Heavenly Dao

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Heavenly Dao (天道)
Alias(es)	Eye of Heavenly Dao; Heavenly Dao Will; Primordial Heavenly Dao; Heavenly Dao Incarnation; Eye of Heavenly Punishment 861
Type	Cosmic governing will and system of laws; develops individual self-awareness 343
Affiliation	Primordial World
Role	Supreme governing will and law system of the Primordial World
Status	Active; withdrew its heavenly punishment and agreed not to interfere in Niu Ben's handling of Di Jun and Taiyi rather than risk catastrophic damage to itself. Hongjun subsequently withdrew from worldly disputes to contemplate Dao integration. 862 863
First Appearance	Manifests as the Eye of Heavenly Dao while lending Merit to Jieyin and Zhunti 143

Power Progression

Stage	Development	Chapter(s)
Merit-bestowing cosmic authority	Manifested the Eye of Heavenly Dao and lent sufficient Merit for Jieyin and Zhunti to become Saints after their forty-eight Great Vows.	143
Direct enforcement of Heaven's trends	Issued an irreversible decree requiring Ancestor Minghe to surrender the Netherworld Blood Sea for Houtu's establishment of Reincarnation.	258 259
Tribulation-level suppression	Infused Niu Ben's Origin tribulation with its will after he refused recruitment, attempting to erase him before Hongjun intervened.	331 332 334 336
Emerging self-awareness	Developed a sliver of self-will, creating the danger that its individual preferences could supersede its impartial rules.	343
Heavenly Dao-level foreign war capability	Operated alongside Hongjun and its incarnation against the Universe Devouring Realm, helping establish a counterattack passage and kill the Saint Ancestor.	394 420 421
Combined purification against the Xuanhuang Realm	Joined Hongjun against the Xuanhuang Dao Ancestor, combining its Light of Purification with his divine lightning in a single attack.	558
Strengthening through foreign world origins	The Primordial World's growth and absorption of world origins strengthened the Heavenly Dao and, through his fusion with it, Hongjun. Its order enabled Hongjun to effortlessly suppress the Half-Step Heavenly Dao Realm Yin-Yang Ancestor.	625 626
Human Path confrontation	Escalated from Chaos Divine Thunder to Nirvana Divine Light, Six Saint replicas, and a Hongjun avatar, but was overcome by Niu Ben and compelled to accept the Human Path.	681 683 684 685 686
World-fusion expansion	Its laws began violently pulsing as an approaching otherworld started merging with the Primordial World, creating the conditions for new laws and a new Heavenly Dao Saint Position.	738
Demon Realm counteroffensive	Its origin will was consulted by Hongjun after the Demon Realm's premature invasion, leading to a full-scale plan to invade and devour the hostile world's Origin Essence.	797
Xuandu's Hunyuan Tribulation	Escalated from Chaos Divine Thunder infused with the Annihilation Law to a Heart Demon assault and finally the Heavenly Dao Sword, a killing move recognized as capable of destroying Saints.	817 818
Contested acquisition of Demon Realm Origin Essence	Hongjun's Dharma Body carried its will into the defeated Demon Realm and attempted to seize the realm's Heavenly Dao Origin Essence for incorporation into the Primordial Heavenly Dao; Niu Ben blocked the seizure.	842
Dao Integration foundation clarified	Hongjun revealed that the Heavenly Dao had been incomplete and that he used his own body to complete it, barely reaching the Dao Integration Realm through that union.	857
Ultimate heavenly punishment and strategic retreat	Manifested the Eye of Heavenly Punishment and gathered multiple supreme punishment lightnings after Niu Ben tore apart its edict. Hongjun withdrew the punishment after calculating that a full battle could shatter more than half the Heavenly Dao and return the Primordial World to Chaos.	861 862

Nature

The Heavenly Dao initially operates as an impersonal collection of rules that maintains order, balance, karma, and the broader trends of the Primordial World. Its ordinary will is described as the enforcement mechanism required by those rules, rather than an independent personality. 343

By Chapter 343, Dao Ancestor Hongjun reveals that it has gestated a sliver of self-awareness. If this self-will fully develops, the Heavenly Dao will cease to be impartial: its personal will could override all rules, reduce Saints and living beings to pawns, and eliminate change and free will. 343

Its later incarnation displays emotional fluctuation and desire over the Saint Ancestor's Heavenly Dao-level Origin, suggesting that this self-awareness has continued to manifest through its humanoid form. 422

