Simulating the primordial era? That's way too extreme.

Chapter 111 The Fall of the Dao Ancestor, A Wrong Path in History!

"ah?!"

Hongjun is a weakling?!

Looking at the information on the screen, Zhao Siren was dumbfounded:

"That's ridiculous! How could Hongjun possibly be no match for the Three Ancestors? He's the Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Path..."

No matter how many fabricated or twisted settings you come up with, you can't possibly turn Hongjun into a dog, can you?

"If he's really a noob, then how did he manage to dominate the entire field? You can't just eliminate Hongjun, the predetermined winner, right?!"

Zhao Si had absolutely no idea what kind of ridiculous setting this was!

Why do players believe that Hongjun is stronger than the Three Ancestors?

"That's because he's the future sage and the patriarch of Taoism..."

The future is the future, the present is the present. The future belongs to saints, but the present is not.

Zhao Si: ...

"No, you have to give me an explanation!"

If an explanation is absolutely necessary, players can understand it this way: What kind of person do you think Hongjun should be?

Zhao Si answered without hesitation:

"He's a cunning old fox!"

【…】

[...Even cunning schemers have their own factions. Should Hongjun be considered part of the good or evil faction?]

This……

Zhao Si thought about it carefully:

Although in many versions, Hongjun is portrayed as a cunning final boss, with a deep mind and a belly full of evil intentions, no matter what he does, his purpose is not pure: devouring the Heavenly Dao, fooling the saints, and harming all living beings.

But in essence, Hongjun's image should be considered relatively positive: he passed on the Dao of Immortality, distributed magical treasures, and bestowed purple energy.

Moreover, although he usually didn't interfere in Zixiao Palace, when the war between the three religions in Investiture of the Gods threatened the safety of heaven and earth, Hongjun still intervened and punished the saints of the three religions, giving each of them a red pill, and finally said: If you dare to fight again, you will die!

Therefore, without considering multiple secondary creations, Hongjun undoubtedly belongs to the benevolent camp.

"So, I guess I'd say I'm on the good side...?"

[Since he is a benevolent saint with the well-being of all living beings in his heart, if he had sufficient power, shouldn't he have already taken action against the Three Ancestors, those three warmongers who slaughtered countless people across the primordial world?]

"...Probably."

[But now Hongjun hasn't chosen to directly execute these three top war criminals, but instead is trying to reason with everyone to end the war. Doesn't that clearly show he can't defeat the Three Ancestors?]

After hearing the explanation in the game, Zhao Si, though finding it somewhat absurd, still accepted the logic it conveyed:

"So... this greyhound is probably about to kill the protagonist, Jiao Ming..."

Zhao Si's lips twitched. He knew it; this underworld game would never let him rely on a powerful backer, at least not in the first few rounds of simulation. He would never be able to get ahead...

……

In the primordial wilderness, on the eastern battlefield between the Dragon and Phoenix clans.

Sitting in the command room, Jiao Ming stared at the embarrassed Taoist across from him with a tense expression, feeling as if a million horses were galloping through his mind:

Why didn't you just say you were a greyhound?!

I'm not going to rebel with you, you little pike...

"Give me an explanation..."

Jiao Ming remained silent for a long time:

"Just how much worse are you than Zu Feng?"

"Well..."

Hongjun gave an awkward smile:

"I'm not used to your Phoenix Clan's cultivation system, so I created my own, from lowest to highest: [True Immortal], [Celestial Immortal], [Mysterious Immortal], [Golden Immortal], [Taiyi Golden Immortal], [Daluo Golden Immortal]."

"I am currently a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, while Zu Feng is half a level higher than me, probably at the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm, and you are a Taiyi Golden Immortal..."

Jiao Ming: ...

After another period of silence, Jiao Ming, still unwilling to give up, tried to persuade him again:

"You two are at the same cultivation level, so you should be able to put up a fight..."

"We can't win!"

Upon hearing this, Hongjun frantically waved his hands:

"Although we're all Great Luo Golden Immortals, the Ancestral Phoenix can at least take on three of me!"

Jiao Ming: ...

"This one's a good fight!"

"There's really no way to beat this one..."

"Even if we have no other choice, we must fight!"

Jiao Ming grabbed Hongjun Laodeng's collar like a madman, trembling as he said:

"You have no choice but to fight, you're the one who encouraged me to rebel! Whether you live or die, you're with me!"

Trying to run? No way!

Hongjun was also a bit overwhelmed at this point, after all, he hadn't expected things to turn out this way, that no one supported his theory of unity.

So his first reaction was to quickly open the gates, hide in his own dojo, escape the pursuit of the Ancestral Phoenix, and remember that as long as he survived, he could always make a comeback!

But Jiao Ming decided to rebel after listening to him, and now that he has become an enemy of the whole world, Hongjun can't bear to cut ties with him directly.

He felt he should be considered a good person, and that rashly betraying his teammates and cutting ties with them was against his conscience...

"good!"

After a difficult internal struggle, Hongjun decided to risk his life to accompany the gentleman.

He gritted his teeth, his eyes turning red:

"Then let's give it our all!"

"We will win!"

……

[During a certain period of time, the Phoenix Clan's Great General Jiao Mingguang of the Eastern Wilderness issued a declaration of rebellion, demanding that all wars between the three clans cease!]

