Chapter 795: Three Treasures of Heaven's Opening, Conquering Chaos!

The Heavenly Emperor's divine might is immeasurable.

Though bearing a single seal, he also possesses supreme power, commanding the three great innate supreme treasures.

Of course, this is also related to humanity's passive observation.

Tai Huang watched coldly, making no move to intervene.

——This was originally a supreme treasure evolved by Xihuang; returning it to its rightful owner, what's wrong with that?

If intercepted midway and interfered with, it would indeed deprive the opponent of a great advantage, but it also reveals humanity's timidity and cowardice.

By then, likely defeat would come without even fighting!

Retreating is impossible to retreat.

In this lifetime, retreat is utterly impossible.

Even daring to strike Pangu, let alone a few innate supreme treasures?

Not to mention them……Even if the Heaven-Opening Axe appeared, what could it do?

Tai Huang responded indifferently, watching the three supreme treasures orbit the seal of August Emperor Heavenly Emperor……Each treasure hummed, like a child seeing its closest parent; in their resonance each emitted a lofty, supreme Dao rhythm, expounding extraordinary profound truths.

Gorgeous light shone, casting the surrounding spacetime objects into an illusory, dreamy haze.

Such a scene is quite special.

In the overlapping, intertwined two eras, elsewhere the vast Heavenly Court's horns blared to the heavens and troops surged, or the splendid divine dynasty's war drums shocked the world with banners fluttering—all were very lively.

Yet the stronghold of the strongest boss, August Emperor Heavenly Emperor, became illusory, with Chaos surging forth!

The three innate supreme treasures floated, gradually turning into light……Their forms blurred, with a certain merging, faintly about to evolve into something!

"The Heaven-Opening Axe?"

Tai Huang's eyes shone brightly as he gazed upon this scene.

"Yes, and also no."

August Emperor Heavenly Emperor, however, spoke softly, replying to him.

"Returning to the origin, what manifests is an axe, yet it is not merely an axe."

"And also my life."

The Heavenly Emperor smiled, not minding giving Tai Huang an answer.

His demeanor makes it hard to guess his true thoughts……Is he hoping later challengers will discern a way to break it? Or simply ordering them to become an enlightened ghost?

"The Heaven-Opening Divine Axe shattered, creating these three supreme treasures……Do you know why this came to be? What do they each symbolize?"

The Heavenly Emperor inquired with interest.

Tai Huang did not understand, earnestly seeking instruction.

Although they are opponents now, they unexpectedly harmonize.

"The Taiji Diagram is my foundation."

August Emperor chuckled lightly, extending a finger to point at the illuminated Taiji Diagram……At this moment, the divine diagram returns to its origin, transforming into part of an ancient axe, while faintly evolving into an ancient historical scroll.

In unknowable ages, an innate divinity arose from the desolate wilderness!

He is the evolution of primordial yang qi, one of the most honored and noble primordial breaths between heaven and earth; heaven and earth marked his divinity, and Mount Buzhou nurtured his form!

Moreover, he is exceedingly precious and extraordinary, buy-one-get-one-free, bringing along a companion.

That is a divinity born of primordial yin qi!

One yin, one yang—this is the Dao, the Taiji!

Taiji, formed by the movement of yin and yang, is their mutual complement and completion.

A Heavenly Emperor thus rose.

This is his foundation!

This segment of August Emperor Heavenly Emperor's origin great secret has been abstracted.

Thus, ultimately came the Taiji Diagram!

Now, it returns to its origin; this Heavenly Emperor's seal suddenly became real……It has taken root!

Tai Huang stood solemnly.

However, this is not yet the end.

If one says, the Taiji Diagram represents this Heavenly Emperor's origin of foundation, his birth aided by Nüwa, laying the groundwork for sweeping across an age.

Then……

Pangu Banner!

What it symbolizes is this Heavenly Emperor's heart!

"This banner is my original intention, my great vow."

Tai Huang saw, as August Emperor pointed a finger downward, the Pangu Banner's light fluttered, seeming to resonate with this Heavenly Emperor's heart, beating together……In the end, they seemed to merge into one, heart-light as the banner, banner as heart-light!

Pangu Banner, it represents the beginning, represents the cause of all results, bearing August Emperor's ideological roots from weakness to supreme Heavenly Emperor……With heart comes action.

It possesses a will to open up, a concept of the strong mastering their own destiny; amidst boundless endless futures, it selects a path and opens up its own future!

Overturning the era of chaotic confusion, ending the disordered, noisy age of turmoil, to achieve a regulated, orderly splendid human civilization, raising the Honghuang realm, proving the Dao eternal!

Pangu opened Heaven.

What is opened is not only external Chaos, but also civilizational Chaos, human-heart Chaos!

This is August Emperor Heavenly Emperor's great vow and heart-mind, manifested as the Pangu Banner.

