That left Hongjun, who had been staring at him, speechless once again.
He was truly at a loss for words.
I want you to succeed in proving the Dao, but there is only one Great Dao, and that's me. There can only ever be one of me. Even if I wanted to give you my place, I couldn't. What kind of joke is this?
Besides, I do want you to succeed in proving the Dao. Although I can't make you the Great Dao, you could still become a False Great Dao.
But this method of yours is completely wrong. How am I supposed to let you prove the Dao?
This was what came of being poisoned by novels.
Proving the Dao didn't mean showing off your strength. It didn't mean splitting open a world and calling that proof of the Dao.
You show off your skills to me, and I make you a False Great Dao?
That joke wasn't funny. It was even worse than Overlord Black Knight and Du Haihuang.
"Honestly, I can lower the bar for you, but all you've done is show off your muscles... If you'd done anything substantial, anything directly related to you creating something, I would have let you pass."
Hongjun shook his head and sighed softly.
The Great Dao treated all equally.
Even though you're a transmigrator, I can still let you become a False Great Dao.
But aside from splitting open Chaos, you've basically done nothing.
The Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods completed the laws of Heaven and Earth. You'll be the one who transforms into all things in a little while.
All you did was separate the clear from the turbid, and you only just finished that. You created an incomplete world, and you think that's enough to prove the Dao?
You must be dreaming. If proving the Dao were really that easy, why would anyone in later generations choose to become a Heavenly Dao Sage?
Why would even the iron-willed Tongtian choose to become a Heavenly Dao Sage?
Don't tell me that in the Primordial World, the only way to prove the Dao is by becoming a Heavenly Dao Sage.
The Primordial Violet Qi was given to you. You could use it to become a Hunyuan Great Luo, then follow Pangu's path. Why couldn't you go through the process of proving the Great Dao?
To put it plainly, you were still afraid. The instant you hesitated, even for a millionth of a second, you lost any chance of proving the Great Dao.
You might have a chance of becoming a Hunyuan Great Luo, but you could never become a Great Dao Sage (False Great Dao).
Because your Dao Heart had shattered. The moment you questioned whether you should prove the Dao by force, the moment you wondered if you could prove the Dao, you had already lost.
Proving the Dao required an unwavering resolve. If this had been the original Pangu, Hongjun might really have given him the place of a False Great Dao.
After all, the original Pangu feared nothing. Even if he had to die of exhaustion, he would still create the Primordial World.
Hongjun would surely have given his True Spirit a place as a False Great Dao.
But this Pangu...
There was no knowing what to say. You'd already planned an escape route. Did you really think you could prove the Dao?
Dear, I suggest you go out and see more of the world.
So, it had really come to this, hadn't it?
A flicker of hesitation crossed Pangu's face, but in the end, he became resolute.
He shouted, "I, Pangu, vow to transform into all things in the world! My Primordial Spirit shall become the Three Pure Ones and merge with the clear energy; my blood essence shall become the Ancestral Witches and merge with the turbid energy; my left eye shall become the Sun, my right eye the Moon; my limbs and body shall become the Four Extremities and Five Great Mountains; my blood shall become rivers, and my sinews and veins shall become the land... I shall complete Heaven and Earth. Great Dao, bear witness!"
As his words fell, Pangu's Primordial Spirit quickly fled into the Chaos Bead, where he watched the world outside change.
That was his plan: use Pangu's body to create all things, while he himself took his Primordial Spirit and was reborn as a new Pangu.
That way, he wouldn't have to die. Even if he failed to prove the Dao, it wouldn't matter. He would still have survived, so he had nothing to lose.
The Great Dao could never discover the Chaos Bead! He would survive!
A perfect plan.
Or so he thought.
Hongjun said, "Yes, yes, Great God Pangu is absolutely right. The Great Dao certainly didn't give you a bead and a fruit tree. Great God Pangu's plan is flawless. The Great Dao knows nothing about it."
Faced with Pangu's oath, Hongjun naturally agreed.
And so, Pangu's body began to change.
His breath became the clouds in the sky, and his voice became rolling thunder. His left eye transformed into the Sun Star, and his right eye into the Moon Star.
His limbs, body, blood, sinews, and veins...
Everything transformed into the myriad things of the Primordial World.
Along with the mountains and earth, his oath also gave rise to other things.
His blood essence became the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and his Primordial Spirit became the Three Pure Ones.
"No!!!!"
At that moment, inside the Chaos Bead, Pangu let out an unwilling roar.
"Great Dao! You schemed against me!"
Roaring, he emerged from the Chaos Bead in the form of a young Daoist.
The moment the Young Daoist appeared, he transformed into a towering giant and roared at the heavens.
At that moment, this body was also slowly dissipating.
Just like Pangu's original body, which had already transformed into Heaven and Earth, his new body was also fading away, filling the gaps in the Primordial World.
"Great Dao! You're despicable and shameless! You schemed against me!"
He shouted unwillingly at the Chaos Void.
"How was I despicable and shameless?"
Hongjun appeared in the void, seated before Pangu's new body, and asked casually.
Although his entire body was smaller than one of Pangu's eyes, that didn't stop him from overwhelming Pangu with his presence.
"You? You're the Great Dao?"
Pangu was taken aback and asked in surprise.
The Great Dao could take human form?
"That's right. I am the Great Dao."
Hongjun smiled. "Now, tell me how I was despicable and shameless."
Pangu cursed, "You—you—you schemed against me! Just as I was about to prove the Dao, you sent the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods to attack me and drain my strength! Don't tell me you won't admit it!"
"Pangu, to prove the Great Dao, one must undergo tribulations, create fortune, and pass through nirvana. This is only one tribulation. If you can't even overcome this, how can you speak of the Great Dao?"
Hongjun continued,
"If everyone were like you, unable to overcome tribulations and unable to prove the Dao, would they all accuse me of scheming against them?"
"Uh...?"
Pangu was momentarily speechless, but then he continued:
"Then why is my body also dissipating along with Pangu's body? What does Pangu's oath have to do with me, Ye Qing?"
Only then did he finally remember that he was a transmigrator, and his name was Ye Qing!
"..."
Three dark lines appeared on Hongjun's forehead. He gave the Folding Fan in his hand a slight flick.
Before Pangu, he displayed the scene of Pangu swearing his oath to the Great Dao just moments ago, then quickly fleeing into the Chaos Bead with his Primordial Spirit.
With a smile that showed the sort of concern one might offer a person with an intellectual disability, Hongjun said, "You swore that you'd transform into Heaven and Earth, that your Primordial Spirit would become the Three Pure Ones, and that your blood essence would become the Ancestral Witches. Didn't you swear all that using this body?"
The evidence was irrefutable.
"Th-then I'm Ye Qing. This is Pangu. What does it have to do with me?"
Pangu couldn't think of any other way to argue now.
Hongjun flicked the Folding Fan again, and the scene before Pangu changed once more.
It was Pangu just after he had transmigrated.
"From this day on, there is no more Ye Qing from Blue Star. I am Pangu, the Chaos God of Strength! Go in peace. I'll make sure you prove the Dao!"
After saying this, Pangu had felt much lighter, his thoughts finally clear.
"I! Pangu! Will never create the world!"
"Hmph! Great Dao! Don't think you can scheme against me!"
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