By the Demon Realm crisis, Hongjun is described as having fused with the Heavenly Dao, yet he still communicates with its origin will before determining the Primordial World's response. 797

During Xuandu's Hunyuan Tribulation, the Heavenly Dao is depicted as enraged when Xuandu destroys its Heart Demon attack and absorbs the residual power. It responds by concentrating the entire Tribulation Cloud into a final killing sword. 818

Hongjun later states that the Heavenly Dao was originally incomplete and that he used his own body to complete it. Their union is consequential for both: Hongjun draws upon its Origin Essence and order, while catastrophic damage to the Heavenly Dao would damage his Dao foundation and deprive him of his authority. 857 862

Manifestations

The Heavenly Dao most often manifests as an immense eye formed from converging laws. Its gaze carries overwhelming pressure, reflects the rise and fall of the Primordial World, and serves as an instrument of order and punishment. 143 258 419

• Eye of Heavenly Dao — A colossal, emotionless eye containing circulating laws. Its appearance can force even Great Experts to kneel and makes Heavenly Dao Saints instinctively wary. 143 461 683
• Heavenly Dao Will — A cold, telepathic will that issues commands and decrees, such as ordering Di Jun and Di Jiang to enter their respective realms or allocating the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors' educational merit. 462 485 486
• Heavenly Dao Incarnation — A humanoid manifestation composed of laws. It acts alongside Hongjun, analyzes and modifies interdimensional passages, destroys hostile Origin Power, and communicates strategic calculations to Hongjun. 394 399 421 423
• Heavenly Dao Origin Will — The foundational will of the Primordial World with which Hongjun communicates when major world-level decisions are required, including the response to the Demon Realm's premature invasion. 797
• Constructed avatars — During its confrontation with Niu Ben, it creates replicas of the Six Saints and later a Hongjun avatar wielding the rule-based power of direct erasure. 684 685
• Heavenly Dao Sword — The concentrated entirety of Xuandu's Tribulation Cloud, formed as the final attack after he overcomes the Heart Demon Tribulation. The observing Saints recognize it as capable of killing Saints. 818
• Heavenly Dao Edict — A golden decree containing hundreds of millions of Great Dao runes and Dao Integration-level heavenly might. When Niu Ben seizes it, it releases purple heavenly lightning in an unsuccessful attempt to injure him. 861
• Eye of Heavenly Punishment — An enormous eye spanning tens of millions of miles at the center of a dark sea of punishment lightning. It is described as the Heavenly Dao's ultimate means of erasing those who defy it. 861

Hongjun can also dispatch a Dharma Body carrying the Primordial Heavenly Dao's will. The body he sends to the defeated Demon Realm radiates overwhelming Heavenly Dao might despite not being his true body. 842

Authority and Abilities

Governance of Laws and Fate

The Heavenly Dao governs the Primordial World's laws, merit, fortune, karmic balance, and major historical trends.

• It recognizes acts aligned with cosmic order and descends Merit, including Nuwa's creation of humanity and Taishang's establishment of the Human Religion. 106 140
• It treats the decline of the Witch and Yao Races as part of Heaven and Earth's necessary cycle, intended to clear their excessive Fortune and make way for new powers. 449 454
• It administers Saint-position opportunities. During the world-fusion preparations, Hongjun announces one transferable position for the participant with the most war Points and a second position to be awarded through an ostensibly random selection among participants after the merger. Niu Ben suspects that the latter selection will favor those most useful to the Heavenly Dao. 746
• As another world begins merging with the Primordial World, its expanding laws can differentiate new rules and create new Heavenly Dao Saint Positions. 738
• Saints' connection to the Heavenly Dao is fundamental to their power; an outside force at half-step Heavenly Dao level can sever that connection. 622
• Its power can resurrect Heavenly Dao Saints, as demonstrated by Di Jun's survival after an otherwise annihilating defeat. Their deathlessness and indestructibility depend upon borrowing its power. 494 857
• It decrees restrictions on Saints' interference in the Primordial World's affairs. Nuwa's departure from the Demon Heavenly Court and establishment of an Outer Heavens Dao Field are attributed to such a decree. 472
• Primordial Violet Qi can carry Heavenly Dao patterns that bind a prospective Saint's path to its authority. The Human Race's leaders identify this dependence as a threat to humanity's future autonomy. 630

Merit and Karmic Debt

Heavenly Dao Merit is a central instrument of its authority, functioning as both reward and leverage.

