Primordial Wilderness: I Keep Offering Poisonous Schemes! Houtu Urges Me to Stay Calm — Section 7

Meanwhile, in the outside world, the entire Primordial Wilderness was still focused on the establishment of the Demon Heavenly Court.

As one clan after another proclaimed themselves part of the demon race and joined the Demon Heavenly Court, the Heavenly Court's momentum blazed like oil poured onto a raging fire.

Even the former Three Races, hidden within the Dragon Palaces of the Four Seas, the southern volcanoes, and secluded secret realms, cast complicated gazes toward it.

They watched the Heavenly Court reflected across all heaven and earth.

Di Jun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, who had established the Heavenly Court, received an unending stream of descending Merit, their cultivation soaring.

Before they could even wait for Dao Ancestor Hongjun's promised Second Sermon on the Quasi-Saint Path, they had already begun involuntarily climbing toward the Quasi-Saint realm.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi were overjoyed.

"Good, good, good!"

"Heaven's mandate is with us!"

Di Jun cried out passionately.

He had already sensed that establishing the Demon Heavenly Court would surely bring immense benefits, but he had never imagined the benefits would be this great.

The Heavenly Dao endorsed them, and Merit descended.

Though a great deal had been distributed among the Demon Heavenly Court's experts, the largest share still went to the two of them.

"Perhaps we can become Quasi-Saints this time!"

"Once we attain Quasi-Sainthood, we will surely strengthen the Demon Heavenly Court even further. Then, even those arrogant Wu Clan members will have to submit beneath the feet of our demon race!"

Di Jun was rather pleased with himself as he rapidly refined the various Merits.

Even as he refined them, he could not help glancing toward Buzhou Mountain. He could hardly wait to see his old rival stamping his feet in fury.

At the same time, he remained vigilant, lest the other side come out and smash up the occasion.

The demon race might currently look as splendid as blooming flowers, but its foundations still could not compare to those of the Wu Clan.

But once he had established the Heavenly Court and later went out to recruit a few Great Divine Ability Users, the situation would become completely different.

Di Jun made his calculations.

His gaze passed through the Heaven Realm and fell upon the Wu Clan below. Seeing that they made no move, he had not yet had time to wonder—

when suddenly, above their firmament, the unseen will of the Heavenly Dao that had been bestowing Heavenly Dao Merit upon them trembled.

An immense feeling of great joy and exhilaration abruptly surged into the hearts of the entire Primordial Wilderness.

At that moment, countless Great Divine Ability Users of the Primordial Wilderness were shaken once more.

They could not help voicing their doubts.

"How is this possible? The Heavenly Dao is rejoicing again. Could the Demon Heavenly Court's establishment truly be so crucial?" Zhen Yuanzi exchanged glances with his friend Hong Yun, both somewhat astonished.

"The demon race? Could it be that Heaven's mandate favors the rise of demons?" Within a secret realm atop Buzhou Mountain, Fuxi calculated the heavenly secrets, yet could not see through the crux of the matter.

"A bunch of wet-born, egg-hatched creatures actually possess such an opportunity!" Within Three Pure Ones Hall in Kunlun, Yuanshi frowned.

"What a pity that the demon race got there first!" Within the Sea of Blood, an enormous blood shadow rose up, gazing at the firmament with envy.

"Di Jun came to recruit me before—why didn't I agree? What a terrible loss!"

"I thought their foundations were far inferior to the Wu Clan's, that they were a sinking wreck of a ship. But now... ah!!!"

Above the North Sea, Kunpeng anxiously slapped his thigh.

Di Jun and the others, who had initially been puzzled, were even more ecstatic.

It was no wonder the expressions of so many Great Divine Ability Users changed drastically. The Heavenly Dao bestowing joy a second time was simply far too extraordinary.

How could one deed receive two rewards!

The Heavenly Dao was even more concerned with rules, following the unseen laws.

Yet now it had stirred twice in succession. Unless something had gone wrong with the Heavenly Dao, it meant that the Demon Heavenly Court had truly drawn its exceptional attention.

And beneath the concerned gazes of countless Great Divine Ability Users—

Rumble—

It was as though an incomparably distant voice of the Dao echoed through the unseen.

