Chapter 80: Yuan Feng journeys through the Wilderness, ultimately arriving at Cloud Dream Marsh (on shelves, seeking subscriptions!)

Yuan Feng's awakening, Yuan Huang sensed it immediately, and at once stopped his patrol, leaving the Undying Volcano and rushing toward the Chinese parasol tree.

"Feng, you finally woke up."

Yuan Huang flung himself into Yuan Feng's embrace, his arms lightly wrapping around Yuan Feng's waist, his whole body buried in his embrace.

Yuan Feng gently embraced Yuan Huang, his voice as gentle as ever, saying: "This period, you've worked hard, bearing such enormous pressure on your shoulders, exhausted, haven't you? The rest, leave it to me."

"En."

Yuan Huang's voice was full of fatigue and deep longing.

"Rest well; when you wake, everything will be alright."

"Good."

Yuan Huang is also utterly exhausted; since the beginning of this eon, she has been stationed in the Undying Volcano, continuously suppressing one volcano after another, never resting.

Whenever there is a moment of respite, she must constantly patrol, fearing something might happen.

The external turmoil and probing also continually wear on her mind.

Under internal and external troubles, she is utterly exhausted; seeing Yuan Feng awaken, her tense mind relaxes, and she actually falls into a deep sleep in Yuan Feng's embrace.

Seeing this, Yuan Feng merely placed her gently under the Chinese parasol tree with a hint of heartache, then slowly walked outward.

At this moment, a great calamity looms over heaven and earth; it is not the time for love affairs, and the current crisis needs him more than Yuan Huang.

Yuan Feng immediately rushed to the Undying Volcano; he needs to know the current situation and how much time he can spare.

After spending a thousand years, Yuan Feng finally ascertained the general state of the Undying Volcano; at the current rate of increase, there should be no major trouble within the next five eons.

Yuan Feng then immediately took the fragments of the Creation Jade Disc and headed for Jade Capital Mountain; he needs to visit the major water gods within one eon to borrow water.

Relying solely on himself and the Phoenix Clan, he lacks both the ability and the standing to do this; now, the only great deity he can possibly move is Old Ancestor Hongjun, and only Old Ancestor Hongjun will help him.

Looking at the fragments of the Creation Jade Disc in his hand, Yuan Feng suddenly gave a bitter smile and sighed:

"Under the Great Dao, every sip and bite is predestined."

Without further thought, he tore through space and rushed to Jade Capital Mountain.

Jade Capital Mountain.

Hongjun suddenly felt a surge of joy; the Creation Jade Disc also emitted spiritual light, and he knew the reason, exclaiming!

"It seems the opportunity for the Creation Jade Disc to be complete has arrived; it has now come to him on its own."

He knew the Phoenix Clan must have encountered some situation, and he had prepared to accompany Yuan Feng to the Undying Volcano after his arrival to help suppress it for a time.

He never expected that Yuan Feng's journey had another purpose: he would use up the karmic ties he had previously left with the various water gods, and upon learning this, he also formed some conjectures.

Heaven and earth are actively eliminating factors that could affect the outcome of the battle between Hongjun and the Rahu Immortal Demon, seeking to minimize the participation of innate deities.

Allowing them to fight as fairly as possible, while after the battle they each individually repay the karmic debts owed to heaven and earth.

Only after the karmic debts are cleared will it be the time to merge with the Dao.

"Please, Great Deity, assist me."

Yuan Feng presented the Creation Jade Disc fragment in his hand; the matter he explained gave Hongjun a headache—drawing the waters of the world to flood back into the Undying Volcano.

If successful, it would indeed be a tremendous merit; at least within the next thousand eons, the Undying Volcano would face no eruption danger, and heaven and earth would escape a peril.

Moreover, this act conforms to the human way; it is an extremely suitable method, only regrettable is the prior laborious effort expended to save the waters.

The fragments of the Creation Jade Disc must be recovered; otherwise, merging with the Dao is hopeless. This act indeed brings great merit to heaven and earth, and thus should be done.

"Very well, this poor Daoist will follow your intention and go through with this."

Hongjun accepted the Creation Jade Disc fragments, no longer considering other calculations, and thus accompanied Yuan Feng to the East Sea; this matter ultimately cannot avoid the ancestral dragon, the master of the water system.

The ancestral dragon has just returned to the East Sea; he has been recuperating near Cloud Dream Marsh for about five eons, his injuries have healed, his realm not yet fully restored, but he has immediately returned to the East Sea.

The Azure Dragon remains in the Sea Eye; during these five eons, the Sea Eye, which was originally destined to dry up, suddenly received a massive influx of water vapor, causing continual turbulence.

Now there is even a risk of overflow; the ancestral dragon is thus busy and frantic.

