Chapter 759: with translation of chapter title

Di Jun sketched a magnificent blueprint; he now feels he has reached the threshold where the divine birth is about to reach its summit.

Entities: Di Jun. Also possibly 'Shengsheng' (though likely not a name); 'Shengsheng' might mean 'divine birth'—not a proper noun. 'Peak' is not a name. So only Di Jun.

All that's needed is to take that one more step forward.

No named entities.

His brilliance, his splendor, will be etched into ancient history and sung for ages to come.

No named entities.

"He only needs to endure a period of the most tumultuous and trying times..."

No named entities.

In Chong Hua's double pupils, his gaze brightened then dimmed; vast mountains and rivers reflected in his eyes, in the land of the Dongyi, a seed is sprouting.

Entities: Chong Hua, Dongyi. Also possibly 'double pupils' not a name. So Chong Hua and Dongyi.

It is what he himself planted—a distortion of humanity's forward path, guiding those who lean toward him, striving to protect it and make it the leader of humanity.

Entities: 'Human Dao' is likely not a proper noun but a concept; not a name. 'Leader' is not a name. So none.

"This flower of the God's Way will eventually bloom, bearing the fruit of my Holy Way..."

Entities: Shen Dao (God's Way) might be a term but not a proper name; it is a concept that could be considered a named technique meaning "god's way". It might be regarded as a named concept rather than a person or place. According to the instructions, we should list techniques, cultivation realms, pills, treasures, named beasts or items, and fan‑fiction names. Therefore Shen Dao could be counted as a technique (the "God's Way"). Similarly, Sheng Dao is Holy Way, which is already in the glossary as Holy Way, so we should include Holy Way as a term. Shen Dao is not in the glossary; we need to decide whether to include it. It appears as a coined term in the phrase "Shen Dao's flower", which could be a named concept but not a proper noun. The instruction says to list every named entity or coined term, including techniques, so Shen Dao qualifies as a technique (God's Way). We should use the exact English from the glossary if it exists; since it does not, we translate it meaningfully as "God's Way" (or "Divine Way"). We already have "the Heavenly Dao" for Tian Dao and "Holy Way" for Sheng Dao, so "God's Way" fits for Shen Dao.

After Wu Zhiqi withdrew upon orders and went to carry out the same mobilization and war preparations, Chong Hua murmured in the royal court, "That is the future I aspire to and pursue."

Entities: Wu Zhiqi, Chong Hua, and Wang Ting (possibly "Royal Court"). Wang Ting could refer to a place meaning "king's court"; it is not a specific proper name but might be considered a place name. Should we include it? It is a generic term "royal court", not a specific proper noun, so likely not. Also "Wei Lai" (Future) is not a name.

"The masses will follow... the gods... rituals... faith..."

No named entities.

"Perhaps one day I can steal heaven and replace the sun, twisting the concept of Heavenly Dao as perceived by the masses, so that I become its personified incarnation, enjoying its benefits while remaining free of karmic ties... work and affairs will still be handled by Hongjun."

Entities: Hongjun. Also 'Heavenly Dao' (from the glossary). Also 'steal heaven and replace the sun' is an idiom, not a name. So include Hongjun and Heavenly Dao.

"This is the ultimate of my path!"

No named entities.

He twists the concept of Heavenly Dao, even invading and altering the highest process of this primordial wilderness; in judgment… is he the embodiment of Heavenly Dao? Or perhaps Heavenly Dao is an aspect of his own path?

Entities: Heavenly Dao (from glossary), Honghuang. Also 'highest procedure' is not a name. So include Heavenly Dao and Honghuang.

Hongjun remains a worker, while Di Jun greedily takes heaven's achievements for his own use.

Entities: Hongjun, Di Jun. Also 'worker' is not a name.

Monopoly, kidnapping, usurpation...

No named entities.

This extreme boldness and greed, however, is not merely a baseless fantasy.

No named entities.

Di Jun is gradually turning it into reality!

Entities: Di Jun.

Now, he is using parts of the Dongyi and the Heavenly Court to conduct experiments.

Entities: Dongyi, Heavenly Court. Also 'experiment' is not a name.

Once he verifies the viability of this path, he will seize Heavenly Dao for his own use, make a covenant with heaven and earth, and form a pact with the masses, achieving supreme merit.

Entities: Tian Dao (Heavenly Dao), Chang Sheng (possibly "all beings"), which is not a proper noun; Tian Di is also not a name. Therefore we should include Heavenly Dao.

This is the 'gods' path he is currently enacting.

