The Heavenly Dao is Strange Towards Hongjun
Inside the Purple Cloud Palace.
Heavenly Dao and Hongjun returned from the primordial world in Primordial Wilderness, their auras weakened, clearly indicating that they had suffered serious injuries at Buzhou Mountain.
"You can't even handle this small matter properly!" Heavenly Dao's voice was icy, filled with suppressed anger.
"Now look what's happened! I've been injured too, and I won't be able to fully recover for at least Yuanhui!"
Upon hearing this, Hongjun's expression turned even more grim. He suppressed his surging blood and qi and retorted, "I am also seriously injured!"
"Furthermore, you call that a trivial matter? How can you even say that! The Pangu True Body! The Pangu's Will!"
Tell me, which one is a minor issue? Which one is easy to deal with?
"Pangu True Body is one thing, but that damned Pangu's Will... Hmph!"
"Oh."
The Heavenly Dao let out a cold, ambiguous laugh, its voice filled with sarcasm. "You know that Pangu True Body is no small matter? Then what are you doing, acting all high and mighty?"
"If you had used your full strength earlier and gone all out to capture Zhou Ming's Avatar, none of this mess would have happened."
"I really don't understand what you're thinking! You insist on giving them a chance, a chance for them to integrate!"
"And let them fuse with the Chaos Bell to recreate the Sky-Opening Axe!"
"You even have the audacity to say you 'want to see the power of the Sky-Opening Axe again'."
"What, wasn't being cleaved in two by that Pangu in the Chaos enough? Do you have to experience it again in this Primordial Wilderness, looking for some more excitement?"
"Now that's settled, your wish has been fulfilled. Satisfied? Doesn't it feel incredibly satisfying?"
"Have you been ruling as an ancestor in the Primordial Wilderness for too long, and now you think you're all that? You really think you can go toe-to-toe with Pangu, huh?"
Hongjun's face turned pale and then red from the rebuke, and the veins on his forehead throbbed.
He stubbornly argued, "How can you blame me entirely? Who could have predicted that Zhou Ming would actually be able to summon the Pangu's Will!"
"Besides, how would I know that this so-called Wu Ming was just a Avatar of Zhou Ming? You didn't find out either, did you?"
Hongjun was furious and retorted without hesitation.
"With Zhou Ming himself watching over me, do you think I could capture his Avatar so easily? You're dreaming!"
"If we really push them too far, they'll summon the Pangu's Will long ago. Before you even arrive, I'll be struck down by the Pangu's Will, okay?!"
"At least, I don't have to get hurt anymore," Heavenly Dao replied coldly, without any emotion.
Hongjun nearly choked on his breath, his eyes widening. "You mean, I deserved to be cleaved in two by Pangu, right?"
"That's what you asked for," the Heavenly Dao's voice remained calm.
"I asked for it?" Hongjun laughed in anger.
"If it weren't for your desire to weaken Pangu's influence in the Primordial Wilderness and to Primordial Wilderness alone."
"If they insist on pushing for some kind of Witch-Demon Tribulation and setting the Heavenly Dao Trend, why would I go all the way to Buzhou Mountain to fight those crazy Wu Clan to the death?!"
Upon hearing this, the Heavenly Dao fell into an unusual silence, ceasing its debate with Hongjun on this issue.
After a long silence, Hongjun took a deep breath, suppressing his anger and resentment, and asked in a deep voice, "Things have come to this point, there's no point in saying more."
"How about... we let those Six Sages be born sooner?"
This is the only way he can think of that might turn the tide.
The will of Heavenly Dao rejected it without hesitation. "Not now."
"Letting them be born prematurely would be too much of a drain on me."
"In this way, I will be unable to fully suppress that bastard Zhou Ming, which will only allow him to Attain the Primordial Chaos faster."
"By then, the Wu Clan will have truly become a force to be reckoned with, and they will be very difficult to deal with."
"We shouldn't do this unless absolutely necessary."
Upon hearing this from the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun frowned, his face full of confusion, and asked, "Under the Heavenly Dao, isn't the path to Prove Dao with Laws almost completely severed?"
"How could Zhou Ming possibly still be able to Attain the Primordial Chaos?"
This was the biggest question in his mind.
