So-called "Defy Heaven and Change Fate" is simply the biggest joke in the Primordial World!

Long Zang was not surprised.

Whether in the original history or the changes sparked by his guidance, the alliance of these three races was inevitable.

If they did not unite, that would be the greatest joke of all.

"Now, we only lack a catalyst." Yuan Huang's gaze was deep.

Long Zang's heart stirred slightly.

A catalyst?

That would be the war horn of the Ten Thousand Races Punishing the Malign!

The Ferocious Beast Clan, though one of the Ten Thousand Races of the Great Desolation, possessed scarce intelligence.

Most mindless Ferocious Beasts were born as calamities to heaven and earth.

Such beings were intolerable to the Heavenly Dao!

Extinction was their inevitable fate!

Meanwhile.

In the southwestern Great Desolation, the Fierce Beast Royal Court.

Upon the unbroken divine mountains, palaces stood in clusters, varying in size like stars.

Each palace guarded a terrifying Ferocious Beast King.

It was precisely because of these kings that the Ferocious Beast Clan could dominate the Great Desolation.

Within the grandest central palace, Shen Ni sat upright upon the imperial throne.

His features were eerily handsome, blood-red hair cascading like a waterfall, Slaughter Divine Light flickering in his eyes as he coldly gazed down at the kneeling kings below.

"Now, the Ten Thousand Races of the Great Desolation have all developed hostility."

"What are your thoughts?"

Below the throne, the kings roared in unison: "We are willing to sweep away all obstacles for the Emperor!"

Shen Ni's gaze was profound, a chill flashing in the depths of his eyes.

"It's too late."

As the Fierce Beast Emperor, he understood better than anyone.

What hindered the Ferocious Beasts from dominating the Great Desolation was not external enemies—but themselves!

Countless mindless Ferocious Beasts, slaughtering by nature, could not be restrained at all.

This was the greatest resistance the Ferocious Beast Clan faced.

If the enemy were outside, he still had confidence to fight.

But if the enemy lay within, even he felt powerless.

Even if he ordered the kings to restrain the mindless Ferocious Beasts, the results remained futile.

Resentment, slaughter, Karma—had long entangled the entire fate of the Ferocious Beast Clan!

At this moment, Shen Ni understood in his heart...

The Ferocious Beast Clan had no retreat!

The only path was to contend for supremacy over the Great Desolation!

Succeed, and they would dominate the Ten Thousand Races; fail, and they would be utterly annihilated!

The Great Desolation, since ancient times, had emphasized cause, effect, and Karma.

This was true for an individual, and even more so for an entire race.

If Karma clung to them, at best they would stagnate; at worst, the entire clan would be wiped out!

In other worlds, destroying heaven and earth might be commonplace.

But if one dared to recklessly annihilate the world in the Great Desolation, the first to be erased by the Heavenly Dao would be you!

Thus, cause, effect, and Karma were the shackles that none of the Ten Thousand Races of the Great Desolation dared to take lightly.

The Ferocious Beast Clan was now deeply trapped in this.

Though most of the sins came from those mindless Ferocious Beasts, the cause and effect were recorded upon the entire clan.

They acted tyrannically, slaughtered without restraint, and had long incurred endless blood debts.

This Karma would eventually backfire, driving the Ferocious Beasts toward destruction!

Shen Ni knew this clearly in his heart.

Thus, his only way out was to ascend to the position of overlord of the Great Desolation!

Only by seizing the fate of the Great Desolation could he have the chance to break through his shackles, step into the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin, and attain the realm of a Sage.

Know this—throughout the Primordial World, any race without a Sage's protection has met a miserable end.

The Witch Clan, the Three Innate Races—all once glorious, yet ultimately reduced to being bullied and trampled.

The Human Race, on the other hand, rose during the Dharma-Ending Age not because of their "Heavenly Mandate as protagonists," but because the Six Saints backed them and their Dao Lineages were passed down!

A race without a Sage's shelter, no matter how prosperous, is merely a flash in the pan.

Thus, Shen Ni had no choice but to walk this path to the very end.

"Prepare to establish the Divine Dynasty."

Shen Ni's gaze was indifferent as he stared into the endless void, but his voice carried a heaven-shaking momentum.

The moment these words fell, every Ferocious Beast King in the hall trembled in spirit, then erupted into fervent cheers!

Shen Ni was going to found the first Divine Dynasty in the Primordial World, using it to gather the fortune of all races and thus break through to the ultimate realm.

Understand, in this era, there was no such thing as "Quasi-Saint."

That was a special realm deduced by Hongjun in later ages, used to bridge the gap between Daluo and Sage.

