Chapter 835: August Heaven Descends, He

Light and shadow echo, the ages surge.

From time immemorial, what kind of cause and effect will be established in the future, buried beneath the river of time.

But right now, none of that matters.

After all……

What the Dragon Ancestor must first face is this imminent trial!

——The Seventh-Day Legal Person!

The colossal property transfer case dragged out a 'legal person' who had already passed the seventh day; this absurd and outrageous act made the gods glance askance, shocked beyond words.

"East Emperor!"

"What the hell is going on?!"

The enemy boss, already killed to death, feigned death and reappeared.

Although the coffin lid was confirmed to be pressed down dead, it still gave the public a big surprise.

"Young man, you sure know how to play."

The Heavenly Emperor sighed, letting go of his 'lesson' to Nüwa: "This little Taiyi, though he looks thick‑eyebrowed and big‑eyed, he sure can cause trouble!"

"But the Demon Race has gone bankrupt, been liquidated… and now they're being pulled back to block the blade?"

"Do they still have anything to pay?"

"Isn't this just pure bad debt?"

"Human Dao's intellect may not be high, but it's always exploited by the Great Luo's loopholes, all kinds of fraud……"

"But at least we still keep false accounts!"

"The paper‑blown data reaches the heavens, plus fooling Nüwa into taking the lightning, staging a fake prosperity—so many tricks, one is bound to succeed."

"And now?"

"What a partner!"

"The legal persons are all down, lying down so cleanly, bankrupt so thoroughly!"

"Human Dao can't handle overly complex debts, but addition, subtraction, multiplication, division… it's still very efficient!"

"Your operation equals not only owing Human Dao money, but also, to his face, calling him stupid and rich…… can you tolerate that?"

"Moreover……"

"Human Dao has suffered a big loss here, the kind that can be remembered a lifetime……"

"……You're courting death!"

August Emperor sighed.

Upon waking, he found——he seemed to have fallen behind!

Or maybe the gods behind are the ones who know how to play!

He's impressive—just a smooth run from bankruptcy to landing ashore, his lack of virtue is openly blatant; moreover, this was a premeditated trap set to scheme Nüwa… looking at it with a stretched‑out time perspective, he hasn't owed any debt at all; it's long been repaid.

East Emperor!

He commanded the Responding Dragon, inaugurated the Seventh‑Day Legal Person's shady maneuver, intending to sanction the vested interests; from a rules standpoint, there really isn't a good way!

Exactly!

It somewhat suspects of humiliating Human Dao's common‑folk intellect, rubbing the masses' brains on the ground.

Have you considered the idea of this great figure, Human Dao?!

Push it to the edge, and it won't bother with any rules!

The minority obeys the majority; Human Dao takes over the situation……

"A good show…… is about to begin!"

August Emperor smiled faintly, his gaze distant, as if expecting something.

Listening to the Heavenly Emperor's comment, the Ancestor Dragon and Nüwa both felt a surge of heart‑pounding dread at this moment, as if some great calamity were looming!

They're still okay.

But the gods……

They are already facing the storm head‑on, bodies trembling, witnessing the descent of an unsurpassed powerhouse!

Heaven……

darkened.

Only a single light pierced the ages, turning into eternal hope.

"Soul…… return!"

It seems like an ancient prayer.

And like a future summons.

Between heaven and earth, the ancient, venerable divine tone echoes, shaking the ages.

Every living being's body glows, following that light that splits the ages!

The light of all beings seems to shine from their essence, yet its true source is elusive, wandering between will and true spirit, yet half‑transcending, as if reflected from an indeterminate future—a variable beyond the constant, beyond the fifty of the Great Derivation and its used forty‑nine, that most mysterious sliver of vitality!

Heaven and earth darkened.

Yet all beings grew bright.

Including those who have proved the Dao of the eternal Great Luo.

They all involuntarily burst forth light…… the only difference being that they radiate with their own innate immortal spirit light!

At this moment, gods and beings stand equal.

Perhaps there is a difference of brightness and dimness, but no distinction of having or not having; in existence and recognition, they are all equal!

Who could possess such a divine and transcendent perspective?

In the whole Honghuang world, the most legitimate and proper is……

Human Dao!

"Hun Xi returns!"

Some deities trembled.

Such a commotion awakened the fear in their hearts.

When they returned from outside Honghuang, they indeed witnessed the resurrection of a most terrifying existence, which the Phoenix Ancestor accidentally cultivated into a super boss!

The ancestral witches, the great witches, returning to the origin, manifested their innate divine forms.

After worshipping heaven and earth, severing the fate of the witch-demons, and becoming the Supreme Emperor who speaks for the Human Dao…… he then traced back the brilliance of the Human Dao, and even the origin!

Hun Xi returns!

