After hearing Pangu's words, Xuanxiao felt like his entire being was about to split apart.
At that moment, the melody of a song kept echoing through his mind:
"Little friend, do you have many question marks?"
"Big Brother, y-you're not joking with me, are you?" Xuanxiao forced a smile even uglier than crying onto his stiff face and asked tentatively.
Pangu's expression was solemn as he slowly said, "You were never a transmigrator, nor were you the Blue Star person you believed yourself to be. Your true essence is this Sea of Lightning. The memories you possess were absorbed when that Blue Star person's consciousness dissipated."
After hearing Pangu's explanation, Xuanxiao was completely dumbfounded. His eyes widened as he cried out, "I'm actually the Sea of Lightning? The past life I always believed in was all fake!!!"
"That's right. That system forcibly separated the Sea of Lightning from the Great Dao, causing you to escape the Great Dao's control.
"Later, that system abandoned you as well. Through this series of upheavals, you gradually developed self-awareness.
"As for those so-called memories of your past life, that Blue Star person likely had not completely dissipated within you. You received his memories, which made you mistakenly believe that you were that Blue Star person."
"But Big Brother, if I really am a consciousness born from the Sea of Lightning, why didn't the Great Dao erase me directly? Why did it leave me behind instead?" Xuanxiao was filled with confusion and could not make sense of it no matter how hard he tried.
"I'm not entirely sure either, but the Great Dao's actions must have their own profound meaning and considerations. However, one thing can now be confirmed: you represent the Origin of the Lightning Great Dao.
"Still, although you are the Sea of Lightning, your newly born consciousness is far too weak.
"If you wish to completely control the Sea of Lightning, you will have to put in much more effort.
"Once you succeed, all lightning in the world will obey your command. Even the Great Dao will be unable to bypass you when wielding the Thunder Great Dao." Pangu looked at Xuanxiao, his gaze full of encouragement.
"I understand, Big Brother." Although he had received an answer, Xuanxiao was still somewhat dazed. Nevertheless, he nodded instinctively.
So what if I'm not human? I'm not exactly human anymore anyway, Xuanxiao muttered inwardly.
But Xuanxiao's expression soon turned excited again. "Then doesn't that mean I was split off from the Great Dao? Rounding it off, doesn't that make me the Great Dao's biological son?"
With that thought, Xuanxiao looked toward the void and shouted, "Father Dao, look at me! I'm your biological son who has been lost for many years!"
Unfortunately, the Great Dao clearly had no intention of acknowledging him as a son and completely ignored Xuanxiao's wailing.
After howling for quite some time and seeing that the Great Dao showed no response at all, Xuanxiao curled his lips. "So heartless. It's not like I'm going to extort you."
The moment Xuanxiao finished speaking, a whip emerged from the void and lashed his body again and again.
Before that whip, Xuanxiao's Chaos Demon God Body was utterly useless.
"Hiss, Father Dao, I was wrong! I'll never run my mouth again!" Xuanxiao bared his teeth in pain and hurriedly begged for mercy.
Only after hearing Xuanxiao's plea did the whip disappear.
"Little brother, you should really stop being so sharp-tongued. I'm genuinely afraid that one day, the Great Dao will strike you dead." The corner of Pangu's mouth twitched as he looked at Xuanxiao, who was still grimacing in pain.
Only after cautiously glancing toward the void did Xuanxiao turn back to Pangu.
"Hiss, Big Brother, stop talking about me. How much longer until you're born into the world?"
Hearing Xuanxiao's question, Pangu answered calmly:
"My Great Dao of Strength is actually the integration of all Great Daos. Therefore, if I am to be born into the world, I must wait until all Chaos Demon Gods have been born.
"However, since you have already been born, there is no need for you to remain here and cultivate with me forever. More Chaos Demon Gods will be born one after another. You can go out and interact with them, spar with them, and that will benefit your growth."
Xuanxiao nodded after hearing this. "Then, Big Brother, I'll go take a stroll through Chaos first."
"Alright, go ahead." Pangu nodded indifferently.
Having received Pangu's approval, Xuanxiao lightly tapped the ground beneath his feet, and his figure instantly vanished.
"Whew, it's been so long since I came out. I almost forgot what the Chaos World looked like.
"But honestly, Chaos is far too dull and monotonous. Everywhere is gray and lifeless.
"No wonder Big Brother has thoughts of recreating the world."
After leaving Pangu's birthplace, Xuanxiao looked at the Chaos World before him, subconsciously stretched lazily, and sighed.
When Xuanxiao looked back, he discovered that Pangu's birthplace had already vanished. In its place was the same gray scene found everywhere else in Chaos.
As expected, Big Brother's birthplace isn't fixed in one location. Good thing he left me a trace of perception, or I wouldn't even know how to get back, Xuanxiao thought.
"I read plenty of novels in my previous life that said Chaos was filled with treasures.
