This Stone Really Was Candy

At the Kunlun Mountain Peak, utter silence reigned.

The wind has stopped.

Even the clouds stopped moving.

Even the omnipresent and eternally flowing laws of the Great Dao were forcibly paused at this moment.

All eyes, whether on the summit of Hongjun and the other saints (Quasi-Saint), or on the foot of the mountain where millions of devout worshippers were fixed on that small figure.

Lin Shen.

This Little Ancestor, who had just single-handedly overturned the entire Primordial World cultivation landscape, was now holding a plain, unremarkable blue stone high.

His small face was filled with an undeniable seriousness.

"Starting now!"

"You are like a strawberry-flavored, sweet, and most delicious candy!"

That childlike declaration carried an absolute will that transcended all things, directly imprinting itself deep within the primordial spirit of every being.

One second.

Two seconds.

Nothing happened.

That bluestone remains a bluestone.

Dull and cold, it carries the unchanging hardness and aloofness of the Kunlun Mountain over millions of years.

At the mountain peak, several newly promoted powerful beings looked at each other, their primordial spirits surging.

"Junior brother... what are you doing?"

Daoist Duobao had just advanced to the Great Luo, and his Dao Heart was not yet fully stable. Everything before him felt like a dream, so he couldn't help but send a telepathic message to the Qiankun Food Sage beside him.

The newly crowned Culinary Saint, Qiankun Daoren, still exudes the fragrant aroma of food bestowed by the Great Dao Merit.

He stared intently at the rock, his Adam's apple bobbing, and analyzed it with an almost instinctive professional tone. "This rock has no base; its texture is the most common blue granite found in Kunlun. It's so rough it wouldn't even be suitable for lining the bottom of a pot."

He clicked his tongue and added, "However, if it is roasted with the Solar True Fire for eighty-one hours, then soaked in the Three Lights Divine Water for forty-nine days, and ground into powder, it might be a unique seasoning."

However, none of the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Fuxi, or even Hongjun spoke.

Their expressions were all increasingly somber.

Others may only see the surface, but they are stirring up a monstrous wave in the depths of their Divine Soul!

The instant Lin Shen finished speaking, an indescribable, incomprehensible, and irresistible supreme will descended from Lin Shen!

That will disregarded all laws and principles, brutally and tyrannically acting directly on the very bottom of that bluestone!

It's rewriting!

It is distorting the very "truth" that constitutes the stone!

What kind of supernatural power is this?

Words Manifest Reality?

No! The Sage's Words Manifest Reality become law by "borrowing" the power of the Way of Heaven, but Lin Shen is "giving orders" to the Way of Heaven!

This is the supreme tyranny of "I say you are something, and you must be something!"

"Second Brother, did you understand?" The Tongtian Jiaozhu's primordial spirit trembled, and his voice floated in his divine sense.

"I don't understand." Yuanshi Tianzun's answer was resolute. His Sage's Heart, which was capable of deducing all things in the Primordial World, was blank at this moment. He only felt that a "Dao" far beyond his comprehension was operating in a way that he could not understand.

"Perhaps..." Taiqing Laozi softly, his gaze profound, "This is the game of the 'Great Dao' itself. Our past understanding of 'the Dao follows Nature' is ultimately superficial."

What is nature?

The young apprentice wanted to turn stones into sugar; this was the greatest and most correct natural phenomenon in the Primordial World at that moment!

Just as the Sage's Heart were in turmoil.

Lin Shen a move.

He looked at the unchanging stone in his hand, his small brows furrowing slightly, as if he were quite unhappy.

"Why haven't you turned into candy yet?"

He stretched out his other chubby little hand and gently patted the bluestone.

"You're being naughty."

It was just a casual remark.

Buzz--!

A strange buzzing sound, not from the air but from the forced distortion of the very essence of matter, suddenly exploded!

In everyone's suddenly contracted pupils.

The hard bluestone began to melt and flow like water ripples, becoming soft and smooth.

The dull gray color quickly faded, and a vibrant pink seeped out from the inside, with even golden "sesame seeds" "growing" on the surface!

An intensely rich aroma, a blend of strawberry fragrance and pure sweetness, suddenly burst forth!

