Primordial World: Big shots are all my friends
Chapter 258 - 232: Barrier Shattered

Chapter 258: Chapter 232: Barrier Shattered

One adult and three youngsters sat down on the earthen slope.

Zhang Bairen smiled and asked, "I don’t yet know your names. Could you tell me?"

The older boy raised his head and said, "I’m Yang Jiao!"

The younger boy said, "I’m Yang Jian, and my sister is Yang Chan."

Zhang Bairen chuckled, "Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, Yang Chan, what good names; all very good names indeed."

Yang Jiao, full of curiosity, asked, "Uncle, can you tell us about the outside world? We have never been out there."

Yang Jian also looked at Zhang Bairen expectantly.

Yang Chan sat on the ground, fidgeting uncomfortably.

Zhang Bairen reached out and took Yang Chan into his arms, chuckling, "Alright, then let me tell you a story."

Yang Chan, nestled in Zhang Bairen’s embrace, couldn’t help but giggle twice, feeling the warmth.

Zhang Bairen, after undergoing one thousand seven hundred and fifty calamities with each calamity lasting one hundred twenty-nine thousand six hundred years, had experienced countless events. Merely picking one or two stories to share left the three children gasping and shouting in amazement and brimming with excitement.

It was not until noon that the three children reluctantly returned home.

Once Yang Jiao, Yang Jian, and Yang Chan, the three youngsters, got home, Yaoji had already prepared lunch, and Yang Tianyou had also returned.

Yaoji said with a smile, "You’re back. Wash your hands and get ready to eat!"

The children let out a cheer and ran to the basin to wash their hands.

At the dining table, Yang Jian excitedly called out, "Mother, we met a really interesting uncle today."

Yang Jiao spoke with admiration, "He came from outside. He knows so much!"

Yang Chan held up a small wooden horse with joy, exclaiming, "Mother~ Big horse! Riding a big horse."

Yang Jiao said enviously, "This was carved by the uncle himself. My brother and I didn’t get one; only my sister did."

Yang Tianyou curiously asked, "A strange uncle? Has there been a stranger in our village? What’s his name?"

"He is called Zhang Bairen!"

"Snap!" A crisp sound echoed.

Everyone turned their heads to see Yaoji, dressed in a grey linen robe, standing in front of the stove, her gaze frozen, with a shattered clay bowl and rice scattered on the floor.

Yang Tianyou quickly hurried over, concerned, "Yaoji, what’s wrong? Are you hurt?"

Yaoji came back to her senses, holding onto Yang Tianyou’s hand with an anxious and uneasy voice, "It’s my elder brother, my elder brother has come to find me."

Yang Tianyou patted Yaoji’s hand, reassuringly saying, "Don’t worry, it’s okay, I will try my best to make your elder brother accept me."

Yaoji shook her head, her eyes filled with excitement and anxiety, "The children are alright, could it be that my elder brother has forgiven me?"

In the days that followed, every few days Zhang Bairen would come to tell stories to Yang Jiao and the others, playing with the three children, but he never once showed his face to Yaoji. Yaoji’s anxious heart gradually calmed down. If it could always be like this, it would be wonderful. My elder brother must be very angry with me not to see me, right?!

...

A year later, Guang Chengzi entered the Yuxu Palace and knelt in reverence, "Disciple pays respects to Master."

The Primordial Venerable sat in the principal seat, speaking with authority, "I have established the Chan Sect, expounding the Way of Heaven, recounting the logic of Heaven, and enforcing the rules of Heaven.

Hao Tian has not returned, Yaoji descended to the Lower Realm, the union of Immortal and Mortal, a violation of Heavenly Rules.

I covered the Heavenly Secret for Princess Yaoji, hoping to give Hao Tian a chance to handle this matter on his own. However, he has disappointed me. Ignoring his status as the Heavenly Emperor, he disregards the Heavenly Law Order. How can he enforce the Heavenly Dao?!"

Guang Chengzi respectfully knelt and said: "Please instruct me, Master."

"Heavenly Dao must not be violated, and the Heavenly Rules cannot be reversed. Bai Jin said something quite accurate: Without rules, there can be no standards to follow."

