Qinglian’S Heart Is Covered, Fate Meets Chapter 33
byChapter 33
Chaos Lotus Shang·Tiandao Chasing His Wife (10,000 words·100 million years of bondage·Crematorium)
Prologue: Lotus’s heart is cold, Heaven’s way is panic
Beside the Purple Lotus Pond, where chaos has just begun to bloom, the water is misty, but as cold as ice that has been tempered for thousands of years.
I (Pan Lang) stood by the pool, the golden light of heaven on my fingertips almost solidified, but I didn’t dare to take half a step forward easily.You, the only chaotic purple lotus in this world, are hanging their petals. The purple light at the center of the lotus is so dim that it is almost invisible. Even the chaotic fresh air lingering around you is alienating from thousands of miles away.
Three days ago, you personally cut off the lotus heart bond between us that has been maintained for 370 million years. You only left a sentence: “Pan Lang, we have been together for hundreds of millions of years, but I am not as sincere as others. I will not stay in this chaotic lotus realm any longer.” Then you will shed the lotus body and fall into the reincarnation of the mortal world.
I panicked. For the first time, I was so panicked that even the order of heaven was almost disrupted.I once thought that we had been relying on each other since the dawn of time. You would accompany me to realize the way of heaven, and I would protect your eternal love. This billion-year friendship should be the most unbreakable bond in the three realms, but I didn’t expect that it would be completely shattered in one day.
1. Accompanying each other for hundreds of millions of years, paying the lotus heart by mistake
You and I met in the beginning of chaos.At that time, I was still a ray of innate Dao Qi, you were a lotus seed at the bottom of the pond, and there was only boundless darkness and silence between heaven and earth.I guarded you and nourished you with the Qi of Dao. You protected me and washed me with the fragrance of lotus. After tens of millions of years of loneliness, I waited until Pangu opened up the sky, and the clear and turbid world became clear.
On the day you transformed, the purple lotus pond was filled with brilliant light. You were dressed in purple, and your eyebrows were clear and moist, unique to chaos. You smiled at me: “Pan Lang, from now on I will follow you and guard this world.” My heart trembled, and I raised my hand to form a lotus hairpin for you, and said with a smile, “Okay, I will protect you for the rest of my life.”
For the next 300 million years, we were inseparable.When I attained enlightenment in Zixiao Palace, you planted purple lotuses outside the palace gate and waited for me to go to court. In order to establish the order of the three realms and fight against the devil, you used the lotus heart as a shield to block the fatal blow for me. The lotus heart was almost broken. I became the emperor of heaven and declared to the three realms that you are my only empress. The purple lotus pond became a forbidden area, and no one dared to disturb it.
I always thought that this was perfection.I gave you the most respected position in the three realms and gave you the strongest protection, but I forgot to ask you what exactly you want.
I forgot that you are a chaotic purple lotus, and you rejoice in the fragrance of free lotus, not the cold jade steps of Zixiao Palace; what you miss is the tenderness that has been with you for hundreds of millions of years, not the alienated majesty of the emperor of heaven; what you want is the sincerity to stand side by side with me, not the empty honor of the emperor and empress.
The accident happened a hundred years ago.That day, in order to appease the old tribe of the Celestial Clan, I agreed to Tianshu Immortal Lord’s request and allowed his niece to live in Zixiao Palace. I also gave her the title of “Lian Fei” – just because she is good at planting purple lotus and her eyebrows are three-thirds like yours.I thought this was just a temporary measure, but I forgot that you saw all this in Purple Lotus Pond.
I was busy reorganizing the order in the three realms and dealing with the strange movements of the demons, but I didn’t go to the Purple Lotus Pond to see you for three months.When I finally got free and rushed over with your favorite lotus heart dew, I only saw your hanging petals and the dim light in the lotus heart.
You raised your eyes to look at me. There were no tears in your eyes, only a dead coldness: “Pan Lang, you tied Concubine Lotus’s hairpin for her with your own hands. It’s exactly the same as the one you gave me, right?”
My heart tightened and I wanted to explain, but you interrupted me: “You said that this lotus hairpin was only given to me. You also said that only I was allowed to plant the lotus in the Purple Lotus Pond. Now, nothing counts.”
I panicked and wanted to hold your hand, but you took a step back, and the lotus body swayed slightly, and a broken petal fell: “What’s even more ridiculous is that the day before yesterday, my lotus heart moved strangely and almost collapsed. The Emperor of Mindu passed by and protected me with golden light for three days, but you were in Zixiao Palace, accompanying the lotus concubine to enjoy the lotus.”
“Pan Lang,” you looked at me, your voice was as light as the wind, but every word was heart-breaking, “We have been together for hundreds of millions of years, but it is not as good as the three-day guardianship of the Great Emperor of Mindu, and not as good as the flattery of Tianshu’s niece. What on earth do I, the Chaos Purple Lotus, mean to you?”
