Great Dao

Biodata

Background / History

Pangu's residual consciousness reveals that, when he pursued the Great Dao, he discovered it was incomplete. Taiqing subsequently connects both Pangu's demise and the Great Dao's retreat to contamination from Primordial Chaos; Pangu confirms the deduction. 152

The Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable possesses refined fragments of the Primordial World's Great Dao. One such black fragment can contaminate the Heavenly Dao, allowing an enemy to undermine the world's order from within. 186 The Venerable also controls corrupted Great Dao fragments, preventing Pangu from simply attacking its detached divine sense. 183

In the Primordial Chaos Divine Realm, Taiqing's exposition of his Dao draws the attention of both Pangu and the Great Dao. Pangu provides him with the Great Dao Profound Crystal, while Taiqing requests a Dao duel with the Great Dao to test the strength of his own path under a simulated Heavenly Dao Realm. 183

During the Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable's final move, Great Dao Pangu confronts the Venerable's true form on the conceptual plane. Recognizing Taiqing as the Primordial World's future, Pangu commits his remaining strength to trapping himself and the Venerable there permanently. 211

Taiqing's Judgment of Primordial Chaos ultimately severs the Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable's Great Dao concept and annihilates it. Great Dao Pangu is left astonished that a Heavenly Dao Realm cultivator could kill a Great Dao Realm existence through a conceptual attack. 216 Much later, Taiqing attempts to guide Pangu of the Great Dao away from what he identifies as a flawed cultivation path. 275

Manifestations and Authority

Great Dao Divine Eye

The Great Dao Divine Eye manifests above Pangu and empowers Taiqing for his requested Dao duel.

• It raises Taiqing's simulated state through the nine layers of the Heavenly Dao Realm to half-step Great Dao. 183
• Its empowerment demonstrates that the Great Dao stands above all things and can create a half-step Great Dao existence with ease. 183

Conceptual Plane

The Great Dao's conflict with the Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable occurs on a conceptual level rather than a conventional battlefield.

• Great Dao Pangu engages the Venerable's true form to prevent its divine sense from exploiting the Primordial World. 211
• Pangu intends to bind both combatants within the conceptual plane, sacrificing his remaining radiance to protect the world. 211
• The Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable is ultimately destroyed when Taiqing severs its Great Dao concept. 216

Fractured Great Dao Fragments

Fragments of the Great Dao remain dangerous sources of authority.

• The Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable refines a black fragment of the Primordial World's Great Dao to contaminate the Heavenly Dao. 186
• Corrupted fragments under the Venerable's control make direct attacks on its detached divine sense too dangerous for Pangu. 183
• Even the Five Primordial Chaos Ancestors can sense Great Dao aura and attempt to comprehend it from a fragment. 186

Relationships

• Pangu — Identified as the Primordial World's Great Dao in later narration; Pangu's residual consciousness explains the Great Dao's incompleteness and fights to protect it. 152 186 211
• Taiqing Laozi — Taiqing investigates the Great Dao's fracture, requests a Dao duel, receives the Great Dao Profound Crystal through Pangu, and later offers Pangu guidance on a new path. 152 183 275
• Primordial Chaos Dao Venerable — Primary adversary; it refines Great Dao fragments, seeks to contaminate the Heavenly Dao and devour the Primordial World, and battles Great Dao Pangu on the conceptual plane. 186 211