"Your Majesty, what is the purpose of the many Dao Lords in the Primordial Era establishing Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties?"
"Naturally, it is for the fortune of Heaven and Earth."
Upon hearing Elder God Cangmu's question, Tianshui Emperor immediately provided the answer.
In the Primordial Era, the Heavenly Emperor, Earthly Emperor, and Human Emperor established the Primordial Heavenly Court, ruling the Three Origins of the Primordial Era.
They wished to use the fortune of all heavens as fuel and the Turbid Fiend Divine Demon Dao Body as their foundation, to reverse the Pangu Dharma Appearance and prove the Dao of Primordial Chaos.
Although they ultimately failed.
It did not prevent the remnants of the Primordial Divine Race from imitating the Three Sovereigns in condensing fortune to cultivate.
After the collapse of the Primordial Heavenly Court, the Divine Race was scattered.
All the Dao Lords descended, establishing Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties and gathering the fortune of Heaven and Earth.
Among them, some Dao Lords harbored ambitions, wishing to elevate their Imperial Dynasties to Divine Courts, imitating the stories of the Three Sovereigns.
"Yes, we establish Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties for the fortune of Heaven and Earth."
"Then naturally, other forces will wish to contend with us."
"After all, the fortune of the Primordial Great Land is limited."
"The more we occupy, the less others will have."
Elder God Cangmu said gravely:
"The two Dao Lords of Phoenix Perch Mountain concealed themselves within the Universe during the Primordial Era."
"Now that the Dragon-Han Crimson Bright Tribulation has passed, and the Four Seas and Eight Directions are peaceful."
"Such existences naturally cannot remain idle."
He said to Tianshui Dao Lord and the assembled Divine Demon Cultivators:
"The conflict between our Tianshui Imperial Dynasty and the Phoenix Perch Mountain lineage, as well as the conflict with the suddenly appearing Myriad Races Alliance, did not begin recently."
"They have clearly set their sights on our Tianshui Imperial Dynasty, this piece of fat meat, clearly targeting our Tianshui Imperial Dynasty's fortune."
"Your Majesty mentioned earlier that when you roamed Heaven and Earth, you had a premonition, which is likely the case."
This deity, who had survived from the Primordial Era and experienced the eras of the Heavenly Emperor, Earthly Emperor, and Human Emperor, had seen all sorts of grand scenes. He almost instantly clarified the karma.
The conflict directly pointed to the Phoenix Perch Mountain lineage and the Myriad Races Alliance.
As soon as Elder God Cangmu finished speaking, the Divine Demon Cultivators present became restless.
The origins of the two Dao Lords of Phoenix Perch Mountain were not a secret.
Having dealt with that lineage for so many years, these Divine Demon Cultivators knew well.
Although those two were Innate Dao Lords who rose at the beginning of the new epoch, after the Primordial Era.
Their profound cultivation and vast divine abilities were recognized throughout the Universe.
Especially when Ancestor Hongjun of Jade Capital Mountain lectured in Purple Cloud Palace, he bestowed a strand of Primordial Violet Qi upon Empress Nuwa.
This Empress was once considered one of the seven great powers most likely to prove the Dao and become a Saint.
Such existences were not to be trifled with by the declining Divine Race.
Tianshui Emperor looked at the scene before him, his gaze deep:
"I understand your concerns completely."
"The path of cultivation is like sailing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall back."
"Our Tianshui lineage occupies the fortune of an Imperial Dynasty, supporting the cultivation of thousands of Divine Demons."
"Who wouldn't covet such fortune?"
He looked at the Grand Unity Great Sage and the half-step Dao Lords below him and said:
"The Phoenix Perch Mountain lineage and the Myriad Races Alliance are encroaching upon our Imperial Dynasty's territory."
"Competing for Postnatal Beings."
"This is undermining the foundation of our Imperial Dynasty."
Although these great deities were aloof, viewing Postnatal Beings as ants and expendable resources.
They also understood in their hearts that as Heaven and Earth evolved, the innate spiritual energy would gradually be depleted.
This world would ultimately be the world of Postnatal Beings.
The path of an Imperial Dynasty lies in gathering the masses.
If Phoenix Perch Mountain and the Myriad Races Alliance managed to win over all the Postnatal Beings within the Imperial Dynasty, wouldn't that be digging up the roots of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty?
