The Old Geezer Became a Saint Right at the Start!

Sun Star.

Upon the Fusang Divine Tree, a supreme innate spiritual root—

Within a mass of brilliant golden Solar Golden Flame, a terrifying innate sacred aura of the Great Luo Realm circulated. It stood at the critical point of emerging into the world, yet remained unable to do so!

"This is hard to take..."

Dan Jing's thoughts turned, and his mood fell somewhat silent.

"Did I end up with a difficult birth because I was too big?"

As an innate sacred being—

And one that alone enjoyed the Sun Star's favor and fortune, the only Solar Golden Crow in the primordial universe, Dan Jing should not have had his emergence delayed until now.

Thinking about it—

Only the explanation of a difficult birth due to being too big seemed reasonable.

Dan Jing had originally been a visitor from beyond.

At the beginning of creation, he had transformed into a streak of golden light and descended into the newly formed world, illuminating the universe, which had still been dark and without light!

This allowed the newly opened world to appear bright before the eyes of that towering, majestic figure within a short time.

Of course.

Dan Jing had not done any of this intentionally at the time!

Back then—

Dan Jing had still been muddleheaded, merely acting according to his instincts!

Seeing the pitch-black world, Dan Jing had simply instinctively wanted to turn on the lights and make it brighter.

Thus.

He became light—

And illuminated the newly opened world!

Once the world had been fully created—

As that towering, majestic figure fell and transformed into all things, Dan Jing was enveloped by an inexplicable mighty power.

Then—

He unconsciously absorbed the Chaos Four Spirits.

After receiving a full tenth of Creation Merit, he took the Chaos Bell and the River Diagram and Luo Scripture that flew toward him into his origin.

Then he fell into the Sun Star—

And remained there until this day!

Now—

Having already attained the Great Luo Dao Fruit, Dan Jing had long known just how immense a good karmic cause had been planted by his unconscious act of illuminating the primordial universe when he first arrived.

Merely illuminating the newly opened world for the great Pangu had earned him a tenth of Creation Merit!

What was that?

Capital to become a Saint!

The Three Pure Ones were impressive enough, weren't they?

Yet when those three became Saints, each had used only a tenth of Creation Merit!

And now—

Not only did Dan Jing alone enjoy the fortune and blessings of the Sun Star, but because of his good karmic cause with the great Pangu, he also had good karmic results with the primordial world, along with a tenth of Creation Merit upon him!

It could be said—

Unless he himself was willing, no one in the universe would be able to force him to do anything he did not wish to do!

Even Saints included!

Ever since he had cultivated to the True Immortal Realm, received the Great Dao's recognition, and been bestowed the true name "Dan Jing"—

He had known—

I, Dan Jing, am fucking awesome!

Of course.

No matter how extraordinary or untouchable Dan Jing might become in the future, he was still only an "unborn fetus" struggling to emerge.

Just as he had thought—

With the origins of the Chaos Four Spirits, coupled with his own origin that could illuminate the newly opened world, it was only normal for his immense foundation to result in a difficult birth because he was too big!

"Once I emerge, I must take a walk through the primordial world!"

Dan Jing's heart brimmed with anticipation.

"I want to see—"

"Just how beautiful this primordial world truly is!"

He was suffocating.

Dan Jing really was a little suffocated—

From the beginning of creation, through the Ferocious Beast Calamity, the Three Tribes Calamity, the Dao Strife Calamity, and several other calamities—

He had long wanted to go out, wander around, and see for himself what the primordial world truly looked like.

Of course.

He only wanted to go out for a stroll, wander about, and take a look!

Dan Jing had no intention of doing anything else.

For example—

Establishing the Demon Race, founding the Heavenly Court, competing with the Witch Race for supremacy, and such matters—he had no thoughts or intentions toward any of them!

There was no other reason.

Being some so-called Heavenly Emperor or Demon Emperor and ruling the primordial universe—

Was purely a thankless, exhausting task—

Leaving aside having to contend with the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race for dominion, simply subduing followers one by one would consume no small amount of effort.

Being a Heavenly Emperor—

If you did well, it was merely the responsibility you ought to bear; if you did poorly, it became your sin and mistake!

And that was not all.

Who knew when some self-important fools might pop up, shouting things like "love," "freedom," or "my fate is mine, not Heaven's"...

What a headache.

At the thought of such a life—

Dan Jing felt nothing but frustration and misery.

Besides.

Before coming to the primordial world, he had been an office drone who worked himself to death at his job.

Now that he was here, was he supposed to voluntarily find himself a 007 job with no days off for eternity?

Wouldn't that mean he had come here for nothing?

Getting cursed at, opposed, and rebelled against while still having to benefit all living beings—and under a work system with no days off for eternity.

All of it—

And he would have to risk his life and the danger of his entire Household being wiped out just to obtain it?

Fuck your mother, you stinking bastard!

Was that not utterly stupid?

Screw that!

Dan Jing knew clearly—

As long as he did not act like some "rich second-generation kid" and insist on "starting a business" to prove himself, then with his foundation and the benefits of being the Sun Star's spirit and its sole Golden Crow—

He could live without a care in the world!

Anyway—

Whoever wanted to establish the so-called Demon Race could go establish it.

Whoever wanted to go to the so-called Heavenly Court could go there.

Whoever wanted to be that damned Heavenly Emperor could go be it!

Even if Dan Jing died, died outside, or jumped off the Sun Star, he would never touch any of that stuff.

And do not try to lecture him about that damned supreme destiny.

He had always believed—

Though destiny was bestowed by Heaven, the path lay beneath one's own feet.

Only oneself could decide how to walk one's own path!

"Hm?"

Just as Dan Jing's thoughts ran wild, waves of strange fragrance suddenly began to drift through heaven and earth.

At the same time—

Throughout the primordial world—

Profound verses of the Great Dao rang out, flowers of the Great Dao bloomed across the sky, and golden lotuses blossomed upon the earth.

Then—

As a Dharma manifestation suffused with a Saint's aura appeared between heaven and earth—

A Dao song was chanted:

"High above the ninth layer of clouds I recline, upon a rush cushion I attain the true Dao. Beyond Heaven and Earth's dark and yellow, I shall be the revered master of the teachings. Pangu gave birth to the Taiji, from which Yin and Yang and the Four Symbols followed. Leader of the Mystic Gate, a single breath transformed into Hongjun."

When the Dao song ended—

A voice containing the majesty of a Saint resounded throughout the primordial world.

"I am Hongjun. Today, I have realized my Dao and become a Saint. Seeing that sentient beings are not at ease, I wish to transmit my Dao to all beings."

"Therefore—"

"Fifty thousand years from now, I shall expound the Dao at Purple Cloud Palace within the Outer Chaos. All those with affinity may come and listen!"

As his words fell—

The wisp of Saintly pressure that had enveloped the primordial world and descended upon all living beings dissipated.

At the same time, the heavenly phenomena heralding a Saint's arrival and that grand Dharma manifestation of the Saint also vanished.

For a time—

Everyone in the universe truly felt the greatness of a Saint. They grew excited, carrying hearts that sought the Dao as they headed toward the Outer Chaos.

And at the same time—

Upon the Fusang Divine Tree of the Sun Star—

Rumble!

That mass of Solar Golden Flame suddenly shook violently.

Dan Jing shouted:

"What?"

The old geezer had become a Saint already?

No—

He had not gotten on board yet!

He had not even emerged yet!