I was the Heavenly Emperor in ancient times

Chapter 1 The Beginning of Antiquity
Li Jun has been in the hospital for quite some time.

He contracted a strange illness and had nightmares every day, dreaming that a meteoroid was heading towards Earth from the depths of the universe.

It's called a nightmare because the dream gets longer and longer as time goes on.

At first, he would stare at the meteoroid in his dreams for a day or two, then for seven days, then ten days. Everything in the dream was so real that he felt even more tired when he woke up.

"What exactly is it?"

"Why is it heading towards Earth? Will it bring disaster to Earth?"

"Is it here to destroy the world?"

This weariness deepened day by day, as if it would continue until the meteoroid reached Earth, or until it destroyed everything.

"call!"

Li Jun woke up from his long dream once again. The first thing he saw when he opened his eyes was a large group of medical staff coming to examine him.

Li Jun looked around and saw that the beds around his hospital bed were arranged in a neat and precise manner, with one sleeping figure after another lying there.

They were people with the same symptoms as Li Jun, and they had the same dreams as Li Jun. From the day they contracted the disease, they were judged to be possibly infected with a contagious disease and were brought here for isolation.

Suddenly, a patient next to Li Jun screamed.

"what!"

Then Li Jun watched as the man's body was curled up in the shape of a shrimp, his face covered with blue veins, the veins turning black and spreading from the corners of his eyes to every corner of his body.

By the time a group of medical personnel arrived at the man's side, he was already dead.

His death was incredibly gruesome, his eyes fixedly staring at the sky.

It seemed as if one could see through the dome.

I saw a meteoroid traveling through the stars in the universe.

He opened his mouth wide, as if expressing the same question that Li Jun was thinking.

What exactly was that meteoroid?

This is neither the first nor the last.

People in the ward died one after another, and the cause was never found.

Li Jun initially stayed in a spacious lobby, but eventually moved to a smaller ward, and then to a private room.

One day, he vaguely heard that he was the only one left suffering from this strange disease.

This sudden "infectious disease" started inexplicably and seems to be ending in a fog as well.

Li Jun didn't speak, nor did he ever express his fear, but that fear still lingered around him like a shadow.

When he watched as the numerous hospital beds around him, like chess pieces in a grid, were removed, leaving only a scattered dozen or so, and even heard that he might be the only one left alive.

Death, this intangible thing, seemed to have transformed into something visible and tangible.
Li Jun could clearly hear the footsteps of the Black and White Impermanence, and Yama, the King of Hell, calling his soul from behind.

Li Jun felt that he would die soon.

He was afraid.

But there was nothing they could do to resist it.

That day, he dreamed of that meteor again.

At this moment, it was very close to Earth, and Li Jun had a premonition that it would soon fall.

Li Jun murmured in his sleep, speaking softly.

"It has landed."

"It's about to land."

"It's about to reach its destination."

At this moment.

The monitor suddenly emitted a piercing alarm, and a group of medical staff pushed open the door and entered.

Then they saw Li Jun's body suddenly tremble violently, with veins bulging one after another, spreading from the corners of his eyes to his entire body.

"Loss of consciousness, no spontaneous breathing, and no carotid pulse!"

"Connect the breathing bag to high-flow oxygen and prepare the defibrillator."

"Ventricular fibrillation! Asynchronous 200 Joules, prepare!"

"Continue chest compressions! Maintain a rate of 100-120 compressions."

"Sinus rhythm has been restored..."

Li Jun couldn't hear the sounds outside; he was completely immersed in the perspective of the meteoroid, unaware that he had already walked on the edge of death.

He woke up in the early hours of the morning.

The sky was still pitch black.

Li Jun was helped up by a nurse and slowly got up. Someone turned on the light for him, and he looked out the window at the deep night.

He saw his reflection in the glass; the deep darkness outside made the window a natural mirror.

He was initially looking at himself in the mirror, then slightly shifted his gaze elsewhere, but quickly brought it back to himself.

Li Jun looked surprised because he had just realized that his pupils had split into two when he moved his gaze.

This scene reminded Li Jun of the division of cells or viruses under a microscope.

He wondered to himself, "What's wrong with my eyes?"

