Two Swords Hanging Over Hongjun's Head

Nuwa ran into Zhang Yifan's room and even crawled under his blankets.

This sudden scene left the Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, and the others at a complete loss.

They couldn't exactly barge into Zhang Yifan's room and drag Nuwa out.

The Seven Fairies were so angry they laughed.

The Jade Emperor shook his head and cursed with a laugh. "Forget it. Leave her alone. A dignified Saint, and her skin is this thick."

"Who could have expected this?" The Queen Mother was equally speechless.

Fortunately, Zhang Yifan did not jump up in a rage and scold them for bullying Little Lunlun, as they had imagined.

Saint Nuwa, lying in Zhang Yifan's arms, was helpless too.

No matter how she shook him or cried, Zhang Yifan slept like a log and did not wake up at all.

Saint Nuwa was so annoyed that she laughed.

"I'm already lying in your arms, yet you're sleeping like a pig." Nuwa stopped crying. Lying in Zhang Yifan's arms, she unexpectedly felt an unprecedented warmth and sense of security.

For the first time—her first time lying in a man's arms—Nuwa brought her breathtakingly beautiful face close to Zhang Yifan's and sniffed his scent.

Saint Nuwa felt her face burning as it flushed crimson.

Then she felt a wave of exhaustion. Her eyelids kept drooping, and before long, she fell asleep sprawled atop Zhang Yifan.

A Saint had actually fallen asleep like this!

And she was lying on Zhang Yifan.

The next morning.

Saint Nuwa slept until late morning before getting up. Still bleary-eyed, she sat up with a yawn.

"Ah?" The moment she sat up, Saint Nuwa was startled and hurriedly checked her clothes.

But she found everything perfectly intact.

Zhang Yifan had already gotten up long ago.

"Did I really sleep like that all night?" Nuwa found it hard to believe, but that was the reality.

Had she actually been hoping something might happen?

Nuwa was shocked by her own thought!

Could a dignified Heavenly Dao Saint really have developed mortal desires?

No, no, no. Impossible. Absolutely impossible.

Yet she simply could not get Zhang Yifan out of her mind.

Frightened, Nuwa hurriedly got out of bed and went outside.

"Little Lunlun, you're up?"

Seeing Nuwa, Zhang Yifan smiled and teased, "Just how insecure are you? You even ran into this old man's room to sleep."

Nuwa's old face reddened. "Mm. I begged outside for three years, so I'm too scared. I feel safe by your side, Old Ancestor."

"Go have breakfast. I saved some for you," Zhang Yifan said.

Nuwa nodded, then ran to the kitchen.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Still calling him Old Ancestor? You really have no shame," the Seventh Fairy said disdainfully to Saint Nuwa.

"Hmph. From now on, you have to call me Grandma," Nuwa snorted.

"You should be calling me Grandma. I'm Seventh Grandma!" The Seventh Fairy rolled her eyes.

"I'm your grandma!" Nuwa refused to yield.

"I'm your grandma!" The Seventh Fairy did not back down either.

"I am!"

"I am!"

Neither woman was willing to give in.

Anyone who saw this scene would laugh themselves to death.

Two girls who looked like teenagers were fighting to be the other's grandmother.

The Seventh Fairy finally snorted. "Hmph, my grandpa said so. Nothing happened last night, so don't get any ideas. No one acknowledges you."

After saying that, the Seventh Fairy vanished without even giving Saint Nuwa a chance to retort.

Outside, Sect Master Tongtian, the Jade Emperor, and the others had surrounded Zhang Yifan again.

They begged Zhang Yifan to continue explaining Dao Ancestor Hongjun's Heaven Sealing Plan and the hidden truths behind the Primordial Era World's calamities.

"Dad, what exactly are the two swords hanging over Hongjun's head?" the Jade Emperor asked as he massaged Zhang Yifan's shoulders.

Sect Master Tongtian, the Queen Mother, the Three Xiaos, Yang Jian, and Zhao Gongming immediately gathered around.

Nuwa came running over as well, carrying her bowl.

Qilin Old Ancestor Big Black Dog and the nine Ten Golden Crows perked up their ears, while Dragon Ancestor Big Goldfish surfaced from the water.

Seeing everyone like this, Zhang Yifan smiled. "These two swords are actually related to Great God Pangu."

"Great God Pangu?!" everyone cried out.

"Could it be that Great God Pangu left behind two swords?" Yang Jian asked curiously.

"No."

Zhang Yifan shook his head. "After Pangu created heaven and earth, he left behind not two swords, but a sliver of possibility for his physical body and primordial spirit to return!"

Boom!

The statement struck everyone like a thunderclap, leaving their ears ringing.

Pangu's physical body could return? His primordial spirit could return?

This news was far too explosive!

Pangu could actually return in body and spirit!

