As Houtu's words fell, every syllable exploded like a thunderclap within the primordial spirits of countless trillions of living beings!
In that instant, the entire Primordial World sank into an eerie, deathly silence.
And then...
An uproar surged to the heavens!
"Suppress the Earth Dao and the Human Dao?!"
"So that was it... so that was it!"
"We thought Hongjun was only trying to cut off our paths of cultivation. Who would have thought... his ambitions were so vast!"
Countless cultivators were first stunned, then enveloped by a bone-deep chill.
Yes!
The Primordial World was no longer in the age when the Dao Ancestor alone held unrivaled power.
The Heavenly, Earth, and Human Daos standing side by side was already an established fact.
Though the Heavenly Dao was powerful, it could no longer reign truly supreme and hold sole dominion over all creation.
Now, Hongjun and the Elder of Chaos were seizing the origins of the Three Thousand Demon Gods to forcibly elevate the Heavenly Dao's status. Their fundamental purpose was never to target antlike cultivators such as them.
It was to utterly suppress the Earth Dao and the Human Dao, which stood alongside it, at the very root of the rules!
Once the Heavenly Dao's status rose above the Earth Dao and the Human Dao, the authority of Empress Houtu and Empress Nuwa would inevitably be weakened tremendously.
Then the Heavenly Dao would once again become the sole, supreme, absolute sovereign that tolerated no defiance!
This was the true killing move!
"What a vicious scheme!"
"Are they trying to drag the entire Primordial World back to the age when the Heavenly Dao alone held sway?"
"No! We will never agree!"
Once they understood everything, countless living beings moved beyond their initial despair, and an unprecedented fury rose within them.