The Primal Chaos World.
Since the Witch-Demon War, Gonggong, in his rage, rammed the Pillar of Heaven, Mount Buzhou, causing great upheaval. After Haotian was crowned the Lord of the Heavenly Court, the world, unknowingly, was approaching the Conferred Gods War.
This was towards the end of the reigns of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Xia Dynasty had fallen, and the Shang Dynasty had risen.
In the wild and desolate mountains, the ancestral veins extended far and wide.
A mountain, square and symmetrical, like a giant chessboard, stood between the mountains.
During the reign of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the Human Emperor Xuanyuan and Chiyou engaged in a great battle. Xuanyuan had stationed his troops here and, seeing the mountain’s peculiar shape, named it Chessboard Mountain.
Later, the Human Emperor Xuanyuan ascended to the Dao, and a temple was built on the mountain, the Xuanyuan Temple.
Chessboard Mountain was not only filled with spiritual energy, but because of the ancient Human Emperor Xuanyuan Temple standing on its peak, there was a faint gathering of Daoist fortune.
Outside the temple stood a peach tree and a willow tree.
The peach tree's roots stretched out for three hundred miles, while the willow's branches drooped to the ground for eight hundred miles. They were lush and verdant, a truly magnificent sight.
At this time, a consciousness slowly awoke from within the peach tree.
Who am I?
Where am I?
Where is this?
The consciousness was hazy and confused, and it was only after an unknown amount of time that it finally recalled its past and present lives.
In his previous life, Yulei, a frail college student, while hiking, had encountered a sudden rainstorm and mudslide. He had blacked out under the wrath of the natural disaster.
When Yulei woke up again, he had become this.
At that moment, a stream of information flooded into his mind, causing him to pause slightly. His face was filled with disbelief!
“I’ve transmigrated, and I’m on Chessboard Mountain in the era of the Conferred Gods. I’ve become a peach spirit outside the Xuanyuan Temple?”
Recalling the memories of the Conferred Gods in his mind, Yulei quickly confirmed his identity.
If Yulei remembered correctly, this peach tree spirit would transform into Gaoming during the Conferred Gods War, and together with the willow spirit, they would descend the mountain to aid the Shang Dynasty in its battle against the Zhou Dynasty.
They would use the power of the mud ghost within the Xuanyuan Temple to gain the power of Qianliyan (千里眼, “thousand mile eyes”), a divine ability to see far away and avoid danger. They would cause a lot of trouble for the Western Zhou forces.
However, their identities would be revealed by Jiang Ziya through divination, and he would send people to smash the mud statue, even burning the Human Emperor Xuanyuan Temple to ashes!
Of course, Gaoming would also die and ascend to the Heavenly Court as a deity.
But Yulei knew in his heart that this was merely an outward appearance.
The entire Conferred Gods War was essentially the Heavenly Dao suppressing the Human Dao.
After the Conferred Gods War, there would be no more Human Emperors. From the Zhou Dynasty onwards, all human rulers would call themselves "Heavenly Son".
Their position would be infinitely lower than that of a Human Emperor.
Gaoming's reason for descending the mountain to aid King Shang Tang was probably a plan orchestrated by the Human Emperor Xuanyuan, who was imprisoned in the Fire Cloud Cave.
As for Jiang Ziya burning the Human Emperor Xuanyuan Temple, it was a show of disrespect to the Human Emperor on the surface, but in reality, it was the Heavenly Dao suppressing the Human Dao.
Of course, these struggles between Dao, the calculations of saints, had nothing to do with Yulei for now.
His only thought was to accept his situation.
According to the memories in his mind, the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors had just ended, and the Conferred Gods War was not far off.
Thinking about this, Yulei felt a sense of urgency in his heart.
This Primal Chaos World was indeed full of countless opportunities, and if he was lucky, there was a chance that he could achieve longevity and become an immortal.
But as one of the chess pieces in the Conferred Gods War, once the war began, he would be acting involuntarily.
