Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

Chapter 343 The Great Upheaval of the Primordial World, Heaven's Desperate Measures

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, Heavenly Dao Hongjun's face was gloomy.

"Another one has fallen! The Four Extremes Venerable is in Qishan. None of the five members of the Holy Lotus Sect have attained sainthood, yet they were able to kill someone comparable to a second-level saint."

After a moment's hesitation, Heavenly Dao Hongjun revived his clone within the Heavenly Dao Space.

With a major battle imminent, this second-level Saintly Realm clone is also an extremely important fighting force.

"Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to overturn this chessboard." After saying this, the Creation Jade Disc above the head of Heavenly Dao Hongjun appeared, and the three thousand Great Daos in the primordial world manifested accordingly.

The next second, these great paths transformed into chains of order, which intertwined and coalesced into a divine net of order.

The primordial world began to tremble, and the Heavenly Dao Hongjun felt as if the authority that the primordial world had lent him was about to be stripped away.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun disregarded everything, and the Order Divine Net directly enveloped the primordial world, isolating it from all external forces.

Lu Ya, the ruler of the demon realm, Hou Tu, the ruler of the earth realm, Nuwa, the ruler of the human realm, and Zhen Yuanzi, the ruler of the earth immortal realm, all sensed that the connection between the world they created and the primordial world seemed to have been severed.

Houtu and Nuwa immediately mobilized the power of the Earthly Path and the Human Path. These two paths still existed in the prehistoric world. The two could enter and leave the prehistoric world as representatives of the Earthly Path and the Human Path, or directly break through the blockade of the divine order network and enter the prehistoric world with their cultivation of half-step Heavenly Dao Realm or above.

However, cultivators from the mortal realm and the human realm are no longer able to enter the prehistoric world.

No cultivators from the Demon Realm or the Earthly Immortal Realm could enter the Primordial World, including the two saints, Donghuang Taiyi and Hongyun.

Because neither Donghuang Taiyi nor Hongyun possessed the cultivation level of a half-step Heavenly Dao Realm, they were completely unable to shake the Order Divine Network.

Apart from the Four Realms, Yingzhou Immortal Island, which had always been outside the primordial world, was naturally excluded as well. After Kong Xuan and his group returned to Yingzhou Immortal Island from the chaos, they found that they were isolated outside the primordial world and could no longer enter.

Houtu immediately went to the human realm to find Nuwa. As soon as the two met, Houtu said with a grim expression, "What exactly did Heaven do? Why did this happen?"

“I remember that Fellow Daoist Yangmei once said that the will of the Primordial World will not interfere with anything in the Primordial World, but will only silently protect the Primordial World and automatically resist and expel foreign creatures.”

Because the Heavenly Dao was the first of the three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Man to awaken, it was entrusted with the responsibility and obligation of resisting and expelling invading beings. This is also why the Heavenly Dao was able to be expelled from the primordial world.

After hearing Nuwa's words, Houtu frowned and said, "Could it be that the Heavenly Dao used the authority granted to it by the primordial world to forcibly isolate all living beings not in the primordial world?"

I guess so.

"Isn't the Heavenly Dao afraid of being hated by the primordial world?"

Before Houtu finished speaking, she sensed a dramatic change in the primordial world. A terrifying lightning tribulation filled the sky above Zixiao Palace, completely engulfing it.

Once the tribulation ends, the Heavenly Dao's authority to resist and expel foreign beings has been stripped away, and its position of ruling over all living beings has also been stripped away. Thus, the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man are completely equal.

Previously, the Heavenly Dao was the first to awaken and, in addition, offered the Chaos Pearl, thus firmly holding the top position among the three paths.

Now that the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man are in balance, the格局 (geju, a concept encompassing the overall structure, environment, and social order) of the primordial world will surely undergo tremendous changes after this great calamity of the Investiture of the Gods.

As the Heavenly Dao's authority to resist and expel external enemies is stripped away, the blockade it set up is being lifted by the Primordial World. However, the Primordial World has no will of its own, so it will not lift the blockade directly, but rather it will gradually dissolve it silently. This process will probably take three to five years.

