Chapter 1 - There is no chronology in Hong Meng

There is no chronology in Hong Meng.

However, before heaven and earth opened, the universe was in chaos, the earth was in flames, wind and thunder flashes continuously. At this time, the secret of heaven was unknown, and all things were not born. But there existed something mysterious and mystifying, which was called “Dao” by later generations.

What is the Dao? No one knows the specifics, it is colorless and has no appearance, but it is everywhere, and it is the principle of all the laws of the world and the universe. When the Dao came to be, the magical thirty-sixth grade Qinglian and three thousand chaotic Qi were born.

There is a lotus known as the thirty-sixth grade Qinglian, or the Chaotic Qinglian. It can be seen that there are five green leaves in the green lotus, twenty-four petals, and five colored lotus seeds growing in the middle of the five directions of the southeast and northwest of the lotus platform.

Among them, the central lotus seed is the largest, which is about ten thousand feet from a distance. It has been soaking in feng shui fire in the Hong Meng for a long time, and the five colored lights flashed continuously among the lotus seeds. The law of the Dao jumps among the seeds, which seems bizarre.

In the four directions, there is a small cyan lotus seed in the east, exuding verdant and vibrant brilliance; in the west, a golden lotus seed is bright, dazzling, and shining, which is indescribably dignified and gorgeous; in the south, a black lotus seed is full of evil spirits, like a black hole, that seems to absorb everything and wants to swallow the whole world.The lotus seed in the north is the most unique. Its body is constantly burning with a raging fire. The lotus seed drips red flames, very otherworldly. In addition, the five colored lotus seeds fiercely absorb the chaotic qi to nourish itself.

But this northern red lotus seed has a great opportunity, why? Because there is an extremely special human thought inside the northern red lotus seed!

It’s true that the number of days is endless. Hong Meng’s cause and effect is unknown and the extremely special human thought of the northern red lotus seed can only be described as Karma. This was a rotten man in the 21st century who likes to read fantasy novels and stays at home all year round.

It is unknown what this person was thinking at the time. On July 1st, this otaku had a whim and wanted to go out to play by the West Lake. He immediately went out subconsciously, and then maybe because he didn’t go out all year round. At this time, when he saw a large area of extremely gorgeous lotus flowers by the West Lake, he shouted happily, attracting countless passers-by to watch, and what was even more terrifying was that this otaku actually wanted to pick a lotus and bring it back for collection. But after all, because of not exercising all year round, this otaku actually lost his balance once he got to the water’s edge, slipped underneath, and fell into the lotus pond of the West Lake alive. You have to know that this otaku can’t even walk well, let alone do the difficult movements of swimming. After a few minutes of fluttering, he sank and never surfaced again.

Then the otaku reemerged his submerged spirit…

However, what is extremely strange is that the soul of this otaku did not float to the underworld as in the fairy tales, but was drifting inexplicably, passed through countless spaces and time intervals, and into a large chaotic, dark and explosive expanse with no signs of daylight.

As soon as the otaku’s soul arrived, he almost died. Even if he hid horizontally and vertically, he was still about to be blown to death by the constantly emerging feng shui fire. Of course, he was very lucky. Just when he was about to be scorched by the flames that rushed towards him, a fast flowing purple qi slammed directly at him, which suddenly sank into his chest. In the consciousness of this scum man, it would be impossible to pull it out.

There’s no doubt that it was this purple qi that saved his life. After the purple qi integrated into his body, the emerging feng shui fire suddenly became inexplicably friendly to him. It often dodged when he was near, and sometimes made a tut sound, as if talking to him.

There are no records of Hong Meng, and the soul of this otaku had been floating in this chaotic time and space for many years. Only to suddenly realize that he won’t cross when heaven and earth are still not open. When will Pan Gu open the heavens?!

Having thought of this, the more the otaku ponders about it, the more possible it is. Over the years, he has observed that there is no sun, moon and stars here, and there seems to be no concept of time and space. There is only the restless feng shui fire that is constantly emerging. Isn’t this the Hong Meng Universe?!

This discovery startled the otaku. Although he likes to read Honghuang novels, he didn’t expect to come here. It’s an unspeakable fate. In his perception, the world is not yet open at this time. Where is Pan Gu? In addition, in some novels, it is said that there are endless treasures in the Hong Meng Universe. Therefore, you should look for them.

With such an idea in mind, this otaku searched this chaotic expanse. And finally, after about tens of thousands of years, such a thing appeared in front of him. He really wouldn’t believe it if he had not seen it. He was very stunned. What kind of lotus is this? Is this supposed to give birth to Pan Gu?! It’s a giant, enlarged version of a superstar! The sun in his previous life was like a child compared to this super invincible lotus. Seeing the lotus seeds in the five directions of the lotus platform, all of them are as big as the Shenzhou 5, which is really indescribably spectacular. There are about 3,000 chaotic qi floating around the lotus, and it seems to be pregnant with something? Isn’t that where the three thousand demon gods in the later generations came from?