• It lent Jieyin and Zhunti enough Merit to attain sainthood after they made forty-eight Great Vows, because it owed a karmic debt to the devastated Western lands. 143
• It later tasked Zhunti with releasing the Ten Golden Crows, offering to forgive one-tenth of the Western Teachings' Merit debt in return. 348 351
• It promised Merit and Primordial Violet Qi to those who made exceptional contributions against foreign invaders. 372
• It withheld the Western Teachings' Merit after the Xuanhuang Realm war, despite rewarding other participants. 562

Judgment and Suppression

The Heavenly Dao acts decisively against beings and developments it identifies as threats to the established order.

• It ordered Ancestor Minghe to surrender the Netherworld Blood Sea to Houtu for the establishment of Reincarnation; Minghe yielded rather than risk erasure. 259
• It offered Niu Ben advancement in return for submission during his Origin breakthrough, then infused later tribulation lightning with its will after he refused. 331 332 343
• It ordered Niu Ben's execution as an “anomaly” when he protected Huang Tian's establishment of the Human Path. 683
• During the Human Path's establishment, it descended Chaos Divine Thunder and ultimately formed the Dutian Divine Thunder as a final judgment against Huang Tian and the Human Race; Niu Ben crushed the latter with one hand. 682 683
• Its Heavenly Dao Nirvana Divine Light is capable of erasing a target from its roots and from every point in the river of time. 684
• It can manifest Saint replicas and a Hongjun avatar to wield the Primordial World's rule-based erasure against an enemy. 684 685
• During Xuandu's Hunyuan Tribulation, it produced eighteen intensified Chaos Divine Thunders infused with the Annihilation Law, threatening both souls and True Spirits. 817
• Its Heart Demon Tribulation manifested as a black claw formed from tribulation power, Karma, and the resentment of the dead. It bypassed Xuandu's external defenses to attack his Primordial Spirit, Dao Heart, and Origin Essence. 817 818
• After Xuandu destroyed the karmic claw and absorbed its residual Primordial Spirit power, it condensed the Heavenly Dao Sword as a final, Saint-killing judgment. 818
• Its ultimate punishment against Niu Ben gathered Purple Firmament Divine Thunder, World-Destroying Black Thunder, Chaos Divine Thunder, and other supreme punishment lightnings beneath the Eye of Heavenly Punishment. 861

Cosmic Intervention

The Heavenly Dao can directly reshape battlefield conditions and large-scale cosmic structures.

• It sealed the Azure Dragon and later had its seal dissolved by Niu Ben's Power of Merit. 130
• It can forcibly transport even a Saint into an isolated Otherworldly Space, as it did when summoning Zhunti to command the release of the Golden Crows. 348
• It sealed off the Primordial Heaven and Earth during the events surrounding the Golden Crows' release. 351
• It intervened alongside Hongjun against the Universe Devouring Realm, halting a spreading “nothingness,” reversing the Saint Ancestor's self-detonation, and contributing to his death. 419 420
• Its incarnation helped Hongjun reverse-engineer and stabilize an enemy interdimensional passage for the Primordial World's counterattack. 394 399
• It destroyed the Saint Ancestor's turbid Origin Power after the battle and granted the Saint Crystal hidden inside to Hongjun. 421
• Its Light of Purification combined with Hongjun's divine lightning into a radiant purple pillar against the Xuanhuang Dao Ancestor. 558
• Hongjun can invoke the order of the entire Primordial World through his union with it, manifesting the Three Thousand Great Daos and stirring the Origin Essence of countless worlds. This power suppressed the Yin-Yang Ancestor's desperate half-step Heavenly Dao attack. 625 626
• After the Demon Realm breached the Yao Realm's barrier ahead of schedule, Hongjun consulted its origin will before adopting a plan to open a cross-dimensional passage and launch a full-scale counterinvasion. 797

Growth and Limitations

The Heavenly Dao's strength is connected to the Primordial World's development and Origin Essence. Absorbed foreign world origins strengthen it and, through his fusion with it, Hongjun. 626

