In the time of Emperor Yao, the floodwaters surged sky-high, vast and mighty, swallowing mountains and overtopping hills, and the common people suffered.
The Emperor asked, "Alas, Four Mountains, the surging floods reach the heavens, vast and mighty, swallowing mountains and overtopping hills, and the common people suffer. Is there anyone who can bring them under control?"
Everyone said, "Gun can."
Thus Yao heeded Four Mountains and appointed Gun to control the floods. After nine years, the waters had not ceased, and his efforts bore no result. When Shun rose to power, acting as Son of Heaven and governing in his stead, he toured the realm. Seeing that Gun's flood control had achieved nothing, he had Gun executed at Yu Mountain.
Clutching the plow in his hand, Liang Qu stilled his chaotic thoughts and looked toward the young man panicking at the oncoming flood. "What did you call me?"
"Huff... ha..." The young man gasped for breath and swallowed. "Gun!"
"How many years have I controlled the floods?"
"It has been eight years so far."
"Have there been any results in eight years?"
The young man looked embarrassed. "Very little..."
Liang Qu gazed down at the roaring flood beneath the cliff, thunder rumbling in waves. His ability to process and accept things was extremely strong, and in an instant, he understood his predicament.
He had only one year left to live!
If he could not produce results, the fake Emperor Shun would take his life, executing him at Yu Mountain! So this was the Six Demons Trial?
Liang Qu had come with his memories intact. Deep down, he clearly knew that he was "breaking through a trial." Clutching the Original Life Buddha, everything he saw was a demon of the heart. It was difficult to regard everything before him as