Chapter 80 - 77: The Final Trial, Pineal Gland

Saying goodbye to the pair of Lovers, the footless bird continued to fly.She arrived at a land of jagged rocks and heard some stones calling.

"We are the exit of the brain, the skylight of Wisdom."

"There are three of us brothers, guess our identity and names, and find the most perfect three kings among us to conquer us."

The footless bird looked at the myriad holes and apertures on the massive boulders.

She knew the rocks beneath her were part of a giant face of the earth, filled with rocky holes and indentations.

They represented the three cavities of the skull.

Ears, mouth, nose.

The three brothers looked alike, difficult to distinguish.

"Distinguishing you is simple." First, she plugged all the holes with mud.

She found that two-thirds of the cavities started suffocating, seemingly out of breath.

She knew this two-thirds were the mouth and nose, as they are for breathing.

But how to differentiate between the mouth and nose?

She thought of another method and went back to Ba Hui’s tail to find a pile of dung.

The strong stench made a portion of the cavities sneeze harshly.

The ones that could smell the stench were the nose.

But she still needed to ensure the last one was the ear.

So she found a gong, struck it madly, and the last type of cavity vibrated continuously, confirming it was the ear, as it could hear sound.

But how to distinguish the king among them?

Out of thousands of apertures, only three were Sacred Acupoints.

She quickly thought of a method. The Sacred Acupoints must be more sensitive, and through meticulous testing as before, she finally found them.

"You won."

"But after identifying us, you don’t have much time left."

They were incredibly impressed, so the footless bird gained the three apertures.

"Butterfly Race, Xiangtuo Myth, Three Aperture Chapter"

[The footless bird came to the face of the earth, using stench, sound, and breath to identify the three holes, finding the true form of the three apertures.]

...

The apertures took her a full month to identify, and not much time was left.

So she headed to the next tribe.

She arrived at the Five Viscera Pool, seeing five lively organs, bouncing like little angel basketballs, having fun.

And they were using a blow bag to inflate the viscera like blood and flesh balloons, making them rhythmically jump.

The scene was very amusing.

"Originally, we were to conduct a soul-stirring trial, a breath test!"

"But we haven’t completed our task, and we have no face to descend with a trial for you."

"Since you’ve come, find a way to help us complete the final checkpoint and connect these viscera for us."

The footless bird thought and said, "Connecting your viscera requires the ileum."

No trial was required.

The footless bird took all five of them away.

Returned to the Azure Rope Milk Sea, Vedamo was overjoyed: "We only have a pair of legs left."

Yet the footless bird said, "I’ve prepared a pair of legs earlier."

As a footless bird, she had long researched this aspect.

Thus.

They had the body, five viscera, eyes, ears, mouth, nose, hands, legs, ileum, and combined with Xiangtuo Mo’s left and right brains, were completely ready.

Moreover, they had over a month left.

"All major kingdoms, races, and tribes on earth disdain me, but in their hearts, they pity me, hoping for their great king to return."

"So, though they openly made things difficult for me, the trial was always helping me."

Things went much more smoothly than imagined.

The footless bird began the final weaving; this was the greatest divine miracle in the history of life.

Soon, she wove all the limbs together, leaving the abdomen empty.

She was still missing the final trial: completing the chain of five viscera.

"Use the ileum to connect them."

But things went wrong here.

She connected the liver, spleen, lungs, and kidneys, performing breath infusion, attempting to bridge.

But the power core of the whole body: the heart, couldn’t be connected no matter what.

As the days went by, watching the deadline draw nearer, she was as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

"Just one last step."

"Clearly, just one last step."

She gradually collapsed, finally choosing to seek help from the Cangwu Tree again.

When she flew to the Cangwu Tree, the Truth Angels came and said:

"We were also thinking for you, just figuring out the reason. You still have one organ incomplete, so nothing can be complete."

The footless bird was very surprised.

Clearly, every organ was prepared, it was impossible to have missed one.

The Truth Angels shook their heads, "Left Brain is High Wisdom, Right Brain is Middle Wisdom, but there is another kind of Wisdom."

"Wisdom is a trinity, the three forms of life."

"With the Left Brain and Right Brain, there’s still a brain missing."

She pointed to the temple behind her:

[Honnoji Temple]

Turns out, the three Wisdoms aren’t ranked.

Low Wisdom governs life’s instincts and intuition.

Low Wisdom is ever-present in the body.

This is the greatest and most infinitely potent Wisdom of life, life’s instinct constantly operating.

So, the hurried footless bird headed to [Honnoji Temple], where various Butterfly Race companions were already helping her weave.

Even the Phoenix Emperor was personally assisting.

"You’re not fighting alone."

They said: "He is also our older brother."

Die Lvxin’s eyes reddened, starting to struggle with her partners from years ago.

Life was meant to have a Left Brain, Right Brain, and Instinct Brain... This brain is the key to activating passive operation of various body organs.

Unfortunately, they realized it too late.

At the last moment, they couldn’t keep up.

As days passed.

"No! Time is running out."

"The third brain hasn’t been woven yet!"

Seeing the sun rise, Die Lvxin realized today was the last day the body could be preserved.

If unfinished, Xiangtuo Mo would come to life’s end too.

"This is our only option!"

She could only weave a small, underdeveloped brain the size of a pineal gland, hurriedly flew down the tree, heading to the Azure Rope Milk Sea.

Whoosh.

The fierce wind howled, the sun blazed at noon.

After months of continuous travel without rest, the footless bird was thoroughly exhausted.

"Hurry, hurry, faster."

Her beak held a pineal, staggering across mountains and rivers, flying from the sky.

Thud!

Like a crow, it tossed the pineal into the brain.

She found that the limbs and organs of this Sacred Body started instinctively operating.

...

——"Butterfly Race, Xiangtuo Myth, Pineal Chapter"

[Legend says, when the footless bird created the body, she last realized the absence of a third brain controlling instincts between the left and right brains.]

[She worked tirelessly, only discovering at sunrise the crucial moment, hurriedly leaving with a brain kernel the size of a pineal.]

[Wisdom inherently has three forms, and during the creation by gods, an accident led the intended third brain to become the pineal gland, leading to an incomplete Wisdom on earth.]

[Xiangtuo Mo also had a second vital defect, the third brain’s absence.]