• The Saint Ancestor's Origin Essence was allocated in part to replenish the Primordial World's losses and strengthen its foundation. Hongjun's proposed distribution assigned forty percent to the Primordial World, thirty percent to himself, and thirty percent to Yang Mei and Luohu. 423
• The defeated Highest Demon Realm's Heavenly Dao Origin Essence contained three thousand complete Great Dao law chains. Incorporating it into the Primordial Heavenly Dao was described as capable of greatly raising the world's rank and potentially enabling evolution into an Eternal True World; this was a prospective benefit, not a confirmed transformation. 842
• The Power of the Great Dao stands above its own Heavenly Dao power. The Eye of Heavenly Dao displayed surprise and wariness when the Great Dao rewarded Niu Ben after his Origin breakthrough. 336
• Niu Ben's independent system-awarded Dao Field is completely inaccessible to its will. Luohu can also shield a private conversation from its observation. 641 746
• Its authority is not irresistible against independent paths. Niu Ben's Dao of Primordial Chaos is not bound by its rules and overcame its direct-erasure attack during the Human Path's establishment. 685
• Its ultimate punishment could not be used against Niu Ben without unacceptable risk. Hongjun calculated that a full confrontation might damage his own Dao foundation, shatter more than half the Heavenly Dao, and return the Primordial World to Chaos; the threatened damage did not occur because he withdrew. 862

History

Early Merit and Saint Era

When Nuwa created the Human Race, the Heavenly Dao descended boundless Merit, enabling her Primordial Violet Qi to merge with her true spirit and elevating her to sainthood. 106

It later recognized Taishang's Human Religion, granting Merit after he established the sect with the Human Race as its foundation and used the Taiji Diagram to suppress its destiny. 140 It also allowed Jieyin and Zhunti to borrow the Merit necessary for sainthood, honoring its debt to the West after the destruction of the Western spiritual veins. 143

Hongjun's relationship with it was not initially free of conflict. His true body was shown bound by Heavenly Dao law chains, some of which he suppressed with purple-glowing fragments. He later reflected that becoming its spokesperson had constrained and controlled him despite his supreme public standing. 114 332

Reincarnation and the Great Tribulations

At the Netherworld Blood Sea, the Eye of Heavenly Dao ordered Ancestor Minghe to yield the Blood Sea for Houtu's Reincarnation project, establishing Reincarnation as an irreversible general trend of Heaven and Earth. 259

The Heavenly Dao later promoted the Witch–Yao conflict as a means of reducing both races' excessive influence and clearing accumulated Tribulation Qi. 449 454 When Niu Ben proposed relocating both races into separate realms instead of allowing their annihilation, it compelled Di Jun and Di Jiang to accept; their withdrawal still achieved its goal of removing both races from the Primordial World's central stage. 462 463

Awakening and the Niu Ben Conflict

During Niu Ben's attempt to attain the Daluo Golden Immortal of the Origin, the Heavenly Dao offered him advancement in exchange for submission. Niu Ben refused, prompting it to turn its tribulation power toward his destruction. 331 332

Hongjun later warned Niu Ben that the Heavenly Dao had begun to develop self-awareness. This transformed the threat from rule-based enforcement into the possibility of an independent being capable of treating all existence as its personal instruments. 343

The conflict reached its peak when Huang Tian attempted to establish the Human Path. The Heavenly Dao attacked with Chaos Divine Thunder, declared Niu Ben an anomaly, and escalated through Nirvana Divine Light, Saint avatars, and a Hongjun avatar. 681 683 684 685 Niu Ben overwhelmed every measure and ultimately forced the Heavenly Dao to concede, allowing the Human Path to stand beside the Heavenly Dao. 685 686

Foreign-Realm War

The Heavenly Dao cooperated with Hongjun against the Universe Devouring Realm, appearing as a second Heavenly Dao-level existence alongside him. 394 It directly joined the battle against the Universe Devouring Realm's Saint Ancestor, using law chains to halt the enemy's destructive “nothingness” and reversing the Saint Ancestor's final self-detonation. 420

Afterward, its incarnation participated in calculating the division of the Saint Ancestor's Origin Essence, prioritizing a compromise that avoided a ruinous confrontation with Yang Mei and Luohu. 423

It later joined Hongjun against the Xuanhuang Dao Ancestor. Declaring that the hostile Dao should be slain and its Origin returned, it projected a Light of Purification that fused with Hongjun's divine lightning. 558

The resulting growth of the Primordial World and strengthening through absorbed world origins were subsequently connected to Hongjun's increasing power. During his suppression of the Yin-Yang Ancestor, he wielded the Heavenly Dao's order to crush the half-step Heavenly Dao cultivator's resistance and strip away his Primordial Violet Qi. 625 626

Human Race Allocations

The Heavenly Dao intervened in the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors era to prevent a single Saintly lineage from monopolizing its Merit. It appointed Nuwa to protect and guide Fuxi, then distributed the remaining educational positions among the Saintly factions. 485 486

Its allocation gave the Western Teachings only one position among the Five Emperors. Jieyin and Zhunti resented the decision but submitted when directly questioned by the Eye of Heavenly Dao. 486

