Chapter 50: Ocean of苍绳乳, The Pool of Life!

On this day, within the Imperial Palace of Gajahdhamma, the divine elephant sat upon a colossal, mountain-like throne encrusted with countless dazzling gemstones.

"Beauty, sternness, glory, greed, compassion, understanding, madness, destruction, mercilessness... The left brain and the right brain combine to form the sound beings of our first generation."

"Yet it is not enough. Still not enough."

"Though the land appears peaceful on the surface, rebellions still persist."

"The lifeforms of this era, despite possessing dual brains, remain too primitive. They require two deities to bestow blessings separately, which still leaves many flaws among them."

"Since I have descended into the mortal world, I shall arrange everything as properly as possible within my remaining lifetime."

In his view, the Calamity of Wisdom still harbored the possibility of resurgence.

After his death, if no one remained to suppress the realm and compel all races to accept the second brain, they would likely be infected once more. They would revert to an era of absolute rationality and plunge back into those terrifying times.

Although Die Luxiang had become peerless and unrivaled, what he fought against was the very order of heaven and earth, the cosmic transformation of moral ethics!

"I shall shoulder the entire future."

That year, a proclamation swept across the realm:

Gajahdhamma summoned all talents under the heavens to refine the brain, while mobilizing the full might of the nation to begin constructing the Body of the Sage.

...

Upon the Cangwu Tree, Liu Jun stroked the head of the Phoenix Emperor, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"After enduring a brief setback, the era is finally flourishing once more."

"What lies ahead is a brand-new era. Now that Die Luxiang has descended into the mortal world, my departure from longevity also signifies my descent into aging. I wonder how far he can walk within his lifetime?"

Looking down upon the giant cauldron of mushroom soup, Liu Jun took in every detail of the world's development.

The left brain and the right brain cleverly resolved the crisis of the Calamity of Wisdom.

Moreover, heeding the suggestion of Xu Changsheng, Die Luxiang had begun researching the so-called [Body of the Sage].

"That fellow Xu Changsheng, though merely dreaming, still retains some hazy modern memories."

"The Body of the Sage?"

Previously, Liu Jun had been working behind closed doors in isolation. How high could he expect the standard and cognition of an ordinary high school student at the bottom tier to be?

Information among the upper echelons of the powerful was strictly guarded and closed off.

Only now, through this Xu Changsheng, had he gained some genuine insight.

Nearby, Die Luxin and Die Hongjun looked extremely worried about their eldest brother. "What should we do? Will Big Brother under the tree die?"

...

In the 310th Year of the Butterfly Era, the older generation passed away, and the era ushered in new changes.

Over the years, Gajahdhamma had gathered the world's finest minds. Under Xu Changsheng's various suggestions, assistance, and guidance in providing diverse knowledge, various technologies developed at a breathtaking pace.

Back then, their species explosion and diverse evolutions were all meant to defeat the god upon the tree through wave after wave of attacks.

Today, that same energy had been integrated and applied to far more worthy pursuits.

On this day, they finally began the construction of their monumental undertaking.

They were about to host a brand-new explosion of species.

Gajahdhamma instructed the giants under his command to churn an inner sea, casting in vast quantities of various knots while naming the waters the Milky Ocean of Cangsu.

Splash, splash, splash!

A deafening thunderclap resonated across the earth.

Countless giants with various beast-brains churned the seawater, weaving diverse lifeforms along the shoreline, occasionally tossing them back into the sea to wash them before continuing their craft.

They resembled washerwomen by the river.

Some of the bolder ones even utilized telekinetic energy to directly combine the various knots within the seawater, generating life right beneath the waves.

Though their appearances varied—some with indigo skin, others with holly-colored complexions, draped in gemstones or torcs, and growing tusks in imitation of the Elephant God's aesthetic—these giants possessed a strange, ethereal beauty as they churned the ocean.

Countless new knots integrated and transformed: butterfly knots, eternal knots, wind knots, rattan knots... converging into new lifeforms.