[In the end, instead of ending the war, he was condemned by everyone. All three races, from top to bottom, expressed their opposition to all of Jiao Ming's words and actions, and Jiao Ming suddenly became an enemy of the world!]

[It was fate that, based on Hongjun's words, Jiao Ming officially took human form!]

[It was fate that led Jiao Ming, a traitorous general of the Phoenix Clan, to join forces with Hongjun Daoist, a rogue cultivator from Jade Capital Mountain. The two, without any slaves accompanying them, relied solely on their cultivation to fight against the armies of the three clans that came to punish them.]

Yes, Dajun.

[You've racked your brains but still can't figure it out. The three clan ancestors could have single-handedly killed both of you, yet for some reason, they haven't made a move from beginning to end, only continuously sending armies of slaves to their deaths.]

Do the Ancestral Phoenixes really think that quantity can override quality?

[Both you and Hongjun are extremely puzzled, but regardless, this is incredibly good news...]

[A Great Luo Golden Immortal and a Taiyi Golden Immortal, the two of them, with all their might, suppressed and slaughtered the three races' slave army, whose members were generally below the Xuan Immortal level. It was truly a one-sided massacre!]

Mountains of corpses and seas of blood, piles of bones—these are no longer sufficient to prove their utter depravity.

[With his Great Luo cultivation, Hongjun could easily pluck stars and seize the moon with his immortal arts; with your Taiyi cultivation, you could easily burn the heavens and boil the seas with the Phoenix Clan's Southern Bright Fire!]

Slaughter! Endless slaughter!

[After fighting to the very end, you became completely numb, and Hongjun often found himself lost in thought, contemplating the meaning of life...]

"Didn't we rebel to stop the killing of war? So why are we the two of us now, the ones slaughtering the most?"

"You have once again burned countless slaves of the three races," he turned to Hongjun and asked slowly, bewildered.

【"have no idea……"】

Hongjun replied numbly, then pulled down a celestial star, mechanically crushing another group of angry, charging slaves to their deaths.

"But I've had enough!"

A final, fierce glint suddenly appeared in Hongjun's numb eyes: "I'm going to kill those three!"

"I'm going too!" You hesitated for a moment, then decisively replied: It was all caused by those three war criminals; even if you know you can't win, you still have to go up and splatter them with blood!

[Unexpectedly, Hongjun rejected your offer to participate: the Great Luo Battlefield is not a place for Taiyi cultivators; he will go alone.]

As for you...

"I hope you can survive!"

Hongjun suddenly smiled, and before you could react, he vanished from the spot.

But can I really survive? Is it really necessary for me to survive?

You sighed bitterly, turning to face the countless slaves of the three races who were once again launching a desperate attack against you!

[They include dragons, phoenixes, and qilin; these were originally sworn enemies, irreconcilable foes, but now they have united because of one person.]

They no longer cared about their alien enemies, nor did they speak of blood debts being repaid in blood. Instead, they charged at him with ferocious expressions, for the suffering he had inflicted on them had long surpassed that of the alien races around them...

[It's ridiculous. You originally wanted them to put aside their hatred and become one family, which is why you decided to rebel. Now, that goal has been achieved in a bizarre way: because everyone hates you now!]

"A laughable life!"

You gave a self-deprecating laugh, then gave up resisting, letting these angry and ferocious creatures rain down their attacks on you.

[In the primordial world, cultivation levels are progressively higher. As a "Taiyi Golden Immortal" designated by Hongjun, your strength is naturally unparalleled. Even if these ordinary slaves were to attack you, they would have a hard time harming you.]

But ultimately, too many ants can kill an elephant. Your quality was not enough to offset the advantage brought by your numbers, so little by little, you were gradually submerged and worn away...

[In a certain era, during a certain period, Jiao Ming, a traitorous general of the Phoenix Clan, was annihilated by the wrath of all spirits. A dignified second-generation Phoenix, a Taiyi Golden Immortal, died at the hands of a bunch of ants!]

Some mocked you for your many evil deeds, which ultimately led to your downfall, while others lamented and pitied your death: you were just a person who went down the wrong path in pursuit of ideals...

After your death, your phoenix friends, who had severed ties with you, were speechless. They all paid their respects to you in varying degrees, and even at the risk of punishment from the ancestral phoenix, they insisted on holding a funeral for you—this is a friendship that has existed since ancient times!

[In a certain era, during a certain period, the traitor Hongjun attempted to challenge Zufeng. However, due to the difference in their cultivation levels, he was killed by Zufeng shortly after the battle. The blazing Southern Ming Fire burned a future ancestor of immortality to death with ease, as if he were just an insignificant nobody...]

[After countless eons of war between the three races, the Ancestral Phoenix broke through to the Saint Realm, and the Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Qilin also attained sainthood. Thus, the war ended, and the three saints jointly ruled the primordial world, completely enslaving all living beings, who would never be able to rise again!]

[You died. Your wrong choice led to a wrong ending... Your blind trust not only put you in opposition to all living beings, but also caused Hongjun to become an enemy of the Three Ancestors prematurely, ultimately resulting in tragedy.]

The Dao Ancestor was defeated by the Three Ancestors, and the processes of becoming a saint, merging with the Dao, preaching the Dao, and accepting disciples all ceased to exist. The Six Saints, the Witch and the Demon... even the future flourishing immortal civilization was nipped in the bud. History embarked on a path that no one had ever imagined...

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(End of this chapter)