Chapter 320

In a towering solemn hall, a flagpole stood upright.

On the flag, numerous symbols were engraved, expounding the mysteries of creation, capable of commanding the source of all beings.

It was originally quiet, covered in dust by the passage of time.

However, today, when the Zhou Tian Star Sea erupted in a world-shocking war, the tranquility of this place was shattered.

A majestic sovereign entered the palace, his face full of helplessness, shaking his head and sighing incessantly.

"Why do I have to handle this kind of trivial matter?"

"Wouldn't it be fine to let them fight to the death?"

"Anyway, in my view, these two guys are putting on a fierce show; actually they're just shouting loudly, at most they'll knock a hole in each other's heads, not fatal."

The sovereign sighed.

This, lo and behold, is Xihuang.

He walked to the flag, glanced askance a few times, then casually grabbed it, and the flagpole jumped into his hand.

"Little sister's wings have hardened."

"They dare to order this elder brother around to do things."

"Nüwa, you're really something... Is it because you think I can't control you at home now, so you dare to act so arrogantly?"

Xihuang gave a heh laugh, "Let me take the summon demon banner and do the mediating work?"

"If not..."

Fuxi the Great Sage's voice gradually sank, finally becoming a muffled mutter, occasionally with a cold chuckle.

He seems to be plotting something, having the air of a great conspirator.

"Sooner or later one day..."

Xihuang turned, lifted the summon demon banner, and left.

With each step, he crossed the Void Heaven Star Sea, traversed boundless time and space, and descended near that passionate battleground.

There, the killing had gone mad; Gonggong's battle with Taiyi was no longer a mere cultivation contest, but also involved belief and path, an entanglement affecting endless time and space.

The referee will step down now to separate the two sides of this death match.

This job is not easy.

After all, the two mighty ones with bloodshot eyes might even strike the referee together.

……

Fengxi felt a faint sorrow—

He was too close to the battlefield.

The battle erupted very suddenly; Gonggong the ancestral witch, having pent up anger, launched an attack as soon as he appeared... At that time he had not yet walked far.

Thus it was also fortunate; Fengxi directly became the nearest observer of the battlefield, witnessing the clash between the ancestral witch and the demon emperor.

"Counting the past, how many similar experiences have I had?"

He felt emotion in his heart, and at the same time actively moved his steps a bit farther away.

Taiyi and Gonggong, with full combat power, two great divine-ability users are truly terrifying. If Fengxi were not armed to the teeth, his gear superb, innate spiritual treasures by count, he'd likely be a mess, let alone have leisure to watch the battle.

However, precisely because he is close, he understands the battle situation better than ordinary people.

The holy dragon and the bell shadow collided heavily, appearing evenly matched.

But Fengxi's keen eyes noticed that Gonggong seemed to be struggling more... Opposite him, Taiyi, as time passed, each moment his aura grew more vast and magnificent, as if condensing the existence of the Zhou Tian Star Sea into himself.

It seemed that his single body gathered the entire starry sky, transforming its weight and history into his incarnation, achieving a great deity!

Just as when Pangu, in the age of creating heaven and earth and evolving the starry sky, did not directly create the starry sky, but first created a deity.

Then this deity self-disintegrated, its body turning into countless stars that illuminated Honghuang forever.

Of course, Fengxi clearly knows—this is likely his illusion, caused by Taiyi's supreme divine ability.

Donghuang is too strong!

His aura fills the starry sky, resonating with the star sea, and with the myriad beings living therein, even reflecting the heavenly will.

The Heavenly Court's great Luo, the Demon Race, stellar light, primordial void... at this moment all are infected and driven by his will.

Taiyi, he controls all of this.

With the secret assistance of many demon gods, Donghuang could steadily wield myriad authorities, thus letting his spiritual will and vast spirit pour down over the entire Zhou Tian Star Sea, along with that portion of the time river Suiyue Changhe it influences.

Then, everything... began to reverse.

The human body is a small universe; the universe is a great human body.

Donghuang cannot grasp the entirety of Honghuang heaven and earth, to turn this universe into a human body, reversing the process whereby after Pangu created heaven and earth his body transformed into myriad things.

But he trims here, cuts there, and a diminished deity can thus be achieved.

Taking command of the star sea, governing myriad paths, plus possessing demon sovereign authority to command all beings... thus Donghuang regards each star as the smallest unit of life, each stellar region as transformed into organs and meridian points of his body.

The trajectories of the revolving stars become blood vessels and meridians; the flow of starlight primordial energy in the star sea, surging and washing, becomes the breathing of this incomparably great starry sea deity.

Forging the stars yields essence; forging starlight yields qi... the essence, qi, and spirit of living beings have already satisfied two conditions.

