Elder Brother Pangu

Before Chaos opened, heaven and earth were like an enormous mystery.

Here, everything remained in an unformed state.

There were no boundaries, no order.

Even time stood still within this Chaos.

Awaiting that first glimmer of creation.

No one knew how long had passed—dozens of Kalpas?

Or perhaps hundreds of Kalpas? (Chaos did not measure years; time was terrifying. One Yuan Hui equaled 129,600 years, and fifty thousand Yuan Huis made one Hun Yuan Kala of Mana—6.4 billion years. Some might say that was too exaggerated, but it really was that exaggerated. Earth's lifespan was already 4.5 billion years; could it be that the Primordial Wilderness was inferior even to a single Earth?)

An unopened green lotus quietly condensed deep within Chaos.

Like a vast maw, it endlessly devoured the surrounding Chaos Qi and Dao Rhyme.

Around it, the sounds of the Great Dao rang out in waves.

Countless Great Dao Laws transformed into billions of divine lights and frantically surged into the green lotus as though they cost nothing, illuminating the entire Chaos.

It was as though some supreme, terrifying existence lay hidden within that green lotus.

Within the lotus sat a figure hundreds of millions of li tall, a Jade Butterfly above his head and an axe in his hand, as though he filled the entire Chaos, quietly seated upon the Lotus Platform.

Though his eyes were tightly shut, every breath he took caused the surrounding Chaos to tremble and shatter.

Beside him was another mystery, merely a thousand zhang tall and not yet formed, quietly growing along with that being's breaths.

[ Ding~ Pangu's inserted brother has been successfully created. System energy depleted. Entering dormancy. ]

No one knew how much more time passed.

A trace of consciousness appeared within that small mystery.

Hong Yuan felt as though he had slept for an incredibly long time. When he opened his eyes, he was suddenly a little dazed.

"Hmm? Where is this?"

He seemed to vaguely realize... he was no longer human.

Hong Yuan's movements also stirred the existence beside him.

The being opened his eyes and lowered his head to look at Hong Yuan beside him, a hint of delight appearing on his face.

"Little brother, you're awake."

The voice entered Hong Yuan's mind, making him shudder involuntarily.

Only then did he realize that the enormous wall beside him was actually a person.

Not only that, Hong Yuan vaguely sensed that this being seemed to be connected to him somehow.

This made Hong Yuan instinctively ask, "Who are you?"

The figure's expression softened, and he smiled at Hong Yuan. "My name is Pangu. I awakened before you, and we are born of the same source. You may call me Elder Brother."

Upon hearing that name, Hong Yuan seemed to recall something, and his mind shook violently.

Streams of memories flooded into his mind.

As those memories poured in, Hong Yuan finally came fully awake.

Looking at Pangu beside him, his mind went blank for a moment.

"Pangu? Elder Brother?"

As a human, how could he not know what the name Pangu represented?

He had never expected that after being hit by a dump truck—

he would be sent to the Chaos before its opening, ending up beside Great God Pangu and even becoming Pangu's biological brother.

This was fucking absurd.

What kind of dump truck was that? How could it be so damn overpowered?

He knew very well that Pangu had never had any biological brothers.

And judging from their current surroundings, his elder brother had not yet been born.

He was still inside the Chaos Green Lotus.

"Little brother?"

Seeing Hong Yuan looking dazed, Pangu's face showed a trace of concern.

Could it be that his voice had been a little too loud?

Had he disturbed his little brother's mind?

Hong Yuan hurriedly cast aside the stray thoughts in his mind and answered, "Ah, Elder Brother, I'm here. I just woke up, so I'm a little muddled."

Pangu sighed in relief.

His little brother had only just developed consciousness, so he could not help but be cautious.

Only then did Hong Yuan finally look Pangu over. His elder brother was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

There was none of the grandeur or domineering aura he had expected.

Instead, he looked more like a woodcutter, with an indescribable air of honesty and simplicity.

One look, and he seemed like an honest man.

Although Hong Yuan had no idea why he could see Pangu's face—

he knew that this elder brother of his was no honest man.