If both his physical body and primordial spirit returned, wouldn't that mean Great God Pangu himself would truly descend in full?!

If this news spread across the Primordial Continent, the entire Primordial Era World would erupt in monstrous waves! It would bring bloody storms as well!

"Grandpa, what exactly is going on?" Sect Master Tongtian was the most excited.

The last time, he had heard Zhang Yifan mention Pangu's primordial spirit phantom returning.

But this was even more shocking!

Not only could Pangu's primordial spirit return, but his physical body could return as well!

Wouldn't that mean Father God Pangu had completely returned?!

"Do you know which two calamities took place after the Preaching at Zixiao Palace?" Zhang Yifan asked instead of answering.

"The Witch-Demon Calamity!"

"The Investiture of the Gods Calamity!"

"Correct. Then do you know who these two calamities truly targeted?" Zhang Yifan asked again.

Sect Master Tongtian answered, "The Witch-Demon Calamity naturally targeted the Witch Tribe and the Demon Race. As for the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, it seemed to be mainly a conflict among the Three Pure Ones."

Nuwa, the Jade Emperor, and the others all nodded in agreement with Sect Master Tongtian.

"Little Tongtong, what you said is right, but also wrong," Zhang Yifan said with a smile.

"How so?" Sect Master Tongtian asked in confusion.

Zhang Yifan did not answer directly. "Think again, starting from Pangu's physical body and primordial spirit returning."

"Pangu's physical body returning? His primordial spirit returning?"

Sect Master Tongtian pondered for a moment before suddenly realizing. "The Witch-Demon Calamity targeted the Witch Tribe, not the Demon Race!"

Everyone was startled, their scalps tingling.

The Jade Emperor's expression changed as he exclaimed, "Then the Demon Race was merely a blade. Dao Ancestor Hongjun used a borrowed knife to kill!"

While shoveling food into her mouth, Nuwa said unclearly, "Then the two blades hanging over Dao Ancestor Hongjun's head were the Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones?!"

"That's right!" Zhang Yifan laughed. "Little Lunlun has a quick mind too."

Hearing the praise, Nuwa grinned foolishly, her face reddening.

The Seventh Fairy glared angrily at Saint Nuwa, then said to Zhang Yifan, "Grandpa, do you mean that the Ancestral Witches were originally the foundation for Pangu's physical body to return, while the Three Pure Ones were the foundation for Pangu's primordial spirit to return?"

"Oh, not bad. Little Seven is very clever too," Zhang Yifan praised the Seventh Fairy as well.

Hearing the praise, the Seventh Fairy proudly lifted her chin at Nuwa.

Nuwa merely curled her lips and ignored her.

Sect Master Tongtian, the Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the others did not pay attention to the two women's jealous bickering. Instead, they all sucked in a cold breath.

Hiss!

"Dao Ancestor Hongjun was actually plotting against Great God Pangu!"

Zhang Yifan nodded. "That's right. The fourth step of Dao Ancestor Hongjun's Heaven Sealing Plan was to incite the Witch-Demon Calamity."

"Hongjun used the Demon Race to destroy the bloodline of Pangu's blood essence and flesh, removing one of the two swords hanging over his head and completely severing Pangu's flesh-and-blood lineage."

"Although the Ancestral Witch Houtu escaped the calamity, she transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation and was forever confined to the underworld, unable to emerge into the world."

"At that point, the Great Divine Ability that allowed the Ancestral Witches to merge into one and summon Pangu's physical body to return was completely crippled. Houtu's Earth Dao would also never emerge, forever suppressed beneath the Heavenly Dao."

"This!"

The Jade Emperor, Sect Master Tongtian, the Queen Mother, and the others were stunned.

There had actually been such a scheme hidden within the Witch-Demon Calamity.

In this round, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had been operating on an entirely different level.

Nuwa sighed as well. "Poor Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the Demon Race's many great experts. Not only did they become Dao Ancestor Hongjun's blade for murder, they even died and vanished from the Dao, working in vain to benefit others. The Demon Race was dragged down with them, declining completely and never rising again."

"And isn't that because Saint Nuwa was an idiot? Not only did she hand over the Monster Summoning Banner and the Map of Mountains and Rivers, she even secretly fought against the Witch Tribe," the Seventh Fairy sighed too.

"Hey, Nuwa is a Saint. Is she someone you should be insulting?" Nuwa fumed inwardly. Why wouldn't this little girl let it go?

"Tch." The Seventh Fairy ignored Nuwa.

Beside them, Sect Master Tongtian suddenly jolted and cried out, "Grandpa, does that mean the Three Pure Ones can still use their combined Great Divine Ability to summon Great God Pangu's primordial spirit to return?!"

Hmm???

Everyone else was startled as well.

That was right. Although the twelve Ancestral Witches had been reduced to eleven, the Three Pure Ones still remained!

