Chapter 770

Chonghua personally leads the campaign!

When such extraordinary combat power surfaced, a supremely powerful emperor stepped onto the stage, and many peers felt something, looking toward the Eastern Barbarians.

"The Heavenly Court sure hides deep! They spare no means!"

The Yan and Huang Emperors and the Eastern Emperor fought a bloody battle beyond the worlds, striving at the source of time; now they all show furious faces, rebuking the Heavenly Court's emperor.

"Warfare is deceit; what's there to discuss about the righteousness of tactics?"

Taiyi made no excuse, frankly admitted it, and when the Yan and Huang Emperors showed intent to leave the battle group and return to aid the human race, he struck forcefully, paying the price to trap them here.

"Just stay here with me!"

The bloody battle of the three human emperors and demon monarchs continues.

The situation seems to be moving toward a state extremely unfavorable to the human race; the blue sky belonging to humanity is collapsing bit by bit.

However……

This is only on the surface.

In another place, someone is already overjoyed!

"Finally, I've waited for you!"

The girl began picking through the grass thickets.

She wanted to set an ambush to send Chonghua on his way.

For this day, to catch a big fish… Heaven knows!

How much she embodies suppression and endurance!

Countless soldiers on the front lines fought desperately, while she could only hold back, ensuring logistical medical support… Apart from that, she could do nothing, for fear of startling the snake and scaring off the prey.

Today, the prey finally took the bait!

Before this, the prey… thought it was the hunter.

And the reversal between hunter and prey sometimes occurs in an instant.

The finest hunters often appear in the guise of prey.

The human race played the image of prey, and did so lifelike.

Until the moment of showdown.

Now, the opportunity has arrived.

The girl beamed with joy, having readied herself for the task of crouching in the grass thickets.

However, while it's easy to crouch in the grass thickets, catching people is not easy.

Chonghua came fully prepared, in the posture of peak perfection; wanting to kill such a monarch in one fell swoop is no easy task.

The girl will not underestimate herself, but she also needs to acknowledge that Chonghua has already become a formidable force… Even if she could use the unexpected to expect the expected, wanting to decide victory or defeat, life or death in a short time, still requires favorable timing, location, and harmony.

After all, although the girl is strong… she is actually no more than a third backup outside the two major identities of Nüwa and Houtu; back then she was merely the heir apparent of the Fire Master.

Even though they share cultivation realms and have received the gifts and legacies of Yandi and the Great Emperor of Fengdu, plus enjoyed the version's benefits, avoiding the restraint of the Five Fortunes Dao Master's demonic calamity… yet Chonghua is no simple matter either.

He too is a person of deep background, commanding the Bird Master, and seizing the wealth foundation of the Dragon Master; he opened the divine path himself, built the human prosperity circle… In terms of achievements, he is outstanding.

The human race, the dragon race, the demon race… their aspects converge, allowing this monarch to gradually advance into unfathomable territory.

In a radiant divine yang that illuminates countless ages, a supreme deity is manifesting! Approaching!

Setting foot at the peak, pursuing the Dao of Pangu… this is the level Chonghua is approaching!

This era is the worst of times, yet also an era of fierce competition, thus a gathering of stars.

One ancient god and great sage after another, in this era, have fully sublimated, catching up to the realm achievements once relied upon by the Dao Ancestor when he looked down upon all under heaven.

There is Nüwa, who has achieved perfection in governing life and death, with the left hand controlling creation and the right hand controlling reincarnation.

There is the Dragon Ancestor, who travels the world, stealing heaven and changing the sun, seizing the Dao of Heaven and the Dao of Law, plundering the Dao of Creation, with the twelve golden dragons fully extracting the essence of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

There is the Eastern Emperor, who inherited the Chaos Bell's legacy, dominated the post-witch-demon era, as the supreme deity of the Heavenly Court, again practicing wisdom, again creating the Zhou Tian Star-Dou Grand Formation, possessing both wisdom and valor.

And there is the Heavenly Emperor Jun!

He merged the paths of humanity and the Heavenly Court, strongly suppressing the dragon race, innovatively opening a divine race path, making himself the master of a Dao, breaking free of all shackles—those from the Heavenly Dao's Hongjun, and those from the orthodox humanity.

Thus, he also saw the way forward!

Having reached the level of ultimate peak, purely in terms of cultivation achievements, it's already hard to say who is superior—unless one takes the final step to prove the Dao of Pangu.

Of course, the same level does not mean equal combat power—this can be increased with external aids.

As the Dao Ancestor holds the Heavenly Dao, gathering other peers of the same rank naturally becomes easy and pleasant.

