Chapter 860: It's not that our forces aren't working hard, but that the enemy is too cunning!

Standing behind the curtains of history, establishing oneself in the dark void.

Who says only those standing in the light can be heroes? In the chaotic ages, at the twisted juncture, there is such a goddess, whose power rivals creation, whose work is supernatural, who throws punches at fate and challenges the most fearsome player of all time.

She adjusted her form, altered the world's perception of her, and gradually she changed, becoming another image.

Her Dao, standing at the pinnacle of the world, gives her the confidence to deceive heaven and steal the sun, to seize fate's throat and raise an unyielding spine.

"Xuanyuan, I want to thank you……"

"As facts prove, villains shouldn't talk too much……"

She murmured, "Once I suppress Fuxi, I will surely grant you a great medal."

"……As long as I understand the foundation pointed to by the Red Emperor, everything will be settled."

When the disguise was complete, and she was confident it was flawless and hard to see through, she set off.

"Green Emperor! Red Emperor! Yellow Emperor! White Emperor! Black Emperor!"

"Five-colored peoples, Heavenly Emperors of the five directions!"

"Every Heavenly Emperor should have their greatest achievement, shining brightly in the ages, unmistakable."

"Together they constructed Honghuang's annals, turning them into the stage of the ages…… The five colors, five directions, five phases, endlessly cycling, are enough to represent the will of Honghuang heaven and earth!"

"The Green Emperor opened heaven and earth, the Yellow Emperor unified the world, the White Emperor commanded all tribes, the Black Emperor grasped the heavenly net…… Only the Red Emperor!"

"He…… hid himself really well."

Treading the obscure paths of time, only a fleeting word or phrase is left, dissipating in the flow of years.

"But, it doesn't matter."

"A fox's tail will eventually leak out……"

"I just don't know if this has anything to do with my loyal and devoted chief general."

"I hope it isn't…… otherwise, I would be heartbroken."

"Although, this will also become my advantage; I can leave a backdoor to counter him and directly seize the traces of his existence……"

Stone tablet after stone tablet coalesced, held in her hand, inscribed upon by her, then scattered at random, letting them drift aimlessly.

This is to startle the snake by beating the grass, and also the final warning.

Among them, some are related to Yandi.

Although no names were given.

But…… after years of association, who doesn't understand whom?

Especially those who have been ruler and minister, becoming confidants, exchanging sincerity for sincerity, knowing too many personal details.

When disguise is needed, this will become the simplest test.

Written in just a few words, it truly is wanting to speak yet stopping, stopping yet wanting to speak, as if everything was said and yet nothing was said.

"Broken," "awful"…… anyway, they are just simple words of warning.

As for the specific details, let the finder exercise their imagination and flesh out a plausible script.

The power of Pangu's level, weak yet truly existing, severed all causality.

Those who cannot understand the details naturally cannot comprehend it, only regarding it as an ancient relic, the resentment of past beings unwilling to accept defeat.

Only those who know the details will be startled.

If there are ghosts in one's heart as well, then it's an even greater gain.

The devil hides in the details.

Of course!

Those receiving special treatment like Yandi are not the only ones.

Anyway, any peak powerhouse capable of standing as a titan for a heavenly emperor, Nüwa, according to her understanding of them, leaves faint traces of Pangu's might, drifting with the ages.

Such people are few; scanning Honghuang, there are only three or five of them.

Nevertheless, overall, Yandi is the foremost.

After all…… Yan and Huang!

Perhaps the only thing that could still bolster Nüwa's confidence is…… that Yandi, although outstanding, seems never to have held any crucial authority—unlike the Green, Black, and White Emperors; and if speaking of human sovereignty, he is not like the Yellow Emperor who laughed last.

It's optional.

"Alas!"

How much sorrow, how much worry, infinitely complex.

In the end, they all dissipate in the wind of time, becoming illusory bubbles.

……

"I seem to have arrived late?"

"I came late?"

Fengxi stood in a desolate expanse of time and space, where all causality had already been erased.

He seemed perplexed by the current state, anxiously and bewilderedly scanning his surroundings.

But as time flowed, he began to smile ambiguously.

Like sealed memories being liberated, his fragmented cognition reassembling, his expression gained a touch of mysterious inscrutability.

"It's not that our forces aren't working hard, but that the enemy is too cunning……"

He let out a sigh, the corners of his mouth twitching up, "This is absolutely not my fault!"

"I received a mysterious letter, so I was worried and fearful, afraid something might have gone wrong; I proceeded cautiously, moving a bit slower…… that's quite reasonable, right!"

"How could I, such an honest person of mediocre intellect, ever pull off watching tigers fight from the mountain, waiting for both sides to lose then scooping up the spoils, and besides, acting as the head of the household?"

