Chapter 841: The Dao Ancestor fishes, the Dragon Ancestor meets disaster

Jun Tian talked and laughed, the wind rising, but the Dragon Ancestor's heart grew colder and colder.

He realized that, without knowing it, he had probably already fallen into a net.

The heavenly collapse of those years, in the end his very self was suppressed……just a part of the interlocking layers of that vast net!

He broke free.

But, he hadn't broken free.

Some people sit in the the Zixiao Palace, seeming unable to leave, yet they have already prepared their fishing rods, waiting for the willing to take the bait.

"How righteous I am!"

Jun Tian still chattered on, "Being a good Heavenly Dao of 007, every day I'm trapped and locked in the the Zixiao Palace, day after day handling endless work, never able to leave my post."

"So much alibi evidence can prove my pure innocence……the mastermind behind the scenes?"

"Has nothing to do with me!"

He spoke confidently.

"Heh... haha..."

The Dragon Ancestor pulled at the corners of his mouth, laughing with difficulty, seeming to echo. However, his laughter held not a trace of mirth, being dry and hoarse.

"Fellow Daoist Hongjun is indeed pure good, able to let me lose in utter clarity……"

He said in a hoarse voice, "I never expected you, fellow Daoist, to understand me so clearly?!"

"Step by step I've come, at every crucial juncture I've suffered your heavy blow!"

Jun Tian didn't speak; the Dragon Ancestor perhaps was merely full of resentment, suppressed beneath the ages, even having a brand stamped upon him in an attempt to make him a puppet——what a disgrace!

But now, with the showdown, this resentment has gained an added chill, chilling the heart and spirit.

The Heavenly Dao……is terrifying to this degree!

"Coincidence! Coincidence!"

Jun Tian chuckled, "I've said it's a coincidence! An accident! Why won't you believe me, fellow Daoist?"

"Actually! I really wasn't deliberately trying to hook you at first……to be honest, you weren't even in my sights back then."

Jun Tian's words were even more infuriating.

"The potential of the dragon clan is not bad, they have the qualification to contend for supremacy over heaven and earth."

"But precisely because of that, I never worried about the dragon clan rising in this era."

Jun Tian smiled lightly, "The more mighty your momentum, the more you seek to overturn the past and settle scores with the victors of the previous era, the less likely you are to prove the Dao, and the greater the endless obstacles you'll face."

"Compared to you, others are more worthy of my attention."

"To deal with you, I feel a single idle move is enough."

"Just that, by a twist of fate, that chessboard evolved and evolved, and in the end you jumped into it……"

Jun Tian showed a bit of helplessness, leaving the Dragon Ancestor silent and speechless.

"I've made many preparations; actually the fish I wanted to catch……is Nüwa!" Jun Tian's tone was gloomy; by now he didn't mind letting people know of his scheme plotted over many years.

"Fishing?"

"Indeed, he has fished before."

"But the biggest fish he most wanted to catch……is Nüwa!"

"Quite obvious."

"In Hongjun's list of rivals, Nüwa is surely many times more solemn than the Dragon Ancestor."

"There is a saying——know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be imperiled in a hundred battles."

"Nüwa leads the shamans, using humanity to attack heaven……if she wishes to defeat me, she must understand me."

"She also has this ability——after all, the most important foundation of the Heavenly Dao is omniscience and omnipotence!"

"Omniscience is Fuxi's Way of Changes; omnipotence is Nüwa's creation."

"Even if the Heavenly Dao has undergone many self-updates, iterations, adapting to the ages……having relevant R&D experience, Nüwa is necessarily able to comprehend it."

Jun Tian spoke at length, "Perhaps in planning and strategy she falls far short of her brother, but her creative talent and research prowess are unmatched in the present age, second to none."

"She is a Wise Man! Only, this wisdom……is not quite the same as what ordinary people understand."

"But it's enough."

"The scheme I set up traps and kills this kind of Wise Man……the truly stupid, on the contrary, let me crush them with a single move, my record showing zero wins five losses."

"Look."

"I and Nüwa are opponents, so she must understand me, find my flaws……what could be closer to the source than starting from the Heavenly Dao's very substance?"

"And she indeed has this ability, truly able to perceive the virtual and the real."

"I and her, in fact, have also been waging a covert struggle in this era." Jun Tian said this, his face turning solemn, "As long as I am slightly careless, failing to adequately protect my own Heavenly Dao fruition, she will perceive the virtual and the real, pinpoint my weakness."

"Especially at the peak of the showdown……that slight flaw that appears is enough to accomplish many things."

"Of course!"

His solemn expression faded, and he laughed, "This is based on the premise that I am not luring you into a jar."

"As the Heavenly Dao, I have always been passive."

