Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 203 Tongtian vs. Hongyun
In the Zixiao Palace, Hongjun sat upright on the central cushion, looking at the four saints of the Heavenly Dao in front of him, with mixed feelings in his heart.

After all, according to his assumption, he should have six saints under his tutelage, the two most crucial of whom were the Holy Mother of Humanity and the Saint of Humanity.

But now these two are missing, which makes Hongjun seem a little unsure about establishing the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors for the human race.

Even so, Hongjun had to do what he had to do. Otherwise, he would not be able to continue to push the trend of the great world forward.

Then he said in a deep voice: "The calamity of the witches and liches has ended. The next calamity will be the rise of the human race."

"If the human race wants to prosper, it needs the Three Sovereigns to establish order and the Five Emperors to rule the world. The burden of teaching the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors naturally falls on you."

"Today you will select the Imperial Master. After the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the human race are reincarnated, you will go to the human race to teach them."

Hearing Hongjun's words, the Four Sages of Heaven could not help but feel happy. After all, teaching the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would naturally gain merit, and it was definitely the best way to improve the strength of their disciples.

The most urgent one was none other than the two Buddhist monks from the West. The Taoist Zhunti directly said, "Master..."

Unfortunately, before Zhunti Taoist could finish his words, Chen Xuan's voice could be heard from outside Zixiao Palace.

Chen Xuan said in a cold voice, "Fellow Daoist Hongjun, since when did you start caring about the affairs of the human race?"

"If I remember correctly, the human race was created by Nuwa, my disciple from Qinglian Island. It has nothing to do with your Zixiao Palace."

"Even if it's about teaching the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, it should be the responsibility of Qinglian Island. Aren't you being a bit meddling in other people's business?"

As Chen Xuan's voice rang out, the tightly closed gate of Zixiao Palace was directly shattered by the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Xuan led the Five Saints of Qinglian Island and walked into the Zixiao Palace.

This inevitably made Hongjun frown instantly, and the Four Saints of Heaven were even more furious. At that time, the ancestor Hongyun spoke.

"This is Zixiao Palace, not Qinglian Island. It's not your turn to be so arrogant."

As he spoke, the Heaven Punishment Whisk had already appeared in the hands of Red Cloud Patriarch. Judging from his intention, he actually wanted to fight Chen Xuan.

This inevitably made Chen Xuan reveal a sneer on his face. And Tongtian, who was standing behind Chen Xuan, snorted coldly, and the Qingping Sword instantly flew out of Tongtian's hand.

Tongtian didn't care whether this was the Zixiao Palace or not, but directly attacked the Hongyun Ancestor.

At this moment, Chen Xuan said in an emotionless voice: "After all, this is Zixiao Palace, not the place for you to fight. If you want to fight, go outside and fight, and decide the winner."

Tongtian nodded after hearing this. He retracted the Qingping Sword and said to the Hongyun Patriarch, "Hongyun, do you dare to follow me into the Primal Chaos for a fight? Don't worry, I will never use the Zhuxian Formation."

At this point, Patriarch Hongyun naturally couldn't retreat. Otherwise, the reputation of the Heavenly Dao Saint would be completely trampled under the feet of the Qinglian Island Saint because of him.

So he took a step forward without hesitation and followed Tongtian to the outside of Zixiao Palace, ready to compete with Tongtian in the chaos.

Tongtian naturally didn't care. Holding the Qingping Sword, he started a fierce battle with the Hongyun Ancestor in the chaos.

Instantly, the chaotic void was ripped apart by crimson and blue. The Heavenly Punishment Whisk swirled with billions of crimson lightning bolts, its silver strands standing upright as it blasted towards Tongtian with a murderous aura that could annihilate the world. Each ray of lightning reflected the shadow of the heavens collapsing.

