Tongtian: It Hurt Too Much! Nuwa Wanted to Claim the Kongtong Seal!

Heaven and earth lost their color as winds and clouds shifted.

As soon as Xuanyuan finished speaking, the Interception Sect disciples were instantly enraged. Lord Tongtian's face turned ashen, and the hands hidden beneath his Daoist robe trembled slightly.

Anger, regret, and countless other emotions surged into his heart.

Supporting Lu Ya in reestablishing the Demon Court had yet to bring him any benefits, but the Human Race's counterattack had come with such ferocity that even he could scarcely bear it.

Must I make a move against these great Human Race experts?

Lord Tongtian's gaze sharpened as he considered it inwardly.

Very quickly, he snuffed out that thought.

During the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, the various sects would contend against one another and choose suitable people within the Human Race to invest in. If he tore all pretenses apart with the Human Race now, then even if the Interception Sect tried to ingratiate itself with them later, it would be difficult to regain the Human Race's recognition.

How, then, could the Interception Sect scheme for Heavenly Dao luck and become the foremost sect?

"Ungrateful wretches, turning heaven and earth upside down!"

"If not for us brothers of the Interception Sect supporting you, how could you have so easily ascended to the positions of Human Emperors? After using the Human Race's luck to attain peak Quasi-Sage cultivation, you toss aside us masters of the Human Emperors as though we were nothing. What a laughingstock!"

Kong Xuan pointed at Xuanyuan and the others' noses, berating them without the slightest hesitation.

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors—eight positions as masters of Human Emperors!

Xuandu was Fuxi's master, Daoist Duobao was Shennong's master, Yunxiao had become Xuanyuan's master, and he, Kong Xuan, had also occupied one of the positions as a master of a Human Emperor.

Of the remaining four positions, the Clarifying Sect and Interception Sect had split them evenly!

The Interception Sect had been the greatest winner. While controlling the Human Race's luck, it had also obtained the Human Race's supreme treasure, the Kongtong Seal. Now Xuanyuan and the others wanted them to surrender these benefits. Kong Xuan was the first to refuse.

The position of a Human Emperor's master was a karmic bond with the Human Emperor and the Human Race!

Not only could it help raise their cultivation and let them seek fortune while avoiding calamity, but it also gave the Interception Sect a legitimate reason and authority to meddle in Human Race affairs. No one was willing to simply relinquish their position as a Human Emperor's master!

"Demonic fiend, how dare you bark madly here?"

"The Human Sect and Clarifying Sect have not done anything that harmed the Human Race's foundations or humiliated its dignity. Naturally, we will not sever our karma with those three. But your Interception Sect's wolfish ambitions are known to all. Our Human Race can only cut all ties with you!"

"Human Emperors, three Human Ancestors, since Lord Tongtian and the others refuse to preserve even a shred of decorum, let us make our move..."

Shennong snorted coldly and immediately invoked the Human Race's luck.

At this sight!

The other Human Emperors and three Human Ancestors showed no further mercy. They activated their own Human Emperor Dao Fruits, and an endless torrent of Human Race luck instantly surged forth, carrying incomparably vast and majestic mysterious laws and order.

"The origin of the Human Dao!"

Deep light flickered in Lingxiao's eyes, and he immediately grew somewhat excited.

At the beginning of the Primordial World's creation, there had been the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao. Yet because the Heavenly Dao governed all things between heaven and earth, it had invisibly suppressed the Earth Dao and Human Dao, preventing the wills of those two Daos from awakening.

Now, upon seeing the Human Dao's origin condense and a faint will begin to evolve, an idea arose within Lingxiao's heart.

If the Heavenly Dao, Earth Dao, and Human Dao all awakened, the Primordial World would surely undergo an ultimate sublimation. Whether it was the world's origin or the laws of the three thousand Great Daos, all would undergo heaven-defying transformations.

But accomplishing this would be extraordinarily difficult!

Still, Lingxiao had at least conceived the thought...

"Heavenly Dao above, today we Human Emperors and Human Ancestors strip the Interception Sect disciples of their positions as masters of Human Emperors. We summon the Kongtong Seal back to our Human Race. May the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"

The Daoist proclamation was thunderous, resounding throughout heaven and earth.

The Human Dao's will had yet to awaken, and the Primordial World revered the Heavenly Dao above all!

Thus, even the Human Emperors and three Human Ancestors could only ask the Heavenly Dao to serve as witness!

"Sever!"

Holding the Xuanyuan Sword, Xuanyuan gave the Human Race's luck a light sweep. Tangled karma was immediately stripped away, then turned to ash and vanished.

Daoist Duobao, Yunxiao, Kong Xuan, Zhao Gongming, and Holy Mother Wudang all suffered an immediate drop in their auras. Had their foundations not been so deep, their cultivation might have fallen by an entire realm.

Without the Human Race's luck protecting them, they were immediately invaded by the baleful aura of heaven and earth, while the ominous laws of the calamity coiled around their Primordial Spirits.

Of all those present, only Lingxiao saw the changes most clearly!

Lord Tongtian and these Interception Sect disciples must regret this until their guts turn green! Reestablishing the Demon Court may satisfy the Interception Sect's ambitions, but this matter is ultimately defying heaven rather than following the greater current.

They had brought this bitter fruit upon themselves. They deserved no pity!

Lingxiao raised a brow slightly and watched everything with calm detachment.

"Kongtong Seal, why have you not returned to your rightful place!"

The Human Emperors and three Human Ancestors shouted together. The Human Race's luck shifted unpredictably, instantly transforming into a Luck Golden Dragon more than a hundred million zhang long. It raised its head to the sky and roared.

Boom!

