This call seemed to contain a resonance from the deepest depths of bloodline and primordial spirit. Carrying the aura of the Three Treasures of Creation, it clearly reached Pangu's vast and boundless will!
For the first time, Pangu's axe-swinging motion visibly paused!
Even the condensed phantom of axe light stalled.
Slowly, as though turning a colossal pillar that supported heaven and earth, he looked toward the source of the voice.
There stood three figures, tiny amid Chaos, yet emanating a strange sense of familiarity.
That call from their bloodline... the aura emanating from those three treasures... they actually shared the same origin as the Heaven Opening Divine Axe in his hand and his own power, possessing a similarly wondrous essence!
Chaos Gas Flow surged within Pangu's enormous eyes, seemingly revealing a trace of scrutiny and confusion.
The terrifying pressure capable of crushing Saints actually reined in its edge at that moment, merely enveloping the Three Pure Ones with a scrutinizing gaze.
"Father God!" Laozi spoke again, his voice steady and clear, carrying the weight of a declaration. "The three of us were transformed from your Primordial Spirit's Pure Qi!"
Boom!
Those words were like a Chaos Thunderclap. Not only did Pangu's gaze grow deeper, but Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian behind Laozi were also shaken to their cores before overwhelming ecstasy surged within them!
So that was it! So that was it!
Eldest Brother truly had foreseen everything!
All of Eldest Brother's calculations had been for the sake of gaining Pangu Father God's recognition!
As long as Father God acknowledged that they had been transformed from his primordial spirit, they would have a chance to approach him, perhaps even... a chance to ask Father God to allow them to cross the moment of Creation of Heaven and return to the beginning of Chaos!
Once they succeeded, the foundation of Chaos Demon Gods would be within their grasp!
Then, by flowing back into the Prehistoric World and gathering all Timelines, Eternal Grand Unity... would be right before them!
Throughout countless ages, who had ever accomplished such a thing?
Only Pangu's Three Pure Ones!
Tongtian was so excited that he nearly let out a long howl. Even the hand gripping the Qingping Sword trembled slightly.
He looked at Laozi's back with unprecedented admiration. Eldest Brother! As expected of Eldest Brother!
He had actually thought of such a method, directly communicating with Father God!
It was simply a stroke of divine genius!
In the distance, Empress Nuwa, who had been watching anxiously, was also stunned.
She watched as the Three Pure Ones, under Pangu's gaze, were not instantly erased like the Two Sages of the West. Instead, they seemed to have received some form of tacit approval and were slowly drawing nearer!
Could it be... could the Three Pure Ones truly create history before her eyes and become the first Eternal Grand Unity of all ages?
Her emotions were a tangled mess, filled with shock as well as an indescribable complexity.
Pangu's enormous head dipped slightly, as though acknowledging Laozi's words.
A trace of gentleness appeared in that scrutinizing gaze.
He did not speak. He merely withdrew the condensed axe light, as though silently permitting them to approach.
Bearing immense pressure and protected by the Three Treasures of Creation, the Three Pure Ones finally crossed the last stretch with great difficulty and truly arrived at the origin point where Pangu transformed into the Great Desolation World.
Here, Chaos Demon Gods had been slain by Pangu.
Here, Pangu's physical body suppressed three thousand Chaos Demon Gods!
Here, Pangu's Great Dao of Strength suppressed the Three Thousand Great Daos!
Here was the origin point where Pangu opened heaven and earth and transformed into the Prehistoric World!
Standing here, they seemed able to touch the supreme Dao Principles that fixed primordial chaos and divided the clear from the turbid!
Yuanshi and Tongtian's hearts nearly leaped from their chests. The immense opportunity was right before them!
As long as Father God nodded, they could take that final step and enter the era before Chaos had opened!
However, at this pivotal moment that would decide their fate, a moment unprecedented throughout all ages, Laozi, who stood at the forefront, made a move that left Yuanshi, Tongtian, and even Nuwa utterly horrified and completely unable to understand!
He deeply bowed to Great God Pangu, who stood between heaven and earth and had opened heaven and earth, performing an ancient rite.
Then he raised his head, his gaze clear and calm, and requested in a distinct voice, "Father God, please swing your axe."
Please swing his axe?!