At this moment, at this instant!

This extraordinary being, like a manifestation of the Heavenly Dao, has descended!

Yes.

Haotian has descended!

With the blossoming of that light, with the resonance of the gods and all beings!

Most importantly, as the August Emperor Heavenly Emperor said, the Ancestral Dragon, Responding Dragon, and Eastern Emperor…… these three taking turns in performance, the triangular debt, the first-seven-days legal person…… such increasingly netherworldly operations finally triggered what kind of alarm mechanism.

Originally, the Human Dao has spirit but no form; to launch a heavy strike, it still needs special circumstances and a special vessel as its spokesperson.

But……

Thanks to the Great Sage Yuan Phoenix, this good comrade!

She accidentally cultivated a two-star Human Dao, tracing back to the origin, and dealt a divine assist!

If it weren't for the Heavenly Emperor Donghua rushing to the scene, with divine soldiers descending from heaven…… the gods would probably have been wiped out outside the primordial Honghuang heaven and earth!

But now……

Donghua no longer appears.

Instead, a towering, majestic figure stepped forth, traversing past, present, and future to arrive!

With a tremendous roar from the sky, Haotian made a dazzling entrance!

On his collar there were faint bloodstains, seemingly the price paid for eliminating the Heavenly Emperor Donghua, which also delayed him, so he only arrived at this moment.

His purpose is clear and evident; the gods can read it from heaven and earth, with no concealment whatsoever.

——He has come for the debt disputes among the human, dragon, and demon tribes!

Haotian's appearance made the era's scheming and Pangu's competition become mysterious and unpredictable.

What will he do?

Everyone is curious.

Under only the most special circumstances does the Human Dao's embodied form ascend and manifest; how will he handle the entirety of Honghuang and the chaos of this era?

The gods strive to diminish their presence, fearing that this great figure will seek them out.

The facts prove they overthought it.

Haotian pays them no heed; his calm, indifferent gaze sweeps only over those peak powerhouses about to prove the Dao of Pangu.

The gods let out a sigh of relief.

The Human Dao has no interest in them…… that's fine.

Otherwise, today likely would have seen countless divine blood staining heaven and earth red.

Of course, not everyone is wholehearted.

"What have you done to Donghua!"

Golden Mother's expression shifted; her gaze fixed tightly on the infinite radiance at Haotian's feet, where there seemed to be a sleeping, comatose big zongzi, a caterpillar, bound round and round with ropes.

Quite obvious.

This is…… a girl!

Her life is very bitter.

After being captured alive and bound tightly by Donghua, she was also made a prisoner of war and handed over to Haotian.

In the eyes of the gods, this is truly shocking.

After all, the girl, tracing back to her origins, has at best a faint kinship with Donghua and ought to be well protected.

What was the result?

Donghua disappeared, and the poor girl fell again into a dungeon!

"Donghua is not bad, it's a pity he met me." Haotian faced Golden Mother's questioning, his tone indifferent and calm, with no expression, like a mere mouthpiece, "I let him go reflect properly."

"He gladly accepted my proposal, respectfully obeyed, and then entrusted me with many affairs…… I will patrol heaven and earth, take over legal affairs, and handle all cases."

That's what was said.

If there were no bloodstains dripping from his collar, perhaps he could persuade others more easily!

——Heavenly Emperor Donghua has been defeated!

This is the consensus of the gods.

Such speculation makes their scalps go numb and their bones tremble.

Heavenly Emperor Donghua, in this era, is also a divine person!

Gathered by the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage, forces surrounded and attacked him on Feather Mountain, yet he deceived heaven and crossed the sea, stole heaven and replaced the sun, rose from the opened coffin, successfully feigned death, and lived again as the Eastern Barbarian heroic lord—Wenming, manipulating the overall situation of the post-witch-demon era, and incidentally pitifully harming the girl who had feigned death.

A generation of divine person, standing firm through the ages, guiding the era, is a tide‑playing youth.

But such a mighty person, single‑handedly covering the rear, fought Haotian and yet ended in defeat!

At this moment, the gods' hearts were suddenly moved.

The words spoken when the Heavenly Emperor angrily perished still echo in their hearts.

This era, which ought to have belonged to the demons, has been tossed about terribly by the Heavenly Court from the past and the future age, losing all voice, and no towering figure standing at the peak can be seen.

But, is it really like that?

The Human Dao has revived!

Perhaps, a world‑shaking upheaval will come!

Such a strange change in the Human Dao has never happened before; who knows what will happen…?

Where will the future head?

The gods are bewildered and lost.

Of course, some people will not be confused, nor will they be at a loss.

Like the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage!

This dragon, who at the critical moment displayed a dazzling, flower‑like spectacle, now has its scales all over its body bursting outward!

"He is looking at me!"

