Chapter 740: Dragon Gate
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“It is an extraordinary sight to see carp leaping over the dragon gate in the mortal world, but it’s vastly different in the Divine Dao’s view!”
A golden gleam flashed in Fang Yuan’s eyes. His Fiery Golden Eyes saw through the fabrications to instantly see traces of the Spiritual Energy veins flowing beneath the water surface.
“In this area of the dragon gate, fengshui accumulates and continuously flows without stopping. It’s a decent land, but unfortunately… due to its incompleteness, it’s as easily dispersed as it is accumulated. Thus, it hasn’t attracted the attention of any sects to build here… However, Lord Bright Jade had wandered into this area and discovered a huge secret. Relying on his intuition, he specially hid an underhanded method here that transformed many spirits. Now, it’s time to harvest…”
He silently looked at this. A while later, the surrounding light darkened.
As night arrived, Fang Yuan raised his cup and saw a bright moon slowly rising.
“A full moon rising above the sea, people in all corners of the world share this moment…”
Currently, there was not only the moonlight lighting up the dark sky.
Like bright pearls, groups of brilliances gathered in the water current and rose upward.
“Has it finally been nurtured to maturity?”
Seeing this, a slight smile appeared.
Gods could be created from merging the intent behind incense offerings and could similarly be created naturally.
As long as opportunity coincides, any popular mountain or river would have a chance of producing spirits that became a God. Moreover, due to their nature, they could instantly mobilize a magic domain’s Spiritual Energy and have tremendous power.
Such a pure God was slightly superior to the convergence of human belief and even the titles conferred by the Heavenly Court.
Of course, it also had its own shortcomings—its Deity Position had difficulty expanding.
“Many years ago, when Lord Bright Jade passed by the Surging Waves River, he found that fengshui accumulates at the dragon gate, with the possibility of creating a completely new Deity Position… However, it had not yet fully accumulated and couldn’t truly manifest itself. He had made some secret arrangements, wanting to harvest it at a later date and grace his subordinates. Unfortunately, it’s difficult to form a Deity Position, and he instead met his demise…”
Fang Yuan shook his head and sighed.
He calculated the time, discovering that this Deity Position would fully form and manifest itself today, creating an opportunity.
“This is the Deity Position of a River God. Although it can’t be compared to the heavenly conferment of Lord Bright Jade, it’s the same level as Xi Nation’s City God.
“In fact, within the Divine Dao that uses power as its focus, if we divide up the Deity Positions, we can formulate nine tiers from it. The lowest is the nether soldier, while a Patrol God is slightly higher. After that, it’s a Baron, Viscount, Earl, Marquis, Duke, King, Emperor…”
Fang Yuan directly substituted a hierarchy into the Divine Dao. “From this perspective, it’s likely that Xi Nation’s City God has a Deity Position equivalent to Earl, while Lord Bright Jade is a Marquis! A Marquis!”
The phrase ‘Lord Bright Jade’ was just a title from the Heavenly Court and merely a name.
His true Deity Position was around Marquis, on par with Heaven Immortal.
“There’s still Golden Immortal above Heaven Immortal, while there’s still Duke, King, and Emperor above Marquis!”
Dukes and Kings were already elders of the Heavenly Court, not inferior to Fang Yuan at his peak.
And the Heavenly Court’s ‘Celestial Thearch’ was perhaps currently the only Divine Dao Emperor!
However, the Divine Dao had a long history and had existed since antiquity. It was very possible that there was a hidden existence that could rival the Celestial Thearch!
“Someone who has reached the position of an Emperor is definitely on the same level as the master of the Spiritual Realm…”
Fang Yuan had already calculated his own position within the Spiritual realm. Although he could be considered at the pinnacle, he was not the true cream of the crop!
The Spiritual Realm’s true peak experts were above Golden Immortal. The Divine Dao’s Emperor was perhaps on par with that existence that stole the Dream Master Dao path, and even Shang Hou lacked that final step.
“The Deity Position that is currently agglomerating by this dragon gate is probably only an Earl, similar to the Immortal Dao’s Earth Immortal!”
Of course, an Earth Immortal was definitely still a force to be reckoned with, so the temptations were extraordinary.
The moment the Deity Position agglomerated, a large number of coveters would appeared.
Whoosh!
The water current was rapid and vigorous, and the carps thrashed about violently.
There seemed to be two moons appearing in the sky. One was the actual bright moon, while the other was the Deity Position that was just freshly formed and nurtured to maturity.
“Seems that this naturally created Deity Position will follow its master from birth. However, after Lord Bright Jade’s arrangements, the Deity Position has no master… His original aim was to fulfill one of his subordinate’s wishes, but now it’s hopeless.”
Under the brilliance of the moonlight, Fang Yuan saw many carp leap out toward the smaller moon.
This was the true carp leaping over the dragon gate. Once someone successfully defied, they would completely change themselves!
Bloop! Bloop!
The water current became even more rapid, and a giant vortex appeared. A green bull crawled out, raising its head and letting out a loud roar. It pushed past many fish and directly rolled its tongue toward the moon!
It was a huge demon!
With the support of the Spiritual Realm’s rich Spiritual Energy, the probability that any organism gaining intelligence and being propelled to walk the path of cultivation was greatly increased!
Thus, within the Spiritual Realm, demon beasts ran wild!
This green bull was a huge demon, and its cultivation seemed not inferior to Human Immortal.
It was also attracted by the Deity Position and greedily acted.
“What a bold bastard!!”
Aw! Aw!