"Especially, Nüwa gathered people, the Three Discussions of the the Zixiao Palace, sealing me inside, making it hard to exit."

"This leaves me only able to be forced to take hits, forced to receive blows……while she is outside, having countless opportunities to take the initiative and attack."

"This won't do……holding on inevitably leads to loss!" Jun Tian said, "Since it's all 'loss'……why not keep it under my control?"

"I gave her a chance to successfully invade!"

"Not only that!"

"I also gave her a seemingly promising 'Seize the Dao' opportunity!"

Jun Tian overlooked the ages, the Heavenly Dao governing the rise and fall of epochs; at this moment he displayed an extremely cold and fearsome trait, "I appoint her as a Saint of the Heavenly Dao!"

Saint, rooted in the Heavenly Dao!

It can fully achieve inside-out cooperation with the invaders, directly seize my Heavenly Dao!

He smiled coldly, making Zu Long change expression…… This is a ruthless person, no, a ruthless Heaven!

Even his own origin Dao fruit can be taken out as bait!

"A pity."

Jun Tian's expression turned regretful: "We've waited and waited, but in the end we never saw her take the bait."

"She just plays honestly with me within the rules, without taking this shortcut."

He seemed to have an urge to vomit blood.

The padding is so good.

The bait is so fragrant.

And yet she won't take the bait?!

"Otherwise, with my ample preparations, the Three Corpses Order will be imprinted upon the world…… When Nüwa tries to seize the Heavenly Dao, I will borrow the people, break free of the shackles, leap straight to the pinnacle, and prove the Dao as Pangu!"

"How is that possible?!" Zu Long exclaimed in disbelief.

"How could it be impossible?" Jun Tian said meaningfully: "I cannot become the Dao of Pangu; it seems limited by the Heavenly Dao, but in fact it is limited by responsibility!"

"But, if someone is willing to come 'fill the post', 'take over'…… isn't that all settled?"

"So, I've been trying to oppress her…… reincarnation is just an attempt, forcing her to take risks; when Nüwa joyfully seizes the Heavenly Dao, aware she has locked onto my fatal flaw, at the moment she rushes in!"

"She will be the most glorious, and also plunge into the darkest abyss!"

"I have prepared a backup plan; when I feign death and abdicate…… then all the karma of the Heavenly Dao will be visited upon Nüwa's person."

"Her!"

"Will be the new Heavenly Dao!"

"And I…… will be reborn by borrowing the origin of the Human Dao, with all shackles gone!"

"Three Corpses…… Three Corpses!" Jun Tian chuckled softly: "I convened the gods in the Purple Heaven Palace, established this order; the Three Corpses gather the thoughts of all beings, oversee the Human Dao's myriad populace, determine merit and fault, judge crimes and punishments, decide lifespans."

"Over the years, the era's conquests, the sins of blood and fire, have long proven its necessity…… At that time, I used this Dao to charge the supreme peak, and with the inertia of the Heavenly Dao, Nüwa, upon first taking her position, still had to submit to it…… I am more than capable of attempting a leap to the pinnacle!"

"After all, my accumulated proof of the Dao…… is already more than enough!"

Jun Tian let out a long sigh.

At the Purple Heaven Palace divine assembly of those years, they hammered out the era rules, the epoch order…… As the host, he then buried many hidden plans.

A Dao Ancestor of an age, how could it be simple?

Destined to conceal many schemes!

The upright and aboveboard implementation of the Three Corpses Order.

Pressed by Nüwa, he retreated accordingly, swearing an oath that the boundless Great Calamity would not emerge, letting rivals lower their guard, and thus reclaimed the authority of Honghuang from the gods, perfected the Heavenly Dao, elevated his own Dao fruit to the utmost, just one step away from Pangu.

Furthermore, with the simple principle of checks and balances, he let the gods likewise place Nüwa in the Saint's position; this is a genuine restraint, binding Nüwa as well, yet it also serves as bait for future fishing, finding a scapegoat…… no, a kind soul willing to fill the post!

Will the boundless Great Calamity not emerge?

Therefore, the Dao Ancestor prepared a backup; even the establishment of the Heavenly Court hides deep pits, a peak power to ensure correction of variables at critical moments!

Hongjun schemed and prepared too much.

Hongjun schemed and prepared too much.

What a pity!

Nüwa actually remained honest, never taking the path of meddling invasion!

She simply farmed and developed, nurturing the Wu Clan and humanity, using the most foolish method, step by step clearing the stages, first attacking the Heavenly Court, then assaulting the Heavenly Dao!

The Dao Ancestor waited until the flowers withered, yet still never saw Nüwa show off a move.

However, when the old man lost his horse, who knows if it's not a blessing?

