Primordial Era: Innate gourd vine, self-dismemberment

In the chaos, heaven and earth were not yet separated, there was no concept of time and space, nor any light, only a hazy grayness.

On this day, chaos suddenly underwent a change, and a vast and resounding Daoist voice spread throughout the boundless chaos:

"By the Great Dao, I am Time, the Time Demon God, now born as the First Chaos God-Demon. Of the Three Thousand Great Daos, Time reigns supreme!"

Instantly, all the beings that were being conceived in the chaos knew that the first being in the chaos had been born.

At the same time, a river of time stretched across the boundless chaos, stirring up waves. The Time Demon God stood at the end of the river of time, impervious to all paths.

Because it was the first to be born, and because the Chaos God and Demon were favored by the Great Dao, the Time Demon God Shichen had the cultivation of Hunyuan Daluo as soon as he was born.

Moreover, with His birth, chaos also changed, and the concept of time came into being.

Soon after the Time Demon God was born, the Space Demon God was also born.

The Space Demon God's true form is a hollow willow tree. Its three thousand branches, like a green cloud of divine chains, sweep across the chaos, turning everything in their path into nothingness.

With His birth, chaos changed again, giving rise to the concept of space.

Subsequently, three thousand chaotic gods and demons, including those representing fate, cause and effect, creation, destruction, reincarnation, the five elements, yin and yang, and heaven and earth, emerged one after another, and chaos gradually became lively, giving rise to disputes.

Chaos gods and demons are born from the Three Thousand Great Daos. As long as the Great Daos are undying, the Chaos gods and demons are immortal.

However, there are also differences between the Chaos Gods and Demons. In addition, some Chaos Gods and Demons are injured in the battles, or even perish and return to the Great Dao, and it takes a long time for them to recover and return. Therefore, the gap between the Chaos Gods and Demons is constantly widening.

However, what the three thousand chaotic gods and demons did not know was that in a hidden corner of the chaos, a thirty-six-petaled chaotic green lotus was blooming, and Pangu was being nurtured within it. Moreover, there were two other chaotic treasures beside Pangu: the Pangu Axe and the Creation Jade Disc.

The Pangu Axe is in harmony with the Pangu Dao, making it his supreme treasure for proving the Dao and unparalleled in its power. The Creation Jade Disc contains the three thousand Daos and is a supreme treasure for enlightenment.

On this day! With a deafening roar, Pangu was born, instantly shaking the entire chaos and attracting the attention of three thousand chaotic gods and demons.

However, Pangu's cultivation reached the peak of Hunyuan Daluo as soon as he was born, while the three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons (including the first Chaos God and Demon Shichen) had not yet broken through to the Chaos Realm/Hunyuan Taiji, and could not detect Pangu's traces at all.

After Pangu was born, he traveled through the chaos for a long time, and his cultivation gradually reached the level of half a step of the Great Dao and half a step of Hunyuan Wuji, but he had no idea how to break through to the Great Dao realm.

Meanwhile, the ten Chaos Gods and Demons—Time, Space, Destiny, Cause and Effect, Chaos Demon Ape, Destruction, Creation, Reincarnation, Yin and Yang, and Five Elements—have all broken through the peak of the Chaos Realm and are revered as Supreme Demon Gods by the three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons.

In his distress, Pangu used his own power to cleave through the chaos, and the earth, fire, wind, and water evolved. Pure energy rose and turbid energy descended, and the model of heaven and earth appeared.

In a moment of sudden enlightenment, Pangu understood his own path and roared, "The Great Dao is above! I am Pangu! I feel the chaos and disorder, and today I will break through the chaos, create heaven and earth, and prove the Great Dao!"

Meanwhile, the other three thousand chaotic gods and demons sensed that Pangu had broken through chaos and created heaven and earth, causing the great fortune of the Great Dao to shift. Without the favor of the Great Dao, their cultivation would become difficult. However, if they could stop Pangu or even kill him, they would be favored by the Great Dao, their cultivation would progress by leaps and bounds, and they might even attain the Great Dao.

In an instant, the entire chaos was in an uproar.

