CHAPTER 863: CHAPTER 656 HEAVENLY PEOPLE 5 DECLINES, DISHEVELED ELDER_2

Are they enjoying marital life?

No! They never forget cultivation, seizing every moment to expand the powers of their path.

With active participation, life is unending, and competition never stops.

They are constantly prepared to instantly ascend to [Undying Primordial Spirit] once they’ve consumed one-third of the powers of [Fangzhang Corpse King].

Since some cultivation methods cause pain, and others bring joy, why wouldn’t I choose the joyful one?

During this period.

The mysteriously beautiful [Deity of the Moon], charming and sentimental [Wushan Divine Woman], repeatedly fall to mortal dust in front of the old master "Sun God".

[Mirror Separation] is split into two.

One uses [Fertility Power] to unload the contents of her belly first, finishes, then reloads them, and it’s the other’s turn to battle.

The two avatars pass the ball back and forth, never hindering anything they do, cooperating seamlessly and playing skillfully.

Daughter: Awesome! You guys are really awesome! Should I leave?

[Mirror Separation] is almost played into [Yin and Yang Reversal] by them.

The Sun and Moon Three-Light Array outside is also strengthened, becoming increasingly powerful.

Whenever Huang Wu raises an objection, Wang Yuan argues persuasively:

"It is said that educating the child is better than educating oneself first, turning ’self-attachment’ into ’attachment to self’.

We become dragons and phoenixes, so bear children that naturally will be dragons and phoenixes, why not enjoy it?"

’Self-attachment’ means the selfish mindset of always considering oneself, the greatest obstacle to freedom, the root of suffering.

The essence of overcoming ’self-attachment’ is ’attachment to self’, which means attaching to oneself, not to others.

"So, having said so much, considering our effort in working hard even after ascension, my dear daughter, you should understand us, right?

Just lay win, let your parents take you flying!"

After more than half a year, the talented daughter’s consciousness has begun to emerge gradually, yet has always been silently asleep in a congenital fetal rest state.

Temporarily unaware that her pair of "divinely skilled, yet irresponsible" parents are a blessing or a curse?

During the trio’s break, the Taiyin avatar returns from closure.

Soon after, Wang Yuan receives a warning from the [Great Fate].

"Many heavenly people living in the Nine Heavens Cloud Realm have unexpectedly large areas of ... Five Minor Declines even before their lifespan runs out!"

The couple immediately stops contemplating the rapidly advancing Dao of Yin and Yang, and quickly rise.

What are the Five Minor Declines?

The heavenly people reincarnate in the Heavenly Realm, born with a lifespan limit of one hundred and fifty years like the [Martial Saint], called ’Heavenly People No Leak’.

Though not possessing the invincible power of the [Martial Saint], they are all incredibly gifted, able to maintain peak combat power even at the end of life.

When heavenly people approach their lifespan’s end, they can no longer maintain the ’no-leak’ state.

The five manifestations that appear are ’Five Minor Declines’.

Usually divided into minor and major ones.

Minor Five Declines: Music ceases; the melodious divine music no longer rises; body light fades, the naturally radiated light gradually diminishes;

Bathing water adheres; the water used for bathing unexpectedly sticks to the heavenly people’s creamy skin; attachment to realms arises, developing sentimental attachment to wondrous realms;

Eyes blink frequently; even the unblinking Heavenly Eye is affected, unable to view the Mortal World Realm from the Heavenly Gate as before.

When the Minor Five Declines appear, heavenly people can predict when they will die.

Major Five Declines: The magnificent crown wilts; clothing becomes dirty; sweat from underarms; body stinks; displeasure with seat; once these five major decline signs manifest, heavenly beings face inevitable death.

Wang Yuan hastily changes clothes and casually summons the Book of Life and Death, symbolizing the ruling power of the [Yin Department], to open the ’Heavenly People Path’ death register.

He sees the names of heavenly people turn scorched black, revealing signs of death, even as they had not yet reached the end of their lifespan.

Moreover, it spreads quickly in all Immortal Heavens in the Nine Heavens Cloud Realm.

"If there wasn’t the existence of the Killing Tree, the Book of Life and Death would record the fated destiny of all beings in the world.

Yet the incoming invader, polluting and tearing apart the native Heavenly Dao, possesses the power to break the established cycle of the Heavenly Dao and fate.

Heavenly people, who could originally safely enjoy a lifespan of one hundred and fifty years without disaster, are at risk of sudden death once interfered by the force from the Killing Tree.

