Primordial Era: Reborn as a River, the River of Time is Also a River
Chapter 28

You're Distributing Merit wholesale? Overthinking! Private Chat! Hongjun: Am I a cuckold?

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"?"

The Heavenly Dao.

"?"

Hongjun.

Heav... Heavenly Dao Merit?

This much Heavenly Dao Merit?

No, are you a merit supplier or something?

You can wholesale Heavenly Dao Merit???

How could there be this much Heavenly Dao Merit!?

The Heavenly Dao and Hongjun both felt they were about to be stunned right alongside their little friends.

"This aura of merit... It seems not to belong to my Primordial World?"

Hongjun's eyes went dazed as he murmured as if to himself.

"Did you not say before that I came from beyond the domain?"

Tang Xuan smiled faintly.

I'll just say this one line. As for what you imagine from it, that has nothing to do with me.

Hongjun's heart stirred, and a thoughtful, enlightened look surfaced in his eyes.

He understood!

Since he came from beyond the domain, that meant these Heavenly Dao Merits belonged to worlds beyond the domain, Heavenly Dao Merit from other planes!

"Just how many planes has this person been to? Has he rendered merit to countless planes..."

Hongjun secretly clicked his tongue.

Good heavens, were you really that eager to help others and do good deeds?

Look, even that indifferent and heartless Eye of the Heavenly Dao seemed to have become much closer, much gentler.

This River God carried so much Heavenly Dao Merit on him. What did that prove?

It proved that he had rendered merit to countless planes!

Even if they were not Heavenly Daos of the same system, everyone was still a Heavenly Dao. Since others all acknowledged this person so much, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World naturally would not be so wary of Tang Xuan either.

After all, this was certified by merit!

"Buzz!"

With a sweep of his hand, Tang Xuan put away all the Heavenly Dao Merit and said casually, "As for merit, this seat does not lack it. Including the treasures you give me, in truth, they are of no great use to me either. I simply like these rules and this process."

Hongjun listened and nodded to himself. He believed those words.

With Tang Xuan's unfathomable appearance, some ordinary Innate Spirit Treasures and Innate Supreme Treasures indeed would not be of much use.

It was like Hongjun himself. Even an Innate Supreme Treasure was merely better than nothing to him. Only an auxiliary supreme treasure like the Jade Disc of Creation, which could aid in comprehending the Great Dao, could make him value it somewhat.

"Heavenly Dao, shall we chat alone for a few words?"

Tang Xuan raised his head to look into the void. Gazing at that Mysterious Gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao, Tang Xuan said with a smile.

The fish had already bitten the hook, and the Heavenly Dao had practically been angled into a cocked-up mouth. Since that was the case, it was naturally time to cut straight in and get to the main subject.

"Chat..."

The Heavenly Dao seemed to ponder, and countless runes flashed through that Mysterious Gold Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

After a long while, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao turned slightly and directly set down a barrier, enveloping Tang Xuan within it.

"?"

Hongjun was dumbfounded.

No, bro, I still haven't gotten in the carriage.

You're chatting with the Heavenly Dao, and you just threw me aside???

You're NTR-ing me to my face, cucking me right in front of me!?

"What is he looking for the Heavenly Dao for? Why does he need to seek the Heavenly Dao alone? What does he want to do!?"

Hongjun was shocked and uncertain. His mind had already begun to storm, and a trace of unease and an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"The Heavenly Dao has no desires and no emotions. Communicating with It is not that easy. Moreover, from what I have observed, this River God is no kind, gentle person either. The two of them should not be able to communicate anything."

Hongjun thought to himself.

Inside the barrier.

"What does thou wish to discuss with me?"

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao fell upon Tang Xuan and spoke without sorrow or joy.

"I do not like keeping my head raised while speaking to someone."

Tang Xuan looked up and said with a frown.

"..."

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao seemed to be pondering, and also seemed to have fallen silent.

After a brief moment, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao contracted and vanished. Immediately afterward, a blurry, illusory figure appeared soundlessly before Tang Xuan.

