On the Solar Star.
Di Jun was jolted awake from his deep Survival System cultivation when his younger brother Tai Yi returned, his aura fluctuating violently and his face full of indignation.
"Elder brother! I'm furious!" Tai Yi complained as soon as he landed.
"What happened? Did you run into trouble in your cultivation, or encounter a powerful enemy while you were out?" Di Jun asked with concern, while a warning bell quietly rang in his heart.
Had the Witch Clan already come knocking? No, that couldn't be right. The Measure Calamity hadn't even begun.
"Neither!" Tai Yi gritted his teeth. "I went to the Lunar Star to find Xi He, but I ran into a stumbling block! Chang Xi! She actually—"
He nearly blurted out "Transmigrator," but his system warned him just in time.
"Actually what?" Di Jun pressed.
"...She's completely unreasonable! She's monopolizing Xi He and even spoke rudely to me!" Tai Yi changed course, seething.
"Looks like winning Xi He over will be difficult. Elder brother, your Heaven's Marriage partner might slip away!"
Though Tai Yi had actually gone there for his own sake, he still had to put things nicely in front of Di Jun.
My foolish Onii-san, you can't blame me for this. It's just that... sister-in-law is too beautiful!
"..."
Di Jun fell silent.
How did Tai Yi know about the Heaven's Marriage...
Forget it. What did it have to do with him?
All he had to do was keep a low profile.
He consoled him. "Second brother, she's just a woman. Why be so attached? We brothers should focus on our cultivation. Improving our strength is what matters."
"The Prehistoric World is rife with undercurrents right now. I have a feeling something isn't quite right."
The Survival System's instincts told him that this world was hiding deep waters.
Tai Yi, however, was fired up. "No! Once I, Tai Yi, decide to do something, I have to see it through! Elder brother, you don't understand. This concerns my Dao!"
Many Sons, Much Fortune—spreading his branches and leaves was a system mission, and the rewards were generous!
Di Jun shook his head helplessly and stopped trying to dissuade him. He merely resolved to be even more discreet from now on, and to avoid being dragged into anything strange by his younger brother.
He failed to notice that on the surface of the quiet Golden Crow egg beside him, a line of virtual text flickered almost imperceptibly—visible only to the egg itself.
"Shocking! Tai Yi, the Second Crown Prince of the Solar Star, was rejected after pursuing the Lunar Goddess. Could the third party be her younger sister?"
"An apparent Prehistoric World love triangle! Stay tuned for more Wild History from the Prehistoric World..."
Qin Yuan's Wild History System had quietly begun recording and generating its first piece of wild history, while spreading it throughout the Prehistoric World.
This kind of wild history would reach the ears of the beings of the Prehistoric World by all sorts of strange means.
Hardly anyone believed it, but even a mosquito's leg was still meat. Points +1.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, Di Jun and Tai Yi turned their attention to Qin Yuan's Golden Crow egg.
"Second brother, it's been so long. Why hasn't our third brother hatched yet?" Di Jun asked, baffled. He hadn't transformed, fine, but he hadn't even said a word.
Could he be... a dud Golden Crow egg?
Tai Yi poked Qin Yuan's eggshell. A golden crack appeared across its surface.
With a thump,
the eggshell split open.
A child who looked about seven or eight appeared before them.
"Third brother?" Di Jun and Tai Yi cried out.
Qin Yuan coughed awkwardly. Although his system had given him the identity of the third Golden Crow, his origin was still somewhat flawed.
As a result, he had been the last to transform, and had emerged with the cultivation of an Early Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Di Jun and Tai Yi had both reached the Late Grand Unity Golden Immortal stage by now.
"It's me. Sorry to keep you waiting, brothers," Qin Yuan said expressionlessly.
"Now that I've transformed, I plan to travel around the Prehistoric World."
Di Jun's expression turned grave. "Third brother, the Prehistoric World is dangerous. Why not stay here on the Solar Star and cultivate in peace?"
Tai Yi didn't object. On the contrary, he approved of Qin Yuan's choice.
He had already suspected that Qin Yuan was a third Golden Crow created by the Heavenly Dao to replace him. Now, it seemed he'd been right.
Go on, then. Better yet, die out there in the Prehistoric World!
Qin Yuan said he was going to travel around the Prehistoric World, but in truth, he was going to spread wild history!
As long as he spread enough wild history, he could attain the Primordial Realm.
