The Three Pure Ones Bet with the Ancestral Witches, the Great Dao Manifests in the Primordial World

Zhu Jiuyin felt a touch of anxiety.

After all, human nature is such that one fears scarcity more than inequality.

Although he held deep faith in the bonds of brotherhood among the Ancestral Witches, his extensive reading of over a million modern books had taught him a fundamental truth: human nature cannot withstand the test of temptation.

After all, this was Great Dao Merit.

Yet, at this stage, anxiety was useless.

With the Great Dao before him, Zhu Jiuyin did not believe he possessed the power to alter its will.

Zhu Jiuyin noticed the shift, as did the great powers in the outside world who had been keeping a close watch on the Ancestral Witches.

Seeing this, Hongjun suddenly smiled.

"Things are becoming interesting. The amount of Great Dao Merit Zhu Jiuyin has obtained this time is staggering; judging by the quantity, it is clearly equivalent to the sum of the other five Ancestral Witches combined.

I shall see if the Ancestral Witches can maintain their harmony and unity in the face of such immense benefits.

If they fall into infighting or even go their separate ways due to these gains, that would be wonderful indeed."

If Hongjun was merely smiling, someone else was already so excited he had jumped to his feet.

Kunlun Mountain.

Tongtian had not yet left; no matter how urgent his affairs, he would not leave before seeing the conclusion of this grand drama involving the Ancestral Witches.

However, even though he remained, the atmosphere within East Kunlun had become so tense it felt stagnant due to Tongtian's declaration of wanting to split the household.

Watching the situation unfold with the Ancestral Witches, Yuanshi stood up abruptly.

"Tongtian, isn't your implication that Eldest Brother and I have never treated you as a brother? Very well, a living example is now laid out before you.

Do you see those Ancestral Witches? The Great Dao has just bestowed thirty percent of the merit upon Zhu Jiuyin. Do you understand what that means? It means that Zhu Jiuyin alone possesses merit nearly equal to the sum of the other five.

Just watch, Tongtian. There will absolutely be a dispute among the Ancestral Witches this time; it is not even impossible that they might come to blows."

As he spoke, a hint of schadenfreude appeared on Yuanshi's face.

Clearly, Yuanshi, who was already jealous of the Ancestral Witches receiving Great Dao Merit, felt much better seeing them on the verge of internal strife.

Tongtian's expression darkened. "Even if the Ancestral Witches do fall into a dispute over this, so what? That does not prove you are justified in scheming against me."

Yuanshi sneered. "Why can't you understand? In the face of profit, there is no brotherhood!"

"No, I, on the contrary, believe the Ancestral Witches will not fall into a dispute over this!"

"Tell me, Tongtian, why do you love to contradict me on everything, even when the matter is already set in stone?"

"It is not that I love to contradict you; it is that you are narrow-minded and cannot bear to see others succeed!"

"Tongtian!"

"What of it!"

"I say, you two, stop arguing!"

Laozi, unable to bear it any longer, shouted in anger.

"Since you both think you are right, it is simple. Each of you shall produce a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure as a wager. Whoever loses shall give their treasure to the other!"

"We shall listen to you, Eldest Brother!" *2

Immediately, Tongtian and Yuanshi each produced a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

At this time, Hongjun's third lecture had not yet begun. Although he had accepted the Three Pure Ones as disciples during the second lecture and bestowed upon them the Grandmist Violet Qi and three supreme treasures, he had not yet distributed the various spiritual treasures from the Treasure Distribution Cliff on a large scale, so even the Three Pure Ones were not particularly wealthy.

However, "not wealthy" was relative to the future. As the Orthodox Pangu Lineage and the heaven-ordained Sages, with the fortune of the Three Pure Ones, they could at least possess a few top-grade or even one or two Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

The Three Pure Ones had placed their bets.

At this moment, Zhu Jiuyin began to lose the capacity to think about other matters.

As the boundless Merit of Opening the Heavens surged into his body, he gradually became immersed in a transformation that permeated his physical form, his soul, and even seeped into his true spirit.

Under this transformation, Zhu Jiuyin felt himself becoming fundamentally stronger than ever before.

If Zhu Jiuyin's origin had previously been a vast ocean, it was now slowly transforming into an endless sea of stars.

This was a change in the very essence of his life.

In fact, Hongjun was once again stunned.

He felt his composure crumbling once more.

"This... this is the Chaos Merit Dao Body!"

Hongjun's eyes widened, and his entire body could not help but tremble.

There was no helping it; the Chaos Merit Dao Body was one of the supreme Dao bodies of chaos.

Once successfully condensed, it was a supreme physique that could rival the foundation of a low-grade Chaos Demon God.

What was even more outrageous was that this Dao body could theoretically continue to evolve, with almost no upper limit.

According to the inheritance of the Great Dao, if the Chaos Merit Dao Body could truly be cultivated to perfection, one would become a Great Dao Merit Sage.

Theoretically, a Sage of Great Dao Merit is certainly not as powerful as a powerhouse who has cultivated step by step from the Chaos Realm and ultimately broken through to the Great Dao Realm, just like a Sage of Heavenly Dao Merit.

But so what? Just like a Heavenly Dao Sage, is one who attains sainthood through merit not a Sage?

"Pangu, oh Pangu, you are truly good to your descendants!"

"Why the hell am I not of the Orthodox Pangu Lineage!"

This time, Hongjun truly could not help but curse.

Of course, as a Chaos Being, he did not have a mother to begin with.

In fact, excluding Zhu Jiuyin, the other Ancestral Witches were also having their origins constantly strengthened under the tempering of the Merit of Opening the Heavens.

Naturally, because the merit they obtained from the Great Dao was far less than what Zhu Jiuyin received, their speed of transformation was far slower and less thorough than his.

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed, and the Merit of Opening the Heavens above the nine heavens was finally fully distributed.

Just as the merit dissipated and everyone thought the Great Dao was about to depart, a will—supreme, strongest, greatest, and vastest, seemingly encompassing endless spacetime Dao rhymes and evolving endless causal creation—suddenly descended from above the nine heavens.

Thump.

At this moment, from the Heavenly Dao Hongjun down to all living beings in the Primordial World, everyone knelt.

The Great Dao had arrived in person!

No, the Great Dao had manifested its sanctity!

This was different from the previous distribution of Great Dao Merit.

Back then, although the Great Dao had come, it had not manifested its traces, so even Heavenly Dao Hongjun, while nervous, had not been overly so.

In ancient times, this would be like an emperor on a tour passing through your county; you might be a bit nervous, but not excessively so, as the chance of actually encountering the emperor was slim.

But what if the emperor suddenly appeared right beside you?

The level of nervousness would instantly go off the charts!

More importantly, no matter how powerful an emperor is, he is still just a relatively powerful person, but the Great Dao could truly destroy countless worlds like the Primordial World with a single thought.