Starting with Growing Mushrooms
Chapter 56 - 53: A New Catastrophe
CHAPTER 56: CHAPTER 53: A NEW CATASTROPHE
After constructing the miracles of the [Azure Rope Milk Sea] and the [Pool of Life], Xiangtuo Mo ordered martial law, searching for traces of new Divine Objects that had descended.
However, before any news arrived, an accident occurred.
In the "Butterfly Race, Xiangtuo Myth, Dementia Chapter", it is recorded thus.
Legend has it, after creating the brain, Xiangtuo Mo established the [Azure Rope Milk Sea] and the [Pool of Life], and soon felt his energy slowly declining, his body fatigued, sometimes falling into sleep with snoring sounds.
Furthermore, he began to be impulsive and irritable, and Xiangtuo Mo started searching for the cause of his illness.
It turned out, Xiangtuo Mo defeated the Titans with strength, defeated the Angels with speed, defeated the Elves with knowledge, defeated the Giant Dragons with heat, but forgot about the fifth powerful race, the Pearl Sirens.
The Pearl Siren Pujiepo, from the coast, bore a grudge because Xiangtuo Mo never visited their race. Sensing the end of its life approaching, it cast a curse of dementia with its life.
"Xiangtuo Mo, you defeated the Angels, the Titans, the Elves, the Giant Dragons, but lost to us Sirens. The brave and wise Knowledge Elephant God will die of dementia in old age."
Xiangtuo Mo discovered that his illness had been prematurely guided out, and even if a curse could not be cast, it would happen one day.
Because the lifespans of the left and right brains were not symmetrical.
The rational left brain of High Wisdom had a very short lifespan.
The emotional right brain of Middle Wisdom had a relatively long lifespan.
Rationality declined and emotions grew.
—— Thus, the creatures on earth, with both left and right brains, also had dementia in old age.
...
As time passed, Xiangtuo Mo in the Divine Hall began to periodically fall into slumber, with his loud snores reverberating across the Divine Mountain.
Meanwhile, the various races on earth began to flourish and establish their own ethnic kingdoms.
Although they heeded Xiangtuo Mo’s summon, admiring this Mighty God who eradicated disasters, they also built their own armies and began to develop their civilizations.
...
Azure Rope Milk Sea.
This is an inland sea of the continent.
A sea of creation, the origin of the big bang of biological genesis.
The seawater is filled with countless various knots.
Various insects, the Butterfly Race, and commoners from all races, in order to make a living, would weave various knots in their homes to sell to wealthy strong individuals.
The strong would purchase these semi-finished products and come to the Azure Rope Milk Sea to weave entirely new species with various knots.
Along the coastline, Agni and Valuna were a pair of giant Titan friends, and like most Titans, they wove life as genderless, neutral beings.
At this moment, they were slowly stirring the seawater with churn sticks, weaving life while discussing.
"I want to weave a more complete life, more powerful than the Tree of Origin!" Agni was passionate, outspoken, and quick-tempered.
Valuna, with a temperament gentle as water, smiled and said, "Then you will surely succeed, but I heard the great Xiangtuo Mo has contracted a dementia disease, so I want to weave a powerful life."
Agni said, "I too want to weave this life and save our great God."
Valuna said, "Then I agree, I think we should work from the reconstruction of the left brain!"
Agni said, "I believe we should focus on the right brain, allowing it to deliver nourishment and slow the left brain’s decline."
"I believe..."
"I believe..."
They exchanged glances, and Agni suddenly burst into hearty laughter.
Valuna, infected by the warm-hearted and cheerful emotions, couldn’t help laughing out loud as well.
The hearty laughter of the two giants pierced the sky.
This was the emotion granted to them by the great Xiangtuo Mo.
Joy! Friendship!
Passion! Faith!
The world became vivid and flavorful.
As days passed by, they continued to discuss, their friendship deepened, deciding to adopt both suggestions.
Reconstructing the left brain together, enhancing the function of the right brain, they aimed to create a new life to try saving the great Xiangtuo Mo.
However, they quickly started quarreling again.
"No, no, you should use the Unity Knot here!!"
"No, it’s better to use the White Cloud Knot here!"
They did not reconcile with laughter, but began arguing stubbornly, their quarrels escalating.
Their incessant arguing caused ripples in the seawater, with their flying spittle penetrating the sand and stones on the ground.
Even the Angels, Elves, Giant Dragons passing through the sky dared not approach these two gigantic Titan Giants.
Agni, unable to restrain himself, finally blocked the other’s loquacious mouth with his own, "No, no, it should be woven like this."
He intertwined life in the other’s mouth, tying knots with his tongue.
Valuna, his mouth blocked, eyes wide open.
But the next second, he too began tying knots with his tongue, "It should be woven this way!"
The two giants by the river bank continued knotting their tongues, weaving life in each other’s mouths.
Stubbornness flared up, and they kept weaving together, trying to convince the other.
Splash!~
Countless knots transformed into new living beings, falling from their mouths: bugs, trees, flowers, grass, fish...
One year.
Two years.
Ten years.
The two of them also became the famous...Kissing Gods along the coast.
Even becoming a famous scenic spot in this sea, and no one found it odd because the Titans giants being woven now are neutral, without gender concepts.
Splash!
They continually wove life in their mouths, various new lives pouring out from their mouths.
Even nearby giant weavers were amazed by their talent.
But as time went by, they were no longer satisfied with the mouth.
They started placing bets.
"Best of nine games."
"Each loss means the loser must build a miniature Azure Rope Milk Sea inside them, like a mouth, for the other to weave knots with a churn stick."
Hence, they took turns winning and losing.
They hugged each other, battling with words, deciding the victor.
The first round, Agni won, and Valuna built a small Azure Rope Milk Sea under his armpit.
The second round, Valuna won.
As time passed, they took turns winning, each achieving four victories.
Both their armpits and leg pits contained four Azure Rope Milk Seas.
"The last round, it’s time to determine the winner!"
"You must win, Agni over there!"
"No, Valuna should win!"
At the coast, countless spectators cheered, rooting for these two mountain-sized giants.
The last round would decide the victor.
Agni won.
Valuna lost, adhering to the agreement, building the last knot-weaving spot under his navel.
They began weaving life from this location, feeling boundless joy.
"What is going on?"
At this moment, two Divine Objects descended from the sky.
The hot-tempered Agni received the Fire Divine Object.
The gentle-tempered Valuna received the Water Divine Object.
With the power of the Divine Objects interweaving, their bodies grew even larger with each weaving.
Eventually, Valuna turned the entire Azure Rope Milk Sea into a jelly sea, ingesting it into his navel.
"Where have we arrived?"
"It seems like we’ve been carried away by something!"
"This is supposedly an inland sea."
The countless beings woven in the Azure Rope Milk Sea were astounded.
"This is too exaggerated!"
"Are we to weave life here?"
They were at a loss, not knowing what was happening.
In this world, since insects wove bodies, they didn’t weave unnecessary parts.
So, apart from the Butterfly Race, Titans, Angels, Giant Dragons, and Elves had no gender distinction.
But at this moment, there was truly gender in the world.
...
"Butterfly Race, Xiangtuo Myth, Male and Female Chapter"
[Legend has it, after the establishment of the Azure Rope Milk Sea, Agni and Valuna competed at the seaside.]
[In a best-of-nine, each won four rounds, weaving life in each other’s two armpits and leg pits. In the final round, Agni triumphed, and after Valuna’s defeat, the concept of female awoke in the world, introducing genders.]