demon put on airs and scolded him, which made Wang Shuo feel very aggrieved. He said that ever since Master Li Yuan came back, he, the disciple, was like someone he picked up on the roadside, and so on. In a fit of anger, he no longer lived in Anshan, and ran to the heaven to be his spiritual officer.
Tian Yao made a few noises and didn't care at all.
Li Yuan also laughed in silence. He was not worried about this at all. After all, after this kid stayed in the sky for a while, he would definitely come running back for the next dinner party.
A few years later, Xuan Chi was also granted the title and led to heaven.
For this rising star with a combative nature, the Heavenly Court also gave him a divine position as a general, commanding 10,000 heavenly soldiers, guarding the vast ocean between the four divine continents, and arresting the dark entities that prevented the four divine continents from re-establishing contact on the human world.
Laojun even summoned Xuan Chi and bestowed upon him a red-patterned spear, a pair of golden fire rings, and a magical red silk.
This was the top-level magic treasure that Laojun had prepared for Xuan Chi long ago when he had deduced the truth in the past. Such a familiar configuration made Li Yuan understand that the Heavenly Court also had high expectations for Xuan Chi.
In addition to the creatures who had not originally become immortals, those immortals and gods who had remained true to their original intentions during the great catastrophe were also gradually promoted and reused.
For example, the mountain god of Huanshan once had some minor frictions with Li Yuan, but later they eliminated their hostility and the two sides became friendly neighbors.
This old Deng was lucky enough to survive the catastrophe, but unfortunately, Huanshan was affected by the battle between some powerful people and most of it was destroyed. Therefore, after evaluating his merits and character, the Heavenly Court promoted him to the Jade Order Envoy, who supervised eight or nine mountain gods, and he could be regarded as starting from the grassroots level of the Heavenly Court to the management level.
The small mountain gods such as Xuanshan Mountain God who had always followed Anshan were also granted titles and were rewarded with a large amount of merit and golden light, and their divine positions were upgraded.
Although they did not seem to play any key role in the catastrophe, their ability to firmly follow Anshan's actions and do their best to protect those innocent lives was already a great achievement.
The catastrophe involved so many lives that we cannot expect everyone to be as special and dazzling as Li Yuan. Even if one’s contribution is made silently, it is a credit that cannot be ignored.
There is also the Linchuan Mountain God, who was conferred the title of Tianlin God, a special title that allows him to supervise the daily affairs of the two departments of mountains and rivers.
However, the Linchuan Mountain God simply ascended to heaven silently, went through the process quickly, took away the decree of bestowal, and then disappeared.
The former abandoned disciple of Tianzun, now the Lord of Heavenly Scales, seemed not to have heard anything about supervising the two departments of mountains and rivers. He just sent a message to Li Yuan through the air and said, "It's your responsibility. I want to go into seclusion."
Then, the mountain was closed and no one could leave.
Li Yuan could only smile bitterly, knowing the personality of his old friend, who was really used to being alone.
It would be more painful to let him take charge of things than to kill him directly.
Not only these relatives and friends, Li Yuan witnessed the moment when almost all his old friends ascended to heaven. As long as they were chosen by the Heavenly Court to be deified, he silently saw them off.
Although it may seem a little awkward, from now on they are ministers of the Heavenly Court. Their identities have changed drastically. They have to be cautious in what they do and say, so it is naturally impossible for them to laugh and play like before.
After many years, Li Yuan even saw Zhao Wanjun's soul again.
The soul of Zhao Wanjun has been wandering in the human world for many years, surviving great disasters and hardships. It has been patrolling against evil and fighting against evil spirits along the way, and has been worshipped by the people for many years.
The Heavenly Court was grateful for his sincere and kind character, so it named him the Night Wandering God and restored his sanity.
Thus, a new immortal god was born, who had the memories of his previous life but no emotions.
Zhao Wanjun could no longer truly come back, but the Night Wanderer inherited her character and will, and officially appeared from then on.
During this period of great granting, everything was peaceful.
Apart from the disputes among the many dynasties in the human world, the overall situation in the three realms is still peaceful and happy.
......
some day.
The bamboo forest sways, and green shadows overlap.
It was still a leisurely day. Li Yuan was playing chess with Brother Tian Yao, while Xiao Zhu was practicing Taoism silently beside him.
Li Yuan was wearing a familiar green robe and holding a white chess piece in his hand. The moment it fell, he suddenly turned his head and looked towards the distant place.
That is the direction of southern Shenzhou.
Seeing Li Yuan distracted, Tian Yao chuckled inwardly, secretly moved the chess pieces, and asked, "What's wrong?"
Li Yuan turned around, took a look at the moved chess piece, stared at Brother Tian Yao with contempt, and simply waved his sleeves to reset the situation on the chessboard.
"After such a long wait, he is finally about to be revived."
Li Yuan smiled mysteriously and continued to look towards the direction of southern Shenzhou. A strong sense had already grown in his mind.
Tian Yao was slightly puzzled: "Who is it?"
Li Yuan simply stood up, explained a few words, then took a step towards the direction of southern Shenzhou and disappeared in Anshan.
"What was once an experiment has now come to fruition."
"I'll go and see for myself... Tianyun, I hope you won't disappoint me."