Gate of Taboo! The Truth? Hongjun: There's Something Wrong with the Heavenly Dao! Heavenly Dao: There's Something Wrong with Me!

Tongtian River, along the riverbank.

Hongjun took out an Innate Spirit Treasure and tossed it into the river.

Mm, it was just a very ordinary Innate Spirit Treasure.

Who tossed their spirit treasure into the river like a piece of driftwood and got a supreme-grade Innate Spirit Treasure in return? Even a landlord didn't have that much surplus grain.

"Young Hongjun, tell me, was it the one on the left..."

As Hongjun threw in the spirit treasure, Tang Xuan's figure appeared. With a beaming smile, he began going through the routine.

"..."

Although it still sounded rather strange, Hongjun, who had long since developed considerable immunity, could at least keep a normal expression.

After the procedure was complete, when the River God asked him what reward he wanted, Hongjun did not waste any words. He bowed deeply and called out, "Senior, I have something important to report."

"Oh?"

A smile appeared on Tang Xuan's face.

As expected of Hongjun—decisive and clever indeed.

"Buzz!"

Hongjun first waved his hand to block the Heavenly Secrets and seal off the surroundings. Only then did he cautiously begin, "Senior, this matter must be traced back to the Chaos Era."

A trace of reminiscence appeared in Hongjun's eyes. A moment later, his expression turned solemn, with a hint of fear in it.

After taking a deep breath, Hongjun continued, "When Chaos first settled, the Three Thousand Great Daos appeared, and countless minor Daos were reflected. From this, countless Chaos Demon Gods were born. I was one of them."

"However, one day, I discovered a gate—a Gate of Taboo. It was precisely because of that gate that the entire course of my life changed."

"That gate... connected to other Primordial Worlds!"

At the end, Hongjun glanced at Tang Xuan. Seeing that Tang Xuan's expression remained unchanged, he immediately felt relieved. Thankfully, he had acted decisively. This senior had probably already learned some of the information.

No. Given this senior's mysteriousness, even if he knew everything, it would not be surprising.

Perhaps his communication with the Heavenly Dao was related to this. Perhaps he was simply waiting to see whether Hongjun would take the initiative.

Hongjun felt that he understood.

"If it connects to other Primordial Worlds, why is it called a Gate of Taboo?"

Feeling Hongjun's gaze, a smile appeared at the corner of Tang Xuan's eyes as he spoke leisurely.

What made someone clever?

They loved filling in the blanks themselves!

That was why communicating with clever people was the most pleasant. They would make wild guesses on their own and draw their own connections.

Just like Jiang Taigong fishing, waiting for the willing fish to take the bait. Tang Xuan did not even need to ask directly. After he privately communicated with the Heavenly Dao and released a signal, Hongjun had obediently come to his door.

"Because those Primordial Worlds are all ominous."

Hongjun spoke in a deep voice.

"Ominous?"

Tang Xuan murmured, sounding as though he was talking to himself, yet also as though he was asking a question.

"That's right. Ominous."

"The Primordial Worlds within the Gate of Taboo have problems—serious problems. Based on my observations over such a long period, they can bewitch people's hearts. Moreover, those Primordial Worlds seem to have all been destroyed."

"The countless Chaos Demon Gods once fought chaotically during the Chaos Era, and only the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods remained. Then came Pangu opens the heavens. All of these events seem to have been connected to that Gate of Taboo."

"I was definitely not the only one who obtained the Gate of Taboo."

"According to what was transmitted from within the Gate of Taboo, the Immeasurable Calamity will eventually arrive and sweep across all Primordial Worlds. Their Primordial Worlds were destroyed by the Immeasurable Calamity."

"The only solution is to transcend before the Immeasurable Calamity arrives."

"Moreover, I discovered that the living beings within the Gate of Taboo all wanted to escape from it."

"Based on my observations, the Gate of Taboo seems to be like the end of all things. All the destroyed Primordial Worlds exist within it. Countless fragments of Primordial Worlds are there, along with countless Primordial World lifeforms that managed to survive. I once even heard the voice of another Primordial World's Hongjun."

"Ever since I came into contact with the Gate of Taboo, I have constantly pondered one question: How did the Gate of Taboo come into existence? How were all the Primordial Worlds destroyed? And what exactly does the so-called Immeasurable Calamity refer to?"

"After observing and deducing for countless years, I discovered that the problem might originate from the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao... has a problem!"

Hongjun neither kept them in suspense nor put on airs. In one breath, he roughly recounted everything he knew.

"The Gate of Taboo bewitches people? Something like Cthulhu?"