Thus, a brand-new explosion of species was realized.

Within the Milky Ocean, lunar deities, precious trees, nectar, auspicious goddesses, giant serpents, dragon matrons, milky cows, white horses, and venomous creatures emerged...

The species explosion of this entire era proceeded in an orderly and magnificent fashion.

Another year passed, and following the explosion of countless species, the techniques for creating life using the Milky Ocean grew increasingly refined.

People heard the deep, resonant voice of Gajahdhamma, laden with an irresistible and grand will, echoing from the ocean:

"Let the seas teem with ten thousand kinds of grasses, fish, and shell-creatures."

"Let the earth sprout a thousand kinds of vegetables."

"Let the trees bear a hundred kinds of fruit."

"Let there be flesh within the fruit, a pit enveloped within the flesh, and yet more flesh encased within the pit."

Wielding the Hammer of Evolution high, Gajahdhamma declared: "My children upon the earth, when you finish eating the fruit, keep the pits as stored grain, to be cracked open and eaten whenever needed."

The giant deities churning the Milky Ocean below chanted in unison: "If this be your will, we shall surely obey!"

And so it came to pass.

Gajahdhamma spoke again: "I shall construct a Pool of Life, preserving the divine powers of the two deities of Wisdom. All children shall be reincarnated here, possessing dual wisdom from birth—a rational left brain and an emotional right brain."

Titans marched across the land to haul massive stones.

Hovering dragons exhaled hot breath to solidify the muddy pits.

Angels descended from the skies bearing flower baskets to channel streams of water, while sprites surrounded the Pool of Life with dense thorn-hedges.

A statue of an amber butterfly and a statue of the Angel of Truth stood facing one another at opposite ends of the pool, vividly lifelike in postures of flight.

Within the pool's waters, young insectoids were born. Now, the wisdom granted at birth was a twin-brain, allowing them to re-weave their own lives and embark upon their unique legends.

And so it came to pass.

Gajahdhamma raised the Spear of Light and the Hammer of Evolution high: "I invite the magnificent God of Longevity from the lofty heavens to descend, to select the species worthy of being granted longevity, and to exterminate the short-lived species unfit to survive."

"Let those live who ought to live, and let those perish who ought to perish, whether they be fish in the sea, birds in the sky, or beasts upon the land."

From the skies, the Butterfly Cage Carriage approached.

The edges of the carriage burned with a white flame, and countless butterfly knots rained down from the sky like fresh petals.

A supreme and majestic deity parted the gauze window.

"He is the elder of all gods."

"He is the godfather of all deities."

"He taught them benevolence and kindness."

Countless living beings chanted his divine name.

Countless sprites bloomed a multicolored path of flowers across the earth.

Countless angels holding wind instruments spun and played music in the skies, ethereal divine melodies echoing through heaven and earth.

Upon the carriage, Liu Jun gazed down quietly at the children of the new era below, a trace of gratification showing on his face.

Was this yet another new era?

The crude little butterflies that had once fluttered around the Butterfly Cage Carriage had now transformed into sacred angels.

It seemed everything had changed; the divine blessings had grown more complete, yet only he and the Phoenix Emperor seated within remained unchanged.

Liu Jun's gentle and benevolent voice drifted down:

"Let it be them."

Light spilled across the pool's waters.

The God of Longevity looked upon a portion of the woven lifeforms and saw that they were good; thus, the remaining portion was quietly phased out.

And so it came to pass.

...

Rehe City.

That night passed quietly.

Xu Changsheng opened his eyes, his mind still dazed and hazy.

"I, this immortal being, was actually one of the myriad sages who participated in churning the Milky Ocean and constructing the Pool of Life back then?"

He could not help but reveal a smile, a difficult-to-suppress excitement and agitation surging within his heart.

Walking to the windowsill, he watched the rain outside sprinkling upon the pedestrians in the streets.

"That was the true era of creation of all things upon the right track, the biological explosion of the Jurassic."

"This is truly... the Prophet's Prime Selection!"