Zhuang Zhou Dreamed of a Butterfly, a Fish Dreamed of a Fish

The island at the foot of Huntian is the Yu Tunzhou, which has transformed into a giant fish.

For some reason, his fate was completely different from that of other martial artists who entered the Dragon Gate.

While others were still frantically trying to figure out the rules, his "body" had already grown so large that it covered an area of hundreds of miles around the sea. His dorsal fin was as tall as a mountain range, and his tail fin could stir up waves hundreds of feet high with a gentle sweep.

However, conversely, Yu Tunzhou also fell into a state of chaos and ignorance.

He gained immense power, enough to overturn rivers and seas, but forgot who he was.

In Huntian's eyes, this is "Dao Bewilderment," a typical example of merging with heaven and earth.

Even if one can be in harmony with the heavens and in accord with the Dao, once one loses "self," one is no different from a stubborn rock or rotten wood in the world, and has no meaning whatsoever.

Huntian tried to awaken Yu Tunzhou, but no matter how much it jumped around on top of it, to Yu Tunzhou below, it was just a "microorganism" and wouldn't even feel a tickle.

Left with no other choice, Huntian could only study this world first.

This place must be an ocean of Primordial Spirit, which is why it reveals its Primordial Spirit True Body."

I just don't know why Fellow Xuandu has become so large?

Considering that Yu Tunzhou was lost in the Dao Bewilderment, Xuandu Huntian speculated that perhaps Fellow Daoist Xuandu had resonated with some formless Dao in this world?

If we interpret it as "in harmony with the Tao," then everything makes sense.

Huntian speculates that it might be due to Innate Water Fortune?

It folded its wings, its heart filled with memories.

Although the full form cannot be seen, Xuandu's current form should undoubtedly be that of Kun Fish.

Kunpeng, born from the ocean as a primordial overlord, was one of the most powerful rivals of the Ancestral Dragon. However, it did not compete with the Ancestral Dragon for the right to rule the four seas. Instead, it broke free from the shackles of the ocean and attained enlightenment and freedom.

Therefore, the Kunpeng also possesses the ability to carry the Innate Water Fortune.

Huntian suddenly remembered that he had previously dispersed his own Primordial Spirit into Xuandu Xuan Du's Primordial Spirit Heaven and Earth, using this perspective to get a glimpse into Fellow Xuandu Du's Martial Dao foundation.

This caused it to lose a significant amount of its Primordial Spirit power, which was then assimilated by Fellow Xuandu's Primordial Spirit Heaven and Earth.

Perhaps I can use this opportunity to contact Fellow Xuandu.

Thinking of this, Huntian immediately gave it a try.

This attempt took an unknown amount of time.

Day and night alternated in cycles, and the colossal creature below went through round after round of feeding, each time emptying an area of hundreds of miles, its size seemingly growing without end.

Finally, this "island," which had been still for who knows how long, suddenly stirred slightly.

Huntian collapsed to the ground with a "plop" and let out a long sigh of relief.

It finally established initial contact with Fellow Xuandu.

To draw an analogy, it's like it transforming into an almost imperceptible louse and crawling into Xuandu Xuandu's "ear canal".

It's still a drop in the ocean before we can wake him up, but at least we can begin to intervene in his actions.

And so, under its influence, Xuandu was finally no longer confined to one place, and his stillness turned into movement!

Hun Huntian, who had been sitting on the ground, was suddenly "thrown" into the air.

A tremor, as if the sky were falling and the earth were splitting apart, spread rapidly from beneath our feet!

A dozen miles away, a dragon nearly a hundred feet in size was driving away a school of silver-scaled fish. Suddenly, it stopped, and its vertical pupils reflected the black outline that was slowly rising on the sea.

That is----

It slowly opened its mouth wide, watching as a continuous mountain range rose from the sea, and billions of tons of seawater poured down from the ravines of the "mountains," turning into thousands of waterfalls that cascaded down to the sky, their roar echoing for miles.

This isn't an island?!

Not long ago, it and Ao Xi and others had conducted a preliminary exploration of the island, and finally concluded that it was just an island without any abnormalities!

Suddenly, the dragon's vertical pupils contracted.

It saw the white line on the distant horizon.

At first, it was just a white line, but after a few breaths, the white line turned into a white wall, and after a few more breaths, the white wall turned into a white curtain, covering the sky and swallowing up all the view in front of it.

