The Shichen, Inheritance of Destiny

When the Chaos first opened, it gave birth to three thousand laws, corresponding to the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Logically speaking, among the three thousand laws, Time reigned supreme, followed by Space, and then Fate, Karma, Creation...

However, a freak occurrence emerged within the Chaos: Pangu, the master of the Law of Strength. Born with three Chaos Supreme Treasures, he was on the verge of breaking the shackles of the Great Dao by proving Dao by force.

Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny were the existences second only to Pangu among the Three Thousand Demon Gods; one could perceive the future, while the other could see through fate.

The two joined forces to calculate a great catastrophe, foreseeing that the Three Thousand Demon Gods would be plotted against by the Great Dao and would eventually clash with Pangu in a fight to the death. In the end, the Three Thousand Demon Gods would fall, with the two Demon Gods of Time and Fate bearing the brunt of it.

To counter the schemes of the Great Dao, the two sought to join forces with the Space Demon God, Yang Mei Daoist, hoping to gather the masters of the three laws of Time, Space, and Fate to find a way to break the calamity.

Unexpectedly, Yang Mei Daoist feared the might of the Great Dao and backed out at the last moment. The schemes of Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny were detected by the Great Dao, which descended with Divine Punishment, causing both to fall.

"Digging, digging, digging in the mysterious garden..."

Li Xinghe, deep in sleep, was meeting a certain goddess in his dreams, his hands still performing the motion of digging.

Just as he was about to enter the crucial stage, he suddenly felt as if something was restraining him.

"My goddess, I must dig you up today!" Li Xinghe roared.

As a result, he woke up in a start from the excitement, yet his surroundings were not the room he was familiar with, but a vast expanse of Chaos.

"What kind of hellish place is this?" Li Xinghe felt as if he were trapped inside an embryo, unable to move.

"This is the midst of endless Chaos, and you shall be the 3001st Demon God of Chaos!" An ethereal voice resonated in his mind.

"Chaos? Demon God? And who are you?" Li Xinghe was completely bewildered, suspecting he was still dreaming.

Isn't this the kind of name found in prehistoric novels? Could it be that he had transmigrated?

"I am Daoist Shichen!"

"I am the Lord of Destiny!"

Two distinct voices echoed in Li Xinghe's mind; they were none other than Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny from the Three Thousand Demon Gods of Chaos.

It turned out that the two Demon Gods had died opposing the Great Dao, and before their demise, they had accidentally pulled Li Xinghe into this space-time, injecting the Fragments of Time and Fate into his body.

The Wheel of Time and the Wheel of Destiny had merged under the Divine Thunder of the Great Dao, transforming into a shovel according to the obsession Li Xinghe held at the moment of his transmigration.

Having read many prehistoric novels, Li Xinghe naturally knew these two; they were existences ranked only behind the Great God Pangu among the Three Thousand Demon Gods.

"And what is this broken shovel?" I was clearly digging for a goddess, damn it! Aren't you Demon Gods? Why didn't you bring your own goddesses over?

"The... thing in your hand is your Accompanying Spiritual Treasure, a combination of the Wheel of Time and the Wheel of Destiny. It should be considered at the level of a Chaos Supreme Treasure."

The Wheel of Time and the Wheel of Destiny were both Top-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasures; he never expected them to combine into a Chaos Supreme Treasure by accident.

One must know that treasures of this level were few and far between in the entire Chaos.

However, the two Demon Gods were truly speechless regarding the shovel's appearance; they never imagined that this kid's mind was filled with nothing but "digging, digging, digging" before he transmigrated.

After some exchange, Li Xinghe finally accepted the fact that he had transmigrated.

Just as the Lord of Destiny had said, he could now be considered the 3001st Demon God of Chaos.

"You two old fogies, you plotted against the Great Dao, what does that have to do with me? Besides, Pangu hasn't split the heavens yet. What if Pangu chops me down with an axe under the Great Dao's scheme? I haven't even dug up my goddess yet."

However, Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny had already finished their final arrangements and completely dissipated into the Chaos.

