Chapter 195

Before Hebe's eyes, the edge of the perfect, blazing moon began to show signs of breaking.

But she had already gotten the information she wanted!

The light of the full moon vanished abruptly, and it seemed to flee back behind Hebe's head.

Hebe opened her eyes.

Not far in front of him was Kama, who looked worried.

"What, are you worried about me?" Hebe smiled and waved her hand into the distance.

In an instant, the clouds in the sky returned to normal, and Fangcun Mountain returned to its state before the anomaly occurred.

"Of course." Unexpectedly, Kama laughed frankly, "You are my Lord, the World Honored One, and my Teacher."

You'd better think that way.

Hebe glanced at her silently, without saying a word.

After all, she was once a pioneer who opened up the path of the Heavenly Fox under the Holy Grail, as Tamamo-no-Mae.

Therefore, Hebe could naturally sense that Kama, who was practicing the Heavenly Demon Path at this moment, was filled with a burning reverence deep in his heart... as well as a hidden desire to pull his beloved down from the altar, to caress him, and to possess him.

The latter is an influence of the Heavenly Demon Path itself.

However, a significant factor was that Kama himself had similar thoughts.

After unleashing his true nature, he actually possessed such a wicked nature? Kama, you bastard...

Kama didn't know what Hebe was trying to say, but she found the World Honored One's meaningful gaze quite delicious.

"I'm afraid it's not just worry, you're probably also curious about what's happening outside," Hebe chuckled softly.

Upon seeing Kama nod, Hebe extended his hand.

A halo of light emanated from her fair and delicate palm.

This is the same spell that Hebe used to spy on the wasteland.

However, the Great Radiant Light just now was connected to Fangcun Mountain's high-speed broadband, and incidentally stole some of the internet speed from the Snow Mountain Pure Land.

This little round light uses its own mobile hotspot. If there isn't enough bandwidth, it can easily lag down to 2G.

Now it was Kama's turn to be horrified.

The landscape of Bharata has undergone a dramatic transformation. A snow-capped mountain now stands in the north of the world, and the original city of Mohenjo-daro has vanished, replaced by a holy city called Gashi.

Moreover, the changes in the earthly landscape have not yet ceased. Kama looked upon the city that had replaced Mohenjo-daro, as if riding on the waves of the earth all the way south, finally stopping in the Ganges basin.

A new name rises from above it.

—Gaxi. Meaning the land where God's light shines.

This city is the later city of Varanasi in Bharata, also known as Benares.

Such changes were occurring throughout Bharata, with cities springing up out of thin air, nations being established out of thin air, and races differentiating out of thin air... It was as if someone had entered pre-prepared code into a console, and thus a new world began to be generated, covering the old world out of thin air.

Now the immortals have indeed fulfilled their long-cherished wish.

However, in Hebe's view, the new world is actually just a layer created by Maya Illusionary Power.

"Kama." Hebe lowered his head to look at Kama, who had somehow gotten close to his feet. "This change will end when the sun rises tomorrow. At that time, go out and ask the people who live by the lake what they have to say."

As the morning sun shines on the newly born land of Bharata, the Dalit fishermen, who are contemptuously called Asura, begin their day's work.

Fortunately, the lake's edge was covered with clumps of reeds and dense forests. These could be used for building houses and hunting.

When the morning work is finished, the Dalit gather in the center of the tribe to share their experiences and insights.

Only after the midday sun had passed did they seize the remaining time of the day to start working again, and return home when the sun went down.

There wasn't much entertainment at night, so they focused on making babies.

This is a day in the life of the Asura who "have not submitted to the king's rule" on the land of Bharata.

Kama, upon hearing the fishermen's reply, widened his eyes in disbelief. "Have you forgotten where you came from?"

The fisherman just scratched his head. "This is useless for our livelihood, why should we remember it? My grandfather seemed to have said that when he was young, his grandfather told him that our ancestors seemed to have fled from the north. But I don't know the specifics of why they fled."

Kama could hardly conceal the shock he felt.

For her, less than two days had passed.

For these fishermen, two hundred years or even longer have passed.