Lord Tongtian's body shook. The Kongtong Seal within his Primordial Spirit trembled as boundless Human Race luck and dazzling golden light swept out. Even he could not suppress it.

In the blink of an eye!

The Kongtong Seal severed its connection with Lord Tongtian. Every imprint of his Primordial Spirit within this Human Race treasure vanished, leaving only the Human Dao's origin and will to grow ever denser.

"No!"

Lord Tongtian ground his teeth and cursed inwardly.

With control of the Kongtong Seal, he could depose and establish Human Emperors. It was one of his greatest tools in laying out the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, yet now it had simply left him.

It hurt!

It hurt too much!

A suffocating sensation drowned Lord Tongtian!

The Kongtong Seal hung above the Eastern Sea.

Nine dragons coiled around one another. On the four sides of its base were the sacred visages of the Five Heavenly Emperors, while beneath the seal were Great Dao talismans—the two words "Kongtong."

"The Kongtong Seal is a Human Dao treasure. It possesses the authority to control the Human Race's luck and depose or establish Human Emperors. But if used in battle, its effects are greatly diminished. Should it incur the karmic burden of slaughter, it will also suffer backlash."

"When the Kongtong Seal first emerged, I used the status of Interception Sect disciples as masters of Human Emperors to invoke the Human Race's luck and place this supreme treasure in Lord Tongtian's hands."

"Now that it has returned to its rightful owner, it can be said that no great catastrophe has been caused!"

Lingxiao gazed wistfully at the Kongtong Seal and murmured to himself.

For countless ages, in defying the greater current and going against heaven in order to keep the Interception Sect from being destroyed in the Investiture of the Gods Calamity, he had poured out his heart and soul and incurred some karma.

The Kongtong Seal should have been governed by the Human Race in the first place. Seeing this Human Dao treasure about to return to its rightful owner, the stone in Lingxiao's heart finally fell to the ground.

"Lord Tongtian, if you have nothing more to say, then we shall depart!"

Suiren spoke to Lord Tongtian with a solemn expression.

His objective had been achieved, so there was no need to press so aggressively.

The Interception Sect disciples had rendered some service to the Human Race. Perhaps stripping them of their positions as masters of Human Emperors and taking the Kongtong Seal back from Lord Tongtian seemed somewhat unkind and would invite criticism from Primordial World beings.

But the fault lay in the present, while the merit would endure for a thousand autumns!

As the foremost of the Human Ancestors and one of the Human Race's pillars, even if given another chance, Suiren would still do the same.

"I have no desire to judge what you fellow Daoists have done. You should take care of yourselves!"

"As for the reestablishment of the Demon Court and Lu Ya and the Golden-Winged Great Roc taking control of it, I am merely their nominal master, so I cannot interfere in Demon Court affairs. If they offend the Human Race, then I ask you all to be understanding."

Lord Tongtian snorted coldly, making his stance clear to Suiren and the others.

If Lu Ya and the Golden-Winged Great Roc attacked the Human Race, then he, Lord Tongtian, would not bear responsibility. With Bai Ze, Patriarch Kunpeng, and others overseeing the Demon Court, he was not worried that anything would go awry.

"Excellent!"

Suiren nodded lightly without saying more.

Immediately after!

Boundless sacred fire transformed into a flood and swept toward the Kongtong Seal in the heavens. Yet in the next instant, his expression changed slightly.

"I am the Human Race's Holy Mother. I should control the Kongtong Seal!"

As the mantis stalked the cicada, the oriole waited behind!

Before this Human Dao treasure, Nuwa no longer cared for her dignity.

When the Kongtong Seal had first appeared, she had regretfully failed to seize it from Lord Tongtian. Now that this Human Dao treasure had become ownerless, she naturally had to try.

"Holy Mother, what are you doing?"

Xuanyuan shouted furiously, wielding the Xuanyuan Sword as he blocked the Kongtong Seal. The other Human Emperors and three Human Ancestors all looked grimly at Nuwa, unwilling to accept this.

Nuwa had created the Human Race and held the exalted position of its Holy Mother.

Though she now supported the Demon Court's reestablishment and had done many things detrimental to the Human Race, if she forcibly tried to seize the Kongtong Seal, they still could not act rashly.

After all!

As descendants of the Human Race, they could not attack Nuwa. This was both propriety and law!

Otherwise, the Human Race would fall into utter chaos!

"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, I have never seen anyone as shameless as you!"

Zhenyuanzi was generous and righteous by nature. Unwilling to see the Human Emperors and three Human Ancestors trapped in an impossible dilemma, he simply made his move.

The Earth Book blotted out the sky and covered the earth, drawing endless power from the earth veins.

"Fellow Daoists, hurry and take the Kongtong Seal!"

Seeing this, Red Cloud Daoist reminded Suiren and the others.

At this moment!

Shennong sighed softly. "The Holy Mother has stepped forth to contend for the Kongtong Seal. If we do not take it, we will be disloyal to the Human Race. But if we take it, we will be unfilial toward the Holy Mother."

"Caught between loyalty and filial piety, the Kongtong Seal should choose another enlightened master!"

Helplessness and pain enveloped Shennong.

Holy Mother Nuwa loved the Demon Race but did not cherish the Human Race.

Could it be?

From beginning to end, had the Human Race merely been a tool for Nuwa to scheme for luck and prove her Dao to become a Saint?

Roar!

The Luck Golden Dragon let out a long howl and flew into the Kongtong Seal.

Before Nuwa and the others could react, the Kongtong Seal suddenly broke free of every restraint and appeared in Lingxiao's arms in the blink of an eye.

The Human Dao's will formed a connection with him.

Everyone present felt as though their heads had exploded...