Now the early arrival of the Five Minor Declines undoubtedly indicates some accidental change in the Thirty-Three Heavens!"

Wang Yuan’s powers faintly sense a similar force awakening deep within the Thirty-Three Heavens.

More pure than [Fangzhang Corpse King]!

Almost at the same time, his [Outer Heaven] also encounters the invasion of the Five Minor Declines.

The Sun Palace, majestic and grand, houses two giant Fusang Trees, upon which the Sun Essence Golden Crows constantly rise and fall.

Due to Wang Yuan’s recent ascension, the number of heavenly beings under his command was severely lacking.

Accompanied by many Heavenly Soldiers and Generals, the Long Bo people Long Lingwei and Long Yunchu, were meticulously leading a team to patrol the Heavenly Realm.

These two were the reincarnated bodies of Wang Yuan’s parents, who fell together on the day Wang Yuan was born, but due to merit, they were allowed to reincarnate early into the Heavenly People Path.

Almost the same age as Wang Yuan, they had reformed their bond as Taoist friends, and with Wang Yuan’s intentional or unintentional favor, they had early on been promoted to a rank equivalent to the Yellow Seal Mage, known as [Military Leader].

They were living quite a fulfilling life.

The Taoist couple often felt grateful to Wang Yuan, their "good son," even considering several times to take him as their godfather to repay his great kindness.

Although Wang Yuan strictly refused, they naturally performed their duties in the Sun Palace with meticulous care.

Suddenly.

"Lingwei, how can there be a foul smell in Immortal Heaven? Did you smell it?"

Long Yunchu, standing a towering height resembling a city tower, suddenly halted, sniffing the air in puzzlement.

He carefully discerned a heavy, decaying smell of death in the air.

This scent was very unfamiliar to heavenly beings with a lengthy lifespan and virtually no old age.

But if a mortal were to smell it, they would clearly tell him it was the smell of old age!

"No, could it be your imagination?"

Long Lingwei sniffed carefully but didn’t detect any unusual scent.

And Long Yunchu had just blinked his eyes.

In his vision suddenly appeared a disheveled old man visible only to him.

He rubbed his eyes, looking carefully at the old man’s appearance, and it was undoubtedly himself aged to the extreme!

Hunched over, only one foot tall, with sagging skin and muscles, his face aged to a terrifying degree, emitting a foul stench.

His murky eyes stared intently at himself.

Initially, he was about a hundred and thirty steps away, but after just rubbing his eyes, he moved forward more than ten steps.

A chill rose from within; if that old man got close, something bad would surely happen.

He finally realized that he had encountered a sinister [Weird] right in his own Immortal Heaven!

He immediately took out the Military Leader Tiger Talisman from his waist, connecting with the omnipresent Dharma Net, and shouted:

"Boast not of water mirrors distinguishing beauty, a harsh wind is different than before. I care not for coldness to the bone, but let the Ice Mirror reflect my beard and brows. [Official Skill·Ice Mirror]!"

A flash of icy blue spirit light appeared in his eyes, shining upon the old man opposite.

[Weird·Disheveled Old Man]

Biography: An insoluble weirdness bearing the great and minor five declinations of celestial beings!

Since ancient times, who has not died? Even immortals will face their own day of ending.

From birth, one is pursued by death.

The position where the [Disheveled Old Man] starts chasing depends on the remaining life span, moving one step further with each passing year.

Long Yunchu’s remaining life span of one hundred and thirty years positioned the old man one hundred and thirty steps away.

Taboo:

[One, time flees like a galloping steed, without a moment’s reprieve.

Mortals say time flies by, and in the blink of an eye, one ages.

With each closure of the eyelids, the disheveled old man advances one step, the longer they remain closed, the quicker he moves.

The closer he approaches, the more severe the pollution from the five declinations of celestial beings becomes, and if he touches you, the five declinations will immediately converge, leading to instant death!

Two, an inch of time, an inch of gold.

Pay an inch of gold, and he will retreat one step.]

Long Yunchu’s face changed drastically.

This arrival was clearly of a concept that even the [Sun Moon Three Light Array] could not block, like one plus one equals two or water flowing downhill, with more profound depths pressure increases.

Not only the Sun Moon Three Light Array, but even the sun’s core follows this rule.

At this moment, the [Disheveled Old Man] advanced another few steps.

Under the terrified gaze of Long Lingwei by his side.

Long Yunchu’s vital glow abruptly extinguished, and a mysterious foul stench of rot rose inexplicably from his body.