Chapter 2 Heritage
Old Wang came to from his daze, and the sky was already dark. The moon rose from the edge of the forest, casting a cold glow, and the countless stars twinkled like diamonds scattered across the sky. The hazy moonlight cast mysterious shadows on the water's surface, scattering uncertain light, as if countless silver fish were jumping around. But Old Wang had no mood to appreciate these, his heart still filled with anxiety and worry. "Did Little Dragon really fall into the water tank?" Wang Bing's mind was in a mess, he only had this one son now, if anything happened to Little Dragon, how would he spend the rest of his days? There was nothing else to do but head back home for now. Old Wang stumbled down the mountain road towards home.
Returning home, Liu Chu heard Old Wang's words and fainted to the ground while hugging Xiaolong's waistband. Old Wang carried his wife to bed and also fell into a state of stupor...
In the cave, the little dragon saw that inside there was a pearl with a dragon riding on clouds and driving fog. Of course, he didn't give up and reached out to grab the pearl again. The fresh blood on his hand dripped down onto the pearl along with his fingers. At this moment, something strange happened: a red and white striped green smoke emerged from the pearl, like breaking an eggshell, and the pearl released colorful "flowers" of different colors - red, yellow, blue, green, and purple. The little dragon was overjoyed, jumping up and down and shouting: "So beautiful! So beautiful!" He quickly grabbed the pearl in his hand, but this time, the pearl didn't bounce him away. Instead, it was held tightly in the little dragon's hand. It turned out that the little dragon's blood had broken through the ancient heavenly god's protective shield on the surface of the pearl, which was a lucky coincidence. If the little dragon's hand hadn't been cut by the stone, he might have never gotten this pearl in his lifetime.
When the little dragon's hand grasped the pearl, a line of words immediately appeared in his mind: "The dragon rides the times and changes, just like a person who has achieved great things and dominates the four seas. The dragon is an object that can be compared to the heroes of the world. Heroes are those with grand ambitions, good strategies, and the ability to contain the universe's secrets and swallow the heavens' will." Then he was taken to a vast and endless plain, stretching out under the sky without any hills, as calm as a windless day at sea. The misty rain threads were like a veil of fog, shrouding the boundless plain that stretched for thousands of miles. The endless and boundless plain was flat and broad, like an enormous emerald-green jade plate, vast and mysterious, with an atmosphere that captivated people. The tender green new leaves, the thin mist and light smoke on the plain, were like the clothes of Spring Maiden. With her spring-like steps, the lush little grass broke through the ground, almost as if it was going to stand up on its feet.
Xiao Long felt strange, wasn't it summer outside when he came in? Why does it seem like spring here? Unable to understand, Xiao Long stopped thinking about it and began to take in the beautiful grassland. The vast territory, the agile horses, the clear springs, the beauty of the wildflowers, the swaying reeds, and the flying swans were all visible everywhere. There were small hills on all sides, with green plains and green hills. A flock of sheep would climb up a hill, then come down again, walking wherever they went, as if embroidering white flowers on an endless green carpet. The lines of those hills were so soft and beautiful, like a painting without bones, only using green to render, without drawing with a brush. As a result, the whole place was filled with a gentle, flowing green color that seemed to flow into the clouds.
All that can be seen is a huge temple in the middle of the prairie, surrounded by five-colored divine light of red, yellow, blue, green and purple. The little dragon runs towards the five-colored temple on the tender green grass. A beautiful little white rabbit beside the road suddenly dashes away with a "brush" sound into the distance.
When the little dragon stepped onto the jade stone steps in front of the temple gate, the entire grassland seemed to vibrate slightly. The sheep in the distance ran around, and the swans flew about. The five-colored temple was like a giant who had been sleeping for ten thousand years, opening his eyes. With a "ding-dong" sound, the temple gates opened, and the little dragon jumped in fright. As he looked inside through the gate, he was suddenly stunned. He saw a paradise that he had never seen before in his life. Inside the temple, everything emitted red, yellow, blue, green, and purple divine light. The ground was paved with crystal, agate, peacock stone, petrified wood, Dongling stone, Mi Yu, lotus stone, and plum blossom jade. These jade stones were not the kind commonly seen in the market; they all emitted a glow similar to the five-colored divine light inside the temple. In the center of the temple was a large white jade bed made entirely of jade, with a small stool beside it. On the stool was a bead that looked exactly like the one he had found in the mountain cave outside. Inside the bead, there was also a golden dragon soaring through the clouds. The vast temple above seemed to be a miniature version of the starry sky, with stars twinkling with a faint glow. The little dragon happily ran into the temple and ran around the white jade bed once. What interested him most was still that bead that looked exactly like the one in the mountain cave. With curiosity, the little dragon reached out his hand to grab the bead on the stool beside him.