At this moment, Li Xinghe felt only a blur, and he quickly lost consciousness.

He was originally a mere mortal; had it not been for the protective embryo layer, he would have died long ago.

Under the schemes of Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny, he had now become the 3001st Demon God gestated by the Chaos, nourished by the Chaos Spiritual Energy.

Only when Li Xinghe gained the power to protect himself would the outer embryo dissipate.

Just like that, he did not know how much time had passed. One day, Li Xinghe opened his eyes in a daze and suddenly saw a pair of deep, large eyes staring at him.

"Holy crap, what the hell!" Li Xinghe was startled. Before him, a giant was watching him motionlessly, and he had no idea how long he had been watched.

"Who are you? Why do you carry the aura of Shichen and Fate?" The giant's voice sounded like a booming bell.

"Big Brother, I'm one of your own!" Li Xinghe had a flash of inspiration. Legend had it that Chaos Demon Gods took various forms; for instance, the Space Demon God was a willow tree, and the true form of the Dao Ancestor Hongjun was a Qu She.

The person before him looked similar to himself in appearance; he must be the legendary Great God Pangu who split the heavens.

The giant looked puzzled, but seeing that Li Xinghe's form was similar to his own, he seemed to truly believe him.

"You are too weak!" Pangu had been staring for who knows how long, and he seemed to be growing impatient.

He had sensed the anomaly in the Chaos and sought it out. Logically, with the three thousand laws of the Chaos World, it was impossible for a 3001st Demon God to be born.

Li Xinghe was speechless. Who could compare to you? You are an existence even the Great Dao fears, killing a Chaos Demon God with every swing of your axe.

Just as he was thinking about how to cling to this powerful thigh so that Pangu would spare him when he went on a killing spree of Demon Gods later, Pangu suddenly squeezed a drop of Essence Blood directly onto his embryo.

Instantly, Li Xinghe felt his blood boiling, as if he had taken a stimulant, with an inexhaustible amount of strength.

"Pangu's Essence Blood!" Even if he were a fool, he would know what this was.

"Brother, from now on, you are my own brother!"

The power of Pangu's Essence Blood was unquestionable; just a single drop had benefited Li Xinghe immensely.

However, as a mortal, he could not absorb it at all, and most of the energy was wasted. Even so, his Pseudo-Demon God Body grew significantly, and in the end, it broke through the outer embryo entirely.

The 3001st Chaos Demon God had been born, and the entire Chaos World surged with energy as every Demon God seemed to sense the disturbance.

"An anomaly. It looks quite weak, yet its Accompanying Spiritual Treasure is actually at the level of a Chaos Supreme Treasure." Pangu was greatly astonished.

Li Xinghe waved the shovel in his hand with a speechless expression; other than digging, what use could this thing possibly have?

"Big Brother, you and I are the only ones of the same kind in this Chaos World; you must protect me." Li Xinghe immediately clung to Pangu's leg.

Indeed, even though his Demon God form had grown quite a bit, it barely reached Pangu's thigh—and that was only after Pangu had compressed his own body to the limit.

Fortunately, these Chaos Demon Gods had not interacted much since their birth and remained quite simple-minded; Pangu soon accepted the fact that he had a kin.

"Rest assured, Second Brother. Follow me, and no one will dare to bully you from now on." Pangu nodded.

Li Xinghe was initially delighted, but he suddenly felt something was off. "Big Brother, could you change how you address me? My name is Li Xinghe!"

"Understood, Second Brother!"

Forget it. He was a stubborn one; Second Brother it is. Surely, he wouldn't go around hacking his own Second Brother later on.

Now that all three thousand Demon Gods had been born, any one of them could potentially kill him, so he had no choice but to stay obediently by Pangu's side.

When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Li Xinghe had resigned himself to his fate. His only regret was that while others who transmigrated always had some sort of system, he had nothing but a shovel.

Speaking of the shovel, Li Xinghe's heart stirred. The appearance of this thing was a bit embarrassing. (Fine! It was simply unpresentable!)

