A Changed World

In the southern region of the Great Desolation World, there stood a divine mountain, towering and precipitous, thrusting straight into the clouds like a pillar of heaven, its end nowhere to be seen.

This divine mountain was a gathering place of creation, containing many mysteries, with traces of chaotic energy lingering in its depths.

The realm formed by that chaotic energy, where earth, water, wind, and fire surged, collided in resonance with heaven and earth, and under the gestation of the world's power, it unexpectedly formed a natural Innate Grand Formation.

At the center of the formation, wisps of mysterious yellow, primordial energy—where yin and yang had yet to be distinguished—permeated the air, while Innate Primordial Qi continuously nourished and gestured to this place through the formation.

The mysterious existence within the swirling Dao rhymes was, shockingly, the embryonic form of a God-Demon Dao Embryo. Although this God-Demon Dao Embryo seemed to have gestured a trace of spiritual wisdom over the ages, it remained in a state of muddled ignorance.

If things were to continue this way, perhaps it would take endless ages for this God-Demon Dao Embryo to accumulate enough spiritual wisdom to develop consciousness.

After all, every Innate God-Demon carried immense destiny and was fated to leave a name in the Great Desolation World; how could it be so easy to gestate successfully?

Time passed in a hurry, and another tens of thousands of years went by; the God-Demon Dao Embryo was about to take shape, and its spiritual wisdom was growing ever fuller...

Perhaps the timing was not yet right, as the God-Demon Dao Embryo remained in a state between waking and sleeping.

On this day, the sound of the Great Dao permeated the Great Desolation World, countless Innate Purple Qi filled the void, and visions appeared in waves throughout heaven and earth.

Heavenly flowers fell in profusion, golden lotuses surged from the earth, auspicious energy filled the air, celestial music played melodiously, and endless Dao rhymes radiated outward.

Every living being bathed in these auspicious visions had their soul and physical body cleansed, their Innate Dao Foundation elevated by a notch, and even the demonic nature hidden within their hearts was wiped clean.

In the Great Desolation World, countless Spiritual Flowers and Exotic Beasts used this auspicious energy to naturally develop intelligence without any hidden dangers.

Even the Innate Living Beings and Innate God-Demons protected by Innate Grand Formations saw golden lotuses falling upon their places of gestation.

Under the influence of these auspicious golden lotuses, many Innate Living Beings and Innate God-Demons with outstanding aptitude and origins, who had found it difficult to gestate or manifest, seized this opportunity to manifest and be born.

In the southern part of the Great Desolation World, at the center of the divine mountain's Innate Grand Formation, the God-Demon Dao Embryo, which had been between waking and sleeping, finally began to wake up.

At this moment, a boundless majesty enveloped the Great Desolation World, and the immeasurable living beings between heaven and earth could not help but prostrate themselves on the ground, their souls filled with longing.

A flash of spiritual light flickered in their hearts simultaneously: a Great Divine Ability User in the Great Desolation World had proven the Dao, and a Hunyuan Sage had been born!

Most of the immeasurable living beings between heaven and earth were muddled, drifting ants who had never heard of what it meant to prove the Dao or what a Hunyuan Sage was.

Yet, this sudden flash of spiritual light made them realize the nobility of a Hunyuan Sage; beneath the Sage, all are ants!

Various visions appeared one after another in the firmament, and a sound of the Dao came from beyond the Nine Heavens, with a song that went:

"High upon the nine-layered clouds, I rest on a rush cushion, realizing the truth of the Dao. Outside the mysterious yellow of heaven and earth, I shall be the honored Sect Master. Pangu gave birth to the Taiji, the Two Forms and Four Symbols flee. One Dao transmitted to three friends, the Two Teachings, Chan and Jie, divided. Leader of the Mysterious Gate, one qi transforms into Hongjun."

"Hongjun?"

The magnificent sound of the Dao rang out simultaneously across every corner of the Great Desolation World. In the divine mountain in the south, within the Innate Grand Formation, Lu Yuan, who had just awakened his spiritual wisdom while bathed in the Sage's visions, felt a stormy sea rise in his heart.

Just as Lu Yuan was stunned, a magnificent voice sounded once more from beyond the Nine Heavens: "This Poor Daoist is Hongjun; today, I prove the Dao and become a Sage. Three thousand years from now, I shall expound the Great Dao at the Purple Heaven Palace beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens. All those with affinity may come to listen."

As the voice of Daoist Hongjun faded, the visions between heaven and earth returned to nothingness. Those beings who had not yet proven the immortal Dao fruit saw their memories of the Hunyuan Sage vanish in an instant.

At this moment, only those beings who had proven the immortal Dao fruit, or those with the origins of an Innate God-Demon, retained the memories of the Hunyuan Sage in their minds.

"I never expected that upon waking, I would arrive in the Great Desolation World and become the first Innate God-Demon gestated by the Pure and Turbid Qi of heaven and earth!

To think it is this awkward era where Hongjun is proving the Dao of the Hunyuan Sage..."

