Apocalyptic Era: Starting from picking up a Bishoujo
Chapter 481 - 451 Yellow Dragon Shan Liangyi

Chapter 481: 451 Yellow Dragon Shan Liangyi

There is a corresponding relationship between the Four Symbols and the Five Elements: the White Tiger corresponds to metal, the Azure Dragon to wood, Xuanwu to water, and the Vermilion Bird to fire. During the battle between the heirs of Liangyi, the relationship of mutual generation and overcoming in the Five Elements is strictly followed.

However, when viewing the Four Symbols system through the self-regenerating cycle of the Five Elements system, one will notice a glaring issue: the Earth element in the Five Elements doesn’t have a corresponding divine beast in the Four Symbols.

Ancient people naturally noticed this evident issue. Therefore, after combining the Four Symbols system and the Five Elements system, the Five Directions system emerged, and the missing Earth was endowed with a corresponding divine beast, the "Yellow Dragon."

The Yellow Dragon, also known as the "Responding Dragon," symbolizes the central earth, possessing a status higher than the Four Symbols, governing them as a divine beast.

This is how I deduced it: Based on the battle with the Water Navy Xuanwu, it can be seen that Shan Liangyi’s power is roughly built on the traditional worldview of the Five Elements cycle. Hence, his complete power likely possesses the attributes of the self-sustaining cycle of the Five Elements. When he transformed his four powers of metal, wood, water, and fire into seeds and dispersed them, it’s likely he retained at least the attribute of the Earth element.

The Earth element’s power symbolizes the virtuous earth’s capacity to bear all things, making it the perfect foundation for reclaiming the power seeds in the future and further accumulating one’s cultivation attributes. The high-level attribute governing the Four Symbols might also form a basis for suppression against the heirs of Liangyi.

However, within the mutual generation and overcoming of the Five Elements, the Earth is not absolutely supreme. Plants can extract nutrients from the soil, thus wood can overcome earth. The Wood Element Power—namely the "Wood and Cultivation Power" of the Azure Dragon—could potentially become Shan Liangyi’s nemesis.

Additionally, in traditional mythology, the divine beast symbolizing the central earth is not only the Yellow Dragon but also the "Qilin."

To speak seriously, although the Qilin also holds the title of leader of the Four Sacred Beasts, the Four Sacred Beasts and the Four Symbols are different systems. The Four Sacred Beasts refer to Qilin, Phoenix, Turtle, and Dragon. However, in some mysticism knowledge that I know, the Qilin sometimes gets confused with the Yellow Dragon due to its nature as the central Earth Element Beast, or even replaces the Yellow Dragon’s position in ancient texts.

Formally speaking, it’s certain that the Yellow Dragon governs the Four Symbols, and the records of the Qilin as the central Earth Element Beast are far fewer than those of the Yellow Dragon. Therefore, I can mostly conclude that the Yellow Dragon is the "zodiac" corresponding to Shan Liangyi. However, I am still not entirely sure whether Shan Liangyi will strictly adhere to the Four Symbols and Five Elements theory of the common-sense world... No, it should be said that I don’t know whether the Four Symbols and Five Elements theory of the common-sense world will strictly follow Shan Liangyi.

Considering Shan Liangyi’s ancient nature, it’s likely one of the totems of either the Yellow Dragon or the Qilin points to Shan Liangyi as a God’s totem.

Incidentally, I’m not sure if I have a bit of OCD, but with the Yellow Dragon as the central Earth Element Beast, it seems to overlap with the Azure Dragon as the Eastern Wood Element Beast. There are two dragons in the Five Directions system; I wonder if there’s a particular interpretation of this.

"Shan Liangyi corresponds to the Yellow Dragon."

The Old Fist God seemed to see through my doubts and directly gave the answer, "In any case, I wouldn’t give my foster daughter a name directly based on Shan Liangyi’s totem. That might bring her unnecessary danger."

"I see." I nodded.

I’ve thought about it in this direction, but I felt someone as sloppy as the Old Fist God might not consider things so thoroughly. After all, I was quite surprised in the past that he even knew both the Yellow Dragon and Qilin have the attributes of the central Earth Element Beast.

However, it might not be that strange. There’s a saying, "Medicine and martial arts are inseparable," since the Old Fist God is proficient in martial arts, he is also necessarily proficient in medicine, and ancient medicine cannot be separated from the Liangyi and Five Elements theory. In even more ancient times, medicine and witchcraft were an inseparable combination.

"As for your idea of using the Azure Dragon’s Wood Element Power to counter and seal Shan Liangyi, I’d advise you not to be too optimistic. Throughout history, many Liangyi heirs had the same idea, and they all ended up as a feast for Shan Liangyi. To defeat Shan Liangyi, one should not think of flowery ideas but rely on overwhelming power," said the Old Fist God.

"Thank you for your guidance," I said. "Additionally, I have another question. You should be aware that Shan Liangyi will reincarnate after being killed by you and has likely already completed reincarnation in this era. But judging by your attitude, it seems you have no intention of finding and attacking the suspect of being Shan Liangyi?"

"I’m not interested in a defeated opponent, especially one who hasn’t regained his full strength," the Old Fist God said casually. "Of course, if he seeks to challenge me after regaining all his strength and becoming stronger, I would welcome it wholeheartedly."

