无常劫水千丞 WuChangJie Impermanence novel by ShuiQianCheng English translation: Chapter 266

Six hundred years ago

Since the disconnection between heaven and earth, the three realms were separated and governed individually. The position of the god was the most revered. They not only enjoyed the inexhaustible spiritual aura of refining the essence of the sun and moon, but also transcended the six paths of reincarnation and got to live forever and never grow old.

But what was rarely known was that the heaven realm was not exclusive to the gods, nor was it only the gods who were free from the suffering of reincarnation. In Jiutian’s wild land, there was a group of "gods" who did not have a divine position. They were belligerent. Some were good and some were evil. Their original form might be humans, ghosts, evil spirits, demons, or beasts. They were earth deities who had the power to compete with the gods, and they were also the main cause of the disconnection between heaven and earth. The human realm couldn’t contain them, and the heaven realm couldn’t tolerate them. For the peace of the three realms, Emperor Haotian had to "offer amnesty and enlistment" and share Jiutian with them. They were called Asuras.

Although Asuras have divine power, they were impulsive compared to the orthodox gods. The gods disdained being with the Asuras, and the Asuras detested the sanctity of the gods. There were often fights between the two parties, but as long as there is no large-scale conflict which affects the human realm, they can settle their resentments freely.

One day, a herd of demonic beasts suddenly appeared on Mount Zheluo, which led the gods and Asuras to go hunting.

There was an Asura youth with red hair who was proudly betting with his companions on who would get the prey first. He sped through the boundless snow. His hair was fiery red like a blazing sun.

Just as he was about to hunt down the first demonic beast of the day, he watched someone snatch it first.

That was a god. He was wearing gorgeous lake blue clothes, with a handsome face that was difficult to describe. Even his fluttering hair was shining with a faint golden light, so holy and pure that people didn't dare to look directly at it.

He brought the demonic beast under control easily.

"What are you doing!?" The red-haired youth came back to his senses and cursed angrily, "How dare you steal my prey!"

The god turned a deaf ear to him. He made a finger gesture, muttered an incantation, and enlightened the beast from purgatory*.

The red-haired youth ran over, "Do you hear me? This is my prey. Do you want to compete with me too?"

The god still did not look at him. He merely said calmly: "They will cause disaster. They are not your hunting game."

After enlightening the beast from purgatory, the god turned around and left.

"Stay right there. You snatched my prey and are going to leave just like this?" The red-haired youth turned into a shadow and stopped in front of the god. He looked up and down wantonly. "Tsk tsk, you look*dead without any joy or sorrow. It's so depressing to look at.”

The god ignored him, passed by him, and floated away.

The red-haired youth was furious. He condensed his spiritual energy in his palm. In the next instant, a fireball struck towards the god’s back.

The god didn't even turn his head back. Only the fingertips behind his back moved slightly, which made the fireball deviate from its direction and burned the snow black.

"Scram and don't let me see you again!" The youth scolded.

Several of the youth’s companions came rushing at the sound.

"Ah Yun*, did you get it? Hmph, you got it first again."

"Not me." Ah Yun said with a puff of anger, "I met a god. He stole my prey and said that it's not our game. Bah, bad luck."

"Which god was it? You guys didn't fight, right? The elders warned us......"

"I don't care what those old men say. It's a good thing he ran fast, or I would have beaten him." Ah Yun tossed his fiery red hair, "He was…um…dressed in blue, pretty good-looking, but probably blind. He didn’t even look at me."

"Blue clothes? Could it be Lan Jiang? I just saw him too. He seemed to be here specifically to hunt demons."

"Who is that?"

"It is said that he’s very powerful. We’re too lazy to ask about the gods’ affairs. Anyways, he should be very powerful.”

"Powerful my ass. He snatched my prey which I chased tiredly."

"Ah Yun, since he snatched your prey, you can go and snatch his too. You can't disgrace us Asuras." His companion said angrily.

"Yes, we encountered this interesting thing with great difficulty. We must not let them come and cause trouble.”