However, Pangu remained unmoved. Holding the Heaven-Opening Axe, standing on the Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Green Lotus, and with the Jade Tablet of Creation above his head, he began to create the world.

He cleaved the chaos with an axe, and the chaos was split open. The pure energy rose and the turbid energy descended, and the model of heaven and earth expanded.

The three thousand chaotic gods and demons could no longer sit still. The Earthly Fiends Demon Gods, the Heavenly Gang Demon Gods, and so on all took action, trying to stop Pangu from creating the world.

However, with a single swing of his axe, Pangu unleashed a torrent of light that tore through the deep darkness of chaos.

"what……"

A scream suddenly rang out.

Before the Chaos Demon God could even get close to Pangu, he was already engulfed by the silvery-white axe light.

Their past, present, future, and the origin of the Great Dao were all destroyed. Their undying primordial spirits shattered and instantly returned to the Great Dao. It would take a long time for them to recover from their Dao injuries and return from the Great Dao.

At the same time, their corpses, whose origins had been severed, fell to the ground and became nourishment for Pangu in creating the world.

"My creation of heaven and earth is inevitable. If you retreat, you may have a day to attain enlightenment. Otherwise, you will perish under my axe, your undying primordial spirits shattered, and you will return to the Great Dao."

Upon hearing this, the many beings of Chaos looked extremely displeased!

If we stop them, they are very likely to perish, their undying primordial spirits shattered and returned to the Great Dao, unable to recover for countless years. But if we don't stop them and allow Pangu to succeed, their path to the Dao will probably be difficult in the future. As chaotic gods and demons, born according to the Dao, they simply cannot accept this.

"Pangu, what arrogance! You alone can fight three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons? Even if we perish, we will one day return. What is there to fear?"

The words of the time dispelled the thoughts of all the chaotic gods and demons who wanted to retreat.

"Attack together!" Roars rang out from all directions as the Chaos Gods swarmed toward Pangu. The three thousand Great Daos merged together, as if the Great Daos themselves were unleashing their supreme power.

"Fine! Fine! Fine! Since you insist on this, then let's fight!"

The Chaos Azure Lotus shone brightly, illuminating almost the entire Chaos, the past, present, and future, firmly blocking the attacks of the three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons.

At the same time, Pangu's axe was slowly swung out, seemingly slow but actually fast, and terrifying axe lights tore through the chaos.

Even with the combined efforts of three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons, they still couldn't stop them. In an instant, hundreds of Chaos Gods and Demons perished, their undying primordial spirits shattered and returned to the Great Dao.

The Chaos Demon Ape, one of the Ten Supreme Chaos Gods and Demons, was also severely injured, with Dao wounds on its body that were difficult to heal.

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After a fierce battle, only the Time Chaos God-Demon, Shi Chen, was left to perish out of the three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons; the rest perished.

However, he alone faced three thousand Chaos Gods and Demons, among whom the ten Supreme Beings were all at the peak of the Chaos Realm, and nearly a hundred Chaos Gods and Demons were also at the Chaos Realm. The remaining ones had cultivation levels that were at least at the peak of the Primordial Grand Luo Realm.

Pangu was also in bad shape. He suffered severe injuries, and two of his three great Chaos Treasures, the Chaos Green Lotus and the Creation Jade Disc, were broken. His Pangu Axe also developed cracks.

"Pangu! Even if I, Shichen, perish, I will not let you have an easy time. You want to create the heavens and prove your Dao? You are delusional!" The dying Shichen roared, summoning the Chaos River of Time, igniting his own power of the Great Dao, transforming it into a blade of the Great Dao, and slashing at the River of Time in the future primordial world.

"Rumble..." In an instant, the primordial river of time in the future trembled and fractured, endless spacetime became chaotic, the past and future overlapped, spacetime became intertwined, and countless beings traversed spacetime, some from the past to the future, some from the future to the past, some traversed worlds, and worlds were destroyed and new worlds were born...

"Time..." Pangu was furious. He swung his axe, instantly smoothing out and reconnecting the river of time. He also continued to correct the disordered spacetime and bring it back on track.

