A Dao So Profound and Mysterious That Even Among the Three Thousand Great Daos, It Is One of the Most Enigmatic

"Rise!" Long Zang transformed into a giant millions of feet tall and reached out to uproot the entire World Tree.

The whole world began to wail. Heaven and earth trembled, as if dusk had fallen.

Without the slightest hesitation, he planted the World Tree in his Small World.

Inside the Small World.

Di Xi and Di Shu looked up at the towering tree, their eyes filled with reverence and wonder.

"Take good care of it," Long Zang instructed calmly.

"Yes, Father God!" they answered in unison.

Long Zang nodded in satisfaction, then left.

Standing before the ruined Great World, Long Zang's eyes were deep and unreadable.

He raised a hand and pointed. "Return to Ruins!"

A terrifying force of Destruction descended!

The whole world shattered and collapsed like glass, bound by endless laws.

Long Zang reached out and clenched his fist. The entire world turned into fragments, gathering into a mass of pure Origin power.

This unfinished Great Thousand World was completely refined by him, becoming part of his power.

Long Zang looked at the World Origin in his hand, which shimmered with a strange light, and felt a faint stir in his heart.

This was the core of an entire Great Thousand World. Anyone else would have had to destroy the whole world to obtain it. But that would bring too much cause and effect and Karma, enough to drag them into an Abyss from which there was no return.

Yet now, this intact World Origin had fallen into his hands so easily. It was practically a windfall. How could Long Zang not value such a boon?

But how should he use it?

Should he refine it to strengthen himself, or use it to complete the Small World he was nurturing?

He hesitated.

This wasn't something he could decide on a whim. Refining it would certainly save him a great deal of time accumulating cultivation and help him advance farther, faster. But if he used it to nourish his Small World, its evolution would accelerate by leaps and bounds.

After thinking it over, Long Zang ultimately chose the latter.

He already had the Destiny Demon God's Origin, so he had enough cultivation resources. The Great Thousand World's Origin could serve as an extra boost; using it to speed up his Small World's growth was the best choice.

He gently merged the World Origin into his Small World. Rather than refining it in a hurry, he let the Small World absorb it gradually, allowing it to evolve and grow naturally.

Once he was done, Long Zang looked toward the depths of the void.

It was pitch-black, silent, and dangerous. Though it contained endless possibilities and opportunities, it also concealed many unknown terrors.

"It's not time yet," he murmured, shaking his head.

He was powerful, but not powerful enough to fear nothing. It was entirely possible that some ancient horror might suddenly emerge from the void and swallow him like a tonic.

Since the birth of the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds, who knew how many worlds had sunk into this void? No one knew what lurked in the depths of the darkness. To be too reckless would only invite death.

So Long Zang watched in silence for a while, then carefully erased every trace of his aura before turning and returning to Chaos.

He had been away from the Primordial World for a long time. It was time to go back.

Chaos was still that turbulent sea of Origin Qi, but it no longer posed any threat to Long Zang.

He took one step, and golden patterns of the Great Dao appeared beneath his feet, leading toward the depths of the Primordial World. With the mark he had left there, he had no fear of losing his way.

The next moment, he merged into Chaos and vanished.

In the Western Region of the Primordial World, a thick Calamity Qi shrouded the land, as if some world-shaking upheaval were about to descend.

Here, Luohu and Yellow Heaven were plotting to move against the Dragon Clan.

Though tensions in the Primordial World were high and clashes were frequent, no large-scale war had truly broken out. The two had already begun laying their plans well in advance.

"What are you planning to do next?" Yellow Heaven asked, staring coldly at Luohu.

He had partnered with Luohu to kill Ancestor Dragon, but Luohu had taken no action for a long time, leaving him deeply dissatisfied.

Luohu, however, remained unruffled. "There's no rush. The Dragon Clan and the Qilin Clan haven't truly fallen out yet. Acting now would accomplish little, let alone get us Ancestor Dragon's head."

Yellow Heaven fell silent. Though unhappy, he said no more. After all, he still had to rely on Luohu in many ways.

"What about Cyan Heaven? Any news?" he asked, changing the subject.

Luohu nodded, a strange glint in his eyes.

Yellow Heaven had already devoured Azure Heaven, and his strength had surged to the Sublime Saint realm. Cyan Heaven naturally wouldn't dare confront him head-on and had long since disappeared without a trace.

Yellow Heaven had been searching for him all these years, hoping to unite the Three Heavens, complete his Origin, and ascend to a higher level.

"Cyan Heaven is hiding in the Southern Region of the Primordial World," Luohu said calmly.

Yellow Heaven's brow furrowed at once.

The Southern Region? That was bad news. It was the Phoenix Clan's territory. Even Luohu couldn't get a foothold there, let alone him.

"Don't worry. Once Ancestor Dragon is dead, Yuan Huang and Long Zang in the Southern Region will be next," Luohu said with a smile.

"I hope so," Yellow Heaven muttered before turning and vanishing.

Watching him leave, Luohu's expression grew complicated.

Truthfully, if he had really wanted to kill Ancestor Dragon, he would have done it already. The problem was that Ancestor Dragon was far too useful as a hired hand. Luohu couldn't bear to throw him away so easily.

Besides, he hadn't squeezed everything he could out of Yellow Heaven yet. Used well, Yellow Heaven could help him carry out many of his schemes.

That was why he had yet to move against Ancestor Dragon.

"Don't disappoint me," Luohu said with a strange grin.

As for where Cyan Heaven was hiding, Luohu hadn't lied to Yellow Heaven. He really was in the Southern Region of the Primordial World.

Cyan Heaven wasn't stupid. The safest place in the whole Primordial World was there, guarded by the Phoenix Clan. Even Yellow Heaven wouldn't dare act rashly.

So he had stayed there, waiting for his chance...

Reunion in the Southern Region of the Primordial World!

Long Zang's figure finally appeared in the Southern Region of the Primordial World.

He made no effort to conceal his aura, and Yuan Huang sensed his arrival at once.

"Master!"

A familiar, excited cry rang out. A chubby figure rushed toward him at full speed.

Long Zang's mouth twitched as he watched A Bao charge toward him.

The little rascal had gotten even fatter since they last met tens of millions of years ago.

"Master, I missed you so much!" A Bao said, clinging tightly to Long Zang's leg with tears in his eyes.

"All right, I know," Long Zang said, looking at the fat dog with distaste. Though A Bao was lazy all day, his cultivation had improved quite a bit. He was now at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm, just one step away from the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.

But if A Bao weren't so lazy, he should have taken that step long ago. His daily routine consisted of eating, sleeping, and sleeping, eating.

"You're back." Yuan Huang appeared beside him, a hint of something unusual in her eyes.

Long Zang nodded, put an arm around her slender waist, and smiled. "Mm. I'm back."

Yuan Huang glanced at him. "So you do know how to come back? I thought you'd disappear for another few million years."

Long Zang only smiled and said nothing. He knew she was really reproaching him. After all, he had been gone for millions of years, and this wasn't the first time.

"Have you broken through?" Yuan Huang noticed the ethereal aura around him, and her eyes lit up.

"No." Long Zang shook his head.

His cultivation hadn't undergone any substantial breakthrough. The unusual quality of his aura came from his mastery of the Great Dao of Fate.

This Great Dao was profoundly mysterious. Even among the Three Thousand Great Daos, it was considered one of the most enigmatic.

Though he hadn't fully refined the Destiny Demon God's Origin, mastering this single Dao had already made his aura seem like mist and smoke, unfathomable.

"Breaking through won't be easy," Long Zang sighed. "Following the path of the Great Dao is too slow. Even I need to keep accumulating."