Primordial World: I, Emperor Jun, Just Want to Build the Primordial World Section 18

Although the Dao preached by those three ancestors could immerse living beings at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm and below, in their eyes, this preaching had merely been perfunctory toward them.

They had come with great expectations, yet before Hongjun began preaching, those expectations had already turned into disappointment.

Only when Hongjun began to Preach the Dao were they overjoyed.

This was true Dao preaching, not the halfhearted affair of those three ancestors before him.

Among these Primordial Golden Immortals, they were also willing to associate with Dao Ancestor Hongjun, with Ancestor Qiankun coming next. Ancestor Yinyang and Ancestor Diandao were the ones they did not wish to approach.

Not only that, upon hearing Hongjun's preaching, the other three ancestors wore grave expressions and listened intently. They had never displayed such an attitude when anyone else preached the Dao.

Emperor Jun immersed himself in the Dao resonance of Hongjun's words, and countless insights surged through his heart.

Within his Primordial Spirit appeared a portion of the three thousand Laws contained in Dao Ancestor Hongjun's preaching.

Naturally, his comprehension of those Laws was no more than a rudimentary outline, far inferior to Dao Ancestor Hongjun's.

Not only that, the Dao paths preached earlier by Ancestor Yinyang, Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Diandao also welled up in Emperor Jun's mind.

Beyond those, the Dao paths Emperor Jun had witnessed and comprehended over the years also emerged one after another within his Primordial Spirit.

Under such circumstances, Emperor Jun's Primordial Spirit sat upright within his body. A Three-legged Golden Crow had its eyes tightly shut, while all his insights circled ceaselessly around it.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Emperor Jun's mind, and the Golden Crow Primordial Spirit immediately opened its golden pupils.

Immortal Dao? The three thousand Laws?

Since Dao Ancestor Hongjun could form the Immortal Dao from three thousand Laws, could he not likewise forge a path of his own?

To command myriad Laws without being bound to a single path—this was the road he wished to walk.

Emperor Jun's body sat obediently upon the Prayer Mat, while the eyes of the Golden Crow Primordial Spirit within him grew ever brighter.

As though blessed insight had descended, the realizations circling the Golden Crow Primordial Spirit all poured into it.

The Golden Crow Primordial Spirit stood at the center, continuously absorbing and arranging those Dao resonances, gradually shaping a path of its own.

Amid Hongjun's preaching, Emperor Jun's aura slowly rose as he began advancing toward the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun divided his attention, preaching the Dao on one hand while observing the crowd listening to it on the other.

Quite a few cultivators were steadily raising their cultivation, even breaking through their realms.

Among the Golden Immortals, Hongjun paid particular attention to a middle-aged man clad in splendid robes. That man was Eastern Lord Duke.

As Eastern Lord Duke listened to his preaching, he was neither the fastest nor the greatest in raising his cultivation realm, yet he accepted Hongjun's Dao better than anyone else.

Eastern Lord Duke had even begun to imitate him and construct his own Laws. Unfortunately, the Laws he comprehended were far too shallow, and there were not many of them.

It could only be said that Eastern Lord Duke was imitating him, and could achieve something resembling himself.

At the same time, Hongjun had secretly used the Jade Plate of Creation to calculate that Eastern Lord Duke would still have a destined connection with him in the future. Yet he could not deduce the specifics, causing Hongjun to cast a few more glances his way.

Suddenly, Hongjun split off another portion of his attention and focused on Emperor Jun, who was breaking through from Golden Immortal to Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Watching Emperor Jun's breakthrough, Hongjun could not help thinking, That one just now resembles me, while this one learns from me.

Emperor Jun appeared to be imitating Hongjun as well, but in Hongjun's eyes, that was not the case.

They had merely used the same method to find their own Dao, but their Daos were not the same.

What Eastern Lord Duke did was merely imitate Hongjun's Dao. He might never be qualified to catch up to Hongjun.

But Emperor Jun, in Hongjun's eyes, now possessed the qualifications to catch up to him.

Though it was only a qualification, he had at least entered Hongjun's notice.

Hongjun could not help growing curious, so he used the Jade Plate of Creation to calculate Emperor Jun as well.

The Sun Star, a Three-legged Golden Crow, also a descendant of Great God Pangu.

Though such foundations could not compare to living beings like them, who had inherited the legacies of the Chaos Demon Gods, they were still quite decent.

Hongjun thought to himself.

It was not that Great God Pangu was inferior to the Chaos Demon Gods, but that Great God Pangu had transformed his body into all things. How much Origin Essence could Emperor Jun possibly obtain?

As for the Chaos Demon Gods, each of them basically had only a single inheritor.

Oh, this Three-legged Golden Crow actually shares a certain destined connection with me as well.

Hongjun was somewhat surprised inwardly.

The destined connection seemed shallower than the one with Eastern Lord Duke, yet it was more enduring.

