Chapter 55: Trinity, Foundation Of The Divine Palace
Grave Vaults are divided into Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.
The 【Xuhuo Mukou】 is formed by the Five Elements meeting the Earthly Branches of Chen, Xu, Chou, and Wei, containing the principle of “the place where the Five Elements return, the end of all things.”
It has the meaning of graves and warehouses.
The 【Xuhuo Mukou】 is a fire vault. Fire is the official element for the Metal Day Master, thus the 【Xuhuo Mukou】 can store items that “generate fire through conflict,” such as official make large coins, hibiscus paste fire, kilns, firearms, and weapons.
Chen Shun’an suddenly understood.
So the Nanhai Twelve Guilds were transporting hibiscus paste fire northward, avoiding customs inspections, by using the Azure Gang Yang Huo from the refined 【Xuhuo Mukou】?
At this moment,
The 【Xuhuo Mukou】 before Chen Shun’an had no radiant colors or tangible form and quality.
It simply hovered there, seemingly eternal and existing alongside Heaven and Earth.
Following the call of his heart, Chen Shun’an reached out, his fingertips bursting with azure light, and gently touched the 【Xuhuo Mukou】.
Whoosh!
As the 【Xuhuo Mukou】 merged into Chen Shun’an’s body, he seemed to possess innate knowledge, with vast knowledge and mysteries flowing through his mind.
“Immortals pursue the sun and moon to gather profound mechanisms, and with their mortal bodies and the fate determined by the Eight Gods of the Four Pillars, they either consume elixirs, refine internal and external Golden Elixirs, accumulate good deeds through divination, or transform their forms by absorbing energies. These are methods of using external objects to shed the false and return to the true.
Divine Beings can be appointed in later ages or transformed from the innate. Later divine beings are born from grass or clay, their Golden Bodies shaped by incense and faith;
Innate divine beings are born in accordance with destiny. They understand the cycle of solar terms by observing the rise and fall of rain and water, grasp the change of the Four Seasons by plucking ripe fruits, and comprehend the Essence of the Five Elements, Life and Death, wind, fire, mountains, forests, and immortality by observing the ebb and flow of day and night.
They refine themselves with the natural Essence of Heaven and Earth… Finally, by transforming their bodies into Essence and their divine bodies reaching for the heart of Heaven, they are said to have achieved the Dao.”
At this moment, Chen Shun’an seemed to understand something.
He was the 【Mínghòng Shàngyuān Shuǐyuán Great Emperor】. Although his origin was unknown, as an existence above a Ninth Rank Divine Talisman, he was certainly an innate divine being.
This meant that the Water Origin Great Emperor existed before the Azure Taiyi Xuanming and other Water Origin divine beings of ranks one to nine, and before incense and faith.
Therefore, Chen Shun’an was not corrupted by wishes or incense, nor swayed by the constant random thoughts of those who received blessings daily.
As an innate divine being, he could refine himself by extracting various ‘Essences’ to complete his Authority and construct his Divine Palace.
However, due to his extremely weak Authority at present, he could only extract Immortal Fates that had already ‘condensed their Essence,’ and he was not yet capable of perceiving the Essence of Heaven and Earth out of thin air.
This Azure Gang Yang Huo might have been used for refining various immortal forbidden arts and a lot of miscellaneous things.
But stripping away the external appearance and discussing the Essence, it still condensed a trace of extremely diluted 【Xuhuo Mukou】.
Rumble!!
As the 【Xuhuo Mukou】 merged into Chen Shun’an’s body.
The strange world before Chen Shun’an’s eyes underwent a complete transformation.
The weeping black rain gradually stopped.
A gentle, pure golden light, which seemed to make one cast aside all worries and random thoughts, descended from the sky.
Upon touching the ground, it rippled and spread outwards.
As the golden light spread, the cracked, scorched earth became full of vitality, covered with jade bricks and blue stones.
Finally, a Divine Palace, with carved beams and painted rafters, glazed tile roofs, and adorned with precious jade, became vaguely visible.
The Divine Palace was not large, occupying a little over an acre, appearing somewhat cramped and confined.
On the throne in the center of the Divine Palace was only a hazy, indistinct divine statue whose facial contours bore some resemblance to Chen Shun’an.
A Precious Proclamation Divine Palace, offering incense and faith to the Water Origin Great Emperor!
Chen Shun’an, this Grass Head God, finally had his own ‘nest’!
