Chapter 694

What is called the "Pangu Black Manor"?

August Emperor and the Human Dao jointly employed a tactic, leaning back.

The sponsor and the referee, these two are in cahoots…… just ask if you're scared?

Someone standing on the Xuanyuan war chariot, the Human Emperor unwilling to reveal his name, feels no guilt, openly walking on the backdoor path.

What a Great Dao of destiny!

What merit authority!

Long ago, countless years past, it had already come into his hands!

What does 'pre-determined' mean?

This is pre-determined!

Although everything is pre-determined, letting Fengxi, Mr. Feng, already have enough work experience…… but this also doesn't hinder, we still hang these two tempting things out, to blow up a wave of fish!

——You lot of Ancient Gods Great Sages, always banding together, as the propertied have united in one place, relying on the huge disparity of the information they've gathered to engage in unfair competition—how could there still be room for the myriad beings of the Human Dao to rise up?

We must cause chaos!

We need a big reshuffle!

Only in turbulent times can a world-saving hero be forged. Incidentally, taking advantage of the moment when desire moves hearts, we strip away many hypocritical masks—who is truly good? Who is truly evil?

The eyes of the Human Dao's myriad beings were then bright as snow!

After deep realization and reflection, finally reclaim the wealth belonging to the myriad beings, entrusting it to truly upright and honest heroes for management.

No need to worry about mistakenly harming allies.

Loyal or treacherous, one inquiry will reveal.

The Human Dao, dragging a sickly body, took advantage of a moment of lucidity to cooperate with the August Emperor, setting up a grand scheme of the ages, inviting all the gods into the urn.

Fengxi is the key of this, running through the entire main plot.

He masters the Five Virtues, controls destiny, leads the myriad beings, is the benevolent thought of the Human Dao personally descending, is the greatest "imperial envoy" of this era, coldly observing the gods' sneaky operations, silently gathering various deeds and evidence, awaiting the final judgment.

Although saying, this seems somewhat immoral, having the suspicion of entrapment law enforcement……

But in emergencies, we must adapt!

After all.

Considering the Ancient Gods Great Sages bloc, each stronger in martial power than the last, each more ruthless, so when Fengxi acts, he hides his head and tail, conceals his true identity, and slightly boosts his strength, which is also quite reasonable!

Otherwise, he might, while investigating evidence, keep looking and suddenly disappear, later reported as an accidental death.

These days are too chaotic; even an imperial envoy has a hard time getting by.

——Fengxi said as such.

"Look! Look!"

The Human Emperor beckons, and the sword once worn by the Donghua Emperor in life, the foundation of the Underworld's penal code, comes into his hand.

A casual shake, and the ten directions fall silent, myriad ages grow cold; many Great Luo Heavenly Sovereigns and Ancient Gods Great Sages feel a chill in their hearts, sensing a cold breeze on their necks, too dangerous.

The Human Emperor, however, doesn't mind, merely smiling and speaking to Yinglong before the crowd: "The Dao Ancestor, who oversees the Heavenly Dao's order, truly wields great authority!"

"Besides suppressing the Dragon Ancestor, they even implicate and exterminate, wanting to kill the whole dragon family?"

"Destroying the dinosaur lineage would be enough…… but now they don't even spare the true dragon lineage?"

"As a good friend of the myriad beings, I really can't stand by any longer!"

Fengxi let out a long sigh.

At the moment when the Dao Ancestor's lethal move's residual might runs rampant, when all dragonkind faces catastrophe…… the great benevolent Fengxi steps forward!

He seems merely to have a simple talk with Yinglong, giving this little girl, in full view of everyone, a boost in reputation.

But whether intentional or not, his voice sounds not loud, yet it carries far, far, echoing into the ears of all the gods, each word reverberating, hard not to hear.

Moreover, speaking as a neutral party, uttering "fair words", speaking for the countless dead or barely surviving dragonkind.

——One has to admit, the Dao Ancestor is truly too strong!

Even if many of his lethal moves are neutralized, when they spread and implicate, even a dragon god who has attained the Great Luo Dao fruition has his body shattered, his primordial spirit torn apart…… even if not dead, living is arduous.

Even the Great Luo are like this, let alone the dragonkind below Great Luo!

With every snap of a finger, countless dragonkind die silently, souls shattered, bodies vanished…… if heaven wills your death, how can you not die!

The Heavenly Dao's mighty power crushes all; even if the Four Sea Dragon Kings, such top-tier divine abilities, go to resist, they still can only end in a miserable outcome.

Not attaining Taiyi, for someone like the Dao Ancestor, it's basically nothing.

Especially now.

The aftermath of the sacrifice of the Primordial Jade Disc has not yet dissipated; even Taiyi Great Luo are wary, fearing to repeat the Dragon Ancestor's mistake, being suppressed under the era's version, thus developing a hesitant mindset, not daring to directly champion the dragonkind.