"The Human Dao is looking down on me!"

The Dragon Ancestor felt a chill run down his spine.

He had the clearest feeling: this Haotian… has come for him!

Or rather, it has come because of his repeated outrageous maneuvers!

When Yinglong boarded the East Emperor's ship, having prepared in advance and unleashed the "First Seven Dharma Person" great divine ability, the huge deficit, towering karma, and past great losses finally triggered an unprecedented great terror! Great strangeness!

If Xiu'er cannot give an explanation to the Human Dao, then the Human Dao will come to give Xiu'er an explanation!

The common folk can be bullied.

But when the will of the common folk unites as one, viewing the world with the clearest, most rational mind, then nothing can deceive the Human Dao!

Haotian stretched out his hand.

The next moment, his palm fell, as if cutting through fate and karma in the darkness.

Instantly.

All the mysterious clouds and waves are dissipating, and every right and wrong, every cause and effect, is becoming clear!

Whose responsibility it is, that is whose responsibility.

Whoever deceives the masses must accept punishment!

Who promised the future, sold the present, then evaded, transferred property, fled ashore, leaving rows of unfinished buildings, making the masses and the era foot the bill?

Then punish whoever it is!

Not a single one will be let go!

"Ah!"

The Dragon Ancestor, who was confronting the August Emperor and Nüwa, let out a miserable cry.

The karma that had been cleverly shifted away now found him again at this moment!

The terrifying backlash ignited in his origin.

This time, it cannot be avoided by clever tricks!

The Human Dao locked its gaze on him!

But at that moment, a pure surge of power welled up from within him, resolving the backlash and easing his pain.

——That was a previous commendation from the Human Dao!

This commendation, together with the scheme of a certain unnamed Jun Tian, could be enough to confer upon the Dragon Ancestor the title of a regional Heavenly Emperor.

With this assistance, the Dragon Ancestor also gained some breathing room.

"Human Dao, how ruthless!"

He gave a grim smile.

With the Human Dao's such direct hostility, his desire to obtain Pangu… is almost impossible!

"I opened up the dragon clan, brought clouds and rain, regulated the water element cycle of Honghuang, with boundless merit and countless hardships, all are like bubbles, as if they never existed…"

"Ha… haha!"

The Dragon Ancestor lamented, "A few petty villains deceive me, scheme against me, seize my foundation, and the Human Dao turns a blind eye!"

"I set a trap to turn the tables, let them taste the bitter fruit, yet calamities were sent down to block my revenge!"

"To call oneself king or emperor should be based on ability… why, when it comes to me, is it so fraught with hardship?"

He roared angrily, demanding of the Human Dao.

"When the August Emperor bullied the age and wiped out the era of witches and demons, you did not come forth with a heavy strike!"

"But over some debt disputes, you are so concerned!"

"Unfair! Unfair!"

The Ancestor Dragon was burned by karmic fire, yet still retained an unyielding spirit.

If you have the merit of opening heaven, the virtue of establishing earth, can stabilize the Human Dao's golden age, traverse the Chaos tribulation, and make Honghuang eternal, then I could be speechless and not see it. Haotian fell silent for a moment, facing the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage's accusation, and finally gave a response.

"However, what you say also makes sense."

Merit and fault should be clearly distinguished; the era should be protected. No matter how tiny a living being, it should receive equal treatment; no matter how brief an era, it deserves to be remembered.

For the past and future to have a decisive battle now is inappropriate.

If that is so, I will give all you competitors the same opportunity.

Haotian spoke stiffly, but his actions were that brutal and fierce!

——He split the river of time!

It is not the ordinary severing in a campaign, but the supreme means of the Pangu lineage, tearing the thread of time!

It was as if, at the same moment, several Honghuang were created, overlapping exactly, in a state of superposition!

The gods shuddered.

What kind of divine ability is this?!

To be able to create a Honghuang in an instant means one could also destroy heaven and earth in an instant… This is too absurd!

"Pangu!"

"The true Pangu!"

The gods felt relieved, fortunate that everyone followed their hearts and didn't go up to offer their heads.

"The times are in chaos, cause and effect are confused; for a moment it's hard to sort out right from wrong, who is right and who is wrong."

Haotian spoke in an indifferent tone: "Since it's this way, you shall battle within it…… a one-on-one duel; this is the greatest fairness I can give you."

"As the direct culprit of the debt, the nexus where time converges lies upon the Dragon Ancestor's body."

"Dragon Ancestor, you weren't the one shouting about injustice?"

"Now, I will give you fairness."

"If you can be Pangu, guarding the era, then the debt will be wiped clean; if you fail, your guilt will increase by one degree."

"In that case, are you willing to accept?"

"What's impossible!" The Ancestral Dragon accepted confidently.

(End of chapter)