On Phoenix Perch Mountain.
Dao Lord Fuxi and Empress Nuwa sat upright upon a cloud bed.
Above their heads, auspicious clouds manifested the signs of Blessing and Virtue.
Yin-Yang Dao Qi gave rise to illusions and destruction, like true dragons whose heads and tails could not be seen, like the profound and mysterious Great Dao.
At a certain moment, Dao Lord Fuxi opened his eyes. The Two Forms revolved within them, vast and boundless as the high heavens.
"Good!"
Dao Lord Fuxi lightly clapped his hands and praised aloud.
The Five Directions Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties had been under the observation of the brother and sister for quite some time.
Now that the heavenly secrets had manifested, the Tianshui Imperial Dynasty's fortune had changed.
Fuxi cultivated the Great Dao of Heavenly Secrets and traveled spiritually through the Zhou Tian Universe. With the calamity yet to begin, all heavenly secrets were as clear to him as the lines on his palm.
"Brother, has something happened to the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Lineage?!"
Empress Nuwa opened her eyes, parting her vermilion lips slightly. Her voice was ethereal.
"Has the opportunity we have sought finally arrived?"
Fuxi nodded.
The moment the fortune of the Primordial Divine Race changed, he had already caught a trace of the heavenly secrets.
"According to Fellow Daoist Di Jun's calculations, the Primordial Divine Race intends to establish the Five Directions Divine Court and rule the Zhou Tian Universe. The foundation they invest will certainly be no small matter."
"The establishment of our Demon Clan Heavenly Court is precisely in accordance with the changes of the Heavenly Dao and the Epoch Change."
"This time, we shall use the flesh and blood of the Primordial Divine Race to announce the emergence of our demon clan."
The struggle between the protagonists of the old and new epochs had always been thus.
The Primordial Divine Race wished to continue ruling the Zhou Tian in the new epoch, yet the demon clan likewise wished to become the Master of the Zhou Tian, the foremost of all living beings. The conflict between them involved fortune, life and death, and the Struggle for the Great Dao.
There could only be a fight to the death.
However...
Dao Lord Fuxi shifted his gaze slightly, and a divine light shot toward Kunlun Mountain, the paradise of myriad immortals.
There, three immense Dharma manifestations that governed the creation, evolution, and destruction of epochs loomed above the river of time.
He gently closed his eyes. Would this epoch be a struggle between demons and gods, or a struggle between gods and Divine Profound?
Illusion and reality, truth and falsehood.
Knowing Heaven was easy; defying Heaven was difficult.
He suppressed all the thoughts in his mind.
Fuxi smiled at Nuwa and said:
"Fellow Daoist Di Jun has surely been waiting for us for quite some time. We should depart at once."
"Good!"
Empress Nuwa nodded slightly.
Then the two beings vanished into the void.
The boundless starry river, the surging Silver Han.
A great sun stretched across the high heavens. Upon the Sun Star, countless flames of True Sun Fire steamed without end.
Their turbulence could shatter stars and universes.
At the very center of the Sun Star stood a crimson mulberry tree encircled by Great Dao Laws, its body flashing with limitless phenomena and radiating an aura that could not be worn away through ten thousand calamities.
It was one of the foundations of the Sun Star lineage: the Fusang Divine Wood.
The trunk of the Fusang Divine Wood coiled like true dragons, rising upward to support a Dao palace that suppressed the starry river—the Sun Palace.
Since Pangu's World Creation, clear qi had risen to become the heavens, while turbid baleful qi had sunk to become the earth.
His left eye became the great sun, while his right eye became the Moon of Great Yin.
Two Innate Divine Beings had been born upon the Sun Star.
One had been born holding the River Diagram and Luo Script, and was known as Di Jun.
The other's accompanying spiritual treasure was one of the Innate Supreme Treasures, the Chaos Bell, and his honorific name was Tai Yi.
On this day, within the Sun Palace, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and the ten Divine Demon Cultivators beneath them who had reached the half-step Dao Lord realm were discussing matters concerning the Myriad Races Alliance.
Suddenly, Di Jun's eyes moved. He exchanged a glance with Tai Yi and smiled.
"Distinguished guests have arrived at the Sun Star. We should personally welcome them."
With that, he led Tai Yi and the gods under his command out of the Sun Palace.
