Great God Pangu

"Great God Pangu cleaved open Heaven and Earth, his body transforming into the Primordial Wilderness.

Pangu underwent nine transformations each day, and with every transformation, 129,600 Dharma Aspects manifested.

For example, Nüwa's human face and serpent body, and Houtu's form holding a soaring serpent, were both Pangu's Dharma Aspects.

The final human-shaped Dharma Aspect Pangu transformed into was the Innate Dao Body.

Thus, Pangu Primordial Spirit divided into the Three Pure Ones, forming true human forms.

Nüwa used yellow earth to create humans and attained Sagehood, becoming the first Sage of the Primordial Wilderness.

Afterward, the Three Pure Ones established sects and attained Sagehood, teaching the Human Race.

The West made great vows to attain Sagehood, solely to spread the Great Dao among the Human Race.

After countless epochs, the Wu and Yao races faded from the stage, the Human Race rose to prominence, and ultimately became the World Protagonist.

From the Three Sovereigns governing the world to the Five Emperors establishing order, and then to the era of Shang Zhou, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity began.

After the Three Pure Ones broke apart, the four great sects finally fought their decisive battle. Deification ended, and the Sages withdrew.

The Primordial Wilderness became the Earthly Immortal Realm, divided into the Four Great Continents.

From then on, the Primordial Wilderness entered the era of the Heavenly Court and the West.

Jade Emperor Haotian ruled the heavens, while the Western Buddhist Sect delivered all living beings.

When the Journey to the West Calamity arrived, the Buddhist Sect would flourish beyond measure!"

"..."

"From this day forth, there would be no more Three Teachings in the Primordial Wilderness. Only the Buddhas of Western Heaven would be revered."

"Heh heh, the Three Pure Ones Sages, Pangu's Legacy?"

"How tragic."

Primordial Land.

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, deep within Chaos.

Taiqing Realm.

Daluo Heaven, Daluo Mountain.

Immortal qi drifted through the air. This was where a Sage resided.

The mountain peaks towered magnificently, brimming with spiritual grace. Immortal cranes danced, while dragons roared and phoenixes cried.

Within the Primordial World lay a Cave Heaven and Blessed Land, where a majestic palace temple stood: the Eight Sceneries Palace.

Inside the Eight Sceneries Palace, amid swirling Purple Qi, an incomparably exalted Daoist with white hair and beard sat cross-legged.

He wore a Taiqing Ruyi Crown and a Mysterious Yellow Taiji Daoist Robe. Seventy-two-colored mystic light encircled his head, while Dao charm flowed endlessly around him.

This Daoist was the foremost among the six Sages of the Primordial World Heavenly Dao—Taiqing Laozi.

At this moment, he was immersed in comprehending the Dao. His aura was profound and mysterious, as though he was infinitely close to the Dao itself.

Yet just as he was about to break through, a streak of black light interrupted him, causing his comprehension to fail.

Opening his eyes, a trace of shock and confusion flashed through Taiqing Laozi's gaze.

After a moment, he gradually calmed down.

"So I actually transmigrated into the Primordial World and became the Leader of the Renjiao Sect, Grand Supreme Moral Lord."

Learning that he had become a Heavenly Dao Sage who stood at the pinnacle of the Primordial Wilderness should have delighted him, yet after assimilating his memories, Taiqing Laozi frowned slightly.

"Now is the end of Deification and the prelude to the Journey to the West. Though I am a Sage, I am trapped in Chaos, practically under house arrest."

Li Er had originally been an Earthling. While reading a story about Deification, he had accidentally transmigrated and become Taiqing Laozi.

Worse still, he had arrived during the Three Pure Ones' most desperate era.

During the Investiture of the Gods, the Renjiao, Chan, and Interception Sects had slaughtered one another, shattering the relationship between the Three Pure Ones.

In the end, the Western faction had seized the opportunity to rise, reaping the fishermen's profit.

Thousands of years later, the Journey to the West Calamity would begin, and the West would flourish throughout the world.

The situation was already beyond saving! The present circumstances were as dire as the sky collapsing.

Yet the three Sages were in a perilous situation. They could not set foot in the mortal world, a stark contrast to the ease enjoyed by the Two Sages of the West.

Although the Three Pure Ones had taken the Saintfall Pill, their strength was still heavily suppressed.

Taiqing Laozi had just attempted to raise his realm through comprehending the Dao. He had nearly succeeded, only to be forcibly interrupted by the Saintfall Pill.

Yuqing Yuanshi's situation was much the same.

However, their plight was not the worst. The one truly driven into a dead end was Shangqing Tongtian, imprisoned within the Purple Cloud Palace.

The destruction of the Interception Sect and Tongtian's confinement had greatly damaged the Three Pure Ones' prestige.

The root of it all pointed to Dao Ancestor Hongjun—or rather, Heavenly Dao Hongjun.

Taiqing Laozi looked toward the Purple Cloud Palace in Chaos, coldness flashing through his eyes before he withdrew his gaze.

He was no longer the Laozi of old, one who allowed Hongjun to control him as he pleased. His heart was filled with indignation toward Hongjun.

"As Pangu's Legacy, the Three Pure Ones should have been unmatched by anyone.

Yet Hongjun plotted against us, causing us to fall apart and allowing the Western faction to rise instead. It is truly unacceptable."

