The Primordial Beginning, the Cause of All Effects
After the great war, the Witch and Monster Two Clans began to heal their wounds and rebuild their strength, and for a time, the Primordial Wilderness became quiet.
However, this tranquility is relative; there are no large-scale wars, but the struggles between cultivators continue.
At the very edge of the Primordial World, above the boundless Blood Sea!
Yuanshi sat upright on the Blood Sea, as boundless Blood Sha energy flowed into his body, and some fragmented souls were also absorbed into it.
Within the body, a world is being conceived and formed, and some souls, transformed by this world, are beginning to be reborn.
However, upon closer inspection, this world was actually filled with demonic energy. The powerful Blood Sha energy was transformed into pure demonic energy after it entered the world.
Those fragmented souls, after being conceived, are born as pure demons.
Meanwhile, the Yuanshi in the outside world is also undergoing tremendous changes, transforming from being dressed in white to having black clothes and black hair.
In fact, changes in appearance are nothing to people in the Primordial Wilderness; if they really wanted to change, no one could do it.
However, this change in the Yuanshi was a change formed naturally by heaven and earth, and was achieved through the changes of the Dao.
Just like the changes that Donghua made after creating the Innate Eight Trigrams, these are forms bestowed by Heaven and Earth and the Great Dao, and cannot be changed by human effort.
This is also a characteristic of Innate Deities; the Dao is in harmony with Heaven and Earth, and one is itself a form of the Great Dao. Heaven and Earth are natural, and humanity follows the laws of nature.
The changes in the Yuanshi finally stopped at a certain moment. It ceased absorbing the Blood Sha energy and the remnants of the soul, and its appearance was completely fixed.
He opened his eyes, and a demonic aura pierced through the Blood Sea, stirring up boundless waves.
"Cut!"
A voice, seemingly from the ancient past, resounded above the Blood Sea. The Great Dao was bestowed upon him, laws flowed, and the Dao's essence permeated the Blood Sea.
Boundless demonic energy and malevolent thoughts surged from his body, then flowed into a spiritual treasure, and finally transformed into the Yuanshi Evil Corpse.
The Evil Corpse was dressed in black with black hair, surrounded by demonic energy, and its chilling Blood Sha filled the Blood Sea, as if it were the master of this sea of the Blood Sea.
At this moment, Yuanshi returned to his previous appearance, smiled slightly, stroked his beard, and sighed, "The Dao Fruit has its merits. It is truly wonderful to use it to slay Evil Corpse, achieving twice the result with half the effort!"
"From this day forward, you shall be the Primordial Sky Demon, and enjoy the destiny of the Devil Dao path!"
The Primordial Sky Demon nodded simply, then transformed into a stream of light and disappeared into the Yuanshi's body.
At this moment, a figure rose from the Blood Sea, dressed in red robes and with black hair. It was none other than the Lord of the Blood Sea, the master of piracy in the Primordial World, Minghe.
"Yuanshi, you are truly rebellious! As the direct disciple of the Dao Ancestor, you actually cultivate the Devil Dao and absorb these fragmented souls. Aren't you afraid of incurring karmic retribution?"
After Minghe appeared, he began to question Yuanshi in a chilling tone.
Upon hearing Yuanshi, Yuanshi laughed heartily, put his hands behind his back, and loudly proclaimed:
"I, Yuanshi, am Innate Deities transformed from the primordial spirit of my Father God Pangu. In this Primordial World, what is there that I cannot cultivate? Mere Devil Dao are nothing to speak of!"
At this point, Yuanshi stopped, stood proudly, snorted coldly, and said disdainfully, "Cause and effect? What is cause and effect?"
"I am the Yuanshi, the cause of all results; how dare all causes and effects bestow blessings upon me!"
Upon hearing Minghe, Styx was deeply moved. Although he knew that Yuanshi was always arrogant and conceited, he never expected that he had become so arrogant that he did not care about cause and effect.
