Pangu Did Not Die of Exhaustion

Lu Jun frowned slightly at this.

As a transmigrator, he believed he already knew the Prehistoric World's established lore inside and out.

"Chaos Demon Gods? Weren't they innate divine demons born within Chaos?"

"Great God Pangu was also the strongest among them. Could there be... something special about them?"

Seeing Lu Jun's expression, Tai Yi's lips curled into a meaningful smile, as though he were watching a fledgling whose understanding was about to be overturned.

"Special? Of course they're special. Nephew, what you know is merely the surface story widely spread throughout the Prehistoric World to reassure all living beings."

His voice was low, carrying the force to pierce through fog. "According to the common understanding of Prehistoric World beings, Chaos Demon Gods were indeed nurtured within the Chaos World."

"Chaos is boundless and gave birth to countless divine demons. Great God Pangu was the mightiest among them, burdened with the mission of Creation of Heaven."

"The Great Tribulation of Heaven Opening you have heard of was when Great God Pangu, in order to create the Great Desolation World, wielded the Heaven Opening Divine Axe and fought the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods alone with supreme power!"

Tai Yi's voice abruptly turned sonorous, as though it carried the clash of arms from the dawn of Chaos and the sound of the Great Dao collapsing.

In an instant, he drew Lu Jun's mind and spirit back to that unimaginably brutal battlefield.

"That battle shattered Chaos and made the Great Dao wail!"

"Of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, whether they possessed strength enough to shake the stars or might enough to cover Chaos, nearly all were slaughtered by Great God Pangu!"

"Their immense broken bodies, containing endless Chaos Origin and Great Dao Laws, along with Great God Pangu's own supreme Divine Body—vast and majestic, its Heaven Opening origin ultimately exhausted—became the foundation of this Great Desolation World!"

"Using his own Great Dao as a guide and the bodies of Chaos Demon Gods as materials, Great God Pangu forcibly tore apart Chaos and forged this Great Desolation Heaven and Earth! That was the true Great Tribulation of Heaven Opening!"

Tai Yi suddenly changed tack and delivered a startling statement. "However, after the Creation of Heaven, Great God Pangu did not die of exhaustion as the legends claim!"

Lu Jun's pupils suddenly contracted, and his mind and spirit shook violently!

This was completely different from the core lore he knew from his previous life!

Pangu hadn't exhausted himself and transformed into all things?!

"Great God Pangu did it willingly!" Tai Yi said decisively, with boundless reverence.

"He used his remaining majestic body to forcibly suppress the Demon God remains that formed the world, remnants filled with violent power of Chaos!"

"He used his supreme Great Dao will of Opening of Heaven and Earth to suppress the Three Thousand Chaos Great Daos represented by the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, which were utterly incompatible with the newborn order of the Prehistoric World!"

"He did not passively die from exhaustion. Instead, he actively 'suppressed' and 'sealed' them, gradually transforming the Three Thousand Great Daos within that seal!"

"It was precisely because of Great God Pangu's voluntary sacrifice that the Three Thousand Great Daos could manifest in the Great Desolation World today!"

At this point, Tai Yi raised a hand and pointed at the Sun Star. "Our Sun Star is the manifestation of the Great Dao of Yang!"

Lu Jun's mouth fell slightly open. "This... this is the first time I've heard such an explanation!"

He had read well over a hundred Prehistoric World novels, yet he had never encountered such a subversive premise!

Pangu had willingly sacrificed himself to "suppress" the world?

The truth of this Prehistoric World was actually so cruel?

"Uncle, how did you learn such a secret?" A new question arose in his mind.

Tai Yi glanced at Lu Jun. He was not surprised by his reaction, and the corners of his lips lifted slightly.

"It is only natural that you have never heard it. After all, you have not truly traced time backward and personally 'seen' the truth of the Great Tribulation of Heaven Opening."

"I once borrowed the power of the Chaos Bell and traveled upstream along the River of Time. Amid those endlessly perilous currents of temporal chaos, I caught a distant, fleeting glimpse of the grand scene of Creation of Heaven."

"Everything I just said was deduced from fragments I 'personally' witnessed. That is why I dare to state it with certainty."

"In truth, once your cultivation reaches the realm of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal and you possess the ability to attempt tracing the source of the River of Time, you will be qualified to glimpse a little of it."

