The Birth of the Three Thousand Demon Gods

In the years that followed.

The Three Thousand Demon Gods emerged one after another. This number was not a strict count but a general reference to the three thousand most powerful Chaos Demon Gods. The actual number of Chaos Demon Gods far exceeded three thousand.

During this time, Hong Yuan had sunk into slumber countless times.

Each time he awoke, he would chat with Pangu and share stories from his past life. Pangu listened with great relish.

The only thing that left him slightly unsatisfied was that Hong Yuan's stories were too short.

As Chaos Demon Gods who had lived through who knows how many kalpas.

The passage of time felt powerless before them.

Even when Hong Yuan condensed countless tales together and stretched them as long as possible, to Pangu it felt like the blink of an eye.

Pangu watched Hong Yuan sink into slumber, his mind still savoring the stories Hong Yuan had told him.

Especially the tale of Snow White transforming into Ultraman to battle the Seven Calabash Brothers—that one lingered in his thoughts. From what Hong Yuan had said, Snow White should embody the Law of Snow, while Ultraman wielded the Law of Giants.

But as far as Pangu knew, the masters of the Law of Snow and the Law of Giants were not these two.

Still, he was curious where Hong Yuan had heard such stories.

Hong Yuan had never left, had he?

And in his slumber, Hong Yuan subconsciously continued absorbing the surrounding Chaos Qi and laws, steadily strengthening himself.

Though he did not actively draw them in, the Chaos Qi and laws still poured into his body.

Yet even so, Hong Yuan felt that his Form Transformation was still far off.

Not only that, but his strength remained stuck, unable to break through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

(Realm divisions: Earth Immortal, Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Mystic Immortal, Golden Immortal, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, Grand Unity Golden Immortal, Golden Immortal of the Origin (Quasi-Saint), Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin (Heavenly Dao Saint), Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal (Heavenly Dao Realm), Primordial Limitless Golden Immortal (Great Dao Realm))

Hong Yuan did not know why, but his path always seemed shrouded in a layer of mist.

Nor was he like the other Chaos Demon Gods.

Born with a mature Great Dao Law by their side.

Perhaps it was because he was an outsider.

As for the other Chaos Demon Gods, from the moment they were born, they could clearly perceive the Great Dao Law most suited to them.

Take his Elder Brother's Law of Strength, or Shi Chen's Law of Time and Yang Mei's Law of Space.

And him?

These laws all existed within him, and he could use them all, but what gave him a headache was that every single law was stuck at the peak of Golden Immortal of the Origin, unable to advance further.

Not only that, but several other Great Dao Laws resided within him as well.

Every time he tried to break through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

He always failed.

It had been this way since several kalpas ago.

There was simply no progress at all.

Even when he asked his Elder Brother, his Elder Brother just shook his head and said he did not know either.

He only said that perhaps the time had not yet come, and his path had not yet revealed itself.

"Could my path lie in the Primordial Wilderness?"

Listening to Pangu's words, Hong Yuan sank into deep thought.

As time passed, more than a dozen Great Dao Laws were added to Hong Yuan's body.

Each law, like those before, reached the peak of Golden Immortal of the Origin and then stagnated.

Vaguely, Hong Yuan could sense that the time for his Elder Brother's emergence was not far off.

After another several dozen kalpas passed.

A sudden chime jolted Hong Yuan awake.

"Ding—System has been repaired."

Hearing the voice in his mind, Hong Yuan was completely stunned.

I actually have a system?

But the next second, Hong Yuan's face darkened: "System, why did you only show up now? All these years, do you know how I've been getting by? Do you know how terrified I've been?"

With his current strength, if not for Pangu's protection, let alone the Chaos Demon Gods roaming the chaos.

Even the turbulent currents within the chaos could have killed him.

After all, Pangu had not yet split the heavens, and the entire chaos was still in a violent state. The terrifying chaotic currents were enough to annihilate all beings below the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin realm.

After all, even Father Dao probably never imagined that there would still be beings below the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin existing here.

After all, within this Chaos, every Chaos Demon God, upon being born, possesses the strength of a Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Leaving aside the companion treasures of the other Demon Gods, even those who have just barely awakened their will at least have the power of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Someone like Hong Yuan—who has neither a companion treasure nor a cultivation level reaching Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin—is truly the first of his kind.

Hearing Hong Yuan's complaints, the system's voice couldn't help but carry a hint of human-like helplessness.

"Earlier, in order to modify the host and stuff you into the Chaos Green Lotus, this system fell into a deep slumber."

Before Hong Yuan could react, the system's prompt rang directly in his mind.