Ask Father God to swing his axe?!!
The wild joy on Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian's faces instantly froze, turning into blankness!
They could hardly believe their ears!
Had Eldest Brother gone mad?
When success was only one step away, he was actually seeking death of his own accord?
He was asking Father God to use that Heaven Opening Divine Axe... to kill them?
Empress Nuwa covered her mouth as well, her eyes filled with utter shock and bewilderment.
What did Laozi mean by this?
Was he destroying everything they had built?
A trace of surprise seemed to flash through Pangu's enormous, chaotic eyes.
Yet he seemed to understand something. His gaze became incomparably profound, as though it had seen through the resolve and wisdom beneath Laozi's calm exterior.
He did not hesitate any longer.
The Heaven Opening Divine Axe moved.
This time, it was no casual swing to drive them away, but one carrying an indescribable solemnity and recognition.
The first axe strike was plain and unadorned, yet it contained the will to create all things as it slashed toward the Three Pure Ones!
The Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda cried out mournfully as Mysterious Yellow Qi scattered!
The Golden Bridge of the Taiji Diagram shook violently, and Yin and Yang Qi fell into disorder!
Mournful cries rose from the Zhu Xian Sword Formation as the light of the Four Swords of Zhu Xian instantly dimmed!
The Bodies of a Sage of the Three Pure Ones shattered inch by inch like glazed crystal!
The second axe strike followed immediately!
The Chaos Qi of the Pangu Banner was annihilated!
The Taiji Diagram wailed as it shrank back into Laozi's sleeve!
The Four Swords of Zhu Xian lost their radiance and flew back in reverse!
The light of the Three Pure Ones' primordial spirits began to disperse!
The third axe strike!
There was no earth-shattering explosion, only the silence of all things returning to Guixu and reverting to Chaos.
The Bodies of a Sage and the primordial spirit light of the Three Pure Ones completely transformed into the most fundamental three streams of pure qi beneath Pangu's three solemn axe strikes.
Like curling wisps of green smoke, they circled the origin point of Creation of Heaven, about to merge into the laws of the newly born Great Desolation Heaven and Earth.
The Saints had fallen—the Three Pure Ones had fallen together!
Just as the three streams of pure qi were about to disperse completely, Pangu's ancient and majestic voice, one he had never spoken to any living being since the Creation of Heaven, resounded clearly across the River of Time for the first time. Carrying supreme majesty and a trace of imperceptible gratification, it said:
"You three are of my true lineage."
The voice was like a great bell, shaking even the River of Time into stillness for an instant!
The three streams of pure qi that were about to disperse suddenly trembled, as though new Life Opportunity had been infused into them!
The sinking consciousnesses of Primeval Lord of Heaven and Sect Master Tongtian were enlightened at once upon hearing those six words!
All doubt, resentment, and shock vanished, leaving behind only boundless astonishment and the ecstatic clarity of realization!
So that was it!
What Eldest Brother had sought had never been to cross the time of Creation of Heaven and return to Chaos!
What he had sought was Father God's ultimate recognition, at the "origin point" of opening heaven and earth and creating the Prehistoric World, of the Three Pure Ones' identity as Pangu's True Lineage!
It was Father God himself, at the moment when countless Daos were first born and the laws originated, using the intent of the Sky-Opening Axe to deeply engrave the primordial spirit imprints of the Three Pure Ones into the core origin of the Great Desolation World!
This imprint was purer and nobler than the foundation of any Chaos Demon God!
This was the true foundation of One Attainment, Eternal Attainment!
The "true lineage" personally acknowledged by Father God was their greatest support for being Eternal and Undying throughout past and future!
Just as the pure qi of the Three Pure Ones imprinted itself upon the Great Desolation Origin, Yuanshi and Tongtian comprehended the true meaning, and Nuwa's mind and spirit churned.
Another change arose!
A figure actually charged upstream from the lower reaches of the River of Time, defying the violent chaotic currents at an unimaginable speed and rushing straight toward the origin point of Creation of Heaven!
The aura emanating from this person was profound and unfathomable, faintly stronger even than the Three Pure Ones as Saints had been before... by a fraction!
Before Laozi perished, his final voice rang out: "Houtu, you came too late!"
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