"Phew..." Several minutes passed without that voice sounding again. Certain its owner had left-or at least able to tell himself so-Gungun let out a heavy sigh of relief.
The great god Gungun had been extraordinary from birth, with Houtu backing him and the Witch Race behind him. There were few beings in the entire Primordial World he had ever feared. Yet the one who had just spoken terrified him to the extreme.
In that brief instant, he had broken out in more cold sweat than when Eastern Emperor Taiyi had attacked the Iron-Eating Forest all those years ago.
The Demon Realm...
He still remembered how, over two hundred thousand years ago, he had accidentally entered that place while searching for the World-Destroying Black Lotus. The mighty being he had encountered afterward had truly been... terrifying beyond measure!
When the Witches and demons first clashed, Houtu and four other Ancestral Witches had fought Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Even the pressure both sides had exerted on him combined had not been so overwhelming.
Fortunately, that being had not made things difficult for him and had let him return. Afterward, he had resolved never to go treasure hunting as a lone bear again. If another being could do something for him, he absolutely would not do it himself.
After all, what if something happened? My bear life is so precious. Losing it would be a tremendous loss to the entire Primordial World!
But...
Gungun raised his head toward the sky, then looked toward Pure Tenuity Heaven, still under construction in Chaos. He wondered, After all these years, why did he suddenly approach me and tell me that the Primordial Heavenly Venerable could save the Dragon Race? What is he after?
Gungun did not believe that gods and devils could never coexist. But when dealing