Yuan Tian's "Heartache"

Speaking of Pangu creating heaven and earth, the result was that the heavens stood billions of zhang high, the earth lay billions of zhang thick, and Pangu exhausted his mana and strength to death, ultimately transforming his body into all things.

Did Pangu know that creating heaven and earth would cost him his life? With Pangu's cultivation, he knew. Yet he still chose to create heaven and earth. It could be called his mission, or it could be called his opportunity. He would not abandon his mission simply because danger was involved, much less give up his opportunity. Faced with such a chance to achieve his Great Dao, even knowing that he might die in the end, he still had to take a gamble.

What was the process of cultivation? Cultivation was "struggle."

Cultivation did not necessarily mean defying heaven, but one had to "struggle"—struggle against heaven, struggle against earth, struggle for resources. Struggle for family, for friends, and for oneself. One must never give up oneself for the sake of "heaven's will." One had to fight for that sliver of opportunity that belonged to oneself. Pangu's creation of heaven and earth had been to fight for the opportunity that belonged to him.

Unfortunately, in the end, divine abilities could not overcome the ordained course of heaven. Ah, that was not quite right either. If Pangu had not possessed great love, and someone like Devil Ancestor Luohou had taken his place, then he would not have needed to transform his body into all things, nor would he have faced the fate of death. Of course, if that had truly been the case, Pangu might no longer have had the chance to achieve his Great Dao. It could be said that this was a dilemma.

But choosing the latter would at