Honghuang: Eat a Hunyuan Daluo

Chapter 345 Heaven's Dao Slays Taiqing, Houtu Summons Pangu

The Primordial Celestial Venerable was shocked. The vast magical power of a fifth-level sage was suppressed and difficult to exert within this sword formation. His gaze was solemn as he looked at the Tongtian Sect Master, who stood outside the formation with his hands behind his back.

The towering blue Taoist robe fluttered in the wind, and the sword intent soared into the sky, seemingly merging with the entire Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation. Every move he made was imbued with boundless sword power.

"Tongtian, your sword formation is strong, but I am now a Saint of the fifth level. I do not believe you can suppress me!" Yuanshi Tianzun gritted his teeth, forcefully urging his magic power. The Pangu Banner and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi were unleashed, transforming into two beams of divine light that reached the heavens and the earth, attempting to tear apart the sword formation.

Tongtian Jiaozhu showed no panic. He pointed his Qingping Sword at the distance, and the sword light within the Zhuxian Sword Formation surged. Hundreds of millions of sword energies surged toward Yuanshi Tianzun like a tide. Each sword light contained the true meaning of the Great Dao of the Sword, severing Yuanshi Tianzun's magic power, supernatural abilities, and even the blessing of the Heavenly Dao!
Although Yuanshi Tianzun possessed the fifth level of sainthood, he was struggling against the Tongtian Zhuxian Sword Formation and gradually fell into a bitter battle.

"This Heaven-Reaching Sword Dao is truly extraordinary! I originally thought that the offensive power of the Sword Dao was comparable to that of the Chaos Demon Ape's Battle Dao, but now it seems that the destructive power of the Sword Dao is definitely above that of the Battle Dao." Houtu, who had been secretly watching the battle, exclaimed.

Although Nuwa, unlike Houtu, could not directly access the marks left by the Chaos Gods in the cycle of reincarnation through the Great Dao of Reincarnation, Nuwa's cultivation level was now at the half-step Heavenly Dao Realm, and she had already entered the three thousand Great Daos. Naturally, she had some understanding of the Great Dao of Battle.

In terms of the destructive power displayed by Tongtian, it is among the top in the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Having cultivated to the level of Nuwa, one naturally understands that the Three Thousand Great Daos are not actually divided into strong and weak; some simply emphasize attack, some defense, and some various other functions.

The Great Way of Power of the Great God Pangu is the strongest way of attack, while the Great Way of Destruction of Rahu and the Great Way of War of the Chaos Demon Ape are all more focused on attack.

The Great Dao of the Sword, which leads to the heavens, is naturally the best among them.

"Boom!" While Houtu and Nuwa were chatting, a loud noise came from the heavens.

The two of them turned to look at each other simultaneously.

Tongtian stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes blazing as he looked at Yuanshi, whose connection with the Heavenly Dao had been severed by the sword formation.

Without the support of the Heavenly Dao, Yuanshi Tianzun's cultivation level dropped back to the fourth level of the Saint Realm.

"Second brother, now is a good opportunity for you to break free from the control of the Heavenly Dao. You cannot succeed by substituting your heart for the Heavenly Dao. Give it up!" Tongtian secretly transmitted his voice to Yuanshi Tianzun.

Yuanshi Tianzun's eyes were filled with surprise. He really didn't expect that Tongtian knew what he wanted to do.

"Second brother."

"No need for further words, our paths are different, we cannot work together!" After saying this, Yuanshi Tianzun took advantage of Tongtian's distraction and used the Pangu Banner to unleash a chaotic sword aura, tearing a small opening in the great formation and escaping its coverage.

Tongtian did not intervene.

"Tongtian is still as soft-hearted as ever," Houtu said with a helpless expression.

"It can't be called being soft-hearted! If it were you, would you be so ruthless to your own brothers?"

After hearing Nuwa's words, Houtu was speechless for a moment; she really couldn't bring herself to do it.

