Chapter 862: Who are you with? Honghuang revives!

Huangdi stated the facts; at this moment, Yandi was like a mouse in a bellows, receiving anger from both sides.

As the human sovereign, he was naturally feared by the ancestral witch faction; and when he made a decision to support Nüwa, it was tantamount to cutting himself off from the human king camp.

In the end, can he meet a good fate?

Betting on both sides— that's not how you bet!

If he can finally die well, his background probably needs to shake the heavens.

"I do what I insist on; how could I hesitate because of others' suspicions?"

Yandi merely smiled gently, "Whether Nüwa suspects me or you despise me… I have never cared."

"I want to do this, so I do it— that's all."

Yandi's tone was calm yet firm, letting the world clearly and deeply understand this human sovereign.

He appears tolerant and broad-minded, yet he also has his own persistence and pride.

I attend to my own affairs; why should I care about others?

If he cared about others, how could he have become one of the supreme commanders who once led the human race and resisted the Heavenly Court?

Because of others' criticism and words, his inner resolve wavered… How could he command troops! How could he fight!

Therefore, at this very moment, when his resolve is set, there is no regret.

"Houtu once helped me, so now I help her break out of reincarnation… that's all." Yandi said lightly, "As for talk of faction loyalties… you and I have both been pillars of the human race; some words need not be used to deceive me."

"Ending the ancestral witches' will, dispelling ancient gods' influence— it's not the only path of slaughter and destruction."

"We can reform, we can educate… there are many methods and strategies."

"Mortals can still be nurtured; why can't the ancient gods and great witches?"

"Why must we completely strip military power and clip their wings?"

"In the end, making the holy Nüwa rule in repose while the world is governed… whose hands does the power end up in?"

"White Emperor? Black Emperor? Green Emperor?" Yandi scoffed, raising his hand and pointing to each in turn, "The ancestral witches aren't good people, so are these… the good kind?"

"Huangdi, you're inviting the wolf into the house."

He let out a long sigh.

The White Emperor remained silent, the Black Emperor's face was dark; in Fengqi Mountain, the Green Emperor sat calmly, as if the words weren't about him.

"And what of the wolf?"

Huangdi chuckled lightly, "The Great Luo is immortal, the Dao lineage unending; the witch-demon era gave us the greatest feeling: problems must ultimately be solved, cannot be avoided."

"The wolf has always existed; we must resolve it, tame it."

"Moreover, the ancestral witches of today may one day… perhaps not become a new kind of wolf."

"At that time the harm would be greater— a deeply entrenched bloc, three generations of effort; what can latercomers play with?"

"Nüwa doesn't have that ability to handle it." Huangdi said, shaking his head, "Her virtue is too reliable; the reliable don't fit with us."

"Trusting her own people is her strength, but it may also become a flaw in her governance… favoring kin, likely to bring great disaster."

"There are treacherous flatterers who deceive superiors and inferiors, yet they behave well and obediently before her, ultimately seizing great power and acting lawlessly… who suffers? It's the human way! It's all living beings!"

"Trusting others too much leads to injury." Huangdi said meaningfully, "Yandi, you say it's so?"

He is ruthless.

He can even scold himself.

Yandi's mouth twitched slightly, and he remained silent.

Even if he wanted to defend Nüwa, here he is powerless.

No way.

The two of them are a clear example, likely to become a lifelong blemish on Nüwa's foot.

Under Nüwa Majesty's efforts, the human way awakened! The human way became independent!

"Alright, I admit it." Yandi brushed it off, "Nüwa Majesty's scheming mind is certainly not fit for the table… even after the tempering of the witch-demon era."

"The benevolent invincible? The benevolent may not be invincible."

"She can't match that Green Emperor, nor you Yellow Emperor; even the White and Black Emperors can go toe-to-toe with her."

"Want to bully the Shi Emperor and Zhulong? That's enough to be arrogant."

"That is, only by thrashing Gonggong, Zhurong, and Jumang, those witches, can one build the appearance of confidence."

"But what does it matter?" Yandi countered, "She stands at the highest position; everyone can have confidence in the era's virtue and integrity."

"As for the rest, you and I assisting are enough to suppress all dissent."

"Then, look— the situation isn't back again?" Huangdi laughed loudly, "The holy Nüwa ruling in repose while the world is governed; the great affairs of Honghuang, left to us wise human sovereigns to handle!"

"I'll hire some temporary workers, like the Green, White, and Black Emperors… any problem? No problem!"

Xuanyuan laughed, "What do I call this? I call it one step into place!"