Ah Yun gave a heavy "hmph", thinking that he must find a chance to retrieve his face.

But he didn't expect this opportunity to come so early. On that same day, when he tracked down another demonic beast, it was snatched by Lan Jiang again.

Ah Yun was flying into a rage. Most Asuras had a short fuse and were easily angered. A ‘more’ had to be added to him*. He growled once and pounced towards him: "You are looking for death!"

Lan Jiang finally glanced at that red-haired youth and flung his wide sleeves. His spiritual pressure was surging like a sea, knocking him away.

Ah Yun fell into the snow, coughed two mouthfuls of blood, and immediately got up. His eyes were red, and he was already completely enraged: "I, will, kill, you." He pounced towards him once again.

Ah Yun was born in the Asura’s Path. He was not that group of earth deities during the disconnection between heaven and earth, but their descendants. Although he was young, his cultivation was the best among his peers. He had rarely been defeated since he was a child, but he didn't want to be here. He couldn't even get close to Lan Jiang, and he was utterly defeated.

Seeing that Ah Yun was knocked down naturally and helplessly, Lan Jiang ignored him and went to enlighten the demonic beast from purgatory again.

Ah Yun was so angry that he was going to vomit blood ---- actually, he did vomit blood from the injuries. He got up from the ground with difficulty and said fiercely: "You bastard.....your name is Lan Jiang, isn't it? Listen carefully, you better kill me now, otherwise one day, I will make you regret what you did today!"

Lan Jiang continued to enlighten the demonic beast from purgatory.

"D-don’t think that you’re very powerful. I have been hunting all day and I'm already very tired. If we fight again in the future, I will beat you to a pulp!"

"Are you blind or deaf? Do you hear me?"

"Listen to me carefully. My name is Ah Yun, the clouds of volcanic ash*. I am an Asura who will kill you one day. You better remember it!"

Lan Jiang turned a deaf ear, finished enlightening the demonic beast from purgatory, and turned around and left.

Ah Yun was so angry that smoke was coming out of his head: "Son of a bitch, slut, evil beast, idiot, do you hear me!? Can't you hear me scolding you? Won't you be angry? Did you cultivate immortality until you became a fool? My name is Ah Yun. Remember my fucking name clearly. Ah Yun, Ah Yun, Ah Yun!"

My name is Ah Yun. You must remember. My name is Ah Yun.

Lan Jiang did not turn his head, but a fiery red shadow seemed to flash before his eyes.

Since then, this youth with fiery red hair had become a regular visitor in front of Lan Jiang. He challenged him tirelessly and was defeated repeatedly. Sometimes, he would shed tears because of losing, but he would never admit that he was crying. He would only scold more fiercely and harshly.

Gradually, Ah Yun found that what he hated most was not being defeated, but being ignored. Every time they duel---Ah Yun’s unilateral insistence on dueling, Lan Jiang rarely looked at him, as if he was no different from the weeds on the roadside, a bird passing by, the varying floating clouds in the sky, the fading skylight on the ground, or a stumbling stone on the road. With a wave of the god’s hand, he was nothing.

Naturally, he would not know that in the process of becoming a god, the seven emotions and six sensory pleasures had been eliminated one by one through cultivation. There were no intense things around Lan Jiang, such as the color red. Red is really a dazzling thing that is hard to forget.

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PS: Lmao Xiaohong is so funny HAHA Kinda remind me of Qirong (from TGCF) and his craziness

PS from Emzie: Omg he is XD They're practically siblings lol

enlightened the beast from purgatory*[将那妖兽度化]---I want to explain 度化: this is a combination of 2 words: 超度 (release souls from purgatory/suffering) + 点化 (reveal/enlighten)

look*[德行]---it means moral conduct in the CN-EN dictionaries, but in this case it’s not, because it can be used sarcastically at someone to show contempt for other people's appearance, behavior, style, etc.

Ah Yun*[阿云]--- 云 is cloud. I think SQC will be sticking to this 云 (Yun) instead of 匀 (Yun)