"Detected that Pangu is about to be born. Due to the host's interference, Pangu's Origin has been slightly damaged. Please choose—"

[One: It has nothing to do with me. Let the fellow Daoist die rather than this poor Daoist. Let Pangu be born as is—Reward: Breakthrough to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, 50 drops of Pangu's Essence Blood, 50 drops of Essence Marrow, Time Law, Chaos Supreme Treasure—Chaos Green Lotus]

[Two: But he is my Elder Brother! I must save him!—Reward: One portion of Pangu's Origin, Chaos Supreme Treasure—Chaos Bead]

[Three: Sorry, Pangu, we're not close. I'll join the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods to fight against Pangu!—Reward: Immediate birth, Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal First Heaven cultivation, Chaos Supreme Treasure—World-Opening Axe]

Hong Yuan stared at the three choices in his mind and fell into deep thought for a moment.

First, eliminate option three. After all, Pangu is his Elder Brother.

Just this kind of reward?

And they want to sow discord between him and his Elder Brother?

Who do they think they're underestimating?

Besides, even this Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation is at best on par with the other Chaos Demon Gods.

Not even among the strongest.

There's no guarantee that his Elder Brother, with eyes red from killing, wouldn't just chop him in half.

Now only two choices remain. Without a doubt, the rewards of the first choice are far, far richer than those of the second.

And with his Elder Brother's strength, slaughtering those Chaos Demon Gods would be like crushing dry weeds and smashing rotten wood—no pressure at all.

The only question is, how exactly did the system get that Essence Blood and Essence Marrow?

Could it be that it directly extracted them from his Elder Brother's body?

After hesitating for a moment, Hong Yuan let out a sigh.

"I choose two!"

After all, his Elder Brother was damaged because of him, and his Elder Brother also bears the heavy responsibility of opening the heavens and shaping the Primordial Wilderness.

If possible, he still wanted to make it up to his Elder Brother.

As Hong Yuan made his choice.

A portion of Origin and a bead suddenly appeared within Hong Yuan's Primordial Spirit.

And somewhere within the Chaos.

A Chaos Demon God suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his face turning deathly pale. An incredibly terrifying aura instantly erupted from within his body, spreading out in an instant, causing the entire Chaos to tremble violently.

He let out a hoarse, desperate roar.

"Where is my bead?"

"Where is my big, beautiful Chaos Bead?!!"

Just a moment ago, his companion treasure, the Chaos Bead, had vanished from his Primordial Spirit.

This was an extremely precious treasure, a Chaos Bead he would have enshrined and worshipped.

If it weren't for the fact that he was born from Chaos Qi and held a share of karmic merit, he wouldn't even have obtained this Chaos Bead.

With this Chaos Bead, he had also stepped into the ranks of one of the strongest Chaos Demon Gods.

Except for Shi Chen and Yang Mei.

All the other Chaos Demon Gods were nothing but straw dogs and peddlers of wares, not even worth a glance in his eyes.

This was entirely due to the Chaos Bead, one of the five Chaos Supreme Treasures.

So on ordinary days, he treasured the Chaos Bead like a precious jewel.

And now, his Chaos Bead had disappeared.

Not only that, but his connection with the Chaos Bead had also been severed in an instant.

With his level of cultivation, he couldn't even sense who had done it.

Hearing the Chaos Demon God's desperate roar that echoed throughout the entire Chaos.

Many people immediately furrowed their brows.

What the hell is that Chaos guy going mad about?

But the Chaos Demon God showed no sign of stopping. His aura grew more and more terrifying, sweeping over many people with an extremely frantic momentum.

Many people felt the violent aura of the Chaos Demon God, and their brows furrowed even deeper.

Is that bastard Chaos acting as if they don't exist?!

The Chaos Demon God swept his gaze across countless light-years, but still couldn't sense the presence of his Chaos Bead.

This only drove him further into madness.

"Who?!!!"

"Who stole my supreme treasure?!!!"

Hearing this, the Demon Gods who had been furious just moments ago were all stunned.

Someone had actually stolen the Chaos Demon God's supreme treasure?!

Really? Or not?!

Was that a joke? Who could possibly steal his treasure?

Given Chaos's strength, combined with his one-of-a-kind Chaos Supreme Treasure, across the entire Chaos—even Shi Chen and Yang Mei wouldn't dare claim they could defeat him for certain.

And now, his Chaos Bead had been stolen?

This was—simply too absurd. (Aside from Chaos, the companion artifacts of the remaining Three Thousand Demon Gods were all Chaos Spirit Treasures. I originally considered making everyone's companion artifacts Chaos Supreme Treasures, but after thinking it over, that was too ridiculous. Even Pangu couldn't win against that. Even if he could, it wouldn't be good to have too many such overpowered artifacts in the Primordial Wilderness.)

Pangu also sensed the Chaos Demon God's frenzy from countless light-years away, and couldn't help but feel puzzled.

"That aura... it feels like Chaos? Sounds like someone stole his Chaos Bead?"

Hong Yuan, hearing his Elder Brother's muttering beside him, instantly widened his eyes and unconsciously edged a little closer to Pangu.

A pang of guilt crept into his heart.

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