Deep in the East Sea.
Tang Xuan sat cross-legged, sensing the rapidly increasing amount of wish origin. The smile on his face grew ever richer.
Ascend to the Chaos River?
That was already a foregone conclusion!
Of course, this matter did not require much consideration in the first place. After all, what meaning was there in possessing only the status? For Tang Xuan, the most pressing matter was his own Dao. What path would he ultimately take?
Besides that, there was also the question of what his next expansion would be.
"The Chaos Sea... is also a sea."
Tang Xuan muttered leisurely.
By now, all the water veins of the entire Primordial Continent had transformed into his body, taking him as their source. If he wanted to further expand the range of his body's influence, there was no doubt that only the Chaos remained as a target.
Chaos?
When he looked at the Chaos, it also seemed a lot like water!
Who said Chaos couldn't be water, couldn't be a sea?
There was nothing wrong with that!
"I'll proceed along both paths simultaneously. My true body will go into seclusion and use enhanced comprehension to consider what Dao I should follow next. Then I'll split off part of my mind and evolve an incarnation to enter the Chaos, beginning to gradually bring it under control."
"Although the Primordial Continent is vast, in terms of area, forget the Milky Way of my previous life—even the observable universe would be but a drop in the ocean compared to the Primordial World. Even a single Buzhou Mountain is far more magnificent than the so-called ninety-three billion light-years of the observable universe in my previous life."
"However, compared to the entire Chaos, the Primordial Continent is likewise incomparably tiny. The workload is enormous, so I have to hurry."
"Besides, I can also begin comprehending the essence of the wish origin. With my current cultivation, even if I can't fully see through it, I can at least comprehend a little of its superficial aspects."
Tang Xuan thought to himself.
Go into seclusion?
Then he would go into seclusion!
"Buzz!!!"
With a thought, an incarnation appeared before Tang Xuan. He focused on two things at once, controlling the incarnation as it entered the Chaos while his true body closed its eyes and used the wish origin to evolve enhanced comprehension, beginning his seclusion.
Zixiao Palace.
Hongjun sat cross-legged in the main hall and cautiously waved his hand, sealing off the entire hall.
Beside him was also an incarnation of the Heavenly Dao.
Everything was ready. With a thought from Hongjun, black qi blossomed and the strange appeared. An ancient-looking portal slowly took shape, its image emerging in the air.
The Gate of Taboo!
"Hong..."
The Gate of Taboo trembled slightly. Endless killing, destruction, savagery, and madness surged from within. Anyone could clearly sense the anger and insanity of the beings inside the gate. Just as whispers began to emerge one after another, Hongjun interrupted them.
"Everyone, I've already thought it through. That River God Senior is far too terrifying. To guard against future trouble, I'm willing to cooperate with you all. See, I've even persuaded the Heavenly Dao to join us. What do you think?"
Hongjun spoke solemnly.
As soon as he said this, the faint whispers coming from the Gate of Taboo abruptly ceased.
You want to officially join us?
And you're bringing the Heavenly Dao as a bonus?
"Do you also wish to fleece us?"
A voice filled with fury came from within the Gate of Taboo.
Did you really think we were fools?
Join us?
Join your mother!
"Have you not always wanted me to throw myself into your embrace? Now that I'm willing, you're the ones refusing? You'd better think carefully."
Hongjun smiled faintly and spoke unhurriedly.
"..."
The Gate of Taboo fell into a long silence.
A strategic move?
That was exactly what it was!
Even though they knew Hongjun was doing this deliberately and had no sincere intention of joining them, did they have any choice?
Damn it!!!
Since when could they be threatened by someone else?
"Boom!!!"
The Gate of Taboo trembled, swaying incessantly as though the countless beings within had exploded in rage. Wisps of black qi seeped out, faintly threatening to pollute the heavens and earth and assimilate everything around them.
Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao merely stood there in silence, neither speaking nor moving, as if issuing a silent threat.
Make your decision!
"You and the Heavenly Dao—what do you want?"
