Chapter 471: Find Another Dao Ancestor, Add Trouble for Fuxi

Kill Donghua?

And Hongyun?

Di Jun's gaze was deep and remote, "Dragon Ancestor, you… really dare to say that."

Hongyun, we can just let it be.

Heavenly Emperor stood with hands behind his back, "He once failed in his bid for sagehood, and these years, relying on the Wu Clan's might, you have completely taken back the authority of Water Dao, leaving only Cloud Dao, which is hard to wield freely."

Water Dao is the foundation of Cloud Dao's productivity... Hongyun's foundation is unstable, so his path has lost more than half.

Fortunately, he had quick wit, evolving from the Cloud Dao into the 'Cloud Cultivation' and 'Cloud System', leeching off the little leeks, gathering the weak to become strong.

What a pity.

In this era, the main economic powers are just the Wu and Yao... this Cloud Cultivation, a deviant way to profit from chaos, struggles to spread.

Even trying to transfer assets, you can't play too many tricks.

Di Jun spoke lightly, as if pointing out rivers and mountains; a top-tier great divine ability cultivator was nothing special in his mouth.

If warlords vied for supremacy, Hongyun might still have some role; if this one fails, we simply move the assets to the next... Cloud Dao is formless and ever-changing—capital knows no borders!

Cloud is unbound.

It moves with the wind, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers.

Used properly, it brings gentleness, mild winds and fine rain, nourishing seedlings, favorable weather and timely rain, naturally yielding abundance.

If it loses control... or frenziedly piles up in one place, it brings torrential rain, floods disaster, breaching dikes, submerging fertile land, destroying markets, collapsing prices, endless inflation; or it frenziedly flees outward, leaving ten thousand li cloudless, causing scorching sun, drought disaster, fertile land turning barren, ultimately crumbling into dust.

This is Cloud!

And Hongyun is the founding patriarch of the Cloud Dao!

Observe the Dao, and you know the person.

This great divine ability cultivator, in the evaluations of many innate sages, is absolutely no good person or kind soul.

Of course, to the common folk... that is another matter entirely.

This is because, the Cloud Dao extends into another field——

People echo what others say!

Controlling information, Hongyun also has a hand in it.

But compared to capital and assets, here it's exchanged for traffic and public opinion.

When traffic gathers, ordinary folks can be hyped into national idols; a sudden rise or fall can turn a saint into a hypocritical villain, with everyone's words melting gold, ending without illness.

When Hongyun puts a little effort into this field, packages himself a bit, becoming a great good person across ten lifetimes, it's truly too easy.

In the Honghuang world, any top-tier great divine ability cultivator has never been easy to deal with.

However!

Even such an extraordinary Hongyun is not placed in Di Jun's eyes at this moment.

Dragon Ancestor is the same.

Thus, Dragon Ancestor mainly aims to kill Donghua; Hongyun is merely an accessory, counted as a freebie, an add-on.

Just because——Great Unification! Great Heavenly Court!

Before a highly concentrated massive collective organization, nothing like capital, traffic, public opinion... can amount to anything!

Say we'll seal-kill you, and we seal-kill you!

The key lies only in whether the leader in charge of the organization is willing to reach out and suppress.

Killing Hongyun is not difficult.

The era's constraints mean, with his foundation, he cannot step into the Great Simplicity realm.

Although he is no inferior to an ordinary Yao Marshal, theoretically even we cultivators of Great Simplicity would find it hard to suppress him easily; he would desperately mobilize the Dao to counterattack, causing endless calamities.

But…… Dao restraint!

Di Jun reached out, rubbed his brow, and said: "Even if the Cloud Cultivation spread is vast, I only need to issue orders chain by chain to suppress it, and its valuation will plummet, countless assets evaporate, and its influence greatly diminish."

Branches wither on their own, wings scatter on their own.

Wait until its momentum greatly declines, its sharpness suffers a major blow, then we strike—no need to worry about anything, killing him is just a moment's work.

The only thing we need to worry about is Zhenyuanzi's side, his entanglement with Hongyun——Cloud Cultivation paired with the Earth Immortal System, big platform and small individual households paired...... they help each other, are strategic partners, mutually complementary, with tenacious vitality.

However, when the time comes to really strike, we will also make Zhenyuanzi unable to attend to him, making it hard for him to rush to aid.

Di Jun lightly decided the life and death of a great divine ability cultivator, then shifted tone: "But, Donghua is different!"

He presides over reforms, now holding a part of the great surge of the Human Dao!

Moreover, he has achieved merit equal to creation, once drew upon your school of thought, Dragon Ancestor, established his own lineage, held a top position in the previous Heavenly Court, continuing to this day, looking up and down the Myriad Heavens, shocking the gods, proving the Great Simplicity Dao!