Just then, a cold voice suddenly rang out in his mind.
【Congratulations, Host, on successfully transmigrating and awakening your past wisdom. You have gained the heavenly aptitude for comprehension!】
Yulei’s spirits soared!
Of course, since he transmigrated, he couldn’t be without a cheat!
It seemed his cheat was this so-called heavenly aptitude for comprehension.
As the voice in his mind faded, Yulei felt that the entire world seemed to change subtly.
This willow tree he was, seemed to be different!
An intuition, a piece of mythology, vaguely appeared in his mind.
“In the vast sea, there is Mount Dusuo. On it, there grows a great peach tree, its branches twist and turn for three thousand miles. To the northeast of its branches, there is a Ghost Gate, through which countless ghosts enter and exit. There are two divine beings, one named Shentu, and the other Yulei. They are responsible for overseeing ten thousand ghosts. Those who are harmful ghosts, they catch them with a reed rope and feed them to tigers. Therefore, the Yellow Emperor created a ritual to drive them away according to the seasons. He erected a large peach tree man, and on the door, he painted Shentu, Yulei, and a tiger, and hung up a reed rope to ward off evil spirits.”
This was a passage from the Classic of Mountains and Seas, about the two legendary divine beings who oversaw ten thousand ghosts, Shentu and Yulei.
The Human Emperor Xuanyuan established rituals according to the seasons to drive away ghosts, erected a large peach tree man, painted Shentu, Yulei, and a tiger on the door, and hung up a reed rope to ward off evil spirits.
Therefore, Shentu and Yulei were the earliest door gods in mythology!
The Human Emperor Xuanyuan built a temple on Chessboard Mountain not only for the purpose of stationing his troops.
The most important reason was that the peach tree itself was actually the legendary door god, Yulei.
Yulei had originally lived in the peach tree, and was enlightened by the Human Emperor, fusing with the peach tree, becoming the guardian door god of the Xuanyuan Temple.
Now, however, something was amiss. His soul was replaced by another soul from the future, with the same name and surname. But this was no longer relevant to the current Yulei.
After understanding his own origin, another voice rang out in his mind.
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【You have understood your own origin, door, doorway, can open, can close, can connect with all things!】
【With your heavenly aptitude, you have suddenly realized and understood the Dao of the Door!】
【Current Dao of the Door: 1%!】
【Based on the Dao of the Door, you have deduced a Dao Art that suits you: Spirit Qi Door!】
Boom!
Yulei’s consciousness was filled with a resounding boom. A faint and indistinct light gate appeared in his consciousness.
The Dao of the Door!
Thirty thousand Dao, each one can lead to the Great Unity.
The Dao of the Door is one of the thirty thousand Dao.
It is said that if one thoroughly comprehends the Dao of the Door, one can open the Door of All Wonders, the Door of the Great Dao, and receive the infusion of the Great Dao’s essence!
Directly achieving the realm of the Great Unity Golden Immortal, achieving liberation and transcendence, are all possibilities!
However, normally, one must reach the Golden Immortal Realm to comprehend Dao.
Unexpectedly, before even transforming, he had already comprehended the power of Dao. This heavenly aptitude for comprehension was truly terrifying.
“Spirit Qi Door?”
Feeling the light gate in his mind, a sense of anticipation appeared on Yulei’s face. This seemed to be the Dao Art derived from the Dao of the Door. What was a Dao Art? In the Conferred Gods, Kong Xuan’s Five-Colored Divine Light, which could brush away anything, and was said to be the most powerful being below the realm of saints, was a Dao Art that he had evolved from the Five Elements, whose power would increase as his own strength increased.
The Spirit Qi Door would open a door to spiritual qi.
Thinking about this, a sense of anticipation filled Yulei’s heart, and a Dao talisman of the Dao of the Door manifested.
In an instant, a strange door, evolved from countless Dao talismans, slowly formed in front of Yulei.
The next moment, the door slowly opened.
An endless stream of pure, primordial spiritual qi, practically rushed towards him!