Eating Dumplings Requires Soy Sauce

The Chaos Pearl is a Chaos Supreme Treasure, rumored to contain a world of its own, much like the Primordial World created by Pangu's heaven-splitting.

This item is no ordinary thing. It is said that after the Creation Tribulation, when Chaos was slain by Pangu, the Chaos Pearl vanished into the void—a testament to its uniqueness.

But Pangu was at his peak. The reason the Chaos Pearl escaped during the Creation Tribulation was mainly because he was busy fighting the Three Thousand Demon Gods and had no energy to bother with it.

Now, if Chaos wanted to flee before Pangu, there was no chance. The Jade Plate of Creation shot out, instantly freezing this stretch of chaotic spacetime.

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

Both were Chaos Supreme Treasures, and the Chaos Pearl was no worse than the Jade Plate of Creation. But the gap in the users' strength was too vast—mainly because he hadn't fully refined the 129,600 Chaos Divine Bans on the Chaos Pearl.

"Who said I'm going to kill you? You've never eaten dumplings, so I'll treat you to some." Li Xinghe produced a plate of dumplings from who knows where.

Chaos was utterly bewildered. Under Pangu's gaze, he had no choice but to finish the plate of dumplings in front of Li Xinghe.

"Bold! I warned you—dumplings need soy sauce. Are you disrespecting my Big Brother? Forget it, hand over the Chaos Pearl, and I'll take the loss and settle this for you!" Li Xinghe said reluctantly.

"What?" Chaos immediately flew into a rage. This was his companion-born treasure. Without the Chaos Pearl, his strength would drop by at least half.

Originally ranked fourth among the Three Thousand Demon Gods, without the Chaos Pearl, even making the top twenty would be a stretch.

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

Either hand over the Chaos Pearl, or die. That was Pangu's confidence.

In the end, caught between life and death, Chaos chose to give up his companion-born treasure.

"Remember, from now on, eat dumplings with soy sauce!" Li Xinghe left satisfied, glancing around as he did.

Seeing this, the onlookers hiding in the shadows quickly scurried away. This was no longer a show they could afford to watch—otherwise, they'd be next.

"Let me think... what treasures do the top-ranked Demon Gods still have? The Five Elements Pagoda, the Yin Yang Mirror..."

"Second Brother, bite off more than you can chew and you'll choke. Having the Chaos Pearl and the Family-Wrecker Shovel is enough for you to refine for a long time. Let's digest what we have first!" Pangu was afraid of tarnishing his legacy and felt too embarrassed to keep robbing.

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

But what Pangu said was true—having the strongest treasures was enough. There was no use in hoarding too many.

Mainly, he was worried that if things got out of hand, he wouldn't be able to clean up the mess. The Great Dao was watching from above. Though the Great Dao was emotionless, it wouldn't allow him to recklessly break the rules of the Chaos World.

Back at Pangu's Dojo, Li Xinghe continued his cultivation with diligence. Seated beside the Chaos Green Lotus, and with the Chaos Shovel's ability to alter the flow of time, he quickly broke through to the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal level.

But even so, he still felt he was too weak. This was the Chaos World. Aside from himself, even the weakest Demon God was likely at the Golden Immortal of the Origin level.

Let alone the strong ones—they were all at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin level, with combat power far surpassing the Heavenly Dao Sages of the Primordial World.

Pangu was even more so, at the Hunyuan Wuji Grand Unity Golden Immortal Peak—a tier of his own.

The Chaos World had three thousand laws. Cultivating any single law to its limit allowed one to attain a Great Dao and dominate a Chaos World.

For example, Pangu cultivated the Great Dao of Strength, while Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny cultivated the Great Dao of Time and the Great Dao of Destiny.

Each Great Dao was further divided into 129,600 laws. Only by fully comprehending them could one achieve the Great Dao.

Li Xinghe's body contained fragments of the Law of Time and fragments of the Law of Destiny, left behind by Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny.

Others had to comprehend them one by one, but he only needed sufficient strength to slowly refine the Law Power within him.

Both Daoist Shichen and the Lord of Destiny were among the strongest Demon Gods, having comprehended over 120,000 laws.

If translated to the Primordial World's cultivation system, they would likely be at the Heavenly Dao level. But the Great Dao schemed, and as the Immeasurable Tribulation arose, they were fated to fall.

However, these two Demon Gods had passed down everything they knew to Li Xinghe, leaving a contingency plan.

Perhaps one day, when Li Xinghe attained the Great Dao, he could resurrect them from the River of Time and the River of Destiny.

Time was immeasurable in Chaos. No one knew how long passed, but the Three Thousand Demon Gods grew ever stronger, and Tribulation Qi surged through the endless chaos.

Pangu's aura became increasingly ethereal, as if he might break through the heavens at any moment. Yet something invisible seemed to suppress him.

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

"Brother, I'm about to break through to Great Unity Golden Immortal. Give me some of Pangu's Essence Blood."

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

Normally, taking so much Pangu's Essence Blood, even a pig would have become a Great Unity Golden Immortal by now.

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

The rest he used to refine the restrictions on his two Chaos Supreme Treasures. The more he refined, the greater the power he could unleash.

Though his strength was still weak, if it came to a real fight, even a Great Unity Golden Immortal wouldn't be his match.

"If I want to quickly refine those Chaos Divine Bans, Merit Power is the most effective. But how do I get Merit?" Li Xinghe pondered day and night.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck him. Merit Power—when Pangu split the heavens, wouldn't there be immense Creation Merit?

Weren't the Three Pure Sages of the Primordial World granted a portion of the Creation Merit because of Pangu? That was how they later received the Heavenly Dao's favor and attained the Sage Fruit.

Under the Great Dao's scheme, splitting the heavens was inevitable. Rather than being passive, it was better to take the initiative.

Li Xinghe had made up his mind. He would trick Pangu into splitting the heavens. It had to happen sooner or later anyway. If he succeeded in the trick, the Great Dao would have to give him a share of the Creation Merit, right?

"Big Brother, I feel like this Chaos World can no longer contain your cultivation level." Watching Pangu's increasingly powerful aura, Li Xinghe was filled with envy.

Pangu furrowed his brow. He too could feel the suppression of the Great Dao, but he was also lost as to which path to take next.

"Second Brother, what do you think?" Li Xinghe was an anomaly; every suggestion he made had proven greatly beneficial.

"Since this heaven and earth cannot contain you, simply cleave open this Chaos. Perhaps the world beyond Chaos is even more splendid," Li Xinghe said.

Pangu fell into deep thought. This was actually the idea in his own heart as well, though he vaguely felt something was amiss.

Li Xinghe did not press further, only thought to himself: "Big Brother, oh Big Brother, it's not that I mean to harm you. The Great Dao is difficult to defy. Once you succeed in opening the heavens and creating the Primordial World, you will surely fall. When that time comes, I will help you gather your true spirit again and assist in your resurrection."

Normally speaking, when Pangu split heaven and earth and created the Primordial World, his Primordial Spirit would split into three. As long as the Three Pure Ones attained sainthood and reforged their Primordial Spirits together, and with the power of the Twelve Ancestral Witches condensed Pangu's True Body, Pangu could be revived.

But in truth, after the Primordial World was opened, some lingering demon gods reincarnated into that world, stirring up chaos and evolving calamity after calamity.

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