Primordial Era: The Sun Emperor

After returning from Zixiao Palace, many great gods of the primordial world vanished without a trace.

Even the Heavenly Court was sealed off and hidden atop Mount Buzhou, making it difficult to find.

All the experts and masters have gone into seclusion.

Even some veteran Hunyuan Golden Immortals have switched to cultivating the current Heavenly Dao cultivation method, severing their three corpses to become saints.

Apart from Taiyi, no one doesn't want to become a saint.

When they faced Hongjun at close range in Zixiao Palace, it was as if they were facing the primordial world directly, his majesty unassailable.

The higher one's cultivation level, the deeper the chasm between oneself and Hongjun seems to become.

If one does not switch to cultivating the Heavenly Dao, it will be difficult to cultivate in the primordial world using the Great Dao.

Ziwei did not directly sever the corpse, but returned to the Ziwei Star Domain, sealed the great formation, and went into seclusion to comprehend the Dao Domain.

Taiyi said that the Heavenly Court does not contend for the present moment, but for eternity.

They should do the same; if they sever their three corpses, they will find it extremely difficult to attain enlightenment in the future.

The Great Dao is one; how can it sever itself?

The Way of Heaven is flawed. Cutting off the thoughts of sentient beings is merely getting closer to the Way of Heaven. Without the approval of the Way of Heaven, it is ultimately difficult to attain the Way.

If one wants to dominate the primordial world, Taiyi's own power alone is not enough.

Even if he could contend with one sage, he would find it difficult to contend with six sages at the same time.

If he wants to dominate the prehistoric world, he must face the six great sages. Which of these six sages doesn't want to dominate the prehistoric world?

Domination does not mean standing up and issuing orders; even followers of the Taoist tradition can dominate.

The conflict between the three religions was essentially a struggle over the destiny and lineage of the religion.

From a practical perspective, the so-called protagonists of heaven and earth are not the human race, but the great religion transmitted by the sages.

After the sages retired, the three religions yielded.

Western Buddhism and the Heavenly Court flourished again, effectively controlling the prehistoric world.

As time passed, the primordial world was actually constantly enacting scenes of battles for supremacy.

It's just that at the beginning, it involved all races fighting to the death, but later the scale became smaller.

Taiyi did not stay in the Heavenly Court, but returned to the Great Sun.

Gazing at the hibiscus tree, he fell into deep thought.

If this hibiscus tree could develop sentience and take human form, it would surely be a powerful assistant.

It's just a pity that we don't know how long it will take to develop.

With a wave of his hand, he harvested another batch of mulberries hanging on the hibiscus tree.

Taiyi once again stepped into the deepest part of the Sun Star, the core origin of the Great Sun.

This is the essence of Pangu's left eye; a voice has always been calling to him from within.

That was the Daoist voice of Pangu, which drew him to this place.

The endless true fire of the sun gathers here into a vast ocean, with golden-white flames surging like a tide, each wave containing the power to burn the heavens and boil the sea.

At the very center of this sea of ​​fire, a chaotic ball of light floated. It neither emitted light nor generated heat, yet it made all the surrounding solar fire pale in comparison.

That was the residual power of Pangu.

Taiyi stood before the sphere of light, his golden eyes fixed on the chaotic glow.

He sensed a vast and boundless aura, the aura of Pangu, and also the aura of the origin of the Great Dao.

Faced with this aura, even someone as powerful as a Great Luo Golden Immortal at the peak of his cultivation would be as insignificant as dust.

"Pangu".

Taiyi uttered these two words softly, his Dao Domain unfolded, and he slowly extended his right hand, pressing it onto the ball of chaotic light.

boom--

Consciousness exploded.

Taiyi saw the scene of Pangu creating the world.

Chaos was like a chicken egg, and Pangu was born within it.

He wielded a divine axe, cleaving through the chaos; the light and pure rose to become the heavens, while the heavy and turbid sank to become the earth.

His head reached the sky, his feet touched the ground, and he changed nine times a day. The sky grew one zhang higher each day, the earth grew one zhang thicker each day, and Pangu grew one zhang taller each day.

Thus, for 18,000 years, the heavens were extremely high, the earth extremely deep, and Pangu's reign was extremely long.

Then, Pangu fell.

His breath transformed into wind and clouds, his voice into thunder, his left eye into the sun, his right eye into the moon, his limbs and body into the four cardinal directions and five sacred mountains, his blood into rivers, his veins into the land, his muscles into fields, his hair and beard into stars, and his skin and fur into vegetation...

