Primordial Era: The true lineage of Pangu, which Styx River is this?

Chapter 195 A speck of dust thrown down by the River Styx, landing on the heads of all living beings in the primordial world, becomes a great mountain (2)

"In this way, we can deal with the impact of the demon race's slaughter of the human race on the fate of Taoism." In the Netherworld, the Styx Eye saw through the primordial world in an instant.

As long as the humans who practice the Great Dao he transmitted are not slaughtered by the demon race, then the foundation of Taoism among the human race will be as solid as a rock.

Therefore, Styx decided to recruit a group of disciples from among the human race in a grand manner, just like Tongtian. However, unlike Tongtian, he only recruited disciples from among the human race.

Of course, there are advantages to doing things this way. Recruiting a large number of disciples will inevitably lead to a situation where the quality varies, and some disciples may even commit various karmic offenses. However, Styx is confident that with his methods, he can restrain this situation to an extremely minor degree.

Moreover, compared to the increased fortune and merit gained as a result, this small risk is truly insignificant.

After all, he would never be like Tongtian, recruiting a large number of disciples while never truly restraining them; that would be courting disaster.

Moreover, recruiting only human disciples can prevent this situation from happening to some extent. After all, in the current prehistoric world, compared with the other myriad races, the human race can truly be called perfect.

Of course, there is an even more convenient way to stabilize the human race's fortune. At this moment, Styx is in charge of the Six Paths of Reincarnation. He can work on reincarnation and make the human race born from the soul to be close to Taoism in each generation of reincarnation.

Just like the Western religions led by Zhunti and Jieyin, and later Buddhism, such methods are too heavy. The six realms of reincarnation are of great importance. In the primordial world, life and death are the final fairness for all beings. Using such methods here is not a wise choice.

Zhunti and Jieyin owed such a huge karmic debt that, as time went by, they were practically driven to desperation. Their actions were understandable. However, Styx was in a much better position. He had already reached a level that Zhunti and Jieyin could not achieve even after countless eons of struggle. Naturally, he had no need to act in this way and sow the seeds of his own destruction.

But—that's not enough.

Simply protecting Taoist disciples would be too inhumane, which doesn't fit his character as Styx. Therefore, he needs to introduce more variables to make it even more difficult for Di Jun to slaughter humans.

Kunlun Mountain.

In the Eight Views Palace, Yuanshi rushed over, his face unusually showing a hint of anxiety.

"Second brother, what's the matter that you're so flustered?" Seeing Yuanshi lose his composure, Laozi looked at Yuanshi and asked calmly.

"This is bad, this is bad, elder brother." Yuanshi looked at Laozi in front of him and said repeatedly that something was wrong. Then he continued, "I wonder if elder brother knows that there is a big movement in the Netherworld."

"I already know that Styx has issued a decree to recruit disciples among the human race. Styx has seen through the general trend of the prehistoric world and is making arrangements in advance."

"That's not surprising. What we can see through, he can naturally see through as well." Lao Tzu looked at Yuan Shi before him and sighed slightly.

Their countless encounters over the years had taught them that Styx was an opponent with an extremely deep understanding of the workings of the universe, which was one of the most difficult aspects of Styx to deal with.

"Yes, elder brother."

But what should we do now?

"If Styx were to make the move, I'm afraid Emperor Jun might not be able to destroy the foundation of Taoism, thus buying us enough time." Yuanshi looked at Laozi and said.

After that defeat, they lost the ability to interfere with the human race. How could they tolerate watching such a large piece of the pie being monopolized by the Styx?

However, they couldn't break free from this cause and effect for the time being, and could only watch helplessly.

"There's no need to count on Di Jun." Laozi shook his head and sighed. In the prehistoric world, even the plans of a sage can fail. The opponent is the Styx River, and the opponent currently has all the advantages. It's normal for the plan to fail.

Since Styx issued the decree, what Laozi and Yuanshi had hoped for had failed. Whether Dijun slaughters the human race or not is no longer important.

"Brother, we both know that Styx covets Pangu's fortune immensely. For countless years, all his schemes have been aimed at us. This man is cunning and meticulous, setting traps everywhere, and has repeatedly humiliated us. He is truly despicable and hateful."

"But given the current situation, we cannot help but be wary." Yuanshi looked at Laozi before him and said with a hint of urgency in his voice.

"Elder brother should know that the way of the sage cannot be separated from merit and fortune, but these are precisely what we lack most, while the Styx River has none," Yuanshi said, looking at Laozi before him.

Since attaining sainthood, the merits of the Three Pure Ones have never been as abundant as before their sainthood, when their merits from the creation of heaven were not yet exhausted.

But at this moment, there was nothing of great merit for them to do in this vast and desolate world.

In the future, all the great merits in the primordial world will be related to the human race.

At this point, a vicious cycle has formed.

"If we just stand by and watch, the gap between us and the Styx will only widen. If this continues, with one side gaining at the expense of the other, sooner or later we will be powerless against the Styx. At that time, how will we face ourselves, and how will we stand in the primordial world?" Yuanshi looked at Laozi and continued to ask.

In fact, for Yuanshi at this moment, as long as he recruits disciples and manages the Chan Sect step by step, as the Chan Sect's fortune rises, his situation will be much worse than the original prehistoric world, but it will not be so hopeless.

After all, although Randeng joined the Styx River, the fortune he could provide was limited, and not all of the Twelve Golden Immortals were born into the human race. The core of the Chan Sect was to expound the Tao and spread the Dao.

But the opponent was just too strong!

In the original primordial world, the only rivals of the Three Pure Ones were Zhunti and Jieyin, but the pressure these two could exert on the Three Pure Ones was probably not as great as the pressure caused by the internal divisions within the Three Pure Ones.

But this time, they are facing a terrifying being whose cultivation is far superior to theirs, who controls the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the most important place in the primordial world in terms of merit and fortune, and who commands powerful Netherworld Clan, Asura Clan, ancestors of Ghost Immortals, Human Immortals, and Earth Immortals, and whose Taoism almost monopolizes the teachings of humankind!

The situation of the Three Pure Ones is far worse than that of the original primordial world!

"Brother, now that things have come to this, you have to make a decision," Yuanshi looked at Laozi and continued to press him.

"Then, second brother, what do you suggest?" Laozi asked Yuanshi, leaving Yuanshi speechless for a moment.

After all, if Yuanshi knew how to fight the Styx, he wouldn't have been in such a hurry to find Laozi.