Humanity's Killing Intent Shifts the Great Momentum; Heaven's Wrath Descends on Mount Buzhou

As the saying went: when Heaven's killing intent arose, stars shifted and constellations changed; when Earth's killing intent arose, dragons and serpents rose from the land; when humanity's killing intent arose, Heaven and Earth turned upside down.

The Heavenly Dao was the being that truly controlled the entire Timeline, the karmic threads, and the threads of fate in the Primordial World. It held sway over every predetermined outcome in the Primordial World.

In other words, the Heavenly Dao was not a living being in the true sense. Otherwise, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World would undoubtedly have been a Chaos Realm powerhouse. And given how high the Primordial World's level was, the Heavenly Dao would have been among the most powerful of the Chaos Realm experts.

So at that moment, when Zhu Jiuyin began to consider having Houtu replace Nuwa in creating humanity, tributaries leading to unknown futures appeared in both the River of Time and the River of Fate.

At that moment, the Heavenly Dao exploded!

A tributary didn't necessarily replace the main current. It could even dry up if no water flowed into it from upstream for a long time—that was perfectly normal.

But on the other hand, once a tributary established its course, why couldn't it replace the main current?

After all, even the Yangtze and Yellow Rivers could change course. Was it really impossible for the River of Time and the River of Fate to shift course after being altered?

So when the Heavenly Dao sensed that the River of Time and the River of Fate had changed, then made a brief deduction about what had caused the change and what would happen as a result, it would have been strange if it hadn't exploded!

If Houtu replaced Nuwa and became a Sage, the Heavenly Dao's great momentum would collapse completely.

If Nuwa didn't create humanity, how could she use Heavenly Dao Merit to become a Heavenly Dao Sage?

If Nuwa didn't become a Sage, could Laozi's Human Sect still come into existence?

If Laozi's Human Sect couldn't come into existence, then under the suppression and influence of its fortune, Yuanshi's Chan Sect and Tongtian's Interception Sect could forget about emerging anytime soon.

Most importantly, if Nuwa didn't create humanity and Laozi didn't establish the Human Sect, the Heavenly Dao's plans to interfere with Humanity Dao, and even control it, would collapse completely.

In the most extreme case, if Houtu created humanity not in the Primordial World but within the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race, or in a Great Thousand World opened by the Witch Race, then it would all be over.

Ordinarily, after a Sage opened a Great Thousand World, it had to be attached to the main world.

That was because a Sage became a Sage only with the Heavenly Dao's permission.

And for a boundless world like the Primordial World, every additional Great Thousand World bolstered the Heavenly Dao's power.

So in theory, the more Great Thousand Worlds there were, the greater the enhancement to the main world. The Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World might not care much about other things, but it absolutely supported Sages and Hunyuan Realm powerhouses opening Great Thousand Worlds and attaching them to the Primordial World.

The Heavenly Dao showed its support by bestowing merit and increasing fortune.

In fact, it wasn't just the Heavenly Dao. The reason the Great Dao had appeared among the Witch Race and bestowed Great Dao Merit upon the Ancestral Witches was that they had condensed Pangu's True Form and opened a Great Thousand World.

Of course, opening a world had never been simple. Even experts at the Sage Realm faced all kinds of difficulties and restrictions when trying to open a Great Thousand World. There was no need to go into that here.

Back to Zhu Jiuyin.

The Ancestral Witches had opened a Great Thousand World, but then...

It was easy enough to imagine. Zhu Jiuyin knew full well that the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun were targeting and scheming against the Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race, and even wanted to wipe them out. He'd have to be an idiot to attach the world he had opened to the Primordial World.

But that created a serious problem. The Heavenly Dao had not the slightest control over the Great Thousand World opened by the Witch Race.

Because Pangu Hall existed, the Heavenly Dao couldn't even sense anything that happened inside it.

The only reason the Heavenly Dao could sense the changes in the River of Time and the River of Fate this time was that Zhu Jiuyin's idea truly defied Heaven.

The Heavenly Dao could not control it. It couldn't even sense it.

That was already intolerable to the Heavenly Dao. It had refrained from acting only because, at this stage, it truly had no way to deal with the Witch Race.

If Houtu created humanity inside the Ancestral Land under these circumstances, then it would all be over.

Humanity would essentially become one with the Humanity Dao.

And the Heavenly Dao knew that Houtu would one day embody the Six Paths of Reincarnation and become the Spokesperson of the Earthly Dao.

By then, Houtu would have opened the Six Paths of Reincarnation and created humanity. Wouldn't that mean she had united the Earthly Dao and Humanity Dao in herself?

Think about it: if the second- and third-in-command of any group joined forces, would the one at the top still sleep soundly?

And if Houtu created humanity, it wouldn't even be a case of the second and third joining forces. The second and third would simply become one person.

This... this absolutely could not be allowed!

The Heavenly Dao had no emotions, but it had instincts.

An instinct to suppress any power or individual that sought to transcend the Heavenly Dao.

So the next second, the Heavenly Dao appeared outside the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race.

Rumble!

For the first time, the Heavenly Dao appeared before the living beings of the Primordial World in the form of the Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

It had no mortal eyes, yet its presence carried supreme majesty.

Its eye sockets were edged with boundless, purple-gold merit. Within them flowed patterns of turning galaxies and the paths of the sun and moon, like solemn, sacred divine runes of order engraved since the beginning of Heaven and Earth.

At its center, the pupil was no mass of flesh and blood, but a radiant, crystal-clear glow of primordial chaos. Three thousand laws drifted within it, while the Timeline and the karmic threads intertwined, illuminating the cause and fate of the countless living beings of the Primordial World across the past, present, future, and boundless ages.

"Th-that's the Eye of the Heavenly Dao! It's the embodiment of the Dao, the manifestation of the laws!"

"Heavens! What in the world is going on? Why has the Eye of the Heavenly Dao appeared on Mount Buzhou?"

"Do you even have to ask? On all of Mount Buzhou, who could alarm the Heavenly Dao except that bunch of Ancestral Witches?"

"Hiss... you mean the Ancestral Witches have done something else that defies Heaven, something so outrageous it could make the Heavenly Dao's great momentum collapse completely? Otherwise, why would the Heavenly Dao come here in person?"

"I think we should move. With the way the Ancestral Witches keep stirring things up, sooner or later they'll fight the Heavenly Dao. When a bolt of Divine Thunder comes down, it might not kill the Ancestral Witches, but it could easily drag us into it!"

"Hiss, that makes a lot of sense! Let's move, right now!"

Zhu Jiuyin had still been chatting with Houtu, about to ask what the second matter was, when the Heavenly Dao came straight to the outskirts of the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race.

At that moment, the entire Ancestral Land of the Witch Race erupted into alarm and panic.

There was no helping it. The Eye of the Heavenly Dao had appeared. Didn't that prove the Heavenly Dao was about to clash with the Witch Race again?

The Witch Race had always revered only Pangu and paid no respect to the Heavenly Dao, but even the most thick-headed member of the Witch Race could sense how powerful and terrifying the Heavenly Dao was.

Zhu Jiuyin and Houtu exchanged a glance, then flashed to the outskirts of the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race. But neither Zhu Jiuyin nor Houtu stepped beyond the protective boundary of Pangu Hall.

As if! The Heavenly Dao had clearly come looking for trouble. They'd have to be fools to go out!