Chapter 410
In ancient times, the Yan and Huang Emperors, ancestors of the Huaxia, fought against the nine tribes of the northern Wu clan at Zhuolu. These nine tribes are recorded in later histories as the Jiuli tribe. That era was also the peak of the Wu clan's power and prosperity.
Named entities:
Primitive Era
Huaxia primal ancestors
Yan and Huang Emperors
But we need to decide whether to translate or pinyin. For mythological emperors, we can translate meaning: "Yan Emperor" and "Huang Emperor". That seems appropriate.
Zhuolu
nine tribes
Jiuli tribe
Wu clan
At that time, the leader of the Jiuli tribe was Chiyou of the Wu clan. Legend says Chiyou had eighty-one brothers, with beast bodies and human speech, copper heads and iron foreheads, eating sand and stones, crafting weapons such as halberds, spears, daggers, and giant crossbows, shaking the heavens. The Yan and Huang Emperors battled Chiyou nine times, and in each battle the Yan and Huang Emperors were at a disadvantage.
Named entities:
Jiuli tribe
Wu clan
Chiyou
Eighty-one brothers of Chiyou
Yan and Huang Ancestors
The Yan and Huang ancestors fought Chiyou nine times.
Afterwards, Chiyou sent his shamans to cast a spell, causing a great fog for three days and three nights, obscuring the sky so soldiers could not see the sun or discern directions, trapping the Yellow Emperor at the foot of Mount Tai. Seeing his troops unable to fight, the Yellow Emperor withdrew his forces to the base of Mount Tai, where he lay awake at night, worried and unable to eat or sleep.
Named entities:
Chiyou
shaman
A thick fog lasted for three days and three nights.
soldiers
Yellow Emperor
Great Mountain
under the Great Mountain
at the foot of the Great Mountain
At that moment, the Western Holy Mother learned of the Yan and Huang Ancestors' plight and sent her disciple, the Nine Heavenly Maiden, to Zhuolu to teach the Yellow Emperor the "Taiyi Dunjia Six Ren Step Battle Technique, the Mechanism of the Yin Talisman, and the Numinous Treasure Five Talismans Five Victories Text," hoping this would help him defeat Chiyou.
Named entities:
Western Holy Mother
Yan and Huang Ancestors
disciple
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Zhuolu
Yellow Emperor
Taiyi Dunjia Six Ren Step Battle Technique
Yin Talisman Mechanism
Numinous Treasure Five Talismans Five Victories Text
Chiyou
After several days, the Nine Heavenly Maiden, obeying the Western Holy Mother's command, rode the Crimson Phoenix, guided the Auspicious Dragon, wore a robe of nine-colored variegated plumage, and went to Zhuolu to aid the Yellow Emperor.
Named entities:
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Western Holy Mother
Crimson Phoenix
Auspicious Dragon
Nine-Colored Variegated Plumage Robe
Zhuolu
Yellow Emperor
However, as they approached the Great Mountain, a vast fog suddenly appeared on the horizon, within which twelve towering giant shadows could be faintly seen, blocking the Nine Heavenly Maiden's path.
Named entities:
Great Mountain
twelve towering giant shadows
Nine Heavenly Maiden
The first shadow looks like a yellow sack, red as cinnabar fire, with six legs and four wings, and Hundun is faceless.
Named entities:
The first shadow resembled a yellow sack, red as crimson fire, with six legs and four wings, a faceless chaos.
yellow sack
crimson fire
Chaos
faceless
The second shadow was green like emerald bamboo, with a bird's body and human face, standing on two dragons.
Named entities:
second shadow
emerald bamboo
bird body human face
two dragons
The third shadow had a human face and tiger's body, covered in golden scales, with wings growing from its shoulders, a snake piercing its left ear, and standing on two dragons.
Named entities:
third shadow
human face tiger body
golden scales
double wings
left ear pierced by snake
two dragons
The fourth shadow had a python's head and a human body, covered in black scales, stepping on a black dragon, and entwined with a green python.
Named entities:
fourth shadow
python head human body
black scales
black dragon
green python
The fifth shadow had a human head and body, covered in red scales, with a fire snake piercing its ears, and standing on a fire dragon.
Named entities:
fifth shadow
human body
red scales
fire snake
fire dragon
The twelve illusory shadows stood towering, as if level with heaven and earth, their majesty overwhelming the world.
