Hong Jun and Luo Hou Seek an Audience, to Join Forces Against Beast Emperor Shen Ni?

"Logically, with such heaven-defying foundations and three top-tier treasures for protection, as long as he wasn't a fool, his strength after taking humanoid form would definitely have ranked among the very best in the Primordial Wilderness."

"Yet the First Lord of Ziwei Star had still been unable to escape the schemes of those with ulterior motives and died in the Ferocious Beast Calamity."

"Looks like quite a few people want me dead."

"If I want to safely survive this deadly tribulation, I'll have to learn from Hong Jun in this life and follow the Hiding Path."

As he muttered inwardly, Di Tian's gaze upon the Black Lotus of Extinction, Mountains and Rivers State Diagram, and Hongmeng Measuring Ruler gradually sharpened.

In the original course of events, these treasures had all benefited others for nothing.

Among them, the Innate Merit Treasure, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, had been formed because he was Pan Gu Heavenly Spirit and inherently possessed twenty percent of the Merit of Opening the Heavens. This portion of the Merit of Opening the Heavens had fused with Hongmeng Qi, thus becoming the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

The same principle applied to the Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Exquisite Pagoda, which had formed from twenty percent of the Merit of Opening the Heavens combined with Innate Xuanhuang Qi.

Yet among the three, this was still an absolutely first-rate treasure.

For some unknown reason, it had ultimately fallen into Ran Deng's hands.

Judging by the current timeline,

let alone making a name for himself during the Ferocious Beast Calamity and joining the division of spoils after the victory,

it was uncertain whether Ran Deng had even taken humanoid form yet.

Yet this Hongmeng Measuring Ruler had somehow ended up in his hands.

Could it be that Ran Deng's place of incubation had been where the First Lord of Ziwei Star fell, causing the treasure to conveniently land right on his head?

"No matter how Ran Deng obtained the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler, I'll have to be especially wary of that Three-Surname Slave in the future."

"I only have one life. If necessary, I must nip every danger in the bud!"

A cold glint flickered through his eyes several times as Di Tian continued recalling the whereabouts of the other treasures in the original course of events.

The Mountains and Rivers State Diagram corresponded to the Emperor's Path and the Time and Space Laws he controlled, and it contained a miniature Primordial World!

In the end, it fell into Hong Jun's hands.

Then, when he distributed treasures in the future, he gifted it to Nuwa.

That was within expectations.

As one of the main forces in the Ferocious Beast Calamity, the victor of the Dao-Devil Conflict, and the Heavenly Dao's lapdog,

Di Tian would never believe, even if beaten to death, that Hong Jun had not participated in the plan to kill him.

And it was not just him. Qian Kun, Shi Chen, Yin Yang... the others who, like him, were Chaos Demon God Reincarnations, had all been schemed against by Hong Jun until their souls scattered and their Dao vanished.

Otherwise, where had the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, Taiji Diagram, and the other Innate Treasures Hong Jun later produced come from? They could not have flown into his hands on their own, could they?

Forget Di Tian—even across the entire Primordial World, everyone would rather believe Pan Gu had come back to life than accept such a clumsy and ridiculous explanation.

As for the Black Lotus of Extinction, there was little need to say more. It corresponded to the Destruction Dao he wielded as an emperor.

It later fell into the hands of Devil Ancestor Luo Hou and became one of his signature treasures.

That could be considered its proper destination.

Among all the Demon God Reincarnations, Luo Hou possessed the strongest cultivation and combat power. If he had not participated in the plan to kill him,

then Hong Jun and the others, restricted by Heaven and Earth and unable to break through to the Mixed Origin Golden Immortal Realm, could never have kept the Ziwei Star God if he truly wished to leave.

As Di Tian calculated inwardly, a trace of apprehension flashed deep within his eyes.

"For now, I can be certain that both Hong Jun and Luo Hou participated in the plan to kill me."

"Before I have fully grown my wings, I'd best avoid dealing with those two unless necessary."

The All Heavens Stars Fruit Tree corresponded to the Star Dao under his command.

Since it stood atop the Ziwei Emperor Star, it safely escaped both the Ferocious Beast Calamity and the Three Races Calamity.

It was not taken away by Di Jun until the Witch and Demon Calamity, when it was used to complete the All Heavens Stars Formation within the He Tu Luo Shu.

Its three hundred and sixty-five fruits were also refined into the core formation banners, allowing the All Heavens Stars Formation to unleash power comparable to the Twelve Heavens Godly Devils Formation.

When activated at full strength, it could even kill Saints.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao and Hong Jun would never permit something so formidable and beyond their control to exist.

As for the All Heavens Stars Formation later set up by Haotian in the Heavenly Court, it was merely a castrated version.

Forget obliterating Saints—it could not even handle Quasi-Saints. It could only threaten Great Luo Golden Immortals and cultivators below them.

"Fortunately, everything has only just begun. With so many treasures corresponding to my own Laws, my comprehension of the Laws will surely advance by leaps and bounds!"

He began with an Innate Merit Treasure as a companion treasure, two Peak Top Grade Acquired Spiritual Treasures just one restriction away from becoming Innate Treasures, and one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots!

With such foundations, no one in the entire Primordial Wilderness could compare. No matter what, I have to keep a low profile this time!!

