A Clash in Chaos

In the midst of Chaos.

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was not in a hurry to return to the Primordial World; instead, he traveled slowly and leisurely through the Chaos.

At the same time, he was pondering what Dao Ancestor Hongjun had said about the so-called Immortal Slaughter Tribulation.

He never expected things to turn out this way.

After all, he had only made a small calculation against Haotian; who would have thought that Hongjun would get so angry?

As for the saying that the Sage lacked virtue, Heavenly Dao was moved and sent down a calamity.

This is just talk.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao; this was a fact known throughout the entire Primordial World.

The meaning of "If Sage lacks virtue, Heavenly Dao will be moved and send down a calamity" is simply. "You are Daode and plotted against my people. I have found out, and now I am going to punish you!"

And then came the Investiture of the Investiture of the Gods.

Isn't that just helping Haotian vent his anger and demanding compensation?

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi didn't know if Hongjun truly thought this way, but Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was convinced that this was Hongjun's idea.

"Investiture of the Gods... The Immortal Slaughter Tribulation..."

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi pondered in his heart.

He did not regret his resolute refusal to sign the Investiture of the Gods, which indirectly led to the impending Immortal Slaughter Tribulation.

As Sage, he believed that protecting his fewer than twenty disciples during the Immeasurable Tribulation would be quite simple.

Moreover...

Once the Investiture of the Gods is filled, the Immortal Slaughter Tribulation will be over!

Various calculations began to flash through the mind of Celestial Venerable Yuanshi.

Laozi and Nüwa had too few disciples, so their schemes were not worth the effort. As for the two sages of the Western Sect, although there must have been some talented disciples who were not included in the Investiture of the Gods, they did not attempt to do so.

However, the two saints, Jieyin Zhunti, are extremely close. For the sake of the Western Sect, the few big cats and little cats they are unwilling to part with are not worth scheming against the two Sages.

So...

Without the slightest hesitation, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi decided in his heart that the Investiture of the Jie Sect Investiture of the Gods.

While Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was scheming on one side, Cult Master Tongtian on the other side probably never imagined that his senior brother would disregard the dignity of Sage and scheme against his disciple.

"Perfect timing. I can also help that confused junior brother by cleaning up the sect of those who are born from wet eggs."

Yuanshi sneered, making no attempt to conceal his true intentions.

This is Chaos, not the Primordial World. In a place like this, whatever he says or does will remain unknown to outsiders unless he is caught red-handed.

But...

"This trip was definitely worthwhile!"

The sudden sound that rang out in the Chaos startled Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, and at the same time, chilled him to the bone.

What he just said... must not be transmitted to the Primordial World, especially not to his junior brother.

Otherwise...

Alerted, Tongtian would never allow himself to be outmaneuvered.

Without the slightest hesitation, the Innate Supreme Treasure Pangu Banner, a supreme innate treasure, appeared instantly in the hand of the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and began to sway.

Countless Chaos Sword Qi burst forth from the waving Pangu Banner, each containing a world-shaking Chaos Sword Qi capable of tearing apart Chaos.

The entire Chaos was cut into billions of pieces by billions of Sword Qi.

Within the vast Chaos, the endless Chaos energy suddenly surged violently, and the Chaos storm, mixed with billions of Chaos Sword Qi, frantically tore apart the surrounding endless spacetime.

This deadly move would be absolutely fatal even to a Sage here.

At this moment, even the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi did not know who had spoken.

This decisiveness.

This surprised Ao Changsheng somewhat.

It should be noted that although Daluo Immortal can enter the vast Chaos, it is rare to find someone who can appear as silently as him not far from the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi.

There are only a handful of them in the entire Primordial World.

Sage... have never been limited to the six sages in the Purple Firmament Palace.

But even so, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi acted immediately upon hearing his voice, without the slightest hesitation between the moment he heard it and the moment he made his move.

This decisiveness.

Is this not worthy of someone like Yuanshi, who would scheme against his own junior disciple and even personally bully the weak?

Ao Changsheng gazed at the surging Chaos storm before him and the Chaos Sword Qi mixed within it, his expression unchanged. He gently raised his right hand and pressed it down towards the endless Chaos energy flow.

The next moment.

The Chaos Sword Qi, torn apart by the endless chaotic sword energy, converged and focused, and in just an instant, a Chaos divine mountain appeared in the vast Chaos.

The Chaos Divine Mountain emitted a hazy, radiant light, illuminating the surrounding Chaos.

All the Chaos energy and Chaos Sword Qi within the range of the Chaos Divine Mountain's radiance were suppressed by this Chaos Divine Mountain.

It paused, but only for a moment. The raging Chaos storm and the billions of Chaos Sword Qi mixed with it were all suppressed and stopped in the Chaos.

Immediately afterwards, a vast and mighty power emanated from the Chaos Divine Mountain, and the billions of Chaos Sword Qi were directly absorbed by the vast Chaos Mountain along with the radiance emitted.

The Chaos Mountain, having absorbed all the Chaos storm and Chaos Sword Qi, has become extremely majestic.

Just looking at it gives one an overwhelming sense of heaviness.

