Those Earth Vein Incarnations had begun guarding the Primordial World's earth veins almost from the moment the Primordial World was born. They had long since become linked to the vital currents of all its earth veins.
Under normal circumstances, forcibly stripping them away would inevitably throw the Primordial World's earth veins into turmoil and scatter its spiritual energy.
But at this moment, two Primordial Chaos Limitless Grand Luo Golden Immortals were working together.
With the support of Great God Pangu's Creation God laws and Dao Venerate Styx's peerless control, this unprecedented "return of authority" proceeded with astonishing smoothness.
Whenever a blood-red rainbow entered Styx's body, the corresponding Earth Vein Node would be filled by the creation essence of Pangu's Great Dao.
The primordial Dao laws contained within that essence, born at the time of World Creation, were even more profound than the marks left behind by Styx's Earth Vein Incarnations, and even closer to the Primordial World Origin.
Under such circumstances, Styx naturally had no reason to make any underhanded moves. Not only would that bring him no benefit whatsoever, it would also damage the relationship between the two.
Thus, the transfer of authority went exceptionally smoothly. Even the Heaven and Earth Samsara Mountain Protection Array itself was steadily taken over in its entirety by Great God Pangu.
After a few minute adjustments to make it better suited to Great God Pangu himself, it continued operating steadily.
"Boom—"
When the final blood-red rainbow entered the vortex, dazzling Great Dao divine light erupted around Styx's entire body!
That light was no longer purely blood-red. It evolved into countless phenomena: the weightiness of Zhou Mountain's earth veins, the paths traced by revolving stars, the rhythms of life and death in samsara, the vibrant vitality of all living beings evolving...
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