Nuwa also had an older brother, and had even lost him. She was capable of understanding the heavens.

In the Purple Cloud Palace, the Heavenly Dao Hongjun was also watching the duel between Yuanshi and Tongtian.

It was unexpected that Yuanshi would lose to Tongtian. Although the Zhuxian Sword Formation was strong, it should not have been able to suppress Yuanshi, who was at the fifth level of the Saint Realm!
The fifth level of the Saint realm is a completely new and significant realm, and it's no longer just a matter of differences in magical power.

Even a fourth-level Primordial Golden Immortal is no match for a fifth-level Saint. Tongtian, who is only a second-level Primordial Golden Immortal, actually suppressed Yuanshi, who was at the fifth level, with the addition of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation.

"Is creating one's own Great Dao so powerful? It seems that it was right to sit idly by and let Rahu stop the First Dragon from creating his own Great Dao back then," Heavenly Dao Hongjun murmured softly.

But soon, the Heavenly Dao Hongjun thought of Yunxiao.

Yunxiao is probably the cultivator in the primordial world who is closest to achieving the perfection of creating his own Great Dao.

Apart from Yunxiao, other cultivators should not have the opportunity to create their own Great Dao.

"It seems we need to eliminate Yunxiao's clone first. Once Yunxiao's clone is destroyed, the Nine Turns Yellow River Formation will naturally collapse, which will be the time for Xiqi to launch a counterattack. We can also influence Yunxiao's main body's state of mind at the same time, killing two birds with one stone."

Thinking of this, Hongjun of the Heavenly Dao released the monster out of the Heavenly Dao Space again, and at the same time sent a telepathic message to Jieyin, Zhunti, and Yuanshi, instructing them to go to Qishan and annihilate Yunxiao's clone.

Meanwhile, Tiandao Hongjun himself took a step and arrived at Taiqing Heaven.

Taiqing Laozi sat cross-legged in the Tushita Palace with his eyes closed, his aura still fluctuating, clearly indicating that he had not yet eliminated the hidden danger of severing his own creation merit.

"Taiqing, I am giving you one last chance. Go to Qishan now and assist Yuanshi and others in overthrowing the Shang and completing the Investiture of the Gods."

Upon hearing this, Taiqing Laozi slowly opened his eyes. He looked at Tiandao Hongjun and said, "I want to know, who was the one who preached to us in Zixiao Palace back then, you or Hongjun?"

"It is naturally Hongjun. I merely use Hongjun's name to guide you after each sermon!"

"So that's how it is. The sacred positions and treasures of my three brothers were also bestowed upon us by you."

"No, you are wrong. The sainthood was indeed bestowed by me, but the supreme treasure was given to you by Hongjun. If it were me, I would only give each of you three a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, and I wouldn't even have set up the Treasure Sharing Cliff."

After hearing what Tiandao Hongjun said, Taiqing Laozi laughed loudly: "Indeed, I knew it. I was not mistaken. My teacher has no ill intentions towards my three brothers. The one who has been malicious from beginning to end is you."

You fear the Father God, which is why you use all sorts of schemes to bring my three brothers under the order of Heaven, and you try every means to create the Lich-Demon Calamity, hoping to make the Lich Clan and the Demon Clan suffer heavy losses, and then wipe out the Lich Clan.

But you didn't expect that the Father God had left a backup plan. Fellow Daoist Bai Jing, a being from the Chaos Green Lotus lineage who was favored by the Father God, disrupted your plans for the Lich Tribulation.

He assisted the Wu and Yao tribes in opening up the Earth Realm and the Demon Realm, preserved the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and left hope for the primordial world.

With the help of fellow Daoist Bai Jing, my third brother also broke free from the Heavenly Dao sequence and created his own Great Dao of Swords, thus attaining the status of a Primordial Golden Immortal.

