Creation Tribulation

Following the normal course of events, Pangu could never have been resurrected, but now there was Li Xinghe.

Although he had initially attached himself to Pangu merely to survive, he later genuinely came to feel Pangu's care for him.

In his previous life, he had been lonely and helpless. Only his parents had ever treated him so well.

So he truly did not want Pangu to die. But the Great Dao could not be defied; Pangu was bound to create the world, and his fall was inevitable.

Either Pangu died, or he died alongside him. As the saying went, better a fellow Daoist than oneself. Li Xinghe could only silently swear that he would find a chance to resurrect Pangu in the future.

Over the following period, Tribulation Qi roiled through Chaos, as though it could erupt at any moment.

Li Xinghe sat beneath the Chaos Green Lotus and cultivated diligently. He also took the opportunity to comprehend the Jade Plate of Creation. The Chaos Pearl and Chaos Shovel were already his anyway, so there was no rush.

But after Pangu created the world, the Jade Plate of Creation would shatter. This treasure was no simple thing; in the future, Hongjun would attain the Dao through comprehending it.

Moreover, Hongjun had only obtained fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation. Now that the complete Jade Plate of Creation was before him, how could he let it go to waste?

At the same time, Li Xinghe often sweet-talked Pangu, analyzing how even if splitting open Chaos failed, he could still create another world as a fallback.

That made Pangu even more tempted. This way, he could advance to attack and retreat to defend. It was indeed a good plan.

Not long afterward, Li Xinghe's aura suddenly surged. After comprehending the Jade Plate of Creation for many days, he had finally broken through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"It is time!" Pangu suddenly rose from atop the Chaos Green Lotus, and a powerful aura tore through Chaos.

Li Xinghe's heart stirred. Was he about to create the world? At the same time, he was deeply moved. Pangu had been waiting for him to break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

That way, even if Pangu was gone, he would barely be able to survive in Chaos. After all, this was only the minimum threshold for surviving there.

"Big Brother, I will go with you." Li Xinghe used the Chaos Pearl to protect himself.

This was an opportunity rarely seen in countless ages. Who else could observe Pangu creating the world from such close range?

And when the battle with the Three Thousand Demon Gods began, he could also pick up some benefits along the way.

Pangu said nothing and allowed Li Xinghe to climb onto the Chaos Green Lotus.

At that moment, Pangu stood upon the Chaos Green Lotus, with the Jade Plate of Creation above his head and the Pangu Axe in his hand as he charged into the depths of Chaos.

At the same time, nearly all the Demon Gods throughout Chaos sensed Pangu's aura.

And a thought arose in all their hearts: Pangu intended to split open this Chaos. Every Demon God was enraged. They absolutely could not allow him to do so.

They knew nothing of what lay outside after Chaos was split open. It was a fear of the unknown.

It was also, under the guidance of the Great Dao, their instinctive resistance toward Pangu.

Even Li Xinghe had such thoughts. It was like living on Blue Star when someone suddenly declared they would destroy Blue Star. Naturally, that would provoke the resistance of all humanity.

"Pangu, stop!" Some powerful Demon Gods had already appeared to stop him.

Under the guidance of the Great Dao, nearly every Demon God believed that if Pangu split open Chaos, they would lose their homes and might even be killed by unknown existences from beyond.

Chaos was like their home. They would never allow anyone to destroy it. Even if they died, they had to stop Pangu.

This battle shook heaven and earth. One powerful Demon God after another appeared, each carrying a terrifying aura.

"The weakest of them are Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals, right? Even the trashiest ones are far stronger than Heavenly Dao Sages! The strong ones might all be at the Primordial Heavenly Dao level." Li Xinghe trembled in fear. If not for the several supreme treasures protecting him, he would have exploded long ago.

"Second Brother, fall back first. Let me cleave them apart." With a wave of his hand, Pangu sent Li Xinghe away.

"Those who stand in my way will die!" Pangu revealed his ten-thousand-zhang Demon God form, and the Killing Qi from the Pangu Axe spread throughout Chaos.

"Pangu, you court death!" Chaos was the first to charge forward. His accompanying supreme treasure had been taken from him, and he had long wanted revenge.

This time, the Three Thousand Demon Gods were joining forces. It was a once-in-ages opportunity.

What puzzled him, however, was that none of the several Demon Gods ranked at the very front had appeared.

Time and Fate had long since fallen. Because it involved the Great Dao, not many knew about it.

Ancestor Yang Mei, the Space Demon God, happened to be one of those who knew. At that moment, he was doing everything he could to resist the pull of the Great Dao. "It has come true. The great tribulation Shichen and Destiny divined has arrived."

At this time, he wanted nothing more than to flee the Chaos World at once. How could he dare show himself?

As for the other Demon Gods, Cause and Effect, Creation, Yin and Yang, Five Elements, and many others answered the Great Dao's pull and charged over desperately.

