Great Dao Judgment

Qing Xuanzi left behind a single instruction: "Wait here. Don't go out. Don't go out."

Then he vanished, leaving behind the Chaos Clock.

The Chaos Clock turned into a streak of light, flew to the edge of the Blood Pool, and merged into it.

The entire edge of the Blood Pool became rusted and mottled.

Qing Xuanzi arrived at Shouyang Mountain with a grim expression.

Laozi and Nüwa stood solemnly to one side without saying a word.

When Heavenly Dao saw Qing Xuanzi arrive, it waved a hand, and everyone vanished from Shouyang Mountain.

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace.

The six Heavenly Dao Sages, along with Qing Xuanzi, the Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal, sat upon prayer mats on either side, with none absent.

"Under the workings of Heavenly Dao, the Three Thousand Congenital Humans should have suffered heavy casualties and nearly perished. Yet they survived because of Qing Xuanzi, obstructing the workings of Heavenly Dao. Thus, a calamity has arisen."

Heavenly Dao Hongjun sat cross-legged upon the high platform and laid his cards on the table.

The reasoning was entirely righteous: the Three Thousand Congenital Humans were supposed to die.

Qing Xuanzi had remained grim-faced. When Heavenly Dao paused, he immediately cut in. "The Primordial Era is a place where all living beings dwell. I have never heard of a great calamity arising because living beings did not perish. Would that not be utterly absurd?"

There was not a trace of emotion in Qing Xuanzi's voice. It was icy cold, and he did not even call him Teacher anymore.

By Qing Xuanzi's usual habit, he addressed Heavenly Dao Hongjun as Teacher.

When facing Hongjun himself, he called him Master.

Today, Heavenly Dao wanted to condemn the Human Race to death. Qing Xuanzi no longer pretended and directly refuted it.

"Qing Xuanzi, how dare you be so presumptuous before Teacher?" Qing Xuanzi did not even need to look to know it was that fellow Zhunti.

"Zhunti, if you feel that you have lived long enough, just tell me. I'll let you be reborn a few times and die a few times."

"You—Qing Xuanzi, you are outrageous!" Zhunti was so furious that even his lips turned purple.

"No. I am merely speaking the truth," Qing Xuanzi said coldly.

Jie Yin saw the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa looking over with frosty expressions and knew things had gone badly.

Zhunti had incurred everyone's wrath.

Qing Xuanzi was a human, a Congenital Human, and the Deputy Sect Leader of the Humanity Sect.

In matters concerning the Human Race, he had absolute authority to speak.

By saying that, Zhunti had likely chilled the hearts of all the Sages.

Should something happen to the Western Sect in the future, would they not all kick it while it was down?

He hurriedly tugged at Zhunti.

Having calmed down, Zhunti also realized that he had been too impatient.

Yet it was all because Qing Xuanzi had swindled them so ruthlessly before that he had lost his senses like this.

He hastily closed his eyes and pretended to be wandering beyond the heavens.

"The calamity cannot be changed." Seeing the Sages sit back down, Heavenly Dao continued expressionlessly.

Qing Xuanzi's anger flared at once.

He stood up directly. "Heavenly Dao, release my master."

"Heavenly Dao is Hongjun."

"Bullshit. Hongjun is not Heavenly Dao." Qing Xuanzi was so enraged that he even cursed.

"Qing Xuanzi, you are an anomaly by nature and have obtained the fortune of humanity. If you continue to disrespect Heavenly Dao, you will surely suffer Heavenly Tribulation."

Though Qing Xuanzi was furious, his mind was racing.

He seemed to have guessed Heavenly Dao's intentions: it wanted nothing more than to force him to use the Blessing Seed to preserve the Human Race.

How could Qing Xuanzi possibly comply with Heavenly Dao's wishes?

Gritting his teeth, he knew that if he did not reveal something, Heavenly Dao likely would not let this go.

Qing Xuanzi raised his hand and sent out four streaks of spiritual light, which flew directly before the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa.

He explained, "I possess a method called Great Dao Judgment. It can summon Great Dao to judge the workings of Heavenly Dao."

The moment Heavenly Dao Hongjun heard the words "Great Dao Judgment," his expression changed drastically. He shouted, "How dare you!"

