Primordial Era: The Great Celestial Venerable on the Road to Mythology

Chapter 77 The Truth of the Great Tribulation, the Dao Ancestor's Plan, and the Change of Attitude

Haotian continued to use the power of the Yang God to see into the past of the primordial world. Scenes flowed before his eyes, and truths surfaced one by one.

He witnessed the calamity of the early Han Dynasty and the struggle for supremacy among the three races.

The rise and fall of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin races, on the surface, were due to their expanding ambitions and attempts to dominate the primordial world. However, there was a deeper driving force behind it all—the reincarnations of numerous Chaos Gods, who were secretly pushing things along.

Why are the three races fighting for supremacy?

It's not just about power, but also about destiny. They fantasize about using destiny to attain the Dao of Hunyuan, and further, become the rulers of the primordial world.

Unfortunately, due to insufficient ability and bad luck, he ultimately failed.

As for the demon gods' instigation, it was to weaken the primordial world so that they could seize the Dao Fruit.

The era of the three races has come to an end, but the conflicts of the primordial world have not ended.

The battle between the Dao and the Demon.

This great calamity is less a struggle between "Tao" and "Demon" and more a struggle between "Demon Gods".

The reincarnations of the various Chaos Gods are vying for ownership of the primordial world, ownership of the Heavenly Dao, and the endless treasures of the Dao Fruits left behind by Pangu and all the Chaos Gods. Who wouldn't want to possess them all?

In the end, Hongjun Daozu proved to be more skilled and seized all ownership.

Most of the other Chaos Demons entered the Dao. Only Yang Mei, the Space Demon, attained the Primordial Dao and fled far away from the Chaos.

Yang Mei was a clever man. He vaguely guessed that Pangu might not have truly perished, which was why he fled into chaos, attempting to escape Pangu's control.

Unfortunately, he didn't know that Pangu had already connected to him in a higher dimension—no matter where he fled, he could not escape Pangu's grasp.

Hongjun Daozu also roughly guessed that Pangu might not be dead. He searched but couldn't find any trace, so he could only take the Dao Fruit into his possession first.

He became a primordial saint by using the primordial purple energy remaining in the Jade Disc of Creation, and then merged with the Dao.

His goal is to transform the primordial Heavenly Dao into his own Dao Fruit.

However, after achieving Dao integration, he discovered that the gap between him and the Primordial Heavenly Dao was enormous. It was something he could not easily control.

Do not forget that the Primordial Heavenly Dao was formed by the combination of Pangu's own Dao and the Dao of all the Chaos Gods.

With the fusion of 2,999 Primordial Dao Fruits and one Dao Fruit above Primordial, how could Hongjun alone possibly control it completely?

He can't.

So he came up with a plan—to help the prehistoric world develop.

By driving the progress of the primordial world, he can gain the "trust" of the Heavenly Dao and make the Heavenly Dao owe him "karma." In this way, he can slowly erode the Heavenly Dao and gradually bring it under his control.

This is how he started preaching.

Preaching not only allows the primordial world to develop rapidly, but also allows one to collect the fortune of all living beings, especially the descendants of Pangu. The Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches are all true descendants of Pangu, and their fortune is the most precious.

As for the Six Sages of the Primordial Era, they were also his pawns. He used the enlightenment of these six individuals with abundant fortune to accelerate his own progress.

His hidden hand is hidden within the Primordial Purple Qi; the Dao cultivated by the sages will gradually be transferred to his Dao fruit.

As for the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, Hongjun did not participate much.

It's not that he doesn't want to, but that it's unnecessary. The struggle for destiny between the Lich and Demon races is simply part of the workings of Heaven, and he doesn't need to intervene personally.

However, there was one thing he orchestrated: the collapse of Mount Buzhou.

Mount Buzhou was formed from the spine of Pangu and embodies his will. As long as Mount Buzhou stands, Pangu's influence will be difficult to eliminate.

More importantly, Buzhou Mountain has been constantly transforming chaotic energy to replenish the origin of the primordial world. As long as Buzhou Mountain exists, the origin of the primordial world will continue to grow, which is extremely detrimental to Hongjun's erosion of the Heavenly Dao—the stronger the world, the stronger the Heavenly Dao, and the more difficult it is for him to control.

Therefore, he had to push down Mount Buzhou.

