Primordial World: I, Emperor Jun, Only Want to Build the Primordial World

Moreover, the name Wangshu sounded extremely familiar to Emperor Jun. He was certain she was a figure from myth and legend, but he knew nothing about her.

Otherwise, he might have been able to make some guesses about her based on certain legends.

Of course, Emperor Jun concealed these emotions and looked at Wangshu. "You are too polite, Senior. May I ask why you kept us here?"

Emperor Jun came straight to the point. He did not believe Wangshu had kept them behind for no reason.

Eastern Lord Duke, standing beside him, also said, "May I ask what instructions you have for us, Senior?"

Wangshu could sense the tension in the two of them. She could even sense a trace of dissatisfaction in Emperor Jun's heart, but she did not point it out.

She smiled gently. "You two young friends, will you not tell me a little about your origins?"

Eastern Lord Duke did not speak. Instead, he looked toward Emperor Jun.

Wangshu was in no hurry. Her eyes brimmed with amusement as she watched Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke.

In Wangshu's eyes, Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke were not in human form, but rather a Three-legged Golden Crow and a mass of Pure Yang Energy.

Their true forms were laid bare before Wangshu. If not for the current chaos of the Heavenly Secret, she could even have calculated their roots and origins.

The six Demonic Cultivators who had just sought to hunt Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke had only been able to determine that they were Primordial Beings. As for anything else, they knew virtually nothing.

At this moment, Emperor Jun was also considering whether he should make something up to muddle through. After all, casually revealing information about oneself to others was a rather dangerous thing.

But when he saw Wangshu's gentle eyes, he felt that was not a very good choice.

"Sun Star, Emperor Jun."

Emperor Jun replied succinctly.

"The Sun Star—a good place."

Wangshu praised it.

Yet she thought to herself, I have visited the Sun Star several times, but never discovered any living beings. It seems he is another lucky one favored by the Heavenly Dao.

After all, she had once seen similar juniors on the Moon Star, completely hidden away.

Had it not been by chance, she would never have known that the Moon Star had actually nurtured two more juniors.

At the same time, she was verifying Emperor Jun's words. Though the Heavenly Secret was chaotic and divination difficult, verification was still fairly simple.

Especially when the one being verified was merely a Golden Immortal.

A Golden Immortal was only immortal and had yet to fully gather in their own existence.

Once one reached the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm and could gather in one's own existence, the difficulty of divination would rise in a straight line.

After seeing Emperor Jun reveal his origins, Eastern Lord Duke no longer hid his own. Imitating Emperor Jun's tone, he said, "Zifu Continent, Eastern Lord Duke."

The name Eastern Lord Duke had also been bestowed by Heaven; he had known it from birth.

Eastern Lord Duke. So he was Eastern Lord Duke.

The Leader of Male Immortals, the founder of the Celestial Court, and someone with great ambition.

According to legends from later generations, during that era, the Celestial Court's strength had ranked only below the witch and demon races.

Unfortunately, it had ultimately fallen to the Demon Race, and Eastern Lord Duke seemed to have been personally executed by Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

Yet recalling Eastern Lord Duke's somewhat vacant expression during the battle just now, along with his behavior like an echo bug, Emperor Jun truly could not see any sign of ambition in him.

Emperor Jun could not help but place a question mark over the legends of later generations.

There were simply too many secrets in the Primordial World, and the legends he knew were not that numerous to begin with.

"Purple Mansion Continent is also a good place."

Wangshu looked at Eastern Lord Duke and nodded.

She had also visited Purple Mansion Continent, yet had likewise discovered no living beings there.

He, too, was a lucky one favored by the Heavenly Dao.

Thinking back on it now, Wangshu realized that both the Sun Star and Purple Mansion Continent were fine places, rich in spiritual energy and entirely suitable as Daoist Abodes.

Yet if Eastern Lord Duke and Emperor Jun had not mentioned them before her, she might never have noticed such places.

Perhaps if she had not been born upon the Moon Star, she would have overlooked the Moon Star as well.

Wangshu could not help but raise her head and glance upward. Then she looked once more at Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke, inwardly marveling that she had picked up two treasures.

Originally, she had merely encountered six Golden Immortal Demonic Cultivators and intended to eliminate them casually, only to discover these two beings instead.

