Primordial Era: I am the First Green Ox, the Senior Brother of the Three Religions

A slight ripple finally appeared on Hongjun's eternally unchanging face.

For the first time, his indifferent eyes, those of the Heavenly Dao, truly "looked directly" at Niu Ben, instead of looking down at him as they would at any other living being.

"What conditions do you want?" Hongjun's voice was unreadable.

When Niu Ben saw that he had relented, he immediately felt reassured.

Sure enough, this old guy wasn't really a monolithic entity.

If you have enough power and the ability to overturn the table, even the Heavenly Dao will have to sit down and talk to you properly.

"My conditions are very simple."

Niu Ben held up two fingers and waved them in front of Hongjun.

"First, I want half of the Heavenly Dao Origin of the Demon Realm!"

"half?"

Upon hearing this, not only Hongjun, but even the Supreme Sage couldn't help but twitch his eyelids.

This is the very origin of the Heavenly Dao of an entire vast world! The energy and rules it contains are unimaginably vast. And Niu Ben actually wants half of it right off the bat? His appetite is far too great!

Jieyin and Zhunti were practically drooling with envy and jealousy.

Half of the origin of the Heavenly Dao! If they could have the Western Religion, let alone flourish, they would take off on the spot and become the number one religion in the prehistoric world!

Hongjun's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"This source, when integrated into the primordial world, can elevate the primordial world and benefit all living beings. For you to possess half of it all is far too greedy."

"Greed?" Niu Ben laughed, a very bright laugh.

"Dao Ancestor, what you're saying is quite meaningless. If I hadn't risked my life here, let alone the advancement of the Primordial World, the entire Primordial Expeditionary Army, including my three division commanders, would probably have become that Holy Ancestor's snack, and the entire Primordial World would have faced annihilation."

"How is taking what I'm entitled to be greedy?"

"Besides, if I take half, I'm leaving half for you, Grandfather. That's enough for the Primordial World to advance. It's always good to leave room for future encounters, isn't that right, Dao Ancestor?"

His words left Hongjun speechless.

Because what Niu Ben said is true.

If Niu Ben hadn't unleashed his true form as the Chaos Divine Ox at the last moment, directly confronting the Holy Ancestor, the outcome of this battle would have been truly uncertain.

Hongjun remained silent for a moment, seemingly weighing the pros and cons.

"Can."

One word came out of his mouth.

He actually... agreed!

Everyone was stunned.

The Dao Ancestor actually agreed to Niu Ben's almost unreasonable request!

Niu Ben was overjoyed, knowing that the matter was seven or eight parts successful.

But he didn't stop there. Instead, he continued, "Dao Ancestor, don't rush to agree. I have a second condition."

besides?

Everyone's hearts were in their throats again.

Niu Ben's gaze hardened as he stared intently at Hongjun, saying each word clearly, "Besides that half of the Heavenly Dao's origin, I want one more thing."

"Give me a Saint's Crystal!"

Saintly Crystal!

These four words seemed to possess boundless magic, causing all the saints present to hold their breath for a moment.

That is the supreme reward formed from the Great Dao after slaying a ruler of the same level from another world! It contains the purest sacred laws of a world, enough to allow a peak Quasi-Saint to prove their Dao and become a Saint without any bottlenecks! It can even allow a Saint's cultivation to advance further!

During the previous great battles in the Devouring Universe Realm and the Profound Yellow Realm, the Primordial World had also received some, but those were all distributed uniformly by the Dao Ancestor, and no one dared to object.

Now, Niu Ben is actually demanding this item by name!

"you!"

This time, a clear emotional fluctuation finally appeared on Hongjun's indifferent face.

A terrifying pressure from the Heavenly Dao emanated uncontrollably from him, causing the entire chaos to tremble.

"Niu Ben, don't push your luck!"

Niu Ben, however, was not afraid at all. He straightened his back and faced the oppressive aura head-on, refusing to budge an inch.

"Dao Ancestor, this isn't pushing your luck; this is what I deserve!"

"I killed the Holy Ancestor, so this Saintly Crystal should rightfully belong to me! I'm simply reclaiming what is rightfully mine!"

"If you find this unreasonable, then you can forget about this origin of Heavenly Dao. I'll figure out a way to deal with it myself. At worst, I'll shatter it and let it return to chaos, so no one can get it!"

