Dumplings Must Be Dipped in Soy Sauce

The Chaos Pearl was a Chaos Supreme Treasure. Legend had it that it contained a world of its own, much like the Primordial World created by Pangu when he opened the heavens.

This item was far from ordinary. It was said that after Chaos was slain by Pangu during the Creation Tribulation, the Chaos Pearl had fled into the Void and vanished without a trace, showing just how extraordinary it was.

However, Pangu was currently at the height of his power. The reason the Chaos Pearl had escaped during the Creation Tribulation was mainly because he had fought the Three Thousand Demon Gods and had no energy to spare for it.

Now, Chaos had no chance of escaping before Pangu. The Jade Plate of Creation swept out, instantly freezing this stretch of chaotic spacetime.

"Pangu, I am one of the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Do you really intend to kill me? The Great Dao will never let you off." Chaos was utterly horrified.

Though the Chaos Pearl was also a Chaos Supreme Treasure and no weaker than the Jade Plate of Creation, the gap in strength between their wielders was simply too great. More importantly, he had yet to fully refine the 129,600 Chaos Divine Prohibitions within the Chaos Pearl.

"Who said I was going to kill you? You've never had dumplings before, have you? I'll treat you to some." Li Xinghe somehow produced a plate of dumplings.

Chaos looked utterly baffled. Under Pangu's gaze, he had no choice but to finish an entire plate of dumplings in front of Li Xinghe.

"You've got some nerve! I already reminded you that dumplings must be dipped in soy sauce. Are you disrespecting my big brother? Fine, hand over the Chaos Pearl. I'll take a loss and settle this for you!" Li Xinghe said reluctantly.

"What?" Chaos immediately flew into a rage. This was his accompanying supreme treasure. Without the Chaos Pearl, he would lose at least half his strength.

Originally, he ranked fourth among the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Without the Chaos Pearl, he would be lucky to remain in the top twenty.

"What, you're unwilling?" An axe was pressed against Chaos's neck.

Hand over the Chaos Pearl or die. That was Pangu's confidence.

In the end, faced with the choice between life and death, Chaos chose to give up his accompanying supreme treasure.

"Remember, dumplings must be dipped in soy sauce from now on!" Li Xinghe left in satisfaction, while glancing around him.

Seeing this, the onlookers lurking in the shadows hurriedly hid. They could not keep watching this spectacle, or they would be next.

"Let me think. What other treasures do the highly ranked Demon Gods have? The Five Elements Pagoda, the Yin Yang Mirror..."

"Second Brother, biting off more than you can chew is no good. The Chaos Pearl and Chaos Shovel alone will take you a long time to refine. You should digest what you have first!" Pangu feared ruining his reputation in his later years and was truly too embarrassed to keep robbing others.

"Big Brother, it's the Chaos Shovel!" Li Xinghe corrected him.

Still, Pangu had a point. Having the strongest treasures was enough; there was no use in having so many.

More importantly, he was afraid things would spiral out of control. The Great Dao was watching from above. Though the Great Dao was emotionless, it would not simply allow him to destroy the rules of the Chaos World.

After returning to Pangu's Dojo, Li Xinghe continued cultivating diligently. Sitting beside the Chaos Green Lotus, and with the Chaos Shovel able to alter the flow of time, he quickly broke through to the Taiyi Golden Immortal level.

Even so, he still felt far too weak. This was the Chaos World. Aside from himself, even the weakest Demon Gods were likely Hunyuan Golden Immortals.

Not to mention those powerhouses, who were all Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals. In terms of combat power, they far surpassed the Heavenly Dao Sages of the Primordial World.

Pangu, in particular, stood at the Hunyuan Wuji Grand Unity Golden Immortal Peak, an existence in a league of his own.

Of the three thousand Laws of Chaos, cultivating any one of them to its limit would allow one to form a Great Dao and rule over a Chaos World.

For instance, Pangu cultivated the Great Dao of Strength, while Shichen and Destiny cultivated the Great Dao of Time and the Great Dao of Destiny.

Each Great Dao was further divided into 129,900 Laws. Only by comprehending them completely could one attain the Great Dao.