Named entities:
illusory shadows
twelve
towering
heaven and earth
majestic over the world
This formation is the Jiuli Wu clan's divine formation passed down through generations, the Twelve Celestial Gods and Fiends Formation, which uses the twelve banners left by the twelve ancestral shamans, with twelve shamans as its core, to recreate the bodies of the twelve ancestral shamans.
Named entities:
this formation
Jiuli Wu clan
eternal divine formation
Twelve Celestial Gods and Fiends Formation
Twelve Ancestral Shamans
Twelve Shaman Banners
Twelve Shamans
the bodies of the Twelve Ancestral Shamans
The twelve ancestral shamans, transformed from Pangu's bloodline, do not revere heaven and earth nor follow the heavenly dao. Although the Twelve Celestial Gods and Fiends Formation only recreates the illusory shadows of the twelve ancestral shamans, their ferocity far exceeds ordinary imagination. Thus, when this celestial formation appears, heaven and earth change color, and wind and clouds tremble.
Named entities:
Twelve Ancestral Shamans
Pangu
bloodline
heaven and earth
Heavenly Dao
Twelve Celestial Gods and Fiends Formation
illusory shadow
Celestial Formation
heaven and earth change color
wind and clouds tremble
While the Nine Heavenly Maiden was trapped, the Great Yin, Heavenly Yin, Earthly Yin, and Mysterious Yin—altogether nine utmost yin stars—suddenly appeared in the sky, surrounding her. Using the power of the nine yin stars, the Nine Heavenly Maiden in distress refined her mysterious body and broke free from the formation. Thereafter, there was no longer a Nine Heavenly Maiden, but instead a deity who had attained fruition: the Nine Mysterious Maiden.
Named entities:
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Great Yin
Heavenly Yin
Earthly Yin
Mysterious Yin
nine utmost yin stars
Nine Yin Stars
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Mysterious Body
break formation and exit
Nine Mysterious Maiden
deity
Murong Jiaojia paused, looked at us, and said softly: "Now you finally understand the relationship between the Nine Yin Twelve Yin Gods Formation and the Celestial Formation, right?"
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia
Nine Yin Twelve Yin Gods Formation
Celestial Formation
I, Pangzi, and Yuan Qiu nodded in unison, then simultaneously shook our heads.
Named entities:
I
Pangzi
Yuan Qiu
- So we have Pangzi and Yuan Qiu.
Afterwards, the three of us, still confused, asked Murong Jiaojia three different questions.
Named entities:
the three confused persons
Murong Jiaojia
"Why can the Nine Heavenly Maiden attain fruition by relying on the Nine Yin Stars? Are the Nine Yin Stars really that powerful? Why didn't I achieve immortality when I set up my formation?" This was Pangzi's question.
Named entities:
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Nine Yin Stars
fruition
attain the Dao and become an immortal
Pangzi
"Great, great, great..." This was Xiao Pang's question... Regarding his question, it can be completely ignored.
Named entities:
Xiao Pang
Great, great, great...
"I wonder what the outcome of the Battle of Zhuolu was. With the help of the Nine Mysterious Maiden, did the Yellow Emperor win? How did he win? Did the Nine Mysterious Maiden marry anyone? If so, who?" Yuan Qiu gulped, stared curiously at Murong Jiaojia, and awaited the continuation.
Named entities:
Battle of Zhuolu
Nine Mysterious Maiden
Yellow Emperor
Yuan Qiu
Murong Jiaojia
My and Pangzi's response to Yuan Qiu was a look of utter contempt!
Named entities:
Yuan Qiu
I
Pangzi
If the Yellow Emperor had lost, where would the descendants of Yan and Huang come from? This uncultured fellow probably spent his study time with his sister.
Named entities:
Yellow Emperor
descendants of Yan and Huang
uncultured guy
This is the conclusion my and Pangzi reached instantly about Yuan Qiu.
Named entities:
I
Pangzi
Yuan Qiu
I shook my head and said to Murong Jiaojia: "I only want to know what connection your story has with Pangzi's Nine Yin Formation. Is this meant to reenact the battle of the Nine Mysterious Maiden? Even if it could be reenacted, there couldn't possibly be a second Nine Mysterious Maiden running in..."
Named entities:
I
Murong Jiaojia
Pangzi
Nine Yin Formation
Nine Mysterious Maiden
At that moment, I suddenly stopped. A flash of light went through my mind; I felt I had grasped something, but I didn't know what.
