Hong Yuan was also quietly watching Heavenly Dao. With his strength, he could naturally see through Heavenly Dao's manifested body.
It was a young man who bore a forty-to-fifty-percent resemblance to his elder brother.
This could not help but make Hong Yuan feel somewhat favorable toward him.
Amid the silence, "Heavenly Dao" slowly spoke.
His voice was like a great bell, resounding throughout the entire Primordial Wilderness. "I am Heavenly Dao, born in accordance with destiny, acknowledged by the Great Dao. I govern the destinies of all things in the world and the order of the universe!"
His words were like mysterious inscriptions, echoing throughout the Primordial Wilderness. Every word seemed to contain boundless power.
All living beings of the Primordial Wilderness listened as though intoxicated.
And as his voice fell—
A voice utterly familiar to Hong Yuan resounded throughout the entire Primordial Wilderness.
"Granted!"
As the Great Dao's voice fell, "Heavenly Dao" bowed toward the Great Dao. His figure then gradually became blurred, and soon, "Heavenly Dao" vanished from everyone's sight.
It was as though everything that had just happened had been nothing more than a dream.
Yet all beings of the Primordial Wilderness knew that it was not a dream, because the power of "Heavenly Dao" still lingered between heaven and earth.
Moreover, the surrounding aura of Heavenly Dao was continuously growing stronger.
At this moment, the Great Dao Laws within the Primordial Wilderness were replaced by Heavenly Dao Laws.
The Great Dao had completely withdrawn.
What was more, the magnificent spectacle above the void had not vanished and still floated in the sky.
Strands of Law Power and rules still remained before everyone's eyes.
With the disappearance of "Heavenly Dao," countless amounts of Merit Power suddenly gathered above the Primordial Wilderness.
Amid everyone's delighted gazes, it descended upon the great powers working in the Outer Heavens according to each person's contribution.
As the merit descended—
Those great powers did not dare slack off in the slightest. They immediately sat down where they were and began absorbing the Heavenly Dao Merit.
Among them, Luohu and the other four, including Yang Mei, received the greatest amount of merit.
Luohu looked at the merit before him in a daze. He had never expected that he, Luohu, would one day obtain merit.
Though it was not Great Dao Merit, the quantity made up for it.
Aside from those people, the remaining third of the merit appeared directly within the Hong Yuan Realm and flew toward Hong Yuan.
However, Hong Yuan did not accept it.
Instead, he said, "Forget it. You've only just been born, so save some. It would be awkward if no merit descended one day. Besides, I'm not lacking that little bit of merit. I haven't even used what the Great Dao gave me. Giving it to me would just be a waste!"
If outsiders learned what Hong Yuan had said, they would probably be stomping mad.
If you don't want it, give it to me!
Yet after hearing Hong Yuan's words, for some reason, Hong Yuan seemed to feel Heavenly Dao becoming a little aggrieved.
If it had been anyone else, Heavenly Dao's reward would not have been something they could refuse.
After all, Heavenly Dao was formed from the countless rules of the Primordial Wilderness and would not tolerate being rejected.
If you had rendered merit, then you had rendered merit, and you had to be rewarded.
Now, Hong Yuan had directly refused it. His words even seemed to show some disdain for Heavenly Dao Merit.
This made the newly born chubby little fellow seem rather aggrieved.
Second Uncle was really annoying.
Sensing Heavenly Dao's aggrieved emotions, Hong Yuan hurriedly comforted him. "How about this? Save it up for now. Once you have extra merit later, give it all to me at once. What do you think?"
Upon hearing Hong Yuan's words, Heavenly Dao happily withdrew his merit.
When the beings of the Primordial Wilderness saw the merit in the void vanish, they also felt incomparably regretful.
There had been such an enormous amount of merit, yet they had not received a share.
Heavenly Dao was unfair!
But before they could recover from their disappointment, someone suddenly looked at the myriad Laws and rule powers still floating in the air and immediately realized something. With an excited expression, he shouted, "Heavenly Dao has bestowed us favor! Quick, comprehend them!"
Hearing the reminder, everyone finally came to their senses. They hurriedly sat down where they were and began cultivating and comprehending.
This was truly a turn from despair to hope. They had originally believed that Heavenly Dao would not favor living beings like them.
They had not expected him to still grant them a blessing.