After a long silence, a voice came from within the Gate of Taboo.
"What do I want? I wish to prove the Dao of the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, but the Primordial World was born only recently, and its origin is somewhat lacking."
Hongjun's smile was brilliant as he spoke slowly.
"I need the evolution trajectory of the destroyed Primordial World."
The incarnation of the Heavenly Dao also spoke indifferently.
"..."
The Gate of Taboo once again fell into dead silence.
Fine, fine, so this was how they wanted to play it? Did they really think they had them completely under control?
Beasts!!!
(╯‵□′)╯︵┻━┻.
Hongjun thought: Stealing the origin of the Gate of Taboo was merely for fun. If he truly wanted its origin, he still had to make them obediently deliver it themselves!
Hongjun figured that he could add another subject to the content of his lectures.
What subject, you ask?
Naturally, teaching all living beings how to threaten the Gate of Taboo, and how to force it to take the initiative and hand over its origin!
Without the imprint given by River God Senior, threatening the Gate of Taboo and making it feel threatened would have been difficult. But now, things were much simpler!
The Primordial World knew no years.
Several hundred thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
In that short span of several hundred thousand years, the entire Primordial World entered a period of rapid development.
As the Universal Creation plan unfolded, all the living beings of the Primordial World began creating worlds in full swing, without exception.
Calling it universal creation was not an exaggeration in the slightest.
From earth immortals to Daluo, everyone joined in. Even some newly born lifeforms took part in world creation.
Creating a world itself brought little benefit to the living beings, but the process of subsequently evolving the world and the insights gained from it brought them immense harvests, which went without saying.
Not only did the cultivation of the Primordial Era Beings advance rapidly, but the crystal walls and status of the entire Primordial Continent continued to improve as well. Its former instability and deficiencies were rapidly perfected.
The Heavenly Dao was satisfied, Hongjun was satisfied, and the living beings were likewise satisfied.
If there was one thing the living beings were dissatisfied with, it was none other than the Gate of Taboo.
Over the course of several hundred thousand years, the living beings had gone mad trying to win over the Gate of Taboo. They all wanted to fleece it.
They had exhausted every method. All kinds of bizarre schemes emerged one after another, and there was no shortage of all sorts of temptations aimed at the Gate of Taboo.
Unfortunately, the Gate of Taboo no longer appeared!
Throughout the entire Primordial World, no one had heard of anyone gaining the Gate of Taboo's favor. It was as if the Gate of Taboo had completely vanished without a trace overnight.
The living beings found this regrettable.
Meanwhile, the strange beings hidden within the Gate of Taboo had already completely lost their minds.
In the past, whenever their Gate of Taboo appeared in countless Primordial Worlds, they had always been the ones beguiling the living beings of those worlds. Yet now, the living beings of the Primordial World were actually trying to beguile them, and even attempting to deceive them.
What kind of upside-down absurdity was this? What kind of outrageous injustice was this?
They had gone too far in bullying the Gate!
They had gone too far in bullying the Immeasurable Calamity!!!
Just as the entire Primordial World was caught in turbulent change, Tang Xuan's seclusion deep in the East Sea was gradually nearing its end.
Over several hundred thousand years, Tang Xuan had permeated the Chaos within several hundred million light-years around the Primordial Continent.
If anyone sensed it, they would discover that the flow of Chaos Qi around the Primordial Continent already faintly resembled flowing water. The name Chaos Sea was beginning to show its potential.
Beyond that, after spending several hundred thousand years with an unlimited supply of wish origin, Tang Xuan had made tremendous progress both in his path and in his comprehension of the wish origin!
"Buzz!!!"
His eyes opened slightly, and a mysterious light seemed to flash through them. In the haze, one could almost see invisible rivers gradually vanishing around Tang Xuan.
Although it seemed that he had not cultivated at all over the past several hundred thousand years and had only been comprehending, Tang Xuan's aura had already become increasingly unfathomable. Even a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal would feel waves of trepidation here, as if facing some great terror.
"It's done! Hahaha, my Dao... is complete!!!"
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