Merit Descends, Great One Breaks Through

Hong Yuan was also quietly watching the Heavenly Dao. With his strength, he could naturally see through the form the Heavenly Dao had manifested.

It was a youth who bore four or five parts resemblance to Elder Brother.

This inadvertently stirred a trace of fondness in Hong Yuan.

In the silence, the "Heavenly Dao" finally spoke.

His voice rang out like a great bell or a giant drum, resounding across the entire Primordial Wilderness: "I am the Heavenly Dao, born in response to fate, acknowledged by the Great Dao, governing the destiny of all beings and the guiding principles of the cosmos!"

His words were like mysterious inscriptions, echoing throughout the Primordial Wilderness, each syllable seemingly imbued with boundless power.

All living beings in the Primordial Wilderness listened, entranced and enraptured.

And as his words fell.

A voice, achingly familiar to Hong Yuan, rang out across the entire Primordial Wilderness.

"Approved!"

As the Great Dao's words fell, the figure of the "Heavenly Dao" bowed once toward the Great Dao, then gradually grew indistinct. Soon, the Heavenly Dao vanished from everyone's sight.

As if everything that had just happened was nothing but a dream.

Yet all the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness knew it was no dream, for the power of the "Heavenly Dao" still lingered between heaven and earth.

Moreover, the aura of the Heavenly Dao around them continued to grow stronger.

The Great Dao Laws of the Primordial Wilderness had at this moment been replaced by the Heavenly Dao Laws.

The Great Dao had fully withdrawn.

And the magnificent spectacle above the void had not disappeared; it still hung suspended in the sky.

Those countless threads of Law and Rule power remained visible before everyone's eyes.

With the disappearance of the "Heavenly Dao," a vast amount of Merit Power suddenly gathered above the Primordial Wilderness.

Amid the delighted gazes of the crowd, according to each person's contributions, it fell upon those great powers who had been laboring in the Outer Heavens.

As the Merit descended.

These toiling great powers dared not slacken in the slightest. They immediately sat down cross-legged where they stood and began to absorb the Heavenly Dao Merit.

Among them, the Merit received by Luohu and Yang Mei's group of five was the most immense.

Luohu stared at the Merit before him, somewhat dazed. He had never imagined that he, Luohu, would one day obtain Merit.

Though it was not Great Dao Merit, its sheer quantity was substantial.

Besides those who had received Merit, the remaining third of the Merit directly appeared within the Hong Yuan Realm and flew toward Hong Yuan.

But Hong Yuan did not accept it.

Instead, he spoke: "Forget it. You've just been born, so you'd better save it. It would be awkward if one day you had no Merit left to bestow. Besides, I don't really need that bit of Merit. The Great Dao gave me some that I've never even used. Giving it to me would just be a waste!"

If the outside world knew what Hong Yuan had said, who knows how many would be stamping their feet in frustration.

If you don't want it, give it to me!

And upon hearing Hong Yuan's words, somehow, Hong Yuan felt as if the Heavenly Dao was a little aggrieved.

If it were anyone else, the Heavenly Dao's reward was not something you could simply refuse.

Because the Heavenly Dao is the embodiment of countless rules of the Primordial Wilderness; it does not tolerate refusal.

After all, if you have merit, you have merit, and you must be rewarded.

Yet Hong Yuan had flatly refused, and from his words, it even seemed he looked down on Heavenly Dao Merit.

This made the newly born, chubby youth appear somewhat wronged.

This Second Uncle was truly annoying.

Sensing the Heavenly Dao's pitiful, aggrieved mood, Hong Yuan quickly comforted him: "How about this: you save it up first, and when you have enough Merit to spare, give it to me all at once. What do you think?"

Hearing Hong Yuan's words, the Heavenly Dao cheerfully withdrew its Merit.

And as the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness watched the Merit vanish from the void, they felt an immense regret.

Such a vast amount of Merit, and not a share for them.

The Heavenly Dao is unjust!

But before they could recover from their disappointment, someone suddenly noticed the myriad Laws and Rules still floating in the air. They quickly snapped to their senses and shouted excitedly: "The Heavenly Dao shows favor! Quick, comprehend!!"

Hearing this reminder, the crowd finally came to their senses and hurriedly sat down cross-legged to begin cultivating and comprehending.

This was truly a twist of fate—a village hidden beyond the dark willows and bright flowers. They had thought the Heavenly Dao would not bestow its favor upon beings like them.