Know that those Attain Sainthood will inevitably suffer karmic consequences, so how could Yuanshi be an exception?
Even Saint are subject to karma. However, since Saint Act as Heaven's Emissary, karma does not affect them personally. Instead, it is attached to the Primordial World and all living beings. In other words, the karma of one person is borne by Heaven, Earth, and everyone else.
That's what makes Saint so terrifying!
If Hongjun was already Saint before he shattered the Western Region Earth Vein, he wouldn't have been burdened with karmic consequences; instead, all living beings would have to bear those consequences for him.
"Yuanshi, aren't you afraid of biting off more than you can chew? How dare you be so arrogant!" Minghe mocked after hearing this.
Yuanshi snorted coldly, his gaze fixed on the Minghe, and said softly, "If you're not convinced, you can try again. Let's see if I can kill you."
Minghe laughed heartily and said nonchalantly, "Yuanshi, you rely on the power of your Innate Supreme Treasure, so I may not be able to defeat you, but can you kill me?"
"I am the Blood Sea Minghe, I have three thousand incarnations. As long as the Blood Sea dries up, the Minghe will never die."
"Don't even mention that you, Yuanshi, haven't become Attain Sainthood yet. Even if you Attain Sainthood, you wouldn't dare kill me!"
The confidence that Minghe dared to say this came from the Blood Sea, Blood Sea was the largest garbage dump in the primordial Primordial Wilderness. All the negative energy of heaven and earth gathered here, was transformed by the Blood Sea, and then returned to heaven and earth. It can be said that as long as the Primordial World existed, it could not exist without the Blood Sea.
As far as the universe is concerned, it can do without you, Yuanshi, but it truly cannot do without the Blood Sea, unless something can be found to replace the Blood Sea's function.
Yuanshi narrowed his eyes, and a massive aura locked onto the Minghe. But as soon as it was locked on, the Minghe's aura vanished.
It can't be said that it disappeared, but rather that it was omnipresent; the entire Blood Sea was filled with the aura of the Minghe.
Even though Yuanshi is now Late Stage Quasi-Saint who has severed two corpses, he still cannot find out where the true body is. If he could, Yuanshi really wanted to evaporate this Blood Sea and then kill Minghe.
But clearly he couldn't, and in the end he could only helplessly say, "Minghe, if you want to fight, then fight. Why waste words? If we don't fight, I will return to Kunlun!"
Minghe reappeared, snorted coldly, and stubbornly said, "It's not like we haven't fought before. I, your ancestor, can't beat you, so what's the point of fighting? But you, Yuanshi, owe me this debt, and you must repay that debt!"
When Yuanshi came to the Blood Sea to cultivate, the two fought. Minghe was defeated by Pangu Banner and could only survive with the help of three thousand Blood God Sons.
Yuanshi smiled indifferently after hearing this. He was not afraid of this cause and effect at all. The cause of the various effects he mentioned earlier was not just empty talk.
Since he came to understand the Great Dao within himself, he has been able to transform all causes and effects, allowing them to return to the world.
However, as someone who also listened to the Dao at the Purple Sky Palace, he couldn't really push things too far. With a flick of his sleeve, he turned to the side and asked:
What do you want?
Minghe, standing atop Karma Red Lotus and carrying two swords on his back, approached Yuanshi and said in a deep voice, "I cultivate the Slaughter Great Dao; all things under heaven and all living beings in the world can be killed."
At this point, Minghe sighed and said helplessly, "In this way, it goes very smoothly when slaying Evil Corpse, but we find nothing good corpses. I have searched for a long time in the River of Destiny, but I have not found any good ones. What can I do?"
After listening, Yuanshi pondered for Yuanshi moment, then slowly said, "Good and evil have no inherent form, so how can they be distinguished by the Great Dao? The end of good is evil, and the end of evil is good!"
"How can you, Minghe, know that the evil you see is also good?"