Chapter 689

The August Emperor Heavenly Emperor descended upon the world, leaving the gods speechless.

It was not only because of that power, but also because of that reason.

——A summoned creature?

——And what they call 'a little bit'?

——You call this a little bit?!

The ancient god sages felt their horizons broadened once again.

Pangu-Fuxi manifested and taught, telling them the importance of having many pen-name alts.

——Even if the human path seals the title, what then?

——I'll just switch to a new account, still able to keep posting, and fight again in Honghuang!

——Nowadays, how can someone out mixing not have 180 alts?!

Of course.

An alt is still just an alt; it can't match a main account nurtured through proper channels for many years. In the Honghuang realm, possessing a genuine superiority over others is a privilege earned by years of accumulated merit, granting vast authority to act as one wishes—it's maxed-out level, equal to the human path, looking down upon the world.

It's just an alt!

Rank discrimination, level discrimination—these are things we have to face!

Under the watch of the human path, any strength that seriously exceeds what one's level allows, and by doing so disrupts the balance of heaven and earth, according to the Regulations of Honghuang World Order and Security Management, will trigger an investigation into the source of immense power and wealth; if unexplained, one will enter a liquidation review process, and be temporarily banned and seized.

In other words, Paoxi has indeed arrived, but the authorities are keeping a close watch; having exceeded the limits, any overstep means a ban!

This still presupposes that someone from the human path has secretly given leeway.

——Just a summoned creature!

——It's just a powerful weapon that Báizé and Taiyi happened to pick up, able to communicate with extraplanar friends!

——Although, the weapon's attached manual, the text there unexpectedly cannot be said to be merely similar to the August Emperor Heavenly Emperor's orthodoxy; it can only be said to be exactly the same……

——But, it's all just a coincidence!

Under the operation of two black hands breaking through the lower limit, a blacklisted Pangu appeared openly within Honghuang, lamenting that things are not what they used to be; his old subordinates aren't very welcoming of the big brother from back then, the times really have changed.

——The big brother is fine, but just following him around is really exhausting.

This made the August Emperor ponder whether to catch up and give a big surprise.

But in fact……

There is no surprise.

Shock……

But it's full of it.

The gods were horrified, each wishing they could grow extra legs and wings, and with a swish they'd dash to a hidden corner.

Indeed, a Daluo actually tried doing that.

But soon they embarrassedly discovered…… in this vast expanse of mountains and rivers, facing a Pangu, such a place simply does not exist!

When the August Emperor descended, his Great Dao stirred up the most tremendous waves between endless time and space, boundless heavens and earth; his thoughts, his will, penetrated eternity, illuminating all Myriad Heavens through the ages!

——I, am watching you……forever!

This level of shock has been raised another notch.

Fortunately, it's lucky that Paoxi, though intriguingly gave the three thousand gods a few more glances, ultimately did nothing…… perhaps due to the influence of friendship, or perhaps a transcendent contempt—'You lot, you don't need me to lift a finger; later awakeners will settle the score with you!'

Paoxi exposed the gods' tossing about in this era, merely smiling at the vague silhouette formed by the vast will of the human path, saying, 'Not bad…… but still not enough.'

He seemed to have a hidden meaning.

But before the gods could fully read, comprehend, and meditate to understand its subtlety, Paoxi continued speaking, smiling, saying, 'Come, look.'

'The Great Derivation of Fifty, its use is Forty-Nine, leaving a thread of life…… this thread of life is the supreme elevation of my Yi Dao, the crystallization of all wisdom.'

'You stand at the apex of the Dao; what Honghuang has become is to encompass all existence, taking the 'being' born from nothing to its end, yet on Pangu's cultivation path you took a shortcut and must ultimately reforge your foundations.'

'This won't make your strength stronger, it will only make your path smoother…… otherwise, even as Pangu, if you lack principles or, when powerful, are overly stubborn and hard‑mouthed, you'll still be ganged up on.'

'Just like that dragon.'

Paoxi casually stabbed the dragon ancestor's heart twice, leaving the Dragon Ancestor Sage who was clinging to the human path's thigh feeling chest tight and short of breath, unable to leap.

The dragon ancestor's face flushed red, wanting to angrily retort—'You're the one without principles! You're the one stubborn and hard‑mouthed!'

But the vast power gap forced him to shut up inwardly…… and in some respects he was unable to rebut.

'Stubborn and hard‑mouthed' and such……

'I'm upholding my original heart! It's innate proud bones! It's candid frankness!'