The years drifted by, while Heaven and Earth remained vast and indistinct.

A full Yuanhui had passed since Di Tian had completely let go of the past.

On this day, Emperor's Purple Qi erupted from the Ziwei Emperor Star, and majestic heavenly might swept across the entire Extraterritorial Starry Sky in an instant.

It caused hundreds of millions of stars to bow in worship as boundless starlight power flooded back madly. Time-Space storms swept through the void, while an aura of destruction pressed down upon all living beings!

At the very instant the entire universe trembled from the leaking aura,

a declaration, infinitely majestic like a supreme ruler and terrifying like a demon king who destroyed Heaven and Earth, resounded through the past, present, and future in an instant!

"I am Great Ziwei Emperor, Three Powers Supreme of the All Heavens Stars, Di Tian by name! I am transformed from a Nine-Clawed Purple-Gold Emperor Dragon, the Lord of the Celestial Stars, the Master of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the King of All Spirits of Heaven and Earth, and the sole legitimate ruler destined to govern the Primordial Wilderness!!"

As the declaration fell, countless Dao Rhyme Golden Lotuses emerged from the void, purple qi stretching billions upon billions of miles arrived from the east, and Mysterious Dharma Sound enveloped all heavens.

Under the blessings of these myriad phenomena, the incubation of the Celestial Star Gods was instantly shortened by more than several Eons.

At the same time, atop the Ziwei Emperor Star,

surrounded by Emperor Law, Time-Space Law, Destruction Law, and Star Law,

Di Tian's Purple-Gold Emperor Dragon body gradually transformed into a young man with purple-gold star rivers in his eyes, waist-length purple hair, a face both resolute and gentle, sharply defined features, and a powerful physique.

"Come."

With a single word, as though Words Manifesting Law, boundless purple qi and Dao Rhyme Golden Lotuses gathered around the young man.

In an instant, they became a Purple-Gold Emperor Robe embroidered with a hundred Nine-Clawed Golden Dragons, a pair of dark-gold Coiled Dragon Boots, and an Emperor Hairpin Crown symbolizing imperial authority, as though the Zhou Tian Stars had been imprinted upon it.

This made the emperor's heavenly might radiating from his every movement grow increasingly intense.

Even a fleeting glimpse of him was enough to inspire awe and the urge to kneel in worship.

And this was only because Di Tian was deliberately restraining himself. If he released all his might, those below the Great Luo Realm would not even be qualified to stand before him.

Cultivators above the Great Luo Realm would not only feel fear and panic rise uncontrollably within their hearts, but even their combat power would be somewhat affected.

This showed why, in the original course of events, Hong Jun and the others had been determined to scheme against and kill the First Lord of Ziwei Star.

After all, if he were allowed to truly grow, the entire Primordial World would fall under his rule.

At that time, whether it was Hong Jun and the others, the lofty Heavenly Dao, or the six people including Taishang who were destined to become Saints in later generations, none of them would ever have a chance to rise!!

Just as Di Tian took humanoid form,

Hong Jun and Luo Hou happened to arrive outside the Ziwei Emperor Star and sensed the majestic heavenly might radiating from Di Tian.

"Can this person truly be relied upon?"

"Both his declaration just now and the might he possesses show that he is extremely ambitious."

"Don't let it be that Beast Emperor Shen Ni hasn't even been eliminated yet, and we have already gained another supreme overlord seeking to control Heaven and Earth."

Luo Hou gazed solemnly at the Ziwei Emperor Star. For some reason, a faint unease rose within his heart.

He felt as though disaster would befall him if he made contact with Di Tian. Though the Ziwei Emperor Star was right before his eyes, he instinctively felt resistance toward it.

He no longer wished to follow Hong Jun even one step into the boundaries of the Ziwei Emperor Star.

"Luo Hou, don't scare yourself."

"This person's foundations are indeed formidable, but we are Chaos Demon God Reincarnations. Whether in cultivation experience or personal strength, he cannot compare with us."

Even as Hong Jun reassured Luo Hou inwardly, he harbored other plans.

Di Tian was the true ruler ordained by Heaven and Earth. The legitimacy of his position was nearly comparable to that of a direct son of the Primordial World.

So long as he lived, neither Demon God Reincarnations like themselves nor the Heavenly Dao, which had developed selfish desires, could ever control even a fraction of the Primordial Wilderness.

To obtain the Primordial Wilderness and enter the Great Dao Realm he had long dreamed of, this man had to die!

Under Hong Jun's reassurance, Luo Hou gradually suppressed the unease in his heart.

Outside the Ziwei Emperor Star, he slightly bowed and extended an invitation to Di Tian.

"Beast Emperor Shen Ni leads the Ferocious Beasts in wantonly slaughtering Myriad Spirits and cruelly killing all living beings. He has already threatened the harmony of Heaven and Earth."

"To restore peace to Heaven and Earth and return the Primordial Wilderness to tranquility!"

"We have come specifically to seek an audience."

"We hope Fellow Daoist Di Tian will emerge from seclusion and join us in attacking Shen Ni, so that the Ten Thousand Races of Heaven and Earth may continue to thrive and the Primordial Wilderness may flourish once more!"