Primordial: Starting Out by Scamming Nuwa! Part 40

Anyone could talk to Nuwa about diligence—but not this lazy cat.

This lazy cat was outrageously lazy itself. What right did it have to lecture her about diligence?

"Nuwa, let this Great God correct you. This Great God was not sleeping in—I was researching Dao Proving in Dream."

Bai Chen was very displeased. Great God Bai Chen diligently contemplated Dao Proving in Dream every single day.

Sometimes, once it fell asleep...

No, once it began contemplating Dao Proving in Dream, several yuanhui would pass in a flash.

And that still did not count as diligence? Then what did?

"Little White, you need to cultivate properly and comprehend your own Dao. Stop thinking about your 'Dao Proving in Dream' and throwing your weight around all day."

"..."

Nuwa pinched Bai Chen's soft little cheeks and earnestly lectured it.

She truly wanted to teach Bai Chen well. After all, if Bai Chen went around throwing its weight about in the future, everyone would say that Nuwa had indulged it in wrongdoing.

Not listening! Not listening!

A turtle chanting scripture!

Bai Chen sealed off its hearing. It did not take in a single word Nuwa said.

Jade Capital Mountain...

Seeing that the Heavenly Dao had already revived, Ancestor Hongjun began to pray:

"Heavenly Dao above, I, Hongjun, shall today Prove Heavenly Dao and attain the Primordial Fruit Status of a Heavenly Dao Saint!"

The Heavenly Dao had revived because Ancestor Hongjun had used Immortal Dao Law to complete the primordial world.

The Heavenly Dao owed Ancestor Hongjun a tremendous karmic debt. It could not refuse Ancestor Hongjun's request to attain the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Moreover, according to Great Dao's Destiny, Ancestor Hongjun was destined to become a Heavenly Dao Saint—the Heavenly Dao Spokesperson.

If Ancestor Hongjun did not attain the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Saint, the one who should be anxious would instead be the Heavenly Dao.

"Granted."

As the Heavenly Dao granted Ancestor Hongjun permission to attain the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Saint, countless merits of the Heavenly Dao descended at once.

The merits of the Heavenly Dao helped Ancestor Hongjun cleanse away karmic sin, helped the three corpses within his Three Flowers on the Crown merge into one, and condense the Saint Fruit Status—the Primordial Fruit Status.

As Ancestor Hongjun succeeded in attaining the Dao, heavenly flowers rained down and golden lotuses surged from the earth. The myriad heavens and worlds sang praises in celebration of the first Saint of the primordial world.

As for Ancestor Yang Mei, although he had attained the Dao before Ancestor Hongjun, he had not done so within the primordial world, but in Chaos.

Furthermore, the Dao Ancestor Yang Mei had attained was not the Heavenly Dao. Though he possessed the Primordial Fruit Status, he was not a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Although Ancestor Hongjun had already attained the Dao and become a Heavenly Dao Saint, he could not feel the slightest joy.

Because he had been forced to Prove Heavenly Dao and become a Heavenly Dao Saint.

Though a Heavenly Dao Saint also possessed the Primordial Fruit Status, the Heavenly Dao was not his own Dao.

Though a Heavenly Dao Saint was no weaker than a Primordial, their cultivation was constrained by the Heavenly Dao. An invisible shackle had been added to them.

It was all that damned Devil Ancestor Luo Hou's fault!

He had forced Ancestor Hongjun to abandon Proving Immortal Dao and instead Prove Heavenly Dao, leaving him bound by the Heavenly Dao.

The more Ancestor Hongjun thought about it, the angrier he became. He immediately decided that after entering seclusion for a time to consolidate his cultivation, he would shatter the void, leave the primordial world, and head for Chaos.

After spending some time stabilizing his realm, Ancestor Hongjun headed directly into Chaos.

Ancestor Hongjun was not doing this to seek opportunities. He was entering Chaos to find Devil Ancestor Luo Hou.

That man had harmed him so terribly—did he think the matter would simply be settled because he had fled into Chaos? How could that be possible?

He would destroy Devil Ancestor Luo Hou and make him repay blood with blood.

Ancestor Hongjun's attainment of the Dao brought celebration across the primordial world, and all living beings in the primordial world learned of it.

Among the primordial world's powerful figures, some envied him, some were jealous, and some were afraid.

The vast majority of great powers envied Ancestor Hongjun. Those jealous of him were all people who considered themselves extraordinary.

For instance, the great powers formed from the remnant souls of Chaos Demon Gods, as well as the Three Pure Ones, Nether River of the Sea of Blood, Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the Ancestral Witches, and the like.

As for those who feared him, without exception, they were beings who knew Ancestor Hongjun's true background.

For example, the primordial world's great powers who had once been Chaos Demon Gods feared that Ancestor Hongjun would come to settle accounts with them.

The Three Pure Ones and Queen Mother of the West had also learned of Ancestor Hongjun's background from First Qilin, and they too feared that Ancestor Hongjun would slaughter the primordial world on a grand scale.

Within Chaos, relying on deductions from the Jade Disk of Creation, Ancestor Hongjun roughly calculated Devil Ancestor Luo Hou's whereabouts.