Though it was blurred, though it was unreal, with a single glance, it seemed as if all things in the world could be seen upon that figure, as if the entire Primordial World lay beneath its body.

At one glance, it was human-shaped; at a second, it was the form of a beast, of trees, of mountains and stones, of sun and moon, stars and constellations... as though everything could be manifested upon it.

Behind it, a faintly visible golden wheel bloomed with majestic heavenly might and supreme power.

The Heavenly Dao, an incarnation!

"Senior, please speak."

The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao gave a bow and said indifferently.

It was not a living being, so naturally it did not care about the face or dignity of living beings. So long as it benefited the development of the Primordial World, nothing else mattered. Was it not merely that he disliked speaking with his head raised? Then it would condense an incarnation so this person would not need to look up!

"Do you know that there is something wrong with Hongjun?"

Tang Xuan went straight to the point, without beating around the bush or testing things with veiled hints.

There was no need for that.

The Heavenly Dao was not a living being to begin with. If there was a question, he could just ask the Heavenly Dao directly. He had bait in hand, and the initiative was in his grasp, so Tang Xuan naturally had no need to worry about anything.

Moreover, from peering into the Future, Tang Xuan could confirm that the relationship between the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun was not that close, and the Heavenly Dao did not seem to have any problems either. That made it even less necessary to worry.

"Hongjun has a problem?"

The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao murmured, then took the initiative to say, "Senior, do you mean that Hongjun wants to devour me? Or do you mean something else?"

"If it is devouring me, I know."

"Although Hongjun covets me, his goal can likewise strengthen the Primordial World. In that case, I do not care."

"If it is something else, I do not know. I require Senior to explain it clearly."

After saying this, the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao looked at Tang Xuan.

"I'm not referring to devouring."

Tang Xuan shook his head. He was not too surprised that the Heavenly Dao knew Hongjun coveted it. Did anyone really think reality was a novel where intelligence was forcibly lowered?

Let alone the fact that the Heavenly Dao governed the operation of an entire world, and the whole world could support its deductions. If it could not see Hongjun's purpose, that would be strange. It was only that the Heavenly Dao was not a living being, so it did not care about life or death.

"I'm asking whether you know if Hongjun has any other problems."

As he spoke, Tang Xuan raised a hand and pointed, projecting the plot concerning the Wu-Yao Calamity from the Primordial Era genre novel and playing it through rapidly.

Immediately afterward, Tang Xuan projected the Future timeline he had seen and rapidly played that through as well.

"The first is the Primordial World's originally fixed trajectory. The later one is what I saw when I peered into the Primordial World's Future timeline. What do you see?"

Tang Xuan asked.

"Hongjun is deliberately making everything proceed according to the originally fixed trajectory."

Countless Runes flashed around the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao. After a long while, the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao spoke coldly.

"Correct. This is exactly what I am curious about and interested in."

Tang Xuan nodded slightly.

"In that case, I understand."

"Senior, I seem to know what it is you wish to know."

After pondering briefly, the Heavenly Dao incarnation raised a hand and pointed. A blurry portal appeared before Tang Xuan.

"This should be the answer Senior requires."

"It concerns the root of Hongjun's problem."

The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao said calmly.

"A door?"

Tang Xuan raised an eyebrow.

"Yes."

"A door."

"Although Hongjun wished to conceal it, in the end, I was still able to discover traces."

"This door is Hongjun's secret."

"According to my deductions, if Hongjun has a problem, then the probability that this door is the answer has reached the highest level."

The embodiment of the Heavenly Dao said, neither sorrowful nor joyful.

"There's actually a gate beside Hongjun?"

Tang Xuan was somewhat surprised.

In his previous life, he had read so many Primordial Era genre novels, but he had never heard of Hongjun having something like this.

It couldn't possibly be something like the Gate of Eternal Life barging randomly into the primordial world and ending up beside Hongjun, right? That would be even more bullshit.

After pondering briefly, and combining it with the wild ideas from the countless novels he had read in his previous life, Tang Xuan thought of a certain possibility. His expression couldn't help becoming a little subtle and strange.

"This place... it couldn't be the Multiverse Primordial Universe, could it?"

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