When the little dragon grabbed the pearl, there was a loud "rumble" sound, as if countless information had been stuffed into his brain, like watching a movie. Countless images appeared in his mind. In the midst of chaos and darkness, a giant man with a height of eight zhang, eyes like bronze bells, held a glittering golden axe, striking with force towards the chaotic land. The chaos slowly broke open, sinking down in two directions, upwards and downwards. A bright light appeared in the broken place, and the name "Pangu" emerged in the little dragon's mind. Pangu continued to strike forward, breaking open more and more chaos, filling the entire space with light. When the light filled the whole world, Pangu fell to the ground. Before his death, his last breath turned into floating clouds of the four seasons; his voice turned into thunder in the sky; his left eye turned into the sun, and his right eye turned into the moon; his hair and beard turned into stars in the night sky; his body turned into the four poles and majestic mountains; his blood turned into rivers; his tendons turned into roads; his muscles turned into farmland; his teeth, skeleton, and bone marrow turned into underground minerals; his skin and sweat turned into grass and trees on the earth, and his sweat turned into rain.
The screen turned, and the ancient gods Gonggong and Zhurong had a big fight because of something. In the end, Zhurong defeated Gonggong, and the water god Gonggong was so ashamed that he rushed to the west and crashed into Mount Buzhou. Who knew that Mount Buzhou was a pillar supporting the sky? Mount Buzhou collapsed, and the great pillar between heaven and earth broke off. Half of the sky fell down, revealing a huge hole. The earth also cracked with large fissures, mountains and forests caught fire, and floods burst out from underground. Dragons, snakes, and ferocious beasts emerged to devour people. Humanity faced an unprecedented disaster.
Nüwa witnessed the suffering of humanity and felt unbearable pain, so she decided to repair the sky to end this disaster. She used various five-colored stones, set up a fire to melt them into pulp, and used this stone paste to fill in the gaps in the sky. Then, she cut off the four legs of a giant turtle and used them as pillars to prop up the collapsed half of the sky. Nüwa also captured and killed the black dragon that was harming people, and put an end to the arrogance of the dragons and snakes. Finally, to block the floodwaters from flowing again, Nüwa collected a large amount of reeds, burned them into ash, and buried them in the overflowing waters. After Nüwa's hard work, the sky was finally repaired, the earth was filled, the water stopped, the dragons and snakes retreated, and people began to live peaceful lives again. However, this great disaster left its mark. From then on, the sky tilted slightly towards the northwest, so the sun, moon, and stars naturally returned to the west, and because the earth tilted towards the southeast, all rivers flowed in that direction. When a rainbow appeared in the sky, it was the colorful light of our great Nüwa's heavenly stone used to repair the sky. After this great calamity, there were very few human survivors left. To enable humanity to develop and multiply again, she molded people out of yellow earth in her own likeness and scattered them across the land, so that the number of people on the ground grew more and more.
The third scene, the heavenly dragon Huálóng, who inherited the power of the ancient gods, appeared with a red, yellow, blue, green, and purple divine light. He held a lantern that shone with a red and white glow. In front of him stood a demon named Mòkē, with a ferocious face and two horns on his head. After absorbing the essence of many primitive humans, Mòkē's magic increased greatly, and black smoke billowed from his body.
Mòkē burst into maniacal laughter: "Huálóng, today is your day of doom! You can't stop my progress. I am the embodiment of humanity's ugliness and desires. From the moment the first human existed, I have been in this world. I am invincible, you can't defeat me. When you die, the entire earth will be mine, hahaha!"
The air slowly condensed, and the sound of a heartbeat became piercingly loud. Everything fell silent, except for Huálóng's silver hair fluttering in the wind.
"Mòkē, do you think you can defeat me just because of your power? Don't forget, I am the heavenly god who inherited the power of the ancient gods who created the universe! With me as the guardian deity of this earth, your conspiracy will not succeed. Today, I will make you disappear into nothingness!"
Huálóng's body shone with a brilliant five-colored light, and he swiftly threw a punch that was faster than the speed of the third universe. Mòkē, however, calmly disappeared from his original position. The entire sky was filled with countless flashes of five-colored divine light and black light, as if it were just an instant, yet also as if it had passed through countless centuries.
The sky finally came to a standstill, leaving behind only a single five-colored pearl and the lantern that shone with a red and white glow. A wisp of black smoke escaped into the distance, accompanied by a mournful voice that echoed in the sky: "I will return to find you again, Huálóng, wait for me."
"Child, due to my battle with Tianmo, I have exhausted my divine energy and can only seal my true divine energy within this five-colored divine pearl. I will leave behind my divine artifact, the Five-Colored Luminous Lamp. Only someone with a body possessing the Five Virtues' blood can break open my seal. When the seal is broken, Tianmo may return, and the Earth will once again face a long and disastrous calamity. Child, you are now my successor. I hope you can become the guardian deity of the Earth after me. Lie down on the white jade bed, hold the five-colored divine pearl in your hand, and you can begin my inheritance."
Xiao Long followed the words and walked towards the white jade bed in the temple, lay down...