Before long, they saw the distant starry river churn. A golden avenue formed from laws extended directly to the Sun Star, with Immortal Phoenixes dancing, true dragons roaring, golden flowers falling in profusion, and lotuses blooming one after another.
A massive Five-Colored Phoenix, its body flowing endlessly with Five Virtues Qi and seemingly capable of carrying stars upon its back, slowly pulled an ancient bronze carriage toward them.
"Two fellow Daoists have honored us with your presence. We failed to welcome you from afar; please forgive us, please forgive us."
Di Jun laughed heartily and cupped his hands toward Dao Lord Fuxi and Empress Nuwa.
With that, he led the two of them into the Sun Palace.
After the gods had exchanged a round of pleasantries.
And each had taken their respective seats as host and guest.
Dao Lord Fuxi then smiled at Di Jun and said:
"Fellow Daoist holds the River Diagram and Luo Script, so you must know that the heavenly secrets have changed."
"My sister and I have come together precisely because of this matter."
Di Jun raised a brow and nodded.
"If Fellow Daoist had not come to find us, we would have gone to Phoenix Perch Mountain to seek the two of you."
The Primordial Divine Demon Dao Lineage was a major obstacle to their establishment of the Demon Clan Heavenly Court. Although matters concerning the Primordial Divine Demon Dao Lineage had been entrusted entirely to the two fellow Daoists of Phoenix Perch Mountain.
Di Jun would eventually be the chief planner of the Demon Clan Heavenly Court, after all. Naturally, he could not simply wash his hands of everything.
During this period, he had spiritually traveled through the Zhou Tian Universe and naturally discovered the changes in fortune within the Five Directions Divine Demon Imperial Dynasties.
"The two of you have arrived at just the right time. The Primordial Divine Demon Dao Lineage has finally entered the game."
"The opportunity for us to establish the Heavenly Court has also arrived."
Boundless divine light bloomed in the eyes of Dao Lord Fuxi and Empress Nuwa.
"Is what Fellow Daoist says true?"
One had to know that the establishment of the Demon Clan Heavenly Court would be an earthshaking event that would alarm the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
The various factions involved and the tangled, complicated relationships at stake were enough to give anyone a headache.
After all, the primordial world's fortune was limited.
If you took a little more, others would surely receive a little less.
Moreover, many Great Divine Ability Users did not wish to see the Primordial Divine Court make a comeback.
Did that mean they would be willing to watch the Demon Clan Heavenly Court rise like the blazing sun and rule the Zhou Tian Universe?
Di Jun nodded with a smile.
"It merely required paying a certain price."
Fuxi and Nuwa both knew that the "certain price" Di Jun spoke of was surely no small amount.
But as long as the Demon Clan Heavenly Court could be established, everything would be worth it.
"Since that is the case, we shall immediately arrange for the various lineages of Phoenix Perch Mountain to begin preparing for battle. Once Fellow Daoist gives the word, we shall carry out the act of changing heaven and earth."
Seeing this, Fuxi exchanged a glance with Nuwa and no longer hesitated.
With a light tap of his hand, a spiritual glow split into several portions and descended through the Nine Heavens.
"Good!"
Joy flashed through Di Jun's eyes.
His gaze shifted, as though it had pierced through the Sun Palace and seen the Zhou Tian Universe, seen all manner of living beings.
After planning for countless tens of thousands of years and schemes spanning innumerable yuanhui, the Demon Clan Heavenly Court was truly about to be established.
Di Jun's gaze was incomparably firm.
A strand of ultimate sunlight rose from his body, as though it wished to illuminate the Great Thousand Universes.
He swept his eyes across the Sun Palace, his voice forceful and resonant.
"This is the battle in which our demon clan shall establish itself, and the beginning upon which our Demon Clan Heavenly Court shall be founded."
"Victory means dwelling high above in the Ninefold Heavenly Palace and ruling over the Four Seas and Eight Wastelands."
"Defeat means becoming panicked dogs without a home, with the painstaking efforts of countless tens of thousands of years washed away."
"Therefore, we may only win. We must not lose."
With that, Di Jun rose to his feet, lightly brushed the Sun Crown, and bowed to those beneath the Sun Palace, to Nuwa and Fuxi, and to the Zhou Tian Universe.
"Di Jun entrusts everything to you, fellow Daoists!"
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