Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

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After being beheaded by Haotian, Xingtian, filled with extreme anger and resentment, unexpectedly broke through his physical limitations. His already powerful body, which was at the pinnacle of the Great Witch realm, finally broke free of its shackles and began to transform into the body of the Ancestral Witch.

Haotian was shocked and furious, and intended to kill again, but unexpectedly, at this moment, a large hand suddenly reached out from outside the Thirty-Three Heavens, catching Haotian and Xingtian off guard and leaving them no time to react.

With a swift movement, the giant hand grabbed Xing Tian and held him in its palm. Then, it gestured towards Changyang Mountain in the primordial land, and even Xing Tian's head was taken into its grasp.

The giant hand leisurely withdrew from the Thirty-Three Heavens. Only after the giant hand withdrew did Haotian feel the pressure on his body ease, no longer being suppressed.

Haotian stood there expressionless, his heart filled with shock, anger, and extreme fear.

When that giant hand fell just now, he personally experienced what the power of the Primordial Chaos was. It felt as if he were just a tiny ant, easily crushed.

Haotian also knew who the owner of that giant hand was—it was none other than the Xuanhuang Heavenly Venerable from the Xuanhuang Heaven beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens.

For some reason, this Celestial Venerable intervened in his battle with Xing Tian and took Xing Tian away.

This made Haotian, who originally wanted to kill Xingtian and establish his majesty in front of all living beings in the Three Realms, feel extremely humiliated.

Clearly, he has failed to establish his authority and has instead lost face.

Although he is the Heavenly Emperor, the Great Heavenly Venerable revered by all three realms, there are still many saints above him.

The saints are even more majestic than him, so what face does he have left?

Furthermore, this reminded Haotian of what happened in Zixiao Palace on the day he was appointed as the Great Celestial Venerable by Hongjun.

It was this Xuanhuang Tianzun who led the way, causing the saints to almost completely strip them of their power.

However, despite his resentment, Haotian showed no sign of it on his face. He put away the Haotian Mirror, picked up his sword, and returned to Yaochi.

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After Cangjie created characters, Xuanyuan ruled the human race for hundreds of years, pushing its development to a new height, making it even more prosperous. Finally, he achieved his goal of becoming the Human Emperor and thus became a perfect man.

He then went to the Thirty-Three Heavens, took up residence in the Fire Cloud Palace, and became one of the Three Sovereigns alongside Fuxi and Shennong, enjoying the same tranquil cultivation.

Before leaving, Xuanyuan passed the throne to Zhuanxu. Zhuanxu was also known as the Black Emperor or the Mysterious Emperor. At his birth, a huge rainbow descended from the heavens.

Emperor Zhuanxu was the supreme ruler, reigning for over seven hundred years. During this time, he made many contributions to the human race, the greatest of which was dividing the human territory into nine provinces: Yan, Ji, Qing, Xu, Yu, Jing, Yang, Yong, and Liang.

After Zhuanxu achieved his goal, he passed the throne to Emperor Ku. Emperor Ku, after succeeding to the throne, followed the example of his predecessors, practicing benevolence and virtue, being selfless and devoted to public service, and was deeply loved by all people.

Meanwhile, Emperor Ku, who was associated with the virtue of wood, reigned for over a thousand years. Under his rule, the human race lived in peace and prosperity, creating a golden age.

After Emperor Ku, Yao succeeded him as the supreme ruler. Yao also made outstanding contributions and set up the drum for remonstrance and the wood for slander, so that the people of the world could speak frankly and point out his faults.

Therefore, under Yao's rule, the people initially continued the prosperous era of Emperor Ku. Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Instead of human disasters, there were natural disasters. Disasters occurred frequently throughout the land, especially floods.

At that time, "the raging floodwaters were cutting through the land, sweeping across mountains and hills, vast and boundless," the waters were fierce, submerging the land, rushing towards the high mountains, harming all living beings, and making life unbearable for the people.