The aroma was overwhelmingly powerful, instantly filling the entire summit of Kuntun Mountain, penetrating the nostrils of every living being, and arousing their deepest, most primal, and instinctive desire for the concept of "sweetness"!

At the foot of the mountain, countless beings who were meditating suddenly opened their eyes, their saliva uncontrollably secreting in a frenzy.

"It smells so good! What kind of rare and precious treasure has been born!"

"This taste... reminds me of the first primordial honey fruit I ate when the World Creation!"

"No! It smells even better than that! This aroma... has an urge that makes my Dao Heart waver and makes me want to fall in love!"

At the summit, several powerful figures stood there, their expressions blank, as if they had been frozen in place.

They watched helplessly as the blue stone, in Lin Shen's hands, completely lost its physical properties and concept of being a "stone".

It becomes crystal clear, bouncy and soft, radiating an enticing luster that would make even Sage's mouth water.

At this moment, whether from the perspective of appearance, smell, texture, or even from the most fundamental principles...

It's a giant strawberry Hard Candy!

Wow! It's changed!

When Lin Shen saw that the stone had really turned into candy, he cheered happily.

He held up the strawberry candy, which was bigger than his head, and ran to Hongjun like he was showing off a treasure.

"Grandpa! Look! Lin Shen's new toy! It can make awful food taste good!"

Hongjun stared at the candy that exuded the rich aroma of "Strawberry Dao" and "Sweetness Law," his lips twitching uncontrollably.

He could clearly perceive that the laws of hardness and fertility that constituted the "stone" in this candy were forcibly torn apart, kneaded, and recombined by a superior force that he could not reach, transforming them into the laws of sweetness and fragrance that constituted the "candy".

This method...

Hongjun silently glanced at the supreme authority he possessed after merging with the Dao, an authority connected to the Heavenly Dao.

Then, sadly, I discovered...

He can't do it.

He can restart the Primordial World, he can reshape Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, but he cannot turn a stone into a piece of candy, merely as a concept.

This is because it violates the fundamental principle of "the constancy of matter" in the laws of nature.

But his beloved grandson did it.

It was described so casually, as if it were just a boring game.

"Good... good grandson..." Hongjun's voice was a little hoarse, "This toy... is really... really amazing."

"Hehe!" Lin Shen proudly raised his chin.

Then, he did something that made the hearts of all the Sage and powerful beings present stop.

He opened his little mouth, took a big bite of the sharp corner of the giant strawberry Hard Candy, and ate it!

Click!

A crisp, clear sound—the sound of teeth colliding with Hard Candy —echoed across the deathly silent mountaintop.

Mmm! So sweet!

Lin Shen squinted his eyes happily, chewing rapidly with his little mouth, his cheeks bulging.

"Crunchy and crunchy! Strawberry flavor!"

He ate with a blissful expression, as happy as if he owned the whole world.

This scene made Three Pure Ones's heart leap into his throat.

"My Beloved Disciple! Eat slowly! Don't hurt your teeth!" The Tongtian Jiaozhu was the first to teleport over, his face full of anxious concern.

"Nonsense!" Yuanshi Tianzun scolded, but his divine sense had already transformed into the gentlest silk thread, repeatedly brushing over Lin Shen's body to confirm that he was not injured in the slightest. "This thing is a manifestation of the laws of the Great Dao; how can it be easily ingested!"

"Disciple, how does it taste?" Taiqing Laozi was the most direct. He leaned closer and asked earnestly, "Compared to the Nine-Turned Sugar Beans that I made, which one tastes better?"

Even the usually aloof Yang Mei the Great Immortal and the Yin-Yang Ancestor couldn't help but gather around.

They don't care about Lin Shen.

They are using their own Dao to frantically analyze that piece of "candy" that has been bitten, trying to glimpse the supreme mystery contained within, a mystery that could shatter even the Dao Heart of Sage!

Only the Qiankun Food Sage and Earth remained unmoved.

He just stared intently at the piece of candy in Lin Shen's mouth, then glanced at the large piece that Lin Shen still had in his hand.

His holy eyes, which had just become clear and pure from his enlightenment, were once again filled with a green light called "desire".

He felt that the "culinary mastery" he had just attained was so pale, so... bland and tasteless in the face of this strawberry candy.

He really wants to...

I really want to try it!

(The previous chapter has been revised. Please review it if you have read it before. Thank you!)