Primordial Era: The Witch Clan's Dog-Headed Strategist

Pan Xuan stood under the ginseng fruit tree, sensing the two newly added divine laws within the divine network.

The nine marks on the seal complemented each other, and the fortune of the entire divine system was further stabilized at this moment.

He retrieved the Star Seal, then solemnly bowed to Zhen Yuanzi and Hongyun, thanking them for their hospitality.

He then instructed Qingfeng and Mingyue to fulfill their duties as mountain gods, and then, without lingering any longer, he transformed into a streak of purple-gold light from Wanshou Mountain and flew off towards the southeast.

The light traveled through the sea of ​​clouds, and Pan Xuan's gaze pierced through the layers of mist, looking down at the vast primordial land below.

The nine imprints in the Divine Path Network were like nine brilliant stars in his consciousness.

Each one represents a power, a righteous god, or a great path.

From the initial establishment of the divine path by the Wu tribe, to the Dragon tribe becoming the Water God, and the Qilin tribe becoming the Mountain God Inspector.

The Phoenix Clan, upon entering the Divine Path, became the God of the Sky; the Blood Sea and the Styx Clan, upon entering the Divine Path, became the God of the Blood Sea; and the Three Pure Ones, upon entering the Divine Path, became the Venerable Ones of Teaching.

Fuxi entered the divine path and became the mountain god of Fengqi Mountain. Today, Hongyun is the god of fortune and virtue, and Zhen Yuanzi is the ancestor of earth immortals.

The branches of the divine system have covered most aspects of the primordial world.

But he knew that the Shinto system was missing a few key pieces of the puzzle.

He mentally sorted out the powerful beings in the primordial world who had not yet joined the path of divinity.

The Eastern King Duke and the Western Queen Mother, who were appointed as the heads of the male and female immortals by Hongjun, formed their own lineage.

Although the Pure Yang Immortal Court is not as large as the Heavenly Court, it still has a loose system of imitation of the divine path, and it is impossible for it to be incorporated into the divine path in a short period of time.

The remaining powerful cultivators either live in seclusion or have intricate connections with various forces, so winning them over is not something that can be done overnight.

Putting all that aside, the most important of the powerful beings we haven't yet encountered is the Burning Lamp Daoist of Yuanjue Cave on Lingjiu Mountain.

Light the lamp.

The name caused Pan Xuan's thoughts to pause slightly.

He had heard a saying in his previous life.

The lamp's command code was the first coffin in the world to take form, and it cultivated the path of Nirvana.

A coffin is a vessel used for burying the deceased.

Nirvana is the end when all things return to stillness.

If this statement is true, then the value of the lamp in the Shinto system will be immeasurable.

It is not as an ordinary mountain god or water god, but as the core of a completely new divine system.

The divine system covers the vast wilderness, including mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, the heavens, and the underworld.

It can be said that gods governed every aspect of the primordial world, but there was one aspect that remained a blank: funerals.

In the primordial world, after a living being dies, its soul either dissipates and returns to heaven and earth, or it falls into a sea of ​​blood and transforms into turbid evil.

Or perhaps they were cultivated into magical artifacts by evil forces. No one ever thought of holding a funeral for the deceased, so that the souls of the dead could have a dignified final resting place.

If we could hold a funeral for Pangu, the first funeral in the primordial world.

By establishing the way of funeral in the name of the Father God, and then appointing Randeng as the God of Funeral to govern this way, the divine system can cover the last blank space in the prehistoric world.

From birth to death, from heaven and earth to all living beings, nothing is overlooked.

The establishment of funeral practices will lay a solid foundation for opening up the cycle of reincarnation in the sea of ​​blood and establishing the six realms of reincarnation in the future.

Before reincarnation, the souls of the dead need a peaceful resting place, and the way of the dead is the guardian of this resting place.

In addition, the Shinto system has one last piece of the puzzle: the Way of Trading.

The Treasure Coin is in his hands, and he has already begun to refine the authority of the trading rules, but it has not yet been formally incorporated into the divine system.

After the funeral rites were established and the lighting of lamps was incorporated into the divine way.

If a complete trading system is established based on the Falling Treasure Coin, the divine system will then reach its full potential.

From the order of heaven and earth to the education of all living beings, from the cycle of birth and death to the rules of transactions, it encompasses everything without omission.

