Chapter 687: The market carries risk—participate with caution!

"Look at those Dragon Clan!"

"What a sacrifice and dedication for the Human Dao!"

"If the rain miscounts, they willingly accept punishment, walking once on the Dragon‑slaying platform!"

"Look at you all…… huh? Each of you can't even manage your own subordinates—either this pet's lost or that mount's run off!"

"Do you still have any Human Dao in your eyes? Do you still have any myriad beings in your eyes?"

"Go back and each write a ten‑billion‑word self‑critique to prove your resolve to learn from the Dragon Clan!"

The conscience of the Human Dao, envisioning a beautiful future.

A Dragon Clan steps forward, as someone else's child, leading the myriad gods in cutthroat competition…… What a wonderful sight!

Hatred shifted, competition intensified, performance rose…… the Human Dao, with one hand balancing power tactics, easily controlled the Three Thousand Great Luo.

Moreover, this can't be blamed on him!

He, Fengxi, such an honest and sincere person—what mischief could he have?

It's all because the Dragon Ancestor is meddling!

If it weren't for his false displays of loyalty, posing as a sycophant to stir up the market, fervently showing devotion that made the Human Dao illusion that all three thousand divinities should be "loyal and good" like the Dragon Ancestor, how could they have forced everyone to receive a huge "blessing"?

If you want to blame someone, blame the Dragon Ancestor!

You pillars of the "Honghuang" era, if you're going to curse, you ought to curse him!

Little Fengxi's abacus clacked away.

This round, this round is a clash of masters, a scumbag versus a Sea King.

The Dragon Ancestor Great Sage harbors ill intent; when he needs the Human Dao's help he spews sweet words, saying "You're the best," the Human Dao is heaven, the Human Dao is earth, in this lifetime he'll listen to nothing non‑Human Dao…… once he no longer needs it, he turns cold and ruthless, promoting Dragon‑supremacism across the Honghuang world, reducing the Human Dao's ecological diversity, stirring up trouble everywhere, preaching that only the Dragon Clan is supreme.

When commanding myriad water tribes, despite all the extravagance and waste, the luxurious impact, the Dragon Clan wasn't diminished, instead it stirred internal conflict within the Human Dao.

Thus Fengxi wasn't polite either, casually planting a "little pit"…… He believed that, relying on the Dragon Ancestor's abilities, he could surely endure even when the whole world was against him!

Is this a thing?

No, it isn't!

After all, when heaven places a great mission on one, one must first suffer in spirit and toil in body…… This is the Human Dao's cultivation and education of the Dragon Ancestor!

"Ugh…… I'm completely moved!"

Fengxi sighed to himself, truly a great benevolent soul, willing to taint his own heart to let the Dragon Ancestor grow……

But having said that.

In this process, unexpectedly, his affinity with the fundamental nature of the Human Dao grew ever higher.

Perhaps……

Is it because his conscience has already fulfilled him, leaving only evil thoughts within the Human Dao?

At this moment, his thoughts drift toward that still‑wandering evil intent, so he gradually gains acceptance of it?

"Indeed, what I'm doing is correct."

The great collective of the Human Dao gave Fengxi warmth and trust, firming his resolve and making his actions more decisive.

——The Dragon Ancestor swore a great oath, whereupon he seized this segment of "cause and effect," began to alter it, forging an entrustment letter for managing the Dragon Clan's rights, waiting for a chance to use it.

On the other side, letting the feeble‑minded Human Dao incarnation start a new round of playacting, to go up against the true Pangu's August Emperor's Great Dao incarnation, for a passionate clash, so that the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage, who'd make the sycophant lose everything and even have his underwear pressed down, could get a taste of sweetness.

When playing the Sea King and keeping backups, you've got to mind your technique!

You can be aloof, but not overly so; occasionally let the pursuer taste a bit of sweetness, see a hint of hope…… like fishing a big fish, constant indulgence or tension won't do—you need to alternate slack and tension, continually controlling the fish's energy and mood, slowly letting it be taken, to become the perfect pawn.

As for the end……

What end? There isn't any!

The Human Dao declares itself an independent, self‑reliant benchmark of the new age—how could it possibly still take orders from others?

Want to rise to the top?

Dream on!

At most, when the time comes, in the Pangu Committee, as long as it doesn't harm the Human Dao's interests, you just cast a vote in support of your Pangu and that's it!

What? Not satisfied?

Hey little bro, do you already bear a grudge against the Human Dao elder brother? Do you want to taste the special iron fist of the Human Dao's myriad beings?