At that moment, a person sitting near the door of the ward suddenly spoke.

"Double pupils!"

"Some say it's a characteristic of being born extraordinary, while others say it's a disease."

"However, the latter is because they have never seen what real double pupils look like. Like a frog at the bottom of a well, they have no idea how big the sky is."

Li Jun immediately turned his head, only to find that the speaker was a Taoist priest.

He was dressed in a brocade Taoist robe, holding a white jade whisk in his hand, and wearing a crown to tie up his long hair. He seemed out of place sitting in this modern hospital room.

The Taoist priest was extremely handsome, and perhaps part of that was why Li Jun sensed a deep arrogance emanating from him.

He saw Li Jun looking over, and his eyes deliberately moved, with one pupil splitting out as if he wanted him to see it.

It's double pupils.

"Saw?"

"We are all people with double pupils, beings who do not belong to the mortal world."

"I was born extraordinary, while you were made extraordinary."

"Don't worry, with these double pupils you shouldn't die. Those who die are just ordinary people who can't break through the barrier."

Before Li Jun could even feel a hint of joy, he was struck by a deep chill from the Taoist's words.

Before Li Jun could respond, the Taoist priest asked him.

How far is that rock from Earth?

Li Jun finally spoke: "Do you know what that is?"

The Taoist priest said mysteriously, "Of course I know."

Li Jun asked the Taoist priest, "Is there any movement outside? Have they started preparing for it? I feel it's almost here."

The Taoist priest smiled and looked at Li Jun, asking him a question.

"Are you worried that it will fall to Earth and cause a disaster, just like in those disaster movies?"

Still not receiving a reply from Li Jun, he spoke with certainty again.

"You don't need to worry at all; you've misunderstood something."

"However, since you possess double pupils, I can naturally tell you some things."

Li Jun guessed, "Why? Because these are all illusions of us, a special kind of collective illusion?"

The Taoist priest shook his head, stood up, walked past the sickbed, and stood behind the window gazing at the starry sky outside.

"No, no, no, everything you saw is real."

"But it's not what it looks like now. Ten thousand years ago, that stone had already fallen somewhere on Earth. What you see is just a shadow of the ancient mythological era."

He then told Li Jun the truth: "Someone has mass-produced people like you all over the world in order to find the trace of that meteorite."

"But most people don't even get to see the final scene before they die because they can't bear it."

"Currently, all countries are investigating the perpetrator, but we need your help with something. Please provide your assistance."

Li Jun roughly guessed: "What is it?"

The Taoist priest said, "Describe the ancient image you saw in your consciousness last night. As long as you help us complete this task, we will reward you accordingly. We can easily provide any amount of money, and we can even help you with anything you want to do later."

For Li Jun, who had always been an ordinary person, there seemed to be no greater temptation than this.

Money and career: the former can free people from a life of poverty, while the latter can help people fulfill their ideals, achieve their life's goals, and gain fame that everyone envies.

At least for now, Li Jun cannot transcend the pursuit of money and fame.

The Taoist priest noticed the interest in Li Jun's eyes, so he quickly asked him questions, even taking out various drawings for comparison and asking Li Jun to draw what he saw.

He knew a lot, and could even calculate, based on the images drawn by Li Jun, how many days were left before the "ancient image" seen by Li Jun's consciousness arrived on Earth.

"Then it should arrive in four more days."

The Taoist priest was extremely excited, as if he had been hoping for or searching for the whereabouts of this meteoroid for who knows how long.

Another day.

As soon as Li Jun fell asleep, the "ancient image" that the Taoist priest had mentioned reappeared in his consciousness.

The scene was so real; he traversed the vast universe, wandered among the stars, and lonely raced towards the only destination.

However, knowing that this was a scene from the past, he was no longer so panicked and fearful, but quietly appreciated the extremely beautiful scene.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw the Taoist priest sitting in the ward again.

Taoist priest: "How far is it from the ground?"

Li Jun gave a brief description in response.

The Taoist priest stood up, looking impatient.

He said, "That means there are only three days left."

He knew perfectly well how many days were left, but he still asked Li Jun again.

It was as if hearing from Li Jun that the number of days was approaching made him feel that he was indeed getting closer to the meteorite.