The war between the Lich King and the Demon King presented a perfect opportunity. Gonggong angered Buzhou Mountain, causing the pillar of heaven to collapse and the earth's axis to break—all of this was within Hongjun's calculations.

Haotian also saw his own reflection.

Before he was enlightened by Hongjun, the primordial primordial energy was already within him. It was connected to this world on one end and to other dimensions on the other. At that time, he was ignorant and unaware of the earth-shattering secret hidden within him.

Hongjun Daozu discovered his abnormality after he became a saint.

Haotian only has a past, no future. How could this not attract his attention?

He investigated, but found nothing. Whenever he had "other thoughts" in his mind, he would be warned that if he acted recklessly, great terror would befall him.

Hongjun was a smart man. He knew that some things were best left alone.

Therefore, he regarded Haotian as a "variable" and let things take their course.

The moment Haotian transmigrated, Hongjun sensed it. After all, Haotian's past was gone. As someone who controlled a portion of the Heavenly Dao, how could he not sense it?

But he chose to let things take their course. He wanted to see what changes this "variable" would bring.

He wanted to do something else, but he couldn't. That unseen warning kept him from making any rash moves.

Until Haotian merged the authority of the Primordial Ancestor and the Heavenly Emperor, and reforged the Heavenly Court, the Thirty-Three Heavens, and the Primordial Starry Sky.

Hongjun discovered that the power of the Heavenly Dao had increased, and his own strength had also increased—although he did not know the reason, it was a good thing for him.

He gradually abandoned his plan to weaken the prehistoric world.

Because he felt that it was unrealistic to completely control the Primordial Heavenly Dao. There were some Great Daos that he simply couldn't control.

Unless he weakens the Primordial World again, but with that unchangeable "variable" in place, how can he weaken it?

As Haotian refined Yin to return to Yang and cultivated the Yang God, the Heavenly Dao also underwent a slight change.

The Heavenly Dao underwent a mysterious transformation that Hongjun could not comprehend, evolving towards a higher level—more accurately, ascending in dimensionality. Although it did not truly ascend in dimensionality, it was still considerably higher than before.

Hongjun completely abandoned the idea of ​​weakening the primordial world.

He understood: as long as Haotian, this variable, could drive the prehistoric world to advance, it would be much better than him painstakingly occupying the Heavenly Dao.

The key point is that occupying the Primordial Heavenly Dao does not necessarily guarantee success; however, under Haotian's influence, the Primordial World did indeed become stronger, and he himself became stronger as a result.

Isn't this just winning by doing nothing?

Therefore, the Dao Ancestor simply chose to let things take their course, and there was nothing he could do about it even if he wanted to.

Haotian was both amused and exasperated upon seeing this.

There was another matter that made Haotian quite emotional: the fates of the powerful beings who perished during the Great Tribulation.

After the Chaos Gods perished, they were absorbed into the Heavenly Dao. Aside from lacking consciousness, this can be considered a different kind of merging with the Dao. They did not completely disappear; they simply exist within the Heavenly Dao in another form.

The true spirits of those primordial beings who perished in the Great Tribulation—those Great Luo Golden Immortals, Primordial Golden Immortals, and Quasi-Saints—were not obliterated, but rather imprisoned by the Heavenly Dao in the past.

After the Great Luo Immortal, comes the cultivator. The true spirit of a cultivator resides in the Great Dao they cultivate. To kill a cultivator, one would have to destroy their Great Dao—but how could the Heavenly Dao possibly allow such a thing?

You, an employee, committed a crime and think you can take the company's assets with you? No way!

As for resurrecting them, that's even more impossible. The purpose of the Great Tribulation is to reclaim the source and reduce the burden. If we resurrect the fallen powerful beings, what's the point of the Great Tribulation? Wouldn't that be redundant?

Therefore, Heaven made a compromise: to seal their true spirits in the past.

They should neither be resurrected, thus consuming the essence of the primordial world again, nor should they be allowed to die completely, thus damaging the "assets" of the primordial Heavenly Dao.

It was a win-win situation: they didn't truly perish, the Heavenly Dao didn't lose anything, and it even conserved its resources.

Haotian remained silent.

This Heavenly Dao is truly shrewd and calculating. No wonder it's a being formed primarily from the Pangu Dao Fruit, combined with the Dao Fruits of three thousand demon gods; this deal is definitely profitable!

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