Birth and Emergence

"So I'll go on to create a world called the Primordial World... but in the end, I'll fall. I won't get to see for myself how it differs from the Chaos World of today." After listening to Xuanxiao's account, Pangu sighed with a trace of regret.

"Big Brother, now that you know your fate, do you still intend to open up the Primordial World?" Xuanxiao asked, full of curiosity.

Over the years, Xuanxiao and Pangu had grown increasingly close.

At some point, Pangu had acknowledged Xuanxiao as his brother and told him to call him Big Brother.

"Why wouldn't I?" Pangu said, his tone utterly unconcerned.

"But opening up the Primordial World will cause your fall. If you don't do it, maybe you can avoid that calamity." Xuanxiao's face was full of worry.

Hearing Xuanxiao's doubt, Pangu replied calmly:

"What does it matter if I fall? At least I've found my own Dao.

From what you've said, the Primordial World should be the manifestation of my Dao Fruit.

So as long as the Primordial World still exists, I haven't truly fallen—I've merely changed the way I pursue the Dao."

"Then aren't you worried that someone else might seize your Dao Fruit?" Xuanxiao hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but remind him.

After all, in his past life, all kinds of conspiracy theories had run rampant. Countless people speculated that Dao Ancestor Hongjun was the hidden hand behind the Primordial World's decline, and that his goal was to steal Pangu's Dao Fruit.

"You mean that Dao Ancestor Hongjun you mentioned." Pangu gave a slight nod.

Hearing Pangu's response, Xuanxiao softly hummed in acknowledgment.

"It doesn't matter. Let's not even discuss whether the Primordial World's decline was really caused by him. Even if it was, his methods would still be wrong.

If he truly intends to destroy the Primordial World to seize my Dao Fruit, then he'll have to face my axe.

The Primordial World is my Dao Fruit. Whether it falls into ruin or ascends to a higher plane, it is an expression of my Dao. It won't be easily taken by anyone else."

"Still, if he really has the ability to take my Dao Fruit, then so be it. If my skill is inferior, I should accept defeat gracefully." Pangu said with an easygoing air, not a trace of inner conflict on his face.

Seeing that Xuanxiao seemed about to say more, Pangu waved his hand. "Xuanxiao, there's no need to keep persuading me."

"Alright, I understand." Xuanxiao knew that once Pangu made a decision, it was hard to change, so he stopped trying.

"Little Brother, I sense that the Time Demon God you mentioned should be born soon." Pangu said with a smile.

"Ah, the Time Demon God is about to be born already?" Xuanxiao was startled by Pangu's words.

And at that moment, violent fluctuations rippled through the Chaos.

Then, strange waves spread across the entire Chaos World, like a calm lake struck by a massive boulder, ripples expanding in all directions.

Immediately after, a sound like thunder exploded through the Chaos. The voice seemed to hold boundless power, instantly reaching every corner of the Chaos World.

"The Great Dao above. I am the Chaos Demon God Shichen, now born into the world. I shall govern the Time Great Dao!"

As Shichen's majestic and domineering voice echoed through the Chaos World, all the Chaos Demon Gods were startled awake.

"Impossible!!! I was only a hair's breadth away from being born and becoming the foremost of the Demon Gods!

And now Shichen has beaten me to it. One day, I will definitely duel him and see whether my Space Great Dao or his Time Great Dao is stronger!"

When Space Demon God Yang Mei heard Shichen's voice, the calm expression on his face instantly shifted to shock and unwillingness, a competitive light flashing in his eyes.

The Space Demon God's thoughts represented the feelings of nearly all the Chaos Demon Gods.

At that moment, each of them firmly believed that the Great Dao they represented was no weaker than Shichen's Time Great Dao. One by one, they secretly steeled themselves, eager to be born as soon as possible and challenge Shichen, proving that the Great Dao they embodied was the strongest.

But Xuanxiao had no time to pay attention to all that. Over the years, Pangu had let him absorb a great deal of the Chaos Spiritual Qi from his birthplace.

