usatvline Chapter 179 All Things Return to the Heart
Chapter 179 All Things Return to the Heart
Chapter 179 179 All Things Return to the Heart
Ye Pianran knew this was an illusion because when she opened her eyes, she found herself floating in mid-air. Beneath her feet was a desolate land piled with rocks. The rocks and soil here were all black, stretching endlessly. There was not a single person, not even a blade of grass.
But what unsettled her even more than these discoveries was the uncanny realism of the illusion. It was so real that she could feel the bone-chilling cold that a thin layer of frost had formed on her clothes.
"Where am I?" Ye Pianran rubbed her numb arms vigorously, trying to warm them up. However, before she could recover, strange phenomena suddenly occurred in the illusion!
"Rumble--"
A deafening roar filled the air, and the ground beneath our feet seemed to be cleaved open by an axe, or as if two people were pulling at it from different directions, creating a deep and wide crack in the middle!
The boulders on the ground trembled violently because of this drastic change. The cracks widened, splitting from one into two, then into three, and finally spreading in all directions like a fine spider web.
As the crack appeared, extremely thick, fiery, dark red magma continuously spewed from the ground. In that instant, the once desolate land transformed into a ferocious beast, its gaping maw seemingly ready to devour the entire world!
Dark red lava flowed through the cracks in the earth, creating a bizarre yet magnificent scene. But no one could have imagined that beneath this spectacle, an extremely pungent odor soared into the sky, along with a heat so intense it could destroy a person, tormenting Ye Pianran, who had come here alone.
Even standing thousands of feet in the air, Ye Pianran found the scorching temperature and foul smell unbearable. She wanted to escape this bizarre illusion, but discovered that she could do nothing but stand there and watch!
Unable to leave, she could only continue to endure the torment here. Ye Pianran's stubbornness was completely stirred by this illusion. She gritted her teeth, covered her mouth and nose tightly with her sleeve, and stared intently at the changes below.
The scene of the earth cracking open and molten lava boiling did not last long. Soon, the water vapor gathered in the air gradually condensed into yellow clouds, and it began to rain.
The rain was torrential, the downpours crashing and washing over the land like giant waves in the ocean. The rain mixed with lava, condensing into even more mist, which then gathered again in the air and fell as rain, continuing to wash over the earth...
After an unknown amount of time, the rain finally stopped, and the earth returned to tranquility. The temperature in the illusionary realm cooled down, no longer hot.
Ye Pianran breathed a sigh of relief, thinking it was about to end, but little did she know, this was just the beginning...
Soon, she discovered that the ground beneath her feet, where it had been cracked and ravaged by lava, had slowly turned black, just like the nearby boulders, and had completely blended into the earth over time.
After an unknown amount of time, the familiar rumbling sound came again, the earth split open, lava spewed out, and another cataclysmic change occurred; after another unknown amount of time, the heavy rain extinguished the lava, and the lava cooled and transformed into hard rock, which made the earth magnificent.
The sun and moon alternate, repeating themselves endlessly in a continuous cycle.
Ye Pianran couldn't count how many times the land beneath her feet had split and reunited. She only knew that the land in front of her was undergoing earth-shattering changes through one tribulation after another—the once flat and endless land began to undulate, and with the layers of rocks piled up, it transformed into hills and valleys, and even began to take the shape of mountain ranges.
After an unknown amount of time, the illusionary realm gradually began to show obvious changes of the four seasons.
As autumn faded into winter, the first snowflake drifted down from the sky, marking the arrival of the first snowfall. The heavy snow completely covered the earth, its pure white color contrasting beautifully with the sky, making it difficult to distinguish where the sky ended and the earth began.
Once the harsh winter is over, spring returns to the earth, the ice and snow melt, and the clean meltwater flows between the mountains and valleys, gathering into the first river, rushing towards the other side of the earth.
After an unknown amount of time, lush green grass sprouted on both banks of the river. The grass had barely sprouted its first tips when it spread like wildfire, completely transforming the earth into a green landscape.
Some grasses strive to grow taller and eventually become trees.
Some grasses grow wherever they please, and eventually they bloom into flowers.
In an instant, all things flourished, flowers bloomed in competition, birds and beasts roamed freely, creating a lively and bustling scene.
Later, the first person, the second person, the third person appeared on this land... Regardless of gender, they were all naked, but they did not feel ashamed because of this. Instead, they happily took root on this land and began to multiply and thrive.
Ye Pianran witnessed firsthand the entire process of this group of people going from being naked to learning to cover their bodies with animal skins, from fearing nature to subduing all kinds of birds and beasts, and from being young and strong to old age and death. But the prosperity of their offspring allowed their bloodline to continue here, thus creating a cycle that continues endlessly.
Later, the descendants of this group were no longer satisfied with living on the land they lived on. They began to cross mountains and valleys to find another land with more lush grass and abundant water.
Then they encountered another group of people, and a fierce battle ensued for territory. The blood stained the earth red after the battle, and the survivors merged into one group and continued their journey north.
And so, Ye Pianran witnessed the birth of the first dynasty in this land, and the monarch of this dynasty was a descendant of the first people she had ever met.
And then what? Dynasties passed down from generation to generation, eventually becoming regional hegemons. However, this rise and fall did not last long, and it was completely crushed by another dynasty that migrated from elsewhere. Before the people could even understand what was happening, this land suddenly changed hands and changed its name.
Looking at the blood-soaked, corpse-strewn city enclosed by high walls, Ye Pianran felt a surge of intense sorrow. But when she looked up and saw that the city was but a tiny speck in the vast land, she was suddenly struck by a chill. All her grief and resentment vanished, leaving only awe for this world.
But this is far from what this illusion wanted to present to her.
For reasons unknown, the world suddenly became turbulent, with dense clouds gathering, as if everything had returned to the moment when the earth cracked open and lava spewed forth. Heavy rain poured down from the sky, icy and merciless, drenching the world.
The rain fell incessantly for nearly a hundred days and nights, with the sun and moon constantly blocked by dense clouds. As a result, the river level rose sharply, eventually turning into an unstoppable flood that rushed and swallowed up the land, destroying all life!
"Rumble--"
Whether it was unable to withstand the great flood or not, the mountains and the earth suddenly shook violently. The peaks that were originally above the water were sinking at a speed visible to the naked eye, and eventually sank completely to the bottom of the water, leaving only a vast expanse of sky and a vast expanse of floodwater.
The saying "the world changes in an instant" is indeed true.
At this moment, Ye Pianran suddenly felt a clarity in her mind, as if she had pushed open a door that she had always been unable to open, instantly plunging her into an indescribable mystery.
Why is the sky the sky, the earth the earth, the mountain the mountain, the tree the tree, the flowers bloom and wither, and the tide rises and falls?
Chunyu Yang's words still seemed to echo in her ears. And only now did she truly find the feeling of "connecting with heaven and earth"!
Mountains and rivers change, heaven and earth return to their origin.
At the beginning of heaven and earth, all things returned to their origin.
In this world, there is yin and yang, separation and reunion, birth and death; after yin comes yang, separation will eventually lead to reunion, life and death are always in harmony, and the coming together and the ending of fate are also inevitable. All of this is the way of heaven!
Ye Pianran closed her eyes, trying to merge her breath with the world around her.
"My soul is heaven, my bones are earth, my flesh is like a mountain, my blood is like a river. I am both heaven and earth. All things change, and all things are governed by my heart!"
The first level of the "Tai Su Ling Zhen - Heart Method" is complete: All things return to the heart!