The great trend cannot be eliminated, power exists...... how can we move him?

Heavenly Emperor sighed, "More importantly, the intelligence on your fellow Daoist Dragon Ancestor right now——he is still the White Emperor!"

When the words 'White Emperor' were spoken, Di Jun's expression had a hint of subtlety and strangeness, but he concealed it well and continued naturally: "The White Emperor status destined him to have human race support; it's not like Hongyun this guy, who just kicked the bucket, at most Zhenyuanzi cries injustice for him."

At that time, the Wu Clan side will mobilize, doing all they can to keep Donghua alive!

Heavenly Emperor watched the Dragon Ancestor with interest, "Ancient Dragon, you say...... how can we withstand the Wu Clan's firepower and strongly kill a Great Simplicity Great Luo?"

That's why.

Although I am very, very willing to cooperate with you...... but regarding the concrete implementation, I think we need to calm down and slowly discuss.

Dragon Ancestor fell silent.

After a while, he chuckled lightly, "If I say——I can exert effort, letting the Wu Clan stand by while he meets death and defeat, even giving him a push into the pit?"

"Oh?" Di Jun raised his brows, "This might have a chance...... but, can you do it?"

"Of course I can!" Dragon Ancestor sneered, "After all, I was once the supreme leader of the entire Dragon Clan!"

Compared to the phoenix, that lazy good-for-nothing, with a big heart, making itself a mascot, handing over more than half of its authority to that sinister fellow Fuxi to preside...... our Dragon Clan is exactly the opposite!

In former years, I oversaw military campaigns, held supreme authority, and gave orders to the four seas!

Apart from Nüwa, who relied on fate and luck, wielded the Qiankun Cauldron, managed logistics, and thus won people's hearts… as for the rest, who would not give me face and obey my orders?

When I was alive, even an ambitious figure like Hongyun dared not move!

The Dragon Ancestor spoke of his glorious past, his face lit up, but then it faded: "Alas, no matter how strong a fortress, it can be breached from within… Donghua, this two-faced traitor, actually had me killed in a trap."

"But…" the Dragon Ancestor gritted his teeth, full of malice, "He thinks I'm the only one who hates him?"

There are plenty more!

Back then, he was the chief strategist of the Dragon Court; his status couldn't be said to equal Fuxi's, but at least he could match Báizé, that fee-charging history-altering guy.

How many divinities loved him! Respected him! Believed in him!

But in the end, he struck back with a betrayal, under the banner of qi deviation into demonhood, and the ones who suffered the most slaughter were precisely these divinities!

Once, how many divinities revered him, trusted him… when the ideal collapsed, his persona fell apart.

Thus, how many divinities hate him to the bone!

Even among Nüwa's subordinates, there are not a few who harbor such complex feelings toward him—even though many of them did not die in the initial demonic calamity, nor were they among those slaughtered… huh? the Dragon Ancestor said, suddenly raising his eyebrows, sensing something off.

He suddenly fell silent, furrowed his brows, and contemplated the list of the fallen.

As he pondered, the Dragon Ancestor felt he had discovered some blind spot.

"Dragon Ancestor, what's wrong?" Di Jun asked with concern.

"Heh, nothing much, just thinking of something interesting…" the Dragon Ancestor forced a calm tone, "Back then, Luo Hu wreaked havoc, slaughtering the gods… the Dragon Court indeed suffered a great calamity, yet not a single one of Nüwa's retinue died."

"Hmm, actually not… some of her subordinates did die."

But now thinking about it, those who died either lacked loyalty, or were themselves planted as undercover agents by others.

Marvelous! Too marvelous!

The Dragon Ancestor let out a long sigh, then gave a heh-heh cold laugh, a laugh that made one's scalp tingle: "Does Nüwa herself have such ability?"

"I think she doesn't… perhaps one day she'll misjudge and capsize her own boat."

Then, what exactly is the reason?

Is it that her luck is invincible, everyone loves her, flowers bloom at her sight, a halo of fortune shielding her retinue?

Or is there someone behind the scenes directing and planning, having mapped out her retinue in perfect detail, understanding it even better than she herself does?

I feel this is absolutely a matter worthy of deep contemplation and thorough investigation.

It is a question that those divinities who once bet everything on the Dragon Court, who nearly lost everything and returned with nothing, ought to get to the bottom of!

The Dragon Ancestor gritted his teeth and spoke hatefully.

"This is dangerous." Di Jun said slowly, "If Nüwa herself cannot do this, then the biggest suspect is completely identified."

Besides the one who accompanied Nüwa from weakness to strength, never leaving her side, who else could care for Nüwa so much, help her purge and organize her forces?

Moreover, across Honghuang, only a few people could achieve such clean precision.

Even if you were to find out and prove this true, what then?