2. The lotus heart is dead and fell into the mortal world
I am speechless and can only watch the purple light in your lotus heart extinguish little by little.I wanted to give you the source of the Heavenly Path, but you raised your hand to block it. The chaotic energy on your fingertips actually condensed into a sharp blade, cutting off the lotus heart bond between us.
That bond was formed by millions of years of warmth. The moment it was broken, my heart hurt violently and I spurted out a mouthful of golden blood. But you, with a pale face, smiled with relief: “From now on, you are the Emperor of Heaven, and I am the Purple Lotus of Chaos. The two have nothing to do with each other.”
I wanted to keep you like crazy, but I saw the purple lotus surging around you, and you were about to shed your lotus body: “I’ve had enough of this Zixiao Palace, this realm of chaos. The mortal world says that all sentient beings are suffering, but I want to taste it. If I can forget you, it will be considered a relief.”
“No!” I roared. The golden light of heaven was overwhelming, trying to trap you, but you were blown away by your last trace of chaotic energy. “Pan Lang, you have protected me for hundreds of millions of years, but you have never understood me. Now, let me go.”
As soon as you finished speaking, your lotus body turned into a purple light, breaking through the realm of chaos and falling towards the mortal world.When I chased him out, I only caught a broken lotus petal. Your lotus fragrance was still on the petal, but it was as cold as ice.
Zixiao Palace is in chaos.Immortal Lord Tianshu knelt in front of the palace to plead guilty. Concubine Lian was already scared out of her mind, but I didn’t care about dealing with them. I only held the broken lotus petal, and the pain in my heart became more and more intense.
Only then did I remember that you had held my hand countless times and said that you wanted to go to the mortal world with me to watch the sunset. I always said, “The way of heaven is bound to the three realms and cannot be separated without permission.”
What I thought was protection turned out to be the deepest disappointment; what I thought was perfection turned out to be your loneliness for thousands of years.After hundreds of millions of years together, I don’t even know what you want. How ridiculous and how sad.
When Emperor Mindu came to visit me, I was sitting beside the purple lotus pond in despair. All the purple lotuses in the pond had withered because of your departure.He looked at me and sighed: “Pan Lang, you are confused. Chaos Purple Lotus is pure in nature. What she wants is never honor, but your sincerity. You gave her the position of empress, but you don’t even know about the changes in her lotus heart. It’s strange that she doesn’t feel chilled.”
“Where is she?” I grabbed Emperor Mindu’s sleeve, my voice hoarse.
“She has entered the mortal world and been reincarnated into the mortal body. The memory of her past life has been sealed away, leaving only a trace of the lotus heart instinct.” Emperor Mindu said, “If she can find her true heart in the mortal world, she will completely transform the lotus into a mortal, and there will no longer be a chaotic purple lotus; if she is still hurt, the lotus heart will collapse and her soul will be scattered in a hundred years.”
My heart was shocked and I instantly collapsed on the ground.A hundred years, only a hundred years, if I can’t find her, if her soul is gone, what’s the use of me, the heaven, guarding these three realms?
3. Heaven abandons his throne, and the mortal world pursues his wife
I dismissed the palace maids of Zixiao Palace, abolished the title of Lotus Concubine, and demoted Tianshu Immortal Lord to guard the galaxy. Then, I took off the imperial robe of Heavenly Dao Emperor, and stepped into the mortal world wearing only plain clothes and the remaining lotus petals.
The way of heaven cannot be abandoned without permission?Is order in the Three Realms important?In front of her, these became empty words.I can give up the position of heaven, I can give up the honor of the three realms, but I can’t live without her.
The mortal world is so vast that I searched for her for thirty years before I found her in a lotus city in the south of the Yangtze River.
She became an ordinary embroiderer, named Alian, and lived in a small courtyard on the outskirts of the city. The courtyard was full of purple lotuses, exactly like the purple lotus pond in the Chaos Realm.Her eyebrows were still the same, but instead of the chaotic clarity, there was a bit more mundane tenderness, but there was always a hint of loneliness in her eyes.
She didn’t recognize me anymore. When she saw me standing at the gate of the courtyard, she just smiled and asked, “Are you here to buy lotus embroidery?”
With a lump in my throat, I looked at the embroidery needle on her fingertips. It was a hand that could stir up chaos, but now it was embroidering ordinary lotus patterns.I nodded and said hoarsely: “Yes, I will buy… all your lotus embroidery.”
She was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said: “Young Master is really good at joking. This embroidery of mine is not valuable. If you like it, please come in and have a cup of Lotus Heart Tea.”
