In the age of the Primordial Wilderness, when the Primordial Wilderness had first been opened, there was a vast marsh in its southeastern corner.
Its territory stretched for trillions upon trillions of miles, entirely shrouded in endless lightning. Wild thunder raged like an inverted celestial river, surging and roaring, its sound shaking the eight extremes and echoing throughout the universe.
This was Thunder Marsh!
Any living being that entered by mistake would surely have its body shattered by lightning.
Even mindless Primordial Fierce Beasts would turn back at the sight of it, not daring to trespass upon its borders.
Thus, Thunder Marsh was a forbidden region of the Primordial Wilderness. No living being dared treat it lightly.
"So, I successfully reincarnated into the Primordial World." In the central region of Thunder Marsh, a confused voice quietly rang out.
Xuanxiao looked at the utterly unfamiliar scene before him, his heart filled with the feeling that this was all a dream, as though he had been cast into some fantastical illusion.
"Thunder Marsh?" Xuanxiao murmured to himself. "I never expected to be born in this Thunder Marsh, the place said to have given birth to Human Emperor Fuxi. However, because of my appearance this time, Thunder Marsh will probably have a hard time becoming the birthplace of Human Emperor Fuxi again." Thinking of this, Xuanxiao could not help shaking his head regretfully.
The current Thunder Marsh had become the birthplace of Xuanxiao, once the Thunder Demon God, and its danger had risen sharply.
Without the strength of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, entering it meant certain death.
For Human Emperor Fuxi to be born here, his mother, the Huaxu Clan, would have to possess the strength of a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
However, that was not something Xuanxiao needed to consider or care about.
"The most urgent matter is for me 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 take form through an innate object like the other living beings of the Primordial Wilderness. Instead, he planned to directly use his true body—the Sea of Lightning—to take form.
Before his death, Xuanxiao had finally figured out a question that had troubled him for a long time.
Previously, even though his cultivation had reached the extremely lofty realm of the Eighth Heaven of Primordial Unity Taiji Grand Luo Golden Immortal, he had never been able to completely control the Sea of Lightning.
The root of the problem was his identity as the Thunder Demon God. That identity was, in truth, a restriction placed upon him by the Great Dao.
As long as Xuanxiao remained the Thunder Demon God, it would be difficult for him to control the Sea of Lightning.
"Still, trying to take form from the Sea of Lightning is easier said than done!" Xuanxiao was deeply troubled, his brows tightly furrowed into a crease as he helplessly shook his head.
"The time required for this process is probably impossible to estimate. Perhaps even by the moment the Primordial World falls into ruin, I still may not have successfully taken form and been born."
After all, the Sea of Lightning was no ordinary thing. It was the origin of the Thunder Great Dao.
If it were used to form a Dao Body, its power and terror would likely surpass even the Chaos Demon Gods.
Once he successfully took form, Xuanxiao would instantly possess terrifying strength close to the Half-step Great Dao realm.
Yet precisely because of this, successfully taking form through the Sea of Lightning would be unimaginably difficult.
One had to know that even Chaos Demon Gods, born under the aid of the Great Dao, took far longer to gestate than all the long years the Primordial World had experienced since its creation until now.
If Xuanxiao wished to take form through the Sea of Lightning, it would not be easy even with the Great Dao's help.
Moreover, although Xuanxiao had always wanted the Great Dao to be his father, the Great Dao favored only Pangu, its biological son.
As for Xuanxiao, the one who had "seized" its Thunder Great Dao, it probably felt nothing but utter disdain.
Expecting the Great Dao to help him be born was simply wishful thinking. It would already be a blessing if the Great Dao did not stop him.
Xuanxiao pondered bitterly for a long while before finally coming up with a method.
"Since I cannot take form and be born from the complete Sea of Lightning, I might as well imitate the way the Great Dao gestated the Chaos Demon Gods and separate a strand of origin to take form."
Having made up his mind, Xuanxiao immediately and carefully split off a strand of origin from the Sea of Lightning.
That strand of origin rapidly condensed, soon forming a figure.