It only then realized it needed to escape, but it was too late.

A wave over a thousand feet high had already arrived, slamming it head and tail into the deep sea!

This moment.

The Yu Tunzhou, which had been hovering in the very center of this body of water since it awoke, without ever moving an inch, finally began to move instinctively.

All living things in the seas felt a deep, distant tremor emanating from the water, as if something was awakening in the far distance.

Deep in the sea, Ao Kun, who had been dazed and confused by the crashing waves, finally regained his senses.

It looked up and saw only an endless shadow slowly moving across the sea.

The shadow blocked out all the light coming through the sea, plunging the entire body of water into darkness and stillness.

I don't know how much time passed.

As the light falls back into the deep sea.

Only then did Ao Kun dare to cautiously surface.

"Ao Kun! Ao Kun!"

Shouts rang out from not far away, and a winged tiger flew to Ao Kun's side, still shaken, and exclaimed, "What the hell was that?!"

Gazing at the colossal figure that seemed to crush everything in the distance, Ao Kun suddenly seemed to understand everything and said in a deep voice, "Quickly inform those officials; this is the ultimate goal of this trial!"

The winged tiger's eyes widened as it understood. "What did you say? That continent was also inhabited by native aquatic creatures? How can you swallow it? What will you use to swallow it?"

Although this world has day and night, the intervals are extremely long, and there seems to be no concept of time here. Even cultivators who are Dao of Changes in the I Ching would find it difficult to measure time.

Under these circumstances, from the time they broke into the Dragon Gate until now, it felt to everyone as if several years, or even longer, had passed.

During this period, all those who entered the Dragon Gate were either devoured or devoured others and the native aquatic creatures.

In this atmosphere of fierce competition, everyone's physique is rapidly increasing, all in search of the "dragon form" mentioned in the voice when they entered the Dragon Gate.

Ao Kun's size has grown from a few zhang to over a hundred zhang.

As far as Ao Kun knew, the most elite members of each race already possessed a size exceeding a thousand feet!

But that enormous creature just now—it was probably not a thousand-mile-long one!

This is not even in the same league!

Thinking of this, Ao Kun became even more certain and excitedly exclaimed, "Fortuitous opportunity! This is an incredible fortuitous opportunity! Just think about it, it's practically an inexhaustible treasure mountain! Enough for us to grow to the thousand-zhang level and advance to the next stage!"

The winged tiger hesitated.

That makes sense. I've heard that those people above have reached the point where they can't swallow anything anymore; small fry are no longer of any use to them.

To go any further, only cannibalism among its own kind remain, much like the final stage of raising a venomous insect—

"I'll go find those officials right away and report this matter!"

The winged tiger flapped its wings and flew towards the distant clouds.

Ao Kun gazed at the enormous silhouette slowly moving at the horizon, a moment of Celestial Person struggle ensued, before finally deciding to follow the colossal creature in the distance.

But it soon discovered that its opponent, though appearing to swim slowly, was actually much faster than it.

It chased after it with all its might, but could only barely keep it from disappearing from Huntian. Panting, it climbed to the top of the peak, sat on the head of the Yu Tunzhou, and looked down at the moving "mountains and rivers" below. Riding the wind and waves all the way, it suddenly understood why the important figures of various families liked to find Demon Race as mounts.

It really is big and impressive!

--

It unconsciously raised its head and puffed out its chest, its crest feathers fluttering in the wind, thinking to itself, "Am I now considered to be riding Fellow Xuandu?"

Speaking of which----

Xuandu, where are you headed?

Huntian muttered to itself, to be honest, it didn't know where it was going either, it just urged Xuandu Xuan Du to get moving.

Soon, Huntian looked down from his vantage point and discovered that many water beasts had emerged from in front of and around him.

Wow!

What a huge crab! Its entire body was gilded, and it was a thousand feet long. Floating on the sea, it looked like a small sun that had fallen into the ocean.

The next moment, Huntian clicked his tongue in amazement, "These eight-legged creatures are really fast!"

The next moment, Huntian sensed that the mountains and rivers beneath him seemed to have a sense of direction, and turned around to chase after the place where the most water beasts gathered.

Huntian quickly and carefully sensed Fellow Xuandu Du's "thoughts" and suddenly realized.

It turns out I was hungry.