At present, there were only "Daluo" and "Sublime Saint"!

What was called a Sublime Saint was also known as the Supreme Realm.

This was one who had reached the end of the Daluo path, only a single step away from becoming a Sage.

Though still within the scope of Daluo, they were countless times stronger than the Quasi-Saints of later ages!

And above the Sublime Saint was the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin—that is, the Sage realm.

Sages were Heavenly Dao Sages; as long as the Primordial World endured, the Sage would not die.

But the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal was free and unfettered, unbound by the Heavenly Dao. Though they could fall, they were infinitely more unrestrained.

And now, Shen Ni was plotting precisely this path!

On the other side, Long Zang bid farewell to Yuan Huang and continued his solitary journey through the Primordial World.

To him, though the Primordial World was ancient now, it had not yet reached its truly splendid era.

The Ferocious Beast Calamity was approaching, but it had little to do with him.

What truly belonged to him was the Witch-Demon Calamity, two Immeasurable Calamities later.

So for now, he was more like a bystander.

Witnessing the antiquity and wildness of the Primordial Era.

But not everything could go as he wished.

Sometimes, even if one wanted to stay out of the game, fate would shove them right into it!

After leaving the Southern Region, Long Zang skirted around the Fierce Beast Royal Court and stepped into the western part of the Primordial World.

This land had not yet been thrown into chaos by Luohu; it was still prosperous and thriving, no less than any great domain.

Long Zang traveled onward, staying true to his nature... collecting every treasure he saw.

Spiritual Roots, Spiritual Medicines, Immortal Gold, Divine Ore—he swept them all into his bag.

Suddenly, a towering divine mountain came into view.

Long Zang's eyes lit up slightly as he murmured to himself:

"Mount Sumeru?"

In later ages, this mountain would become the Buddhist Holy Land, the origin of Buddhist Dharma.

But for now, it was Luohu's Dao Field!

Deep within Mount Sumeru, darkness surged.

Luohu, who had been in seclusion, suddenly opened his eyes. His pupils were deep as an abyss, reflecting All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.

"An anomaly? A variable? Interesting..."

He muttered softly, a trace of surprise flickering in his expression.

It wasn't because Long Zang was particularly special.

Rather, his appearance was completely absent from Luohu's deductions!

Understand, the top Great Supernatural Beings of the Primordial World were almost all known to Luohu.

Ancestor Yin Yang, Ancestor Qian Kun, Ancestor Wu Xing, Hongjun, Yang Mei...

These beings were all ancient powers who had lived since the very beginning of heaven and earth.

Yang Mei, in particular, was the reincarnation of the Space Demon God.

After Pangu opened the heavens, he was the only Chaos Demon God who did not completely fall.

Though reincarnated and cultivating anew, even Luohu harbored wariness toward him.

Fortunately, Yang Mei had no ambition for supremacy, seeking only the Great Dao.

Otherwise, the situation in the Primordial World would have changed drastically.

But now, Long Zang made Luohu feel a hint of gravity.

An anomaly? A variable?

This man might disrupt the chess game he had long schemed!

As Long Zang gazed at Mount Sumeru, a black figure suddenly emerged from the depths of the void.

That person had a handsome face, yet carried a sinister charm, surrounded by billions of demonic lights surging, his aura chilling.

Long Zang's gaze sharpened, and he understood in his heart... there could be no second person besides Demon Ancestor Luohu!

Luohu's status was no less than Hongjun's.

He was a loser, which led the world to believe he was inferior to the Three Pure Ones.

But in truth, one who could found the Demonic Dao, standing alongside the Immortal Dao, how could he be weak?

It was only because of his defeat that he was underestimated by the world.

Luohu's gaze was like an abyss, seeing through Long Zang's origins at a glance.

"An anomaly?"

Long Zang's expression was calm, with no ripples in his heart.

In the eyes of top-tier Great Supernatural Beings like this, so-called "anomalies" and "variables" were merely ripples in the grand tide of the Primordial World.

What truly determined the direction of the Primordial World was still the Heavenly Dao itself!

"Anomaly or variable, in the end, it's just a living being beneath the Heavenly Dao." Long Zang's voice was steady, yet carried an unshakable resolve.

Luohu's gaze flickered, then he smiled: "Well said. The grand trend of the Heavenly Dao cannot be defied. The Immeasurable Calamity of the Beast Tribulation is destined to see the beasts exit the stage, with the Three Clans ascending in the Primordial World. This outcome will not change; as for the process... it's irrelevant."

So-called "Defying Heaven and Changing Fate" was the greatest joke in the Primordial World!

Defy heaven? Defy what heaven?

If heaven does not tolerate, one turns to ashes!