You're sucking up luck and merit from the Human Dao's myriad beings, yet still dreaming of ignoring the Honghuang world's rules…… Kid, you've got gall!

You see the great sword in my hand?

I, the Human Dao, am not running a charity!

You know? I'm one of the five great Pangu ruffians among the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors!

The Human Dao's conscience pondered, its hand never stilling; thus the Human Dao incarnation that rides the dragon to strike heaven, at this moment burst forth with light, shining across myriad ages and heavens.

In an instant, the vast, surging torrent of power swept across the entire Honghuang world!

Legal procedures passed, maximum authority activated—right now, the Dao of the Honghuang is awakening!

It's no longer just the simple manifestation of the Heavenly Dao…… Though the Heavenly Dao is strong, if examined closely, compared to the perfect fruition of the true Honghuang Dao, there's always a subtle difference.

And this thread of difference is the line of qualitative change that makes the Dao Ancestor's hair turn white with worry, forever unable to cross that hurdle, so he can only be a worker, trapped and locked in the Zixiao Palace.

At this moment, the Human Dao's will, active and surging, awakens the source of the Honghuang, letting this Pangu wake up!

At the instant of its awakening, the myriad gods trembled.

The Honghuang is not like the August Emperor's Dao, which condenses into one, manifests a true body, spans the world, making anyone who sees it feel creeped out.

But it has never been weak.

Upon its recovery and awakening, the myriad gods realized, and the whole heaven and earth underwent changes beyond description.

That starry sky, those nether depths, that vast sea, those mountains and rivers…… everything, everything, is coming back to life!

The Ancient God Sages felt that, at this very moment, the very foundations of their birth were shaken!

In the Honghuang world, they were originally noble, possessing their own birth certificates——on some year, month, day, some heavenly authority combined with cosmic law, transformed into innate divinities, enjoying what rights, able to transcend endless time and space, their spiritual light shining upon all realms.

Originally it was like that.

But at this moment, Honghuang awakens, and there is a subtle change in all phenomena, the Dao symbols of endless time and space become murky, all are changing and fluctuating, the rhythm grows faster, the frequency grows more mysterious, making the Great Luo Divine Saints who originally possessed the eternal, free authority over endless time and space find it hard to fully grasp!

If they did not still hold the startup‑phase shares of Honghuang's growth, this would be a true anchor……but at this moment, under Honghuang's instinctive turmoil, it could suppress their present selves, isolating that bit of spiritual light outside Honghuang's historical records, turning them into transparent beings unable to interfere with the world's operation!

Blocking outside the origin of time, spiritual light may shine upon the Suiyue Changhe, yet can do nothing—can hear, can see, can smell, but cannot move.

Their true self is immortal, but in Honghuang their 'game account' has been banned, at most they can only browse forums and complain a bit.

Vast Honghuang, eternal universe, today with concrete actions clearly announced to all Great Luo beings.

——All of Honghuang is a single Pangu.

——And where you are is inside this Pangu's body!

Great Luo, very strong.

But Honghuang……is stronger!

On the awakened Honghuang's territory, it can ban and silence, covering the gods' eternal, free authority over endless time and space, and can also incarnate as the ultimate face‑slapping maniac, using its higher priority to disable and select all the gambling games and future‑anchoring attempts that Great Luo established upon it.

——What cannot happen is what I, Honghuang, say!

——What can be staged is still what I, Honghuang, say!

Want to sanction my Honghuang group?

Internal staff need not even think—otherwise first feel the 251‑day package before speaking.

Come on another Pangu, equally gigantic, still there's a bit of hope!

Honghuang awakened either the gods or the workers' self‑awareness.

Except for the Taiyi Great Luo, this has already mixed into the decision‑making layer, a true executive, able to make small moves within the flexible system.

The remaining Great Luo……must be honest!

However, being honest on the surface does not mean there are no other thoughts in the heart.

"A true man should be like the August Emperor, setting up another stove to replace it!"

How many divinities share the same dream.

They just don't know……

The times have changed!

In the past, the two Pangus killed each other, competing; perhaps to increase their own appeal, they would also raise the workers' benefits, allowing the possibility of fishing in troubled waters.

But now……

The two active Pangus secretly formed an alliance——they thought, rather than engage in ruthless competition and involution that benefits certain big rats, why not unite to squeeze the workers' surplus value, which would be easier and more pleasant?

When the boss lies back and lets the underlings involute, isn't that wonderful?

Following this routine, the most unrealistic fixed match of the Lich Era kicks off!

That result was already decided——

Stalemate!

Definitely stalemate!

