Chapter 796

The contest between humanity and the August Emperor broke out at the moment the Supreme Emperor assented!

They used Chaos as the chessboard, the myriad gods of the myriad beings as pieces, and their own path principles as the rules of the game—a match for the ages!

The Supreme Emperor acted on behalf of humanity, bearing the boundless, vast power of humanity, and entered the game where the August Emperor held the bank.

In the next instant, they penetrated eternity, scrambled the temporal order, and jointly drove the concept of 'Honghuang' in their campaign against Chaos, proving their respective paths.

Their contest was transcendent, belonging to Pangu's level, transcending everything outside the divine perception that cannot verify Pangu, yet present everywhere.

……

Hunting Chaos is a feat beyond ordinary imagination, excessively fantastical.

Because the fundamental of the primordial Chaos is an infinite ocean, the ultimate collection of variables.

It is constantly changing, distorting, creating, and destroying at all times.

Here lies the source ocean that contains everything, capable of birthing, creating, and embracing a multiverse, yet also the cause of the ultimate apocalypse… In infinite coincidence, the primal Honghuang was born here.

Perhaps it will also perish here, destroyed by Chaos's fickleness, like an inconspicuous wave in the sea.

In the indefinable Chaos, perhaps countless similar Honghuang have already perished, leaving no trace.

However.

Under special circumstances, this Honghuang, striving to escape an involuntary fate… It seeks to leap beyond Chaos's fickleness, to certify eternity with order, immortal and indestructible!

There is the divinity of heaven and earth's natural evolution, holding the universe's origin, stabilizing the world's constancy.

And there are countless sentient beings who forge the Dao of heaven and earth, using thought to pursue infinite dreams within the finite material world, born of heaven and earth yet transcending its limits.

Transcend… transcend!

The dream of transcendence is to break free from bonds and shatter limits.

Sentient beings, with brilliant spirit and prosperous civilization, broke the world's limits and elevated the cosmos's breadth… Such spiritual will, inscribed between heaven and earth, ultimately infected this world.

Beings are born of heaven and earth, yet they create for heaven and earth a splendor never before seen.

That…

Honghuang born of Chaos—can it ultimately break Chaos's fickleness and rise above it?!

The Sage among the divinities perceived the infinite potential hidden within the ordinary bodies of tiny beings, drew upon and used this miracle, and ultimately brought miracles to the world.

And now is the time to put that miracle into practice!

The Wisest among the divinities, joining hands with humanity, goes to war against Chaos to create miracles!

"Hunt!"

The supreme divinity shouted loudly, that is the will of the Heavenly Emperor.

"Hunt!"

The will of boundless beings resonates, an echo of humanity!

August Emperor Heavenly Emperor, perceiving and grasping Chaos's fickleness, with his supreme accomplishment of the Yi Dao—omniscience, he directs against Chaos's evolution, employing every ounce of his power to the fullest, achieving maximum efficiency, restraining its changes, letting Honghuang devour it, as living beings swallow food.

And humanity, after reaping the spoils and strengthening Honghuang, uses beings and time to sediment, to expand, to sublimate, forging an endless army of vitality, achieving thorough digestion, bolstering the cosmic origin, and realizing a benign cycle with the world.

In the void, a great net is unfurled, with heaven and earth as the warp, humanity as the weft, weaving order, cast toward the source of the Chaos sea.

This is cooperation.

Yet beneath the cooperation lie surging undercurrents, as they compete with each other.

The August Emperor grips humanity's great net, controls the overall situation, grasps humanity's future, striving to have the final say.

But humanity has its own ideas, wanting to have its own independent judgment.

However, humanity's path is difficult.

After all… the August Emperor is the master of change, an expert in this field.

Who else could surpass him in such a contest?

He inherently holds a certain share of the stake, and is also the helmsman, possessing terrifying influence over era development, even elevated to the level of idol worship, making him hard to shake!

Unless…

"Give it your all! Don't think you won't be rolled to death!"

Humanity was exhilarated, as if injected with chicken blood, exerting tenfold effort.

"Reincarnation!"

"Era reincarnation! Beings reincarnation!"

"This is the joint struggle of countless eras; finally there will be a moment to strike back!"

Humanity burst forth with brilliant, radiant light.

Such light shines especially brilliantly on the Supreme Emperor.

Or rather, he should be the original source of this light, a primordial miracle.

——Houtu once performed a heaven‑shaking act!

She opened the gate of time, forged the false into truth, turned the illusory into real, commanding half of the primordial divinities of the Honghuang universe, employing this mighty momentum's support, and with Pangu's tacit approval, she accomplished the Wu Clan!

Where did the Wu Clan come from?

They came across time!

