Wang Shi's words lifted her spirits.
She redoubled her efforts to comprehend the Netherworld Book.
Meanwhile, Wang Shi began connecting to the Primordial Great Dao.
The Primordial Great Dao and the Primordial Heavenly Dao were not the same.
The Great Dao preceded the Heavenly Dao. Now that the Heavenly Dao's will had awakened and merged with Hongjun, they had developed selfish desires of their own.
What Wang Shi wanted to do was give Houtu a new opportunity.
As Wang Shi set to work,
Great Immortal Yang Mei and Hongjun were facing off inside the Purple Firmament Palace.
"Old Yang Mei, why are you so protective of him? Establishing the Earthly Dao outside the Primordial World will only plunge the entire Primordial World into greater chaos. It does nothing for its unity."
Great Immortal Yang Mei laughed heartily.
"We know each other inside out. Spare me these empty words and grand claims."
"When you merged with the Heavenly Dao, I warned you that its will would influence you. You are no longer entirely Hongjun, nor are you the Heavenly Dao. You are merely a fusion of the two."
"A Heavenly Dao with selfish desires should stop parading its petty schemes."
"Perhaps this little stone spirit is a bit headstrong, but only he can change the Primordial World. If things go your way, the Primordial World will ultimately find itself in a dead end."
Yang Mei sighed softly.
He had traveled through far too many Primordial Worlds and seen far too many of them stray down the wrong path.
Once Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, he could no longer advance, and the entire Primordial World would reach a bottleneck.
Dark forces would gradually eat away at it until the Primordial World became a slave to darkness, sinking into utter ruin.
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