Amidst the most gorgeous attacks, beneath the most brilliant fireworks, everything is destined.

Poor Dragon Ancestor, still running in excited tears——

Exhausted from licking, the human way is still reliable, willing for him to awaken Honghuang's Dao fruit and collide mortally with the Dao of another Pangu!

He saw the world bright, Honghuang burning, endless Myriad Heavens, boundless ancient history—past, present, future—evolving together into a radiant light‑river that pours down the nine heavens; a single strand can shape a realm of Myriad Heavens and myriad worlds, forming an ocean of boundless realms.

Such grandeur, such vastness, is creation and also destruction, pressing toward the August Emperor's Dao form, as if sinking into myriad ages in a blur, burying eternity.

A single move is a killing technique; its sound‑light effect shocks heaven and earth, absolutely not comparable to a five‑cent special effect.

The August Emperor is also very cooperative.

A Dao‑body manifested in the Honghuang world, its height level with heaven, bearing the universe's magnitude and history's breadth; as a former Heavenly Emperor, it looks down upon all ages and can be called undefeated.

Even if merely borrowing Bai Ze and Taiyi's hands to appear, undergoing a disguise‑smuggling repackaging, it still possesses supreme grandeur!

"But……like this!"

He spoke, shaking mountains and rivers.

Even if the Myriad Heavens‑sea turned into a river seeking to flood his form, he remains calm, untroubled.

One hand raised, and his proof‑of‑Dao instrument arises from nothing——that is an axe!

Heaven‑Opening Divine Axe!

Dao exists, person exists, instrument exists.

Even if the Heaven‑Opening Divine Axe 1.0 version shatters, it achieves the three great innate treasures.

But as long as there is an idea in the heart, why fear being unable to forge Heaven‑Opening Divine Axe 2.0 or 3.0?

In the blink of a thought, the divine axe reappears, wielded by the August Emperor, its blade‑light shining upon the world, shaking past, present and future; it loudly splits the suppressing force of Honghuang's all‑realm power, transforming it into earth, wind, water, fire, as the elements cycle, everything returns to Chaos!

Boom—

Above the firmament, the heavens collapse, as time flows the universe crumbles, mighty force like a tide sweeps across, enacted in true Honghuang, making heaven and earth feel somewhat disillusioned!

That astonishing axe‑light became Honghuang's calamity—not only breaking the universe's forbidden law, but also bearing an apocalyptic aspect, its power infinite, unstoppable, immeasurable, unceasing, endless!

Even if a Taiyi dares to block this force now, his body will be shattered, his primordial spirit broken, only a speck of spiritual light can stubbornly cling to life, yet he absolutely cannot last long—he will be sealed!

But Honghuang is not easy to deal with.

Its origin lies in deriving from Chaos!

The August Emperor shattered the Myriad Heavens‑sea, returning to Chaos.

Then he, from this Chaos, cycles through the Five Tai, recreates a new heaven, renews Honghuang's visage, stabilizing the illusory world!

Yet as the new heaven is born, the world‑ending divine axe returns, again exercising the great destructive power.

One life and one extinction—that is one cycle of reincarnation.

That grand spectacle, that epic of Honghuang's birth and death, shocked the gods into numbness, with groaning sighs one after another—

"Is this the level of Pangu?"

Even if it's a fixed match.

But that slaughterous pattern, that realistic effect—under Pangu, even the Great Simplicity would be deceived, unable to discern truth from falsehood.

Unless, someone could first bring a skeptical mindset and coldly observe.

But who could still stay calm at this moment? Who could have such an unfathomable speculation?

Just a handful of people!

Nüwa is one.

Hongjun Dao Ancestor, that's one too!

"Heaven and earth illusory and destroyed, Honghuang reborn!"

Reasonably breaking free from the shackles of the Creation Jade Disc, the Dao Ancestor fully revealed his nature, calm and wise, perceiving certain subtleties, repairing his own plan.

"So that's how it is!"

"Heaven and earth in turmoil, the gods' foundations being reshuffled—even though they all hold shares……each reconstruction is a redivision of Honghuang's equity!"

The Dao Ancestor controls the Heavenly Dao, through it he can investigate countless details.

The tacit understanding between Human Dao and the August Emperor: one has authority but no reason to reorganize, the other has ability but no suitable authority.

Working together, under the 'aftermath,' they inadvertently made the gods victims.

That makes sense, right!

The market carries risk; participation requires caution!

In the turbulent situation, Human Dao, to oppose the August Emperor, caused some minor adjustments that harmed the gods' interests……although we deeply regret this, we absolutely will not repent!

(End of chapter)