However, whether it was because he foresaw the future and the outcome was more to his liking, or because forcibly reversing and correcting the flow of time consumed too much energy, Pangu sighed:

"So be it! So be it! Time is a cycle, and cause and effect are predetermined!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the axe light that was originally meant to straighten the river of time changed instantly, suppressing the river of time in the future primordial world and causing time to form a cycle.

Without the obstruction of the chaotic gods and demons, it became much easier for Pangu to create the world.

With a swing of the Heaven-Opening Axe, sharp beams of chaotic light cleaved through the chaos, the pure energy rising to become the heavens and the turbid energy sinking to become the earth, finally bringing light into the shattered chaos.

However, at this moment, Pangu, who was already severely injured, was completely powerless to create an eternal world and thus prove the Great Dao.

Before Pangu could fully create the primordial world, he was about to perish and had to stop.

After a moment of contemplation, Pangu merged the corpses of the three thousand chaotic gods and demons whose original Dao had been destroyed, along with their shattered companion spiritual treasures, the shattered thirty-six-petaled chaotic green lotus, the jade disc of creation, and so on, into the primordial world.

At this time, although the primordial world had been created, the chaos still made it unstable, with the earth, wind, water, and fire in disarray and the chaotic energy rampant.

Helpless, Pangu had no choice but to split the shattered Heaven-Opening Axe in his hand into three parts in order to quell the wind, water, and fire. These parts became the Taiji Diagram, the Pangu Banner, and the Chaos Bell.

Pangu released the Taiji diagram, which instantly transformed into a golden bridge, calming the chaotic earth, water, fire, and wind, balancing yin and yang and the five elements, and clarifying the mysteries of the heavenly way. He then activated the Chaos Bell, whose resounding bell shone brightly, making the universe magnificent and causing the heavens and earth to lose their color. The primordial space-time instantly returned to stability. He then shook the Pangu Banner, and the Heaven-Opening Blade swept across, clearing away the chaotic energy.

However, there was nothing to support the sky in the primordial world, and the primordial world was also tending to merge. Pangu could only support the heavens and the earth by holding up the sky with his head and standing on the ground with his feet.

And so, as the sky rose one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) higher, Pangu also grew taller and taller along with the sky.

After an unknown amount of time, the primordial world finally stabilized completely.

"This world shall be the primordial wilderness! I hope that before I and the three thousand chaotic gods and demons are revived and we can recreate the world and prove our Dao, you will have the power to protect yourselves," Pangu whispered.

As soon as he finished speaking, Pangu's damaged primordial spirit returned to the Great Dao, and his body began to transform into the primordial world.

His breath transformed into wind and clouds, his roar into thunder; his left eye became the rising sun, his right eye the bright moon; his hair and beard became countless stars scattered across the sky; his limbs and torso became the four cardinal directions of the earth and endless divine mountains; his blood became flowing rivers, lakes, and seas; his meridians became crisscrossing veins of the earth, and his muscles became the spiritual energy of the Dao, nourishing heaven and earth…

Pangu performed great deeds in creating the world. As Pangu transformed heaven and earth, the primordial world became stable, and the Great Dao bestowed upon him immeasurable merits for creating the world.

Above, endless auspicious clouds rolled, golden lotuses emerged from the ground, and the great merit of the Great Dao descended from the sky, its dark golden light illuminating all directions.

One-tenth of the creation merit and the primordial energy of Xuanhuang combined to form the acquired merit treasure, the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda, which is unparalleled in defense and can be placed on one's head to be in an invincible position. One-tenth of the creation merit and the primordial purple energy combined to form the acquired merit treasure, the Primordial Measuring Ruler, which is unparalleled in attack.

At that moment, Pangu's remaining primordial spirit split into three, gaining thirty percent of the merit of creating the world. It then landed on Kunlun Mountain with the Xuanhuang Linglong Pagoda and hid its tracks. The twelve drops of essence blood in its body gained thirty percent of the merit and disappeared on Buzhou Mountain with the Pangu Palace, which was formed from Pangu's heart.

The remaining 20% ​​of the merit from the creation of the world was scattered across the primordial world, giving birth to all things.

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