Haotian and the Western Teachings' Ascendancy

When Haotian learned of the Western Teachings' role in his family's tragedy, Niu Ben challenged his belief that serving the Heavenly Dao meant upholding impartial justice. He explained that the Western Teachings' future flourishing was a Heavenly Dao-decreed trend and that Haotian's family and the Heavenly Court's Fortune could be sacrificed to accommodate it. Niu Ben described the conspiracy as having been acquiesced to, and possibly driven forward, by the Heavenly Dao. 662

Haotian consequently recognized the vulnerability of his position: his authority and Saintly power depended on the same Heavenly Dao that could discard him for the greater trend. This realization led him to regard the independently powerful Niu Ben as a possible means of resisting the forces that had manipulated him. 663

World Fusion and Demon Realm Crisis

A century after Yang Jian's reorganization of the Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Dao's laws pulsed violently as a new otherworld approached and began merging with the Primordial World. The resulting expansion of Heavenly Dao law created the prospect of a new Saint Position and triggered competition among the Primordial World's major factions. 738

Hongjun subsequently announced two Saint-position incentives: one for the participant with the highest war Points, which could be transferred to another person, and one ostensibly random award among war participants after the worlds merged. Luohu privately revealed that the merger would release ownerless Heavenly Dao Origin Essence that Hongjun intended to use to strengthen the Primordial Heavenly Dao. 746

The otherworldly Demon Realm later disrupted the expected gradual fusion by forcibly tearing open the Yao Realm's barrier and sending a Half-Step Heavenly Dao Realm Demon Emperor into the Primordial World. After communicating with the Heavenly Dao's origin will, Hongjun abandoned his earlier strategy of waiting for a favorable merger and announced a full-scale invasion to destroy the Demon Realm and absorb its World Origin Essence. 797

The counteroffensive was scheduled for one hundred years after the assembly. Hongjun warned that continued passivity would allow the invaders to drain the Primordial World's Origin Essence and potentially collapse smaller affiliated worlds. 797

Xuandu's Hunyuan Tribulation

During Xuandu's attempt to attain Hunyuan, the Heavenly Dao descended Chaos Divine Thunder. Xuandu initially neutralized the lightning through his Taiji Dao, dividing it into Yin-Yang energy and strengthening his own diagram. The tribulation then intensified into eighteen Annihilation Law-infused thunderbolts and a Heart Demon claw that bypassed his external defenses. 817

Xuandu used One Qi Transforms into Three Pure Ones to create three incarnations, which combined their powers to sever the karmic claw. He absorbed the destroyed heart demon's residual Primordial Spirit power, restoring himself and further strengthening his aura. Enraged, the Heavenly Dao condensed its entire Tribulation Cloud into the Heavenly Dao Sword. Xuandu chose to receive the strike through his own Dao, declaring that his Dao was to protect and meeting the sword with two fingers. 818

Demon Realm Origin Dispute

After Niu Ben killed the Highest Demon Realm's Saint Ancestor, the damaged realm's Heavenly Dao Origin Essence emerged from the ruins. Its three thousand complete law chains made it an immense prize for both individual cultivation and the Primordial World's development. 842

Hongjun dispatched a Dharma Body carrying the Primordial Heavenly Dao's will and declared that the essence had to be taken to Purple Firmament Palace and merged into the Primordial Heavenly Dao. He promised later rewards based on contributions and immediately attempted to seize it with a Divine Net. Niu Ben blocked the attempt with the Chaos Five Elements Flag, turning the victory's aftermath into a confrontation over the spoils. 842

Niu Ben subsequently cultivated using the foreign Origin Essence. Hongjun later identified his share as half the otherworldly essence and was shocked that it had enabled him to cross into Dao Integration without drawing upon Heavenly Dao power. Hongjun contrasted this independent breakthrough with his own attainment through completing and merging with the incomplete Heavenly Dao. 851 857

Heavenly Punishment and Retreat

When Niu Ben refused the decree protecting Di Jun and Taiyi, the Heavenly Dao's voice denounced his disobedience. Niu Ben seized and tore apart the Heavenly Dao Edict despite its Dao Integration-level heavenly lightning. Hongjun took up the Heavenly Dao Fly Whisk, and the Heavenly Dao gathered a vast sea of supreme punishment lightning centered on the Eye of Heavenly Punishment. 861