"How could I ever play the game of pulling chestnuts from the fire, assisting Nüwa, and becoming her knife?"

"I will forever support the wise guidance of Brother Fuxi and Imperial Elder Brother the Green Emperor!"

I would never deliberately give Nüwa a cheat sheet to enlighten her, let her hold her head high at home, while secretly setting a trap for her, luring her into the urn… after she gets onto the roof, then pull away the ladder, making ironclad proof of lifting tiles in the upper room.

After all…

I'm just a stand‑in!

I have an alibi for everything, plus a temporary worker, Comrade Eclipse…

So, could the problem be me?

Absolutely not!

Fengxi's smile on his face grew ever more brilliant.

He stopped where Haotian had last vanished, suddenly reached out, and from somewhere fished out a treasure mirror.

Once the Kunlun immortal mirror! Golden Mother gave support to the Eastern August Emperor, but Fuxi had already colluded with the Human Dao.

After passing through many hands, undergoing a major upgrade, replicating Honghuang, and then being tempered by the Human Dao, it had long become a supreme divine artifact, infinitely wondrous.

It has done many great deeds.

Under the control of the two great behind‑the‑scenes manipulators, it could be mighty or yielding, involuntarily starting an unstoppable performance, going down a single road to darkness.

In the end it broke into the Chaos epoch, beneath a willow tree, inverting true and false, confusing reality and illusion.

The limecat swapped the crown prince.

Within the treasure mirror, a divine willow tree manifested, real and without falsehood.

If such a secret were to leak, it would surely shock the world.

Because, it overturns too much——

The one who is receiving Nüwa's orders, supplanting the original Di Jiang Zu Wu's 'raising eyebrows'… who exactly is it?! "Deceiving the sky and crossing the sea…"

"Everyone, just which level are you all standing on?"

Fengxi gave a nonchalant smile, the willow was taken out, leaving the treasure mirror bare; he flung it into the Suiyue Changhe, where it became a safeguard that, at a critical moment, saved the Xuanming Ancestral Witch who was nearly subdued by the Dark Emperor. He still had a touch of humanity.

Poor Lady Nüwa, she had only one Ancestral Witch willing to die for her cause, a close confidante… no matter what, she cannot die under his leadership.

Otherwise, it would be hard to explain later.

Leave a line in life, so we can meet again later.

Otherwise, at that point a Pangu, a Sage of Creation, whether with humanity or the Human Dao, will endlessly entangle, constantly appeal, and cause a great ruckus in the Pangu board of directors…

Fengxi felt he was probably going to go mad.

"A chip, a thin slice of face… I'm not having it easy either."

"I hope Sister Nüwa, after venting her anger on the Imperial Elder Brother, can understand my difficulties here—just muddle through."

"The Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, once the coffin is closed the matter is settled, completely perfect……"

"Tsk……"

Fengxi shook his head.

"Everyone's an actor—who will laugh last?"

"All just playing along for the show—how many white lotuses are there?"

"I hope it doesn't end up as a sibling mixed doubles, beating me into the ground…"

"Sigh……"

A sigh, a bit of pride, a bit of worry.

The waves of the Suiyue Changhe surged, finally engulfing his figure.

Only a brilliant light remained, merging with the rise and fall of the Human Dao, accompanying all beings, bearing their joy, shouldering their sorrow.

He is neither purely good nor purely evil, merely a fine shade of gray, amidst the tumultuous red dust, pursuing a beautiful tomorrow.

This is enough to comfort countless souls.

……

The players are all setting up their boards.

Having held on until the era's end, those players who can still stir are striving to wait and guide, so that the final situation evolves in their favor.

The August Emperor waits, waiting for the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors to cut off Nüwa's retreat, so that a generation of wise and martial Nüwa Sovereign becomes a spent leader, ultimately easily subduing her.

Nüwa waits, waiting for the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors' plot to be fully exposed, all the pieces clear, she will try to seize this Dao fruit, to utterly dominate the ages and sweep clean the six directions.

Fengxi also waits… his era awakened, he has suffered conscience's condemnation, ultimately wanting to have both… this is not easy, he must lure her into the urn, let Nüwa take the bait.

Who will be the first unable to sit still?

The facts show Nüwa is the first unable to sit still.

After all, too many of the ancient god grand witches who died in battle were her followers!

The Nüwa Sovereign ultimately softened her heart.

When the witch god's blood soaked the mountains and rivers, fighting until the last breath, she could no longer rise.

When the netherworld was trampled by Emperor Hong, the former order was overturned, the traces of Fengdu became mere illusion.

At last a roar rang out, shaking the Myriad Heavens universe.

