Chapter 25

Luohu saw it the same way.

I never expected that my own judgment could be wrong.

Your power has already surpassed Jidu, but if this is all you have, then the outcome of today's battle is already sealed.

I appreciate your performance, so I'll give you a chance.

If you're willing to enter my demonic path, I can make you the second Devil Ancestor, second only to me.

My words revealed admiration for Tai Ming.

Yet no matter how highly we regarded him, our attitude also showed that we never truly valued the power Tai Ming currently possessed.

This neglect stirred an intense unwillingness in the countless Ghost Soldiers and Ghost Generals within Tai Ming.

For the first time, Tai Ming felt the desire not to lose.

In the past, he might have felt honored by our attention, but now, neither we nor he himself wanted to lose to the other.

Then let me see if your obsession can surpass my limits!

Making up his mind, Tai Ming mobilized the other eight powers of the Nine Transformations of Ghost Dao Origin.

A terrifying scene unfolded—his sacred body cracked like porcelain.

In an instant, his power surged to the Thirty Layers of Grand Unity Dao Realm, even brushing against the threshold of the Primordial Era Supreme Expert.

Not enough! He borrowed strength from the wandering You Hun, letting those regarded as mere weeds feel their own power.

At that moment, the entire Primordial Era was influenced by his will. A river of Negative Energy formed from countless undead souls manifested, connecting past and future, piercing through the Myriad Worlds.

His body shattered further, but his power climbed relentlessly, breaking through bottlenecks and charging into unknown realms.

He only needed three breaths to complete his revenge.

His goal wasn't to utterly defeat us, but to make us experience the vengeance of the dead.

Everything around him seemed to freeze, and then only Luohu's broken divine body remained.

At this moment, Luohu let out an eerie laugh: "Truly astonishing!"

Tai Ming broke the limits of the Primordial Era, shaking the Land of the Far West, its aftershocks sweeping the world.

Luohu and other supreme experts witnessed this firsthand.

With one sweep of Tai Ming's hand, he annihilated the demonic path and the White Tiger; with a second step, he crushed space, leaving only a few top experts behind.

Under his palm, the Nameless Ascetic Monk and the White Tiger Divine Venerable shattered, and even Jian Bing Divine Lord was heavily struck.

Luohu barely resisted with the World-Ending Black Lotus, but still took damage.

Tai Ming's body finally exploded, leaving only the Primordial Chaos Ghost Dao Ancestral Qi.

Luohu tried to capture it, but it was taken away by the Heart of the Earthly Path and vanished.

Afterward, a sacred aura appeared, but it was already too late.

The great Primordial battle came to an end.

The Ghost Dao rose with the momentum of the dead, while the schemes of the demonic, Buddhist, and White Tiger factions all fell through.

Tai Ming's name resounded across the Primordial Era!

After the battle, the aftershocks in the Land of the Far West had yet to settle.

Luohu's Demonic Body recovered swiftly, his laughter shaking the heavens—in truth, he was unharmed.

The loss of demonic path's fortune was negligible.

Luohu's demonic path had many tricks; the backlash of fortune went unnoticed.

Unlike the Nameless Ascetic Monk, who relied on the Buddhist path, Luohu controlled the demonic path as easily as turning his hand.

Jian Bing Divine Lord returned to the surface from deep within the earth's veins, sighing at the changing times. He believed Luohu, as a Child of Destiny, was no ordinary being, and might need to be regarded as a fellow Daoist in the future.

Compared to Luohu, he felt he had already fallen behind, like a remnant of the Old Era.

After the White Tiger Divine Venerable and the Nameless Ascetic Monk restored their forms, the White Tiger Divine Venerable was furious at Luohu, humiliated by having been controlled and called "Master" by him.

His rage nearly materialized into flames. Though he wanted to retaliate against Luohu, given past lessons and his wariness of Luohu, he chose to endure.

As for the Nameless Ascetic Monk, with the Pure Land Buddhist Dao destroyed and his Buddha Heart wounded, his state was listless.

The Four Great Powers of the Western Land gathered again, but this time they did not fight—all were losers of this great battle, stepping stones for others.

Jian Bing Divine Lord led the White Tiger Divine Venerable to withdraw from the struggle for the Western Land. Though they still had reserves, their wounds were deep and would take a long time to heal.

The Nameless Ascetic Monk fared even worse—even his home base was destroyed. He decided to seal Mount Sumeru, reorganize Buddhist Principles, and stay out of the Primordial Era for a long time.