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia nodded lightly and said in a soft voice: "The Nine Heavenly Maiden could achieve her mysterious body through the refinement of the nine yin stars because her constitution is a rare ultimate yang body, occurring once in ten thousand years, and her fate is a pure yang fate."
Murong Jiaja gently nodded and said softly, "The Nine Heavens Maiden is able to attain her profound form through the tempering of the Nine Yin Star because her physique is a supremely yang body, a rarity seen once in ten thousand years, and her destiny is likewise purely yang."
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Nine Yin Stars
Mysterious Body
Ultimate Yang Body
Pure Yang Fate
Seeing our clueless expressions, Murong Jiaojia explained slowly: "The term 'mysterious' refers to the harmonious interaction of yin and yang; solitary yang does not grow, solitary yin does not grow, and without fully comprehending yin and yang, one cannot reach the mysterious. The Nine Mysterious Maiden could not attain fruition because her constitution is excessively yang, preventing her from accessing the Gate of All Wonders."
Named entities:
we
Murong Jiaojia
Mysterious
Yin and Yang in harmony
solitary Yang does not grow
solitary Yin does not grow
cannot fully comprehend Yin and Yang
Mysterious
Nine Mysterious Maiden
body extremely Yang
Gate of All Wonders
"I understand now. At this moment, the nine great yin stars appear together and harmonize with the Nine Heavenly Maiden's ultimate yang body, balancing yin and yang, allowing her to truly attain her mysterious body." Pangzi slapped his thigh, proudly pleased with his cleverness.
Named entities:
I understand
Nine Great Yin Stars
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Ultimate Yang Body
Yin and Yang both harmonized
Mysterious Body
Pangzi
Afterwards, Pangzi scratched his head, looking confused at Murong Jiaojia: "Even if what you say is true, what does this have to do with this matter?"
Named entities:
Pangzi
confused
Murong Jiaojia
Murong Jiaojia shook her head and said in an ethereal tone: "I cannot verify whether the legends are true or false, but during the late Eastern Han period, there indeed appeared a Nine Heavenly Maiden."
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia
late Eastern Han
Nine Heavenly Maiden
Looking at us, Murong Jiaojia declared firmly: "Moreover, it was a man-made Nine Heavenly Maiden."
Named entities:
we
Murong Jiaojia
man-made Nine Heavenly Maiden
"Man-made Nine Mysterious Maiden... Murong Beauty, you're not joking, right? The Nine Mysterious Maiden can be man-made? That is the Yellow Emperor's teacher, a deity we Daoists worship!" Pangzi exclaimed in shock.
Named entities:
man-made Nine Mysterious Maiden
Murong Beauty
Nine Mysterious Maiden
Yellow Emperor
teacher
we
Daoist Sect
deity
Pangzi
I was not particularly surprised, because Jiaojia's words had once again approached my speculation.
Named entities:
I
Jiajia
my
speculation
Murong Jiaojia sighed, gazing into the dark starry sky, as if sinking into long memories.
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia
starry sky
"The Eastern Han was an era of rising heroes, yet also an age of chaotic demons. When the Great Virtuous Teacher Zhang Jiao exhausted his last vital energy to sever the fortune of the Han dynasty, the fate of the Han was sealed to change."
Named entities:
Eastern Han
heroes rise
demons dance chaotically
Great Virtuous Teacher Zhang Jiao
vital energy
Great Han Dynasty
fortune
Heaven of the Great Han
"Aside from Yuan Shao, Sun Bosun, Liu Xuande, and several other warlords rising simultaneously, countless heretical sects sprang up across the land. One such sect was called the Nine Heavenly Gods Sect, whose deity was said to be an incarnation of the Nine Mysterious Maiden."
Named entities:
Yuan Shao
Sun Bosun
Liu Xuande
warlords
Nine Heavenly Gods Sect
Nine Mysterious Maiden
Nine Heavenly God
"However, the so-called Nine Heavenly God is not an incarnation of the Nine Mysterious Maiden, nor even a proper deity; it is an evil god fabricated by the leader of the Nine Heavenly Teaching, Tu Yu, to deceive people."
Named entities:
Nine Heavenly God
Nine Mysterious Maiden
orthodox deity
Leader of the Nine Heavenly Teaching
Tu Yu
man-made
evil god
people
pretext
The truth is drawing near; I anxiously asked Murong Jiaojia: "Man-made, do you know how he created it?"