But the first step in this grand plan is to determine the basis for lighting lamps.

If the rumors are incorrect and the lamp is not a coffin in disguise, then the conception of funeral rites would need to be significantly adjusted, and it might even require finding someone else.

Although Pan Xuan was skilled in divination, he was too far away from Lingjiu Mountain at the moment.

Moreover, the origins of a primordial deity like Randeng are deeply hidden within the source of one's primordial spirit, making it virtually impossible to directly perceive them with divine sense.

He needs someone skilled in deduction to verify this conjecture.

And this person just happened to have joined the path of gods, Fuxi.

As the progenitor of the Eight Trigrams, his ability to deduce the secrets of heaven is unparalleled in the primordial world. If he were to deduce the origins of Randeng, even if he could not fully penetrate the truth, he could at least arrive at a general conclusion.

With that thought in mind, Pan Xuan no longer hesitated, changed the direction of his escape light, and sped towards Phoenix Perch Mountain in the southeast.

In Phoenix Perch Mountain, Fuxi was sitting cross-legged under the Primordial Wutong Tree.

The Bagua-shaped deity of law between his brows flickered slightly, and the Bagua phantom in front of him slowly rotated, adapting to the massive flow of information brought by the divine network.

His identity as a Shinto deity gave him access to an unprecedented amount of information.

From the earth's vein fluctuations along the East China Sea coast to the flow of spiritual energy from the immortal volcanoes in the south.

From the resonance of laws between various nodes of the divine network to the cultivation trends of scattered cultivators in the primordial world.

This information, in his divination, transformed into countless causal threads, each of which was a clue to a profound mystery that could be explored in depth.

Nuwa secluded herself deep within her cave to comprehend the Great Dao of Creation. The mountains were serene, save for the rustling of the paulownia leaves in the gentle breeze.

Suddenly, Fuxi sensed that familiar purple-gold aura; Pan Xuan had returned.

He opened his eyes, a hint of surprise flashing in them. Pan Xuan hadn't been away from Phoenix Perch Mountain for long; judging by the time, he should have just returned from Longevity Mountain.

Their return must be due to important matters to discuss.

Fuxi stood up, straightened his robes, and headed towards the mountain gate to greet them.

Before long, the purple-gold light landed outside the gate of Phoenix Perch Mountain.

Pan Xuan still had that gentle and refined appearance, but his expression was more solemn than last time.

He bowed respectfully, his tone more solemn than usual:

"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, I have taken the liberty of returning after leaving, and I would like to ask you to deduce something using the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Era."

Fuxi raised an eyebrow slightly and gestured for him to come in, saying, "Fellow Daoist, please come in and sit down so we can discuss this further."

The two sat down again under the innate parasol tree, and Fuxi asked directly, "What matter does Fellow Daoist wish for Fuxi to deduce?"

Pan Xuan didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "Randeng Daoist of Yuanjue Cave, Lingjiu Mountain."

Pan Xuan would like to ask fellow Daoist to deduce the origins of Randeng, and what form he actually took.

Fuxi's brow twitched slightly.

Deducing the origins of a pre-existing deity is a highly sensitive matter in the primordial world.

One's origins are one of the most fundamental secrets of spiritual practice. Once these secrets are revealed to outsiders, it is as if one's true nature has been exposed to the light of day.

However, since Pan Xuan made the request, he must have had his reasons, and given his character, he would not use the results of his deductions for malicious purposes.

He didn't ask Pan Xuan why he wanted to deduce Randeng's background; he simply nodded, his tone calm and confident.

"Although I have no particular relationship with Ran Deng, he is only deducing the origins of things, not the cause and effect of the path to enlightenment, so the difficulty is not too great. Please wait a moment, fellow Daoist."

He closed his eyes, and the phantom of the Eight Trigrams of the Primordial Chaos suddenly unfolded in front of him.

The light of the eight trigrams—Qian, Kun, Zhen, Xun, Kan, Li, Gen, and Dui—rotated endlessly under the paulownia tree, each trigram representing a direction of deduction.

At the same time, the mountain god law deity in the shape of the Bagua (eight trigrams) between Fuxi's eyebrows lit up.

The information flow in the Divine Path Network flows into the divination array of the Eight Trigrams like rivers flowing into the sea, providing unprecedented information support for the hexagrams.