Chapter 20: with translation of title

And beneath countless blood-essence crystals, there were twelve blood-colored cocoons, within which one could sense life's fluctuations!

Countless killing intent, dao principles, and the blood cocoons accompanied the body, each cocoon governing a dao—namely space, time, metal, wood, water, fire, wind, rain, lightning, electricity, poison, and earth!

Upon close observation, however, it was discovered that the blood cocoon accompanying the earth dao contained the least killing intent, and faintly, the dao of reincarnation lurked within the true spirit.

«Twelve Ancestral Witches? »

This trait is too obvious; although it is a question, Pangu Yun remains extremely certain.

«Huh? »

Pangu Yun was about to approach for a detailed observation, hoping to gain insight into the twelve daos, when he sensed a weak obstructive force appear.

Pangu Yun immediately felt something; as the most direct continuation of the Pangu bloodline, the Ancestral Witches are like the eldest legitimate son of an ancient family, whereas after absorbing countless blood-essence powers, he is akin to a son born of a concubine.

Moreover, the Ancestral Witches are tied to the Primordial earth's dao, and it is not yet the time for them to emerge and take form.

Although this obstructive force was not strong, Pangu Yun did not choose to break it; instead, he walked to the hall's door, placed both hands upon it, and then poured his current understanding of martial dao into the Pangu Divine Hall.

The Wu Clan cultivates martial arts, and with their formidable blood-essence power, would not the future Primordial Wasteland be more interesting than simply letting the Ancestral Witches emerge now?

It is not that Pangu Yun cannot teach them martial arts if the Ancestral Witches emerge now; it is merely that, at present, Pangu Yun focuses on improving himself.

Having taken in Fuxi and Nüwa, he already worries about how to teach them, let alone the twelve Ancestral Witches of Pangu who obey only heaven and fear nothing.

Rather, it would be better to leave his martial dao insights for when the Twelve Ancestral Witches take form, so he can comprehend them then.

«I have been in seclusion within Pangu's heart for fifty thousand years; it is time to depart, and I do not know whether my elder brothers and two disciples are worrying about me. »

Fifty thousand years is neither long nor short; for instance, ten thousand years after Pangu Yun entered Pangu's heart, the Ferocious Beast Great Calamity battle erupted!

The Karmic Devil God and the Lunar Goddess fell, the Beast Sovereign God Ni fell, the Four Ferocious Beasts were jointly sealed by many powerful beings, and the Ferocious Beast Great Calamity came to a complete end!

Nowadays, the Dragon-Han Great Calamity has also intensified, with the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin tribes experiencing much friction, and their tribal chiefs having engaged in several great battles! Worth noting: it has been over 130,000 years since Pangu Yun took form; during this period, the three tribal chiefs have all reached the limit of Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal, while Rahu, Yin-Yang, and Yang Mei have broken through to the peak of Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal!

Moreover, Hongjun later surpassed them, even breaking through to the peak of Mixed Yuan Golden Immortal before Qiankun, and now he is actually a renowned great divine ability wielder in the Primordial Wasteland! Returning to Phoenix Nest Mountain, after receiving the message left here by Qiankun, Pangu Yun couldn't help but sigh.

«My comprehension of the Dao has stagnated for over fifty thousand years, and my recent progress is still too slow compared to the protagonists of the Great Calamity. »

The Dragon-Han Great Calamity and the Strife of the Dao Devils are actually the same Great Calamity; after the three tribal chiefs saw the truth of the calamity and sacrificed themselves to preserve their race, the battle of the Dao Devils promptly began.

As the five main figures of the Dao Devils' Strife—Rahu, Hongjun, Qiankun, Yin-Yang, and Yang Mei—their cultivation naturally rose extremely swiftly! However, Pangu Yun will not be discouraged; although his cultivation has not increased over these fifty thousand years, his potential and foundation are no longer comparable to before, and with his heaven-defying comprehension, his rate of advancement will not be much slower than those Great Calamity protagonists.

Moreover, after obtaining the Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler to replenish the origin of his internal Hongmeng space, a Literary Dao Grand World can now be opened! Outside the Phoenix Nest Mountain secret realm lies an innate Yin-Yang Creation Qiankun Grand Formation protecting it; even those who have not mastered the three Dao cannot break the formation, even if as strong as Yin-Yang, and with the place filled with innate qi, thus Pangu Yun also couldn't be bothered to return to the Myriad Heavens Islands, choosing instead to open a grand world here.

Pangu Yun first took out an ordinary myriad-heavens spiritual treasure emanating a supreme spiritual treasure aura; with a thought, a grand world swiftly formed, infused with formation dao principles. Formation Dao Grand World, complete! 【You have successfully opened the Formation Dao Grand World; your formation dao principles have been confirmed; your comprehension of formation dao has increased; current mastery, 26%!】

After the Formation Dao Grand World was opened, Pangu Yun casually put it away, then without pause took out another myriad-heavens spiritual treasure emanating a supreme aura.

With a wave of his hand, the well-practiced Pangu Yun caused a new grand world to take shape!

【You have successfully opened the Force Dao Grand World; your force dao principles have been confirmed; your comprehension of force dao has increased; current mastery, 11%!】

【You have derived myriad daos from Literary Dao; by reverse inferring force dao and formation dao, your literary dao principles have received a slight boost.】

After completing the warm-up work, Pangu Yun then focused on opening up his internal Hongmeng space.

The Hongmeng Measuring Heaven Ruler stood within the Hongmeng space; under Pangu Yun's control, it gave a slight tremor, and immediately the Chaos qi within the entire Hongmeng space began to churn.

A flash of axe-light split the Chaos, and the world took shape! Pangu Yun poured his complete understanding of literary dao into the world's origin; a towering tree sprang up from the earth, its vast canopy shielding the heavens! Vast righteous qi began to sprout, and myriad daos manifested under the evolution of literary dao, merging into the world tree; instantly, branches and twigs rapidly grew upon the world tree.

Pangu Yun pointed a finger at a leaf; the leaf detached from the branch, drifted down through the air, and upon landing transformed into a human shape.

«I now bestow upon you the name Yun! »

The sentient being formed from the world tree's leaf is a man wearing casual attire, his face bearing a carefree expression—exactly the appearance of Pangu Yun in his previous life.

«Yun thanks the Father God for his enlightening grace! »

Gazing at the respectfully saluting 'Yun' before him, Pangu Yun felt a bit strange inside, but the experiences of his former life were trivial to one who had lived for hundreds of thousands of years, so he quickly composed himself.

A high-level great thousand-world, Literary Dao Grand World, complete!

【You have successfully opened the Literary Dao Grand World; your literary dao principles have been confirmed; your comprehension of literary dao has increased; current mastery, 59%!】

【You have derived myriad daos from Literary Dao; all dao comprehensions have increased!】

Pangu Yun's comprehension of the Dao surged forward; among them, doctrines such as qi fortune, yin-yang, and qiankun, which he already mastered deeply, rose by 1%!

For karma, creation, destruction, space, and formation dao, the increase was 3%!

For force, water, fire, and earth—daos he had not grasped deeply—the increase was a full 5%!

And this increase is not yet complete; long before, after establishing the martial dao and, with the aid of the Great Dao, successfully creating martial arts, Pangu Yun combined in his mind the thoughts of the myriad philosophers of his past life with literary dao novels, deriving countless iterations of literary dao!

He had also pondered whether to name this art directly after 'wen' or something else, but ultimately, out of nostalgia for his past life, he decided that the literary dao art would be called 'Ru'! «The Great Dao above; I have a method, called Ru! »

(End of chapter)