Chapter 29

Then Earthly Emperor Yue Jianshi established the Earthly Dao Lineage, deriving the principles of the earth and the Changes of the Four Seasons, making the Primordial World first know the impermanence of life and death, pushing the archaic divine path to its peak.

The emergence of these two path-establishing figures opened a new chapter in the chaos of the Primordial World.

In the void, an ancient divine being with twelve heads and eighteen arms suddenly appeared, bearing the Primordial World on his back and holding the Netherworld in his hands.

With his arrival, a grand voice resounded: "Tribute to Earthly Emperor Yue Jianshi!"

The Earthly Emperor established the Dao, and the divine races fell into strife.

At this time, Jiu Tou Shi used the power of creation to reestablish order among the divine races, founding the Five Directions Divine Race, governed respectively by the Five Emperors and Five Old Lords, creating the Innate Five-Colored Divine Humans, establishing the Human Dao, and ending the chaotic era of the Divine Court in the Archaic Era.

Thus, he was honored as Human Emperor Jiu Tou Shi.

The scene shifted, revealing the Primordial World in desolation, with divine races warring among themselves and the people suffering.

At that moment, an innate divine being with nine heads was born in the Primordial World. He quelled the wars, spread the divine path, enlightened the Five Emperors and Five Old Lords, and divided the Five Elements.

With the transmission of the voice of the Great Dao and the praise of countless innate divine beings, the Primordial Beings truly felt the greatness of the Ancient Three Sovereigns for the first time.

Countless innate divine beings from after the Archaic Era also held deep reverence for the Ancient Three Sovereigns.

This moment seemed to herald the beginning of a new epoch after the Archaic Era.

Only then did the innate divine being who had guided everything finally appear before all Primordial Beings.

He was beyond words, unimaginable, unmemorable.

He declared: "Since Pangu Clan split open the Primordial World, the order of the Great Dao has governed it. Through the chaos of Gods and Devils, the Ancient Three Sovereigns established the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos, leading to the prosperity we see today."

Then, the Heavenly Dao Lineage announced that the Heavenly Dao would emerge, the Great Dao would recede, and the Heavenly Dao would replace the Great Dao in managing the order of the Primordial World, judging good and evil, beauty and ugliness, and granting beings merit and Karma.

He said: "Those with merit may become deities of the Heavenly Court, enjoying the protection of the Heavenly Dao's destiny. Those burdened with Karma will face the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder of the Heavenly Dao."

And after Three Thousand Yuan Hui, all Primordial Beings were invited to witness the establishment of the Heavenly Court.

With these words, the figure of that innate divine being vanished before the crowd.

This marked the moment the Primordial Heavenly Dao Lineage truly accomplished something that shook the entire Primordial World.

Countless Primordial Beings and innate divine beings were drawn to it.

The Heavenly Dao was established by Cang Li Shi of the Archaic Era to organize the order of the Primordial Great Dao, serving as the collective embodiment of the Primordial World's laws.

It possessed supreme qualities while overseeing the entire Primordial World to maintain order and stability.

From now on, any act that damaged the Primordial World would incur the Heavenly Dao's punishment, summoning the Heavenly Punishment Divine Thunder.

The Primordial World was about to undergo a massive transformation.

With the Heavenly Dao manifesting, all Primordial Beings were strictly restrained, daring not to act recklessly.

The atmosphere of the Primordial World grew increasingly positive and progressive.

The establishment of the Heavenly Dao Lineage and the Heavenly Court brought greater order to the governance of the Primordial World.

All innate divine beings of the Primordial World began to ponder the changes brought by the Heavenly Dao's emergence.

For those already on the path of cultivation, they might feel new constraints, but for ordinary Primordial Beings, they eagerly anticipated this transformation.

With the Heavenly Dao, the Primordial World would no longer be a place where only the strong ruled; the weak would also have a chance to rise.

Opportunities of destiny and fortune would no longer be monopolized by great clans, and ordinary beings would have the chance to defy fate.

Powerful innate divine beings would no longer dare to oppress the weak recklessly, and the rampant plundering of the West would be greatly reduced.

In the past, most of the destiny in the Primordial World was controlled by top-tier powerhouses, leaving the weak to rely on their meager fortune, which was sometimes even stolen.

Thus, they could hardly gain recognition from opportunities, and their chances of defying fate were extremely slim.

But now, major factions began to actively open up their destiny, and the convergence of destinies in the Primordial World formed an Ocean of Destiny.