However, it was evident that because the Divine Palace currently only possessed the Essence of ‘Xuhuo Mukou’,
it appeared somewhat ethereal and not entirely real.
It was at this moment that Chen Shun’an faintly understood that his Status as Water Origin Great Emperor was also a Trinity.
And this 【Xuhuo Mukou】 perfectly matched one of his Statuses, serving as fuel and kindling.
As expected, with a thought from Chen Shun’an, information appeared in his vision.
【Authority: Trinity】
【Trinity: Before Heaven and Earth existed, the Water Origin Great Emperor was already in a state of primordial chaos, harmonizing Yin and Yang, and resetting the Universe. After the initial creation of Heaven and Earth, he appeared in the Great Abyss and cultivated for countless years, holding the root of life and creation, and the energy of all things’ extinction. Later, as Heaven and Earth stabilized and beings of wet egg and fetal origin gesturcd, the Great Emperor further initiated tribulations to ferry spirits, speaking heavenly decrees and passing down various profound daos, where Dao begets One, One begets Three, and Three begets all laws, with water laws being particularly numerous among them.
Therefore, the Status of Mínghòng Shàngyuān Shuǐyuán Great Emperor has three aspects: one is ‘Universe,’ the second is ‘Control Life and Death,’ and the third is ‘Profound Dao Water Origin’】
【Awakened Status: Universe（1）】
【Divine Path Essence: Xuhuo Mukou（One of the Four Tombs of Earthly Branches）】
Chen Shun’an had never seen so many scores of zeros before and couldn’t help but fall silent.
However, this also indicated that the ‘Universe’ Status had infinite potential.
This Divine Palace, closely connected to Chen Shun’an, was built upon the foundation of the three Statuses: Universe, Control Life and Death, and Profound Dao Water Origin.
It could be said that it prospered together and perished together.
…
“The Divine Palace has taken its initial form. It seems I can respond to believers and actively cast my gaze upon them?”
Chen Shun’an stepped forward, walking along the corridor into the depths of the Divine Palace.
The so-called carved beams and painted rafters, and glazed tile roofs, were merely nominal.
This Divine Palace was extremely fragile; Chen Shun’an could even crack a stone slab with a slight application of force under his feet.
He ascended the steps, leaped onto the incense altar, and without hesitation, sat cross-legged, merging into the hazy divine statue.
Water Origin Great Emperor, returning to his rightful place.
In an instant, Chen Shun’an’s body trembled slightly, his pupils cleansed of all impurities and dross, becoming deep and ancient, as if containing the brilliance of countless stars exploding and the desolation of the final extinction of Heaven and Earth.
But upon closer inspection, they returned to their original purity, appearing unremarkable, just a pair of clear eyes.
At this moment, Chen Shun’an’s human hesitations, weaknesses, emotions like the seven emotions and six desires, seemed to blur and dilute significantly.
He became rational and detached, possessing a certain Divinity.
Beneath his feet was an incense burner.
Dozens of incense sticks, some thick and some slender, stood upright within, burning faintly with flickering embers.
Various indistinct and clear murmuring voices could be heard.
Chen Shun’an sat motionless on the throne, his gaze flickering as he cast his attention towards the purest wish among them.
…
Silver Ingot Street, communal housing.
“The Lord of the Four Seas, the Emperor of Myriad Chariots, the Ruler of the Great Ocean, the King of Qianning Country, Qiao Jinxuan, to Emperor Baoqing of the Changbai Sacred Dynasty… No, I can’t translate it like this, or it’ll be sent back again.”
Under the dim light of white wax candles, Scholar Ma sat formally before a desk by the window, diligently writing something.
In the shabby and old room, only this elm wood desk was exceptionally neat and clean, with writing brush, ink, paper, and inkstone all present.
Madam Ma, by candlelight, mended clothes, with one leg crossed beneath her and the other hanging off the kang, occasionally dozing off.
“Alas, but if I don’t translate it this way, there might be suspicion of deceiving the emperor. If discovered, it’s a capital offense…” Scholar Ma sighed faintly.
Startled by the word ‘capital offense,’ Madam Ma suddenly woke up and whispered,
“With so many people, why did they choose you, a Zengguang Student, to translate the state letter?”
The settings are starting to be introduced… Readers who don’t understand Heavenly Stems, Earthly Branches, Four Pillars, Eight Characters, or the Ten Gods don’t need to worry, it won’t be deliberately obscure or difficult to understand. I will try my best to explain it simply, using the plot to illustrate the settings, so~~~
