Chapter 66: The Gods Have Arrived, Great Riches Imminent

In Cloud Dream Marsh, Qi opened his eyes while cultivating, not knowing why he felt the rope binding his body seemed to have loosened.

The innate twelve‑grade pure world white lotus flashed with spiritual light, and Qi began to analyze the cause bit by bit.

His primordial spirit appeared, and beneath the spiritual light of the pure world white lotus, all cause and effect from his birth onward manifested, like threads wrapping around his primordial spirit.

These cause‑and‑effect threads were thick and numerous; most merely lightly attached, but a few bound his primordial spirit tightly, preventing it from freely extending.

Qi frowned slightly, reached out to touch those threads, and discovered they were all the cause and effect generated by the beings who listened to the Dao during his lectures and the living creatures surviving in Cloud Dream Marsh.

These cause‑and‑effect threads could be used by Qi, for they were debts owed to him by all beings.

Qi paid no heed, letting the white lotus's spiritual light shine upon his primordial spirit; the lightly attached threads instantly dissipated, making his primordial spirit feel much lighter.

Qi actively relinquished the debts those people owed him, so naturally those beings no longer needed to repay their cause‑and‑effect by serving him.

Only a few thick, conspicuously colored cause‑and‑effect threads remained, not wrapped around his primordial spirit, and one of them had loosened considerably.

Feeling curious, Qi reached out and touched it; instantly the scene of his earlier pursuit and slaughter of Chaos flashed before him, followed by the appearance of the God Rebel, after which Old Ancestor Hongjun and Ancestor Dragon, among others, rushed to the scene.

"Originally this thread is the cause‑and‑effect I incurred when Old Ancestor Hongjun saved me; why has it suddenly loosened?"

Qi originally thought he would only have a chance to repay this debt after the demon‑immortal war, but he never expected he could repay it now.

He heard that Old Ancestor Hongjun had also intervened, dispelling the impact of the flood disaster.

"Water Chronicle of Cloud Dream Marsh!"

Qi instantly thought of what Old Ancestor Hongjun wanted, but he couldn't fathom why Hongjun would help those water deities so much.

For these Heavenly Dao great gods, shouldn't they only come to rescue after the flood breaks out? Why has Hongjun suddenly become so concerned?

Qi did not know that the Creation Jade Disc had already shattered, with several fragments fallen into the hands of the dragon and phoenix clans; had he known, he would not have this doubt.

The Creation Jade Disc is no ordinary innate spiritual treasure; it is exceptionally special, representing the Heavenly Dao within the Three Powers of heaven, earth, and man, and its wielder must possess a true Heaven‑Man Heart to unleash its power.

In the hands of an ordinary person, the Creation Jade Disc is merely a higher‑grade deductive spiritual treasure.

The Heaven‑Man Heart simply means thinking and acting from the perspective of heaven and earth, which runs contrary to ordinary human nature; thus most people cannot comprehend Old Ancestor Hongjun's actions.

Such is Qi at this moment; he is utterly bewildered, unable to understand why Hongjun would help those water deities in this way.

In fact the reason is simple: from the viewpoint of heaven and earth, the mistakes committed by these innate deities are actually trivial.

This is precisely the heartlessness of heaven and earth: any disaster, if its timeline is stretched, leaves no trace, and the devastation of its occurrence has no effect on heaven and earth.

Even if a disaster erupts, heaven and earth pay it no heed, let alone when it does not occur.

From beginning to end, only the human Dao, which represents the will of all beings, is affected by this; unfortunately, most of them lack such a reaction before the disaster breaks out.

The human Dao can alter heaven and earth through human effort to reshape terrain and water flow, which is in accordance with the Three Powers.

Relying on divine power to restrain water flow is merely a castle in the air; a slight wind or rain will cause it to collapse.

After the collapse, mountains remain mountains and waters remain waters, but the lives crushed by the fall will not return.

No matter how severe the backlash of the human Dao's fortune, it occurs only after the disaster erupts.

To heaven and earth, those innate deities are His children.

Now the offspring He has nurtured have suddenly awakened and can voluntarily take responsibility for their mistakes; this is why the Creation Jade Disc prompts Old Ancestor Hongjun to help them.

Qi could not understand it, but this is a good thing for him; facing the loosening of the cause‑and‑effect threads, he welcomes it.

Revealing cause and effect is merely one of the most basic functions of a fully developed primordial spirit; it enables innate deities, during cultivation, to keenly detect others' schemes.

Without cultivating the primordial spirit, one cannot comprehend the Great Dao of heaven and earth, analyze one's own cause and effect, calculate heavenly secrets, or even know when being plotted against; one is as helpless as a blind man unable to stretch forth.

Qi set aside his cultivation, walked toward the pavilion by the pool, and needed to make preparations to receive the arriving deities and Old Ancestor Hongjun.

Qi will not speak first; he will wait for those gods to proactively admit their faults, then he can speak at the right moment, otherwise he would appear cheap.

This time, regarding the water systems participating, Qi has already memorized them all; those who come he might forget, but anyone who does not come he will certainly remember clearly.

Supreme Unity saw Qi's smiling face and asked at the right moment:

"Qi, what has happened? Why are you so happy? Do tell, so we too may share in the joy."

This question made Qi's smile even more evident; indeed, when one wishes to share good news, having someone voluntarily bring it up can double one's excitement.

"We're about to make a fortune; with so many innate deities visiting this time, they surely won't come empty‑handed."

As Qi spoke, the corners of his mouth could not be held down, for a great windfall was imminent.

He had long envied Nüwa's wealth, but there was nothing he could do; Cloud Dream Marsh could give birth to an innate deity while also nurturing the innate twelve‑grade pure world white lotus and letting it grow considerably—this was already the limit.

Under heaven there is no second Mount Buzhou; not even Kunlun Mountain can match it in its ability to sustain so many spiritual roots, spiritual treasures, and innate deities.

In Qi's anticipation, many water deities began to arrive, following the water veins of the East Sea.

Over eight hundred water deities, led by the East Sea, the Four Rivers, and the Three Waters, advanced according to their water systems, with eight of them each carrying a top‑grade innate spiritual treasure toward Cloud Dream Marsh.

Qi was unaware of this; if he knew, he would probably wish they would do it again.

If they came just once more, Qi's fortune would essentially equal Nüwa's.

Sometimes even Nüwa herself does not know how she accumulated so many innate spiritual treasures.

She only recalls that when she had just been born, bored, she wandered Mount Buzhou, where spiritual treasures seemed worthless, and every one or two cycles she would reap one.

Later, it seemed as if heaven and earth felt she had harvested too much, so those treasures ceased to appear, no longer blatantly revealing their formations, as if they were all hiding from her.

This also affected Fuxi; aside from the companion spiritual treasure he possessed at birth, he had never seen any other innate spiritual treasure on Mount Buzhou.

The deities, too, were anticipating Qi's expectations, and finally reached the edge of Cloud Dream Marsh.

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