It seemed to be able to suppress endless time and space, and suppress the vast universe.

Yuanshi looked at the Chaos Mountain that had appeared out of nothing before him, his expression indifferent. He made no comment on the failure of the Chaos Sword Qi of the Innate Supreme Treasure Pangu Banner, a supreme innate treasure.

Although his attack just now seemed powerful and impressive, it was actually just a hasty attack.

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was pondering, looking at the Chaos divine mountain before him, wondering whose doing this was.

Upon seeing this majestic Chaos Mountain, the first thing that came to mind for Celestial Venerable Yuanshi was the former Earth Ancestral Witch Houtu.

But he quickly dismissed the idea.

Even if one were to be reborn into the cycle of reincarnation, let alone Houtu, even Pingxin would find it difficult to escape the cycle, let alone appear in this Chaos.

"Could it be Fuxi..." Celestial Venerable Yuanshi frowned.

He remembered that among the Great Dao of the Eight Trigrams practiced by Fuxi, there were those related to mountains.

As for... Fuxi attained sainthood through the Great Dao of Melody, and had long since abandoned the Dao of the Eight Trigrams of Human Emperor in this world.

If this were said, probably no one in the entire Primordial World would believe it.

Even the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi suspected that Fuxi had abandoned the Great Dao of Melody and had been diligently cultivating the Great Dao of the Eight Trigrams.

Such an act of abandoning the arduous Great Dao of self-cultivation might be unbelievable to others, but for Fuxi, this was not the first time he had done it.

Once Upon a time.

Fuxi and Nüwa were born together in Mount Buzhou.

One is extremely Yang! The other is extremely Yin!

This was also the case in their later cultivation practices. Fuxi cultivated a certain Yang Great Dao, while Nüwa cultivated a Yin Great Dao.

But later...

Fuxi, through some unknown means, relinquished his own Great Dao and gave it to Nüwa.

This allowed Nüwa to achieve the harmony of Yin and Yang, and inexplicably embark on the Great Dao of Creation.

Fuxi, on the other hand, turned to cultivate the seemingly insignificant Great Dao of Melody.

Is it Fuxi?

The Celestial Venerable Yuanshi frowned slightly.

He believed he had no grudges against the Human Race, and in fact, several of his disciples were Human Race.

Why would Fuxi come to ambush him?

But apart from Fuxi, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi couldn't think of any other Sage in the Primordial World who cultivated a path related to 'mountains'.

But...

No matter who stands in his way, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi will not back down at this moment. He will definitely defeat them to prevent them from revealing what he said earlier.

Thinking about what had just happened, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi felt annoyed. He blamed himself for being too confident, believing that no one could possibly sneak up on him, which allowed someone to overhear him.

With these thoughts in mind, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's hands did not stop moving in the slightest, Pangu Banner in his hand shone brightly.

Suddenly, an invisible force burst forth from the Pangu Banner, instantly enveloping and dividing the surrounding Chaos World spanning billions of miles.

At this moment, with the Pangu Banner as the center, the Chaos World within a radius of billions of miles has been transformed into the domain of the Pangu Banner, into the Chaos World of the Pangu Banner.

In this way, no matter how fierce the battle is in this Chaos World, as long as the Chaos World is not completely destroyed, their battle will not be known to the outside world.

They could fight to their hearts' content without worrying about other Sage interfering.

But...

At the summit of Chaos Divine Mountain, Ao Changsheng sensed the changes in the surrounding Chaos Space, and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

This Yuanshi being actually using this method of dividing Chaos and creating worlds right before his eyes...

Honestly.

That's quite interesting.

Ao Changsheng chuckled and sat atop the Chaos Mountain. With a thought, the Chaos Divine Mountain began to crush towards the direction of Yuanshi.

As the Chaos Divine Mountain rolled in, the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi remained calm, Pangu Banner in his hand moved without wind.

In an instant, Chaos Sword Qi, each billions of feet long, pierced towards the divine mountain.

But...

The moment the Chaos Sword Qi pierced the Chaos Divine Mountain, it was completely devoured by the Chaos Divine Mountain, just like the previous Chaos storm and Chaos Sword Qi, and turned into growth nutrients.

The Chaos Divine Mountain grew even stronger after devouring several Chaos Sword Qi, each hundreds of millions of feet long.

This scene caused Celestial Venerable Yuanshi to frown slightly. He tossed the Pangu Banner above his head, and the Sage's Law Power flowed into it continuously.

Within the Pangu Banner, an ancient and boundless thought revived, and an invincible consciousness emanated from Pangu Banner.

Then, a foot-long Chaos Sword Qi shot out from the Pangu Banner. Apart from being much smaller than the other Chaos Sword Qi, this Chaos Sword Qi appeared otherwise normal.

But...

The moment this Chaos Sword Qi shot out, it strangely pierced through the vast Chaos and appeared directly in front of the Chaos Mountain.

Then, without any obstruction, it pierced into the Chaos divine mountain.

On the Chaos Mountain, Ao Changsheng raised an eyebrow as he sensed the Chaos Sword Qi raging within the mountain Chaos.