But it was a Chaos Supreme Treasure, nonetheless. As far as he knew, the only items in the entire Chaos World that could be called Supreme Treasures were the Pangu Axe, the Jade Plate of Creation, and the Thirty-Six-Grade Chaos Green Lotus.

Beyond those, there was a legendary Chaos Pearl that was also said to be a Chaos Supreme Treasure, but it had vanished after the Chaos Demon Gods were slaughtered.

This meant his shovel was currently the fifth-ranked Chaos Supreme Treasure. As long as he wasn't stupid enough to shout, "If you're a brother, come and hack me!" once he survived until the Primordial World, wouldn't he be invincible with this shovel?

When the time came, whether it was the Chaos Bell, the Taiji Diagram, or the Pangu Banner, one swing of his shovel would send them all to their graves!

Thinking of this, he suddenly felt wonderful, even unable to stop himself from laughing out loud.

"Digging, digging, digging in the Primordial World, digging up beauties and birthing children..."

"Second Brother, what are you digging?" Pangu was puzzled. His cheap Second Brother's brain seemed a bit underdeveloped; it looked like he needed more nourishment.

Li Xinghe looked at Pangu, his eyes wide. This guy was the true, ultimate badass of the Chaos!

At this moment, Pangu stood upon the Chaos Green Lotus, the Jade Plate of Creation hovered above his head, he held the Pangu Axe in his hand, and the All-Heavens Celebration Clouds swirled around him—he was the definition of a nouveau riche.

Others had at most one Accompanying Spiritual Treasure, and only a common Chaos Spiritual Treasure at that, yet he had three, all of which were Chaos Supreme Treasures. He was truly the darling of the Chaos.

Li Xinghe was practically drooling. In the later Primordial World, every weapon capable of suppressing the heavens was related to these few treasures. If he could swindle one or two, he would be invincible even if he just sat still.

However, Li Xinghe wasn't stupid. Their relationship hadn't reached that point yet. If he spoke up now, he would likely become the first Demon God to fall under the Pangu Axe.

To establish himself in the Chaos, he needed powerful strength. Li Xinghe had inherited the abilities of Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny; his foundation far exceeded that of ordinary Demon Gods.

After some time, he grew increasingly fond of the shovel in his hand. It was ugly, yes, but its functions were truly heaven-defying.

The shovel combined all the effects of the Wheel of Time and the Wheel of Destiny. It could alter the flow of time and, as his cultivation increased, even freeze time in specific areas or reverse it.

It could also rewrite destiny, peer into the future, and brought good luck. After all, it was an object that could command destiny; he could dig up treasures anywhere in the Chaos just by poking around.

However, his current strength was too weak to fully control it. According to Pangu, there were 129,600 Chaos Divine Prohibitions on a Chaos Supreme Treasure, representing the number of a Great Cycle. Only by fully refining them could one unleash the true power of the treasure.

At his current level of cultivation, he didn't know how many years it would take to refine even a single Divine Prohibition.

But as his strength grew, his refining speed would increase significantly.

"Second Brother, I heard you mention something about 'sending them to their graves' earlier. Is that the name of this Supreme Treasure?"

"Big Brother, you misheard." Just kidding. With such an awesome weapon, being ugly was one thing, but the name had to be imposing.

"From now on, it shall be called the Chaos Shovel!" Li Xinghe shouted.

Suddenly, a bolt of Great Dao Merit descended from the sky and attached itself to the Chaos Shovel.

Good heavens! No wonder Chaos Supreme Treasures were heaven-defying; even naming one granted Great Dao Merit. This was a universal resource that could increase cultivation, offset karmic debt, and even help him refine the Chaos Divine Prohibitions.

"I think 'sending them to their graves' sounds pretty good too. Maybe I should rename my axe the 'Grave-Sending Axe'." Pangu muttered to himself.

Li Xinghe imagined Pangu swinging his axe in the future and sending all three thousand Demon Gods to their graves; it actually made a lot of sense.

However, he was afraid that changing the name randomly would cause the Great Dao to impose some karma on him, which would be a loss that outweighed the gain. After much persuasion, Pangu finally abandoned the idea.

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