Nüwa never arrived.

But there was a dragon, charging in with mighty vigor!

Seeing this situation, Hongjun's response was swift; he immediately surrounded Zu Long, devised a new plan, increased investment on the idle pieces, and readjusted upstream of time.

Jun Tian came across the ages, as a piece originally outside the board, before being gathered by the tide of the Human Dao, responding to the moment of today, to draw a half‑stop for Zu Long.

"Really, truly a pity." Jun Tian said leisurely: "Unable to carry out the 'successor' first plan, to perfectly settle karma responsibility and rivals together, I must instead launch the 'steal heaven replace sun' second plan, find a scapegoat, shake off the burden of the responsibility oath, and then contend for Pangu's achievement."

Saying this, his gaze shifted, looking at Zu Long; that kind of stare was too naked, making the Dragon Ancestor Great Saint shiver.

"Cang, you've finally made something of yourself."

"Ready for the level of Pangu!"

"Thus, saying you shattered Mount Buzhou is quite reasonable, not counting as my deceit."

"Otherwise, how could a mere ordinary Great Simplicity have the qualification to shatter Mount Buzhou, triggering a series of great changes, causing the Heavenly Dao to show anomalies?"

"That temporary‑worker stuff only fools the short‑sighted common folk…… but now the Human Dao has become refined!"

"We still have to give face to this magnate."

"So……"

"Please, Dao Friend Dragon Ancestor, stop useless struggling and just end yourself!"

"Rest assured."

"After you die, I will treat the Dragon Clan kindly, not letting them suffer loss."

Jun Tian smiled, gesturing to Zu Long.

The Dragon Ancestor fell silent for a moment.

Then he burst out laughing, bending at the waist.

After laughing, he straightened his body and shouted hoarsely, "I almost got fooled by you."

Let me commit suicide?

You're dreaming!

Dragon Ancestor's eyes shone brightly, dazzling and terrifying, 'Having said all this, you still can't hide a crucial point!'

We are equal, I too have reached the pinnacle!

Perhaps once, I was a pawn in your hand, schemed by you!

But!

Human Dao has descended, changing the rules of the game!

This battlefield, this heaven and earth... how much can the moves you left behind still affect me?

I can already... counter-kill!

Flames blazed on the Ancestral Dragon's body; this is his spirit fire, the eternal, undying spiritual light shining, all materialized, 'I will kill you here, and all shackles shall be undone!'

No matter how much you have schemed or laid out, here... it will all come to nothing!

Your gift is excellent! I like it very much!

The Ancestral Dragon grinned, 'You are generous, daring to give me the position of Heavenly Emperor of the Human Dao, thereby anchoring the clearest causality and creating the perfect opportunity!'

However, once I beat you to death... it will be mine!

Battle for the throne!

Let's see who laughs last!

This battle... no death, no rest!

The Ancestral Dragon roared!

He was roaring!

His roar moved the ages, weathered the epochs!

Kill!

A single word, a single sound, cutting through eternity!

He charged forward to attack!

Jun Tian composed his expression, merely sighing, 'From spiritual turmoil and despair, did you rally your spirit so quickly?'

It's even more troublesome than I imagined.

But, are you the only one with the courage to fight to the death?

Jun Tian flipped his hand, and a broken, seemingly hand‑assembled jade disc appeared, 'I have one too.'

Even if I possess only half of Heaven's true self, needing to alone suppress the three thousand gods and demons, I, Jun Tian, am still invincible in the world and can slay you!

Because... I have never fought alone!

Heaven's seal, the fruition of the Human Dao...

I never imagined there would be a day when I would join hands with a Human Emperor.

Thus... sever! Earth! Heaven! Connect!

Jun Tian's expression turned cold, his tone lethal; in this moment the world changed!

He severed the divinity of heaven and earth, refined the latent essence of the Human Dao, cut through myriad myths and legends, and shattered all hierarchies and barriers!

The Dao of the Nether River is not bad.

But from now on, he is mine.

He spoke softly, 'Three Thousand Gods, Three Thousand Ways—all lie within the Heavenly Dao.'

Cang!

Are you playing at stealing, copying, and usurping with me?

Don't you know, I am the ultimate achiever on this path?

The ultimate of the Heavenly Dao is the assembly of the Three Thousand Great Daos!

The ultimate of the Human Dao is the most wondrous creation, turning every impossibility into possibility!

Everyone like a dragon?

Why must everyone be like a dragon!

A person's very self is the greatest legend, containing infinite potential—who needs a dragon's mystic pretenses!

Heaven and man united, infinite creation... Cang, go on your way!

Jun Tian waged war; this was a battle of the utmost peak!

(End of chapter)