And that final deity should be the Demon Race's inhabitants dwelling here.

Unifying their beliefs, using the Heavenly Court's statutes to direct and constrain, achieving consensus, possessing the great power to transform the world... this is deity!

Finally, between essence, qi, and spirit, it is the great Luo heavenly will that connects and operates, constructing a neural network to support all this.

When they together acknowledge Donghuang's will.

When they unconditionally cooperate with Taiyi.

A terrifying starry sea deity is thus accomplished, so powerful that its mere existence shows signs of reversing causality and turning back time.

It makes Fengxi even have the illusion that deity came first, then the starry sea!

As Di Jun said.

This is the Heavenly Court's home ground!

Even if the Yao Gods and Yao Marshals didn't wave their weapons to assist Donghuang in battle.

But as long as they silently cooperate with Taiyi's divine powers, constructing the Starry Sky Deity, they can bring enough threat to Gonggong.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom!"

An immensely loud, resonant heartbeat-like sound rang out, echoing in the ears of every Honghuang living being.

This is that deity's heartbeat!

It started faint, then rapidly intensified, until it shook the universe, shook time, making all beings tremble from soul to body, unable to resist that supreme pressure.

Feeling this situation, Gonggong the Ancestral Witch's face completely changed.

"You actually overlooked us……" The Heavenly River coiled around Gonggong, the pure white holy dragon winding about, this Ancestral Witch took a deep breath, "You even mastered this technique and further developed it."

"One day, when the Heavenly Court unifies the Hunyuan universe, rules over heaven and earth, each deity holds authority, managing all qi matter, mountains rivers starry skies, and with Daluo heaven's will mediating…… then together they unleash Daluo's power, reversing time and causality, seizing the moment when Pangu's body transforms all things, naturally they will understand the mystery of Pangu's Dao Fruit."

"You're so capable, does Hongjun know about this?"

Gonggong shouted loudly.

"Take this step, and you are no longer pawns; you have a slim chance to leap to become Pangu…… even if it's minuscule!"

"Hongjun! Do you see this?"

This Water Ancestral Witch threw his head back and laughed wildly.

"Ha!"

Taiyi chuckled, "Gonggong, you don't need to provoke like this."

"We've all reached the pinnacle of the Dao; who wouldn't have some thoughts about Pangu's position?"

"Pangu's path, the Dao Ancestor walks it, the Wu Clan walks it…… so how could our Heavenly Court not walk it?"

"Compared to that, our Heavenly Court's progress is the slowest."

"The Dao Ancestor grasps the Heavenly Dao; that Dao's definition covers the highest supreme, holding command over all Honghuang matter and qi, yet still lacks the final thread of human Dao to be consummated, stuck before the finish line." Taiyi said lightly, "While you Wu Clan hold Pangu's blood, not knowing which player gave Pangu a drop-of-blood rebirth, directly taking a shortcut and racing madly."

"If it weren't for the track's rules constantly changing, the endpoint would also shift, you'd probably have already sped past the finish line…… shameless."

Taiyi snorted, "Our Heavenly Court is simply pure and honest, walking a steady, solid path…… in fact, this is exactly the Heavenly Court's purpose."

"To govern the vast mountains and rivers, to unify the Human Dao, to invert cause and effect and time, heaven and earth become Pangu, Pangu becomes the Heavenly Court, sweeping aside all who defy."

"It's a pity that in this era, many resist the Heavenly Court's restraint, and you Wu Clan are among them."

Taiyi sighed regretfully, then steadied himself, "Even if I cannot now behead the Wu Clan, I can still discipline one Ancestral Witch, make him remember long…… and it's not difficult!"

"Today, let you witness the achievements of our Heavenly Court's Pangu path!"

"The Dao of the Demon Race is also a righteous path, with a bright future ahead!"

Donghuang flicked his sleeves; in the void, the pressure of the Starry Sky God grew even more mighty, rising endlessly, giving Gonggong a true sense of crisis.

"Ha!"

Gonggong roared, his body faintly illusory and transparent.

Within that illusion and transparency, a point of dazzling blood light flickered.

Pangu's blood!

Gonggong the Ancestral Witch's heart began to beat violently, resonating with the eleven other hearts across vast time and space, borrowing their power and the Great Dao.

"Pangu…… Pangu!" Gonggong bellowed, "Our Ancestral Witches are heart-connected, the situation is urgent, yet it's not impossible to stand shoulder to shoulder!"

"Taiyi, who are you showing off for?"

"Isn't it just the Pangu path? You've made some progress…… what's there to be proud of?"