Tianshui Emperor's gaze was like the dawn sun. He lightly tapped the sword before his knees, and streaks of sword energy crisscrossed, as if to reopen the Great Thousand World.
His voice was sonorous and powerful, filled with endless killing intent:
"This is the hatred of obstructing the Dao."
"An irreconcilable enmity."
"My subjects, you have enjoyed peace for so long, have you lost the drive for valor and progress?"
A divine general clad in armor stepped forward, the battle armor on his body faintly exuding a slayer aura that shot straight into the clouds:
"We are constantly vigilant, training our Dao Soldiers daily, not daring to slacken for a moment."
The Emperor nodded and surveyed his surroundings:
"Have you all been so terrified by the old tales of the Primordial Era that you've lost your desire to seek the Dao?"
An old minister, wearing the crown of the Earthly Emperor's era, held a jade tablet, his eyes filled with the vicissitudes of time:
"The Great Dao is arduous; on the path of seeking it, there is no regret even in facing death a thousand times."
The Tianshui Emperor slowly stood up, his Tianshui magic sword pointing directly at the vault of heaven:
"Do you still have the will to restore our divine race's orthodox lineage and recreate the glory of the Primordial Divine Court?"
The Primordial Divine Court...
All the Divine Demon Cultivators present rose to their feet in unison, their crowns varying.
There were old ministers from the era of the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, remnants from the Earthly Emperor's Palace, and elders from the late Divine Court.
But at this moment, their eyes were no longer filled with confusion or past weariness; a surging, sharp aura shot straight into the nine heavens:
"We are willing to wield our three-foot magic swords, charge straight into the heavens above, and face death a thousand times without regret."
"Without regret even in facing death a thousand times!"
Rumble!
As the words of the Divine Demon Cultivators present fell.
The divine dragon of destiny of the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty suddenly let out a resounding cry.
A surge of Primordial Divine Race destiny, hidden within heaven and earth, boomed into the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty.
The Dao Fruit, guarded by nine hundred and ninety-nine divine dragons of destiny, received the infusion of destiny.
A lotus flower of the Great Dao slowly bloomed.
This was the manifestation of the divine race's destiny.
And the instant the Great Dao lotus flower manifested.
The auras of the Divine Demon Cultivators present all surged.
There were even two beings at the half-step Dao Lord realm who felt an urge to summon the Dao Fruit and achieve the Innate Dao Lord realm in one step.
This was the effect of destiny.
When fortune favors, heaven and earth conspire to help; when it turns, heroes are powerless.
The Tianshui Emperor looked at the rejoicing gods and sighed inwardly:
"Those in the Three Sovereigns Palace wish to transform heaven and earth into the Five Directions Vault of Heaven."
"And transform our five Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties into the Five Directions Divine Courts."
"Thus, they will regain control of the heavenly realm and restore the glory of the divine race."
But the Tianshui Emperor harbored a hidden worry.
The current era was not the Primordial Era.
Although Dao Ancestor Hongjun had merged with the Heavenly Dao and was in seclusion in the Outer Heavens, only emerging during great tribulations, he no longer concerned himself with the affairs of the Primordial Era.
However, the many Innate Divine Beings born in the new epoch were not to be trifled with.
Would they still be willing to let the ancient gods regain control of heaven and earth?
Suppressing the worries in his heart, the Tianshui Emperor knew he had no other choice.
Their five Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties also had no other choice.
When the Primordial Divine Court collapsed, the remnants of the Three Sovereigns established the Three Sovereigns Palace as the orthodox lineage of the Primordial Divine Race.
And the Tianshui, Golden Brilliance, Azure Wood, Blazing Sun, and Thick Earth five Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties were established by the Three Sovereigns Palace at that time.
The Three Sovereigns Palace had planned for countless epochs, investing immense resources into the Five Directions Vault of Heaven plan, and would not allow them to object.
The Tianshui Emperor said to the gods under his command:
"With the great increase in destiny for our Imperial Dynasty, you should all seize this opportunity to cultivate and strive for breakthroughs."
"Once our soldiers have finished their rest, it will be time for us to openly wage war against the Phoenix Perch Mountain lineage."
The Divine Demon Cultivators all responded with a thunderous assent:
"We respectfully obey the Emperor's command."
The Tianshui Emperor held his magic sword, his eyes flowing like a mighty river:
"I hope everything goes smoothly."
"Our Primordial Divine Race can no longer afford to fail."