"Yes, that's correct." Zhang Yifan nodded.

Buzz!

Sect Master Tongtian's head rang with excitement, and he was so thrilled that he jumped up!

Father God could still return!

Sect Master Tongtian wished he could summon Pangu's primordial spirit to return right now and see Father God with his own eyes.

The Jade Emperor, however, was not surprised.

Ever since Zhang Yifan had mentioned that the Primordial Era World's Status Advancement required Pangu's primordial spirit phantom to return, he had vaguely guessed this much.

Now, it merely confirmed what his father had said.

The Queen Mother said coldly, "So the Investiture of the Gods Calamity divided the Three Pure Ones, made the three brothers fight and even kill one another. It was Dao Ancestor Hongjun's way of removing the other sword hanging over his head—the sword of Pangu's primordial spirit returning!"

"My daughter-in-law is right. But the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was far more than that," Zhang Yifan said with a nod.

"Oh? There are more hidden truths?" the Queen Mother asked in surprise.

Zhang Yifan smiled. "Of course. As everyone believes, the fifth step of Hongjun's Heaven Sealing Plan was to launch the Investiture of the Gods Calamity. Its purpose was to divide the Three Pure Ones, split them apart, and remove the threat posed by Pangu's primordial spirit lineage."

"However, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was a scheme that killed six birds with one stone. Preventing Pangu's primordial spirit from returning was only one of its purposes."

"Six birds with one stone?" The Jade Emperor was alarmed. Dao Ancestor Hongjun's scheme ran this deep?

"Mm. The second purpose of the Investiture of the Gods Calamity was to cripple Sect Master Tongtian's Jie Teachings and destroy their foundation. Hongjun would not allow an existence as formidable as the Jie Teachings on the Primordial Continent."

"Third: to undermine the Chan Teachings from within, having the two Saints Junti and Jieyin secretly turn Primeval Lord of Heaven's disciples to the Western Teachings. That would leave Primeval Lord of Heaven isolated and unable to grow stronger."

"Fourth: to further expose and intensify the conflict between the Western Teachings and the Three Pure Ones Saints, ensuring that the Saints could never unite and threaten Hongjun."

"Fifth: to kill the Human Emperor, ensuring that humanity would have no Human Emperor from then on. Humanity would completely become puppets of the gods' incense offerings and faith. Thus, the Human Dao would decline, and the Heavenly Dao alone would reign supreme."

"Sixth: to imprison the primordial spirits of the gods upon the Investiture of the Gods List. On the surface, it would fill Heaven's ranks with personnel, but in truth, it would restrain the Jade Emperor, leaving him with a title but no real power—nothing more than a puppet. At the same time, it would make the Jade Emperor, Dao Ancestor Hongjun's former personal attendant, submit to Hongjun even more completely."

Zhang Yifan laid out Dao Ancestor Hongjun's schemes within the Investiture of the Gods Calamity one by one.

With every purpose of Hongjun's that Zhang Yifan revealed, everyone's faces darkened a little further.

Damn it. Hongjun, that old schemer, really was a sly bastard! His schemes ran so deep!

Even Sect Master Tongtian, a Saint, felt a chill creep down his spine at this plot.

"Thankfully, the Three Pure Ones are still here. The sword hanging over Hongjun's head is still there," Sect Master Tongtian said with a sigh of relief.

Zhang Yifan shook his head. "Haven't the Three Pure Ones already split apart? They won't even associate with one another until death. Besides, Sect Master Tongtian is useless, Primeval Lord of Heaven is a proud little brat, and the Grand Pure Saint is an arrogant, self-righteous fellow. What good are they?"

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Everyone was stunned.

Nuwa's eyes widened even further.

Zhang Yifan actually evaluated the Three Pure Ones Saints like that?

Sect Master Tongtian was useless?

Primeval Lord of Heaven was a proud little brat?

The Grand Pure Saint was self-righteous?

In Zhang Yifan's eyes, were dignified Heavenly Dao Saints really so worthless?

Saint Nuwa was completely numb.

Who on the Primordial Continent would dare judge the Three Pure Ones like this?

Not even Dao Ancestor Hongjun had ever said such things. He had only ever praised the three of them.

Was Old Ancestor really this incredible!

Sect Master Tongtian's old face reddened as he cried inwardly, Old man, could you stop scolding me?

"It's a good thing we have Grandpa. Otherwise..." Sect Master Tongtian let out a long breath.

The Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the others naturally understood what Sect Master Tongtian meant.

Without Zhang Yifan exposing the hidden truths behind the Primordial Era World's calamities, the Three Pure Ones could only remain divided forever.

But now, there was a turning point.

Still, what were the final two steps of Dao Ancestor Hongjun's seven-step Heaven Sealing Plan?

Everyone vaguely felt that those final two steps, the steps to close the net, were the truly terrifying ones!