People's destinies were no longer fixed; the weak could possess great fortune, while the strong, if they did not perform deeds beneficial to the world or lacked a Destiny Supreme Treasure to protect themselves, might face the loss of their fortune.

The greater the Karma from damaging the Primordial World, the more severe the loss of destiny, potentially leading to constant misfortune.

Such a Heavenly Dao could spur all beings to contribute to the construction of the Primordial World, making it stronger over time.

More and more beings would break through to higher realms, ultimately fulfilling Cang Li Shi's mission to inherit the will of Pangu Clan.

As time passed, since the last proclamation by the innate divine being, the Primordial World had undergone noticeable changes.

The former chaos and slaughter had greatly diminished.

Though the innate divine beings who once looked down on ordinary innate beings remained proud, they had begun to exercise restraint.

Under the era of the Primordial World, innate divine beings and beings faced major transformations.

The indiscriminate slaughter of the past was no more, and even battles among divine beings dared not easily harm the innocent.

In the formless Tai Xu, the supreme Great Dao gradually solidified, becoming easier to comprehend—this was the gift of the Mother of the Great Dao before the Heavenly Dao's emergence.

After the Heavenly Dao descended, directly comprehending the Great Dao would become extremely difficult.

For the beings of the Primordial World, they had only two choices: leave the chaos and depart from the Primordial World under the Heavenly Dao's domain, or gradually shift their path and begin to comprehend the Heavenly Dao.

Without special supreme treasures, spiritual roots, or methods, continuing to comprehend the Great Dao in the Primordial World would be very challenging.

More importantly, without cultivating the Heavenly Dao, one could not obtain its fortune, and opportunities for treasures would be lost.

Though the Heavenly Dao Lineage was immensely powerful, not all in the Primordial World were willing to submit.

The Five Directions Divine Race, the Earthly Dao, and the Human Dao would not easily yield—they could shield themselves with their own Great Daos from the Heavenly Dao's reach.

What truly worried these major powers was the Heavenly Court that the Heavenly Dao sought to establish.

They had prepared to deliver a warning to the Heavenly Dao Lineage when it emerged, opened the Realm of the Nine Heavens, and founded the Heavenly Court.

The cultivators of this Primordial Era could be divided into two systems: Dao Seekers who cultivated the Innate Great Dao, and Dao Founders who forged their own Postnatal Great Dao.

In the current age, Dao Founders drew more attention, and the four most powerful among them stood out.

In the Ancient Divine Path, Cang Li Shi, who pioneered the Divine Path, was a Dao Founder of both the Divine Path and the Heavenly Dao.

Similarly, Yue Jianshi and Jiu Tou Shi were Dao Founders of the Earthly Dao and Human Dao, respectively.

Shen Ni, meanwhile, was the one who opened the Path of Rebellious God-Demons.

Since the Path of God-Demons did not belong to the Primordial system, Shen Ni's existence was set aside for now.

In the Primordial World, the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos were established by the Ancient Three Sovereigns and had fully integrated into the world, becoming indispensable parts of it.

Even if the Buddhas, demons, immortals, and ghosts of the Primordial World vanished, these three Daos would endure.

The Heavenly Dao comprehended by Cang Li Shi was even richer than the Great Dao, encompassing all things.

It was like Tai Ming's Innate and Postnatal Combined Ghost Dao, but Cang Li Shi's Heavenly Dao far surpassed it in inclusiveness.

Cang Li Shi was revered as the Lord of the Ancient Divine Path and the Heavenly Dao Emperor Recognized by All Gods.

Even figures like Yue Jianshi and Jiu Tou Shi, though close to Cang Li Shi, still fell slightly short.

As for other Dao Founders, they could only be considered second-tier beneath the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos.

The Postnatal Great Daos they pioneered each had their unique traits, yet they could not rival the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos, nor fully merge into the Primordial World.

They had mastered the Great Dao and could open new realms within the Primordial World, achieving an effect akin to unifying the Heaven, Earth, and Human Daos.

Thus, even against these three major Postnatal Daos, they were not powerless.

This explained why the large factions did not fear the Heavenly Dao's emergence—they simply did not want it to dominate them again.

With the Heavenly Dao Lineage appearing openly, powerful forces like the Five Directions Divine Race tried to cause trouble for it, yet they still showed due respect to Cang Li Shi's Heavenly Dao.

Over the past three thousand Yuan Hui, these major powers had remained silent, awaiting the appearance of the Heavenly Dao Lineage's Realm of the Nine Heavens.