"But how can I turn the tide?"

Taiqing Laozi's eyes flickered as his thoughts raced.

As a Sage, he could produce 129,600 thoughts in every breath, and in an instant there could be as many as 129,600 breaths.

Even in the face of interference, a Sage could still perceive all things in the Primordial Wilderness.

"Though the disciples have been obscured, as a Sage, combined with the memories of my past life, I can determine that all of this was a scheme laid by Heavenly Dao Hongjun."

"To achieve his goal of merging with the Dao, Hongjun orchestrated this deception."

At the beginning of the War of the Gods Calamity, Nüwa was the first to suffer. The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors should have become Human Path Sages, yet they stopped at half-Sage, causing the Human Path to decline.

Houtu transformed herself into reincarnation, and the Underworld was controlled by others. The Earth Dao also failed to flourish.

During the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, the Three Pure Ones fell into a plot. The Interception Sect was torn apart, Tongtian was imprisoned in the Purple Cloud Palace, and the Renjiao Sect's disciples existed in name only.

My Good Corpse entered the Heavenly Court, while the Chan Sect gradually declined as well. Its direct disciples either fled to the West or defected to the Heavenly Court.

As Pangu's Legacy, the Three Pure Ones should have become the strongest force capable of opposing Heavenly Dao Hongjun after the Earth Dao and Human Path. Yet now, they had been completely defeated.

Not only that, Hongjun had laid out a scheme for the entire Primordial World.

That once-glorious Primordial Wilderness had been shattered into pieces, leaving only a small world formed by the Four Divine Continents and the Thirteen Overseas Dao.

The Primordial Wilderness was destroyed, yet Hongjun achieved his goal and transformed into the supreme Heavenly Dao.

If he wanted to reverse the situation, his strength alone would not be enough. The Three Pure Ones had to join forces.

Faced with this crisis, Taiqing Laozi pondered for a long time, his brow tightly furrowed.

He did not wish to remain trapped here, yet he could not find a way through his disciples.

The Three Pure Ones had long since broken apart. How could they possibly become one again?

Moreover, even beneath the Heavenly Dao, Sages were no more than ants.

Hongjun was now the true Heavenly Dao!

Even if the Three Teachings united, what use would it be?

Even as an extraordinary Sage, I have no solution.

What was more, I had taken the Saintfall Pill. I could not even improve my cultivation, and the slightest unusual movement would alert Hongjun.

Just then.

A voice sounded beside his ear.

"Master, is there anything this disciple may do for you?"

The speaker was Xuandu, who served in the Eight Sceneries Palace.

Seeing Taiqing Laozi's brow deeply furrowed, Xuandu grew suspicious and could not help asking.

Seeing Xuandu, Taiqing Laozi felt something stir in his heart and asked:

"Xuandu, what do you think of the Three Teachings now?"

Xuandu was Taiqing Laozi's only direct disciple and the Eldest Brother of the Three Teachings. His talent was exceptional, and he had inherited Laozi's true teachings.

Upon hearing this, Xuandu froze slightly, feeling that his master seemed somewhat unusual.

Laozi had always followed the principle of nonaction and had never spoken much about the Primordial Wilderness or the Three Teachings. For him not only to raise the matter himself this time, but also ask for Xuandu's opinion, was truly rare.

Since his master had asked, Xuandu dared not be careless. After thinking for a while, he could not help saying:

"Master, forgive my bluntness.

Back then, Master did not stop my two martial uncles. Instead, the conflict among the Three Teachings deepened. I fear you fell into someone's scheme.

As for the Three Teachings, they now exist in name only."

Taiqing Laozi nodded lightly.

The fact that Xuandu could sense matters at the Sage level showed that Hongjun had already been making a desperate final gamble.

"Then how should the Three Teachings reverse the situation?"

"The Three Teachings? Reverse the situation?"

Xuandu's eyes widened in shock. Though he was not a Sage, he had guessed that the mastermind behind everything had to be an existence at the highest level.

Master still wanted to reverse the situation? And together with the Three Teachings?

Xuandu was both shocked and impressed by his master's courage.

Taiqing Laozi closed his eyes in thought. Asking Xuandu just now had merely been a casual question.

Even a Sage had no solution, much less Xuandu.

To oppose Hongjun, he would not only need to rid himself of the Saintfall Pill, but also reunite the Three Pure Ones and perhaps even restore the Primordial Wilderness.

The Primordial Wilderness was Pangu's legacy, yet Hongjun had ruined it to this state for his own selfish ambitions. As Taiqing Laozi, Pangu's true successor, he naturally could not stand by and watch.

But was such a thing not tantamount to defying Heaven?

Taiqing Laozi sighed inwardly.

"Restore the Primordial Wilderness? I fear even the Heavenly Dao could not accomplish that."

At this moment.

A clear chime rang out.

Ding! Host's will detected!

Ding! The Primordial Luck System has been activated!

"Primordial Luck binding?"

"The cheat has arrived!"

A faint gleam flickered in Taiqing Laozi's eyes.

Sure enough, every transmigrator came with a system!

Taiqing was overjoyed.

Trapped in this predicament, the system should be his means of breaking the deadlock!

"Xuandu, go cultivate."

"Yes, Master."

After Xuandu left.

Taiqing Laozi called out to the system.