Heavenly Dao was so good!
Within Hong Yuan Hall, Hong Yuan also spoke to the young attendants. "Although the Great Dao Laws are plainly manifested within my Hong Yuan Realm, Heavenly Dao's birth is also an opportunity for you. After all, this is a blessing bestowed upon all living beings of the Primordial Wilderness. You may naturally comprehend it!"
Only after hearing Hong Yuan's reminder did the young attendants awaken from the scene they had just witnessed.
"Alright, Master, we'll cultivate right away!" the young attendants replied in childish voices.
Although the young attendants were cultivating, no matter what they did, they could not calm their hearts. The scene of their master refusing Heavenly Dao Merit continued to surface in their minds.
Seeing this, Hong Yuan sighed.
He then waved his hand, directly clearing away all distracting thoughts from the young attendants' minds.
Only then did the young attendants enter a state of cultivation.
"Ah... you lot, where else could you find a master as outstanding as me?"
After saying that, Hong Yuan brewed himself a pot of tea and drank it with great relish.
He did not cultivate, because Heavenly Dao's favor could not compare to the cultivation ground Daddy Great Dao had specially prepared for him.
Just as the beings of the Primordial Wilderness were all busy cultivating—
Shen Ni, the Fierce Beast Emperor who had been gestating for countless years, finally emerged into the world.
And the moment he was born, he was already at the peak of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
Along with Shen Ni came the Four Fierce Beasts: Taotie, Chaos, Taowu, and Qiong Qi.
Every one of them was at the early Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
They were terrifyingly powerful.
After all, Fierce Beasts differed from ordinary living beings. They were condensed from a portion of the flesh and blood of the Three Thousand Demon Gods who had died at Pangu's hands in Chaos, as well as the Grievance and Fiendish Energy accumulated in the Primordial Wilderness over countless years.
Moreover, they fed on flesh and blood and Grievance and Fiendish Energy. The more Grievance and Fiendish Energy they absorbed, the faster their strength grew.
Unlike ordinary Fierce Beasts, which knew only slaughter and destruction, Shen Ni and the Four Fierce Beasts possessed intelligence.
The Fierce Beasts scattered throughout the Primordial Wilderness seemed to have found their backbone the instant Shen Ni was born, and they all gathered toward the place where Shen Ni was.
The traces Heavenly Dao left behind lasted for a full hundred years.
During those hundred years, countless people broke through their realms every day.
One day, Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes from cultivation. His expression was incomparably solemn as he murmured, "My Good Corpse, emerge. Slay!"
As soon as he spoke, another figure suddenly appeared at his side.
This Daoist bore some resemblance to Hongjun, but his aura was far gentler than Hongjun's.
This was a method Hongjun had developed over the years. With the merit he had obtained earlier, he had finally perfected it.
It was called the Method of Slaying Three Corpses.
Although it might not be as powerful in combat as the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, this method had one advantage.
Its cultivation speed far exceeded that of the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm.
Furthermore, one could divide three corpse bodies from oneself. If an enemy was unprepared, it would be enough to reverse the situation.
Hongjun had only thought of this after Hong Yuan had nearly slapped him to death.
If he had possessed a clone at the time, he would not need to send out his true body whenever he took risks in the future.
Even if the clone died, he would only need to spend some effort refining another one.
Its safety was absolutely maxed out!
At this moment, Hongjun's Good Corpse bowed toward Hongjun. "Greetings, True Body!"
Hongjun nodded slightly and spoke to the Good Corpse he had separated. "Now is not yet the time to reveal my method. You may first travel through the Primordial Wilderness, or hide within this ancestor's Primordial Spirit."
After hesitating briefly, Hongjun's Good Corpse made his decision. "I would rather travel about. I can also search for fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation for you, True Body."
After thinking it over, Hongjun agreed.
"Very well."
"I'm leaving!"
With that, Hongjun's Good Corpse silently vanished from where he stood.
After Hongjun broke through to the Quasi-Sage realm, Yin Yang, Creation, and other Chaos Demon Gods also successfully broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm with the Heavenly Dao Merit they had obtained.
For a time, including the five led by Yang Mei who had already been Primordial Origin Golden Immortals—
The number of Primordial Origin Golden Immortals in the Primordial Wilderness had reached ten.
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