Zhang Yang listened as Patriarch Pangu recounted some of the secrets of those days, along with hidden truths Zhang Yang had always wanted to understand.
The two discussed matters of great importance to the universe.
Zhang Yang asked, "Patriarch, so many Demon Gods are trapped in the Four Great Universes, and your other two portions of will remain suppressed. Shouldn't we find a way to rescue them too?"
Pangu gazed into the distance and said, "Heh... in all these years, have you seen a single Demon God come to another universe to rescue them?"
Zhang Yang was startled. What was going on?
"We have to start from the beginning. Countless epochs ago, the Laniakea Universe was born. The will of the universe evolved the three thousand Great Dao laws, giving birth to the Three Thousand Gods and Devils. After the Demon Gods were born one after another, they never thought of cultivating. They had no concept of cultivation at all, and countless epochs passed that way."
"Then the universe sent down its will to the Demon Gods, telling us to split heaven from earth, bring forth living beings, and strengthen the Native Universe. But we Demon Gods disagreed among ourselves. I strongly advocated opening the heavens, but met fierce resistance. We even fought several battles, and things turned quite ugly. The universal consciousness was deeply dissatisfied as well. Not long afterward, the Alien Races invaded, and the Native Universe was defeated. Everything that followed began there."
Zhang Yang found that strange. "Hmm? Why did the Demon Gods oppose opening the heavens?"
"When the Laniakea Universe was born, it was still in a state of chaos. After the Demon Gods emerged, they occupied all the universe's chaos energy, preventing the Native Universe from giving birth to new living beings."
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