By then, forget the Twelve Ancestor Witches—even Hongjun wouldn't be able to stop him from kicking him flat!
A mere Heavenly Dao Sage. What a joke!
Seeing that Qin Yuan had made up his mind, Di Jun no longer tried to persuade him.
Qin Yuan then left the Solar Star to travel through the Prehistoric World.
The Heavenly Dao's void.
Zhang Hao withdrew his gaze from the Lunar Star, his expression numb.
"One wants to spread his branches and leaves, while another wants to cuddle up and get with a girl... This batch of Transmigrators sure have some unusual tastes."
He rubbed his brow.
Hongjun was still refining those three Great Daos, so he wouldn't be available anytime soon.
As for these Transmigrators causing all sorts of trouble, as long as they didn't immediately tear the sky apart, Zhang Hao couldn't be bothered to deal with them personally for the time being.
"Forget it. I'll just get the process underway first." Zhang Hao steadied himself and connected his consciousness to the origin of the Prehistoric World.
In the next instant, countless beings throughout the Prehistoric World, regardless of their cultivation, felt a tremor in their hearts if they possessed even the slightest intelligence.
Somehow, they sensed a message, as though it had existed since the beginning of creation and was only now being revealed to them:
[The Heavenly Dao has sensed that three thousand Great Daos will be established in the Prehistoric World] [There are three thousand Great Daos, and each can lead to the Primordial Realm] [Yet the Heavenly Dao has its laws, and attaining the Primordial Realm is difficult. Today, the positions of Heavenly Dao Sages are established. Let the Primordial Violet Qi serve as the guide, so they may uphold the Dao in the place of Heaven. Sages will live as long as Heaven and Earth, and will not perish in a Measure Calamity] [Ten thousand years from now, those with affinity may journey beyond the heavens to Zixiao Palace and hear Old Ancestor Hong Jun expound upon the Hun Yuan Great Dao, determining the opportunities for the Sage positions]
Like a massive boulder dropped into a still lake, this message instantly stirred up a storm throughout the Prehistoric World!
Countless Great Powers in secluded cultivation opened their eyes and stared toward the heavens.
Ancient beings in hiding also turned their attention toward it.
"Old Ancestor Hong Jun? Isn't that the ancient Great Power who repelled Luo Hou during the Dragon-Phoenix Era?!"
"A Sage? What kind of realm is that?"
Even most of the Transmigrators with systems were drawn to this sudden "Heavenly Dao announcement."
Inside Pangu Hall.
When Chen Tian learned of the news, his gaze grew solemn.
Hongjun's lecture meant that, barring any surprises, the story of the Witch-Demon Calamity was about to begin.
If he couldn't attain the Primordial Realm during this period, the Witch Clan would be in danger.
On Kunlun Mountain.
When Li Shou learned that Hongjun would lecture on the Great Dao ten thousand years from now, his heart trembled. He had no system, and this was an opportunity to hear a Sage preach—one he couldn't afford to miss.
He looked at the Three Pure Ones, who were cultivating intently beside him, and silently swore that one day he, too, would protect his elder brothers.
In a shadowy corner of the Prehistoric World.
Xuan Qing clutched a small lotus leaf that had broken off from the Creation Green Lotus and wept bitterly.
Hongjun's lecture?
This must be you and the Heavenly Dao scheming against me, Hongjun, and causing me to lose the one I loved!
Once I attain the Primordial Realm, I'll make you pay!
He blamed the death of his "wife" on the Heavenly Dao's schemes.
Even so, he still had to go to Hongjun's lecture.
On the Solar Star.
Di Jun stuck to the Great Dao of keeping a low profile and refused to leave the house.
Tai Yi, meanwhile, was thinking about how to win over the goddesses of the Prehistoric World at Zixiao Palace.
Qin Yuan, who was traveling through the world, was also thinking about heading to Zixiao Palace to tell the Three Thousand Travelers of the Mortal World some wild history.
On the Lunar Star.
Xi He wasn't interested in Hongjun's lecture.
The cultivation method she and Chang Xi practiced had been left behind by the great god Wang Shu. It could lead straight to the Hun Yuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, though the cultivation speed was just a little slow.
Chang Xi, however, wanted to visit Zixiao Palace and see the world. She insisted on dragging Xi He along for the excitement.
They had come to the Prehistoric World, after all. Staying home all the time wasn't right. They had to take part in a major event or two, didn't they?