"To true Great Luo cultivators, this is not an absolute secret."

Lu Jun's heart churned violently as the settings from the novels of his previous life were ruthlessly torn apart.

Yet new and deeper doubts surged forth like a tide. "I... I still don't understand!"

"What exactly is the connection between Empress Nuwa and the others being unable to return, and what you have told me about Pangu's Creation of Heaven and the Chaos Demon Gods?"

He pressed urgently. Even Great Luo cultivators knew of this, so Saints naturally knew as well. Then why would witnessing Creation of Heaven cause them to remain absent for three hundred years?

Tai Yi's expression suddenly turned incomparably solemn. His gaze blazed as he looked straight at Lu Jun.

"What I am about to say is the most central and darkest secret of the Great Desolation World!"

"Even Grand Unity Golden Immortals would find it difficult to glimpse the full picture without a supreme treasure's protection, as I have! Even many mighty Quasi-Saints may not know everything!"

An invisible, oppressive weight from the very root of the Prehistoric World instantly descended upon Lu Jun, making his breathing catch.

Instinctively, he wanted to retreat. "This... this kind of absolute secret, one that even Quasi-Saints might not know... does your nephew... truly have the right to hear it? If I do not, then it is better not to know!"

He instinctively felt that the waters ran far too deep, far beyond anything he had imagined.

I am a transmigrator. I have only one goal: to survive.

It would be better not to know secrets involving the past.

Once I know, it will surely only bring needless worries.

Yet the boundless curiosity in his heart made it impossible for him to refuse.

As the saying went, hearing the Dao in the morning made dying that evening worthwhile!

"Ha ha ha!" Tai Yi laughed heartily, carrying both expectations for his junior and a trace of pride.

"Do not be afraid! Since I dare tell you, it proves that you bear Golden Crow Destiny. With your unfathomable foundation in Star Evolution, you are already qualified to know!"

"More importantly, the sooner you understand the true face of the Great Desolation World, the more it may help you forge a Heaven-Reaching Great Dao unlike ours, one truly belonging to yourself!"

"Only by understanding the truth of the Great Desolation World can you understand why Empress Wa and the others missed the Anchor Point of 'the present' after entering the River of Time!"

Tai Yi's voice grew heavy again, bearing the gravity of one who had seen through the ages and pierced illusion.

"As I said earlier, the Great Desolation World was formed when Great God Pangu's body and will forcibly suppressed and sealed the remains of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods and the Three Thousand Chaos Great Daos."

"A world like this is, in essence, an eternal 'battlefield'! A prison where 'suppression' and 'resistance' are taking place at every moment!"

"The very 'materials' that make up the Great Desolation World—the broken bodies and lingering wills of those Chaos Demon Gods—have never truly submitted!"

"At every moment, driven by their lingering wills, they instinctively and madly assault the suppression seals left behind by Great God Pangu!"

"It was this unceasing resistance from the deepest foundations of the world that created a critical flaw determining the fate of the Prehistoric World."

"The 'strength' and 'stability' of the Great Desolation World have an invisible 'upper limit'! It is not a flawless, eternal world!"

"From the very moment of Opening of Heaven and Earth, this resistance from its foundations has never ceased!"

"Even today, it continues!"

"The Calamity Qi and baleful qi filling heaven and earth, even the Cataclysmic Tribulations that eventually erupt, are to some extent external manifestations produced when this force of 'resistance' accumulates to a certain degree and breaks through the suppression seals!"

Tai Yi seemed to recall a tragic example. "Every wave of resistance may give rise to an 'incarnation' of a Chaos Demon God's will, born among the beings of the Prehistoric World and waiting for a chance to destroy its foundations!"

"Like Demon Ancestor Luohu!" A chill flashed through Tai Yi's eyes.

"His origin was condensed from the lingering will of the Chaos Demon God Rahula. Mount Sumeru, formed from his head, was the core Anchor Point of his power!"

"And he nearly succeeded! He detonated Mount Sumeru and severely wounded the Great Desolation Origin! The Western Earth Veins remain barren to this day!"

At those words, Lu Jun stood dumbfounded.

This time, he was truly shocked by the revelation.

"Demon Ancestor Luohu's very purpose was to destroy the Prehistoric World? He was the revival of a Chaos Demon God's will?"