Only Gou Shen, undergoing transformation at Buzhou Mountain, remained oblivious to the outside world.

After thousands of Yuan Hui of gestation, Tai Ming, within the secret realm of Yue Jianshi's inherited opportunity, successfully nurtured his first God-Demon Incarnation using the <Primordial Chaos Dao-Cutting God-Demon Incarnation Book> and the Great Dao Soul God-Demon Heart.

Ordinary Innate Divine Beings needed millions of Yuan Hui to nurture an incarnation, but Tai Ming's God-Demon Incarnation method operated on a conceptual substitution level, requiring only a few thousand Yuan Hui.

Tai Ming had inherited the foundation of the God-Demon Heart, equivalent to an already manifested Innate Divine Being.

Thus, he was eager to learn the current state of the Primordial World.

Yet he never expected his emergence to draw the attention of the entire Primordial World.

One day, the sky was clear, and Buzhou Mountain stood as vast as ever.

The Heavenly Dao Lineage announced it would fully emerge after three thousand Yuan Hui, causing Innate Divine Beings to pay less attention to Buzhou Mountain.

Though the Guardian of the Earthly Dao, Yellow Old Lord, was present, everyone awaited the Earthly Dao Lineage's response.

But Yellow Old Lord showed no sign of appearing, and no one could wait forever.

When over half of the three thousand Yuan Hui had passed, and the Primordial World was unusually calm, the Great Dao—which had been manifesting and giving back to All Beings—suddenly changed.

Boundless violet qi mixed with the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao descended as rolling Great Dao Merit, landing somewhere on Buzhou Mountain.

The value of Great Dao Merit was widely known throughout the Primordial World, but for the Innate Divine Beings who could obtain such an honor, it was an extremely rare blessing.

Only a handful of Innate Divine Beings in the Primordial World possessed Great Dao Merit, and some even inherited the Pangu Clan's Heaven-Opening Great Dao Merit.

Yet since the Archaic Era, the Great Dao had not bestowed any more merit.

Just before the Great Dao was about to conceal itself, someone received its favor, instantly sparking attention and discussion among countless Primordial Grand Unity beings.

Many Divine Beings were curious and envious of the mysterious figure who had obtained this special merit, speculating whether it was Yellow Old Lord of Buzhou Mountain or the Earthly Dao Lineage.

Merit, a power born from the fusion of the world's origin and the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao, was highly treasured by the Primordial Era Supreme Experts among Innate Divine Beings.

Before the Heavenly Dao was born to replace the Great Dao in governing the Primordial World, the merit bestowed was Great Dao Merit; after the Heavenly Dao emerged, the granting of merit became its authority.

Though they seemed alike, the difference was vast.

Great Dao Merit and Heavenly Dao Merit had different origins—the former came from the fusion of the Great Dao Primordial Violet Qi and the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao, while the latter combined Innate Violet Qi with the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao.

Though the Great Dao Primordial Violet Qi was not as revered as the Primordial Chaos Ancestral Qi—known as the Great Dao Foundation with the potential to become a Dao Master of the Great Dao—it still contained the essence of the Primordial Chaos Great Dao, enough to let one comprehend part of its Mysteries, far surpassing the Innate Violet Qi of the Primordial World.

The Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao was even superior to the Innate Primordial Violet Origin.

It directly originated from the Innate Primordial Violet Great Dao, unbound by the Primordial World, carrying an aura of transcendence.

Possessing the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao allowed one to continuously obtain Innate Profound Yellow Qi.

Profound Yellow Qi was the perfect fusion of Chaos Pure Qi and Chaos Turbid Qi, symbolizing the state when yin and yang, clarity and turbidity, were undivided at the dawn of Primordial Chaos.

The Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao and the power of the Pangu Clan in the Primordial World gave birth to all things between heaven and earth.

The Primordial Violet Origin can evolve nearly all innate substances, but its true value lies in elevating the aptitude of Innate Divine Beings.

After refining the Primordial Violet Body, one can stand shoulder to shoulder with top-tier Innate Divine Beings, possessing unmatched physical defense.

Once, the Primordial Violet Ancestor possessed a top-tier Great Dao Body, making all Innate Divine Beings envious of those who held Great Dao Merit.

The Great Dao Primordial Violet Qi and the Primordial Origin of the Profound Yellow Great Dao—either one alone can establish a boundless potential for a great force.