"What is Heaven trying to achieve? Why go to such great lengths, even lowering its own status, just to isolate the four realms for a few years?" Nuwa said, frowning.

"No, Fellow Daoist Nuwa, you are wrong. I just sensed that Yingzhou Immortal Island is also isolated. Fellow Daoist Bai Jing's three most powerful disciples, as well as the vice leader and elders of the Holy Lotus Sect, are all isolated."

At this time, the only disciples of the Holy Lotus Sect in the primordial world were Yunxiao's avatars, Qiongxiao, Bixiao, Guiling, Yuding, and the third-generation disciples.

Yunxiao's clones are probably only at the mid-stage of Quasi-Saint level, and Qiongxiao and Bixiao are about the same.

Gui Ling and Yu Ding follow the path of the Primordial Golden Immortal. They possess top-grade innate spiritual treasures, allowing them to unleash strength comparable to a peak Quasi-Saint. However, a peak Quasi-Saint cannot handle a Saint.

"To deal with the sages? Fellow Daoist, do you mean that the Heavenly Dao intends to break the agreement between Heaven, Earth, and Man?"

As soon as Nuwa finished speaking, the voice of Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao, resounded throughout the primordial world: "Since the beginning of the Investiture of the Gods calamity, too many living beings have perished as a result. I see that all living beings suffer. In order to end the Investiture of the Gods calamity as soon as possible, I will no longer restrict sages from entering the calamity."

"Fellow Daoist was right after all!"

"Fellow Daoist Bai Jing is the most special being in the Chaos Green Lotus lineage. He received a trace of the Chaos Green Lotus's essence, and in any case, he possesses seventy percent of the Chaos Green Lotus lineage's fortune."

In addition, since Fellow Daoist Bai Jing was the only living being of the Chaos Green Lotus lineage, the fortune of the Chaos Green Lotus lineage was basically concentrated on Fellow Daoist Bai Jing.

After Fellow Daoist Bai Jing founded the Holy Lotus Sect, the fortune of the Chaos Green Lotus lineage naturally became shared with the Holy Lotus Sect. Now, 70% of the fortune is with Fellow Daoist Bai Jing, and the remaining 30% or so is with the Holy Lotus Sect.

The Heavenly Dao's actions are likely intended to send the second and third generation disciples of the Holy Lotus Sect who remained in the Primordial World to the list, thus stripping away at least one and a half percent of the Chaos Green Lotus lineage's fortune.

This 15% of the fortune should fall on Qinglianzi and Jinlianzi, but it is more likely to fall on Qinglianzi. When he obtains the Primordial Purple Qi, he will be able to naturally attain sainthood.

With the emergence of the second Saint of the Chaos Azure Lotus lineage, the fortune of the Holy Lotus Sect will be further fragmented. At that time, the fortune of the Chaos Azure Lotus lineage will be distributed as follows: Fellow Daoist Bai Jing will hold 70%, the Holy Lotus Sect will hold less than 10%, and Azure Lotus Seed will hold 20%.

After hearing Houtu's words, Nuwa frowned and said, "This doesn't seem to have much impact on the overall situation, does it?"

"It may seem like a small impact, but in reality, it has a huge impact, because the purpose of Heaven is not only to weaken the fortune of the Holy Lotus Sect, but also to win the Investiture of the Gods Tribulation."

Now, on our side, there are only you, the two of us, and the three Tongtian Venerables with combat power above the Quasi-Saint level. I will go to deal with the Heavenly Dao Hongjun. On the Heavenly Dao's side, there are also the two Western Saints, Yuanshi, and Taiqing Laozi.

“Taiqing Laozi? Didn’t he never participate in the Investiture of the Gods?” Nuwa quickly said.

"He did not participate, but he is a Heavenly Dao Saint. A wisp of the Heavenly Dao Saint's soul is entrusted to the Heavenly Dao. In other words, the Heavenly Dao can influence Taiqing Laozi."