Only Fengxi!

This Human Emperor, this supreme sage great benevolent, braving great risk, posturing as one who brings charcoal to the dragonkind in the snow!

Of course.

To be a good person, especially a great good person, naturally one must attract the attention of all the gods and the myriad beings…… thus it's favorable to push the plot forward, developing along the planned route.

These days, being a good person is no easy feat.

In this day and age, sometimes just being a good person without expecting anything in return—if you meet someone who knows gratitude, that's fine; but if you run into a white-eyed wolf, the other side might even scold you as a fool afterwards.

Exactly, humanity is a bit mentally challenged; being labeled a fool doesn't matter.

But little Fengxi is quite clever!

He doesn't want to shoulder the previous guy's pot; the clacking of the abacus sounds, to have the dragon clan work for him, there is the most proper legal basis.

Otherwise, waiting for the dragon ancestor to emerge from the prison of the version's abandoned child, wouldn't he have been busy for nothing?

Thus, the Human Emperor meets the Responsive Dragon.

This origin is mysterious; investigating thoroughly, it is related to the human race, and also has an inexpressible relationship with the dragon ancestor; moreover, somehow it has obtained a special being bestowed by the Heavenly Dao's edict; feeling sympathy for the dragon clan's misfortune, and also being within the Heavenly Dao's strike range, it cries out for justice for itself, cries out for justice for all dragons under heaven, representing the dragon clan in begging the Human Emperor for aid, considering the friendship between humans and dragons, please the Human Emperor act righteously.

The Human Emperor stood solemnly, as if he had never had a master‑servant bond with the Responding Dragon; they were equals. Feeling myriad emotions over the Dragon's plea, he incidentally denounced the Dao Ancestor and tried to mend his ties with the Dragon Ancestor.

Sometime ago, Fengxi became good friends with the Dragon Ancestor!

— Anyway, no one can expose it now!

Though the Dragon Ancestor isn't dead, in effect he's as good as gone… Naturally this lets him act as he pleases!

After just a few short words, his seniority skyrocketed… He became peers with the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage, the Four Seas Dragon King his nephew, and the Nine Sons of the Dragon Ancestor his adopted sons.

All right then.

Since we are "bosom friends".

Then, speaking up for a friend while playing the moderate, I'll make a small intervention in the upcoming arrangements for the Dragon Ancestor's "inheritance"… Would that count as meddling?

Of course not!

The Human Emperor smiled; that smile fell into the eyes of the Four Seas Dragon King and the Nine Sons of the Dragon Ancestor, yet it was full of meaning.

"Dragon Ancestor Daoist friend, though you are the origin of the dragon clan… dragons are born free!"

"The Dragon Ancestor committed a great deed of rebelling against Heaven; as the chief culprit, being suppressed leaves nothing to say."

"But the dragon clan… over the years they have contributed greatly to Honghuang's great water‑element circulation project."

"To be exterminated like this would surely chill the hearts of the world."

"As for this, I cannot ignore it!"

The Human Emperor gave the Imperial Sword a light shake; at this moment a brilliant gleam flared, the Netherworld's mighty power responded, flooding the vast heavens and earth with black and white, fixing the ages, separating purity from turbidity, rectifying people's hearts, and causing the Karma Absolute Kill's offensive to stagnate.

This sword is supremely strong; it has endured too much.

It was once the Heavenly Court's Divine Sword of Law, then came to the Underworld as the Netherworld's highest offering, and with the Great Emperor of Fengdu's ascension it underwent nirvana rebirth, gaining sway over life and death in the human realm.

Thus, when the Human Emperor wields it, it erupts with world‑shaking power; the upright and just law transforms into unfathomable might, checking the aftermath of the Dao Ancestor's wanton slaughter.

Of course!

Since it is a check, it means the threat cannot be eliminated outright; instead the falling blade is held over the necks of the surviving dragons, forcing them to choose.

The Four Seas Dragon King coughed up blood and sighed; the Nine Sons of the Dragon Ancestor remained silent.

After who knows how many painful decisions, one dragon son gave a helpless, bitter laugh: "Please, uncle, decide for the myriad subjects of our dragon clan!"

"My father committed such a great act, striking at the symbol of the Heavenly Dao, provoking the Dao Ancestor's wrath and his wish to exterminate our dragon clan… we of this stature, if we die we die, fearing nothing."

"It is the innocent young dragons and the countless followers who toil for Honghuang's sake, receiving the dragon bloodline, who suffer."

"For these people… please, Human Emperor uncle, lend a hand in this crisis, and the dragon clan above and below will be grateful for all ages."

Pressed by the clan's survival, this dragon son yielded.

Though the concession is small… it merely acknowledges that they now have an extra uncle, and the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage has gained a "bosom friend" out of nowhere, putting the future human‑dragon exchanges in an awkward, disadvantageous position.