Seeing the Taoist's anxious expression, Li Jun suddenly asked a question he had wanted to ask yesterday.

"What did you mean when you said yesterday that people with double pupils are not ordinary people?"

"Could it be."

"Besides ordinary people, are there really cultivators, or even immortals, in this world?"

At this moment, the Taoist priest shed his impatient state and once again displayed that mysterious demeanor that transcended ordinary people.

"currently there is not."

"But soon, very soon we..."

The Taoist priest paused for a moment, then pointed to himself and Li Jun.

"Neither you nor I will be mortals anymore."

The Taoist priest looked at Li Jun's double pupils, as if those eyes gave him a strong sense of recognition, like finding a kindred spirit in a vast sea of ​​people.

"You too, when the age of mythology arrives, you and I will both be transformed."

At this point, the Taoist priest also mentioned what happened yesterday.

"Although I said yesterday that we would reward you with money and provide career assistance," "at that time, money and fame will no longer be worth mentioning to us, nor will they be what we pursue."

After the Taoist priest left, Li Jun took out a mirror.

He looked at his double pupils, recalling what the Taoist priest had just said.

"Double pupils!"

Day three.

When the Taoist priest learned from Li Jun that the "stone" was only two days away from Earth, he paced back and forth in the ward with excitement.

His handsome face was filled with anticipation, longing, and even a hint of hesitation.

Li Jun tentatively asked him, "If godlike power really exists, why wait until later?"

"You say it doesn't exist now, but is it possible that it never existed at all?"

As the divine stone drew ever closer, the Taoist priest's mental state became increasingly unstable.

Upon hearing Li Jun's question, the Taoist priest reacted as if he had touched a raw nerve, and he screamed as if he had gone mad.

"What do you know!"

"Nothing doesn't exist; it has always been there, always has been there."

"It's just that we can't touch it."

The Taoist priest gripped the whisk so tightly that his knuckles turned white, and his brows furrowed deeply.

"There were gods, immortals, demons, and Buddhas in this world, but they all disappeared later."

"As long as we find that divine stone or divine jade, we can start the mythical era anew."

The Taoist priest revealed more information: there seemed to be a piece of jade inside the stone.

Li Jun looked at the Taoist priest, and the Taoist priest looked at him.

At this moment.

The Taoist priest displayed his sickly side, while Li Jun, lying on the hospital bed, acted like a normal person, gesturing wildly as he watched the Taoist priest.

“We could have possessed the power to fly and escape into the earth; we could have lived forever.”

"We can become immortals and ancestors..."

Li Jun understood; the stone was the source of power, or at least related to it.

What shocked Li Jun even more was the way the Taoist priests frantically shouted about immortality and becoming immortals.

Can mortals truly live forever and cultivate themselves into immortals?
Fourth day.

The Taoist priest arrived a little late, but he brought some major news.

"Based on the information you provided earlier, we have made a preliminary determination of the possible location where the divine stone might land."

Do you know where it is?

"Can you guess?"

"Hahahahaha!"

Under the expectant gaze of the Taoist priest, Li Jun finally asked the question.

"where?"

The Taoist priest exclaimed excitedly, "Kunlun!"

The very name the Taoist priest uttered caused his blood to boil and his emotions to surge uncontrollably.

"I knew it!"

"Kunlun Mountains!"

"Its first landing must have been in the Kunlun Mountains!"

On the fifth day.

Once Li Jun receives that ancient image again, he will surely know where the divine stone lies.

Li Jun was taken from the ward to the top of a building behind the hospital, but when he went in, the scene inside surprised him.

I saw.

A Taoist altar was built inside.

This altar, like a small mountain, rises in layers.

There were no doctors in sight; everyone was dressed in Taoist robes and lined up below the altar, their expressions solemn and dignified.

Not only that, but there were also people dressed up as various deities, sitting on the lower and middle levels of the altar.

At first glance, it looks like a statue in a shrine.

Li Jun was also dressed in a Taoist robe and sat on the altar.

The Taoist priests below began chanting scriptures, smoke rose from the incense burner, and the fragrance filled the room, making the scene even more ethereal.

But looking at this scene, Li Jun felt there was something eerie about it.

And at the same time.