I followed her into the courtyard. The purple lotuses in the courtyard were in full bloom, and their fragrance filled the courtyard. It was the same smell as in my memory, but it made my heart hurt even more.She poured me a cup of tea. The lotus heart in the tea was sweet but bitter, which was very similar to her state of mind these years.
“Young Master looks unfamiliar, you are not a local, are you?” She sat opposite me, her hand unconsciously stroking the purple lotus in the courtyard, a trace of confusion flashed in her eyes, “I always feel that I have forgotten someone very important, but I can’t remember it.”
My heart tightened and I wanted to tell her who I was and our billion-year bond, but I was afraid of startling her, so I could only endure it and said softly: “Maybe, that person is looking for you too.”
She smiled and didn’t ask any more questions. She just lowered her head and embroidered the lotus pattern.I sat aside and watched her all afternoon.The setting sun fell on her hair, coating it with a layer of gold. She was as beautiful as when we first met her in the realm of chaos, but she is no longer my Purple Lotus Empress.
From that day on, I rented a room next to her courtyard and went to see her every day.I helped her take care of the lotus pond, picked lotus hearts for her, and delivered embroidery to her. She only regarded me as an enthusiastic foreigner. She would occasionally leave me a bowl of lotus heart porridge, but she never treated me in the slightest.
Once, a bully in the city saw her beauty and wanted to take her into the house by force. I just moved my fingers and made the bully fall into the mud. But she just frowned and said, “Young Master, please don’t hurt others. Peace is the most important thing in everything.”
I looked at her, and suddenly I remembered that she was like this in the realm of chaos, and she couldn’t bear to step on an ant to death.I nodded, put away the pressure of heaven, and simply said: “I will protect you and will not let you suffer any injustice.”
She was stunned for a moment, something strange flashed in her eyes, but she quickly smiled and said: “Young Master is such a good person, like…like a person in my dream.”
4. Surrounded by love rivals, the way of heaven is humble
I thought that as long as I stayed by her side, I could always wake up her memory, but I didn’t expect that there were still people in this world trying to figure her out.
The county magistrate of Liancheng was a gentle and elegant scholar who was very fond of her. He often sent pens, inks, paper and inkstones, saying that he liked her lotus embroidery and wanted to ask her to be the county magistrate’s wife. The Emperor of Mindu often came to visit her in the form of a mortal, and every time he brought some lotus heart tonics and cared for her. She was also very close to the Emperor of Mindu, saying “Mr. is like a relative”.
Seeing the magistrate’s attentiveness and seeing Emperor Mindu’s closeness, I tasted jealousy for the first time, and finally understood how heartbroken she felt when she watched Concubine Lian and I enjoying the lotus.
That day the county magistrate came again to propose marriage, holding a lotus hairpin exactly like the one I gave her back then.She looked at the hairpin, her brows furrowed, as if she remembered something, but then she shook her head.
I couldn’t bear it any longer, took a step forward, protected her behind me, and said coldly to the county magistrate: “She will not marry you.”
The county magistrate’s face darkened: “Who are you, who dare to interfere in the affairs of this county?”
“I am her husband!” I blurted out. As soon as the words came out, I saw her shocked eyes and the meaningful gaze of Emperor Mindu.
She took a step back and said with a hint of alienation in her voice: “Young Master is joking, Young Master and I are just friends.”
My heart instantly sank to the bottom, and I could only watch the county magistrate leave in disappointment, and watch her close the courtyard door to me.
That night, Emperor Mindu came to me and sighed: “Pan Lang, why are you like this now? She has not yet awakened her memory, and your forcing her will only make her more resistant.”
“I can’t watch her marry someone else, I can’t watch her soul go to pieces!” I clenched my fists, the broken lotus petals were hot in my palms, “Mindu, you protected her for three days back then. I thank you, but she is my wife and my bond that has been tied to me for hundreds of millions of years. No one can take her away!”
“But you lost her back then.” Emperor Mindu’s words were like a knife, piercing my heart. “What she wants is not your protection, but your sincerity. Although you are a mortal now, you still carry the arrogance of heaven. When will you truly let go of yourself and understand her heart, will she truly come back to you.”
The words of Emperor Mindu awakened me.Yes, although I gave up my position of heaven, I never really let go of my position and never really understood what she wanted.
The next day, I bought breakfast and waited for her at the door of her hospital. She opened the door and saw me, with a complicated look on her face, but she didn’t chase me away.I handed it over and said softly: “I was rude yesterday, I’m sorry.”
She was stunned, took the breakfast, and whispered: “Young master, you don’t have to be like this.”
From that day on, I became humbler.She embroidered lotus till late at night, so I stayed outside the courtyard and lit a lamp for her; when she went to the market to sell embroidery, I followed her with a basket on my back, shouting for her; when she was sick, I took care of her in plain clothes, and the lotus heart medicine I brewed was more authentic than what she brewed on her own.
