After Hong Jun fled, the Primordial World fell silent for several months.
It was a peace tinged with the dazed feeling that followed a great battle.
It was as though an invisible hand had gently brushed away the dust accumulated over countless epochs between heaven and earth.
On this day, Pan Xuan used the Great Luo Heaven as a council hall and summoned the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones Daoists to discuss a matter of great importance.
The sages gathered in the hall, Dao resonances flowing around them. Pan Xuan stood at the head of the hall, swept his gaze over everyone, and slowly spoke:
"Now that Hong Jun has gone, that will no longer wreaks havoc within the Heavenly Dao.
"Yet our Law Deities, those of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones, still suppress and control the Heavenly Dao Space. This is no normal state of affairs.
"The Heavenly Dao should belong to all living beings, a Heavenly Dao of rules.
"It should not be controlled by anyone, nor should any will be allowed to lay a finger on it."
At these words, the hall quieted slightly.
Empress Houtu looked thoughtful.
"You mean... withdraw the Law Deities from the Heavenly Dao Space?"
"Exactly." Pan Xuan nodded.
"When Hong Jun was here, his personal will occupied the Heavenly Dao. He commanded all living beings and played his games of power. That was selfishness.
"Now that he has left, if we continue to hold the Heavenly Dao in our grasp, how would we differ from the Hong Jun of old?
"We established the Divine Dao, built the Netherworld, and opened the Human Dao, never to become a second master of the Heavenly Dao, but to let it return to its original state.
"Utterly impartial, selfless,