At this point, you knew you could no longer erase the traces of the Father God in the primordial world, so you wanted to trample the Earthly Path and the Human Path underfoot, at least to ensure the Heavenly Path's unshakeable supreme position in the primordial world. That's why this Investiture of the Gods calamity came about.

"What you say is all true, but so what? You only have two choices now: either go to Qishan to help Zhou conquer Shang, or..."

Before the Heavenly Dao finished speaking, he sensed array patterns emerging around the Tushita Palace. "It seems you've chosen the latter. How presumptuous of you." With that, the Heavenly Dao Hongjun flicked his whisk, and the array patterns set up by Taiqing collapsed inch by inch.

However, the next second, Hongjun's expression changed, because he realized that the array patterns set up by Laozi were just to attract his attention.

Meanwhile, Taiqing Laozi took the opportunity to use himself as a furnace, enveloping Tiandao Hongjun within it.

"The perfect Dao of Dan?! When did you reach that? Never mind, it doesn't matter anymore. Since you are so stubborn, then you shall perish here!" After saying that, Heavenly Dao Hongjun gathered the three thousand Daos on his whisk and directly pierced through Taiqing Laozi's brow.

Taiqing Laozi perished, but soon his figure appeared in the Heavenly Dao Space.

With a thought, Hongjun of the Heavenly Dao caused numerous chains to appear out of thin air in the Heavenly Dao Space, completely suppressing Taiqing Laozi just like the monster clone from before.

After doing all this, Heavenly Dao Hongjun took a step forward and came before Nuwa and Houtu.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun made no attempt to conceal his malice, and he stated bluntly, "Fellow Daoists, let's have a battle in the Chaos!"

"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, you stay here! I'll deal with him."

"I'm referring to the chaotic battle between the two fellow Daoists. Neither of you will be allowed to leave!" With that, Heavenly Dao Hongjun flicked his whisk and, with lightning speed, unleashed the Great Dao of Time and Space, transforming the world.

In the blink of an eye, the three of them appeared together in the chaos.

"Heavenly Dao, what is the meaning of your actions? I can return to the Primordial World at any time." After saying this, Nuwa took a step forward, ready to return to the Primordial World.

"It's no use, Nuwa. Don't forget, the Primordial World was able to ascend to a higher dimension because I sacrificed the Chaos Pearl. After the Chaos Pearl merged with the Primordial World, I also gained some of the Primordial World's authority. Although sealing off the Four Realms has exhausted all the authority I control, and the Primordial World has therefore rejected me, I still have a last resort." With that, Heavenly Dao Hongjun manipulated his last remaining authority to completely seal off the Primordial World.

"The primordial world has been closed, and no living being may enter or leave within two years."

"What can you do in just two years?" Houtu asked, frowning.

"Naturally, the conquest of Shang must be completed. The Western Zhou side has four sages, while the Shang side only has Tongtian. How can the Shang side hold out for two years?"

"Where did those four monsters come from that you control?" Houtu realized her mistake halfway through her sentence.

Nuwa had encountered that monster before and learned the truth about it from Yangmei. She said coldly, "Heavenly Dao, the aura emanating from that monster would make all living beings in the primordial world feel uncomfortable. How could you cooperate with him? Aren't you afraid of inviting a wolf into your house?"

"Who said I cooperated with that monster? I erased its consciousness long ago and turned it into a puppet controlled by the Heavenly Dao. This primordial world will belong to me sooner or later, and can only belong to me. Why would I leave such a huge hidden danger behind?"

After hearing what Heaven had to say, Nuwa and Houtu both fell silent.

After a moment, Houtu said coldly, "Heavenly Dao, so what if you've schemed and plotted? Even if the Shang dynasty succeeds in its conquest, it won't matter if we kill you. You don't actually think you can take on two of us at once, do you?"

“I know I am no match for you all combined, but I can still remain undefeated.”