The distant herd of water beasts erupted in chaos, letting out terrified howls as they scattered and fled. Ao Kun, watching from behind, stopped in his tracks, fearing that the giant creature might suddenly turn around.

I've heard that the Human Race has already investigated and found that among all water beasts of the same level, the Dragon Race have the highest "nutritional value," which is simply incomprehensible!

Seeing Xuandu, with the overwhelming force of Ten-Thousand-Ren High Mountain, plunge into the nearby horde of aquatic beasts and begin his devouring, Huntian, unusually, managed to extract a clear meaning from the former's chaotic thoughts:

Seafood buffet.

Huntian fell into deep thought.

It could only continue trying to awaken Xuandu.

Suddenly, a shadow fell from the sky and enveloped it.

Looking up, it was surprised to find that it was actually a Golden-Winged Great Peng with wingspans exceeding a thousand feet.

Good grandson!

Peng Fei soared through the sky, overlooking the sea, and locked onto this enormous, exaggeratedly large creature, his expression solemn.

The winged tiger who relayed the message earlier not only didn't fabricate or exaggerate, but even presented a conservative account.

The Peng Fei soared through the sky, its eagle eyes scanning every inch of the giant creature, then suddenly stopped overhead and spotted a tuft of furry fur.

--

It wondered, "Where did this little fat chicken come from?"

It's still golden.

If it were from the outside world, that would be one thing, but how could such a fat bird suddenly appear out of nowhere here?

Even those who have entered the Dragon Gate cannot explain this, since it has been so long, how could they still maintain their initial physique?

Peng Fei locked his gaze on the golden, plump bird, intending to capture it first.

Below, Huntian was enraged after feeling Peng Fei's cold gaze, which was like that of someone looking at prey.

Evil creature!

They even dare to attack our ancestors!

When it roamed the ancient times, this kid's ancestors' ancestors' ancestors hadn't even hatched from their eggs yet!

Seeing the opponent swooping down, Huntian snorted coldly and contacted Fellow Xuandu Du.

Amidst countless scattered thoughts, a voice pierced through the jumbled ideas of "I'm hungry," "buffet," "seafood feast," and "where are my scallions, ginger, and garlic?" and finally resonated subtly within the immense core of Yu Tunzhou's primordial Primordial Spirit.

The next moment.

Yu Tunzhou slowly raised its head.

An invisible pressure rose from the sea and soared into the sky, causing the Golden-Winged Great Peng had been folding its wings and swooping down, to suddenly spread its wings and ascend in a panicked manner.

Peng Fei hovered high in the fierce wind, and only then did the deep-seated fear in his blood gradually subside.

It pierced through layers of clouds and mist, staring intently at the colossal object below, only to find that its eyes were devoid of emotion, a chaotic void, just like those of the native aquatic creatures.

This left it bewildered and uncertain. How could a mere native aquatic creature exert such a suppressive effect on its bloodline?

Behind it, a streak of multicolored light streaked across the sky, and Kong Ling's voice came from afar through the clouds. "Peng Fei, how is the situation?"

Peng Fei was silent for a moment, then replied, "Even if all of us put together, it would be difficult for it to turn over."

Kong Ling stopped beside it, its five-colored tail feathers spreading out like a screen in the wind. Hearing this, it looked down at the "mountains and rivers" below that were slowly closing their mouths, and couldn't help but hesitate, "This guy is a native aquatic creature, isn't he?"

"Definitely," Peng Fei said with absolute certainty. "Ao Kun guessed correctly; this guy might really be the key to us passing this level."

Kong Ling suddenly said, "Human Race have already broken through to 'Ascension'."

Peng Fei exclaimed in shock, "The Human Race are killing each other again?"

Kong Ling shook his head and said, "No, that Human Race 'ascended' was no more than a hundred feet tall. I think we've gone in the wrong direction. That voice led us to search for the true dragon form, but the so-called true dragon form doesn't grow infinitely large; perhaps it's related to the Dao Path."

Peng Fei fell into deep thought.

Kong Ling glanced deeply at the colossal object below and said with a wry smile, "Even if this thing is truly the key, without Divine Ability, even if we join forces with the Human Race, we cannot possibly move it."

Even they are just slightly larger ants in front of this behemoth.

Peng Fei, however, thought of the fat chick he had just locked onto and slowly said, "There's no way such a big fish would appear in this world without a reason. I've decided to follow it and see what happens."