But it had still given them this grace.

The Heavenly Dao is truly good!

Back in the Hong Yuan Hall, Hong Yuan also spoke to his group of child attendants: "Although the Great Dao Laws are fully manifest in my Hong Yuan Realm, the birth of the Heavenly Dao is also an opportunity for you all. After all, this is a blessing granted to all living beings of the Primordial Wilderness. You may go and comprehend it as well!"

Hearing Hong Yuan's reminder, the child attendants snapped out of their daze from the scene they had just witnessed.

"Yes, Master, we will begin cultivating now!" the child attendants replied in their childish voices.

But the young attendants, though they tried to cultivate, simply could not calm their hearts. The scene of their Master refusing the Heavenly Dao Merit still lingered in their minds.

Seeing this, Hong Yuan let out a sigh.

Then he waved his hand directly, clearing all the stray thoughts from the young attendants' minds.

Only then did they finally enter a state of cultivation.

"Ah... you lot, where would you find a Master as excellent as me?"

With that, Hong Yuan brewed himself a pot of tea and drank it with relish.

He did not cultivate, because the favor of the Heavenly Dao was nowhere near as good as the training ground the Great Dao Father had specially set up for him.

And while the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness were all busy cultivating...

The Beast Emperor Shen Ni, who had been gestating for countless years, was finally born.

And upon birth, he was already at the peak of the Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Accompanying Shen Ni were the Four Fierce Beasts: Taotie, Chaos, Taowu, and Qiong Qi.

Each of them was at the early stage of the Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Truly terrifyingly powerful.

After all, fierce beasts were different from ordinary living beings. They were formed from part of the flesh and blood of the Three Thousand Demon Gods who died at Pangu's hands in Chaos, combined with the Grievance and Fiendish Energy that had accumulated in the Primordial Wilderness over countless years.

Moreover, they fed on flesh, blood, and Grievance and Fiendish Energy. The more Grievance and Fiendish Energy they absorbed, the faster their strength grew.

And unlike ordinary fierce beasts, which only knew slaughter and destruction, Shen Ni and the Four Fierce Beasts possessed intelligence.

The fierce beasts scattered across the Primordial Wilderness, the moment Shen Ni was born, seemed to gain a backbone, and they all converged toward the place where Shen Ni was.

The traces left by the Heavenly Dao lasted a full hundred years.

During these hundred years, countless people broke through their cultivation realms every single day.

One day, Hongjun suddenly opened his eyes from cultivation. His expression was extremely grave as he murmured softly: "My Good Corpse, emerge! Cut!"

As he spoke, a figure appeared beside him.

This Daoist bore some resemblance to Hongjun, but his entire temperament was far more benevolent than Hongjun's.

This was a technique Hongjun had researched over the years. By borrowing the merit he had previously obtained, he had fully completed this technique.

It was called the Method of Slaying Three Corpses.

Although it might not be as powerful in combat as the Golden Immortal of the Origin, this technique had one advantage.

That was its cultivation speed far surpassed that of the Golden Immortal of the Origin.

Additionally, it allowed one to split off three corpse avatars. If an enemy was caught off guard, it could completely turn the tide.

This was something Hongjun had come up with after being nearly beaten to death by Hong Yuan before.

If he had a clone back then, he wouldn't have to send his true body out on future adventures.

Even if the clone fell, he would only need to spend some effort to reforge it.

The safety was maximized!

At this moment, Hongjun's Good Corpse also bowed to Hongjun: "Greetings, Original Body!"

Hongjun nodded slightly and said to the Good Corpse he had split off: "It is not yet time to reveal my technique. You may either travel through the Primordial Wilderness for a while, or first hide within this Ancestor's Primordial Spirit."

After hesitating a little, Hongjun's Good Corpse made a decision: "I will travel for a while. I can also search for fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation for you, Original Body."

After thinking it over, Hongjun agreed.

"Very well."

"I am off!"

With that, Hongjun's Good Corpse silently vanished from the spot.

Following Hongjun's breakthrough to Quasi-Sage, Chaos Demon Gods like Yin Yang and Creation also successfully broke through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin by relying on the Heavenly Dao Merit they had obtained.

For a time, counting the original five Golden Immortals of the Origin including Yang Mei...

The number of people at the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm in the Primordial Wilderness had reached ten.

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