The old man spoke in great detail, and as Uchiha Shin listened from the side, it felt as though he had returned to ancient times.
"Those surviving beings were well known to the Mystic Spirit King. The Three Pure Ones of today, Tathagata of the Buddhist Sect, Dipankara Buddha—they were all beings who survived from that era and inherited some legacies.
"For a very long time, however, they were merely insignificant cultivators. Take Taishang Laojun, for instance. He had been a cultivator for countless years, only gradually gaining strength after obtaining his inheritance."
The old man continued speaking to Uchiha Shin.
Uchiha Shin smiled and nodded. He had not known much about these matters before.
"Later, Pangu vanished for a time. No one knew where he had gone—not even Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Nuwa. After disappearing for a long while, Pangu finally reappeared, and everyone learned that he had secluded himself here at the Heaven-Opening Platform."
The old man looked into the distance as he spoke.
"After leaving the Heaven-Opening Platform, Pangu held up the heavens with both hands and pressed down the earth with his feet, pushing the sky upward and stamping the ground downward until the distance between heaven and earth reached ninety thousand li. Only then did Pangu stop. After that, he fell, and every part of his body transformed into all things within the Three Realms.
"From that time onward, disasters in the Three Realms gradually diminished, and the realm slowly stabilized. With Eastern Emperor Taiyi's governance and the countless living beings created by Nuwa, the Three Realms gradually flourished."
Uchiha Shin was momentarily stunned. Pangu's seclusion at the Heaven-Opening Platform had presumably been for the sake of stabilizing the Three Realms. Without Pangu's sacrifice, the Three Realms might have become even more chaotic, and so