At this moment, as the Pangu Banner also blurred and merged into August Emperor Heavenly Emperor's seal, the seal instantly became countless times clearer and radiant.

Having taken root.

And also having a heart.

This is extremely frightening, making Tai Huang feel as if facing a great foe.

Only with these two blessings, the Supreme Emperor, in astonishment, discovered that even though he had the unity of human Dao blessings, he could not say he could surpass the August Emperor!

This was unexpected, yet it also seemed reasonable.

A Heavenly Emperor, moreover the great one who finally opened heaven and earth—how could he be an ordinary person?

And this, clearly, is not yet the limit of the August Emperor!

Because there is still one primordial supreme treasure—the Chaos Bell—wandering outside!

"The Chaos Bell is the path I have walked."

As the August Emperor smiled, the radiance of the Chaos Bell scattered and merged with him, completing the ultimate perfection.

Having roots, having heart—only action is lacking!

Once, the path walked by the August Emperor Heavenly Emperor, the deeds done, the laws established, opened the Heavenly Court, controlled the vast Honghuang, governed all peoples... each such matter, each such result, transformed into this spiritual treasure, bearing the Emperor's Dao, carrying Honghuang's will, to shatter the fundamental Great Dao of the Chaos Era, to make the ultimate opposition, seeking finally to break free!

This is the practice of pursuing one's dream.

And what the Supreme Emperor knows more clearly is… this dream has truly been realized!

Honghuang attains the Dao, the realm eternal!

The three primordial supreme treasures gather and merge; they are the strongest divine weapons within the universe—the Heaven-opening Axe, and also the complete form of Pangu—origin! Dao heart! deeds!

They are the three treasures of opening heaven, and also the three treasures of proving the Dao!

A brand, at this moment fully alive, almost like a present-day Pangu, becoming the most fearsome examiner for the Supreme Emperor's assessment!

A true and real Pangu, immeasurable, beyond conjecture.

Heaven and earth are illusory; the ages are distant.

Just a moment, and the Supreme Emperor was pulled into the most mysterious battlefield… they were still amidst the cosmos' mountains and rivers, yet it seemed they had completely leapt out of Honghuang's era, stepping into an unnamed realm.

All this is the doing of the August Emperor.

The Supreme Emperor's expression turned grim; surveying the surrounding spacetime, it was strangely extraordinary, endlessly changing, the Dao not Dao, the law not law—most unfathomable.

One moment, emptiness void; the next, endless destruction.

Even though he had united with the human Dao, his cultivation having peaked in the Taiyi, for a moment he could not fully comprehend it, only sensing great danger surrounding him.

"This is…" the Supreme Emperor changed color, "Chaos?"

"The most real, most primal Chaos?!"

"But… hasn't this already been taken by you, lifting the Honghuang realm, swallowing and merging it?!"

Having made his decision, the Supreme Emperor acted on behalf of the human Dao to challenge the August Emperor; such a resolute choice, he originally thought his heart had seen through everything, and there would be nothing more to surprise him.

But at this moment, an elder appeared and spoke, saying—'Young one, too naive.'

"There is no absolute regarding Pangu," answered the imprint of the August Emperor Heavenly Emperor, "It has indeed vanished… but whenever I feel it should reappear, it must reappear."

"No, it is a restart."

The August Emperor gazed at the Supreme Emperor with deep meaning, "You represent the human Dao, able to muster courage to challenge me… this pleases me."

"If I were to bully you with battle strength, relying on the era's foundation to overwhelm you… perhaps it would make you feel resentful, a victory not earned by force."

"After all, the Heavenly Court of the Dragon-Phoenix Era has long been developed under my hand to the utmost prosperity."

This is a real, immense chasm.

The Dragon-Phoenix Era was overly long.

The division between eras is not necessarily equal in time span; usually it is marked by great events, with the succession of Pangu as the sign of renewal.

This also means that eras may not have passed the same amount of years.

The Dragon-Phoenix Era, from the moment heaven and earth first opened until the August Emperor abdicated, experienced the Dragon-Phoenix hegemony, the demon calamities rampant, then the achievement of the Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Court… and once that court was established, thereafter followed countless years of governing the universe!

All of Honghuang has been developed!

An entire heaven and earth, examined as if it were a human body, penetrating and linking countless earth veins and water channels, adjusting mountains and rivers, like a cultivator's meridian physique.

Moreover, upon it, the human Dao was administered, the myriad peoples multiplied, civilization elevated, like a cultivator's spiritual will.

The qi and merit surged heavenward, transforming into genuine, real power, like a cultivator's magical power.

Essence, energy, and spirit united; a world, like a living cultivator, embarked on the path of practice, and at the peak moment surged to strike the Great Luo!