"There's more than just Hongjun who possesses the Gate of Taboo?"

"What is this, a Primordial World version of Werewolf?"

Can't find it by searching the book title? Try searching for the author instead. Perhaps it was just renamed!

"The Immeasurable Calamity? That does fit the worldview of Primordial Era genre novels. Basically, every Primordial Era genre novel mentions the Immeasurable Calamity. It's just that opinions differ on what form this Immeasurable Calamity actually takes."

Countless thoughts flashed through Tang Xuan's mind, and the smile on his face grew increasingly pronounced.

Interesting. This was far too interesting.

Tang Xuan knew that the waters of this Primordial World ran deep, but he had not expected them to run this deep.

After looking across countless Primordial Era genre novels, Tang Xuan felt that this Primordial World ranked among the most profound and strange of them all.

As for escaping from the Gate of Taboo, Tang Xuan had not even considered whether to do so. Anyone who did not want to escape would be crazy.

"You said that the Heavenly Dao has a problem, and that the reason all Primordial Worlds experience the Immeasurable Calamity is very likely related to the Heavenly Dao?"

Tang Xuan slowly spoke.

"That's right, Senior."

"Senior, to be honest, before you appeared, I only wanted to refine the Primordial World and refine the Heavenly Dao, escaping in one stroke. The waters were simply too deep. The reason I concealed things from the Heavenly Dao was also because I suspected the Heavenly Dao."

Hongjun spoke sincerely.

There was the Gate of Taboo ahead, the Immeasurable Calamity behind, and a strange Heavenly Dao in between. It would have been stranger if Hongjun had not packed up and run.

If he could not afford to provoke them, he could still afford to hide. It was only because he saw hope in Tang Xuan that Hongjun wanted to take a gamble.

"That's simple."

"If you want to know whether the Heavenly Dao has a problem... it's simple. Just ask it, and you'll know."

Tang Xuan said with a beaming smile.

"Ah?"

Hongjun was dumbfounded, staring at Tang Xuan with his mouth agape.

Are you serious? I just told you that the Heavenly Dao might have a problem, and that it was very likely the greatest source of the taboo. And your response is that you want to ask the Heavenly Dao?

Isn't that basically blowing yourself up!?

"Heavenly Dao, where are you?"

Tang Xuan ignored Hongjun's gaze and instead raised his head toward the void, speaking in a deep voice.

It would be one thing if he lacked the strength. But he had strength, and he had used Knowing the Future to see that, within the next ten Epochs, the Heavenly Dao would not encounter any problems.

Since that was the case, why continue fighting wits with the air? It was better to be direct and brutal—just ask the Heavenly Dao.

"Boom!!!"

Majestic heavenly might illuminated the world, instantly shattering the concealment Hongjun had established. In an instant, a vertical eye of Mysterious Gold appeared in the void.

"Come on, Hongjun. Repeat what you just said."

Tang Xuan gestured.

"..."

Hongjun's teeth ached.

Although he really wanted to say, Senior, this is far too reckless, when he thought of Tang Xuan's mysteriousness, perhaps Tang Xuan truly had the confidence to do this.

In any case, the Heavenly Dao had already arrived. There was no point thinking about it anymore. Hongjun could only helplessly recount the matter from the beginning.

"The Gate of Taboo... the many-dimensional Primordial Worlds... the Immeasurable Calamity... the final destination of the Primordial Worlds..."

After listening to Hongjun's account, countless runes flashed within the eye of the Heavenly Dao, as though it were conducting an analysis and deduction.

After a long while, the eye of the Heavenly Dao vanished from the void. In its place, a blurry figure appeared beside Hongjun.

The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao bowed to Tang Xuan, then said coldly, "Senior, the Heavenly Dao has a problem."

"???"

Hongjun abruptly looked toward the incarnation of the Heavenly Dao, disbelief appearing in his eyes.

Do you want to listen to what you're saying?

The Heavenly Dao has a problem?

Aren't you the Heavenly Dao?

So you're saying that you have a problem?

"According to my deductions, the birth of the Gate of Taboo is very likely related to the Heavenly Dao of all Primordial Worlds. Therefore, the Heavenly Dao has a problem."

The Heavenly Dao calmly stated the facts, as though it were not talking about itself at all.

As it spoke, the Heavenly Dao looked toward Hongjun and said indifferently, "Aside from the Heavenly Dao, the Gate of Taboo is also related to Hongjun."

"The fundamental cause of its birth may not be the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun. However, its appearance is definitely and inevitably connected to the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun."

At these words, Hongjun seemed to realize something, and his pupils abruptly contracted.