Isn’t that a character from the Primordial Chaos mythology?
"Tell me about Eastern Emperor Taiyi." Zhang Chen inquired.
The young ’ground’ carefully glanced at Zhang Chen, puzzled that Zhang Chen didn’t even know about Eastern Emperor Taiyi, so he pointed outside at the sun: "Lord Eastern Emperor Taiyi blesses all living beings, at noon every day, everyone must pause whatever they are doing to devoutly worship Lord Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Lord Eastern Emperor Taiyi governs the day, while Goddess Wang Shu governs the night. All living beings and gods, regardless of size, must pay respects at night and day without any neglect."
Zhang Chen was taken aback, instinctively lifting his head to gaze at the sun in the sky, where a golden light flickered in his eyes, and the Dharma Eye opened instantly. The next moment, Zhang Chen was stunned; in the vast starry sky, a gigantic divine bird was hanging high up in the firmament. The divine bird emanated a golden, mysterious aura, transforming into endless runes, woven into a vast net that covered the entire universe.
"Pfft~"
Zhang Chen’s eyes burst open, blood spurting out, repelled by that powerful force. Even the golden light in the Dharma Eye was scattered at this moment.
"Lord, what’s wrong with you?" Seeing Zhang Chen’s eyes suddenly explode and blood continuously spraying out, the young man was shocked and rushed forward to ask.
"Don’t be afraid, it’s just a minor injury." Zhang Chen heard the young man’s anxious words and tried to calm him down. In the next moment, the Blood Control Technique was activated, countless fleshy tendrils in his eyes wriggled frantically, swiftly mending Zhang Chen’s injuries.
Zhang Chen summoned clear water to cleanse the bloodstains from his body, and now his eyes had been fully restored. The young man, on the other hand, was kneeling devoutly in the sunlight, worshipping.
Zhang Chen remained motionless; as a Qi Cultivator, he simply could not bring himself to go worship something so mysterious.
"The sun? A three-legged great bird?" Zhang Chen, through the shade of the trees, gazed at the scattered sunlight, a hint of contemplation in his eyes: "Is that truly the sun, or is it a three-legged great bird? All the sunlight transforms into a net, enveloping countless beings, enveloping the entire world, truly a formidable divine power."
"What tier is that great bird?" Zhang Chen pondered, feeling that the level of that great bird must far exceed his imagination.
"Twelfth tier?" Zhang Chen wondered.
But that divine light covered the entire world; could a twelfth-tier mysterious being achieve this?
"My orb is a twelfth-tier mysterious being, but it doesn’t seem to have such power, or is it that my twelfth-tier mysterious power is too restrained to manifest?"
Zhang Chen’s doubts grew more and more.
The more he knew, the more confused he felt, thirsting to understand this world.
Mysteries not commonly seen in the Material Realm appear in various tribes within the Spiritual World, right? Although not quite a common commodity, they are relatively more common, right?
"If the first heaven of the Spiritual World possesses such creation, what unimaginable creations and mysteries might the second heaven, third heaven... even the thirty-third heaven contain?" In his eyes, Zhang Chen was filled with disbelief: "The Peach of Immortality, the Fountain of Eternal Youth, might not be merely legends."
"But wait, when I suffered backlash from that Three-legged Golden Crow, why didn’t any skills drop? In the past, when colliding with the True Dragon’s fate, skills did drop." Zhang Chen’s eyes brimmed with confusion.
Zhang Chen looked around, yet indeed, no skills had dropped.
"Perhaps the greatest opportunity in this world is the mystery itself. If I secretly gather mysteries from various tribes, harvesting skills from them, wouldn’t that be immensely profitable?" Upon thinking this, Zhang Chen’s heart pulsed with excitement.
The young ’ground’ had already finished worshiping Eastern Emperor Taiyi, then turned to look at Zhang Chen, noticing his water-like pure eyes, a trace of joy appeared: "Respectable deity, have you recovered?"
"Of course, it’s just a small injury, hardly worth mentioning to me." Zhang Chen replied with a smile.
The young man gazed at Zhang Chen, a look of admiration in his eyes.
"Rest up well. The sun in the sky is so fierce, we should take a good nap and then explore the mountains after noon." Zhang Chen said to the young man, who immediately obediently ran thirty meters away under the tree shade to cool down: "Respectable deity, feel free to call me if you have any instructions."
Zhang Chen smiled at the young man, then pulled the chain in his hand, directly pulling the Great Freedom Celestial Demon back.
"Why did you pull me back? Didn’t you say you’d let me go out for a stroll?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon discontentedly looked at Zhang Chen.
"I just have a few questions to ask you." Zhang Chen said.
"Luckily I hadn’t made a move yet, or you would have ruined my big plans. Ask your questions quickly and don’t waste my time." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon said.
"I have two questions." Zhang Chen raised two fingers:
"First, why can mysteries in the real world fuse with living beings, while within the first heaven living beings haven’t fused with mysteries or drawn on mysterious power?"
"Because this world is filled with mysterious material, those mysteries are the essence of laws, absorbing the mysterious material ensures their form doesn’t disperse. However, in our Material World, lacking mysterious material, the bodies of sentient beings are composed of material, which helps mysteries stabilize their form and not collapse into law." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon explained.
Afraid Zhang Chen wouldn’t understand, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon added: "When the concentration of mystery in Heaven and Earth exceeds the internal mystery concentration within a god, the god can draw on the mysterious material of Heaven and Earth. But if the mysterious material is thin in Heaven and Earth, the concentration within the god being higher will cause decay into the external environment."
"Do you understand?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon asked Zhang Chen.
Zhang Chen nodded: "So that’s why."
"It’s not just that, the main reason is that gods in the Material Realm need to absorb the lifespan of beings to maintain their own lifespan and heal their injuries. You must understand, with the decline of mysterious materials in the past, everything was buried, and now mysteries are excavated from large tombs, barely surviving." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon said.
Zhang Chen suddenly understood, realizing this is a balance between mystery and beings, done out of necessity.
"Then why is there a need for worship? Like that Eastern Emperor Taiyi hanging high in the nine heavens?"
Zhang Chen asked, "What use does the faith of all beings have for the gods? Highly exalted are the gods, would they even care for the faith of beings?"
"What we call gods are actually the essence of the laws of Heaven and Earth, products from the chaotic collision of laws at the creation of the world. Some essences, through collisions, merge several laws, making them complex, while others with only one law are quite pure." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon said.
Hearing this, Zhang Chen mused: "Does mystery utilize the faith of all beings to strip away chaotic laws?"
"Who told you that?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon looked at Zhang Chen as if he were a fool: "Those essences are otherwise without intelligence, but through the worship of Postnatal Spirits, they absorb the Essence, Qi, and Spirit, along with the emotions of these spirits, thus gaining intelligence. The more they are worshipped by beings, the stronger their spirituality becomes."
"And once they have intelligence, these gods come to understand the importance of the faith of beings. For stronger spirituality and even to decipher the laws of Heaven and Earth, they require powerful spirituality. Of course, faith serves not just one purpose, but can sever their chaotic laws into avatars to merge with Heaven and Earth laws." The Great Freedom Celestial Demon said, "The strength of spirituality pertains to the foundation of the gods and the speed at understanding the laws of Heaven and Earth."
"So that’s the true use of the Power of Faith." Zhang Chen realized in his heart.
In a few words, the Great Freedom Celestial Demon conveyed so much information that Zhang Chen found it difficult to digest all at once.
"What if humans gain the Power of Faith?" Zhang Chen asked.
"What do you think?" The Great Freedom Celestial Demon retorted.