The corners of Guang Chengzi’s mouth twitched slightly, Bai Jin again? He respectfully replied: "Disciple understands!"

...

Judicial Celestial Zi Yunlei left the Heavenly Court and went down to Jiuxian Mountain Taoyuan Cave.

Upon entering the Cave Mansion, he saw Guang Chengzi sitting in meditation.

Zi Yunlei hurriedly knelt on the ground, excitedly saying: "Zi Yunlei pays his respects to the Emperor’s Master."

Guang Chengzi nodded slightly and said: "Divine Monarch, please stand."

Zi Yunlei stood up and, bowing and scraping, said with a smile: "Immortal, what instructions do you have for calling upon I?"

Guang Chengzi solemnly said: "The Heavenly Court is the place that oversees Heaven and Earth, and the Heavenly Rules are the standards by which the Heavenly Court manages Heaven and Earth. As a Judicial Celestial, your responsibility is significant; you must patrol Heaven and Earth and supervise the Immortal Gods, without the slightest favoritism."

Zi Yunlei felt a jolt in his heart and immediately understood what Guang Chengzi was referring to, and solemnly said: "Immortal speaks the truth. Since I took office, I have looked up to the Heavenly Rules and observed all living beings, acting in accordance with the Heavenly will, daring not to neglect the smallest detail."

With a look of guilt: "Recently I learned that the Eldest Princess Yaoji descended to the mortal world and violated the Heavenly Rules, as I was enraged and intended to apprehend her to right the Heavenly Rules, but was stopped by Your Majesty. In awe of His Majesty’s authority, I lost my principle, ashamed before Heaven and Earth!"

Guang Chengzi ignored Zi Yunlei’s performance and said indifferently: "The Heavenly Court should act in accordance with Heaven, the Heavenly Rules must not be violated, and Heaven and Earth cannot be deceived."

Zi Yunlei nodded repeatedly and said: "Immortal speaks the truth, I also think so."

He then tentatively asked: "Immortal, are these your instructions or the Sect Hierarch’s?"

Guang Chengzi displeasedly said: "Is there a difference?"

Zi Yunlei hurriedly shook his head, chuckling: "No, there isn’t."

Still, Guang Chengzi said: "This is the intention of my master."

Zi Yunlei’s expression was ecstatic, and he quickly knelt down and called out: "I honor the Sect Hierarch’s Dharma Decree!"

Previously, Zi Yunlei was just a minor Loose Cultivator, who joined the Heavenly Court to cultivate, given the position of Judicial Celestial by His Majesty. Typically, he only dealt with minor Immortals and Gods. Now, that Saint Primordial Venerable was asking for his help – what an honor that was!

A golden opportunity lay before him, and it was impossible for Zi Yunlei not to be ecstatic. If he could be favored by the Heavenly Venerate and join the Chan Sect, then giving up the position of a small Judicial Celestial would be worthwhile!

Guang Chengzi said: "Go and do it."

Zi Yunlei hesitated and said: "Immortal, the place where Princess Yaoji is located has been shielded by His Majesty, I cannot enter, and my strength is too weak to be a match for Princess Yaoji."

Guang Chengzi extended a hand, and a Jade Talisman flew out, hovering before Zi Yunlei, and said: "This is the Original Jade Token bestowed by my master, capable of breaking the Heavenly Covering Barrier set by the Heavenly Emperor. You don’t need to worry about the rest."

Zi Yunlei hurriedly expressed his thanks with joy: "Thank you, Sect Hierarch, thank you, Immortal."

"Go now!"

Zi Yunlei took the Original Jade Token, and respectfully bowed thrice before standing up and retreating from the Taoyuan Cave.

...

Zi Yunlei, with a troop of Heavenly Soldiers, descended to Yang Family Village and stood on the clouds outside the barrier, solemnly declaring: "We, on His Majesty’s Heavenly decree, enforce the punishment on behalf of Heaven. Anyone defying the Heavenly Rules is a criminal, with no room for leniency. Do you all understand?"

All the Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals bowed and shouted in unison: "Understood!"

Zi Yunlei pushed his hand forward, and a subtle Green Light swept across, revealing a semi-circular purple barrier above Yang Family Village. Bang~ the purple barrier shattered.