"Taiyi, I see the future, and I see your arrival. You are the last hope... I will continue the Great Dao for you, hoping that you can..."

This is the last wisp of Pangu's will left in the core of the Great Sun, and also his entrustment to those who come after him.

Before he could finish speaking, Pangu's will completely dissipated.

His remaining power transformed into the most primordial source of the Great Dao, surging into the Taiyi Primordial Spirit.

Those immense and incomparable streams of the Great Dao's origin were constantly enriching Taiyi's origin.

These origins continuously transform Taiyi's body.

"I……"

Soon, strands of the Great Dao Origin automatically flew out from Taiyi's body, turning into threads that wrapped around him, forming a cocoon.

As the Dao Cocoon formed, the aura of Taiyi surged.

It wasn't a sudden surge in cultivation level, but rather a transformation of the original Dao body.

His Sun Dao, refined by the origin of the Dao, became increasingly pure, increasingly domineering, and increasingly unstoppable.

The original source of the Great Dao that Pangu left behind is the most fundamental source of the Dao.

Those primordial elements, like water bursting its banks, frantically poured into every inch of Taiyi's flesh and blood, and every wisp of his primordial spirit.

Taiyi trembled violently.

He felt his innate divine body being dismantled and reshaped.

That was a baptism of the Great Dao's origin, elevating his roots from the innate deity nurtured by the sun star to a higher level.

They are born divine, possessing an innate affinity with the laws of nature, an affinity that will endure through countless eons.

But ultimately, we are born between heaven and earth and are bound by them.

The body of the Great Dao is directly connected to the origin of the Great Dao, no longer relying on Heaven and Earth, but on the Great Dao itself.

This body transcends the limitations of heaven and earth; even if heaven and earth perish, as long as the Great Dao remains intact, it will not perish.

But that doesn't mean he won't die. Those chaotic demons who once possessed bodies of the Great Dao also perished and returned to the Great Dao.

It's just that they will eventually have their moment to make a comeback.

Taiyi's flesh and blood were burning.

The holy flames of the sun burst forth from every pore, forging his body into a golden-white color.

Bones are being reforged, transforming into golden-white Daoist bones; meridians are being reshaped, transforming into the veins of the solar law; blood is boiling, transforming into divine blood as molten gold.

This process is extremely painful.

Even a Primordial Golden Immortal might not be able to withstand the direct infusion of the Great Dao's origin.

But Taiyi's Dao heart was as firm as a rock, and he withstood this force.

"I am the Lord of the Sun, I am the Heavenly Emperor, I am Taiyi!"

He roared in his heart, the Great Dao of the Sun and the Origin of the Great Dao intertwined and merged with each other.

After an unknown amount of time, the pain finally subsided.

Taiyi opened his eyes, and within his golden pupils, the chaotic color grew even more intense, with a faint image of creation flowing within them.

His body has changed, fundamentally changed.

Every inch of her skin was as translucent as gold and jade, as if countless suns were revolving within it.

His golden hair reached his waist, each strand burning with chaotic flames.

That was the new fire that came from the fusion of the sacred flames of the sun and the origin of the Great Dao.

The body of the Great Dao is formed.

At that very moment, Taiyi sensed an unprecedented connection.

It's not a connection with the Sun, that kind of connection he already possesses.

Rather, it is a direct connection with the origin of the Great Dao, as if an invisible thread extends from the depths of his soul, leading directly to the Great Dao in the darkness.

He is the embodiment of the Sun Avenue, the son of the Sun Avenue.

As long as the Sun's Way exists, he will never die.

Taiyi raised his right hand, and a ball of chaotic flame appeared in his palm.

Within those flames lay the blazing heat of the sun and the mighty power of the Great Dao.

This is the authority of the Son of the Great Dao, the supreme power bestowed upon him by the Great Dao of the Sun.

"From this day forward, I am not merely the Lord of the Sun."

"I am the son of the Sun Dao. My existence is the existence of the Sun Dao. My will is the will of the Sun Dao."

He took a step forward, leaving the core of the Great Sun.

He is no longer an ordinary innate deity, but the chosen one of the Great Dao, comparable to the ancient chaotic gods and demons.

Behind him, the true fire of the sun surged like a tide, as if cheering for him.

Although he has not yet entered the Primordial Chaos stage, his origin has changed at this time, and he is no longer the root of a primordial deity.

Instead, it possesses a body of the Great Dao, just like the Chaos Gods and Demons.