Threat!

A blatant threat!

Niu Ben is forcing the Dao Ancestor to make a choice!

Either agree to his conditions, and everyone will be happy.

Either we part ways and neither of us benefits!

The air seemed to freeze at that moment.

Everyone held their breath, awaiting Hongjun's final verdict.

For a long, long time.

The oppressive force of the Heavenly Dao, which had been so overwhelming that it made it hard to breathe, slowly subsided.

Hongjun gave Niu Ben a deep look, his gaze extremely complex, containing anger, helplessness, but more than anything, a deep sense of apprehension.

He knew that the primordial world could not exist without this variable.

In the future great calamity, in the future war among the heavens, this savage bull will still be needed to charge into battle.

Finally, he managed to squeeze out two words through gritted teeth.

"……Can."

Hongjun eventually compromised.

There's no other way; we have to compromise.

Niu Ben is a stubborn bull, impervious to both soft and hard approaches, yet his strength is ridiculously formidable. If you really piss him off, he might just self-destruct while embracing the essence of the demon realm, and that would be quite a spectacle.

For the sake of the overall advancement of the Primordial World, Hongjun had no choice but to swallow his pride and accept this massive financial loss.

He waved his hand expressionlessly.

hum!

The enormous, deep purple sphere of celestial origin light, as large as a star, trembled violently. Then, to everyone's astonishment, it was precisely split in two by an invisible force of the Great Dao.

Half of it transformed into a dazzling purple stream of light and instantly entered Niu Ben's body.

boom!

Niu Ben felt an indescribable surge of energy explode within his body!

Those are a full 1,500 complete rules of the Great Dao!

These forces of law swept wildly through his limbs and bones, nourishing his Primordial Taiji Dao Fruit. His cultivation level began to soar at a rocket-like speed without him even having to actively activate the Chaos Divine Ox Scripture within him!

Cool!

So cool!

Niu Ben suppressed the urge to immediately go into seclusion and temporarily suppressed this power within his body, preparing to refine it slowly after returning home.

Meanwhile, Hongjun drew upon the remaining half of the Heavenly Dao's origin, slowly pushing it toward the primordial world.

In an instant!

The entire primordial world was in an uproar!

On the shores of the East China Sea, endless spiritual energy transformed into sweet rain and fell from the sky. Countless aquatic creatures that had just taken human form and whose intelligence had not yet been awakened were baptized by this spiritual rain and their cultivation levels rose steadily.

Countless spiritual springs surged forth in the west, and withered spiritual roots were revitalized. Many rogue cultivators who had been trapped in the Golden Immortal realm for countless years felt a flash of inspiration in their minds, and their long-standing bottlenecks were suddenly cleared, allowing them to break through directly to the Taiyi realm!

At this moment, countless living beings felt the gifts from heaven and earth!

The concentration of spiritual energy in the entire primordial world increased more than tenfold in just a few breaths!

The barriers between worlds have become more robust, and the laws governing space have become more stable.

Those who feel it most deeply are the strong people standing at the top of the pyramid.

On the battlefield of the Demon Realm, a group of Great Luo Golden Immortals, led by Grand Master Xuandu, Guang Chengzi, and Daoist Duobao, almost simultaneously experienced a violent tremor in their bodies, and their faces revealed expressions of wild joy!

"I...I felt it!"

Zhao Gongming's voice trembled with excitement, "That barrier leading to the Quasi-Saint... seems... seems to have thinned!"

"It's not that it's become thinner, it's that there's another path!" Daoist Duobao's eyes shone brightly as he stared intently at the void, as if he could see the invisible lines of law. "I sense that besides severing the three corpses, there's another path to take! It seems... one can directly condense a Dao Fruit using the power of law and step into the Quasi-Saint realm!"

It's not just them!

The veteran quasi-saints such as Styx, Zhen Yuanzi, and Kunpeng were trembling violently, as if struck by lightning!

They clearly sensed that the dead end that had previously led to the realm of sainthood, which had been completely blocked by the Primordial Purple Qi, was now showing signs of loosening!

Although it is still blurry, it is no longer an insurmountable barrier!

A complete Primordial Dao that can be climbed by one's own strength was clearly displayed in their souls!