"Huangdi!"

"You act so fiercely, do you really think no one can rein you in?"

The Suiyue Changhe burst its banks, myriad ages of light and shadow shattered; the will of the Nüwa Sovereign, clad in battle armor and wielding a divine sword, descended, and boundless brilliant immortal light shone for eternity, cutting across the moment of the epoch's end.

Xuanyuan gazed at her, his brows lightly raised, with joy and also regret.

He found it hard to describe clearly the complexity of his feelings.

As one who knows all of Nüwa's cards, he clearly understands—if Nüwa could continue to look on while her subordinates sacrifice themselves, she might be able to sweep the board, becoming the one who unilaterally decides the epoch.

Unfortunately… she could not hold out, calmly sacrificing all her subordinates as pawns, waiting for an answer to surface.

However, Xuanyuan also felt somewhat relieved.

It is precisely because Nüwa has such character that she can become a warm conscience of the era, isn't it?

After a moment of silence, Xuanyuan calmed the subtle agitation in his spirit, responding to Nüwa Majesty's reprimand with composure, he nodded and said, "Yes, that's exactly what I think; Nüwa Majesty is right."

"I will span the ages, end the era of the ancient gods, and let the innate divinities thereafter be merely a title, no longer able to wield the authority to wage wanton conquest."

"In reality, I simply want the world to have no one who can control me, no one who can govern the human Dao!"

"Even if it's Pangu?!" Nüwa Majesty snapped lightly.

"Exactly!" Xuanyuan nodded, "I will step by step reach the highest, so that no one dares to look down on the human Dao, or look down on the human race!"

"Before me, who dares to speak of courage?"

"They're all my younger brothers!"

"Not a single one can fight… including you, Lady Nüwa!" he said with a light smile, "No… wrong."

"You're not a younger brother; you should be a younger sister."

"How dare you, brat, bully me!" Nüwa Majesty's eyebrows flared upward, killing intent icy.

Can she tolerate this anger? She just finished the ancient Pangu! Fuxi has been putting on airs for years, and now she's come to his door to settle scores… This turmoil isn't settled yet, and another fearless fool jumps out?!

"I am merely stating a fact."

Huangdi lightly brandished the Xuanyuan Sword; the long sword hummed, its blade's chill piercing the Three Realms and Six Paths: "Those of our own kind know our own affairs… Don't think that just because you defeated Hongjun, succeeded in rebelling against heaven, and attained the Dao as Pangu, you can forget that half of your military merits were once mine."

"Without me, how could you possibly win?"

"So I respect you, but I am not afraid of you… even if you are Pangu, what then?"

"If you intend to intervene in the human-Wu dispute, the authority of humans and gods, I will still argue with you about it."

Di Hong frankly said, "It's true that the ancient gods follow you, but how could humanity not be a creation you yourself once brought into being?"

"Even if there is the Wu Clan, wasn't your original idea that the Wu Clan were the vanguard of humanity?"

"Countless Wu Clan members take the souls of human heroes, crossing time, combining them with Pangu's faint blood to achieve… and ultimately, they even take on the role of courier parcels, letting Pangu's true blood flow into humanity."

"In the end, the Wu are humans, and humans are Wu; there is no distinction."

"Perhaps what could truly distinguish the two clans, and would deliberately do so, are those… the great Wu! The ancestral Wu!"

"Their interests and demands have diverged from those of the human leaders."

"Therefore, they will not be willing to obey the Human Emperor's orders, nor be willing to withdraw from the stage of the era."

"I can understand… but that does not mean I will accept."

"The war is over!"

"The military commander ought to retreat to the second line, shift to the construction theme of the new era, and heal the scars left on the human Dao by the Wu-Yao ages."

Xuanyuan faced Nüwa Majesty's anger and calmly replied, "This should not be swayed by anyone's will; we cannot continue to indulge in militarism."

"They want to contend for benefits? They may."

"But the rules shall be as I say."

"If they are unwilling… then let us see the outcome on the battlefield!"

Di Hong fears no battle.

He too is a ruthless person who walked out of the flames of war, having slaughtered countless and schemed for ages.

As Yandi, he established reincarnation and united the demon races.

Furthermore, he laid down the Slay Immortal Sword Formation, using the blood of an era, to wield for the human Dao a sword that breaks the Heavenly Dao—even if it were not for Nüwa's accidental attainment of the Dao as Pangu, it would still be enough to serve as a killing move that upholds the human Dao's backbone and proud bones! As Huangdi, he conquered the entire post-Wu-Yao era, step by step, putting an end to the Heavenly Court.

Just as he said to Nüwa.

In this era's human victory military merits, half belongs to him.

(End of chapter)