They originally existed within the infinite realm of future possibilities, a fuzzy state between certainty and uncertainty…… It was Houtu who cast down an anchor for them, reversed the temporal order, turning effect into cause, appearing in the era of the Wu‑Yao, and thus they became the Wu.

What Houtu forged was not only the Wu!

Perhaps her original intention was merely to raise troops for herself, not thinking so much…… but the real impact was too great, too severe!

She directly interfered with countless subsequent eras of humanity!

This is a terrifying matter…… Had it been someone else, they might have already died an unnatural death.

Even a figure like the Dao Ancestor Hongjun would likely die violently in the Purple Cloud Palace!

But Nüwa is too special.

She is the progenitor of creation, innately holds a share of authority, able to speak with authority in the Human Dao, and the Human Dao greatly respects her.

Moreover, she is also the Holy One of Reincarnation!

She changed the rules of reincarnation and redefined the rules of soul reconstruction.

True Spirit is indestructible; it merely resides in reincarnation…, thus this creates room for discussion, subtle nuances arise in the division of eras, leaving space for debate and justification.

And this has become the hope for the Human Dao to overturn the tide.

Because…

This is not merely the Human Dao of the Wu-Yao era fighting alone!

But rather, generation after generation of peoples after the Dragon-Phoenix era stand shoulder to shoulder, striving together for the same dream!

Of course.

Effort and struggle are not mere empty talk, nor are they free of side effects.

As the Human Dao's spokesperson bearing all this, being the first to bear the brunt and unswerving, one must shoulder all this and bear the greatest pressure.

The Supreme Emperor's stature has grown somewhat stooped.

In the hunting grounds of Chaos, the August Emperor finds it somewhat amusing, watching the Supreme Emperor's eyes flicker: 'You… are you sure you want to do this?'

'If something goes wrong, this could doom you to eternal ruin… Moreover, even if you win, what then? It would be even more miserable than Hongjun's situation!'

'I would die a thousand times without regret!' the Supreme Emperor sighed lightly.

His figure gradually hazes, yet in the void a splendid river of history emerges in actual evolution, roaring as it crashes into the order of Honghuang, carrying the concept of humanity, forcibly embedding itself into the ages of old!

At the very beginning of heaven and earth's origin, all kinds of rules were altered!

The Heavenly Emperor towers above, yet the spirit of the Human Emperor flows through, wandering like a phantom.

'I am of the Nine-Heads Clan!'

A faint sigh is this phantom's lament, as if summarizing his own life's experiences, and a symbol of the Human Dao superimposed across endless ages.

Nine-Heads.

These are nine identities, nine strands of historical light, signifying the overlap of different eras!

Nine visages coexist, summarizing Fengxi's life experiences accumulated along the way.

There is one who dwells in the future yet is a tiny, ordinary past self—the mortal 'Fengxi'.

There is one who, having signed a contract with Houtu, traverses time and history to become the 'Fengxi' of the little witch.

There is one who devotes himself to humanity, becoming the Wind Lord, the 'Yandi' who assumes the position of supreme ruler of mankind.

There is one who enters the netherworld, bearing the sorrow of departed souls and gods—the 'Fengdu'.

There is one who, after wandering, returns to humanity, transforms himself, and accomplishes great deeds—the Youxiong clan, who ultimately changes his guise, founds the Yunshi line, ascends the throne, and becomes the 'Huangdi'.

There is one who commands all under heaven, heaven and earth alone exalted, severs the fate of the Wu and Yao clans, offers sacrifices to heaven, earth, and the myriad peoples, and establishes the divine dynasty—the 'Taihuang'.

There is one who inherits the legacy of predecessors, commands the Honghuang heavenly treasury, takes the top position, and becomes the 'Qi Dao Lord'.

There is one who is entrusted by the ages with the Five Virtues, oversees the Five Emperors, and awaits future manifestation—the 'Supreme God'.

Moreover… the final spokesperson of the Human Dao, the supreme emperor whose body is one with the Human Dao!

Disjoined ages, fractured eras, the myriad identities that ordinary people cannot connect—here they unite, forging the Human Dao's sovereign—the Human Emperor Nine-Heads Clan!

This is inconceivable.

But.

In this inherently inconceivable Chaos hunting ground, anything is possible, nothing cannot happen.

As the Nine-Heads Clan strides forth, the brilliance and splendor of the Human Dao appear.

Honghuang heaven and earth, the myriad heavens and myriad elements, the hearts of the myriad peoples gleam.

The Nine-Heads Clan embraces the countless swallowed Chaos variables; birth is demise, becoming a wandering phantom, yet brings boundless hope to the myriad peoples and opens the path to elevation.

In the boundless ages, when later outstanding individuals exhaust their splendor, perfecting body and heart, and are willing to sacrifice for Honghuang, crossing time to come, wage war and hunt Chaos, they may reap the Human Dao's bounty.