The Dragon Ancestor Sage consoled himself, suppressing the myriad alpacas galloping in his heart.

'I've come borrowing the Dao, recalling old affection; today I'll teach you a move, leave a bit of learning, imprint it upon this heaven and earth, hoping you may gain some insight.'

'Study well, watch well, remember a beating, grow a bit of memory.'

Paoxi, chatting and laughing, had already raised the axe in his hand.

His words were smiles and laughter, but the Heaven‑Opening Divine Axe in his hand had long been blazing with sharpness.

That killing intent, that killing aura, chilled through the ages, like the coldest wind and snow, freezing the eight extremes and six unions, all directions above and below.

It makes everyone hard not to suspect that this supreme achiever on the path of cultivation, claiming to come for a sparring session, actually just wants a pretext to beat the human path once, making it suffer for ten million years!

——Anyway, we've already feuded; adding another debt isn't a problem, right?

——Perhaps taking such a big detour isn't worth it…… but I'm happy!

'One move.'

'I'll only unleash one move.'

'I can only unleash one move.'

Paoxi, appearing quite observant of martial virtue, after his true form descended and launched the campaign, spoke clearly and amiably, letting the opposite side know what to expect.

These are also true…… Although he was "summoned", if it's too outrageously beyond the norm, displaying supreme combat power, then at that point, even if there were thousands or tens of thousands of instruction manuals, they couldn't gloss over it!

Just having the first move, the rest is endless bickering; the kitchen and dwelling will be kicked out of the Honghuang world—this is the prescribed process, the script also requires it.

"However, I think that's enough."

The kitchen and dwelling sighs lightly, the divine axe is burning, its momentum for a moment surpasses the utmost that the gods can perceive.

Mountains and rivers tremble; myriad Dao and myriad phenomena seem to be heading toward collapse because of this!

Speaking of destruction and slaughter……

That Rahu demon ancestor, compared to the August Emperor at this moment, falls short by thousands or even tens of thousands of times; it's not even on the same level!

In the stimulation of extreme terrifying momentum, the Human Dao seemed to finally feel it, instinctively began to respond; the light from the hearts of the myriad beings gathered, and even the matter and vital energy of the entire Honghuang world came alive, the whole gained life, with vital light shining, everything became possible, all things could become spiritual, all are sentient beings.

The boundary between life and death is broken; nothing is fixed, everything is possible……

Gathering boundless vital spirit light, integrating the source of Honghuang, as if spirit and flesh are one, the Dao fruition is naturally perfect, flawless, this is the strongest posture of a Pangu!

Facing the oppression of a Pangu within the realm, rather than previously repelling enemies from outside, under the most stimulating, conspicuous, striking oppression, the Human Dao awakens, the myriad beings awaken!

When survival becomes the biggest problem, other interests and conflicts are no longer that important!

Survival, forever comes first.

Especially for the fickle Human Dao, often the so-called good and evil, right and wrong, morality and order, are not as important as a single "survival".

Faced with the pressure of life and death, the will to survive burns; in an instant it becomes united as one, an incredible solidarity…… All struggles of interest give way, all focuses of conflict shift to continuing survival, for the same goal!

In a daze, the awakened Human Dao, the united Human Dao, in seeking to regain the former grandeur of crossing the chaos barrier across the realm, gained a touch of sacrificial struggle's red, staining the hearts of the myriad beings' spirits.

All mobilizable power is mobilized; all rules that can increase survival are established; the world is being remade, all to meet the Human Dao's needs, the myriad beings' pursuits……

Thus, in the splendid radiance, the vague form of the Human Dao seems to coalesce more clearly; the highest virtue of sacrificing self for the collective shines forth; the spark of "human" nature is unearthed now; the "virtue" proposed by the Dragon's Great Dao is vividly enacted……

Well, those earlier were all true, but this later…… wearing the clothing of the Dragon Dao's "virtue", yet inside its core is the Holy Way's Five Virtues, having been swapped heaven and day, deceiving the sky and sea.

This wave, this wave is Fengxi wearing the Dragon Ancestor's clothes, also wearing a mask, causing the gods to misunderstand.

One cannot deny, such means……

Pretty flamboyant.

Of course, this kind of flamboyant operation and consciousness, the conscience of humanity would never admit it, yet it actually is part of its nature……

Fengxi insisted——

It's not him that's wrong, it's this era!

It's those innate divinities who walked from ancient times to today, they've corrupted the good humanity…… He too is a victim!