When she returned to Fangcun Mountain, Hebe simply smiled.

"It's better to forget, it's better to forget!" Hebe said. "The world has undergone profound and permanent changes that those who are not of high enough rank cannot perceive or detect. For these remnants, the Harappa civilization represented by Mohenjo-daro is probably not a source of glory but rather a source of pain."

"If that's the case, then let's just tear it down and start over. Let civilization be given time, not time to civilization."

Hebe's fingertips shimmered with the magic of illusion.

She could have brainwashed all the survivors living by the lake in an instant, or turned them all into geniuses with extraordinary intelligence, but she didn't do that. She just gave them a small hint.

"Kama, you will go and teach them once every seven days from now on. I have already prepared the teaching materials for you."

Hebe grabbed Kama's hand, ignoring her blushing and attempts to dodge, and drew a circle in her palm with her finger.

The Great Radiant Light exists in relation to Fangcun Mountain, while the small circular light depends entirely on the individual's own position.

"I wish you well," Hebe said in a deep voice.

"Homage to the World Honored One!" Kama clasped his hands together and raised them above his head.

Hebe accepted the greeting without hesitation.

Under Kama's tutelage, these primitive hunting and fishing tribes will soon return to the ranks of civilization, and this time their spiritual outlook will be shaped by Hebe.

This is not only for things to go smoothly, but also for the next two eras.

Hebe not only wanted to control the Dharma era, but she also wanted to control the Vedic Age.

268 Astrology Gurus and Intense Competition Masters

The Vedic Age has arrived, and everything is in need of rebuilding.

The original Aryans became the main characters in this era, and they became the military aristocratic class known as the "Kshatriya".

Meanwhile, the priests who originally possessed knowledge and rituals in the Harappa civilization made a magnificent transformation into "Brahmin".

The immortals' long-cherished wish has finally been fulfilled.

As for where the Vaishya and Shudra came from.

—On the one hand, the Aryans waged wars everywhere, reducing defeated tribes to the status of inferiors; on the other hand, they also fought among themselves, seizing each other's lands and property.

The caste system is fully formed, as if it had been deeply rooted here from the very beginning.

Although the "central plains" of Bharata are now in chaos and the entire Ganges basin is in turmoil, Hebe remains unmoved.

The immortals remained silent.

Ironically, these fairies proved they were incapable of doing anything great, but their destructive prowess earned Hebe's approval.

This may also be related to the ethnicity of the Bharata. Hebe thought of the Bharata immigrants who spread all over the world in later generations, and the various ways that he tried to squeeze other Bharata into his department after becoming a manager in the company. He couldn't help but smile with relief.

"Now that the Ant-hill Immortal is crippled, the Vedic Age he has ordained is left without a leader... and most importantly, I have killed nearly half of the sages. At the very least, there should be room for about ten sages to advance."

Hebe was in no hurry; she waited for the first fairy to emerge.

During this time, she instructed Kama to teach the fishing and hunting tribes from time to time, while also organizing what she had learned.

— [The Skygazing Technique].

This is the study of the stars and celestial phenomena, and a series of methods to glean insights into the states of the rulers, Named Attendant, and Eternals through the coded messages of the stars' arrangement.

Due to the location, the Skygazing Technique that Hebe obtained had a touch of Bharata's characteristics... In short, it was Vedic Astrology.

Any astrologist must admit that there are only three origins of astrology in the world.

—Western Classical Astrology; Eastern Zhendan Astrology; and Vedic Astrology.

Western astrology originated in ancient Babylon, where they divided the night sky into three orderly sections by marking the sun, moon, and the five planets: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn.

This is both astrology and the earliest form of systematic worship of rulers.

—Because the sun, the moon, and these five planets are all symbols of governance.

Later, astrology, originating from Mesopotamia, flourished in Egyptian lands.

So where exactly has this development occurred? Well, they've divided it into twelve constellations.

However, according to Hebe's conjecture, it is very likely that the twelve constellations were not found by the Egypt, but were cast by Celestial Flint... In any case, after that, classical astrology spread to the Mediterranean Sea region, where it flourished in the hands of the Greeks.