Pangu split the heavens, slaughtering the gods—this is stepping on piles of corpses to prove his might!

Di Jun smiled, "Even if he has now retired, been restrained by the Dao of Man, making it hard to exert his full power."

Yet he could promote one of his avatars, also achieve the Taiyi accomplishment, and easily become a chess player.

Unlike Pangu, who could make all gods submit with just a word, yet no one dares treat him as nothing.

Dragon Ancestor, don't be too rash, take it easy.

Fuxi's scheming pits are often not just ordinary deep.

Di Jun blinked, giving a sincere, well-meaning reminder with deep meaning: "He is Honghuang's foremost grand master of the Yi Dao, the sole legend of heavenly secrets."

At a glance, he gazes upon the grand trend of countless ages, contemplates human hearts and heavenly will, laying out plans too deep and too far.

Perhaps not.

The very party you earnestly seek as a conspirator actually, who knows how many years ago, already signed an agreement with Fuxi!

Be cautious again and again! Be cautious again and again!

One must never act rashly… otherwise, a single misstep will get you horribly trapped, face covered in blood.

The Heavenly Emperor sighed.

The more of an old schemer one is, the more one knows about certain people's dangers.

I know Fuxi's danger, but I think it's not that exaggerated…" the Dragon Ancestor disagreed, "Moreover, I never act rashly; I always think thrice before acting, seek teammates with shared interests, and strive for consensus."

Just with this, could he still anticipate and buy off in advance?

The Dragon Ancestor gave a faint smile, "Besides, I'm not now out to deal with him… I merely wish to interrupt Donghua, who is very likely his blade."

When I return, I will talk with some great witches, recalling past events to stir up the deeply buried grudges.

Who made them shed blood across heaven and earth, die unwillingly? And who made them lose everything, return with nothing?

"Hmm…" the Dragon Ancestor's voice paused, then he laughed lightly, "I think Nüwa's retinue could actually be mobilized as well."

After all, back then the Wa Huang real estate went bankrupt big time; Nüwa herself had to go up to the rooftop, surviving on northwest wind.

Who among her little brothers and lackeys could fare better?

They all ended up eating dirt, piled in debt, repaying it would be a waste of over a hundred million years!

They dare not hate Fuxi.

Just a slight shift of hatred, dig a few pits for Donghua… is that hard?

The Dragon Ancestor grinned, killing intent overflowing, "When tallied up, this is a great momentum."

By then, you the Heavenly Court besieging and slaying Donghua, with the Wu Clan's support? Don't even dream of it!

The great witches passively go on strike; among the ancestral witches… some gods who once supported the Dragon Clan ended up losing everything after being entrapped by Donghua!

Thus!

"East Splendor, how could it possibly be immortal!"

"Dragon Ancestor's words rang out strong and powerful, putting an end to the future of a generation's emperor!"

"All schemes exhausted, I will take your life!"

"Good!"

"Di Jun shouted loudly, clapped vigorously, full of approval, though his eyes flashed a subtle sympathy that vanished instantly."

"Dragon Ancestor, you are resourceful and strategic, truly a hero!"

"However, I still have a slight concern; I hope you, fellow Daoist, can advise."

"Di Jun said."

'"What doubts does the Heavenly Emperor have?" Dragon Ancestor said.'

'"Since you, fellow Daoist, speak with certainty that East Splendor is a blade of Fuxi… then even if you oversee the plans, you have stalled the Wu Clan's support."'

'"But there is still Fuxi himself!"'

'"If he secretly intervenes, East Splendor might yet escape!"'

'"In that case, how should we resolve it?"'

"The Heavenly Emperor humbly sought advice, truly feeling perplexed about this issue, at a loss as to where to begin."

'"What difficulty is there?" Dragon Ancestor said resolutely, "Only need to draw one person into the situation, and then Fuxi will be unable to attend to other matters, leaving White Emperor East Splendor with death and no life, no way to heaven, no door to earth!"'

'"May I ask, which person is this? Possessing such extraordinary ability?" Di Jun asked again, a recording stone flashing in his sleeve.'

'"Dao Ancestor Hongjun!" Dragon Ancestor sneered, "He is most likely to become the second Pangu, innately opposed to the first Pangu… as long as we communicate properly, he will surely intervene, secretly sending East Splendor to destruction!"'

'"Great idea!" Di Jun praised, then his face showed difficulty, "Unfortunately, I just fell out with Hongjun not long ago… right now, I really shouldn't contact him again."'

'"Or how about this?"'

"The Heavenly Emperor slowly said, 'I'll give you Hongjun's contact information; you go talk to him about how to subdue one of the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors.'"

"Dragon Ancestor listened, hesitated a moment, then nodded solemnly."

'"Good!"'

"(End of chapter)"