Immediately afterward, four enormous hands emerged from thin air and reached for the spiritual lights.

Unfortunately, when Qing Xuanzi spoke the words "Great Dao Judgment," their eyes had each lit up.

When the enormous hands appeared and grabbed for the balls of light, they each bent forward at precisely the right moment and said, "We would not dare."

What infuriated Heavenly Dao most was that when they bowed forward, they happened to touch the spiritual lights without the slightest error.

Qing Xuanzi looked at the Three Pure Ones and Nüwa, all wearing expressions of fearful submission as they bowed.

Inside, he was nearly laughing himself breathless.

Then he looked at Heavenly Dao's expression, which was truly marvelous. It could not get angry, because they had clearly bowed in submission.

Yet it could not be pleased either. Damn it, this would only encourage them to bring out Great Dao from time to time to disgust it.

Heavenly Dao's face was practically like a dye workshop, red, green, blue, purple—every color imaginable.

Heavenly Dao made its move, directly attacking Qing Xuanzi.

This man had to die.

The Purple Cloud Palace filled with Heavenly Dao's pressure, and a bolt of Purple Cloud Divine Lightning shot straight toward Qing Xuanzi.

Yet Qing Xuanzi's expression remained calm, without the slightest intention of resisting.

It was as though he was not the target of the attack, as though he were merely a spectator watching the show.

Just as the Purple Cloud Divine Lightning descended, it suddenly dissipated into nothingness.

The pressure of Heavenly Dao was also swept away. Immediately afterward, an even stronger and more majestic aura filled the Purple Cloud Palace.

A huge eye appeared within the Purple Cloud Palace.

The huge eye blinked, seeming to say: Damn it, I was having such a good dream. Which bastard summoned me?

"Great Dao, please hear me. The Primordial Era Heavenly Dao has lost its virtue. It arbitrarily stirred up a calamity and brought disaster upon the Human Race." Qing Xuanzi hurriedly bowed.

The Eye of Great Dao shot out a beam of golden light, which directly entered Heavenly Dao Hongjun's brow.

A smaller eye flew out from Heavenly Dao Hongjun's body.

Hongjun's body trembled, and life returned to his eyes.

Although his face remained expressionless, the delight in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Heavenly Dao, do you want to be dismantled?" Great Dao blinked as waves of sound rang out.

The small eye shot Qing Xuanzi a resentful look: Damn it, you played dirty. You had already used Great Dao Judgment.

Qing Xuanzi continued, "I ask Great Dao to render judgment."

"Heavenly Dao, I will forgive you once. I hope I will not be awakened because of you again. Otherwise, I will dismantle you."

Great Dao said only this before disappearing.

The small eye followed it away.

Qing Xuanzi stood up with satisfaction. He knew that all Great Dao left a single chance for survival, but there would not be a second.

If Heavenly Dao committed such an unreasonable act again, Qing Xuanzi would be delighted.

He could simply do this once more, and Heavenly Dao would be GAME OVER.

It was only a pity that a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal had only two chances to use Great Dao Judgment.

This was the trump card Pangu had specifically given Qing Xuanzi in case of emergency.

Its purpose was to deal with Heavenly Dao when it refused to play by the rules and simply acted tyrannically.

After the matter was peacefully resolved, Qing Xuanzi and Hongjun exchanged a glance. The old man and the young man burst into laughter at the same time.

Hongjun himself could not remember how many years it had been since he had laughed so freely.

Heavenly Dao had suffered a setback, Hongjun had escaped his confinement, and Heavenly Dao's plan had been ruined.

It had all been Qing Xuanzi's doing. Hongjun could not help feeling fortunate that he had accepted Qing Xuanzi as his Closed-Door Disciple.

He had never imagined Qing Xuanzi possessed such a move.

Originally, he thought Qing Xuanzi would obediently hand over the Blessing Seed in exchange for the Human Race's safety.

He had not expected the matter to end so perfectly in such a dramatic fashion.

Within Heavenly Dao Space.

Heavenly Dao roared at Hongjun's primordial spirit, "Hongjun, what an excellent disciple you accepted. He actually dared to scorn Heavenly Dao so completely. Don't think summoning Great Dao means this is over."