Entities: 'Shenming' (gods) possibly a term but not a proper name; it could be considered a concept, so we do not include it.

Those called gods are those who establish a covenant with heaven and earth and with the masses, envisioning the future.

Entities: 'Shenming' (maybe not), heaven and earth, the masses—none are proper names.

Over these years, Di Jun has striven to promote this path, always mentioning the spirit of contracts in his speech, emphasizing the fairness of rules and laws.

Entities: Di Jun. Also 'contract spirit' is not a name.

Now there is no problem.

No named entities.

However...

No.

This model, this ideology, the so‑called contract regulations, are all devised and introduced by him.

No named entities.

Then, one day, if the creator tries to find a loophole… what kind of cataclysmic change would occur?

No named entities.

No one can foresee it.

No.

Only the person who devised this plan can know his own desires and thoughts.

No.

"The fulfillment of dreams is not far off..."

No.

"Soon… soon…"

No.

Chong Hua slightly tilted his head; his gaze pierced thousands of mountains and rivers, seeing faith like a tide, incense like a sea, sacrifices boundless, and the human‑god covenant, a faint smile curling his lips.

Entities: Chong Hua. Also 'human‑god covenant' is not a name.

The Way of the Gods spreads across this land.

Entities: 'God's Way' (the Way of the Gods) is not a proper name.

It gradually digests and absorbs all beings—whether demon folk or human folk—guiding the formation of countless unseen contracts, silently transforming each being into a pawn that takes part in the great era's progress.

Entities: Demon Race. Also 'human race' is not a proper noun. So include Demon Race.

The gods promise the future—whether empty promises or substantial gifts, it makes no difference; they do not alter their essence, merely offering assurances of the future that attract the masses' faith, gradually making them controllers of productive resources.

Entities: Shen Ming (possibly not a name), Chang Sheng is not a name.

All beings contribute labor—they entrust their trust and strength, sign labor contracts, and agree upon each other's rights and responsibilities.

No named entities.

In theory, this is a symmetrical pairing… as long as both sides observe the contract and agreement, rational development and expansion will drive the rapid advancement and evolution of human civilization as a whole.

Entities: 'Human Dao' (possibly not a proper name). So we do not include it.

This can also be called the 'rational person' assumption.

No.

However… beyond rationality lies irrationality. Once this model loses control, it will become a new affliction of humanity—each being with inner spirituality reduced to a mere object.

Entities: 'Human Dao' possibly not a name.

The gods' loss of control, their self‑importance, the masses' indifference, selfishness, and self‑centeredness…

Entities: 'Gods' possibly not a name.

Perhaps there will also be intermittent development crises and disasters; many gods will go bankrupt because of them, and the believers who trusted and sacrificed to them will lose their support, staring blankly at the changing times.

Entities: 'Gods' possibly not a name.

Or perhaps each god exploits loopholes in the contract, issuing limited‑liability statements, dumping the burden of their mismanagement onto all of humanity, so that the masses of humanity worldwide share the cost, creating massive inflation.

Entities: 'Human Dao' possibly not a name; 'Gods' possibly not a name.

And so on, and so on.

No.

These are all potential new hidden dangers.

No.

However, that day still seems far off in Di Jun's view.

Entities: Di Jun.

Before that, he may already have reaped the fruits of victory, standing on a loftier height… at that point, with that level of power and condition, he could well repair the flaws and shortcomings of this model.

No named entities.

Top‑down violence may not solve the problem, but it can eliminate those who create the problem!

No.

This is a problem that will have to be faced in the future.

No.

As for the present?

No.

He should unite and win over the most cunningly wise individuals, letting them stand out to demonstrate the superiority of the gods' path, letting the strong lead the strong, achieving assimilation and infection; for countless beings on this land, he will shake their original worldviews, unsettle their former ways, challenge and even overturn the other three paths, standing shoulder to shoulder with them, and take part in the fiercest contest of the Pangu Dao.

Entities: Pangu. Also 'Pangu Dao contention' (the contest of the Pangu Dao). So include Pangu. Also 'gods' path' is not a name. Also 'three paths' is not a name.

Humanity!

Entities: 'Humanity' possibly not a proper name.

Demon Race!

Entities: Demon Race (already listed).

Dragon Race!

Entities: Dragon Race.

In essence, it is similar to the practices of the current 'God Race'.

Entities: God Race.

Everyone is striving to gain influence over humanity and the masses, each leveraging their strengths, expanding their reach as much as possible until one day they become an unstoppable force.

Entities: 'Human Dao' possibly not a name; the masses are not a proper name.