This infused the countless beings and divinities of this heaven and earth with their heart and blood, overseen by a supreme Heavenly Emperor, enduring an immeasurable span of time—an epoch that must be measured in billions, tens of billions, even hundreds of billions or trillions of years of vicissitude!

Such lengthy ages saw the human Dao's myriad peoples undergo countless influences, unknown how many brilliant heroes have settled, all capable of sacrificing for it, heavenly talents with flawless spiritual will, which later ages find hard to imagine.

The Supreme Emperor gathered ghosts and gods, crossing eras to wage war—how high could the chances of victory be… even he himself had no idea.

Fortunately, in the Demon-Witch Era, there were countless fierce battles, nurturing many war talents.

Yet the gap remains.

At the very least, it is control of the world… in the Dragon-Phoenix Era, the Heavenly Court was unique; even if in this battle it is hard to see the other Great Luo divinities, their Dao, their laws, their essence-energy-spirit have long permeated heaven and earth's mountains and rivers, imprinted in the Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Court, aiding the battle.

This is the foundation!

But what about the Supreme Emperor?

He certainly has the human Dao as his backing, yet he has not yet been able to overwhelm all divinities to make them assist him.

Time flows; whether it be the Dao Ancestor or the Wa Huang, also the Dragon Ancestor, the Heavenly Emperor—circumstances differ, yet the tail cannot be shaken.

The human Dao must 'strike one punch to open, lest a hundred punches come.'

It cannot be delayed, nor can it be delayed; one must seize the moment when the gods are displaced, holding the resolve that failure is benevolence, in one sweep eliminate one's own hidden dangers, restore a complete posture, only then can one, in later dealings with the gods, seize the initiative, letting the human Dao's peoples become masters of their own house.

But this has become a deadlock.

Without sufficient divine support, facing the fully perfected Heavenly Court, how then can one prevail!

The Supreme Emperor knows these things clearly, yet he has no choice.

All he can do is hold a heart that seeks life through death, striving for the human Dao's peoples to win a miracle and hope.

In the Demon-Witch Era, the peoples paid the price for past mistaken choices, sacrificing too much.

At this moment, he makes a sacrifice… what then could be unacceptable?

The Supreme Emperor had already come to his senses.

He reflected on the human way, and eventually stood before the August Emperor.

However, August Emperor did not deceive him either; he possessed the bearing and stature of a Heavenly Emperor, quite unlike the former Xihuang, who used to wander about with an axe, fishing and watching who spoke ill of him behind his back.

The former is fit to be an emperor; the latter…… is a bit of a petty hooligan.

I don't know if this is him letting loose his self after abdicating.

"So, I also won't deceive you…… but likewise, I won't indulge you."

"Heavenly Emperor said languidly, "Does the human way want independence? Want to be the master of the household?""

"Can."

"Get up from the merit register, take two steps for me to see."

"Don't rely on the achievements of your predecessors and still calmly attack your seniors."

"How do you feel?"

"Heavenly Emperor asked with a smile."

"Very reasonable." The Supreme Emperor nodded, "How to do it? Just say it straight!"

"I have re‑manifested time, scrambled cause and effect, and wish to make an eternal pact with the human way behind you." Heavenly Emperor smiled faintly, "You must know…… that Honghuang's transcendence and eternity are founded on the victory over Chaos."

"Take all of Chaos's infinite possibilities to establish the necessary eternity of Honghuang."

"For this battle, the Dragon‑Phoenix Era has struggled for countless years."

"Now…… I invite you, and the human way behind you, to join this game."

"Use military exploits to prove the value and significance of the human way's existence."

August Emperor gave a half‑smile, "Only if your performance is not too lackluster, proving that the human way can rely on itself to survive the trial of Chaos…… then you will be qualified to launch a challenge against me."

"Otherwise, you should just go back where you came from!"

"How?"

"Good!" The Supreme Emperor stared deeply at August Emperor and accepted this demand."

In the dark, the human way surged, mighty power billowing, flowing across the ages.

"Very good…… very good!"

August Emperor was very pleased, "This way I can relax a bit…… free labor! Or the kind that brings its own rations and works hard."

He spoke with mockery, not caring that the Supreme Emperor's face darkened.

"Strive, youth!"

August Emperor, in the posture of encouraging workers and promoting blessings, encouraged the Supreme Emperor——this situation let Fengxi deeply understand why, when Nüwa mentions Fuxi, she sometimes grits her teeth.

"If you do well, I will allow you to place a piece in the Dragon‑Phoenix Era, truly changing something."

"This will be able to smooth over the disparity in our era's foundations……"

"But this depends on performance, you know!"

"If you are not good enough, in the end…… you will still be hung up and beaten by me."

August Emperor's generous promise is like a carrot dangling before a donkey.

"Then…… just wait to add a five‑colored human race to the Dragon‑Phoenix Era!" the Supreme Emperor said.

(End of chapter)