He waited for Pangu to make his move.
If the Primordial World's origin essence rose to its limit, Mythical Nuwa could devour the gray region of Chaos.
"If you won't make a move, then I'll make this big!"
Chen Xuan revealed the true form of Mythical Nuwa.
The living beings of the Primordial World prostrated themselves. "Greetings, Dao Venerable!"
Chen Xuan said, "Seek your own Dao and expand the Primordial World!"
Hundreds of millions of living beings transcended the rules and surged into the medium and lesser thousand worlds.
As the world's origin essence rose, the auras of the Three Pure Ones, Hongjun, and the others soared.
Saints were no longer the ceiling.
Chen Xuan established a point system—those who contributed to the Primordial World would be blessed with fortune.
The Three Pure Ones split into countless divine thoughts and merged into hundreds of millions of planes.
Chen Xuan kept Hongjun, Nuwa, and Houtu behind to guard against Pangu.
He intended to take Houtu to explore the Netherworld Blood Sea and condense the Earthly Dao Will.
The Blood Sea appeared calm, yet Chen Xuan's Divine Sense found nothing.
He opened the attribute panel.
Host: Chen Xuan, peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. Innate foundation: Mythic Dao Body 10%, Stellar Dao Body 60%, Pill Heart Dao Body complete. Template: Mythical Nuwa.
Chen Xuan wanted to reverse the River of Time and extend the template's duration.
Yet the system rules did not allow it.
He looked toward the Netherworld Blood Sea and headed there with Nuwa and Houtu.
Just then, the Starry Sky Atlas trembled.
The gray region of Chaos flickered as hundreds of millions of phantoms condensed from the space of Chaos.
Hongjun cried out, "Ancestor Chaos!"
Yang Mei shouted, "Ancestor Slaughter!"
Yin Yang Daoist and Ancestor Wu Xing were both stunned.
The phantoms of the Chaos Demon Gods sought to pour into the medium and lesser thousand worlds.
Chen Xuan's Divine Sense spread across the Starry Sky Atlas.
An aura no weaker than Mythical Nuwa's used Mount Buzhou as its foundation, shrouding the entire Primordial World.
Di Jiang stood frozen. "Father God?"
At that moment, winds and clouds roiled between heaven and earth.
With supreme divine power, Chen Xuan opened up endless heavenly realms within the Primordial World.
The planes of countless medium and lesser thousand worlds had already fused with and connected to the Primordial World's vast heavens and earth.
What mission did those Primordial World beings who had entered the medium and lesser thousand worlds bear?
Their goal was to destroy the shattered Heavenly Dao Wills within those planes.
Then, they would scatter the sparks of inheritance throughout those worlds.
In the end, they would return to the Primordial World with their respective Children of Fortune.
At this moment, how could the Primordial World beings scattered throughout the medium and lesser thousand worlds fail to sense the upheaval in the Primordial World?
It was not only Di Jiang—Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xizi, and Zhu Jiuyin were all dumbfounded as well!
Why were they so shocked?
Pangu's aura had descended upon the Primordial World!
What did that mean?
Father God Pangu had never fallen!
But immediately afterward, what did they witness?
Chaos Demon Gods! Countless Chaos Demon Gods from the primordial age had appeared!
Gathered beneath Pangu's aura, they slipped into the various medium and lesser thousand worlds.
What were they doing?
Were they planning to carve up the newly born origin essence of the Primordial World?
Or even devour the entire Primordial World?
"How could Father God do such a thing?" Houtu murmured softly beside Chen Xuan, unable to believe it.
The Three Pure Ones, Zhen Yuanzi, and other powerhouses from other planes were equally dumbfounded.
Who did not know that the prehistoric world had been created by Pangu himself?
But what was Pangu doing now?
He was devouring the origin of the prehistoric world!
Had Chen Xuan's divine thought not forcefully held back Pangu's will, the prehistoric world would already have been swallowed by the chaos space!
Hongjun stood at Chen Xuan's side, his Divine Sense focused on the chaos space, seeing through everything.
"So that's how it is!" Hongjun stared into the chaos space and said in a grave voice, "Pangu split open chaos, yet did not destroy it. Instead, he nurtured the prehistoric world from within it, raising its origin like livestock. When the Age of Dharma's End arrived, he would devour the prehistoric world, preserve humanity's inheritance, and sever heaven and earth."
Houtu suddenly turned toward Hongjun, wanting to refute him, yet finding herself speechless.
The truth lay right before them. Without Chen Xuan, the chaos space would have swallowed the prehistoric world long ago!
"Why?" Houtu was heartbroken beyond measure. "Father God, you created the prehistoric world with your own hands. We are your children—why would you do this?"
The ancestral witches from the other planes found this truth equally impossible to accept.
Chen Xuan continued using his divine thought to contend against Pangu's will.
He had long anticipated that Pangu would make his move at this moment.
If the origin of the prehistoric world surpassed that of the chaos space, then in the future, the prehistoric world would devour chaos!
Just as Hongjun had said, the prehistoric world consisted of an inner and an outer layer.
Within lay the prehistoric world; without lay chaos.
The prehistoric world had never escaped chaos, much less Pangu's control!
Had Chen Xuan not descended in the form of Mythical Nuwa, the prehistoric world would still have followed its predetermined course.
However, the appearance of Mythical Nuwa had utterly disrupted Pangu's plans.
Why? Because she was strong!
In Mythical Nuwa's body, Chen Xuan had clashed with Pangu twice.
After each clash, Chen Xuan had given Pangu the same assessment: strong! No weaker than Mythical Nuwa.
And Pangu's assessment of Mythical Nuwa had been the same: strong! Perhaps even stronger than himself!
Therefore, when Chen Xuan expanded the origin of the prehistoric world, Pangu had no choice but to reveal himself.
He could not tolerate the prehistoric world's origin surpassing that of the chaos space!
If the prehistoric world could devour the origins of worlds from other planes, then why could the chaos space not do the same?
It had not done so in the past only because Pangu found it troublesome.
The prehistoric world suffered endless calamities, continuously depleting its origin.
By the Age of Dharma's End, the chaos space's origin would be enough to break through primordial chaos!
But now, Pangu could wait no longer.
Chen Xuan could transcend the laws of the cosmos, and so could Pangu!
The prehistoric world had originally been created by Pangu. He stood above all laws.
At this moment, Pangu used Mount Buzhou as his foundation, gathering vital aura to shield the Chaos Demon Gods.
Chen Xuan, meanwhile, used Mount Shouyang as his foundation, concentrating his divine thought to protect the living beings of the prehistoric world.
Ancestor Yang Mei gazed into the chaos space and muttered to himself, "Pangu's path was to raise the ancient Chaos Demon Gods. They never perished. That axe strike of his was merely for the sake of raising those demon gods!"
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