After all...

No.

In the primordial wilderness, Human Dao is the strongest!

Entities: Honghuang. Also 'Human Dao' possibly not a name.

Whoever gains the favor of Human Dao...

Entities: 'Human Dao' possibly not a name.

Or put another way, leaving Human Dao no other choice.

Entities: 'Human Dao' possibly not a name.

Whoever does so wins!

No.

Thus, the Demon Race spreads the propaganda that all sentient beings are destined to become demons… while Heavenly Dao guarantees it, establishing the law of the jungle.

Entities: Demon Race, Heavenly Dao.

There were also humans, Lady Nüwa paved the way for them, created the art that lets all races take human form, upon reaching a certain level of cultivation, all beings can transform into human form, erasing racial differences.

Moreover, the Dragon Race wages war on two fronts: one side strikes the Human Race, assimilating their thoughts; the other side strikes the Demon Race without hesitation, the Way of Dragon Transformation flinging open the door of convenience—if you can't become a true dragon in one step, there's an installment plan—you can first become a flood dragon, after all, the Dragon Race is the most people‑friendly!

Now the Divine Race has also joined the battlefield.

In contrast to the people‑friendly Dragon Race, it is another extreme.

Emerging from the myriad races, it transcends all beings.

Whether Human Race or mountain sprites and monsters, all can become gods.

A tiger can be called a Mountain Lord, able to guard a region and build a shrine!

Some become heroes; after death they can be ennobled, their souls blessing generations!

There are proper deities.

There are also licentious cults.

Right and wrong, however, are hard to tell apart.

Di Jun waits patiently, awaiting the day of blossoming and fruition.

When the path of divinity reaches its utmost splendor, he shall become the uncrowned emperor of the Human Dao—then even the Heavenly Dao could decide his rise or fall with a single word.

Monopolizing production resources, binding the will of the Heavenly Dao, hollowing out the authority of the Dao Ancestor……

This is the foundation of his ascent.

Compared to this, the Human Race's Fire Master and Cloud Master's antics are of little concern to him.

Just a bunch of brats making a fuss!

Without even a ultimate chip on the table, what great deed could they accomplish?

In his eyes, only Hongjun, Nüwa, and the Dragon Ancestor are worthy of a higher glance.

The remaining figures, though they may have had a moment of fame, worldwide attention, and boundless splendor.

But……

They are like meteors, some merely a fleeting flash of brilliance.

Of course, Di Jun does not deny that these meteors streaking across the sky, when they are full of vigor, are quite formidable, full of drive and energy.

Brandishing sword and mounting horse, daring to face a thousand troops alone, they possess the boundless spirit to carve out a realm of their own.

Unfortunately……

"The times have changed!"

Chonghua muttered, "All this fighting and killing—it's not as lucrative as it used to be!"

"Military threat?"

"How far can it still threaten?"

"Losing a few times here means nothing; my foundation is already set."

"It can just be considered drilling troops."

"What about you?"

"I'm afraid I can't afford to lose even once!"

As his gaze flickered and faded, it swept over the vast wilderness, seeing the ancient mountains and rivers filled with killing intent soaring to the heavens—one after another, the Human Race's great armies gathered from across the universe, eyes resolute, battle intent and lethal energy sweeping the cosmos, marching toward the Eastern Yi.

Chonghua watched this scene, feeling indifferent, not at all panicked; on the contrary, he took keen interest, wondering whether his opponents could bring him even a hint of surprise.

——That alone would already be remarkable!

After all, his fellow brothers are still quite reliable.

When the Human Race rose up, seeking to sweep away the Eastern Yi and destroy the Bird Master, Taiyi, who stands in the Heavenly Court and holds supreme command of war, also took action at that moment.

He would naturally not stand by while the Bird Master fights alone.

With his participation, the Commander marshals the Heavenly Court's great armies—how could the Human Race hope for a swift victory!

In the Celestial Star Sea, borrowing a path through Mount Buzhou to reach the lands of Honghuang.

A colossal, awe‑inspiring battle platform drifts between the cosmos and the star rivers, its surface stained with blood—of the Demon Race, of the Human Race, mingled together, the hues varied, eventually blending into a variegated black that evokes a profound sense of dread.

This will indeed bring forth a dreadful disaster!

For upon this battle platform are moored myriad Star Dipper Divine Warships—the Heavenly Court's foundation, the accumulation of countless years of wealth, the tangible manifestation of supreme exquisite technology, each capable of matching a Taiyi cultivator, possessing power rivaling that of an entire universe!

