Taiqing Attains Sainthood, It Was All Hongjun's Scheme

A frantic voice resounded across the Primordial World.

"What's happening?"

"Did something go wrong?"

At the very spot where Taiqing had been slain, thunder suddenly roared, and strands of Chaotic aura erupted forth.

"Chu Yan, you think too naively. Trying to kill me—you're still too green—."

"Damn it, you're not dead yet."

Chu Yan's face shifted drastically as he saw a Primordial Spirit charge straight out.

A presence both unfamiliar and familiar instantly made Chu Yan sense extreme danger.

Rumble...

A thunderclap out of nowhere sent Chu Yan flying back with a mouthful of blood, crashing heavily into the Primordial World's earth.

"Damn it. Calculated everything, but still missed one thread."

Chu Yan roared in unwilling fury.

"The Three Pure Ones are incarnations of Pangu's Primordial Spirit. Pangu is indestructible, so the Primordial Spirit cannot die. Damn it, damn it, damn it—!"

Taiqing revived once more, grabbing with one hand as the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Taiji Diagram, shot straight over.

"Chu Yan, you killed me once, so I'll kill you once. That's not too much, is it?"

He then reached directly toward Chu Yan.

Countless Great Powers changed expression.

"What's going on? Why does Taiqing feel different from before?"

"I sense it too. That's not Taiqing's aura—it's Pangu's aura."

Taiqing sneered coldly, stepping through the void step by step.

His entire body brimmed with a violent, brutal aura, and even the Pangu True Body collapsed instantly.

"Chu Yan, just die in peace."

As the words fell, the Taiji Diagram descended.

But suddenly, a gentle force surged in.

"Taiqing, stop."

Hongjun appeared, projecting his avatar directly into the Primordial World.

Terrifying Heavenly Might erupted instantly.

"Teacher, Chu Yan dared to kill me—this is a supreme disgrace. Today, Chu Yan must—pfft—"

Before Taiqing could finish, Hongjun forcibly slammed him to the ground with a single palm.

"Silence. You are This Seat's disciple, yet you dare disobey This Seat's words? Utterly rebellious."

Without giving Taiqing a chance to speak, he seized the initiative and condemned him first.

Strands of terrifying Heavenly Dao force turned into chains, firmly binding Taiqing. Only then did he turn to look at Chu Yan.

"Chu Yan, that's enough. Taiqing has already been killed by you once. You should know when to stop."

Hongjun's Dharma Body descended, stirring countless Heavenly Dao patterns.

This was the perfect moment to strike—Humanity Dao's fortune had hit rock bottom, making it the ideal time to suppress the Human Race.

"This Seat decreed that no conflict shall arise for ten thousand years. Yet you Humans dared to disobey This Seat's words. You deserve punishment."

With a single grab, endless thunder condensed into a seal, shooting straight at Chu Yan.

"Today, This Seat seals you for ten thousand years. If you act within that time, you will surely die."

In an instant, Chu Yan felt as if something had locked down his entire body.

"Hongjun, you go too far. Break for me—!"

Pfft—

But Chu Yan only spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Damn it. Hongjun found an excuse. No, I have to argue back, or the Human Race is doomed."

Suddenly, he turned to the Twelve Ancestor Witches and roared:

"Lend me Pangu's Essence Blood."

"Alright."

The Twelve Ancestor Witches didn't hesitate at all.

But Hongjun's face changed drastically.

"Chu Yan, you dare—!"

"Hahaha, why wouldn't I dare? Break for me—!"

Crackle...

In an instant, the Heavenly Dao Chains snapped apart.

Chu Yan charged out once more:

"Hongjun, you want to suppress me? You're still far from it."

"Hmph, Chu Yan, just you wait for This Seat. Unless you keep the Ancestor Witch Essence Blood on you forever."

"Oh? Do you really think I have no way to break it?"

Chu Yan's golden light blazed as he spat out a mouthful of blood, mixing it with the Witch Race Essence Blood.

"All of the Human Race, hear me: from this moment on, the Human Race and the Witch Race share life and death, bloodlines intertwined, fortune and misfortune bound together—let the Blood Oath bear witness—."

