Crossing Before Open Heaven

The vast Primordial Chaos was boundless and infinite.

In this expanse of Primordial Chaos, there should have been only endless silence, desolation, and cold loneliness.

Yet suddenly, a faint sound drifted over, having traversed who knows how many tens of thousands of miles...

The lens slowly pulled forward, pushing aside countless wisps of Primordial Chaos energy, until it reached the source of the sound.

It landed upon the desolate figure of a man...

This man was singing...

He sang with cadence and vigor, clearly pouring his true emotions into the performance.

"In the prime of my youth, I lost my freedom... my heart is filled with pain and sorrow..."

"Ah! Ahhhhhh! Oh, life!!"

Suddenly, the man's voice rose high, filled with infinite regret and unwillingness, as he shrieked with heart-wrenching intensity: "Why must you torture me like this!!"

"I want happiness too, I want freedom too!!"

"I don't want this kind of painful torment!!"

As the song ended, the man fell backward, lying flat upon the infinite Primordial Chaos energy, his face full of sorrow and grief.

This man, who roared and shouted like a madman while singing strange songs, was named Li Xuan.

As a fine, upstanding youth of the twenty-first century, Li Xuan did not know whether he was cursed or lucky.

During an outing, he had slipped and fallen into the water, and when he opened his eyes, he had arrived in this world of Primordial Chaos...

He had transmigrated...

But within this expanse of Primordial Chaos, there was nothing but emptiness and loneliness.

In such an environment, he had barely lasted a few days before he was on the verge of a breakdown.

That was how the current situation came to be...

Li Xuan lay there, first flailing his limbs, then tossing and turning repeatedly.

Finally, he flopped like a dying fish, struggling aimlessly until he had exhausted himself, only then howling: "What a sin!! What kind of sin did I commit?! Heavens, why must you punish me like this!!"

Accompanying his desperate roars, two lines of clear tears slowly traced paths down the corners of his eyes...

Let me go back... Hai ao po... hai ao po mi...

"Ding..."

But at that very moment, a crisp sound suddenly rang out in Li Xuan's ears.

In that instant, Li Xuan shuddered, his ears instantly perking up!

"Congratulations to the host for awakening the Choice System."

Sure enough, that "ding" was no hallucination!

Li Xuan sprang up like a coiled spring, his eyes gleaming as he scanned his surroundings, shouting excitedly: "System? Is it really a system!? Quick! Come out and let me see you! Finally, I've seen a living soul!"

The system ignored Li Xuan.

Instead, a projection appeared before him.

On this screen was a person—himself—standing there and slowly spinning in circles.

Beside him were various pieces of data.

"Called the Choice System?"

Li Xuan muttered to himself and looked carefully at the projected screen.

Name: Li Xuan.

Identity: Primordial Chaos Being.

Cultivation: Level 1 Earth Immortal.

Magic Treasures: None.

Cultivation Method: None.

Strength Rating: Trash.

"Tr-trash?"

Li Xuan stared at the description, stunned, and pointed at the page, shouting: "I'm at least a Level 1 Earth Immortal, right? How am I trash?"

"Choice System initiating."

Another soft sound echoed in Li Xuan's ears, and immediately, four choices appeared beside the figure on the page.

Choice 1: Head into the depths of the Primordial Chaos, kill the Three Thousand Demon Gods, and absorb their power. Upon completion, receive three Primordial Supreme Treasures (Primordial Axe) (Primordial Pearl) (Earth-Splitting Chisel).

Choice 2: Head into the depths of the Primordial Chaos, kill one Demon God, and absorb its power. Upon completion, receive a Primordial body-refining technique (Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Art).

Choice 3: Head into the depths of the Primordial Chaos and watch the battle of the Three Thousand Demon Gods. Upon completion, receive one random Innate Spiritual Root and one random Innate Supreme Treasure.