Lu Yuan's heart was filled with mixed emotions. With his memories of Blue Star, he naturally understood that after Hongjun's three sermons at the Purple Heaven Palace, he would distribute treasures and merge with the Dao.

Afterward, the six Sages would prove the Dao of Hunyuan, attaining the status of Sages, and the Great Desolation World would enter the Saint Era.

Beneath the Sage, all are ants!

Even the Witch and Demon Clans, who were Pangu's direct descendants and dominated the world, ended up in a mutually destructive outcome under the various schemes of the Sages.

Not to mention a being like Lu Yuan, whose origins were not particularly outstanding among the Innate God-Demons and Innate Sacred Beings.

The leaders of the Witch and Demon Clans—Dijun, Taiyi, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and other Great Divine Ability Users—which one of them was not of Innate Sacred Being origin? Which one was not favored by the destiny of heaven and earth?

Even the Innate Great Witches and Ten Great Demon Sages under the leaders of the Witch and Demon Clans were each top-tier Innate God-Demons, possessing the origins of a High-grade Innate God-Demon!

These Great Divine Ability Users far surpassed Lu Yuan, who had the origins of a Mid-grade Innate God-Demon, in terms of origin, destiny, and cultivation.

"The Saint Era is about to arrive, and the Witch and Demon Clans rule the Great Desolation..."

As thoughts turned in his mind, Lu Yuan breathed in the Innate Primordial Qi to accumulate the foundation for his manifestation and birth, while simultaneously combining his Blue Star memories to plan his path after entering the world.

The visions of Daoist Hongjun proving the Dao spread throughout the Great Desolation, and the birth of the Hunyuan Sage shook the Great Divine Ability Users of the world.

Hongjun had proven the Dao and become a Sage, and was going to expound the Hunyuan Great Dao!

This left the Great Divine Ability Users who had manifested and been born in the New Dao Era of the Great Desolation feeling deeply shocked and possessing an extraordinary longing for the Dao of the Hunyuan Sage.

They had just witnessed the power of the Hunyuan Sage, who could observe the entire Great Desolation in a single thought from outside Chaos.

One must know how vast and boundless the Great Desolation World was; even for the Great Luo Dao Lords who had plucked the Daluo Dao Fruit and transcended the River of Destiny, it would take several kalpas to traverse every corner of the Great Desolation.

How could such great divine ability and great magic power not move them?

Moreover, they had just learned from the flash of spiritual light and the manifestation of the Heavenly Dao: "Beneath the Sage, all are ants!"

As Innate Sacred Beings or those with the foundations of top-tier Innate God-Demons, these Great Divine Ability Users of the New Era were, without a doubt, the Children of the World favored by the Heavenly Dao.

How could they ever be content to become mere ants?

This Saint's Sermon was a Great Opportunity of immense proportions, and those Great Divine Ability Users who refused to be mere ants would naturally not let it pass.

Kunlun Mountain, Qilin Cliff.

Grand Pure Daoist, Jade Pure Daoist, and Supreme Pure Daoist gazed toward the direction of the Thirty-Three Heavens with solemn expressions, clearly shaken by the divine abilities of the Hunyuan Sage.

Previously, the majesty of the Saint had enveloped the Primordial World, causing the immeasurable living beings of the world to prostrate themselves involuntarily.

As Sanqing, the orthodox lineage of Pangu, they were naturally unwilling to bow to another; although they had joined forces to withstand the Saint's oppressive aura, it had also allowed them to witness the might of a Saint's divine abilities!

"The divine abilities of a Hunyuan Sage are truly formidable. Since Senior Hongjun was able to be the first to prove the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, it seems this Primordial World is truly a place where hidden dragons and crouching tigers reside!" A trace of shock flashed through Supreme Pure Daoist's eyes, yet his heart was faintly stirred with excitement.

Beside him, Jade Pure Daoist was equally shaken, but as he had always regarded himself as the orthodox lineage of Pangu, the fact that someone in the Primordial World had proven the Hunyuan Saintly Dao before them naturally left him feeling both envious and jealous!

With a flicker of longing on his face, Jade Pure Daoist looked toward Grand Pure Daoist and asked, "Eldest Brother, this Sage Hongjun will preach in three thousand years; shall we go to listen?"

Sanqing were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit and possessed a portion of Pangu's inheritance, so they naturally understood what an inconceivable existence a Hunyuan Sage was.

That was precisely why they were so shocked by Hongjun proving the Hunyuan Saintly Dao at this moment!

Grand Pure Daoist said with a calm expression, "The learned are teachers. Since Senior Hongjun was able to stand out among the mighty figures of the Primordial World and prove the Hunyuan Dao Fruit, he naturally possesses Great Destiny, Great Wisdom, Great Perseverance, and Great Opportunity.

If we go to Purple Heaven Palace to listen to the sermon, it will be the perfect chance to catch a glimpse of the Sage's Dao and meet these Great Divine Ability Users of the Primordial World.

With Grand Pure Daoist having made the final decision, Jade Pure Daoist and Supreme Pure Daoist nodded slightly, and the three of them immediately departed from Kunlun Mountain, heading toward the direction of the Thirty-Three Heavens.