Even though Pangu was incomparably powerful, he was hard-pressed to deal with so many Primordial Wilderness Demon Gods.

"This is insane!" Li Xinghe hid far away, completely concealing his aura.

Pangu, meanwhile, was filled with endless battle intent. One swing of his axe killed one insignificant nobody; those unranked Demon Gods could not even withstand a single move from him.

The Tribulation Qi throughout Chaos surged wildly as the Demon Gods charged forward without regard for their lives. The Yin Yang Mirror, Five Elements Pagoda, Sword of Destruction—these were all Top-grade Chaos Spiritual Treasures, second only to Chaos Supreme Treasures.

"What a pity. They are all treasures!" If these weapons had remained intact, they would not have been weaker than the Innate Supreme Treasures of later generations.

Not long afterward, Chaos let out a miserable scream. Without the Chaos Pearl to protect him, he became the first Top-level Demon God to be slain.

A so-called Top-level Demon God was at least among the top twenty of the Three Thousand Demon Gods.

Chaos had no self-awareness at all. In the past, with the Chaos Pearl, he could rank among the very top in the Chaos World. Now that he had lost his accompanying supreme treasure, his overall strength might not even place him in the top twenty.

After all, none of those who could become top-level Chaos Demon Gods were easy to deal with.

Suddenly, a massive cauldron descended to suppress him, making even the Jade Plate of Creation above Pangu's head tremble.

"The Qiankun Cauldron—a fine treasure for pill refinement and artifact forging. Big Brother, I want that cauldron." Li Xinghe shouted. The Qiankun Cauldron Nuwa used to mend the heavens in later generations was merely an imitation.

Pangu understood immediately and held back, not smashing the Qiankun Cauldron apart.

Another demon ape arrived wielding a Sky-supporting Pillar. He actually relied on the rod in his hands to take a strike from the Pangu Axe head-on.

"The Chaos Demon Ape. It is said that the Four Great Spirit Monkeys of later generations were formed from his true spirit. He truly lives up to his reputation." Li Xinghe felt deep respect.

But his Accompanying Spiritual Treasure was ultimately of a lower grade than the Pangu Axe, and it was severed by the second strike.

Another tall and imposing man arrived wielding a Fang Tian Hua Ji. He was the War Demon God. On such a chaotic battlefield, his War Qi erupted to its peak, yet he was cleaved to death with a single axe strike.

There was no helping it. Pangu was simply too strong. More importantly, the two great Demon Gods, Shichen and Destiny, had already fallen, while the Space Demon God had hidden far away. Otherwise, they might have had the slightest chance to resist.

Before long, all sorts of Chaos Spiritual Treasures were shattered. Only the Qiankun Cauldron caught Li Xinghe's eye, so after slaying the Qiankun Demon God, Pangu tossed the Qiankun Cauldron to him.

At that moment, a huge Qu She in Chaos was constantly devouring the flesh and blood of those Demon Gods, its realm rising continuously.

"Holy shit, the first earthworm in heaven and earth. Isn't that the future Dao Ancestor of the Mystic Gate, Hongjun?"

Among the Three Thousand Demon Gods, Hongjun ranked close to the bottom. While everyone else was fighting, he was secretly devouring Demon God flesh and blood. He really was a crafty old schemer.

No wonder he could survive the Creation Tribulation. Elsewhere, a man holding the Nine Demon Pagoda was also refining the killing aura filling the sky to raise his cultivation. It was Luohu.

"Those two are the ones who will cause trouble in the Primordial World in the future. I need to remind Big Brother to kill them first." Li Xinghe muttered to himself.

Whether Hongjun or Luohu, both were figures blessed with great Fortune. One would become the Dao Ancestor of the Mystic Gate, and the other the Demon Ancestor. It would be best if they could be killed in advance; if not, they still had to be crippled.

"Big Brother, there is a Qu She over there. It looks too disgusting—split it vertically for me." Li Xinghe pointed at Hongjun.

The giant Qu She was startled. The Three Thousand Demon Gods all knew by now that Pangu had a little brother, and Pangu listened to him closely. Who the fuck did I provoke? Is it wrong even to lie low?

"And that one holding the Nine Demon Pagoda too. He is overflowing with killing intent. One look tells me he is no good."

Luohu turned and fled in fright, cursing inwardly. I was never a good bird in the first place—no, wait, I am not even a bird!

But by then, Pangu had already killed until his eyes were red, and the Great Dao was influencing him as well.

No one knew how many years this battle lasted. Of the Three Thousand Demon Gods, some died and some fled. Even Ancestor Yang Mei, who had been intent on avoiding disaster, had his main trunk severed before escaping Chaos. Throughout all of Chaos, no living beings remained besides Pangu and Li Xinghe.