Suddenly, the void in the horizon flickered and another two bright glows entered the battlefield.
One of the bright glows was extremely piercing and carried a powerful Qi of Ge Metal. It was a human swordsman, surprisingly even already touching the boundaries of Earth Immortal!
Another streak of black wind carried a stench with it, and within, the vague appearance of a huge tiger with bulging eyes could be made out.
Evidently, these two were attracted by the undulations released by the Deity Position. Their eyes were completely red.
Kaboom!
Three surges of power clashed and immediately caused that small lump of moonlight to fluctuate unsteadily, having the trend of being on the verge of collapse.
Whoosh!
On the surface of the Surging Waves River, torrential waves and strong winds blew at the dragon gate; Stellar Malignance and Sword Qi ran rampant. The river water exploded and innumerable fish died with their bellies facing upward.
Of course, Fang Yuan was also within the collision range.
However, he controlled his small boat. It was completely calm three feet around the boat, regardless of what shockwaves occurred outside.
“Really… ignorant!” After seeing this, a mocking smile appeared. “It would be nothing if it’s a Deity Position conferred by the Heavenly Court or accumulated by human belief, but such a naturally formed Deity Position is in accordance with the Dao. The bestowal of godly powers by the heavens is not meant to be used for fighting violently, but to protect and maintain the operation of the rules!”
This was the intrinsic quality of the Gods!
Those huge demons and that swordsman were seen as expending their karma in the eyes of the heavens, plunging into an abyss of misery.
According to the Spiritual Realm’s rules, there would immediately be tribulations descending as long as a Deity Position was inherited.
Going along with heaven’s will would be twice the results with half the effort; going against heaven’s will would be twice the effort with half the results. The rule was this simple!
However, Fang Yuan was also clear that there was a possibility that these fellows understood this rule. It was just that they were so blinded by profit, they acted in this manner in front of the Deity Position. Furthermore, even if they killed someone, it would be entirely remunerated by the karma in obtaining the Deity Position. Thus, they were unworried about the consequences and commenced their wild massacre.
“Pity someone like me who has so many worries!”
He silently sighed and stroked with his palm.
Formless power ripples spread out. The river surface that was bubbling intensely instantly became as smooth as a mirror.
Furthermore, the destruction caused by the fighting was constantly being smoothed over.
“Huh?”
“Hmm?”
Roar! Roar!
Such a change instantly attracted their attention.
The human sword cultivator looked at Fang Yuan and was ecstatic as he said, “I am Wan Sanjian of the Spiritual Flying Sword Sect! Fellow Daoist, thank you for helping me obtain this Deity Position. You will be compensated in the future!”
The other two demons had malicious intent, their gazes full of desire to slaughter, constantly scrutinizing Fang Yuan.
“The Divine Dao focuses on protecting. You acting this way defeats the purpose. How could you obtain the recognition of a Deity Position formed by the heavens and the earth?”
Fang Yuan shook his head and acted.
He raised his right hand, the flash of lightning appearing on his jade-white hand. Once this was unleashed, it was incredibly forceful as it broke through the sky and frightened the heavens!
Kaboom!
Amid the huge explosion, the dragon gate exploded open and the rapid currents immediately slowed. The narrow river widened more than ten times.
“Take your leave!”
Fang Yuan snapped his fingers, and the already exhausted fish that were unable to swim upward shook their heads and wagged their tails. They traveled past the dragon gate and formed a fish bridge.
Just this small movement has broken the dragon gate. After the fish breed this time, they’ll at least increase their population by ten times!
Fang Yuan looked at the fish bridge with a very deep and serene expression.
In fact… a huge population increase in fish is a catastrophe for the surrounding environment. However, there are limitations with the Divine Dao itself. As long as Xi Nation’s City God deals properly with the matters in Xi Nation, everything will be fine. This Deity Position is similar. If someone is beneficial to the water life in the Surging Waves River, would outsiders matter at all?
Strictly speaking, although what he did this time was largely beneficial for the water life and their breeding, it was in violation with the laws of nature.
Such a violent promotion will most likely cause a catastrophe in the future… Of course, there are benefits now!
In the air, one person and two demons stood lifeless.
What Fang Yuan did shook the heavens with just a single move, causing them to be drenched in sweat and afraid to act.
After he opened up the dragon gate and tremendously benefited the water life, the small moon in the sky seemed to be moved and directly landed on Fang Yuan’s body, forming a lunar white imperial attire.
A Divine Dao crown!
This Deity Position of the Surging Waves River actually attached itself to Fang Yuan on its own initiative!
“A just cause enjoys abundant support, while an unjust cause finds little. This is the adage… To the Surging Waves River, I have a lot of karma and was voluntarily embraced by the Deity Position!”
Fang Yuan silently calculated. “In the future, if I have a method to cause all water systems to flourish and water life to multiply, perhaps all the water Deity Positions and opportunities between the heavens and earth will voluntarily come to me!”
“P-Physical body deification?”
Wan Sanjian was first surprised, but a look of regret and envy soon appeared. “Terrible!”
He had long viewed the Deity Position as something that was his. Now that it had been intercepted by someone, how could he tolerate this?
While Fang Yuan was refining the Deity Position, there was a secretive look on his face as the Yin Lightning in his hand shot out.
“Skyfiend Yin Lightning! Explode!”
Wan Sanjian had a vicious smile. This was a one-time-use magic artifact that was secretly brought from his sect and extremely precious. When unleashed, its power was no small matter and sufficient to annihilate Immortals and Gods!