That was the fiercest man of the World Creation.

His World-Opening Axe had hacked from one end of Chaos all the way to the other.

A ruthless man who raised his axe and struck without even blinking.

Thinking of this, Hong Yuan cautiously asked, "Elder Brother, my name is Hong Yuan. Will you chop me someday?"

When Pangu heard this question, he was also somewhat confused.

"Why would I chop you? You are my younger brother."

After hearing that, Hong Yuan quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

Good. His elder brother probably would not chop him.

What rose within him afterward was an overwhelming sense of security.

Born in Chaos, there was nowhere safer than by his elder brother's side.

"Hehe, thank you, Elder Brother..."

Hong Yuan grinned. As soon as he finished speaking, a wave of drowsiness overtook him.

"Elder Brother, I'm a little sleepy... I'll sleep for a while first."

With that, Hong Yuan fell asleep once more.

He had not yet undergone Form Transformation and could not remain awake at all times. Being able to awaken for that long was already his limit.

Looking at the sleeping Hong Yuan, Pangu's eyes held a little more guilt.

If he had not taken up too much of the origin, his little brother likely would not have been so weak.

After thinking for a moment, he carefully sent a strand of Chaos Qi refined by himself, along with a small portion of his origin, into Hong Yuan's body.

As that strand of Chaos Qi and origin entered him—

Pangu could sense that Hong Yuan was sleeping ever more soundly.

Seeing this, Pangu smiled indulgently.

Chaos knew no passage of years. No one knew how much time went by.

Hong Yuan awoke again and looked at Pangu beside him.

A trace of warmth rose in his heart.

Though he had been asleep, he could sense that his elder brother had sent a strand of Chaos Qi into his body at regular intervals.

"Little brother, you're awake."

Seeing Hong Yuan awaken, a smile appeared on Pangu's usually calm and honest face. He looked very happy.

Hong Yuan smiled slightly as he looked at Pangu's face, just about to ask something.

But in the next instant—

the entire Chaos suddenly began to shake violently.

Along with it came a voice that resounded throughout all of Chaos.

It entered the minds of every Chaos creature.

"Great Dao above, I, Shi Chen, am the Time Demon God and command the Time Law!"

Shi Chen's voice carried waves of Great Dao resonance as he announced his existence to Chaos. There was no other reason; this was simply their mission.

To establish the laws and rules, and announce the existence of the Time Law to the Great Dao and all beings of Chaos.

Hearing this, Hong Yuan was instantly shocked.

Shi Chen had been born!

Then would the other Demon Gods be far behind?

Once all Three Thousand Demon Gods were born, it would be time for his elder brother—the honest man who would stain all of Chaos in blood—to be born as well.

Thinking of this, Hong Yuan curiously asked Pangu, "Elder Brother, how much longer until you are born?"

Pangu scratched his head honestly upon hearing this.

"Probably some time yet..."

His origin had originally been much stronger than Shi Chen's and the others'. Because his origin was stronger, the time needed for Form Transformation and birth was naturally longer than theirs.

Not to mention that he had now given a portion of his origin to Hong Yuan. It might take even longer for him to be born.

Hearing this, Hong Yuan felt somewhat worried.

He did not know whether forcibly squeezing himself into the Chaos Green Lotus had damaged Elder Brother Pangu's cultivation.

He vaguely sensed that he had taken a small portion of Pangu's origin.

But if that was the case, could Elder Brother still complete his mission?

No one knew how much time passed before another voice resounded through Chaos.

"Great Dao above, I, Yang Mei, am the Space Demon God and command the Space Law!"

Following the births of Shi Chen and Yang Mei—

over the next stretch of Chaos, Demon Gods such as Causality, Yin Yang, Creation, Five Elements, Life and Death, and destruction were born one after another.

For a time, the entire Chaos was filled with proclamations that spread throughout the Great Dao.

As Shi Chen, Yang Mei, and the other ten wielders of the strongest laws were born, the remaining Chaos Demon Gods refused to be outdone and emerged one after another.