Actually, cutting off the Self Corpse wasn't difficult. It mainly depended on a person's experience and state of mind.
For example, the original Hongjun had been born before the Beast Calamity. He had traveled throughout the Primordial World for tens of millions of years and cultivated the Heavenly Dao. Only then had he managed to cut off his Self Corpse.
Shi Chen didn't have that kind of experience or state of mind. If he tried to cut off his corpse recklessly, emmm... it would be no different from courting death.
[Host, just tell me when you're going out.]
"What would I go out for? To get myself killed? The Heavenly Dao won't let a Chaos Demon God like me exist in this world, and even Hongjun might want to kill me."
Shi Chen was helpless. He had no idea what he was supposed to do.
The fact that countless beings in the Primordial World believed Hongjun didn't mean that he, Shi Chen, did.
If Hongjun really was a great philanthropist, a Dao Ancestor, how could he have survived until now?
Just look at the few Chaos Demon Gods who appeared when Pangu and Shi Chen were crossing swords. Hongjun's Four-Nine Heavenly Dao cultivation wasn't particularly powerful.
That Ancestral Dragon, Yang Mei, Yin Yang, Qiankun, and Shi Chen himself—which of them didn't cultivate a Dao stronger than Hongjun's?
Yet Hongjun had survived until now. Could he really claim he hadn't schemed against anyone?
Shi Chen thought Hongjun might be a kind person—but only after he became a Sage, or perhaps after he joined with the Dao.
Right now... definitely not!
At most, he just hadn't schemed against Shi Chen.
[No, Host, is Hongjun really that scary?]
The system was quite puzzled. Why did both Shi Chen and Yang Mei seem so afraid of Hongjun? Was he really that scary?
There was nothing special about him. He was just an ordinary Chaos Demon God reincarnated.
(Could the system possibly see the Great Dao? Systems were created by the Great Daos of other worlds.)
"No, no, no, System. You have no idea how frightening Hongjun is. His schemes make him the greatest schemer in the Primordial World. Even Fu Xi and Di Jun, who cultivate the Eight Trigrams and divination, can't compare to him."
Shi Chen repeatedly shook his head, rejecting the system's claim.
Hongjun's schemes were absolutely the strongest in the Primordial World. Why was Shi Chen so sure? Because Hongjun had succeeded.
He had successfully become the Primordial World's representative of the Heavenly Dao.
Wasn't that the best proof?
They were all Chaos Demon Gods rejected by the Heavenly Dao. Why was Hongjun the only one left alive in the original story?
Weren't Luohu and Yang Mei both stronger than Hongjun?
Hongjun had survived until now entirely thanks to his schemes!
[That still doesn't mean you can do nothing.]
"No, I'm already doing something!"
Shi Chen's lips curled slightly as his Spiritual Sense swept across the southern part of the Primordial World and spotted Ancestral Dragon.
Shi Chen had started laying his plans long ago.
He had begun plotting as soon as he cut off his Three Corpses.
After using the Chaos Spirit Treasure, the Shi Chen Bamboo Flute, to travel forward in time a million times, he had seen countless possibilities and finally drawn up a plan!
And Ancestral Dragon was his most important piece!
"System, haven't you noticed? There's something strange about this Ancestral Dragon."
Shi Chen gave a knowing smile.
[What's strange about him?]
The system displayed a big question mark. What was strange about Ancestral Dragon?
"This Ancestral Dragon is a transmigrator!"
Shi Chen let out a cold laugh. He had discovered long ago that Ancestral Dragon was a transmigrator.
After traveling through time again and again, he had seen Ancestral Dragon's actions, the many words that didn't fit this world, and all kinds of modern terms.
And then there were those several Innate Supreme Treasures. All of this proved that Ancestral Dragon was a transmigrator.
Most important of all was the order he had given.
The Dragon Race was staying behind closed doors?
Heh, was that even possible? The Dragon Race, staying behind closed doors?
Everyone in the Primordial World knew what the Dragon Race was like.
Overbearing to the extreme!
And what had Ancestral Dragon been like before?
Just like someone drunk in his previous life.
The whole Primordial World belonged to him, and the Heavenly Dao was beneath his feet.
He had always looked down on everyone.
And now you were saying this guy had suddenly ordered everyone to stay home?
Would you believe it? Would he? Would anyone?
All these actions so unlike the Ancestral Dragon of old confirmed Shi Chen's suspicion.
Ancestral Dragon had to be a transmigrator. If he wasn't, Shi Chen would livestream himself eating shit! Ten pounds of it!
[Ancestral Dragon is a transmigrator?]
The system was surprised. It seemed that the Great Dao behind it wasn't the only one keeping an eye on this world.
Other Great Daos were watching it too.
But that made sense. The resources in the Primordial World were simply absurdly abundant.
Never mind the Chaos, which hadn't even been opened up yet. Even just considering the world as it was now, it was large enough to hold countless living beings. Wasn't that powerful enough?
There were even more Great Luo Golden Immortals than anyone could count, thousands of Quasi-Saints, nine Heavenly Dao Sages, one Heavenly Dao, and Hunyuan Great Luos in the Chaos.
And at the beginning of the world, there had been three thousand Hunyuan Great Luos, not to mention Pangu, who embodied the Three Thousand Great Daos.
All of this proved just how powerful the Primordial World was.
So, all the other Great Daos were eyeing this world covetously.
"Heh, Ancestral Dragon wants to pull me onto his bandwagon, make me serve the Dragon Race, and help him ascend to Sainthood."
Shi Chen sneered. The transmigrator's plan wasn't bad, but he was Shi Chen!
Among the Chaos Demon Gods, he was second only to Pangu, one of the most powerful, with his cultivation of the Great Dao of Time at its peak.
His original body had been merely a minor Chaos Ancestral Dragon, and now it wanted to scheme against him?
Heh, just wait and see.
I! Shi Chen! Have seen through everything!
"Oh?"
Hongjun, seated far away on Jade Capital Mountain, had noticed something interesting.
That was right—it was Shi Chen.
Hongjun had taken an interest in him.
This young fellow was pretty good.
Hongjun had originally thought that, with the Intelligence Reduction Halo from the system, Shi Chen wouldn't discover the other transmigrators and would attribute everything to the butterfly effect.
But Shi Chen had actually figured it out. That was rather impressive.
But it also proved something else: Ancestral Dragon's system was running low on energy. Otherwise, with an Intelligence Reduction Halo in place, how could Shi Chen have seen through it?
"Ah, scheme as much as you like. Once you become False Great Dao Sages, you won't be able to dance around anymore."
Hongjun shook his head slightly. These transmigrators could scheme as much as they liked. He, Hongjun, would simply wait for them to rise and then turn them into resources for the world.
Of course, there were too many transmigrators. If a few more turned out to be promising, Hongjun might spare their lives and have them work for the Primordial World.
What counted as promising? Shi Chen was a good example. It was good enough if they had some brains and knew to fear Heaven.
If they were all like Long Aotian, always wanting to change the world order at the drop of a hat, then forget it. He could just fatten them up and harvest them.
...Sun Star
At that moment, a life was about to be born on the Sun Star.
He was Di Jun, the future Heavenly Emperor of the Demon Race.
A scorching heat surged across the Sun Star.
"Caw!"
A clear cry rang out from within the blazing True Sun Fire, making the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands tremble.
"Ha ha ha ha!"
Then came a burst of hearty laughter.
"After toiling for a hundred eras, I've finally transformed today!"
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