Kong Ling nodded. "I'll go and find a new path. I'll contact you again if I make any discoveries."

After saying that, Kong Ling left directly, unwilling to waste his energy and time on the big guys below.

Peng Fei, on the other hand, chose to maintain his altitude and follow behind, to see where this big guy was going.

And there are many others who share the same idea.

Although it was extremely dangerous just now, fortune favors the bold!

After feeding and filling its stomach, the Yu Tunzhou gradually quieted down.

Under the influence of the Huntian, the Yu Tunzhou began to move again.

But it didn't know where it was going, so it just wandered aimlessly.

He didn't target anyone along the way.

It simply created opportunities for everyone to take flight on an equal footing.

Fortunately, this vast ocean is almost limitless, enough to accommodate his long journey.

They traveled an unknown distance, with people constantly joining the group along the way, while others chose to leave after confirming that the Yu Tunzhou had no other "miraculous" features.

During this time, Huntian relentlessly tried to awaken Xuandu Du.

It discovered that the idea of Yu Tunzhou was far too numerous and complex, a myriad of thoughts, like billions of fish surging and crashing through its mind.

It contained many strange terms that Huntian had never heard of before, such as "anime" and "man," which left it completely bewildered.

At the same time, Huntian also discovered a fatal problem.

Xuandu Xuandu's size is still "expanding," which is directly proportional to the degree of chaos in his Primordial Spirit!

This means that if Fellow Xuandu cannot be pulled back before a certain point, there is a high probability that he will completely fall into depravity and never be able to return to his senses!

In this urgent situation, Huntian Adventurer adopted an anchoring method, repeatedly instilling identity information into Xuandu Du. Between his name from his past life and his name in this life, it chose the latter, repeatedly calling out in his ear, "You are Yu Tunzhou."

With its constant repetition, this call, like a series of pebbles, stirred up ever-growing ripples deep within Yu Tunzhou's Primordial Spirit.

Finally, on this day, all the ripples overlapped, turning from ripples into waves, and from waves into tidal waves.

The colossal structure that had been moving for countless days and nights suddenly stopped.

This scene delighted the crowd following closely behind, who thought it was the long-awaited "change" that had arrived.

But in the chaotic and ignorant consciousness of Yu Tunzhou, an "answer" appeared for the first time.

who I am?

You are like Yu Tunzhou.

After repeated attempts, Huntian finally embedded himself into his Primordial Spirit, becoming the first anchor.

With this anchor, he found himself amidst his scattered thoughts, and his mind briefly cleared.

Only then did he realize that his thinking was very slow, so slow that every thought had to travel across mountains and rivers to reach its end.

He could only feel himself growing bigger, like a mountain that was growing taller and wider each day than the day before.

Heavier.

"Fellow Daoist! Can you hear me? You are lost in the Dao Bewilderment, you have lost yourself, and you need to establish your own existence as soon as possible!"

Huntian's anxious voice resonated within his Primordial Spirit.

Lost in self

The Yu Tunzhou and instinctively entered the Pure Land.

The first level of Pure Land is Purity as Thoughts Arise, allowing one to perceive the rise and fall of every thought, reaching the state of "being aware of thoughts as they arise, and ceasing to be aware of them as they cease to exist."

The moment he entered, he regained full consciousness, but countless scattered thoughts quickly pulled him out of his Pure Land.

This is a level of "chaos" that even Pure Land would find difficult to bear.

But it's at least much better than the complete chaos that started out.

In that fleeting moment of clarity, Yu Tunzhou truly realized the "perilous situation" he found himself in.

He understood that change had to be made!

The most effective approach at present is to follow the Huntian and establish one anchor after another.

Yu Tunzhou begins to put himself into thought.

At the first sign of being pulled into chaos, he would enter Pure Land to delay the state of chaos with a moment of clarity.

Thus, caught between clarity and confusion, Yu Tunzhou kept himself in a state of deep thought.

He pondered boxing techniques, the Dao Path martial arts, and the future of Martial Dao, while also focusing his attention on everything before him.

On this day, he found a little frog.

For some reason, he felt strangely familiar with a frog. The frog had its webbed feet clasped together, its eyes closed as if meditating, and a Zen-like aura flowed around it like water. It remained motionless as the waves crashed against it.

