Also known as: Enlightenment by Oversleeping
After the chaos in Liushan, Wei Long returned to Mount Chaos exhausted — not from fighting, but from explaining repeatedly that he had no idea how he reversed someone's qi flow.
He was still muttering, "It was the melon peel," when he collapsed into bed.
Meanwhile, across the cultivation world, things were… not fine.
Qi in several provinces began acting weird.
Fire sects reported ice blooming in their furnaces.Water sects found their pools boiling from within.A thunder valley lost its echo, and someone's fish started speaking poetry.
Every anomaly pointed to one epicenter: Mount Chaos.
Back on the mountain, Wei Long was in his room snoring.
At midnight, a thunderclap rang out. A wind howled through the valleys. Clouds spun into a spiral above his hut. A giant illusory phoenix-goat hybrid appeared in the sky, made entirely of glowing qi.
The disciples rushed out in panic.
Lin Qian: "It's the end of days!"Duan Fei: "No — it's another breakthrough!"
Indeed, the spiritual energy around Wei Long surged — spiraling, collapsing, expanding — then… snapped into place with a BOOM.
A nearby tree turned to jade. A rock started levitating. One goat achieved temporary sentience and recited a haiku before fainting.
Wei Long woke up groggy.
"…What's that noise?"
Lin Qian kicked the door open. "Master! You've… ascended realms!"
Wei Long blinked. "I just took a nap."
"No! The heavens acknowledged your presence!"
Wei Long yawned. "They usually ignore me."
"No! You've broken through without cultivating!"
The disciples fell to their knees, shaking.
Above them, the sky cleared and a beam of light descended from the heavens. A voice — ancient, booming, confused — echoed across the empire:
"...Uh... Congratulations? Wei Long has achieved... the Realm of Unstructured Harmony."
Silence followed.
Then, all the major sects gasped in horror.
"The Realm of what?"
"Is that above Nascent Soul?"
"Is that even real?"
Scholars scrambled through ancient texts. Monks meditated in panic. One Elder screamed, "It's not listed anywhere! IT'S NOT LISTED!"
Meanwhile, Wei Long looked at his hands.No golden light.No pressure.No new senses.
He lifted a cup of tea. Still warm.
"…Feels the same."
The goat next to him nodded solemnly.
Across the continent, cultivators began rewriting their manuals.
"To break through like Wei Long, one must first master Stillness of Chaos, Intentional Ignorance, and Sleep Meditation."
In the capital, the Emperor declared a new holiday:
"Unstructured Harmony Day" — in honor of the man who reached the Dao by doing nothing.
And somewhere in a hidden dimension, a figure cloaked in gold whispered to her disciples:
"The Dao… it has taken form.It naps. It wanders.It is… Wei Long."
Back on the mountain, Wei Long turned to Lin Qian.
"So… do I have to cultivate now?"
She shook her head, tears in her eyes. "You've surpassed it, Master. You are the cultivation."
Wei Long groaned. "That sounds like a lot of responsibility."
The goat baaed in agreement.
To be continued...