Seeing this, Hongjun wished to continue calculating, but all he could see was a vast expanse of whiteness in the future, leaving him unable to discern the specifics.

So be it. Since the workings of the Heavenly Dao were ever-changing and unfathomable, why should I force the future?

Hongjun no longer dwelled on the matter, though his attention remained fixed on Eastern Lord Duke and Emperor Jun.

Emperor Jun's breakthrough encountered not the slightest obstruction, and he smoothly reached the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm.

Unlike Luo Hou, for whom there was nothing more after breaking through, Emperor Jun still needed to seize this opportunity to comprehend the transformations of the Heavenly Dao.

At the instant Emperor Jun broke through, his consciousness left his body, even leaving this palace.

It was as though the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao and the workings of the Laws had all appeared before his eyes. He could not wait to comprehend them, and immersed himself within them.

At this moment, Emperor Jun's comprehension was brought into play to the fullest, as though he wished to completely replicate the Heavenly Dao within himself.

At this time, he did not notice that he had already become immersed in the Heavenly Dao. Or rather, his mind was now filled with the workings of Laws, leaving no room for reason.

If this continued, Emperor Jun's mind might sink into the Heavenly Dao, completely lose its reason, and become part of the Heavenly Dao's operations.

In truth, ordinary Primordial creatures would not encounter such a situation when breaking through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm. They would merely be able to normally comprehend the Primordial Heavenly Dao for that brief moment.

But Emperor Jun's comprehension was simply too astounding. While it allowed him to comprehend the Primordial Heavenly Dao more easily, it also made him more likely than other creatures to lose himself within it, to draw ever closer to the Heavenly Dao.

Comprehension that was too exceptional could not be used without restraint; one also had to learn how to control it.

The danger Emperor Jun now faced was undoubtedly the greatest since his birth, yet he was incapable of recognizing it.

Being unable to recognize danger—indeed, even becoming immersed in it—was the most terrifying thing of all.

Suddenly, Emperor Jun instantly snapped awake, his mind immediately pulled back into his body.

He abruptly opened his eyes, terror showing in his gaze. His heart was filled with lingering fear, to the point that he could not even control his breathing.

He panted heavily again and again, trying to calm his rapidly pounding heart.

Hongjun naturally noticed the situation as well. After observing in secret for a moment, he determined that it seemed to be an issue with Emperor Jun's mind.

Hongjun did not interfere and continued to Preach the Dao.

Emperor Jun no longer had the mood to listen to Hongjun Preach the Dao. Moreover, having broken through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, he could now resist the Dao resonance around him.

He was no longer like before, able only to immerse himself in it without any control.

Recalling the state he had entered while comprehending the Heavenly Dao, Emperor Jun could not help but roar inwardly.

So close. So very close. I nearly became assimilated into the Dao, nearly merged with the Heavenly Dao.

If not for those calls, I truly would have become assimilated into the Dao and joined the Heavenly Dao's operations.

This made Emperor Jun think of the Merging with the Dao of Hongjun spoken of in later legends.

Yet even after Hongjun merged with the Dao, he was still able to retain his own consciousness.

Emperor Jun felt that the state he had just been in should not be called Merging with the Dao. It should be called melting into the Dao—completely fusing into the Heavenly Dao, without retaining the slightest trace of consciousness.

His body would become an empty shell. If he was fortunate, after countless ages, it might give birth to a new consciousness, but that would no longer be him.

But those repeated calls...?

Emperor Jun could not help thinking of the calls that had saved him.

He could sense those calls surging into his mind. They did not take the form of sound, but rather that of information.

Emperor Jun was certain that they truly had been calling for him, calling him to go over. That was what had startled him awake and allowed his mind to return to his body.

In the haziness, Emperor Jun sensed that it seemed to be a world.

A world is calling for me!

Emperor Jun was deeply shocked, even suspecting that he might have sensed it wrongly.

Within the Primordial world, there was actually a world calling for him.

Emperor Jun could not believe such a thing. He was clearly a genuine creature of the Primordial world—how could he possibly be entangled with another world?

Under such circumstances, Emperor Jun forced himself to calm down and quieted his heart to sense those repeated calls.

Emperor Jun waited for some time, but did not hear that voice again.

This...

Emperor Jun pondered for a moment, unable to stop himself from thinking: Could this world be connected to the Primordial Heavenly Dao?

With that thought, Emperor Jun worked hard to overcome his fear of the Heavenly Dao and once more attempted to comprehend it.

His fear of comprehending the Heavenly Dao was something he had to overcome. After all, the Heavenly Dao was the gathering and manifestation of the Laws of the Primordial world, and comprehending it was one of the faster paths to increasing one's strength.

Naturally, the fastest path was for a cultivator of higher cultivation to impart the Dao, or to Preach the Dao.