Coincidentally, at this moment Old Ancestor Hongjun arrived; the ancestral dragon originally thought he might incur another karmic debt, but instead discovered that the solution had come to him. Moreover, he would not incur a karmic debt but would gain a considerable merit, so he naturally agreed.

The ancestral dragon never thought to take advantage of the situation to reap anything, for it was unnecessary, and moreover, the method of eliminating karmic debt is not necessarily required to be repaid.

"Why act as a villain at this juncture? In conduct, one need not achieve greatness in a single endeavor; steady progress is enough."

This has always been the ancestral dragon's modus operandi: given ample time, moving slowly is no problem; at least it is steady.

But the ancestral dragon has previously stated that the East Sea can mobilize thirty percent of the Sea Eye's water vapor, while the other three seas can each mobilize twenty percent; the remaining shortfall must be made up by seeking the various water gods themselves.

The ancestral dragon will not refuse, yet he will not interfere with their ideas and actions.

Achieving this effect, Yuan Feng is already extremely satisfied; next comes visiting the various water gods.

Time is limited; they cannot afford to linger on the road, for the Wilderness is too vast—even they would find it extremely difficult to traverse within one eon.

Meanwhile, after Yuan Feng and his party departed, the Dragon Clan immediately began nonstop preparations, enabling the water vapor of the other three seas to enter the South Sea.

Especially the North Sea, being the farthest, requires a great deal of time to allocate, while simultaneously evacuating the living beings of the South Sea to clear a waterway for the water vapor to pass through.

To prevent a large influx of cold seawater, which would conversely create killing karma.

Any one of these tasks cannot be decided or acted upon arbitrarily; a slight oversight would result in boundless karmic retribution.

Each action must be carried out with utmost caution to ensure absolute safety; moreover, this is merely the preliminary preparation.

The actual regulation of water vapor must wait until the commencement of the reverse flow into the Undying Volcano; otherwise, a large amount of water vapor would remain, causing sea levels to rise dramatically and submerge the Wilderness Continent, which would be disastrous.

Under the continual visits of Yuan Feng and Hongjun, many water gods, out of respect for Hongjun, agreed; although mainly to repay the karmic debt incurred at Cloud Dream Marsh.

They are also seriously discussing which river channel the water vapor should enter the South Continent's Undying Volcano—whether through inland waterways or directly via the river mouth—these all need to be negotiated.

Amidst the bustling crowd, Yuan Feng and Hongjun finally arrived at the final stop of the Eastern Continent's water system.

This is also one of the two main stops of this journey; within the Wilderness Continent, it is the greatest reservoir of water vapor, the place of regulation.

The god who holds authority to punish the water system gods, Qi's Dao Chang—Cloud Dream Marsh.

"Daoist Yuan Feng, after this station, the rest is up to you; after all, I only have a little influence in the East, and in the Western Continent others will not acknowledge me."

Hongjun said with a smile to Yuan Feng.

This journey has gone so smoothly, thanks greatly to the great god's righteous words; Yuan Feng hereby offers his thanks.

Yuan Feng bowed and performed the rites; he now fully understood, in this journey, how he and they differ from those old-school great gods.

Over a long span of time, these old-school great gods have accumulated terrifying influence, possessing the opportunity to affect countless primordial divine sages.

These opportunities are what the three clans now dream of but cannot reach.

An invitation flew to the gate of Qi's Dao Chang, where Bai Ling delivered it to Qi.

At this time, Qi had just recovered, and his sparring with Tai Yi was henceforth added to his taboo registry.

Seeing the invitation, Qi was somewhat surprised, unable to fathom how Yuan Feng would suddenly come to Yun Meng Ze.

"How could the great god Hongjun have become involved with Yuan Feng?"

Qi was somewhat puzzled.

Fuxi then said:

"It seems we were all mistaken before; perhaps the Southern Continent now faces some great problem, but I cannot fathom what kind of problem would require seeking out Yun Meng Ze."

Qi responded to Fuxi with some indifference, saying: "Our information is still too scarce, but I think the impact on Yun Meng Ze should be minor; let us first go to receive them, after all they are top-level great gods, and we must not be remiss in courtesy."

This is not due to Qi being isolated; rather, Yuan Feng and Hongjun are so swift that the news has not yet reached Yun Meng Ze, and they arrived first.

After all, in this world there is no speed of information transmission that can match the pace of a primordial divine sage.

Moreover, among them is Hongjun, an old-school great god, and Yuan Feng, as the leader of flying creatures, possesses speed that is extreme under heaven.

Qi immediately opened the mountain gate, set up the arrangements, prepared a feast, and invited the two into his Dao Chang.

(End of chapter)