Chapter 154.6 - Return |
The cultivators in the secret area dazedly caught these relics. Suddenly, one man let out a mournful cry: “This is my clan’s ancestor who ascended a hundred years ago! Why are his skeletal remains here?!”
“This is a relic of my sect master! Why is it in the Sacred Dao Sect?”1
The lie about ascension perpetuated by the Sacred Dao Sect for over a thousand years was exposed, and the remains of the cultivators who were swallowed up by the Tao of Heaven were brought into the light of day again. And the relics of the various family clans that were rumoured to have been wiped out by Qing Yun back then were also scattered all around, a clear indication of another lie being exposed.
The remaining cultivators from the Sacred Dao Sect became targets of the crowd.
However, the collapse did not stop there. Just as the entire world was in danger of falling apart, a spot of golden light flashed from thin air.
Immediately afterwards, this gold spot continued to grow bigger, turning into an enormous halo that enveloped the whole world, gently restoring the world riddled with gaping wounds.
The rules2 that had been swallowed by the Tao of Heaven reappeared and the collapse was put to a stop. Everything in the world was restored to its original state, and the spiritual sources that had run dry everywhere started to have spiritual energy bubbling up from them.
The blue sky was washed clear, the vegetation was lush green and full of life, and everything looked completely new.
Once the gold halo surrounded the whole world, a figure emerged from the rules, someone who was white-clothed and black-haired.
Spiritual power from their faith came from every corner, rapidly merging with Qing Yun’s body.
Ming Fan immediately transformed into his human form and simply embraced Qing Yun, unable to hide the panic in his tone: “I thought you didn’t want me anymore!”
“How could I?” Qing Yun would never again break the heart of someone who loves him.
After having calmed Ming Fan, Qing Yun stretched out a hand and conjured two balls of light, each of them being the original soul of his father and mother.
As he held these two balls of light, suddenly a scene appeared in front of his eyes:
A woman with stern eyes and brows lay on a bed, her face pale, but her eyes joyful. She was cradling a newborn baby in her arms, who was suckling on his fingers and sleeping soundly.
The woman stared at that child unblinkingly, and even the sternness in her eyes faded a little and became unusually soft.
In the next moment, an imposing man impatiently came through the door: “Is Yan-er alright? Is the child doing fine?”
“What can possibly happen to me?” The woman gave him a sidelong glance and snapped at him. But then she switched moods and called the man over: “Come, have a look at him.”
The man walked to her bedside and looked at the baby with a touch of tenderness in his eyes as well. He spoke: “Today when you were in labour, there was a flash of golden light and even an iridescent cloud3 appearing, both are auspicious omens. Why don’t we call this child Qing Yun4?”
Qing Yun’s eyes lowered, and the hint of paranoia hidden in his spirit finally dissipated. He stretched out his hand to place the two balls of light into the reincarnation cycle and watched them start their new lives.
Afterwards, with his sword in hand, Qing Yun opened up the immortal realm, patching up the ascension passage and giving the cultivators of this world a path to heaven.
As soon as the immortal realm was opened up, several Tribulation Stage cultivators gained enlightenment and ascended.
After they had ascended, they all clasped their fists to salute Qing Yun: “Many thanks to His Excellency!”
Qing Yun and Ming Fan did not stay in this realm. He had already become an enforcer of may world’s rules, and it was not convenient for him to appear immediately unless there were special circumstances.
Nevertheless, the legend of Qing Yun opening up the immortal realm was handed down from generation to generation.
Many years later, on a bustling street somewhere in the cultivation world, a drunken and scruffy old man was thrown out by a tavern waiter.
“Bah! If you don’t have spirit stones, what wine can you drink?! Scram, get lost! Come back and I’ll break your legs!”
That scruffy old man burped, then suddenly mysteriously waved at the waiter: “You dare to scold me? Do you know who my disciple is? His temper isn’t good, so be careful or he will cut you with a swing of his sword!”
The waiter froze. He looked at the incomparable arrogance this old cultivator had when sprouting those words and was afraid that he had really offended someone big. Hence, he quickly rushed over to help the old cultivator up: “I wonder who your disciple……is?”
“He is……” The old cultivator mysteriously pointed up towards the sky, “My disciple is the one who opened the immortal realm, Qing Yun!”
“Screw off!” The waiter felt that it was the last straw and kicked the old cultivator out, then left in a huff.
The old cultivator dusted his butt off and got up. He wobbled as he left, but he did not forget to pour more wine into his mouth as he walked. He turned back to look at this tranquil world, then grinned widely: “Ai, it’s also time for this old man to retire too……”
After saying this, he continued stumbling forward, but his figure slowly disappeared.
okay that’s the end for the main chapters! 5 (extra long ;-;) extra chapters after this
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- This is when I realised I didn’t differentiate sects and clans… oops.
- I didn’t know that this was tangible too
- 庆云(qing4 yun2) – lit. celebratory cloud. It is a rainbow cloud
- so his full name 卿云(qing1 yun2) is another term for celebratory/iridescent cloud, it just so happens that the first character is his family’s surname. His father named him after an auspicious omen on his birthdate
