Primordial Era: I, Yuan Hong, am solely focused on stability; humanity remains clear-headed

Chapter 177 The omniscient and omnipotent Heavenly Dao has failed!

During the Investiture of the Gods period, cultivators in the primordial world were perhaps very far removed from the ancient demon race and felt quite unfamiliar with them.

However, they are all too familiar with things like inner demons and demonic possession, and they are terrified of them, avoiding them at all costs.

On the path of cultivation, once you get involved with these things, you will at least encounter countless setbacks, and there may even be danger of death!

The reason why these inner demons and the like can exist in the world is entirely because of the existence of the demonic path!

The Demon Ancestor Rahu was the founder of the demonic path.

Before his demise, this guy even swore an oath to the Great Dao in order to take revenge, and at the cost of his own life, he established the Demonic Path. From then on, in the primordial world, the Demonic Path diminished and the Dao flourished, while the Dao declined and the Demonic Path increased!

From then on, the demonic path took root in the primordial world, troubling countless cultivators and beings, especially those with lower cultivation levels and weaker origins, who were at greater risk of falling into the demonic path.

The existence of the demonic path is actually one of the products designed to hinder the Heavenly Dao from controlling the primordial world. Of course, strictly speaking, it is definitely not a good thing.

Moreover, as time went by, the demonic path was gradually brought under the control of the Heavenly Dao, and its influence on all living beings became smaller and smaller. Or rather, even if it had an influence, it was probably able to smoothly integrate into the general trend of the Heavenly Dao or the Heavenly Tribulation, and gradually became one of the tools for the Heavenly Dao to control all living beings in the prehistoric world!

There's nothing we can do. The Demon Ancestor Rahu has already perished. No matter how strange the demonic path may be, it's still a rootless duckweed. Trying to entangle ourselves with the Heavenly Dao is just wishful thinking.

However, these things were obviously unknown to the beings of the primordial world.

The legendary Demon Ancestor Rahu also possessed immense power to intimidate.

It's not hard to imagine how shocked many cultivators would be when the legendary Demon Ancestor was actually alive, and even when his descendants were still living in the world.

That successor of the Demon Ancestor has not yet shown himself to the public, but he has already garnered the awe and fear of countless people.

In fact, this deterrent power is no less than, and perhaps no less than, that of those arrogant and domineering disciples of the saints…

Yuan Hong unleashed a sage-level attack, causing such a great impact on the world that even the Six Sages of the Heavenly Dao were shaken and took it very seriously.

And Hongjun Daozu, who was far away in Zixiao Palace, naturally noticed it as well!

Under normal circumstances, he simply operates the Way of Heaven quietly, neither elated by external gains nor saddened by personal losses. In theory, no matter how big or small the events in the world are, they should not attract his special attention.

Generally, any minor variables can be handled by the Heavenly Sage, without him needing to say anything more.

But at this moment, the matter of Demon Ancestor Rahu forced Hongjun to open his eyes and truly focus his attention on the primordial world.

"How is this possible? Rahu didn't perish? He even attained sainthood?"

"Back then, he detonated the ancestral veins of the West. Before his death, in order to take revenge on me, he sacrificed himself for the cause, causing the Great Dao to roar. From then on, the demons diminished and the Dao flourished, and the Dao diminished while the demons rose, forever entangled with me..."

A rare hint of deep doubt appeared in Hongjun's indifferent eyes; he couldn't quite understand why.

Back then, he personally witnessed Rahu swear an oath to the Great Dao with his life. This cannot be faked. In front of the Great Dao, there should be no possibility of faking death.

Moreover, over the years, Hongjun has been in harmony with the Heavenly Dao and has been operating the laws of heaven and earth, yet he has not discovered any trace of Rahu.

But now he is being told that Rahu is not dead, and has quietly attained sainthood without attracting his attention.

This is nonsense. If Rahu had the ability to deceive the Heavenly Dao or even the Great Dao, would he have been overpowered by Hongjun back then and ultimately defeated?

But if Rahu truly perished, then who delivered that powerful blow from the sage...?

As the representative of the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun was naturally very clear that it was not done by any of the six sages of the Heavenly Dao, and he could not even determine what the Great Dao contained in that sage's power was.

All that can be seen is that the one who unleashed that attack was the God-Slaying Spear!

Although there is no other information, the God-Slaying Spear and the World-Destroying Black Lotus are indeed Rahu's signature treasures, and there is no doubt about that.

Moreover, given Rahu's qualifications, background, talent, status, and so on, if he had quietly survived, it would be normal for him to have already attained sainthood.

In this light, even if Hongjun couldn't understand the reason, he had to admit that Rahu did indeed still exist in some corner of the world, watching over the entire universe!

But this made Hongjun feel uncomfortable.

This is not entirely because he and Luo Hou were mortal enemies back then. After all, his status and strength are now completely different from what they used to be, having achieved the position of the Heavenly Dao Ancestor.

Compared to a Primordial Saint, his strength is not so much like an ant, but it is absolutely overwhelming and far superior!

Even if Rahu, as the Demon Ancestor, became a saint, he would still be inferior to him, at least a step below him, as they were not of the same status.

However, as the representative of the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun's greatest goal is to completely control the primordial world!

Therefore, he used various means and schemes to continuously suppress the underground and human ways, weaken Pangu's influence, destroy the Wu tribe, scheme against Houtu, and cause Buzhou Mountain to break apart...

But now, he discovered that there was actually a figure named Rahu in the world, who had quietly attained sainthood right under the nose of the Heavenly Dao, without causing the slightest reaction!

This is truly incredible. Logically speaking, once one attains enlightenment, Heaven and Earth will surely be moved, and the Heavenly Dao will send its congratulations, so one should be able to sense it immediately.

However, Rahu's appearance seems to have been concealed from the Heavenly Dao through some peculiar means?

"..."

Hongjun immediately activated his Heavenly Dao authority and carefully scanned the primordial world, specifically searching for any traces of the demonic path.

However, what made him grim was that not only was Demon Ancestor Rahu nowhere to be found, but even the Demon Ancestor's successor had vanished, as if such a person did not exist in the world at all!

However, the effects of that terrifying attack from the saint on the Blood Sea still linger.

The Styx Ancestor is still over there, heartbroken over the loss of tens of thousands of Blood God Children.

Clearly, these are not illusions, but reality.

Even if the Demon Ancestor Rahu doesn't exist, the so-called successor of the Demon Ancestor and the Spirit of the Blood Sea must still exist!

However, to Hongjun's dismay, he couldn't find anything.

Even the spirit of the Blood Sea couldn't figure out how it escaped the Blood Sea; it couldn't even detect a single spatial fluctuation.

On the level of cause and effect and divine secrets, no such person can be found.

The all-knowing and all-powerful Heavenly Dao seems to have lost its power when it comes to that mysterious Blood Sea Spirit!

"Where exactly did things go wrong...?"

Hongjun took a deep breath, and his usually indifferent and calm heart was suddenly stirred by intense emotions.

At this moment, he felt extremely disgusted.

(End of this chapter)