The King of Black Fog

In the Great Wilderness Emperor Calendar, year 5562, on January 20th, Gong Gong crashed into Buzhou Mountain, causing the sky to collapse, and the earth to tilt southeast. The Earth Emperor Nuwa used stones to repair the sky and exhausted herself to death.

Since then, every year on January 20th, the barbaric tribes spontaneously worship Nuwa, with the Nuwa Clan holding the most grand ceremonies.

A hundred years after the sky was repaired, the Suiren Clan rose to power, unrivaled for a century, sealing three out of the ten Great Wilderness Fierce Beasts, and infusing their own peerless True Qi into the wilderness—

Any tribe that recites the 'Life Continues Technique' can summon the Suiren Clan's Heavenly Fire to fend off enemies and is not disturbed by beasts.

In the Great Wilderness Emperor Calendar, year 23, with the help of the Heavenly Fire, the wilderness flourished. The Suiren Clan ordered all tribes to gather at Holy Snake Mountain on January 20th to worship Nuwa.

On January 20th, the Suiren Clan first wielded the Heavenly Gifted Human Emperor Sword, commanding the wilderness, and on that day, whether in the Arctic cold or the southern fiery lands, all flowers bloomed.

On Holy Snake Mountain, Nuwa flowers bloomed continuously, turning winter into spring.

Since then, Nuwa flowers have never withered again, and January 20th became the day of sky repairing.

But no myth lasts forever, no matter how great the achievement, it will eventually be forgotten by people.

To this day, the significance of the sky repairing ceremony to worship Nuwa has faded, with the tribes gathering for trade, contests, entertainment, or to discuss important matters of the wilderness under the host of the Human Emperor (later the Heavenly Emperor).

...

Li Changzhou set aside the animal skin recording the history of the wilderness, as the oil lamp had already gone out. It was the moment before dawn, with the sky outside dimly lightening.

Today is another January 20th.

He stood up, walked out of the great hall, and stood on the platform in front of the hall.

A step away was the cliff, and below the cliff was a Practice Platform where today the young men and women of the Nuwa Clan still tempered their bodies.

Waving a black broad sword with both hands.

The Black Sword was forged from the black iron of Dragon Head Mountain's shadowy side, exactly weighing a thousand pounds, the size of Li Changzhou's fist.

"Tails!"

Slap!

The Elder seemed intent on beating someone to death, mercilessly lashing a young girl, who flew out and crashed into a small pit in the ground.

The others' eyes twitched, sweat beading on their cheeks, instinctively raising their tails.

On their snake tails, were wrapped pieces of rock cut from the Wei River with square cuts, each grain-sized piece weighing a thousand pounds.

They used their snake tails to coil the rock while practicing swordsmanship with their hands.

"Being of the Snake Clan, having agile tails is natural, so you must train your hands! They must become as agile as your tails!"

The Elder made a round, staring at each young boy and girl like a venomous snake—she was a venomous snake herself.

Whenever her tail moved slightly, the nearby young boys and girls would tightly close their eyes, preparing to be whipped.

"Alright, put it down now."

"Hoo!"

Before everyone could catch their breath, the Elder added, "Transform into the Five Virtues Body and cultivate True Qi."

The expressions of those young boys and girls were like receiving three more piles of exam papers just before a three-day holiday, so painful that they didn't want to speak.

"Elder, can I continue body refinement instead of cultivating True Qi?"

"Yeah, even if cultivating True Qi, why transform into the Five Virtues Body? Walking is slow and inconvenient, and the body becomes as small as a child."

The Elder smiled slightly.

"Not good! Quick, dodge!" a young girl shouted.

The Elder blew a breath of True Qi, forming a gale into a substantial gigantic wave, lifting the rocks on the ground, Black Iron Swords, and pounding towards the young boys and girls like heavy rainfall.

With just one breath, thousands of young boys and girls all howled and fell to the ground.

"Will you practice?" the Elder asked languidly.

"Practice! We will practice!"

The girl who previously shouted 'quick dodge' was the first to jump up, her snake tail transforming into legs, her over two-meter-high body shrinking to only one meter sixty.

She manipulated her own legs like others would, adjusting them into a cross-legged position, and started cultivating True Qi.

The Elder nodded, "Yi'er, you can take a break tomorrow."

"Really?" The girl opened her eyes.

Bang!

Punched away with the tail.

"Lacking in character, clean Holy Snake Mountain for a month." The Elder ignored She Yi's screams and roared at the others, "Are you dead? Get up now!"

The bruised and swollen young boys and girls sat up one by one, transforming into the unfamiliar Five Virtues Body.

Once they all began cultivating True Qi, only then did the Elder put away her ferocity and said slowly:

"During the Ancient Times, all creatures in the wilderness cultivated with their original forms, exhaling and inhaling fake Qi until Fu Xi met the Divine Turtle at Luo River, gaining insights from the Heavenly Book on the turtle's back, achieved the Five Virtues Body, was the first to refine the Qi of heaven and earth, gained True Qi, and became the Heavenly Emperor."

"Since then, tribes in the wilderness imitated, but only masters of Emperor Position and very few of Divine Position could achieve the Five Virtues Body."

"After Nuwa's birth, she applied Heavenly Wisdom to perform the Creation Divine Skill, and from then on, any person with some talent or noble birth could practice the Five Virtues Body and cultivate True Qi."

"You snake brats can cultivate with the Five Virtues Body from a young age and are still not satisfied? Practice diligently!"

But being the sky repairing festival, the Elder only allowed everyone to train for half the usual time before announcing dismissal.

The young ones transformed their legs back into snake tails and cheered as they left.

The Elder looked up, exchanging a glance with Li Changzhou on the cliff, her violent expression turning lovely and bright.

Li Changzhou stepped off the cliff and walked down a step at a time.

A great wind swept through, lifting countless Nuwa flowers, and he effortlessly picked one into his hand.

"Picked it specially for you." He smiled, handing over the flower.

She Man'er shot him a sideways glance, "Do you think I'm blind not to see you picked it up from the sky?"

"Fine, never mind then."

She Man'er snatched it away, "Who said I didn't want it?"

Seeing Li Changzhou smiling mischievously at her, She Man'er wished she could lash him with her tail.