Chapter 35

Audhumla successfully created a world. Perhaps I can learn from his experience!"

Zhou Jun stroked his chin, recalling the records of creation from Norse Mythology in his previous life.

According to the Norse legends from his previous life, when Audhumla, who had obtained the Time Gemstone, created the world, the chaos had already been split open by a vast chasm, with flames and ice everywhere.

Clearly, that chasm must have been cleaved open during Pangu's World Creation. By the time Audhumla created his world, Pangu was already stabilizing earth, fire, wind, and water.

Audhumla had merely picked up the scraps while Pangu was opening the heavens, using the World Tree to prop up a portion of the chaos Pangu had created—

—and then gave birth to his own world.

"As for the world creations in several other mythologies, they were more or less the same—they all picked up Pangu's leftovers! While the Great Dao had its eyes fixed on Pangu as its primary target, they started doing their own thing. Once Pangu fell, the Primordial World appeared, and the Great Dao withdrew, it was too late to settle accounts with them. That was how they succeeded!"

Zhou Jun pondered thoughtfully, understanding the intentions of the other Demon Gods who had obtained gemstones. They wanted to hide behind Pangu and pick up the scraps. After all, when the sky fell, the tall ones bore the weight. If the Great Dao came to settle accounts, Pangu would be the first target in its line of fire.

"But I can't copy them completely! The fact that they could endure until after Pangu opened the heavens before creating their worlds means they all survived the Tribulation of Sky-Opening!"

"And what about me? In the myths of my previous life, there was no Time and Space Demon God at all! As for the Time Demon God and the Chaos Demon God of Space?"

"The Time Demon God fell directly. Yang Mei, the Chaos Demon God of Space, was slightly better off, but though he survived, he had to reincarnate and cultivate again. In the end, Hongjun became a Saint before him, and there was no news of him after that. He probably died too!"

Thinking of this, Zhou Jun felt somewhat melancholy. Still, he was not overly worried. In terms of equipment, he was no less equipped than Pangu, and he also had the system's assistance. There was no reason other Demon Gods could survive the Tribulation of Sky-Opening while he could not!

Moreover, unlike the other Demon Gods with gemstones, they did not dare to open the heavens before Pangu. First, they lacked Pangu's strength. After all, if they could open the heavens alone, they would not have followed behind Pangu and relied on the chaos Pangu had opened to create worlds.

Second, they feared that the Great Dao would shoot the bird that stuck its head out first. Opening the heavens meant opposing the Great Dao, so the Great Dao would deal with you. Yet without opening the heavens, one's strength could not break through to the Great Dao Realm. It was an inescapable deadlock.

But he was different.

He had the Chaos Bead. It contained a small world of its own and could even conceal the workings of the Great Dao!

He could completely open the heavens and create a world within the Chaos Bead's world—

—there was no need to open the heavens and create a world in the chaos!

Once Zhou Jun thought of that, his heart instantly brightened.

"Maybe I can even transcend before Pangu does!" Zhou Jun thought smugly.

He raised his head and looked around the Bronze Ancient Hall once more. After Zhou Jun took the Time Gemstone, the entire hall had become completely empty. Nothing remained.

And in Zhou Jun's perception, at the very moment he refined the Time Gemstone, the entire Bronze Ancient Hall seemed to have completed its mission and began urging him to leave. The ancient hall might disappear at any moment!

"Mm, there isn't anything left here. I should leave too!"

Nodding, Zhou Jun returned the way he came. He crossed the long bridge corridor, passed through the entrance hall, and walked out through the Bronze Gate he had entered from.

Clatter...

Sure enough, at the instant Zhou Jun emerged, the Bronze Gate behind him instantly turned to ash and vanished into nothingness.

The space beyond the Bronze Gate, along with all those Bronze Halls, completely disappeared with the gate's destruction.

After watching this Ruins from the Primordial Era vanish completely, Zhou Jun turned to leave. But the moment he looked back, he froze.

Not far ahead, three figures were sitting side by side.

And those three figures were no strangers—they were the three brothers, Past, Present, and Future!

"Why are you still here?"

Zhou Jun looked at the three of them and asked in confusion.

"Huh? Boss, you're out?!"

The three Demon Gods were instantly startled, delighted, and somewhat frightened upon seeing Zhou Jun emerge. Those three complicated expressions intertwined in their eyes, leaving Zhou Jun thoroughly baffled.

"Boss, do you still need underlings? We have nowhere to call home now. We hope you'll take us in!"

Through their previous dealings with Zhou Jun, the three Demon Gods had already learned that he was not bloodthirsty and that he responded to softness rather than force. Without another word, they dropped to their knees, tears streaming down their faces.

"Wait a second? What do you mean?!"

Zhou Jun was utterly confused, unable to understand what these three were up to.

"Boss, a thousand years ago, after we brought you here, didn't you tell us to get lost? So we got lost and went home!"

"But not long after we returned to our lair, it was seized by a cruel and overbearing Demon God!"

"We have nowhere to go and no place to call home now, so we came to beg Boss to take us in!"

After the three Demon Gods explained what had happened, each adding a sentence in turn, they looked at Zhou Jun with teary, pitiful eyes.

If it had been a girl or a child looking at you like that, perhaps you would have found it cute and felt pity for them. But when it was three snake heads...

No matter how he looked at it, the feeling was utterly bizarre!

"Ding dong! Selectable options detected. Host, please choose."