Ownership of the Primordial World was a huge temptation to anyone.
Hongjun's own strength was essentially only at the Sage realm, yet once he fused with the Heavenly Dao, his power instantly rivaled Pangu at the Great Dao Realm.
Heavenly Dao Sage Hongjun having a strength that rivaled Pangu of the Great Dao Realm seemed quite magical, but that was the truth.
The Great Dao was indeed above the Heavenly Dao, but Hongjun's Heavenly Dao was not truly viewed simply as the Heavenly Dao.
If Hongjun's fused Heavenly Dao were given another name:
Call it: the Pangu Dao Fruit.
Then one would no longer wonder why Hongjun's cultivation could rival Pangu.
At this moment, the Primordial World was essentially where Pangu's entire lifetime cultivation resided.
This was equivalent to Pangu starting a company, only for the company to end up bearing Hongjun's name.
Yet Hongjun had not even debuted yet, and this monstrous pie was about to fall into Wang Ming's hands.
Faced with such benefits, Wang Ming was naturally extremely tempted.
However,
becoming a Heavenly Dao Sage still made Wang Ming somewhat hesitant.
Wang Ming wanted to control a world, but binding himself to a world was something he had never considered.
In Wang Ming's view, binding to a world would leave behind a weakness that was not quite a weakness.
Still,
the Primordial World was powerful enough that this weakness could be ignored.
The problem, however, was that the cost of fusing with the Heavenly Dao was far too immense, causing Wang Ming to feel inner resistance.
After fusing with the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun admittedly possessed strength rivaling Pangu of the Great Dao Realm, but he had also completely bound himself to the Primordial World.
The special attributes of the Heavenly Dao also restricted Hongjun in every aspect.