Yao quickly gathered his ministers to discuss a plan. He first sent Gun to control the floods, but Gun's efforts over nine years were in vain and only increased the damage.

It turns out that Gun's method of controlling the floods was to use the Nine Heavens Breath Soil, which had been worshipped by humankind for generations. A single grain of Breath Soil could be transformed into a large amount of soil.

Gun used this "breathing soil" to block the flood, but the more he tried to block it, the more powerful the flood became. When it could no longer be blocked, the flood broke out, causing even more terrible consequences.

Upon learning of this, Yao was furious and ordered Gun to be executed at Mount Yu. He then discussed the selection of a new person to control the floods.

Everyone recommended Yu, Gun's son.

Yu, also known as Da Yu, was the son of Gun, but his virtue was admired by everyone. After much deliberation, Yao summoned Da Yu to see him and asked him if he harbored any resentment towards Yao for executing his father.

Yu replied: I dare not complain. They then asked Yu if he could control the floods. Yu replied: Yes.

Therefore, Yu the Great inherited his father Gun's work and went to control the floods. Yu the Great learned from his father Gun's experiences and lessons.

He believed his father's method was inadequate. Instead of blocking, he decided to guide the floodwaters, so he devised a plan to divert the overflowing floodwaters into the East Sea.

Yu the Great personally led the people to dig deep canals, split mountains, and clear the silt from the riverbed, gradually diverting the floodwaters from all parts of the nine provinces to the East Sea.

During this time, in order to control the floods, Yu the Great even passed by his home three times without entering. When Yao learned of this, he was greatly impressed.

Under Yu the Great's rule, the floods were indeed greatly reduced, and Yao finally achieved his goal, leaving the human race to go to the Fire Cloud Palace outside the Thirty-Three Heavens for seclusion.

Before he left, he abdicated the throne to Shun. Shun was also virtuous and capable. During his reign, he selected virtuous and capable officials, appointed the "Eight Virtuous Men" and the "Eight Worthy Men" to govern the people, and banished the "Four Evil Men".

He then appointed Yu the Great to manage the floods, and during this period, Yu the Great finally completed the great task of flood control, diverting the raging floodwaters into the East Sea.

Because of Yu's great achievements, after Shun had accomplished his goals, he abdicated the position of supreme ruler to Yu.

Yu the Great was also the last of the Five Emperors. He not only had the merit of controlling the floods, but he also developed production and established the first state of the human race, which was called "Xia".

The establishment of the Xia Dynasty changed the original abdication system to a hereditary system, and the public domain became a family domain.

When Yu the Great accomplished his great deeds and left the human race, his throne was inherited by his son Qi.

With this, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were all established, and the destiny of the human race as the protagonist of heaven and earth was set, making it difficult for other races to compete with the human race.

However, despite the absence of external forces, internal strife within the human race has been constant.

Thirty-three heavens away, in the Xuanhuang Heaven, on this day, Xuanhuang finished preaching the Dao, and there was only one disciple listening to the Dao below his platform.

It was Kong Xuan.

After Xuanhuang finished explaining the Dao, Kong Xuan smiled bitterly and said, "Even if you were to explain the Dao to your disciple, I would not understand it at all now."

It turns out that the Dao that Xuanhuang was talking about this time was the Dao of the Five Greats: Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji.

At first, the principles of Tai Chi were easy to understand. Although Kong Xuan also found them profound, he could still vaguely understand some of them.

But the subsequent Tai Su, Tai Shi, Tai Chu, and Tai Yi became increasingly profound, completely beyond his comprehension.

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang shook his head and said, "Your comprehension is somewhat lower than that of your senior brother."

"You can only understand the Way of Tai Chi, but Liu Er can understand the Way of Tai Su."

"Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, and Taiji are just like the Five Elements, transforming in sequence. In reality, the five are one and there is no distinction between them."

Kong Xuan shook his head again.

Xuanhuang laughed and said, "Very well! Since you don't understand now, let's talk about it later! Perhaps you'll understand when you've attained Hunyuan."

(End of this chapter)