Li Xinghe possessed Time Law Fragments and Law of Destiny Fragments within his body. These had been left behind by Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny.

Others needed to comprehend them one by one, while he only needed sufficient strength to slowly refine the Law Power within his body.

Whether Daoist Shichen or the Lord of Destiny, both were supreme powerhouses among the Demon Gods. The Law Power they had comprehended already exceeded 120,000 Laws.

If measured by the realms of the Primordial World, they would likely have been existences on the level of the Heavenly Dao. Yet under the Great Dao's calculations, when the boundless tribulation arose, they were destined to fall.

However, the two great Demon Gods had passed down everything they had learned in their lives to Li Xinghe, leaving behind a safeguard.

Perhaps in the future, once Li Xinghe attained the Great Dao, he could revive them from the River of Time and the River of Destiny.

Chaos knew no years. Who knew how much time had passed? The Three Thousand Demon Gods grew increasingly powerful, while Tribulation Qi surged through the endless Chaos.

Pangu's aura became increasingly ethereal, as though he might break through the heavens and depart at any moment. Yet it seemed that something invisible was suppressing him.

Li Xinghe knew that the Creation Tribulation was about to descend. He was not even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal yet. Couldn't it wait a little longer?

"Big Brother, I'm about to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. Give me some Pangu Essence Blood."

"Second Brother, didn't I give you a drop just a few days ago?" Pangu helplessly squeezed out another drop of Essence Blood. If not for the nourishment of the Chaos Green Lotus, he would probably have been drained dry long ago.

Normally, after consuming so much Pangu Essence Blood, even a pig should have become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Li Xinghe stored away most of the Pangu Essence Blood. This was a limited edition—once Pangu was gone, there would be no more.

He had also used part of it to refine the restrictions of the two Chaos Supreme Treasures. The more he refined, the greater the power he could unleash.

Though he was currently weak, if they truly fought, even Grand Unity Golden Immortals would not be his match.

"To quickly refine those Chaos Divine Prohibitions, Merit Power is the most effective. But how do I obtain Merit?" Li Xinghe pondered day and night.

Suddenly, inspiration struck him. Merit Power... wouldn't Pangu receive enormous Merit when he opened the heavens?

Didn't the Three Pure Sages of the Primordial World obtain a portion of Pangu's Creation Merit? Later, they received the Heavenly Dao's favor and attained the Saint Fruit.

Under the Great Dao's calculations, opening the heavens was inevitable. Rather than remain passive, it was better to act first.

Li Xinghe had already made up his mind to persuade Pangu to open the heavens. He had to do it sooner or later anyway. If his persuasion succeeded, the Great Dao had to give him some Creation Merit, right?

"Big Brother, I feel that this Chaos World can no longer contain your realm." Looking at Pangu's increasingly powerful aura, Li Xinghe was filled with envy.

Pangu frowned. He too could feel the Great Dao's suppression, but he was confused about which path to take next.

"Second Brother, what do you think?" Li Xinghe was an anomaly, and every suggestion he made brought Pangu great benefits.

"Since this world can no longer contain you, then split open this Chaos. Perhaps the world beyond Chaos is even more wonderful," Li Xinghe said.

Pangu immediately fell into deep thought. This had actually been his own idea as well, but he vaguely felt that something was wrong.

Li Xinghe said nothing more and merely thought to himself, Big Brother, Big Brother, it isn't that I want to harm you. The Great Dao cannot be defied. Once you succeed in opening the heavens and create the Primordial World, you are destined to fall. When that happens, I'll help you gather your true spirit and revive you.

Normally, after Pangu opened the heavens and created the Primordial World, his primordial spirit would split into three. As long as the Three Pure Ones became Saints and their primordial spirits were reforged together, then Pangu's True Body could be condensed through the power of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, allowing Pangu to be revived.

But in reality, after the Primordial World was opened, some Demon Gods who had barely survived reincarnated into the Primordial World, stirring up chaos and giving rise to one great tribulation after another.

In the end, the Twelve Ancestral Witches fell, the Three Pure Ones turned against one another, and the Heavenly Dao was seized by Hongjun, leaving Pangu with no hope of revival.