The way she looked at me gradually changed, from alienation, to curiosity, to a hint of imperceptible tenderness.
5. The lotus heart returns to its original position and will stay together for hundreds of millions of years.
That day was her birthday, so I made her a lotus cake with my own hands, and then went to the lotus pond to pick the largest purple lotus, which I wanted to give to her.But when they arrived at the entrance of the courtyard, they saw her holding her head, squatting on the ground in pain, with purple lotuses surging all over her body, and the mark of the lotus heart looming between her eyebrows.
“Alian!” I rushed over and hugged her into my arms. She was shaking all over in pain, grabbing my sleeve and shouting, “Pan Lang…it hurts…”
I was shocked that she actually remembered her past life on her birthday!I hurriedly transferred a trace of Dao Qi to protect her heart, but I didn’t dare to transfer more for fear of hurting her mortal body.
“Pan Lang…I remember…” She opened her eyes, filled with tears, “You bastard…I have been waiting for you for 300 million years…but you…”
I hugged her, tears finally fell, and choked up: “I was wrong, I didn’t understand you, I failed you, you can hit me and scold me, but don’t leave me again, okay?”
“I hate you…” She beat my chest, but she hugged me tighter and tighter, “I hate you for forgetting our agreement, I hate you for giving lotus hairpins to others, I hate you… for not coming to see me…”
“I know, I know everything,” I kissed her tears away and said hoarsely, “I have given up my position in heaven. I don’t want Zixiao Palace anymore. I don’t care about the order of the three realms. I only want you and our billion-year bond. Come back, okay?”
She looked at me, cried and nodded, the mark of the lotus heart between her eyebrows completely lit up, purple lotuses surged around her body, and the pure and chaotic energy instantly filled the small courtyard.Her mortal body faded away, and she transformed into a purple-clothed and purple-lotus person again, but her eyebrows and eyes were filled with mortal gentleness.
She raised her hand, touched my face, and whispered: “Pan Lang, I don’t really want to hate you, I just feel cold. You gave up your position in heaven for me and traveled to the mortal world for me for thirty years. How can I not feel your heart?”
I held her tightly in my arms, feeling the familiar lotus fragrance on her body, and the vacancy in my heart was finally filled: “From now on, I will never do stupid things or make any expedients. I will only stay with you, watch the sunsets of this world with you, drink the lotus heart porridge you cooked, and make up for all the tenderness I have owed you for hundreds of millions of years.”
Emperor Mindu stood at the gate of the courtyard at some unknown time. Seeing us hugging each other, he smiled happily, turned around and left in golden light.The county magistrate of Liancheng also heard about the strange situation in the small courtyard, but he just sent someone to send a congratulatory gift without any further entanglement – he finally understood that in Alian’s heart, there had always been only the Heavenly Dao who accompanied her from chaos.
Later, we didn’t go back to Zixiao Palace, so we stayed in the small courtyard in Liancheng.I learned to do mundane tasks, watering lotus flowers every morning, embroidering lotus flowers with you in the afternoon, and going to the market to buy your favorite lotus cake in the evening. My life was ordinary but full of fireworks.
Occasionally you would tease me and ask me with a newly embroidered lotus handkerchief: “Pan Lang, which one looks better between this handkerchief and Concubine Lotus’s handkerchief back then?”
I will always grab the veil, pull you into my arms, bite your earlobe and say: “How can hers compare to my purple lotus? Not to mention the veil, even the entire heaven is not even half as good as your facial features.”
You hit me with a smile, the gentleness between your eyebrows is more touching than the lotus in the Purple Lotus Pond.
A hundred years later, the order of the three realms returned to its original position. The Heavenly Clan sent someone to invite me to return to the Zixiao Palace. I just waved my hand and pointed at the children playing in the courtyard with the purple lotus spiritual consciousness, and said: “Whoever wants to sit in the seat of heaven, I only guard my wife and protect my home.”
You leaned on my shoulder, smelling the fragrance of lotus flowers filling the courtyard, and whispered softly: “Pan Lang, we walked from chaos to mortal world, from loneliness to perfection. These billions of years of bondage have finally paid off for each other.”
I hold your hand tightly and look at the sunset on the horizon, my eyes full of tenderness: “It will not be more than a hundred million years later. In the future, the stars will rotate and chaos will restart. I will only recognize you, this purple purple lotus of chaos, and I will only be your Pan Lang.”
The evening breeze blows, the purple lotus sways, and the lotus fragrance flows through the small courtyard, through the years, through tens of millions of years, hiding the vow of staying together for hundreds of millions of years, hidden in every petal.