In truth, even if Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke had been unable to defeat those six Demonic Cultivators, they would at most have suffered a little. Their lives would not have been in danger.

After the two had introduced themselves, Wangshu asked again, "Do you two young friends know the current situation in the Primordial World?"

Emperor Jun shook his head. "I do not. I only left the Sun Star not long ago."

"I do not either. I only left Zifu Continent not long ago."

Eastern Lord Duke said the same.

"Senior, could you tell the two of us what the current situation in the Primordial World is like?"

Emperor Jun asked.

Wangshu had already made herself this clear; naturally, Emperor Jun understood what she wanted to say.

Moreover, Emperor Jun also wished to learn about the current state of the Primordial World—to determine exactly what era it was in so that he could make plans accordingly.

Now that there was a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal to clear up his doubts, it was more than he could have hoped for.

"Back then, the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans were plotted against by Luo Hou, and the three clans began their final battle. Progenitor Dragon, Origin Phoenix, and First Qilin, the three great powers, perished, and the three clans all withdrew from the world."

"Afterward, Luo Hou revealed his ambitions. He founded the Demon Path, seeking to unify the Primordial World and use its providence to advance another step."

"Wherever the Demon Path passed, there were only two choices: submission or destruction. And even submission did not necessarily guarantee survival."

Wangshu's clear, gentle voice unfolded the tale at an unhurried pace.

Though she did not say much, one scene after another involuntarily arose in Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke's minds, depicting just how cruel and wicked the Demon Path founded by Luo Hou was.

Is this the ability of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal?

Emperor Jun wondered inwardly.

Eastern Lord Duke, meanwhile, was engrossed by the story and could not help asking, "And then? Were they just going to let Luo Hou do as he pleased?"

"Of course not!"

Wangshu said firmly.

"Just as Luo Hou's arrogance was at its height, Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Ancestor Diandao, Ancestor Qiankun, and Ancestor Yinyang stepped forward together. Leading the beings unwilling to submit, they joined forces against Luo Hou."

As Wangshu spoke, reverence unconsciously appeared on her face.

The images in Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke's minds changed once more. Amid the deep waters and scorching fires of misery, the Four Ancestors led all manner of beings in unceasing resistance against Luo Hou, fighting to carve out a place to survive.

"Now, Luo Hou occupies the western part of the Primordial World, while those of us unwilling to submit live in its east."

"Yet Luo Hou's desire to unite the Primordial World has never been extinguished, so our war against the Demon Path has never ceased."

The images shifted again, battles unfolding one after another before Eastern Lord Duke and Emperor Jun.

Compared with the earlier images, these scenes struck far more deeply at their hearts.

The earlier images had been far too vague in some respects. After all, many of the beings involved possessed cultivation higher than even Wangshu's, so she naturally could not display them.

Furthermore, once beings reached such a realm, if Wangshu depicted them in too much detail, it would trigger their spiritual perception.

It was only because they were now at the easternmost edge of the Primordial World. Otherwise, Luo Hou could follow the trace of his own name to inflict grievous wounds upon the people before him—or even erase them outright.

The later battles, however, depicted wars among low-level beings: blood truly flowing into rivers, corpses strewn across the land, allowing Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke to truly feel the cruelty of war.

So this is the Dao-Devil Conflict spoken of in later legends?

Emperor Jun thought to himself.

What those four short words encompassed was even more brutal than Emperor Jun had imagined.

As for the distinction between righteous and evil in Wangshu's words, Emperor Jun reserved judgment.

The Dao-Devil Conflict was a struggle over lineages of Dao, a struggle over one's own Great Dao. How could it be divided into righteousness and evil so simply?

Still, no matter what, the Four Ancestors had indeed secured for them a relatively peaceful region in which to live.

"Luo Hou deserves to die!"

Eastern Lord Duke said through gritted teeth, filled with righteous indignation.

Seeing Eastern Lord Duke's expression, Wangshu was fairly satisfied. But when she saw Emperor Jun's comparatively calm face, she could not help lightly furrowing her brows.

"The two of you have good talent. How would you like to join us in fighting Luo Hou?"

Wangshu extended an invitation to Emperor Jun and Eastern Lord Duke.

"Alright! We'll fight Luo Hou together."

Eastern Lord Duke agreed without the slightest hesitation.

Emperor Jun, however, had much more on his mind, and his thoughts continued to churn.