And a mighty figure with his own power base, beating a bare-pole commander to the ground, is also quite normal—because he has leveraged the power of humanity!

This is also where the girl's confidence comes from to dare give Chonghua a lesson he'll never forget.

After all……

Heavenly Dao Saint—Nüwa—Houtu!

One of the Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao, one of the Four Emperors of the Heavenly Court, creator of humanity, master of reincarnation… this string of titles is also a string of combat power boosts!

"As long as you give me an opening…"

"Bullying a newbie, I'm still quite good at it!"

The girl cracked her knuckles, already prepared to shock the world.

Beside her, the Medicine Buddha gave her a subtle glance of care, a faint smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

He just quietly watched her performance, seeing how she arranged her subordinates and made contingency plans.

For example, waiting until the Bird Master's command post is empty, then how to rise up together and launch an attack?

Like dealing with the newly promoted Yao Marshal—Wuzhi Qi, the feigned-death-returning Yao Marshal Feilian—how to gradually lure them away?

……

Assassinating an opposing side's highest leader involves particular considerations.

The girl felt confident she could suppress or even kill Chonghua, but that also had a requirement—at the very least it had to be a one-on-one duel!

Rather than charging in alone, dreaming of sweeping through tens of thousands to take Chonghua's head...

That's unrealistic!

Guiding, plotting, letting Chonghua end up isolated……then it would be easy.

"This shouldn't be too hard to achieve……"

"Xiao Yinglong leads the Dragon Masters in a resurgence, plus Wenming's battlefield rebellion and rapid redeployment, and the Jiuli's defensive counteroffensive……three major war groups, pulling and restraining each other—how could Chonghua possibly handle them easily?"

"As long as his main forces scatter, then……that will be my opportunity……"

……

"Wenming, why do you rebel against me?"

"I feel I have not treated you poorly."

Chonghua personally led the expedition, but before the troops arrived, the message came first.

He chose to communicate.

Compared to the Dragon Masters bearing a grudge to destroy the nation, and the Jiuli who must be struck as targets……the Xiahou clan still has some room for communication, he thought they could be pacified.

If we can talk, we talk first to reduce casualties, rather than jumping straight into a bloodbath.

Even if it fails, we can still use the opportunity to write some articles, isolating this rebel force—a unit that has negotiated with the enemy—can such a unit really be trusted?

Only children start with a fight to the death; the adult world can negotiate!

"If you surrender, I will let bygones be bygones and guarantee your status and power."

Chonghua displayed sincerity.

He did not hold Wenming's rebellious act against him.

"Really? I don't quite believe it." Wenming transcended time and space, communicating with Chonghua, his expression calm: "How do you explain Gun's death? Don't deceive me."

"That was then, this is now." Chonghua said calmly and frankly: "Back then my plan was unfinished, so I naturally couldn't tolerate even a speck of dust."

"Gun blocked my way; I had no choice……he had to die."

"Now the situation is different, and I naturally have the capacity to tolerate others."

"Pacifying you is a very profitable deal—look, even someone like you who rebelled on the battlefield and disturbed the Bird Masters' stable rule, I can accept……let alone an enemy?"

Wenming's eyes flickered; he understood Chonghua's underlying meaning.

A thousand gold for a bone—settled!

"To end the war as soon as possible, I am quite sincere."

Chonghua laughed, "As long as the overall pattern with me as the core is guaranteed……a few more fiefdoms warlords, mountains dotted with strongholds, I actually don't mind."

"You're quite bold." Wenming solemnly examined this monarch.

"I just don't have that strong a cleanliness obsession……because I don't seek ideals; on the contrary, I respect reality." Chonghua shook his head: "Unity up and down, eternal unchangeability——that's just a dream; in dreams anything is possible. Reality……that could never happen."

"If that's the case, a little compromise……that also fits my understanding."

"So because of reality, you've abandoned the human path?" Wenming raised an eyebrow.

"Abandoned? Not really……" Chonghua gave a faint smile: "I just feel that this path actually has problems."

"Talking about ideals, that's no problem……everyone has their own aspirations, understandable."

"You can talk about ideals, struggle for them——but you can't bind others, force everyone to join you in talking ideals, sacrifice for ideals."

"Put that way, what's the difference from a tyrant?"

"My actions, respecting reality, happen to form the positive and negative sides of humanity with your faction."

"So my path can work, and I've achieved what I have now."

"Having reached my level, I've long since moved beyond simple good and evil……" Chonghua felt somewhat wistful, "Clinging to good and evil only leads to inferiority."