"As far as I know, the Taoyuan Village Master could be the reincarnation of Shan Liangyi, and he has a plan to create an ultimate existence, and thus become its mind... Are you not interested in this matter either?" I asked.

"I’ve heard about that Taoyuan Village Master’s intentions. To be honest, I’m curious about how ultimate that ultimate entity can be once born, so I won’t interfere with his plan," the Old Fist God said. "The same goes for Doomsday... Although I don’t want to see the world truly destroyed, for me now, perhaps only a crisis at the level of world destruction is worth punching with all my might."

Luo Mountain’s mightiest Impermanence faintly revealed an emotion of anticipating Doomsday.

Once again, I felt a resonance from him. Meanwhile, Gua Tianshi’s words inexplicably echoed in my mind.

Gua Tianshi once said, Liu Shuying and I are very similar and could be of the same kind.

Does that mean Liu Shuying, like me and the Old Fist God, is also anticipating the arrival of Doomsday?

If so, that would be quite ironic. Among the eight paramount Impermanence at Luo Mountain, which ought to maintain the order of the abnormal world, three might want to see the advent of Doomsday.

The Old Fist God then looked towards the Qilin’s tombstone and sighed, "Although it was out of personal interest that I gave Qilin this name, she mentioned wanting to one day surpass Shan Liangyi, but she died in battle against me before fulfilling that wish.

"Since she had a good end, there’s no need to regret it; she must have been happy when she died. It’s just that as the one left behind, there are moments when I get emotional. There’s no regret, but some sense of incompleteness is inevitable."

Witnessing the Old Fist God’s lament, Weichi’s face once again showed anger. The Old Fist God did not give Weichi a chance to speak and, after shaking his head, turned and left.

Weichi watched his back, muttering resentfully, "That cold-blooded and heartless monster..."

Is the Old Fist God truly a cold-blooded and heartless monster? I pondered in my mind.

In the brief encounters, I could sense the Old Fist God actually had substantial humanity and emotion. It seemed he didn’t view Qilin as a dispensable disciple, speaking without remorse because he genuinely believed dying in a duel wasn’t a bad thing for her, and he trusted that his disciple shared the same values. Therefore, although he would miss her after the event, he wouldn’t feel sadness or regret.

However, from the outcome alone, he indeed personally beat his foster daughter and disciple, Qilin, to death, with no intention of remorse afterward. Secular moral judgment of evil assesses actions, not intentions, so evaluating the Old Fist God as a cold-blooded and heartless monster is reasonable from this perspective.

No one can truly know what’s on his mind. Perhaps I misjudged the Old Fist God, and Weichi was right—after all, the Old Fist God might indeed be a cold-blooded and heartless monster.

Just like last time, the Old Fist God, rumored to be belligerent and violent, did not display any threatening nature before me. From beginning to end, he seemed merely a robust elderly man, unhesitant to share his knowledge.

I don’t think it’s because he is genuinely so amiable; it’s more likely that in his eyes, I am currently not worthy of a fight.

Weichi and I walked out of the Great Impermanence Grave Area together. Outside, we could still see many ordinary demon hunters continuing with the divine burial ceremony, as well as Divine Light believers kneeling towards the direction of the Divine Light Tombstone. Above, numerous small fireballs hovering like Kongming lanterns provided illumination for the deep night, casting a rich traditional sacrificial atmosphere.

After saying goodbye, Weichi turned and left. He probably has many troublesome matters to attend to.

There are still many doubts surrounding the Divine Light’s death. Xuanming is indeed powerful, but not powerful enough to instantly kill another Impermanence by merely transmitting power across space. If the target was me, who just became an Impermanence, that might be debatable, but with the target as the veteran Impermanence Divine Light, especially after the opponent had set up an array utilizing the Power of Divine Seal Fragments in advance, it’s truly unreasonable.

Furthermore, since Xuanming killed Divine Light, why did he not personally take the divine seal fragments within the array, but instead allowed them to be taken by an "unknown person?" We both knew it was the Master of Divine Seal who first snatched those fragments and then got them taken by Xuanming in the Void Realm, yet the Impermanence had no prior intelligence on this. These mysteries will certainly pique the Impermanence’s desire to explore, which is likely also what Xuanming wants to see.

Since Ming Zhuo suspected Weichi of stealing the Divine Seal Fragments, Fa Zheng would naturally be suspicious too. Going forward, Weichi’s position will definitely be difficult. On a larger scale, it might even relate to the incident of Xuanming killing Divine Light, being interpreted as Weichi potentially being Xuanming’s accomplice.

In line with this suspicion, the Xuanming believers should also be on the suspicion list, with possibly higher suspicion than Weichi. However, since Ming Zhuo only began releasing malice toward Weichi a month after the event, it indicates that the Xuanming believer group has also been investigated by some means. Even if the investigation isn’t completely finished, it won’t impede dealing with it alongside Weichi’s situation.

How Weichi clears his suspicion is his affair, and I am only responsible for ensuring his physical safety. I also handed him my "firefly" in case of emergency.

In the coming days, there are also matters that I must investigate myself.