The Heavenly Dao, Broken

In the Primordial World, when it was first opened, there was a great marsh in the southeastern corner.

Its domain stretched for billions of miles, entirely covered by endless thunder. Savage lightning raged like an inverted heavenly river, roaring and howling, its sound shaking the eight extremes and echoing throughout the cosmos.

This was Thunder Marsh!

Any living being that strayed into it would be shattered to pieces by the thunder.

Even the mindless Primordial Fierce Beasts would halt at its edge, daring not to cross its boundary.

Thus, Thunder Marsh was a forbidden zone of the Primordial World; no living creature dared to slight it.

"I've successfully reincarnated into the Primordial World, it seems." In the central region of Thunder Marsh, a voice full of bewilderment quietly sounded.

Xuanxiao gazed at the utterly unfamiliar scene before him, his heart filled with a dreamlike sensation, as if he were immersed in a fantastical dream.

"Thunder Marsh?" Xuanxiao murmured to himself. "I never expected to be born here, in this legendary place that gave birth to Human Emperor Fuxi. But now, because of my appearance, Thunder Marsh will hardly become Fuxi's birthplace anymore." Thinking this, Xuanxiao couldn't help but shake his head regretfully.

As it stood, Thunder Marsh, having become the birthplace of the former Thunder Demon God Xuanxiao, had skyrocketed in danger.

Without the strength of a Golden Immortal, entering it meant certain death.

For Human Emperor Fuxi to be born here, his mother, the Huaxu Clan, would need the power of a Golden Immortal.

But that was not Xuanxiao's concern or care.

"The urgent matter is that I need to take form as soon as possible." At this moment, Xuanxiao had yet to take form and be born.

This time, Xuanxiao did not intend to follow the example of other beings in the Primordial World by using innate objects to complete his transformation. Instead, he planned to take form directly from his true body—the Sea of Lightning.

Before his fall, Xuanxiao had finally figured out a problem that had troubled him for a long time.

Previously, even though his cultivation had reached the extremely high realm of the Eighth Heaven of Primordial Grand Unity Golden Immortal, he had never been able to fully control the Sea of Lightning.

It turned out that the root of the problem lay in his identity as the Thunder Demon God—this identity was actually a restriction placed on him by the Great Dao.

As long as Xuanxiao remained the Thunder Demon God, controlling the Sea of Lightning would be difficult.

"But trying to take form from the Sea of Lightning—how easy is that!" Xuanxiao was full of distress, his brow tightly furrowed into a frown as he shook his head helplessly.

"The time this process requires is probably incalculable. Who knows, by the time the Primordial World crumbles, I might still not have succeeded in taking form and being born."

After all, the Sea of Lightning was no ordinary thing; it was the very origin of the Thunder Great Dao.

If he used it to form a Dao Body, its power and terror would likely surpass even the Chaos Demon Gods.

Once he succeeded in taking form, Xuanxiao would instantly possess terrifying strength close to the Half-step Great Dao.

But precisely because of this, the difficulties and obstacles of taking form from the Sea of Lightning were beyond imagination.

Consider this: even the Chaos Demon Gods, nurtured and born with the help of the Great Dao, took far longer than the entire span from the Primordial World's initial birth to the present day.

If Xuanxiao wanted to take form from the Sea of Lightning, even with the Great Dao's help, it wouldn't be easy.

And although Xuanxiao had always wanted to call the Great Dao "Father Dao," unfortunately, the Great Dao only favored Pangu, its true son.

For Xuanxiao, who had "snatched" its Thunder Great Dao, there was probably nothing but pure disdain.

Relying on the Great Dao to help him be born was nothing but a pipe dream; it would already be a blessing if the Great Dao didn't obstruct him.

After much deliberation, Xuanxiao finally came up with a solution.

"Since I can't take form from the complete Sea of Lightning, I might as well imitate how the Great Dao nurtured the Chaos Demon Gods—split off a sliver of my origin to take form."