Instantly, Hongjun's face changed drastically:

"Chu Yan, you bastard, shut your mouth."

Hongjun was panicking. Once the Human Race and Witch Race were blood-bound, all his schemes would have to start over from scratch.

"Father God above, the Witch Race hereby swears: from this moment on, the Witch Race and the Human Race are blood-bound, sharing honor and disgrace."

How could the Twelve Ancestor Witches refuse to show face? And even if they were slow-witted, they could see the benefits of tying themselves to the Human Race.

Rumble...

Above the sky, thunderclouds rolled, and the Eye of Heavenly Punishment appeared once more.

The Primordial World trembled violently in that instant.

On Buzhou Mountain, a terrifying pressure surged over instantly.

Hongjun's face turned ashen.

"Pangu, you and I had an agreement long ago—each by our own means. If you awaken now, you break the pact yourself. Even if This Seat slaughters the Witch Race, I will bear no Karma. Are you certain you want to awaken?"

Hmph—.

Suddenly, a muffled grunt, and Hongjun spat blood.

In the clash between them, Pangu's aura came and went swiftly.

Hongjun cursed furiously. Pangu's Will had not awakened after all, but it had acknowledged the oath between the Human Race and the Witch Race.

In other words, with the Human Race and Witch Race blood-bound, Hongjun could not stop it.

Even if they intermarried, Hongjun could only watch.

Still, at least the Heavenly Dao had not issued a warning about altering the General Trend, or another great battle would have been unavoidable.

But this couldn't just end like this.

"Pangu, you've ruined one of my moves, so I'll take one back. If you refuse, then This Seat will slaughter the Witch Race."

Then, with a wave of his hand, the entire sky cleared again.

Hongjun's Dharma Body radiated golden light.

With a single grab, Heavenly Dao Merit appeared and shot straight toward Taiqing.

In an instant, the Taiqing Golden Body rose from the ground.

"Taiqing, the Opportunity to Become Saint has arrived. If you do not become a Saint now, when will you?"

Taiqing suddenly understood—all of this had been a scheme.

"I, Taiqing, hereby establish the Human Religion today, with the Dao name Dao De Tianzun, using the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram to suppress fortune. The Human Religion—established—."

Rumble...

Instantly, endless golden light descended, lotuses bloomed, and dragons and phoenixes sang in harmony.

This enraged Chu Yan to no end.

"Hongjun, how dare you—!"

"Hmph, Chu Yan, why wouldn't I dare? You killed Taiqing once—this is what you owe him."

Crack—.

In that split second, a thunderclap struck Chu Yan's mind, and he understood everything.

"Hongjun, you schemed against me."

In that moment, Chu Yan saw it all clearly—everything had been Hongjun's plot.

It was all to make him kill Taiqing once, incurring Karma with Taiqing.

Thus allowing Taiqing to establish the Human Religion.

Chu Yan understood everything now—why Hongjun hadn't intervened when he killed Taiqing.

He had been waiting right here.

And as for the Innate Supreme Treasure Taiji Diagram—did he really think the Witch Race could hold it down?

It must have been Hongjun making a move from the shadows.

He used my hand to kill Taiqing once, so that Hongjun would have leverage to negotiate with Pangu.

At the same time, through Taiqing's hand, he drained the Human Race's Destiny, thereby gaining control to suppress humanity.

Truly a single arrow felling two eagles.

Because of Chu Yan, the Dao Ancestor's disciple could not scheme against the Human Race's Destiny, so Hongjun deliberately set up this trap.

Indeed, every Great Power in the Primordial World has eight million tricks up their sleeve, and Hongjun has tens of millions more.

Every step I took was careful, yet in the end, I was still outmaneuvered.

Chu Yan slapped himself hard, and everything became clear.

Back then, Taiqing came to Buzhou Mountain, claiming he wanted to enlighten the human race. On the surface, it seemed Taiqing was the one provoking them.

But his words were cut off by Chu Yan before he could finish, so it couldn't be counted as Taiqing provoking humanity.

Chu Yan struck and killed Taiqing—that was him picking a fight.

I understand now. I understand it all.

"Hongjun, you're forcing me to go on a killing spree."