The universe acknowledges their achievements, divine and holy!

A single indestructible spark of spirit, all Dao understood, mastering Honghuang's laws… this is the Human Dao itself paying out, rewarding and comforting its heroes!

'Such great sacrifice…'

August Emperor witnesses all this, feels deeply, sighs somewhat, yet also feels glad, 'Very well… the Human Dao's such effort makes my burden much lighter.'

'If so, what does it matter if you act with one hand?'

August Emperor smiles, opens the dust‑sealed historical scroll, and unseals Pangu's 'Ancient'.

In the murky Chaos, the lingering thought of the Nine-Heads Clan extends a finger, pointing at the confused annals.

Humankind… has rebelled against innate nature!

Having transcended its acquired roots, it is no longer merely the clan fashioned by Nüwa in the Wu-Yao era.

Rather, it possesses a far older experience, reaching back to the Dragon-Phoenix age!

This is a heaven‑shaking, earth‑moving event!

Reverse the ages!

Not like Houtu's covert smuggling, daring not to reveal its true name, still hanging Pangu's sign, borrowing a shell to go public, establishing a Wu clan.

But possessing the most orthodox identity, boundlessly noble, inlaid into the Dragon-Phoenix era, endowed with ancient boundless credentials!

Because it is strong and ancient!

What else could compare to such an unfathomable operation to better prove mankind's strength?

Because it is strong, mankind as a whole has crossed into the ancient era, truly leaving traces there!

'Heaven and earth are divided into five directions, constituting the five elements, possessing five colors.'

'Divine sovereignty over heaven, mankind governs the world!'

'Thus… the Five‑Colored Mankind!'

History changed course; among countless sealed scrolls, a secret strategy unknown to later generations surfaced, expounding the great secret of myriad ages.

In the era when the ancient August Emperor's Heavenly Court dominated the universe, myriad gods submitted, and all creation revered it, a shocking upheaval occurred!

A great will shaped the pattern of the era.

The supreme Heavenly Court sanctioned, dividing the sacredness of the world into five quarters, governing the Five Phases, and assigning the five colors.

It also fashioned the five-colored peoples, inheriting such glory, practicing the sacred Dao to govern the universe, leaving an indelible mark!

Thus.

Humanity possesses supreme support and can receive the blessings of myriad gods.

Establishing oneself in the world of Honghuang, no matter the era, one possesses overwhelming battle prowess… this is the foundation!

Taking effect immediately.

The vast army of humanity that followed the Tai Emperor in war, originally hard-pressed while fighting on the home ground of the Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Court, immediately found relief.

They could truly resist!

Banners swept across, the clash of eras, Dragon-Phoenix versus the wight, judging superiority, deciding victory or defeat!

The dawn after passing the trial, this moment unprecedentedly brilliant.

But, no one can know.

To achieve this, how much have some sacrificed?

"Is it worth it?"

"August Emperor strolled forward, approaching the Nine-Headed Clan; its illusory form neared utter ruin and decay—"Human Dao demands such sacrifice?"

"If humanity errs, it naturally must make amends and correct." The Human Emperor sighed softly, "If humanity has not erred, walking a road bristling with thorns yet able to see the light ahead, then such sacrifice and loss are not unacceptable."

The Nine-Headed Clan felt neither sorrow nor joy.

"Not bad." August Emperor gave a slight nod, "Since you're willing to go all out, I won't say anything further."

"You've come this far; you certainly have some merit, becoming an opponent worthy of my regard."

"If so, I'll accompany you to finish this game of chess… to see whether you can ultimately pass the trial."

August Emperor reached out and lightly traced, cutting through eras, altering ancient history.

The cycle of rebirth was shaken, the Netherworld in flux, with variables emerging.

"This is ultimately my era."

August Emperor smiled; at this moment it's hard to say whether he is merely a mark or the true Pangu descended—"In this era, I have repeatedly suppressed Nüwa."

"You know, why is this?"

"Although you have reshaped humanity, resetting the foundation of this race, reaching the Dragon-Phoenix epoch."

"But… cause and effect, after all, still exist."

"And so is the cycle of rebirth!"

August Emperor placed his piece calmly, yet terrifyingly so—"Since you call yourself the Human Emperor, then I shall style myself the Heavenly Emperor."

"With the Heavenly and Human Emperors both present… how about adding an Earthly Emperor as well?"

"The Netherworld governs the Dao, creation proliferates…"

"You guess."

August Emperor smiled and countered, "Why do I indulge Nüwa so much?"

"To let her stir up such great waves in your era?"

"Actually…"

"From the very beginning, she never escaped my control."

(End of chapter)