Pangu's Battle Against the Demon Gods as He Opened the Heavens

With a single strike, Pangu slew three hundred Primordial Chaos Demon Gods, shocking every Primordial Chaos Demon God. Pangu believed he had cowed them all—at the very least, he had temporarily cowed them. As long as he could hold out until he succeeded in his great undertaking of opening the heavens, everything else would be but drifting clouds...

Pangu did not know that these Primordial Chaos Demon Gods had come to stop him from opening the heavens not only for their own reasons, but also because of an outside "temptation"—the temptation of the Great Dao. It could be said that this opening of the heavens concerned the entire Primordial Chaos. Moreover, the Primordial Chaos Demon Gods' efforts to stop him also counted as a trial set by the Great Dao for Pangu's path to enlightenment.

If he succeeded, Pangu would attain the rank of Great Dao Sage. If he failed, that would be hard to say—it would depend on Pangu's own Fortune.

Thus, the Primordial Chaos Demon Gods were not beings Pangu could cow merely because he wished to. The Great Dao would naturally tempt them into continuing to stop Pangu from opening the heavens.

And indeed, that was what happened. After Pangu delivered his sixtieth cleave, the Primordial Chaos Demon Gods moved again. This time, they no longer "tested" him bit by bit.

If they kept slowly "playing" like this, Pangu would likely play them to death. Besides, the intimidation Pangu had inflicted on them earlier had not simply vanished. Who would dare go first now? Whoever went first would die first. They were not old immortals who found their lives too long.

Since none of them wished to "stick their heads out," yet they still had to stop Pangu from opening the heavens—after all, this too was a