The truth behind the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, gathering the will of all living beings (two-in-one)

Primordial World: I, an Iron-Eating Beast, had my thoughts overheard by Houtu-Chapter 856: The truth behind the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe, gathering the will of all living beings (two-in-one)

The Primordial Heavenly Venerable was a very complicated Saint.

His imposing dignity was unmatched in the Primordial World. Even the other Saints, including Hongjun and Luo Hou, were not as stern as he was.

He always insisted on following heaven's will when handling affairs, and would not tolerate so much as a grain of sand in his eyes throughout the process. In that sense, he could be called upright and unbending.

But that uprightness only applied when his own disciples were not involved. He fiercely protected his own, and to safeguard his disciples, he would even stoop to bullying juniors with his superior power.

At the same time, he was also... extremely petty.

Over all its years of dealing with the Saints, Gungun had developed its own ranking of how broad-minded they were.

Leaving Hongjun and Luo Hou aside, the most generous-hearted Saints were Laozi, Jieyin, and Zhunti. Next came Nuwa, Houtu, and Tongtian, whose hearts were about equally broad. The Primordial Heavenly Venerable came dead last.

In the Investiture of the Gods tale, Nuwa had brought an end to Chengtang's five-hundred-year reign because King Zhou had made lewd advances toward her. But if the Saint he offended had been the Primordial Heavenly Venerable instead, Gungun reckoned... forget losing the kingdom. King Zhou's entire clan would probably have been exterminated, root and branch!

Of course, that would not have been excessive.

The rulers of Human Race dynasties all included extermination of the nine degrees of kinship in the laws they devised to serve themselves. Deceiving the sovereign was one such capital offense.

As a sovereign, you demanded the extermination of nine degrees