Xuanxiao made up his mind and carefully split off a sliver of origin from the Sea of Lightning.

This sliver of origin quickly condensed and soon formed a figure.

This figure closely resembled Xuanxiao's appearance as the Thunder Demon God.

In this life, Xuanxiao still took the Thunder Great Dao as his main cultivation path, and the image of the Thunder Demon God was undoubtedly the Dao Body most suited to the Thunder Great Dao.

As soon as he was born, Xuanxiao possessed the cultivation of a perfected Golden Immortal.

The moment Xuanxiao was born, a gigantic eye suddenly appeared in the void.

This giant eye exuded a mysterious and powerful aura, inexplicably making Xuanxiao's heart race.

Xuanxiao immediately reacted, his face instantly breaking into a fawning smile as he spoke like an obedient lackey: "Father Dao!!! I'm just taking form—why did you come personally?"

But no sooner had he spoken than Xuanxiao keenly sensed that although this giant eye in the void looked very similar to the Great Dao, its aura and might were worlds apart from the true Great Dao.

"Hmph, so it's not Father Dao, but you, this petty little Heavenly Dao." Recognizing the giant eye as the Heavenly Dao, Xuanxiao's confidence immediately swelled, his tone turning arrogant and overbearing, and even his posture unconsciously straightened.

Hearing Xuanxiao's outrageously arrogant words, the Heavenly Dao was furious beyond measure. Countless bolts of lightning instantly appeared in the void, hurtling toward Xuanxiao.

Seeing these lightning bolts, Xuanxiao showed not a trace of fear. Instead, he chuckled disdainfully and said, "Are you turning the world upside down? This Primordial World was opened by my Big Brother Pangu. You're just a steward, and you still want to control me?"

With that, Xuanxiao casually waved his hand, and the lightning bolts originally aimed at him were all pulled by some mysterious force, turning around and flying straight back at the Heavenly Dao Eye.

Boom!!!

With a deafening roar, the Heavenly Dao Eye was fiercely bombarded by the lightning.

At that moment, a rare look of confusion appeared in the Heavenly Dao Eye, as if its gaze was voicing endless grievance: "I summoned the lightning, and it struck me instead!!! Is there no justice?"

"Hehehe, didn't expect that, did you? The Authority of Tribulation Punishment in the Primordial World is in my hands. As long as I feel like it, even you, Heavenly Dao, I can blast you until you can't find your way north." Xuanxiao looked up at the bewildered Heavenly Dao Eye and said with smug laughter.

The moment he awakened, Xuanxiao knew that Pangu had granted him the Authority of Tribulation Punishment over the Primordial World. Even if the Heavenly Dao wanted to use it, it had to borrow it from him. If he didn't agree, the Heavenly Dao couldn't do a thing.

The Heavenly Dao Eye above seemed unwilling to accept being toyed with by Xuanxiao like this, and fifty different kinds of tribulations appeared once more in the void.

These tribulations took various forms, their power astonishing—even a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin would likely have to flee at the sight of them.

But at this moment, although Xuanxiao's strength had yet to reach the realm of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, he showed no sign of panic.

"What's yours is mine, and what's mine is still mine." Xuanxiao muttered to himself with full confidence, then shouted loudly: "Hand it over!"

In an instant, the countless terrifying tribulations in the void, as if controlled by some mighty force, suddenly turned in unison and flew back toward the Heavenly Dao.

For a time, the void echoed with countless deafening roars, as if the entire Primordial World trembled under the impact of that power.

By now, the Heavenly Dao Eye was completely shrouded in bewilderment, even leaking purple fluid.

"What, want another round?" Xuanxiao looked at the Heavenly Dao Eye in the void with eager anticipation, his provocation plain to see.

If the Heavenly Dao had emotions or reason, it would probably be questioning its own existence by now.

But the Heavenly Dao had no such feelings. After coldly staring at Xuanxiao for a moment, it simply vanished from the void.

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