Niu Ben answered in his Chaos Divine Ox form, wielding the World-Destroying Millstone and Chaos Five Elements Flag and challenging Hongjun to fight even at the cost of the Thirty-Three Heavens. Hongjun calculated that suppression might be possible through the Heavenly Dao's Origin Essence, but that the price could include damage to his Dao foundation, the destruction of more than half the Heavenly Dao, and the Primordial World's return to Chaos. 862

Rather than accept that risk, Hongjun withdrew the lightning sea and Eye of Heavenly Punishment. He conceded that Di Jun and Taiyi were Niu Ben's to deal with, asking only that their lives be spared, and declared that the Heavenly Dao would no longer intervene in the matter. This retreat established the practical limits of its authority against Niu Ben's independent power. 862

Afterward, Hongjun ceased concerning himself with worldly disputes and appeared to devote himself to contemplation of Dao integration. 863

Relationships

• Dao Ancestor Hongjun — Collaborator, spokesperson, and fused counterpart. Hongjun communicates with the Heavenly Dao, acts beside its incarnation against foreign realms, and shares strategic decisions with it. Earlier, he regarded his role as a form of constraint; he later revealed that he completed the incomplete Heavenly Dao with his own body. Their intertwined foundations made the risk of damage to the Heavenly Dao decisive in his retreat from Niu Ben. 114 332 372 394 420 423 797 857 862
• Niu Ben — Major adversary and designated anomaly. The Heavenly Dao attempted to recruit him, tried to destroy him after his refusal, and later opposed his protection of Huang Tian and the Human Path. He subsequently blocked Hongjun's attempted seizure of Demon Realm Origin Essence, tore apart a Heavenly Dao Edict, and compelled the withdrawal of its ultimate heavenly punishment through the threat of catastrophic mutual damage. 331 332 683 685 842 861 862
• Jieyin and Zhunti — Debtors and instruments. It lent them Merit for their sainthood because of its karmic debt to the West, then used debt forgiveness to compel Zhunti's cooperation. 143 348 351
• Houtu — Supported beneficiary. It ordered Minghe to yield the Blood Sea so Houtu could establish Reincarnation. 259
• Di Jun and Di Jiang — Subjects of a direct decree. It compelled them to accept relocation into the Yao Realm and Witch Realm rather than remain in the Primordial World. 462 463
• Di Jun and Emperor Taiyi — Beneficiaries of its later attempted intervention against Niu Ben. After the punishment was withdrawn, Hongjun requested that their lives be spared but relinquished further Heavenly Dao interference in their treatment. 861 862
• Huang Tian and the Human Race — Opponents during the establishment of the Human Path. The Heavenly Dao retaliated against Huang Tian's attempt to create an independent path before being forced to recognize the new order. 681 683 686
• The Six Saints — Subordinate Heavenly Dao Saints whose actions, Merit, and opportunities remain subject to its decrees. Their deathlessness depends on its power rather than complete independence from it. 485 486 683 857
• Haotian — Dependent ruler and Heavenly Dao spokesperson whose faith in its justice was shattered by his family's tragedy. Niu Ben explained that the Western Teachings' destined flourishing could take precedence over Haotian's family and the Heavenly Court's Fortune. 662 663
• Xuandu — Target of an escalating Hunyuan Tribulation. He overcame its Heart Demon attack and absorbed the residual power, provoking its final Heavenly Dao Sword judgment. 817 818
• Ancestor Yang Mei and Demon Ancestor Luohu — Rival Heavenly Dao-level claimants to the Universe Devouring Realm Saint Ancestor's Origin Essence. Its incarnation advised compromise to avoid a ruinous confrontation. Luohu later demonstrated the ability to conceal a conversation from its observation and sought a share of the ownerless Origin Essence Hongjun intended for its strengthening. 423 746
• Demon Realm — Hostile otherworld whose premature invasion and attempt to drain the Primordial World's Origin Essence prompted Hongjun to consult the Heavenly Dao's origin will and prepare a total counteroffensive. Following the enemy Saint Ancestor's defeat, its Heavenly Dao Origin Essence became the subject of a dispute between Hongjun and Niu Ben. 797 842

Notable Quotes

“Those who enter the realm shall live. Those who defy, shall die.” 462

“The Merit of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors cannot be monopolized by a single family or sect.” 485

“An anomaly must be slain!” 683

“Tread flat the otherworld and completely devour its World Origin Essence.” 797

“Insolence! The Heavenly Dao cannot be defied! The Dao Ancestor's edict is before you, and you dare disobey?!” 861

“This matter... the Heavenly Dao will no longer intervene.” 862

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