He stopped and gazed at the little frog from afar, seeing a Buddhist principle reflected in it.

The five aggregates are aggregates, impermanent and No-Self.

He seemed to understand something, and not wanting to disturb the other party, he slowly retreated.

The current wave of Jiese feels a bit noisy.

He opened his eyes, looked ahead, and felt a sense of bewilderment.

Where did the mountains come from?

I only meditated for a short while, and yet I witnessed the vicissitudes of life?

The next moment, the sky and sea seemed to overturn and flip.

The giant mountain slowly moved backward, but the aftershocks of the waves it created still swept up the Jiese.

Jiese completely gave up the struggle to quit pornography, went with the flow, and remained in a dazed state throughout.

Who is this fellow Daoist?

Yu Tunzhou once again roam the vast ocean.

Suddenly.

A hundred miles to his right, a thousand-foot swordfish suddenly leaped out of the sea, its body moving freely like a sword, but it was clearly startled when it saw the "mountain".

Upon discovering that the mountain was still moving, it turned tail and raced off in another direction.

Yu Tunzhou couldn't help but chase after the swordfish, watching the little swordfish swim freely in the sea, leaping out of the water again and again as if it wanted to pierce the sky.

Even a tiny swordfish seeks freedom, yet he, possessing the power to overturn rivers and seas, doesn't even know where he's going.

The Yu Tunzhou and stopped its pursuit.

After "Who am I?", the next question becomes "Where am I going?"

This time, he no longer focused on "self" and began to consciously observe the body of water.

He wanted to measure the vastness of this body of water.

He began to move in one direction, undeterred by wind or rain, and no wave could stop his steps.

Even though he occasionally succumbed to chaos again, he still did not change direction.

During this time, many "water beasts" tried to attack him, but they were too weak, so weak that he couldn't even feel them.

Finally, through his almost obsessive persistence, he reached the edge of this vast ocean.

At that moment, he realized that even this seemingly boundless sea had its own end.

Even the most expansive sea is nothing more than a larger prison.

Where exactly is freedom?

He slowly raised his head and saw what seemed to be an even more vast and boundless blue sky.

Does the azure sky also have an end?

What lies beyond this azure sky?

Starry sky?

What lies beyond the starry sky?

Why have I become so enormous?

Is it because of Huntian with the Dao"?

Where, then, is the main road?

Why did I end up in this world?

Accident or coincidence?

Has the Dao and Virtue Master truly died and vanished?

Are any of the Three Pure Ones still alive?

What is the end of Martial Dao?

More and more confusion arises in my heart.

His thoughts seemed to be becoming increasingly chaotic, approaching a state of utter confusion.

He clung to his last shred of clarity, feeling he should do something more.

For example, ask yourself, ask the Huntian, ask this world, ask—

The Great Way.

Therefore, on this day...

A vast, desolate sound echoed across the sky and sea.

It is the voice of heaven and earth, the voice of the Great Dao, and also the voice of Yu Tunzhou himself.

"In the beginning of time, who passed on the Way?"

"Before the upper and lower realms were formed, how could we investigate them?"

"The darkness and confusion are beyond comprehension; who can fathom its depths?"

"How can one recognize Feng Yi's imagery?"

The moment the sound rang out, the whole world seemed to freeze.

Peng Fei, still following high in the sky, trembled violently, his feathers standing on end, as if experiencing a tremor from the depths of his soul.

In the sea behind Yu Tunzhou, the few remaining people who had followed him from afar were all stunned, as if influenced by his thoughts and falling into the same Dao Bewilderment.

The sound continued, each note more desolate and more awe-inspiring than the last, as if questioning heaven and earth, or perhaps questioning one's own heart.

"What is the origin and transformation of the three harmonies of Yin and Yang?"

"The heavens have nine layers; who can measure them?"

"But what merit is this, and who first created it?"

--

Huntian, perched atop Yu Tunzhou's head, was filled with excitement.

It clearly sensed that the chaotic thoughts within Xuandu's Primordial Spirit were disappearing at an astonishing speed, or rather, condensing into one!

Instead, there was a deep, silent, yet incredibly firm and burning ambition.

In a place unknown to anyone.

The quietly floating Book of Changes suddenly moved without wind, slowly turning to its third page, as if answering someone's first question:

In the beginning of time, who passed on the teachings?

--Dao Venerable!