This figure looked extremely similar to how Xuanxiao had appeared as the Thunder Demon God.
In this life, Xuanxiao would still cultivate the Thunder Great Dao as his primary path, and the form of the Thunder Demon God was undoubtedly the Dao Body most compatible with the Thunder Great Dao.
The moment Xuanxiao was born, he already possessed the cultivation of a perfected Grand Luo Golden Immortal.
At the instant Xuanxiao was born, an incomparably enormous eye suddenly appeared in the void.
This giant eye emitted a mysterious and powerful aura, causing Xuanxiao to feel inexplicably flustered.
Xuanxiao reacted at once. His face immediately broke into a fawning smile as he said like an obedient lackey, "Father Dao!!! I'm only taking form. Why did you come personally?"
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Xuanxiao keenly noticed that although the giant eye in the void looked remarkably similar to the Great Dao, the aura and majesty it gave off were worlds apart from the true Great Dao.
"Hmph, so it isn't Father Dao after all. It's you, you little Heavenly Dao bastard." Once he recognized the giant eye before him as the Heavenly Dao, Xuanxiao immediately found his confidence. His tone became arrogant and overbearing, and even his body unconsciously straightened a little.
Upon hearing Xuanxiao's outrageously arrogant words, the Heavenly Dao flew into a rage. Countless bolts of lightning instantly appeared in the void and struck fiercely toward Xuanxiao.
Seeing the lightning, Xuanxiao was not the least bit afraid. Instead, he chuckled and said with a look of disdain, "You've got some nerve! This Primordial World was opened by my Big Brother Pangu. You're nothing more than a steward, yet you actually want to control me?"
With that, Xuanxiao casually waved his hand. The bolts of lightning that had originally been striking toward him seemed to be drawn by some mysterious force and all turned around, flying toward the Heavenly Dao Eye.
"Boom!!!"
With an earth-shattering explosion, the Heavenly Dao Eye was fiercely bombarded by lightning.
At that moment, a rare trace of confusion appeared in the Heavenly Dao Eye. Its gaze seemed to speak of endless grievance: The lightning I summoned actually turned around and struck me!!! Is there any justice left in this world?
"Hehehe, didn't expect that, did you? The Authority of Tribulation Punishment in the Primordial Wilderness is in my hands. As long as I want to, even if you're the Heavenly Dao, I can blast you so hard you won't know which way is up." Xuanxiao looked at the confused Heavenly Dao Eye above and spoke with smug delight.
The moment he awakened, Xuanxiao knew that Pangu had bestowed the Authority of Tribulation Punishment in the Primordial Wilderness upon him. Even the Heavenly Dao had to borrow it from him to use it; if he refused, there was nothing the Heavenly Dao could do.
The Heavenly Dao Eye above seemed unwilling to be toyed with by Xuanxiao like this. Fifty different kinds of tribulation punishments appeared in the void once more.
These tribulation punishments came in all forms and possessed astonishing power. Even a Primordial Unity Grand Luo Golden Immortal would likely flee at once upon seeing them.
However, although Xuanxiao's strength had not yet reached the realm of a Primordial Unity Grand Luo Golden Immortal, he was not flustered in the slightest.
"Yours is mine, and mine is still mine." Xuanxiao muttered confidently before shouting, "Hand them over!"
The countless terrifying tribulation punishments in the void seemed to be controlled by some overwhelming force. They suddenly turned in unison and flew toward the Heavenly Dao once again.
For a time, countless deafening explosions rang out through the void, as though the entire Primordial World were trembling beneath the impact of that power.
At this moment, the Heavenly Dao Eye was completely shrouded in bewilderment, and purple liquid even flowed from it.
"What? Want to try again?" Xuanxiao looked eagerly at the Heavenly Dao Eye in the void, his provocation plain for all to see.
If the Heavenly Dao had emotions and reason, it would probably have begun doubting its entire existence by now.
However, the Heavenly Dao had no such emotions. After coldly watching Xuanxiao for a while, it directly vanished into the void.
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