Just as Ancestor Hongjun was about to give chase, Ancestor Yang Mei shattered the void and blocked his path.

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun, stop!"

Ancestor Yang Mei already knew that Ancestor Hongjun had attained the Dao, yet he still addressed him as Fellow Daoist. Clearly, he did not fear Hongjun—he too had attained the Dao.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, this poor Daoist is not seeking trouble with you. Please do not obstruct me."

Ancestor Hongjun sensed the Primordial Unity aura flowing from Ancestor Yang Mei and knew that he too had attained the Dao.

Because Space Laws surpassed his Immortal Dao Law, he had no desire to fight Ancestor Yang Mei.

The thought that Ancestor Yang Mei had attained the Dao only made Ancestor Hongjun feel even worse.

Why had he been forced by the Great Karmic Debt to attain the Dao only as a Heavenly Dao Saint, while Ancestor Yang Mei had suffered nothing at all?

Was it simply because the Immortal Dao Law was inferior to Space Laws? Wasn't that bullying the Chaos Demon Gods?

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun, go back!"

Ancestor Yang Mei swept his sleeve, signaling for Ancestor Hongjun to get lost already.

Naturally, he knew Ancestor Hongjun's true intentions, but he would not allow it.

"It seems Fellow Daoist Yang Mei has reached some agreement with that old devil Luo Hou."

Ancestor Hongjun was no fool. The moment Ancestor Yang Mei declared that he would protect Devil Ancestor Luo Hou, he had guessed the truth.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, today I shall experience your wondrous spatial arts."

Although Ancestor Hongjun knew that his Immortal Dao Law was inferior to Ancestor Yang Mei's Space Laws, he believed that with the treasures in his hand, Ancestor Yang Mei might not necessarily be his match.

"Pangu Banner!"

"Taiji Diagram!"

"Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud!"

"..."

Ancestor Hongjun knew how formidable Ancestor Yang Mei was, so he did not hold back. The instant he attacked, he unleashed every one of the countless treasures in his possession, assaulting Ancestor Yang Mei.

After all, who was Ancestor Yang Mei?

He was an existence second only to Great God Pangu and Ancestor Shichen!

If he still held back against a terrifying existence like Ancestor Yang Mei, then Hongjun would be a fool.

"Hongjun, it seems you have forgotten your own identity."

Ancestor Yang Mei mocked him, then swept his Daoist robe. Endless Space Laws poured forth.

The thousands upon thousands of spiritual treasures rushing toward him were all seized by the Space Laws and cast into the boundless chaos.

Using Space Laws, Ancestor Yang Mei severed the connection between those spiritual treasures and Ancestor Hongjun, leaving him unable to recall them.

The moment Ancestor Hongjun sensed that his connection to those spiritual treasures had been cut off, he was utterly shocked.

He could understand the other Innate spiritual treasures being taken.

But the Pangu Axe and the Taiji Diagram were Innate Supreme Treasures!

The Myriad Heavens Auspicious Cloud was a supreme Heavenly Dao treasure, while the Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Array Diagram were supreme fierce and baleful treasures of the Heavenly Dao!

All these vital treasures had been taken away—wasn't this a little too outrageous?

At that moment, apart from the incomplete Jade Disk of Creation, every other spiritual treasure Ancestor Hongjun possessed had been taken by Ancestor Yang Mei. He had no choice but to accept the reality that he was bankrupt.

Although the Jade Disk of Creation was still on him, it was hard to say whether he could keep it.

The thought of the family fortune he had accumulated over countless yuanhui being sent back to before liberation by a single move from Ancestor Yang Mei made Ancestor Hongjun feel incomparably miserable!

"Hongjun, as a Chaos Demon God who governs the Immortal Dao Law, you do not cultivate and study the Immortal Dao Law, but instead rely excessively on spiritual treasures. How pitiful, how laughable!"

Ancestor Yang Mei mercilessly ridiculed Ancestor Hongjun, then swept his sleeve and returned all those spiritual treasures to him.

Ancestor Yang Mei's standards were unimaginably high. He had no interest even in Innate Supreme Treasures, much less spiritual treasures that did not suit his Dao.

He, Yang Mei, was a Chaos Demon God who governed Space Laws. Now that he had attained the Dao anew, only a Chaos Supreme Treasure was worthy of his status.

If Ancestor Hongjun possessed any treasure that Ancestor Yang Mei found appealing, it would likely be the incomplete Jade Disk of Creation.

However, Yang Mei had no intention of seizing the Jade Disk of Creation for the time being. He had other arrangements.

Ever since he attained the Primordial Unity Dao, the Primordial World had begun rejecting him. Especially after the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World revived, that rejection had grown even stronger.

Now, he could no longer enter the Primordial World, but Ancestor Hongjun and Devil Ancestor Luo Hou might be able to help him return to it.

"Go!"

After returning the spiritual treasures to Ancestor Hongjun, Ancestor Yang Mei swept his sleeve again, signaling for him to get lost.

"Many thanks. Hongjun has learned much."