The Dragon Ancestor has gone, but the Human Emperor remains…

"After the Dragon Master's days, we must be cautious; only when Father returns will we have room to stretch."

The dragon son thought helplessly.

But he did not know.

What the Human Emperor wants… is far more than they imagined, far too much more!

— He wants the entirety of the dragon clan!

"Good child!"

Fengxi's face broke into a brilliant smile, and he leaned on his seniority, saying, "Just for that 'uncle' of yours, I won't stand by while you're persecuted!"

"Even if I must risk my life, I will tell that one in the Purple Cloud Palace!"

"This vast Honghuang, these myriad human beings, are not for him to wantonly destroy and slaughter!"

The Human Emperor spoke, and his words were righteous and proper.

Before his words faded, the Donghua Imperial Sword rang forth, emitting a pleasant sword‑cry that shook past, present, and future.

The Human Emperor grasped the sword, cutting across the ages!

At that moment his figure was so tall, so radiant, dazzling the myriad beings.

All the gods were astonished.

— This guy, the Jade Disc of Creation is still burning there; how dare he still charge upward?

— He truly isn't afraid of repeating history, ending up in prison alongside the Dragon Ancestor?

Just as the gods had thought.

The Jade Disc of Creation certainly isn't nonexistent!

As a sacrificial offering, while its residual value has not yet been completely burned away, even ordinary sages must steer clear; it is the Dao Ancestor's heaviest deterrent, the blade that will utterly expel the dragon clan and kill one to warn a hundred.

Whoever wishes to be the one who sticks his head out must face a banning card and be kicked out!

When the Human Emperor wields the sword in conquest, from the shattering remnants of the burning Jade Disc of Creation rise wondrous vapors that stir the Pangu law lurking in the depths; in its final glow it seeks to strike Fengxi into extinction, pressing him into the dust of the ages.

However, the next instant.

An event that left the gods stunned occurred.

The Human Emperor's figure merely stalled for a moment, then, as if unharmed, he smashed through layer after barrier, a single sword strike splitting the ages, sovereign over all time!

"Boom!"

Streaks of world‑shaking lightning exploded in every era, every inch of space; the Heavenly Court fell, the remnants of the thirty‑three heavens' destruction were flung by the dazzling sword light, forever racing yet never reaching, annihilating the true dragon line.

"How is that possible?!"

Some ancient monster gods cried out, feeling it most unreasonable.

— The Human Emperor is strong, yet clearly far inferior to the Dragon Ancestor… the Dragon Ancestor fell, so how could the Human Emperor come out unscathed?

"It's that sword!"

A keen‑eyed heavenly venerable bellowed low; at this moment they had pierced the mystery, or perhaps someone wanted them to see through the subtlety to justify Fengxi's little comrade's actions.

「Donghuang Emperor's sword bore his Dao fruit…… but who is Donghuang, eh! 」

Everything seems quite clear and bright.

Donghuang Emperor, formerly an investigator representing the August Emperor Heavenly Emperor, this Pangu overseeing discipline in Honghuang, himself carried out its will.

And that Sword of Law, being its vessel that carries the Dao, is closely related to the Jade Disc of Creation, therefore it need not fear the Jade Disc of Creation borrowing Pangu's intimidation…… this is quite reasonable, right?

Therefore!

The dragon clan that others cannot save, the Human Emperor can save!

Simply because the right medicine is given, all things have their own rules of mutual generation and restriction!

Of course.

This sword, only in Fengxi's hands, can be so reasonable and justified, unafraid of the Jade Disc of Creation launching a dimensional strike.

If it were another person, that would definitely not work.

However, these subtleties have all been buried in the dust of history, unknown to anyone.

The dragon clan, up and down, can only know——

Who else but Fengxi can reverse the raging flood!

At this moment, the Human Emperor's image is so towering, splendid and colorful.

He wielded the sword, cutting through the traces of the Dao Ancestor's slaughter, severed the root of the dragon clan's impending doom, and did not stop thereafter, carrying an aura of utter fearlessness, transforming into eternal divine light, from the Honghuang earth's mountains and rivers straight into the ancient starry sky.

「Slash! 」

The Milky Way shone brilliantly, the fierce sword light filled the Nine Heavens Weak Water, making the starry sky resplendent and also driving back the frenzied counterattack of the demon god forces when the dinosaur army was nearly annihilated, protecting the Wu Clan forces, whose lines were overstretched with many gaps, allowing them to withdraw in an orderly manner and stabilize the defense line.

A series of movements, each more astonishing than the last, the Human Emperor's bearing dazzled the world, becoming the most dazzling ray of light at the start of this new version.

He did not let down Nüwa's expectations, blocked outside the arena, proving that his heavily invested product was truly a golden legend, capable of turning the tide in times of crisis.

Of course.

This is the present.

As for the future, who knows how it will be…… eh?

(End of chapter)