Hongjun's "Transcendence"

But the same was true of serving as the vast engine that regulated cause and effect across Hong Huang: reaping the benefits without doing the work would not be so easy.

By refining the Heavenly Dao, Hongjun had freed himself from its constraints, but he would still have to devote at least half his attention to managing cause and effect throughout Hong Huang.

The gains and losses could not simply be brushed aside.

The Heavenly Dao of Hong Huang was in a towering rage, yet everyone could sense fear beneath it.

"The Heavenly Dao... was afraid?"

In his own domain, Laozi sensed the change in the Heavenly Dao's aura and was horrified.

The other Saints and many Hunyuan beings were stunned as well. Even Quasi-Saints and Da Luo Golden Immortals could clearly sense that the Heavenly Dao was afraid.

"Heavenly Dao, have you finally learned fear?"

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun looked up at the terrifying Purple Cloud Divine Lightning and smiled faintly.

He felt a secret thrill. Who knew what he had endured all these years? He had always tried to change his fate, only to find every effort useless in the face of absolute power.

The Heavenly Dao governed every living thing in Hong Huang. Even after becoming a Saint, he had been no more than a slightly larger ant before it.

If he had refused to merge with the Dao, there would have been only one outcome: the Heavenly Dao would have destroyed him and found someone else to take his place.

Driven into a corner at every turn, he had still done everything he could to defeat Luohou, even knowing what awaited him.

The Purple Cloud Divine Lightning, powerful enough to destroy Hong Huang, kept crashing down on Hongjun. Under the system's protection, however, it