The otaku opened his mouth wide (well, a soul can’t speak) and circled around this super invincible giant lotus. This circle took him another 10,000 years, and finally stopped in front of the northern red lotus seed.

It is not known if it’s God’s will or something else. The otaku stared blankly at the burning lotus seed and felt extremely friendly. He subconsciously touched the lotus seed with his hand. Suddenly, an irresistible suction came from the red lotus seed, which sucked in all the otaku’s spiritual body at once.

As soon as the soul of the otaku entered the lotus seed, he heard a cracking sound, and all the five lotus seeds on the green lotus burst into bloom, and a mighty man with a height of ten thousand feet suddenly jumped out of the lotus seeds in the middle. His whole body is full of muscles, and an indescribable vicissitude can be seen in the eyes. He stared blankly at the endless void, and after a while, he suddenly shouted;

“The Great Dao is within me, and the three thousand Dao Dharma will be accomplished. From today on, my name is Pan Gu!”

As soon as this remark was made, the four small lotus flowers in the southeast and northwest vomited out colorful and dense gas one after another, as if celebrating something. Then a sound of violently breaking the heavens is heard. A simple, but extraordinary axe was seen, four big characters are carved on its handle, “Heavenly God Axe”.

As soon as Pan Gu came out, the three thousand chaotic qi immediately fled away like a ghost, and all of them disappeared in an instant. Pan Gu looked at these chaotic qi escaping quickly and his expression was both thoughtful and heavy.

In the northern red lotus seed, the otaku was stupefied to witness the birth of Pan Gu. While still in shock, the otaku suddenly felt an incomparable tingling in his brain, and an extremely mysterious message rushed to the otaku’s soul. After about 100 days, the pain slowly dissipated. At this time, a mental skill called “Karma Red Lotus Fire” appeared in the otaku’s mind. The otaku looked at this mental skill at a loss, slowly digested this information, and it took him a long time to calm down.

It turned out that the otaku was an anomaly when he crossed into the Hong Meng at that time, and anomalies are absolutely not allowed in the laws of the Dao, so the otaku should have been blown up by the feng shui fire as soon as he arrived. But the so-called Great Dao is fifty, Tianyan is forty-nine, and the last one, the escaped one, which is the Hong Meng purple qi, had penetrated into the otaku’s body.

You must know that as soon as the purple qi merged with the otaku, it was equivalent to integrating into the rules of the Dao. Trying to kill him is like self mutilation. How can the Dao be so stupid? Anyway, the universe is not open at this time, and the cause and effect is unknown. There is plenty of time to figure out this little otaku.

As soon as the child touched the red lotus seed, the Dao right away anticipated that he would integrate his restless soul into the lotus seed. Then the Dao would arrange an identity for the otaku in Hong Meng, that is, to give him a body and to reinstate the control of the anomaly back to the Dao. Is this not killing two birds with one stone?

Of course, these are not what this little otaku can know now. At the moment, he only knows that he is trapped in this lotus seed and can’t get out?!

‘I’m scared!’

‘Have I become a lotus flower?! What should I do? I do not want to be a plant…’

However, now he is in a mythical world. In this mythical world, everything is possible. Any cat or dog can become immortal. Would he become a congenital devil like Pan Gu who was born in Qinglian, what then? He can only be regarded as a red seedling. If he is successful in his cultivation in the future, at least it is absolutely no problem to be a DaLuo Jinxian. Maybe he can prove himself to the Dao and then become a deity. Well, that is not impossible.

When this otaku thought of this, he immediately started to practice according to the Karma Red Lotus Fire in his mind, and immediately continued to absorb the vitality of heaven and earth, hoping to reach enlightenment as soon as possible.

Translator’s Notes

Dao= the way or the path, Confucians used the term dao to speak of the way human beings ought to behave in society. In other words, dao, for them, was an ethical or moral way.

Hong Meng=Hong Meng, Hung Meng, or Hung Mung (simplified Chinese: 鸿蒙; traditional Chinese: 鴻蒙; pinyin: Hóngméng; Wade–Giles: Hung-meng), literally the Vast Mist, is a character in the Daoist text Zhuangzi and a metaphor for the “primordial world, primeval chaos” in Chinese creation myths.

Qinglian=green lotus

Honghuang=primitive universe

DaLuo Jinxian=Great Principle Golden Immortal (Immortal World-Upper Realm Cultivation Level)

Great Dao 50, Tianyan 49=All things between heaven and earth have a total of fifty operating laws and development variables, and heaven can only derive forty-nine, and one of the things that escaped is the variable! These forty-nine are the growth and changes of all things in the world, and “one escapes” and “one” is this variable, also known as “destiny”.

Tianyan=Heaven’s eye

Shenzou 5= was the first human spaceflight mission of the Chinese space program, launched on 15 October 2003. The Shenzhou spacecraft was launched on a Long March 2F launch vehicle.