"Chaos Sword Qi? No, this is the Pangu Axe Light..."

Ao Changsheng muttered to himself.

Although its composition is no different from the Chaos Sword Qi emitted by the Pangu Banner before, it contains traces of Pangu's consciousness.

It contains the Heaven-Opening True Intention of Pangu's creation of the world.

It was this wisp of True Intention that allowed the Chaos Sword Qi to remain unshaken by the Chaos Mountain and to pierce through it.

"Pangu..." Ao Changsheng murmured softly.

Although he had witnessed Pangu's power more than once, each time he saw it again, it brought Ao Changsheng a different kind of impact.

"Truly unfathomable!" Ao Changsheng sighed, his voice echoing through the Chaos Space. With a light tap of his foot, he leaped directly off the Chaos body.

The next moment.

That Chaos Sword Qi, containing the will of Pangu, pierced through the Chaos Divine Mountain and soared into the sky from beneath Ao Changsheng's feet.

Having already traveled far away, Ao Changsheng gazed at the Chaos Mountain, now riddled with holes, and softly uttered a single word.

"Burst!"

The next instant, the Chaos Divine Mountain, formed by endless Chaos energy and Chaos Sword Qi, exploded with a deafening roar.

Although it did not contain any Great Dao Divine Ability, but was just a simple explosion, the endless Chaos air currents and Chaos Sword Qi that Ao Changsheng had compressed and bound exploded within it.

Even a Sage would likely fare poorly if directly impacted by this explosion.

The Chaos Sword Qi containing the will of Pangu was rapidly being worn down by the endless Chaos airflow and the impact of the Chaos Sword Qi.

Far away.

The Celestial Venerable Yuanshi gazed at the shattered Chaos Mountain with an utterly indifferent expression.

Although the power of the explosion was terrifying, it was useless if it couldn't hit anyone. Even if the power were ten or a hundred times stronger, it would be of no use.

The endless Chaos air currents and Chaos Sword Qi were blown away by the shockwave of the explosion, almost instantly passing by the side of the Celestial Venerable Yuanshi and then filling the entire Chaos Space.

However, the originally calm Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's expression suddenly changed when the endless Chaos energy swept past.

"Chaos... has changed!?" Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's face darkened as he sensed the changes around him.

Although it was very weak, he had previously used the Pangu Banner to transform the Chaos Space within billions of miles around into the Pangu Banner's domain.

Even the slightest change could not escape his perception.

"This kind of method..." Celestial Venerable Yuanshi looked at the chaotic and violent Chaos in the distance caused by the explosion, his face grim.

"Boom!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Celestial Venerable Yuanshi directly communicated with the Primordial World Heavenly Dao using his Heavenly Dao Sage Fruit Position, and an incomparably profound and vast power was directly bestowed upon Celestial Venerable Yuanshi.

The Yuanshi Law Power increased wildly, a thousand times, ten thousand times, or even more? No, this cannot be described by simple numerical multiples.

At this moment, with the Power of the Heavenly Dao empowering Yuanshi, he became the true Heavenly Dao Sage.

The Pangu Banner above his head emitted a mysterious divine light, which suddenly swept across billions of miles around, instantly suppressing and calming the endless and violent Chaos energy.

But...

Originally, the Pangu Banner merely cut through the surrounding Chaos for its own use, but at this moment...

Even though Yuanshi used the Pangu Banner to suppress the Chaos space-time spanning billions of miles, this particular Chaos Space... seemed endless, with no end in sight.

Celestial Venerable Yuanshi did not care about this. At this moment, his gaze was fixed on the figure in front of him with great solemnity, looking at Ao Changsheng.

Although I had already guessed the owner of this method when I noticed the changes in the Chaos and the appearance of the world.

But when Celestial Venerable Yuanshi actually saw Ao Changsheng in front of him, his expression was extremely grave.

Perhaps Ao Changsheng was not well-known in the Primordial World. Apart from the powerful cultivators who survived in ancient times, few people knew of Ao Changsheng existence.

Even those who knew of Ao Changsheng's existence knew almost nothing about his mysterious background.

All that is known is the record of Ao Changsheng's few rare attacks.

But...

The Sage like Celestial Venerable Yuanshi knew very well that the person before them was someone who could address Dao Ancestor Hongjun as a fellow Daoist.

His cultivation methods are incredibly mysterious.

But without a doubt, he is an existence at the level of Sage.

The Celestial Venerable Yuanshi said in a deep voice, "I believe I have no enmity with Changsheng, and I do not know why Changsheng has ambushed me here."

"Don't misunderstand, I didn't intend to ambush you. I'm here to teach you a lesson..."

Ao Changsheng looked at Celestial Venerable Yuanshi with a bright smile on his face, and his figure suddenly disappeared in front of Celestial Venerable Yuanshi.

"Words shouldn't be spoken carelessly --"

Ao Changsheng's voice rang out from behind Celestial Venerable Yuanshi, and at the same time, a palm was imprinted on Celestial Venerable Yuanshi's body.

"The Primordial World - Chaos!"