This also made Li Jun doubt the Taoist's identity.

However, when he actually sat on the altar and faced the scene below, Li Jun was in a daze and thought that he had really become an immortal and become the Taoist ancestor.

soon.

The Taoist priest Na Jun, whom Li Jun had met before, also came over. He brought a doctor and some instruments, allowing Li Jun to enter a dream state in a semi-conscious state.

Everyone was eager to know the location where the "divine stone" had landed from Li Jun as soon as possible.

Or.

They learned the true location of Kunlun.

Li Jun, dressed in a Taoist robe, sat at the highest point of the altar, connected to various tubes and instruments, and stared blankly outside.

Gradually, the external world and the inner dream became two separate things.

He was half-awake, then drifted back into a dream.

His consciousness was traversing the starry sea of ​​ten thousand years ago, gradually approaching the wild land of ancient times.

Before my eyes, however, I am in a 21st-century building, watching the Taoist priests below sitting in rows chanting scriptures and worshipping.

At this moment, Li Jun felt as if he were in a different time and space.

One end of him is in the past, and the other end remains in the present.

gradually.

The blue planet before my eyes is getting bigger and bigger.

He watched the meteoroid approach step by step, passing through the atmosphere and layers of clouds.

And the earth beneath their feet finally broke through the fog and appeared before their eyes.

Although the land looked somewhat different from what it is now, its general outline was exactly the same.

"This is the surface of the earth from 10,000 years ago."

Li Jun was carefully observing the ancient, barbaric world from ten thousand years ago when a Taoist appeared before him, asking him questions.

"Where did it go?"

"Did you hear that?"

"Li Jun, where did the divine stone go?"

As the Taoist priest asked questions, he also took out a map of the Kunlun Mountains and the surrounding area.

Li Jun stared blankly ahead, his eyes following the outline of the map, which gradually overlapped with the view of the earth from the perspective of a meteoroid in his consciousness.

He slightly raised his finger and pointed to the map.

The Taoist priest instantly became so excited that his face turned red. He leaned closer and asked Li Jun.

Where is Mount Kunlun?

Where is the real Kunlun?

"Do you see clearly where you're falling right now?"

Li Jun's fingertips gradually approached the correct position.

But then, with a slight slip.

It then slid to another spot.

stopped.

The handsome Taoist priest shouted, "Found it!"

He held up the map, and all the Taoist priests rose together and worshipped Kunlun Mountain high above.

"Infinite Heavenly Lord!"

At the same time, Li Jun also closed his eyes.

The scene before my eyes vanished, and my consciousness was completely transported to the era ten thousand years ago.
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Ten thousand years ago.

Ancient wilderness.

Li Jun looked down at the land from his high vantage point; the mountains became increasingly visible, and the traces of the rivers became clearer.

He transformed into a meteor, streaking across the earth from the heavens. He even saw the ancient, barbaric tribes herding sheep on the ground looking up in alarm at the star that emitted a dazzling light as it pierced through layers of clouds.

The meteorite burned fiercely, leaving behind a trail of embers.

Subsequently.

This meteoroid struck an ancient mountain, causing a landslide and creating a huge crater.

Even now, Li Jun still believes that everything is just a remnant of ancient times, and he is merely a witness from ten thousand years ago.

However, as the snow on the high mountains melted, a lake formed in the crater.

this day.

As the sun rose, it shone on the lake, reflecting the shape of the meteorite.

Li Jun looked into the water and saw for the first time the traces of the meteorite's outer shell being peeled away; it was a divine stone two or three meters tall.

But what's important isn't the divine stone itself, but the human figure inside it.

"Is there a person inside the jade?"

"who is it?"

"immortal?"

Li Jun was extremely curious because he was uncovering the secrets of the myths and the beginning of the era of immortals and Buddhas.

However, when Li Jun clearly saw the face of the figure inside the jade, his expression changed drastically and his heart trembled.

"how is this possible?"

He saw himself.

They had the exact same face, even the tiny black mole on their collarbone was identical.

When he made a shocked expression, the person in the reflection made the same expression.

This does not seem to be an ancient remnant.

He really did appear in the ancient wilderness.

At the beginning of ancient times.

The beginning of mythology.

(End of this chapter)