Logically speaking, in the Primordial Wilderness today, apart from Hongjun who Dao Integration and stole Heavenly Secrets, no one else should be able to Prove Dao with Laws.
The Heavenly Dao remained silent for a moment, seemingly weighing something, before finally speaking, "The Ancestral Wu were formed from the Essence Blood of Pangu."
"Within their bodies lies the insight into the Law left behind by Pangu."
Upon hearing this, Hongjun nodded. "I know that."
"The Ancestral Wu inherited Pangu Inheritance and were born with the ability to control a certain Law Power; this was no secret in the Primordial Wilderness."
"But these alone are not enough for them to Attain the Primordial Chaos, are they?"
Without that crucial, final glimpse into the mysteries of the Law, they are ultimately just flowers in a mirror, the moon's reflection in water.
"You can see it but not touch it; you'll never truly take that decisive step to achieve Hunyuan (primordial Hunyuan)."
"Heh," the voice of the Heavenly Dao carried a strange undertone, "How do you know they didn't grasp that final sliver of the Law?"
Hongjun was suddenly shocked, staring at the Heavenly Dao in disbelief. "How could they possibly have it?"
"Under your suppression, you prevent them from gaining insight; how could they possibly..."
At this point, Hongjun's voice abruptly stopped.
As if he had contemplated something terrifying, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he exclaimed in disbelief, "You mean... the insights into the Law that Pangu left them?"
"It actually... it actually contains that last, most crucial insight into the Law needed to Attain the Primordial Chaos?"
Hongjun's voice changed, filled with utter horror and disbelief.
"Yes," Heavenly Dao calmly gave an affirmative answer.
Boom--!!!
Hongjun felt his mind go blank, as if struck by lightning, completely stunned. He muttered to himself, "No wonder... no wonder you were so determined to push forward the Witch-Demon Tribulation, to annihilate the Wu Clan!"
"I see... I see..."
He finally understood that the Heavenly Dao was not merely about weakening Pangu's influence.
This is the true reason why Heavenly Dao fears the Wu Clan and is determined to eliminate them!
Having figured this out, Hongjun felt an indescribable surge of grief, indignation, and resentment.
He abruptly raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and roared like a madman, "The Great Dao is unjust!"
"In the midst of Chaos, everything was biased towards Pangu!"
"Now that Pangu has transformed into the Pangu Primordial Wilderness and has long since perished, even his descendants are so blessed and favored by heaven!"
"The Great Dao is unjust! It is unjust!"
"Why?! Why is this happening?!"
The Heavenly Dao looked at Hongjun, who was losing control of his emotions, and his voice remained icy.
Whether the Great Dao is just or not, I do not know. But I cannot be just.
"Otherwise, once all Thirteen Ancestral Wu have Attain the Primordial Chaos, I fear I will have to retreat, and this Primordial World will no longer be ruled solely by me!"
Hearing what the Heavenly Dao said, Hongjun gradually calmed down. He took a deep breath and asked, "So, what should we do now?"
"Zhou Ming is now at the Peak Primordial Origin Golden Immortal. It will probably not be long before he begins to try to comprehend that last trace of Law and prepares to prove himself to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm."
The thought of the terrifying scenario that the Wu Clan might one day have thirteen Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal sent chills down Hongjun's spine and made his heart pound.
The Heavenly Dao replied, "Our only option now is to race against time with Zhou Ming."
"I will do my utmost to delay his enlightenment as much as possible."
"We need to heal our injuries as soon as possible. Once we are fully recovered, we will immediately begin to restore the Six Sages to their rightful places."
"At that time, as long as we find a way to make the number of the Thirteen Ancestral Wu insufficient."
"Without the complete Twelve Divine Fiend Formation, Pangu's Will had no suitable place to reside and could not descend."
"By then, without the protection of Pangu's Will, wouldn't the little Wu Clan be at our mercy?"
Upon hearing what the Heavenly Dao said, Hongjun knew that there was no time to rush things.
They are currently severely injured and dare not set foot on the Primordial Land anytime soon. They would rather seize the time to recover from their injuries.
Hongjun nodded slowly, said no more, and slowly closed his eyes to begin silently regulating his breathing and healing his injuries.