"Defining things in terms of positive and negative is actually more fitting……positive doesn't necessarily mean good, negative doesn't necessarily mean evil."

"Too much positive leads to collapse and self-destruction; too much negative also inevitably brings chaos and conflict."

"All we can say is, depending on the situation, we selectively maintain a certain proportion of balance……"

Chonghua leisurely expounded his path.

Once, he studied the evil of human nature, from heavenly desire and human desire, various wants and needs, to guide and rule all under heaven.

But later he discovered, this actually fell into inferiority.

Compared to good and evil, discussing the positive and negative of humanity is more grandiose in scope, and for him it better supports a Pangu path!

That is, even if the whole world is his enemy, he will one day be able to look up to Pangu's achievement!

Can a person, just because he walks on two legs and touches the dust of the ground, cut off his own legs?

Reality, in the end, must be faced!

As an expert studying this issue, no matter how unlikable or hated he might be……when it's his turn to speak, no one can doubt him!

That's right, he might be eyed with hostility by a circle of people, found displeasing.

But having said that.

After reaching that height, emotions and handling affairs had long become separate matters.

Hostility remains hostility; related issues should still be left to professionals to handle, giving him sufficiently high status and treatment.

At most, assign supervisors to prevent him from running amok.

However……

If he has confirmed Pangu, does he still need to fuss over right and wrong?

No need!

Already sure to board; later buying a ticket is enough.

Might be a bit embarrassing.

But never suffer a loss!

Chong Hua… no, it's Di Jun, he possesses his own wisdom, scheming for countless generations.

Perhaps his methods are not proper, but that does not hinder whether he can succeed.

"You're very confident." Wen Ming's gaze turned slightly cold, "Do you think this lets you ignore the countless deaths of beings in this era? As a leader, not thinking to stop disaster, but instead fanning the flames and instigating war, you cannot escape blame!"

"This can't all be blamed on me." Chong Hua sensed some subtlety, that of differing paths not conspiring; the pacification attempt may fail, he's done useless work, his patience diminished thereby, "The lich war, the suffering of all beings, the root cause lies in samsara…… the wishes of all beings go unfulfilled, the path of the idealists fails!"

"Countless beings face reality, trying to make their voices heard, and this also involves the gods and the Heavenly Dao shirking their work…… all these contradictions accumulate, leading to this great calamity!"

"I'm just a worker…… what wrong can a worker have?"

"I merely catered to part of the customers' demands!"

"Without the push from those customers, how could I have achieved anything?"

"At most I just went with the flow…… participating in this unprecedented social experiment, carefully observing and arguing, gaining only a handful of precious experimental data."

By the way, also strive to secure an ancient.

What evil intentions could Di Jun have?

Don't even say he's a Golden Crow.

Even a fly wouldn't bite a seamless egg!

At most, he's just an accomplice.

Really want to pursue responsibility?

In this world, no holy being can escape!

"If we're to talk about guilt…… then for humanity, the gods all deserve to die!" Chong Hua smiled in conclusion, "August Emperor, who turns a blind eye to guilt, deserves to be struck down by the divine axe."

"Nüwa's virtue is lacking, she has neglected the merit of opening heaven; she should be punished by confinement and reflection."

"The Dao Ancestor drives the calamity; he deserves eternal imprisonment!"

"……"

"Who is without fault?"

"All beings are guilty!"

In the end, even all beings are at fault.

"Under an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent…… but they lack this self‑awareness, instead thinking they bear no responsibility." Chong Hua said lightly, "That's reality."

"There are always some idealists who like to stand on the moral high ground to criticize others…… yet they overlook their own guilt."

"Arrogance, coercion……" Chong Hua gave Wen Ming a cold glance, "Just like you."

"However inadequate I may be, at least I let the Bird Master's people live well…… even if it's gained by exploiting others"

"You…… what are you, dare to blame me?!"

"Talking ideals, talking righteousness…… what have you contributed to this era?!"

Chong Hua was not polite.

——What the hell are you?

——All you do is say I betrayed the human race?

——What gives you the right to speak?

Wen Ming took a deep look at Chong Hua's projected image here, then suddenly laughed, a creepy laugh.

"We can't even agree on half a sentence…… looks like there's nothing left to discuss between us."

"Go back."

"Next time, bring troops to meet."

"As for me, I've also prepared a big treasure…… to let you see, just how dare I blame you."

Wen Ming indifferently flipped his hand, shattering a fragment of spacetime, causing Chong Hua's projection to collapse.

Then, a delicate axe appeared.

Opening Heaven……

No!

Mountain‑splitting Divine Axe!

(End of chapter)