Here, such divine warships number in the countless millions, nearly endless!

By contrast, even more terrifying are the Demon Race's soldiers, as countless as an ant swarm, a vast black mass clad in armor and wielding sharp weapons, seeming the very incarnation of death and destruction!

This is the Heavenly Court's main force, which, unbeknownst when, has lain in wait, ready to erupt!

Over the long years, in the struggle against the Human Race's Fire Master and Cloud Master, not only did the Fire and Cloud Divisions grow, but the Heavenly Court's elite also underwent tempering and growth.

Again and again, through slaughter and drill, the East Emperor proves himself a competent commander, indeed forging a strong army that has opposed the Human Race to this day.

——even though the Heavenly Court is not lacking in wall‑grass and two‑five‑sycophants!

The battlefront shakes the world; even if anyone harbors petty schemes, they dare not flaunt them openly—even if they merely go through the motions, they must still fulfill their duties.

The East Emperor's might grows ever more outstanding.

During the years when Xihuang disappeared, Nüwa rebelled, and the Heavenly Emperor lurked in hiding, the East Emperor bore it all.

He possesses the spirit to fight the world alone, growing braver with each battle, able and willing to fight.

When the Human Race mobilized, with clans across the mountains and rivers rising in arms, following the Fire Master and Bird Master to assault the Eastern Yi, he too launched a fierce counteroffensive!

A true all‑out mobilization!

Upon the battle platform, a chaos‑colored great bell tolled slowly, shaking past, present, and future.

Taiyi, looking down from on high, suddenly extended a hand, palm like a blade, stretching forth brilliant flames—a single line that spanned the cosmos and star rivers, like an endless, world‑splitting heavenly blade wielded by a supreme giant deity, which he swung down upon the very concept of the Honghuang earth, mountains, and rivers.

"Boom!"

The mountains and rivers shuddered!

"Crack!"

Myriad Dao shattered!

An unsurpassingly terrifying disturbance shook the myriad common folk, possessing inconceivable might.

Under a single palm strike, heaven and earth reversed, myriad phenomena blurred, and time and space were sliced with the most conspicuous scar.

One after another, the human armies, which had been stationed across the cosmos and the lands, simultaneously realized in astonishment——

Their path ahead was severed!

Ahead lay a hazy expanse.

And behind……

At some point, it too became a sheer cliff.

In a daze, they seemed to have been cast into the endless Avīci hell, where heaven offers no road and earth no gate, left only to wander back and forth in the void!

«Taiyi……how could he possibly be this strong? »

There were the ancient ancestral witches, and now a mighty divine-ability wielder had revealed their true form, their face grim and terrifying: 'The times have changed; we've all filled the gaps of the demonic calamity—by what right can he still fight so fiercely?'

«This is absolutely the full, unblemished power of the Grand Simplicity—it doesn't look weakened at all! »

«This makes no sense! »

The ancestral witches were shocked.

A complete Grand Simplicity Golden Immortal is absolutely the most terrifying existence in the Honghuang cosmos.

As long as no one stands in their way, with a single thought they can cleave heaven and earth, re-creating primordial history!

They even possess the qualification to destroy the world!

Yes.

Only upon reaching the stage of Grand Simplicity does one earn the right to utter the two words 'world destruction'.

Because Grand Simplicity governs the transformation between being and non-being, and controls the creation and erasure of concepts.

Only thus can one speak of world destruction.

Otherwise, ordinary destructive means merely appear to destroy an object—in truth they just change its form from one state to another; this destruction is simultaneously creation, a conservation!

Only by returning completely to absolute nothingness is there true annihilation.

Of course, such world‑destruction destroys only an ordinary 'world'.

As for the Honghuang realm… the difficulty is too great.

After all, if provoked, the Human Dao might rise up and slap to death anyone who dares to destroy the world with a single palm.

Facing the Human Dao, those who have not proven Pangu must proceed with caution.

Yet even so, the divine might of Grand Simplicity is not diminished.

This is absolutely the most dread‑inducing existence for the gods… fortunately, as the Lord of the Five Fortunes wreaked chaos, everyone was weakened, the stronger the harsher the sanction, and it seemed that such a looming mountain overhead had receded.

But today!

Taiyi's performance brought that shadow back over everyone's heads!

«Reason? »

«What is called reason is merely a shackle for the mediocre. »

Yandi, however, spoke the truth: «For someone of Taiyi's caliber, it's of little use—he adapts to the times faster than anyone! »

«In this battle, we've got a fight! »

(End of chapter)