After the battle in the Western Land ended, Luohu remained alone on the spot, sometimes domineering, sometimes calculating—making it hard to tell which was the real him.

This battle had a profound impact on the entire Primordial Era. Forces in other regions felt the Destiny from the Void and scattered the tightly held fortune across the entire Primordial Era.

The Primordial Era, once stagnant like dead water due to division among various powers, now stirred with new waves.

In the strongest East, the Heavenly Dao Lineage and the Dragon Clan stood out.

This was also the place with the most Primordial Grand Unity experts, hiding countless big shots.

The Heavenly Dao Lineage and the Dragon Clan acted with caution, not daring to wage war recklessly like the Western Luohu.

As the mandate of heaven shifted, the Heavenly Dao Lineage declared their re-emergence, establishing the Heavenly Court, selecting deities, and granting protection to the loyal.

The Dragon Clan, meanwhile, promoted the ideal of Everyone as Dragons, delegating authority to cultivate subordinate forces and opening the Path of Dragon Transformation, offering all beings a chance to defy fate and change their lot.

In the south, the ancient Phoenix Race announced the expansion of their Branch Vein, opening the Nirvana Pool. Any living being could become a member of the Phoenix Race through nirvana, and the pool itself allowed beings to reverse their nature back to the primordial state.

The Southern Land concealed many ancient existences, but though they possessed mysterious power, they seemed to have no intention of emerging.

Additionally, the Five Directions Human Race declared their formal entry into the Primordial Continent, revealing astonishing foundations. Five supreme powerhouses at the Thirty Layers of Great Luo or above led them, determined to spread the light of the human path across the entire Primordial Continent.

In the west, though suppressed by the will of heaven's mandate and fallen silent for a time, new forces sprang up like bamboo shoots after rain, presenting a scene of vibrant vitality.

Major powers like Farr, however, made no notable moves.

The Northern Land, originally the target of the Black Tortoise Divine Race, remained desolate.

The Black Tortoise Divine Race decided to abandon the Northern Land, instead consolidating their sphere of influence in the North Sea.

They announced their withdrawal from the Primordial Continent, making their stance clear.

Unlike the Dragon and Phoenix races, the Black Tortoise Divine Race had no intention of absorbing external forces.

As long as Xuanwu Zhiming Divine Lord held his position, they would always remain one of the Five Directions Divine Race.

Yet, in the North Sea, a force quietly rose, calling itself the North Nether Hun Kun Old Ancestor, claiming the most terrifying abyss of the North Nether.

Though no direct conflict had erupted between the two sides, the underlying competitive relationship foreshadowed inevitable clashes in the future.

With the Black Tortoise Divine Race's withdrawal, the Northern Land saw the emergence of numerous races, collectively forming a scene of Myriad Races Flourishing.

These races were divided by power level: those with a Grand Unity Venerable God as their foundation were First-Class Great Races, those with a Grand Unity Venerable God were Second-Rate Race Groups, and those with an Immortal Venerable God were Third-Rate Race Groups.

Without the suppression of the Five Directions Divine Race, these groups all began to make their mark.

The center of the Primordial Continent—the Buzhou Mountain Range—also underwent many changes.

The Qilin Race announced the establishment of a new power system, welcoming all factions to join and pioneering the Destiny Imperial Dynasty System.

This system allowed various forces to develop independently, but required them to revere the Qilin Race's status as the Destiny Divine Beast and adhere to its core principles.

In this way, the Qilin Race's destiny was entrusted to the various imperial dynasties.

At the same time, because the lords of these dynasties enjoyed great autonomy, the system attracted the attention of many Innate Divine Beings unwilling to be bound.

Thus, the Qilin Race's transformation became a focal point.

In contrast, the Divine Court, originally located in the Buzhou Mountain Range, had been steadily weakening since the Five Directions Divine Race withdrew.

Though the Divine Court announced it would open its foundations to select Divine Generals, this caused little stir across the Primordial Continent.

In the Primordial Era, the Divine Court had once been glorious, but times had changed, and no one wished to be suppressed by it again.

"The Divine Court still clings to the old order—it has long lost its glory!"

Even Cang Li Shi's Heavenly Dao Lineage, which had once built the Divine Path's Divine Court, had abandoned it.

There was no need to mention other forces.

Rather than join the Divine Court, it was better to join the Heavenly Dao Lineage.