"Don't say your half-baked Heavenly Court, cutting corners, altering its appearance into a shrunken Pangu…… even at its peak, I'd still have to weigh it!"

"Watch me perform the True Dragon Pangu Grand Method, smash your counterfeit!"

Gonggong shouted, his stature growing ever taller and stout, twelve kinds of laws intertwining on him, merging into a most noble and holy aura, as if Pangu's true form had descended, able to make all beings tremble.

However, the objects of that trembling obviously do not include Taiyi…… he sneered, "Say I'm diminished? Well, you aren't any different."

"Just you and your True Dragon Pangu Grand Method…… call your other eleven brothers and sisters over, then say that again!"

"Otherwise today, your so-called True Dragon Pangu Grand Method, superficial as it is, will be broken, and for nothing you'll lose Pangu's prestige in people's hearts, merely giving rise to the thought 'just this'."

The two mighty beings, their words like blades, each stabbed at the other.

They chatted and laughed easily; Pangu in their mouths was nothing much.

This inexplicably annoyed the silent arrival of Xihuang, making the sovereign's eyes turn hostile.

Fuxi narrowed his eyes, first sizing up Gonggong the Ancestral Witch…… his focus lingered on Gonggong's head.

Then he glanced a few times at Taiyi, a strange light flashing in his eyes.

Xihuang nodded, then shook his head, giving those who noticed him a feeling of unease.

However, this feeling was only a fleeting glance, not lasting long.

Because the next moment, Xihuang moved.

At the moment Gonggong and Taiyi let go to engage in their ultimate showdown, he stepped forward, inserting himself into the battle!

This was too thrilling, too bold.

The two top powerhouses exerted themselves fully; their cultivation was secondary, the key was that immense surge of Human Dao torrent wrapping and moving, possessing the greatest power to shatter everything and create everything anew!

But since Xihuang dared to step up, he naturally had his confidence.

Fengxi not far away witnessed a series of miraculous means, dispelling the killing intent and conflict here.

"Dragon?"

"Demon?"

Fuxi stood at the core of the most intense collision between the two sides.

One side is the demon's spirit, condensing into the star‑sky deity, sweeping and crushing.

One side is the Dragon's Path, writing the chapter of evolution, Pangu shapes the present.

They are all immensely powerful.

But before Xihuang, it is not unsolvable.

"Give it back!"

Fuxi gave a soft shout, one hand grasping the Demon‑Summoning Banner, and with a sweep toward the star‑sky deity——

In an instant, the deity froze, its movements stiffening.

Because, the 'divine' that constitutes the deity—the Demon Race—has run into some trouble.

Their source is affected, they involuntarily stall, finding it hard to resist the command of the Demon‑Summoning Banner.

Nüwa, the supreme achiever of the Way of Creation, controls the supreme deity of the birth and proliferation of all living beings!

Her Dao has long been etched deep into the origin of all acquired living beings.

As soon as the Demon‑Summoning Banner appears.

Anything belonging to the postnatal human Dao will wilt before her aura, unable to act wickedly.

Wahuang, she can be called the mother of humanity under the human Dao!

After the Demon‑Summoning Banner stalled the star‑sky deity's aura, Fuxi reached out to grab Donghuang.

Taiyi raised a hand to block, but grasped at nothing.

Because Fuxi did not attack him, he merely borrowed and shifted the human Dao power that Taiyi commanded with miraculous skill, bringing it to his own hand and wrapping it around the Demon‑Summoning Banner.

However, this time the manifestation of the human Dao power differed from when Taiyi controlled it, producing wondrous changes.

It is magnificent and vigorous, balanced and neutral, condensing into pure, bright light, within which lies the pure ideal of ardent progress and selfless dedication.

This is the union of Xihuang's own Way of Change and human Dao, finally attaching to the Demon‑Summoning Banner.

"The Way of the Dragon? How nostalgic… let me weigh it again!"

Xihuang's lips curled upward.

He smiled, and in an instant he swung the Demon‑Summoning Banner again, the Way of Change, human Dao, and Way of Creation united as he struck at Gonggong the primordial witch!

At this moment.

Quite a pair of royal siblings, joining forces in battle, a mixed‑gender doubles match.

Gonggong roared, engulfed in dragon shadow as he surged forward…… but swift to come, swift to go.

Under one banner, whatever Heavenly River, whatever dragon shadow, all collapsed—just like the star‑sky deity whose human Dao core had been torn away on the other side, disintegrating in an instant.

As for Gonggong himself, his condition was still decent, not exactly disheveled, letting outsiders see no sign of loss…… evidently Fuxi had spared him face.

But Gonggong felt little gratitude, his eyes narrowed as he muttered a phrase.

"Siblings, dark……"

(End of chapter)