Option Four: Cultivate in place for a hundred years, absorb the Primordial Power, and upon completion of the mission, receive one random Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Li Xuan looked at these four options, reached up to rub his chin, and muttered, "This... I reckon I can't manage killing the Three Thousand Demon Gods, and killing even one seems impossible... but watching, that should be fine, right? I really can't stand cultivating in place; I don't want to stay here for even another moment..."

Thinking of this, Li Xuan nodded.

He then reached out and selected the third option: Watch the Great War of the Three Thousand Demon Gods!

Following his tap...

His entire body was instantly launched like a bolt of lightning, heading straight into the depths of the Primordial chaos, leaving behind only a scream: "Ahhh! Too fast!!"

The Primordial Qi parted like crashing waves.

After his exclamation, Li Xuan gradually adapted to this boundless speed.

Then, in less than ten seconds, everything before his eyes suddenly changed!

The endless Primordial Qi had completely dissipated!

Without the obstruction of the Primordial Qi, the view ahead was boundlessly vast!

Yet, within this vast field of vision, a battle that left Li Xuan shocked, even terrified, was unfolding!

This was the struggle of the Three Thousand Demon Gods!

This was the First Tribulation of Opening Heaven!

The Three Thousand Demon Gods were each millions, even tens of millions of feet tall.

They all possessed hideous and terrifying appearances, and every gesture they made carried boundless, mighty power! They were making the very chaos tremble incessantly!

Even from hundreds of millions of miles away, Li Xuan felt goosebumps rising all over his body!

Compared to these great Demon Gods, he was truly no more than a speck of dust!

No wonder his own strength rating was "trash"...

"Is this the Great War of the Three Thousand Primordial Demon Gods... Is this the scene before the heavens and earth were opened!?"

Li Xuan clenched his fists, watching with intense excitement, the corners of his mouth twitching slightly.

And among this group of warring Demon Gods, the one that caught Li Xuan's attention the most.

Was the tallest, most heroic, and most handsome Demon God!

Because this Demon God looked just like him! He was in human form.

His muscles were well-proportioned, and his aura was boundlessly domineering!

Name: Pangu

Identity: Primordial Being.

Cultivation: Proving the Dao by force, being of the Primordial Great Dao.

Magic Treasures: Primordial Axe, Earth-Splitting Chisel, Primordial Pearl...

Cultivation Method: Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Art

Strength Rating: Invincible.

"He, he is Pangu..."

Looking at that giant who propped up the heavens and earth, Li Xuan swallowed hard.

"Since you dare to stop Me, then I shall slaughter you all!"

Pangu held the axe in one hand and the massive black chisel in the other, while the Primordial Pearl atop his head shimmered with mysterious yellow light.

His deep, muffled voice resounded through the Primordial space, and the sheer intensity of his killing intent made Li Xuan tremble, even from hundreds of millions of miles away!

As it turned out, these Three Thousand Demon Gods were not engaged in a chaotic free-for-all!

Two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine of them had joined forces to attack Pangu together!

"Roar!!"

The two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Demon Gods roared in unison! Then, they lunged forward to kill!

Boom, boom, boom!!

The great war erupted instantly!

Thunder! Fire! The void shattered!

Blood! Severed limbs! Flesh and gore flew everywhere!

Under Li Xuan's trembling gaze, Pangu took on two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine opponents!

One by one, the Demon Gods fell at Pangu's feet!

The Primordial Axe grew sharper, and the Earth-Splitting Chisel was stained with the blood of the Demon Gods!

Finally, when the very last Demon God died at Pangu's hands, Pangu stood, drenched in blood, atop a mountain of corpses formed by the two thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine Demon Gods.

His terrifying aura was beyond description!

Li Xuan's limbs stiffened, and a shivering numbness traveled from his tailbone all the way to his crown, raising goosebumps across his entire body!

But at that moment, Pangu suddenly turned his head and looked toward Li Xuan's position.

He said slowly, "Three Thousand Demon Gods, one is still missing; so, it was hiding here."

With that, he swung his axe toward Li Xuan!