Now, the Heavenly Dao Lineage intended to establish a Heavenly Court in the Nine Heavens Realm, and its power had become a colossus in the Primordial Continent.

Beyond these, there was one force that could not be ignored—the Yellow Old Lord, incarnated from the Buzhou Mountain True Spirit.

He was the Guardian of the Dao of the Earthly Dao Lineage.

Tai Ming's movements in the Western Land had already exposed the origins of the Earthly Dao Lineage.

With a New Generation powerhouse like Tai Ming, the Yellow Old Lord should naturally offer support.

Yet, He remained still as a virgin, leaving others puzzled.

The silence of the Earthly Dao Lineage drew the attention of all factions in the Primordial Continent.

What was the reason?

It all began with Tai Ming's disappearance.

Ever since Tai Ming displayed divine might in the Land of the Far West, defeating all supreme powerhouses, his situation had become delicate.

It was not that anyone had harmed him, but that his consumption had been too great.

Though his Ancestral Qi body was indestructible and his Dao body could be easily reformed, the power of the Ghost Dao Origin had been severely overdrawn.

The Ghost Gods sleeping within the Netherworld Ghost Seal could not recover immediately, and Tai Ming himself needed a long time to recuperate.

Thus, the Heart of the Earthly Path could not predict when Tai Ming would awaken.

If his recovery took too long, he might miss the golden age of the Primordial Continent.

So, the Heart of the Earthly Path sought help from the only remaining Guardian of the Dao of the Earthly Dao Lineage—the Innate Divine Being incarnated from the Buzhou Mountain True Spirit, the Yellow Old Lord, one of the former Five Old Lords of the Divine Court.

Only He could help Tai Ming recover without affecting his restoration.

A mysterious ripple then sounded.

The Yellow Old Lord was drawn into a strange Mysterious Space, its speed astonishing—even a Grand Unity Venerable God could barely ignore the limitations of Primordial Continent time and space.

As the True Spirit of Buzhou Mountain, the ancestor of the Primordial Earth Veins, the Yellow Old Lord possessed unmatched mobility across the primordial earth, capable of traversing every corner in a ten-thousandth of an instant.

Even more terrifying, he wielded part of Buzhou Mountain's power, its pressure enough to overwhelm even a Grand Unity Venerable God, making his strength unimaginably fearsome.

Aside from once guiding Cang Li Shi, no one dared provoke him. Even the Earthly Emperor Yue Jianshi and the Human Emperor Jiu Tou Shi treated the Yellow Old Lord with deep respect.

Within the Mysterious Space, dense Chaos Spiritual Qi filled the air, and at its core floated a Dao Field of extraordinary presence.

Around the Dao Field, the Chaos Spiritual Qi had liquefied, with no trace of any other innate or postnatal Great Dao—as if even the Three Thousand Great Daos could not approach this space.

The Heart of the Earthly Path seemed intimately familiar with this place, leading Tai Ming into the Dao Field.

Once inside, they found it resembled a boundless great world, even vaster than the primordial wilderness.

Countless towering Jade Pillars pierced through heaven and earth, which were in fact the solidified laws of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

Sensing these laws, the Netherworld Ghost Seal on Tai Ming surfaced unbidden, and the Origin Dao Qi Seeds of the Three Thousand Great Daos within the Netherworld Great Thousand World it nurtured began to grow slowly, their recovery speed markedly increasing.

The dim Nine Origin Divine Rings regained their radiance, a sight that set the Heart of the Earthly Path at ease.

Its gaze turned toward a blurry figure at the center of the Jade Pillars of the Three Thousand Great Daos—a sacred form, hazy and mysterious.

Perhaps that being had always existed there.

An indescribable sensation; no way to capture its specific form. After one glance, its presence seemed to vanish from the mind.

The Heart of the Earthly Path paid its respects: "Greetings, Senior Yellow Old Lord!"

The name Yellow Old Lord symbolized the dignity and weight of the entire primordial wilderness, as steadfast as Buzhou Mountain.

At that moment, a gaze slowly turned toward them.

"So, you're the little one by Yue Jianshi's side. It seems the pact I made with him long ago is finally about to come to pass."

He spoke, as if inquiring: "Is this the one He has chosen?"

The Heart of the Earthly Path's reply revealed the special bond between the Yellow Old Lord and Yue Jianshi.

Though the Yellow Old Lord was the Guardian of the Dao for the Earthly Dao Lineage, his existence was not wholly devoted to it.