Nuwa's expression turned somewhat unpleasant upon hearing this.

Taiqing Laozi's cultivation level is at the eighth level of the Saint realm. If he were to borrow power from the Heavenly Dao, he could reach the ninth level of the Saint realm. Furthermore, with the divine power of One Qi Transforming into Three Pure Ones, at that time...
A loud "BOOM!" interrupted Nuwa's thoughts.

The next second, the ethereal voice of Taiqing Laozi rang out: "Great Dao above, I am Taiqing Laozi of the Three Pure Ones. When I took human form in the past, I stole the origins of Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Tongtian for my own selfish reasons, resulting in the loss of their origins. Now I have repented and am willing to compensate them with my own merits in creating the world. I hope the Great Dao will bear witness!"

As soon as Taiqing Laozi finished speaking, the Great Dao responded. The merits of creation that had originally helped Taiqing Laozi become a saint were stripped from his body, and Taiqing Laozi's sainthood immediately began to tremble, as if he was about to fall from his saintly position.

Taiqing Laozi looked up at the direction of Zixiao Palace, and then began to sever his own cultivation.

He fought his way down from the eighth level of the Saint Realm to the fourth level. All the lost cultivation was used to fill the unstable Saint Realm, and in the end, Taiqing Laozi's realm stabilized at the late stage of the fourth level of the Saint Realm.

The creation merits that had been stripped from his body by the Great Dao were split in two and flew into the bodies of Yuanshi and Tongtian.

The Dao injury he suffered from being punished by the combined forces of Heaven, Earth, and Man before the beginning of time was instantly healed, and his cultivation level returned to the fourth level of the Saint Realm.

Tongtian sighed and put away his elder brother's merits in creating the world.

In fact, when he attained the Dao of Tongtian and became a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, he had already realized that there was a slight deficiency in his origin.

The missing trace of origin did not have much of an impact on him. After he created the complete Great Dao of the Sword, the Great Dao rewarded him with a massive amount of merit. Tongtian had used this merit to repair the deficiency of his own origin, which enabled him to prove the Great Luo Golden Immortal of Hunyuan.

The Three Pure Ones have always been the most supreme innate deities in the primordial world. Apart from the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the only ones who could steal one's origin without being noticed are the people closest to him before he took human form, or even before he awakened his consciousness.

He and his second brother awoke and took human form at the same time.

Therefore, Tongtian had already guessed when he attained enlightenment that the missing trace of origin within him was the work of his elder brother.

Tongtian did not blame his eldest brother. The three brothers were transformed from the primordial spirit of Pangu. If he had been the first to awaken, he would certainly not have been able to resist the temptation.

After the Heavenly Dao announced that saints were allowed to enter the tribulation, the elder brother stripped away his own Great Dao merits, and Tongtian guessed some of the reasons behind it.

"Sigh!" Tongtian sighed and slowly closed his eyes.

In the Purple Cloud Palace, Heavenly Dao Hongjun's face was ashen. He originally planned to forcibly interfere with Taiqing Laozi with the Primordial Purple Qi, just like he suppressed Hongjun, to suppress Taiqing Laozi's consciousness. Then, he would rely on Taiqing Laozi to hold back Nuwa while he dealt with Houtu, the two Western Saints, Yuanshi, and the monster's clone to suppress Tongtian.

Then they could eliminate the disciples of the Jie Sect and the Holy Lotus Sect, forcefully push forward the Investiture of the Gods, and let Ji Fa, the Son of Heaven, replace the Human Emperor, trampling humanity under the feet of the Heavenly Dao.

At that time, by using the Investiture of the Gods, the disciples of the Chan Sect will be forcibly appointed as the Fengdu Emperor and the Lord of Mount Tai in the underworld. The Earthly Way will be suppressed by the Heavenly Way, and the prehistoric world will still be ruled by the Heavenly Way. The Earthly Way and the Human Way will no longer be able to cause any trouble.