A piercing majesty was mixed within it.

It was as if a silent transformation were sweeping through the entire Primordial Wilderness—the Great Dao shifting, the world changing.

Many powerful beings tried to pry into the meaning within that voice of the Dao, but they could only faintly make out a few indistinct words.

"Immortal Dao... tribulation... calamity... lightning..."

Then, before they could uncover anything more, a vast mist of the Heavenly Dao muddled everything within it. The heavenly secrets were thrown into chaos and obscured.

It reached straight into the deepest depths of the world.

Even experts like them found it impossible to pry even the slightest glimpse further.

And it was not just them.

Within the Zixiao Palace in the chaos, even the figure whose form flickered in and out of sight as he integrated with the Dao suddenly awakened at that very moment.

He sensed the drastic changes in the Heavenly Dao.

With a pinch of his fingers, he calculated.

His expression changed dramatically.

"How could the Heavenly Tribulation Dao emerge at a time like this?!"

Yet when he tried to peer further, he was blocked and shrouded by dense mists of the Heavenly Dao.

Even he, in the midst of integrating with the Dao, had his sight obscured.

Unless he completely succeeded in integrating with the Dao, he would be unable to glimpse the mysteries within.

The variables brought by the Heavenly Tribulation Dao were far too great, already disrupting Hongjun's original plans.

Most crucially, it would undoubtedly greatly hinder the spread and advancement of the Immortal Dao.

Though this benefited the world, it did not benefit Hongjun. After all, it was Hongjun who had unified and established the Immortal Dao, becoming the Dao Ancestor of the Immortal Dao; only by using the Immortal Dao to supplement the Heavenly Dao had he gained the opportunity to integrate with the Dao.

If Hongjun had already integrated with the Dao, naturally he would not care. But he had not yet fully integrated with the Dao!

The obstruction of the Immortal Dao would inevitably slow the pace of his integration with the Dao.

One step slow meant every step slow; it might even give rise to enormous variables.

However, before Hongjun could consider how to resolve this, a further crisis occurred.

A message came from the unseen Heavenly Dao.

It caused Hongjun to abruptly rise to his feet.

"Not good!"

But soon, he sat back down again.

"It's too late!"

Hongjun's expression was unsightly.

At the same time, out in the Primordial Wilderness, beneath the gaze of countless Great Divine Ability Users—and indeed, the entire Primordial Wilderness—

The unseen Heavenly Dao descended. Azure and violet qi, mixed with a small amount of Merit, thunderously transformed into six enormous objects that seemed at once like Dao Fruits and like authorities, descending toward the Heavenly Court.

The six Dao Fruit authorities radiated majesty, carrying vast heavenly might.

With merely a glance, even Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals could not help but break out in goosebumps.

And in the instant those goosebumps rose, the countless mists of the Heavenly Dao all scattered away in a flash.

All manner of hidden information was laid bare before the world at that moment.

"The Heavenly Tribulation Great Dao!"

"From this day forth, Heavenly Tribulations shall exist in the Primordial Wilderness. All who seek to become immortals must undergo the Three Disasters and Nine Calamities."

"The Three Disasters are Wind Calamity, Fire Calamity, and Water Calamity. The Nine Calamities are the need for food, the need for water, the need for clothes, and being unable to attain transcendence, like an ordinary mortal—every kind of restraint, returning to mortality to walk the world. This is the Five Decays of Heaven and Man!"

"Only by passing them may one become an immortal, only then may one advance upon the Immortal Dao!"

"Even after becoming an immortal, every realm brings a tribulation: heavenly lightning descends, water and fire assail, wind and thunder roar!"

"Only by cultivating to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm can one escape the effects of Heavenly Tribulations."

"And these six Dao Fruits are transformed from the authorities of those calamities and tribulations. After refining them, even one without cultivation can soar in a single leap to the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. If all six are merged into one, it becomes a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Dao Fruit, allowing one to leap directly into the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm!"

As the various messages were interpreted, the entire Primordial Wilderness fell silent in an instant.

The expressions of Di Jun and the others, who had been jubilant moments ago, suddenly froze.