"I'm the tenth Demon God to be born, and I'm also the Sea of Lightning. I should count as someone favored by the Great Dao, right? Maybe if I'm lucky, I can actually find a few treasures." Xuanxiao muttered to himself. Before his words had even faded, his figure flashed and disappeared from where he stood.
During the period when Xuanxiao traveled throughout Chaos, the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods also broke free from their cocoons one after another and descended into the world.
The three thousand Chaos Demon Gods mentioned here did not mean that there were exactly three thousand Demon Gods in the Chaos World.
"Three thousand" was merely a broad term representing an immense, nearly limitless number.
However, only the first three thousand Chaos Demon Gods to be born were qualified to announce their birth to the entire Chaos World and possessed their own Companion Spirit Treasures. As for those born after the three thousandth, sorry, they had nothing at all. They entered the world upright and empty-handed, with nothing but poverty to their name.
Even Xuanxiao no longer knew exactly how many Chaos Demon Gods had been born within Chaos.
Moreover, the later a Chaos Demon God was born, the weaker he generally was.
Take Xuanxiao, for example. The moment he was born, his cultivation had already reached the Primordial Unity Supreme Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
The Chaos Demon Gods born after him, however, possessed only the cultivation of the Primordial Unity Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm upon entering the world.
From this, it was clear that in the Chaos World, the earlier one was born, the greater the advantage one possessed.
(The cultivation realms in this book are: Earth Immortal (Loose Immortal), Heavenly Immortal, True Immortal, Profound Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Primordial Unity Golden Immortal (Quasi-Saint), Primordial Unity Grand Luo Golden Immortal (Sage), Primordial Unity Supreme Grand Luo Golden Immortal (Heavenly Dao), Primordial Unity Limitless Grand Luo Golden Immortal (Great Dao).)
Of course, Pangu, that special existence, had to be excluded from this rule.
After all, the first ten Demon Gods to be born possessed the Primordial Unity Supreme Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm from birth, along with half-step Chaos Supreme Treasures that were born beside them.
Yet, as the saying went, goods paled beside better goods, and people died of comparison. Compared to Pangu, Demon Gods like them appeared utterly insignificant.
Even Xuanxiao, who had already been born, knew deep down that before the not-yet-born Pangu, he probably could not withstand even three axe strikes.
Xuanxiao had once asked Pangu about this, and Pangu told him that his strength had already reached the Primordial Unity Supreme Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm.
By the time Pangu was born into the world, it would likely be the day he attained the Dao.
In other words, Pangu would possess the realm of a Half-step Great Dao the moment he was born. Furthermore, his Companion Spirit Treasures were practically heaven-defying: three Chaos Supreme Treasures.
One had to know that there were only five Chaos Supreme Treasures in the entire Chaos World, and Pangu possessed three of them.
As for the remaining two, one was the legendary Chaos Pearl, said to contain a Chaos space, while the other was the Millstone of World Destruction, which represented the power of annihilation.
However, these two Spirit Treasures had long since vanished without a trace, and no one knew where they were hidden.
As for the Chaos Pearl, some legends claimed that when the world evolved from primordial chaos into Chaos, it shattered and merged into the Chaos World, thereby bringing about the birth of Chaos.
There were also claims that the Millstone of World Destruction would emerge during the Immeasurable Tribulation, thoroughly cleanse all living beings in the world, and return the Chaos World to primordial chaos.
The three Chaos Supreme Treasures possessed by Pangu were as follows.
They were the Jade Butterfly of Creation, a Dao-comprehension treasure that could strengthen one's understanding of the Great Dao; the Pangu Axe, an offensive treasure focused on attack; and the Thirty-Six-Petal Chaos Creation Green Lotus, a defensive treasure focused on protection.
With these three treasures upon him, Pangu was armed to the teeth, as though he stood in an invincible position.
Some people were born in Rome, while others were born oxen and horses.
If Demon Gods like them, who were born among the first ten, counted as lucky people born in Rome, then Pangu was undoubtedly the Crown Prince born in Rome itself. As for the remaining Chaos Demon Gods, they could only become oxen and horses serving as backdrops.
Xuanxiao traveled through the Chaos World for an unknown number of years. At first, he was single-mindedly determined to find treasures, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing.
Gradually, Xuanxiao let go of that obsession. He began comprehending the Great Dao in Chaos while actively seeking out other Chaos Demon Gods to exchange insights and discuss the Dao with.
Of course, if a Chaos Demon God was unwilling to calmly exchange Dao insights with him, Xuanxiao did not mind settling things with his fists and having a round of Physical Discussion of the Dao.
With Xuanxiao's current strength, as long as he did not encounter the other nine equally powerful Chaos Demon Gods, he could roam the Chaos World without obstruction.
And even if he truly encountered those nine Chaos Demon Gods, Xuanxiao was not without confidence. Even if he could not defeat them, he was fully confident that he could retreat from their hands unscathed.
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