As a 'victim', for the loftiest ideal, it was only natural to don the guise of an 'ally', proclaiming the necessity of human-dragon friendship, one hand writing the dragon ancestor's testament, the other awakening that light in the hearts of the myriad peoples, lighting the beacon of era reversal, marching up to meet August Emperor·Fuxi, that great world-splitting divine axe that came down chopping.

They…… appear to be enemies.

But they are actually joining hands to create a…… brand-new era, to overwhelm this age!

「Boom! 」

When the divine axe became the sole of heaven and earth, it shone with the vital passage to all distant shores.

When the myriad peoples' nature-light turned into a vast ocean, mingled with countless confusion and bewilderment, constructing another kind of chaos.

Their encounter is just like a reenactment of the moment when the primordial chaos era ended and the Honghuang heaven and earth achieved eternity!

At this moment.

Heaven and earth seem unchanged.

Myriad Dao seem still the same.

Yet even mighty beings like the Great Luo Heavenly Venerable and ancient godly sages suddenly heard in their hearts a tremendous sound with no prior precedent, and in the dim they sensed an epic collision of the grandest scale!

In the next instant, heaven and earth changed.

A blade of axe-light came from the void, slicing through the entirety of Honghuang.

And also a mist surged from the dim, engulfing this era.

「The future…… is cut off! 」

In the camp of the ancestral witches, the Candle Dragon Great Sage spoke with a dry, hoarse voice, uttering words with difficulty, as if shocked beyond words.

「I…… can't see the future anymore……」

This pinnacle achiever of the Dao of Time, at this very moment, is like a mortal seeing a ghost.

His true form stepped into the river of time, yet past and future vanished, becoming emptiness.

Only the present remains, and the myriad peoples are still there.

It's quite wonderful.

That inconceivable collision did not kill any living being, showing the peak control of the supreme power, yet it actually changed the most fundamental rule order of this era's Honghuang heaven and earth, changing the most basic data code.

The map, still that same map.

But the foundation…… is now different!

All living beings and divinities seem to have arrived at a similar yet utterly different 'Honghuang', and then in this world of the era, they contend to become the protagonists of heaven and earth, grasping the public opinion of humanity!

「What's going on? 」

Such a terrifying change, not to mention ordinary divine heavenly venerables, even Nüwa and Di Jun, who stand at the origin of Honghuang heaven and earth, are all bewildered.

Even the meticulous accountant—Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who had already had a premonition, when such a scene unfolded, still sucked in a breath of cold air.

However, they are ultimately the people closest to Pangu in heaven and earth, and compared to the unfortunate dragon ancestor who became the war's center, they also have a transcendent perspective.

「We are still in Honghuang……」

Nüwa and Di Jun temporarily cease hostilities.

「But we…… can't go back for now? ！」

Nüwa's expression twisted, 「Shrunk…… shrunk the circle? ！」

「What the hell is going on? 」

We're blocked outside the map?!

Is this reasonable?!

Wawa was shocked.

Yes! Is this reasonable?!!

Those who defy the flow of time, intercepted outside the field, were kicked out by the two intertwined Pangu Great Dao…

Di Jun's mouth twitched, "The peak showdown between August Emperor and Human Dao produced an anomaly of the era's epoch…… In that moment, Xihuang, having taken the initiative, seemed to reenact the act of splitting heaven and earth!"

This erased all historical traces, severed the network lines connecting all Great Luo beings across past, present, and future!

But, after all, the home field belongs to Human Dao!

So, part of the data was promptly rescued and restored…… exactly the point in time when, in the Honghuang, witch-demons contended, and the traces of existing powerhouses and living beings remained.

Whoever was present remains present…… but we of this sort…….

If peak combat power isn't at that point in time, it isn't recorded, becoming unregistered personnel?!

Unless, this anomalous period of time is gradually erased by Human Dao, restored to normal, reconnecting the severed network…….

Forcing a breakthrough is just a dream…… that would mean simultaneously challenging the Dao of two Pangu!

This…….

This is absolutely impossible!

Nüwa narrowed her eyes, gritted her teeth, and said, "We can only wait…… during this period, peak combat power cannot enter; the only thing we can rely on are some other backup plans…… we're out."

I had only suspected before…… but now I can be certain!

"Human Dao…… really has formed a cooperation with August Emperor!"

Nüwa thought to herself.

I'll tell a joke…… Lu Xun has over a hundred pen names.

(End of chapter)