The Qingping Sword suddenly rang, and the Dao patterns of the birth and death of three thousand worlds emerged on its spine. The sword's wielder, crushing the star's debris, leaped forward. Azurite light condensed into a sharp blade that pierced the heavens, cleaving the Thunder Beast's Dharma image into a cloud of ash. Where the two mighty forces collided, boundless light erupted, and chaotic energy was vaporized into countless blood-red vortices.

Ancestor Hongyun coughed up his essence and blood, spraying it onto the Heavenly Punishment Whisk. Ninety-nine Thunder Dragons descended from the depths of chaos. Each dragon scale bore the marks of the Heavenly Tribulation, and their claws ripped through the ten star regions, annihilating them.

The opponent's sword suddenly changed from hard to soft, and the Qingping Sword drew a mysterious trajectory, and the tip of the sword pulled the Thunder Dragon to counterattack its master.

The silver threads of the whisk shattered, inch by inch, and a bloody hole exploded in the left shoulder of the Red Cloud Patriarch. With bloodshot eyes, he pinched the ancient witchcraft formula, and the remaining whisk transformed into a crimson sky net, enveloping a chaotic gale.

At every node in the net, red lotuses of destruction leaped forth, and wherever they passed, even the long river of time was burned with scorch marks.

The Qingping Sword unleashed the brightest sword light since the creation of the world. A hazy shadow of Dharma appeared behind Tongtian, and the sword's tip stabbed out, creating a trembling sound that resonated with the heavens.

The red net was twisted into a sky full of flowing fire by the sword energy. The residual force of the sword light had not dissipated yet, and when it pierced through the ancestor's chest, it dyed the entire chaotic sea into blood.

Ancestor Hongyun stumbled back, the lotus pedestal formed from the chaotic energy beneath his feet exploding. He tried to condense the original Dao fire, but found that Qingping's sword energy had already locked all the acupoints in his body.

The last sword fell with the pressure of ending the era, and the handle of the Heavenly Punishment Whisk broke with a sound. The wailing of the collapse of the great way sounded in the chaos.

All this happened in a flash. Not only was Red Cloud Patriarch severely injured by the Tongtian Base, but even the Heavenly Punishment Whisk in his hand was cut off by the Tongtian Qingping Sword.

If Hongjun had not taken action in time, the Red Cloud Ancestor would probably have been sent back to the Heavenly Dao by Tongtian to be reborn.

In desperation, Hongjun could only mobilize the power of Heaven to first repair the injuries on the body of Hongyun Ancestor, and then repair the Heavenly Punishment Whisk.

Then he said to Chen Xuan, "Fellow Daoist Qinglian, Tongtian's attack was rather too ruthless. After all, the battle between saints is only about face, why must it be so brutal?"

"Don't tell me you really think that my Zixiao Palace wouldn't dare to fight to the death with your Qinglian Island."

Hongjun's words were ostensibly about Tongtian's brutal attack, but in reality he was trying to save face for Old Ancestor Hongyun, saying that Old Ancestor Hongyun had never considered fighting Tongtian to the death.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for Tongtian to defeat Hongyun Patriarch so easily, and it would be even more impossible for him to injure Hongyun Patriarch so badly.

Chen Xuan simply smiled indifferently at this, and then said to Hongjun, "Since we are fighting, there must be a winner. If we want to decide the winner, how can we not fight for life and death?"

"What's more, as saints, we can all be reborn after death. So, there's no question of a life-and-death struggle; it's simply a matter of victory or defeat."

Hongjun was naturally very aware of Chen Xuan's eloquence, so he simply stopped arguing with Chen Xuan and spoke instead.

"I wonder what Daoist Fellow Qinglian has come to me for. Could it be that he is simply here to teach the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors a lesson?"

"Don't forget, the rise of the human race is the will of heaven. And the task of teaching the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the human race should naturally be accomplished by the saints from the prehistoric times."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have asked all the saints in the prehistoric world to come to Zixiao Palace to discuss establishing the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors for the human race."

"What I didn't expect was that you, Daoist Fellow Qinglian, would actually appear in my Zixiao Palace in this way."

(End of this chapter)