Unexpectedly, Taiqing Laozi would strip away his merits of creating the heavens and sever his own cultivation, which completely thwarted the Heavenly Dao's plan to use Taiqing Laozi to hold back Nuwa.

When Nuwa heard Taiqing Laozi swear an oath to the Great Dao, she couldn't help but recall what Bai Jing had told her after their battle.

"So Fellow Daoist Bai Jing had foreseen this all along!" Nuwa couldn't help but exclaim.

"What do you mean by that, fellow Daoist?" Houtu asked curiously.

Nuwa smiled and said, "Fellow Daoist Bai Jing has fought with Laozi Taiqing before, and the two of them reached a deal."

After hearing Nuwa's words, Houtu smiled and said, "This time, Heaven's wishful thinking has failed."

"I wonder if Taiqing Laozi's self-severing of his cultivation will affect Fellow Daoist Bai Jing's plan. If it will, then he has acted too impulsively."

Houtu shook her head and said, "Fellow Daoist Nuwa, you are mistaken. If Taiqing does not sever himself, how will you deal with it?"

"Isn't there Fellow Daoist Yangmei here too!"

Yang Mei, who had been observing the situation, was suddenly called upon and was completely stunned.

"Fellow Daoist Yangmei, what kind of expression is that?"

He raised his eyebrows and gave a bitter smile, saying, "It's not that I'm unwilling, but I'm still suffering from Dao injuries! Besides, I've already been expelled from the Primordial World. If I rashly make a move, the Primordial World might suppress me."

"Wasn't it the Heavenly Dao that expelled you, fellow Daoist? Now that the Heavenly Dao's authority has been stripped away, what are you still afraid of?"

Yang Mei was speechless for a moment. He knew that it was the Heavenly Dao that was driving him away, but who knew if the primordial world would accept it?
If the Primordial World also acknowledges this, given his current state of serious injury and incomplete recovery, he would probably be crushed by the Primordial World.

"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, please don't make things difficult for Fellow Daoist Yangmei. Let's hurry to the Primordial World! If the Sages are to intervene, we will need to step in to protect the Jie Sect and the Holy Lotus Sect."

Nuwa nodded and, together with Houtu, entered the primordial world as representatives of the earth and humanity.

Our gaze then turns to Qishan.

The dramatic changes in the primordial world were imperceptible to cultivators below the level of saints, but Yunxiao's clone received a telepathic message from his main body, knowing that the primordial world had been sealed off.

Her original body and her senior brother, who were originally cultivators in the Investiture of the Gods calamity, were thus unwittingly freed from the calamity.

But Yunxiao's clone was not happy at all, because her two younger sisters, as well as her senior sister Guiling and senior brother Yuding, were still in the prehistoric world.

The Heavenly Dao just said it would allow sages to enter the tribulation, but the current situation is extremely unfavorable for them.

The only consolation is that the Four Extremes Venerable One is there.

Gui Ling and Yu Ding also knew the seriousness of the matter, so the two of them directly carried the Four Extremes Venerable to Yunxiao's clone and Qiongxiao and Bixiao's side.

"Junior Sister Yunxiao, has something happened to Senior Brother and your main body?" Yu Ding asked.

"Yes, just now." After Yunxiao killed Kong Xuan and the others' clones and returned to the Primordial World, he told the four that the Primordial World was sealed by the Order God Chain.

The four men's expressions changed drastically upon hearing this. Didn't this mean they were all alone and helpless?
"Damn it! Is Heaven trying to isolate us and then put us all on the list?" Yu Ding couldn't help but curse.

“It’s not impossible. Senior Brother Yu Ding, Senior Sister Gui Ling, Qiong Xiao, and Bi Xiao, the four of you must not leave the Four Extremes Venerable.”

"And what about you, Junior Sister?" Gui Ling asked.

"I'm fine. This is just an avatar formed from the divine power I attained in my dream. Although it's precious, its demise won't affect my main body much. But it's different for the four of you. If you were to perish, you would definitely be listed on the leaderboard," Yunxiao's avatar said solemnly.

(End of this chapter)