"Hmph! Today, Fellow Daoist Nuwa and I will kill you. We will then return to the Primordial World to clean up the mess!" After saying this, Houtu said no more. The Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc appeared behind her, and a burly figure walked out from the Six Paths of Reincarnation Disc.

The moment this figure appeared, all living beings in the boundless chaos felt a sense of fear rising from the depths of their hearts.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun's heart alarm bells rang loudly: "What a Houtu! She was able to find Pangu's mark in the cycle of reincarnation, using the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation as the body and the mark as the soul, so that Pangu could reappear."

"Father God, please sever this Heavenly Dao that is wreaking havoc on the primordial world!" Houtu bowed to Pangu.

Upon hearing this, Pangu turned to look at Hongjun, the Heavenly Dao.

Tian Dao Hongjun couldn't help but shiver, but it was Pangu's gaze that calmed him down. Pangu's aura was only at the Heavenly Dao Realm, and he was just entering the Heavenly Dao Realm. Moreover, his eyes were dull and he had no divine charm. He was just an empty shell.

However, the next second, Tiandao Hongjun realized he was wrong. Even if he was just an empty shell, even if he had only just entered the Heavenly Dao Realm, Pangu was still Pangu.

"Axe, come!" Pangu's roar echoed through the chaos.

The Great Dao manifested itself in this roar, and then the Great Dao bestowed its favor, and a massive amount of Great Dao merit gathered into a golden merit version of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe.

The Heavenly Dao, Hongjun, was greatly surprised. The Great Dao actually favored Pangu so much? A mere imposter, with nothing but a hollow shell, could summon the Great Dao with a single cry of "Axe, come!" and have it condense the Heaven-Opening Axe with its merits?!

The Divine Axe of Merit and Heaven-Opening Radiance shone brilliantly, as if it carried the will of the Three Thousand Great Daos. The axe blade cleaved through the chaos, creating endless ripples.

With this axe blow, time stood still, space collapsed, the threads of fate were ruthlessly severed, and the cycle of cause and effect was completely erased.

Hongjun's pupils constricted sharply, alarm bells rang in his mind, and the image of the majestic and incomparable figure from the time before the creation of the primordial world and the separation of chaos involuntarily surfaced in his mind—Pangu.

This is Hongjun's memory. In this memory, the Heavenly Dao Hongjun saw Pangu, alone with an axe, slaying three thousand chaotic gods and demons and creating the primordial world.

At that time, Hongjun was only ranked last among the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods. He didn't even have the qualifications to look directly at Pangu. He was merely affected by the axe marks left by Pangu, and his demon god body was completely obliterated.

Now, facing this axe of creation, formed from accumulated merit, even though he has transformed into the Heavenly Dao and wields supreme power over the primordial world, he still feels an indescribable fear rising from the bottom of his heart.

"This attack is unavoidable!" Heavenly Dao Hongjun's mind raced, and the power of the Three Thousand Great Daos surged wildly. His whisk transformed into billions of light threads, attempting to construct a defense.

However, the power of the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe was beyond imagination. Before the axe light even arrived, the chaos had already split open, and the endless chaotic energy was torn into nothingness.

The light threads snapped inch by inch, and Tiandao Hongjun's defenses were as fragile as paper in the face of the axe light.

"Boom!" The axe light slashed down, splitting chaos in two. Time, space, destiny, cause and effect—all the great laws of the universe were annihilated under this axe.

The axe light cleaved Tian Dao Hongjun's body in two, leaving a golden crack running from his brow to his feet.

"Pfft!" The body of Heavenly Dao Hongjun, which had been cut in two, rolled in the chaos, and the blood that fell turned into countless star-like glimmers of light that scattered into the depths of the chaos.

Even so, the two halves of Tiandao Hongjun's body writhed rapidly, attempting to re-merge. The characteristics of his earthworm form made his vitality so tenacious that he was almost immortal.

If his true form hadn't been a Chaos Earthworm, this attack would have been enough to kill him completely!
(End of this chapter)