The twelve constellations, which are now widely known and easily understood, owe their popularity to Greek mythology.

After that, Greek astrology directly influenced later Rome and the Orthodox Church... At least until the 17th century in the Fourth History, Western European astrology remained a high-end field.

The complete separation of astronomy and astrology stemmed from the invention of the astronomical telescope.

Just as Newton's discovery of universal gravitation directly changed the laws governing the world, when Galileo pointed his homemade telescope at the night sky, what appeared in the mirror was not the flawless moon, but a cold, cratered, and ugly "Earth's moon".

From then on, astrology became astrology, and astronomy became astronomy.

By the 18th century, new planets had been discovered (or rather, new ruling planets had been upgraded), and these new celestial bodies were also incorporated into Western Classical Astrology.

At the same time, astrologers began publishing magazines and special reports, explaining complex astrological terms in a simple and easy-to-understand way. From then on, astrology became more and more accessible to the general public and easier to understand.

In the 20th century, psychologists like Carl Jung began to combine Western astrology and psychological astrology to explore human personality and psychology.

This change transformed Western astrology into what we commonly know today.

There are two main trends in the development of Western astrology today: on the one hand, it is to explore new techniques; on the other hand, it is to delve into ancient astrological techniques.

How much of it contains mystical elements? Well, not much at all.

But when it comes to entertaining the masses, well, that's a tricky one.

In contrast, there is Cathay astrology, which is divided into two major schools based on the different stars used.

One school of thought uses actual stars, such as the seven brightest stars or the twenty-eight constellations, to calculate Real Star School; the other school, like Zi Wei Dou Shu, uses imaginary stars, which is the Imaginary Star School.

But whether it was real or fictional, in ancient Cathay, this astronomical knowledge always served the royal family.

In the laws of the Tang Dynasty, those who privately possessed astronomical books and instruments were sentenced to at least two and a half years in prison; those who privately taught or studied astrology were sentenced to even heavier penalties.

During the Cathay Xingguo era of the Northern Song Dynasty, a general survey was conducted in China to find that there were more than 300 people who knew astrology.

The imperial court selected six people to stay and work at the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, while the rest were tattooed and exiled to an island to eat oysters.

By the Ming Dynasty, the situation had become even more extreme.

In the sixth year of the Hongwu, Emperor Zhu issued an edict ordering that those in the Imperial Astronomical Bureau should never be transferred, and their descendants should only study astronomy and calendrical calculations. Anyone who refused to study them would be immediately exiled to the South China Sea to serve in the army.

During the Wanli, those who privately compiled calendars were to be executed, while those who privately compiled calendars were to be exiled to the frontier.

In this context, it would be difficult for Cathay astrology to develop.

In fact, the imperial court began to need to bring in foreign scholars to revise the calendar during the Song and Yuan dynasties.

Although Chinese astrology in the Qing Cathay incorporated Western astrology and underwent adaptation and development, it still did not make much progress.

The main reason is that the tradition has been interrupted for too long, there are very few people in the general public who know how to observe astronomy, and ancient astrological books are full of errors and omissions.

Even without restrictions imposed by the imperial court, astrology was a highly specialized field of study in ancient times, and few ordinary scholars studied it.

Finally, Vedic Astrology is an extremely vast discipline.

Although nominally astrology, it encompasses a comprehensive system including astronomy, destiny, politics, climate, Tokiomi, Ayurveda (medical and health astrology), astrological date selection, feng shui, gem divination, and incantations.

Although it is called "Vedic Astrology", it is actually a collection of Cathay numerology and fortune-telling techniques.

The natal charts derived from Cathay astrology are highly forgiving, but the natal charts derived from Vedic Astrology differ by only two minutes.

In other words, even if there is only a two-minute difference in the time of birth, you may miss the fate of Brahmin and become Shudra.

Normally, even a hermit's knowledge of astrology is not the entirety of Vedic Astrology.

According to the memories that Hebe read from the mind of the Progenitor Daksha, among the sages of Bharata at that time, the most skilled in astrology Gautama the Immortal.

This immortal is also one of the Seven Great Immortals.