Xuanxiao himself was not far from being born. He could still contend for a spot among the top ten Chaos Demon Gods.

With Shichen's birth, it was as if the horn had sounded for the birth of the Chaos Demon Gods. Soon, the eight Demon Gods of Space, Fate, Cause and Effect, Reincarnation, Destruction, Life, Yin and Yang, and Creation were born one after another. Now, only one spot remained among the top ten.

And at last, Xuanxiao's time to be born had come.

His eggshell body, like a whale swallowing the sea, frantically absorbed all the Chaos Spiritual Qi around it.

As the Chaos Spiritual Qi poured in, the Dao patterns on the eggshell blazed with dazzling light.

"The Great Dao above. I am the Chaos Demon God Xuanxiao, now born into the world. I shall govern the Thunder Great Dao!"

As Xuanxiao's voice rang out, he managed to catch the last train among the top ten and was successfully born.

By now, Xuanxiao's eggshell body had vanished. In its place stood a figure—this was Xuanxiao, newly born.

Now, Xuanxiao stood tens of millions of zhang tall. His body was densely covered with Thunder Dao patterns.

These patterns flickered with mysterious and powerful light, as if each line contained the power of thunder, ready to erupt at any moment.

Behind him spread a pair of enormous Chaos Thunder Wings. These wings were not made of ordinary feathers or scales, but woven from billions of thunder runes into a net of laws, exuding an awe-inspiring aura.

His left wing governed "Destruction." Its feathers were charred black, as if containing the power to annihilate all things. Wherever it passed, even the Chaos space seemed to tremble.

His right wing governed "Life." Its feathers were a blazing gold, radiant and full of vitality and hope, as if they could grant new life to all things.

When the two wings folded together, the mysterious phantom of the Thunder Great Dao appeared behind him—dreamlike, yet radiating immense power.

Xuanxiao's head bore two horns, like inverted thunder pillars, towering and majestic.

The horns were covered in spiral thunder-grooves, within which thunderous power seemed to flow, faintly flickering with each breath he took.

His hair was like ten thousand bolts of lightning tangled together, every strand shimmering with a purple-gold light, like living bolts of lightning.

Every time he flicked his hair, thunderclaps exploded through the Chaos World, the sound deafening, as if proclaiming his might to the entire realm.

Within the pupil of his left eye were nested nine rings of lightning; as they opened and closed, they seemed to possess a divine power to see through all things, capable of perceiving the hidden mysteries of the Chaos World.

His right eye contained boundless destructive thunder force; wherever his gaze fell, it seemed able to summon a thunderstorm.

Between his brows was a purple Heavenly Eye, holding within it the power of thunder's order—mysterious and profound, as if governing the very laws and rules of thunder.

"Though it's not a human body, it still looks quite imposing." Xuanxiao nodded in satisfaction as he examined his own majestic Dao Body.

Then, Xuanxiao's right hand clenched sharply, and a long halberd radiating purple lightning light instantly appeared in his grasp.

This was his Companion Spirit Treasure—the Nine Heavens Destruction Halberd, a half-step Chaos Supreme Treasure with fifty-one restrictions.

Though it possessed fifty-one restrictions, it had not yet become a true Chaos Supreme Treasure because one of those restrictions remained in a phantom state, not fully solidified.

This was a privilege exclusive to the first ten Chaos Demon Gods to be born; the Companion Spirit Treasures of those born later could at best be Chaos Spirit Treasures, and even later ones might have no Companion Spirit Treasure at all.

(This story's setting: 1–12 restrictions = Low Grade Spirit Treasure, 13–24 = Medium Grade Spirit Treasure, 25–36 = High Grade Spirit Treasure, 37–48 = Top Grade Spirit Treasure, 49 = Supreme Treasure, 50 = Chaos Spirit Treasure, 51 = Chaos Supreme Treasure. The restrictions on spirit treasures are the same whether Houtian or Innate; the difference lies in Houtian restrictions versus Innate restrictions. There are many variations in fan-created content for primordial novels, so I humbly ask for your guidance, dear readers. Little Brother thanks you here.)

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