Named entities:
truth
I
Murong Jiaojia
man-made
him
Murong Jiaojia only shook her head and replied with two words: "I don't know."
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia
I
Just as I began to feel disappointed, Murong Jiaojia spoke again.
Named entities:
I
feel disappointed
Murong Jiaojia
"But I can be certain that the formation Tu Yu used to create the Nine Heavenly God was based on his research into the battle where the twelve ancestral shamans trapped the Nine Mysterious Maiden. By drawing the breath of the nine yin stars into the formation, aided by the twelve celestial banners to trap the yin energy within, using the formation as a furnace to smelt a pure yang body, he hoped to create a deity like the Nine Mysterious Maiden."
Named entities:
Tu Yu
Nine Heavenly God
formation method
Twelve Ancestral Shamans
Nine Mysterious Maiden
battle
studied and derived
lead the breath of the Nine Yin Stars into the formation
Twelve Celestial Banners
yin breath
in the formation
using the formation as a furnace
sacrificially refine the Pure Yang Body
hope to create a deity like the Nine Mysterious Maiden
Nine Mysterious Maiden
Everyone gasped, remaining speechless for a long time.
Named entities:
everyone
stunned
"People say modern society is full of perverts and mad scientists, with some using human bodies for biochemical experiments and others, brain-addled by a door, dreaming of ruling the world. Yet perversion is not exclusive to modern times; antiquity had just as many. If Tu Yu came to the present, he would surely join hands with those brain‑science perverts, tears streaming as he lamented to the heavens, having found a kindred spirit in life and dying without regret."
Named entities:
modern society
perverts
science maniacs
biochemical experiments
brain‑clamped delusional disorder of wanting to rule the world
ancient times
Tu Yu
modern times
brain science pervert
gain a true friend in this life
die without regret
Then there was nothing more. For these delusional world‑ruling perverts will eventually be eradicated, whether in past or present dynasties, or in history—bad people... well, they surely meet a bad end!
Named entities:
delusional world‑ruling perverts
past and present dynasties
historical fact
bad people
"Heh heh, what's so scary about an evil god? I, the Young Master, specialize in slaying evil gods—ten or eight are no problem." Pangzi bared his teeth and laughed loudly, patting his chest with a thumping sound.
Named entities:
Hehe
Young Master
I
slay evil gods
ten or eight
Pangzi
grinning widely, laughing loudly
patting his chest, thump thump
But the next moment, Pangzi's face fell instantly at Murong Jiaojia's words, and large beads of cold sweat streamed down his forehead.
Named entities:
next moment
Pangzi
Murong Jiaojia
a sentence
his face fell
bead‑sized cold sweat
forehead
"To slay the Nine Heavenly God, the Celestial Master Dao lost thirty‑one high‑ranking masters in total, their folk practitioners suffering countless casualties, and finally he suppressed and killed them with the might of mountains and rivers."
Named entities:
in order to slay the Nine Heavenly God
Nine Heavenly God
Celestial Master Dao
all over
altogether thirty‑one high‑ranking masters
high‑ranking masters
fell victim to vicious hands
folk practitioners
casualties
the might of mountains and rivers
suppressed and killed
him
Upon Murong Jiaojia's words, Pangzi drenched in sweat, shaking his head like a rattle drum, and said: "I didn't say anything at all, I really didn't say anything."
Named entities:
Murong Jiaojia
Pangzi
sweating profusely
head shaking like a rattle drum
rattle drum
At this moment, amused by Pangzi's appearance, I also asked Murong Jiaojia a question.
Named entities:
at this moment
I
Pangzi
appearance
additionally amused
also asked Murong Jiaojia a question
"By the way, Jiajia, who is that person you mentioned, the expert who defeated the Nine Heavenly God?"
Named entities:
by the way
Jiajia
who is that person
defeated the Nine Heavenly God
Nine Heavenly God
expert
name
I swear I only asked after laughing.
Named entities:
I
after laughing
also asked
Who would have thought that my casual question would instantly make Murong Jiaojia furrow her brows.
Named entities:
who knows
I
an unintentional question
Murong Jiaojia
instantly furrowed brows
"Where is he? Who is he?" Murong Jiaojia's expression first became confused, then she rubbed her forehead, sinking into extreme agony.
Named entities:
he
where
who is
Murong Jiaojia
expression
confused
rubbing forehead
forehead
extreme agony
End of Chapter