"……" Yandi was speechless.

Nüwa listened, her expression growing worse.

At this moment she felt an urge to tear out the mouth of this Huangdi who can't speak human words.

"How interesting." Yandi sighed softly, "Different paths, no counsel together."

"In the end, they don't even agree on half a sentence… Originally it was a joyous thing, Nüwa achieved the human race, the human race also achieved Nüwa. But these comrades who achieved each other have come to the crossroads of the era."

"Who can laugh last?"

"However, no matter what… I will stand before you."

"If you want to depose Nüwa Majesty's great power, you must first step over my corpse."

Yandi said solemnly.

Huangdi listened, then remained silent.

He gazed at the comrade he had fought alongside for many years, the divine light in his eyes slowly dimming, then suddenly he lifted his head to look at the sky, a faint sorrow flitting across his brow.

The vast Honghuang fell silent all at once because of this, quiet and still, the movements of the human‑wu conflict suppressed, as if exiled to an uncertain future, only the mountains and rivers mourned, as though the whole universe grieved for this event.

"I envy you…… you can still have such perseverance, I cannot." Huangdi gave a wry smile.

He had no choice.

If he didn't have to be caught between Fuxi and Nüwa, he wouldn't feel so troubled.

If he were to oppose anyone else, he would be even more eager, willing to follow either of them.

But there are no ifs in this matter.

To humanity, and even to the human Dao, Nüwa gave the grace of life and nurture, while Fuxi bestowed the grace of education.

Now it's fine, Honghuang is largely pacified, the human Dao has a clear will tendency…… but immediately, they face a death trial.

Just like parents having a spat, grabbing their child and asking—

Who are you with?

What the hell!

If it stopped here it would be fine…… with the human Dao's little clever mind, they could probably muddle through.

But they each put it into action!

One muttered, summoning the human Dao, gave him some errand money, had him file a report, truthfully informing whether his old father was secretly buying cigarettes outside and blowing clouds.

The other waved his hand grandly, saying the mother meddles too much, even rallying the human Dao—your New Year's money, your mom said she'd give it when you come of age, but you messed around, investing in a bunch of unreliable managers, can that work? I support you inheriting the family business!

What could Feng San, the head, do?

He was also desperate!

His brain twitched, and he resolutely decided—

Having a father and mother is not as good as having it oneself.

I'm going solo!

On this road, whoever blocks gets cut down!

Yandi is Fengxi's past, his original intention, reflecting what.

Though he is acting, it is also a sorting of his original heart.

Up to now……

"My path lies beneath my feet."

"Whoever comes, don't even think of stopping me."

"Yandi."

He seemed to be speaking to Yandi, yet also to someone else: "Since you insist on this, I will grant your wish!"

As his words fell, all ten directions grew cold!

"Clang!"

A sword cry rang out, cutting through ancient and modern!

The Xuanyuan divine sword burst forth with brilliance; in that instant, a torrent of sword qi like a heavenly river poured forth, flowing endlessly, slicing through eternity!

Huangdi, he swept across, he pushed forward, boundless sword light rolled over the heavens, cutting into the river of ages, crossing the chapters of epochs, shining in countless eras.

The power of the human Dao surged!

The Taihuang severed the fate of the demon‑wu; this was indeed the era of humanity!

Now he played this trump card, heavenly mandate upon him, the Honghuang universe trembled, as if a greatest deity had thereby revived!

Honghuang…… is itself a special life, a great being on the level of Pangu!

It is selfless and great…… in this heaven and earth, why are there so many innate divinities, happily active and meddling?

Precisely because of Honghuang's special nature.

Entering this universe, standing in this heaven and earth, at all times it is as if a Pangu unreservedly reveals his Great Dao to you, expounding the supreme truth, which is also the most universally applicable mystery.

Even a blade of grass, a flower, are a collection of endless principles; the keen‑witted can thereby glimpse the leopard through a tube and see a facet of Pangu.

And meddling…… no, it is management, engaging in normal club activities, and is equivalent to communicating and discussing the Dao with that Pangu; each different choice triggers a different plot, revealing wisdom and essence, transforming into the marvelous thing of qi‑yun merit, baptizing the hearts of those who discuss the Dao.

Honghuang, strong and great.

The human Dao is precisely its fruit.

At this moment, the era ends, cause and effect clear, will explicit…… humanity takes the heavenly mandate, activates the permit, undoubtedly, this is terrifying!

"Boom—rumble!"

The origin of the universe is boiling.

Even if maintaining Honghuang's stability and the operation of rules leaves little usable power, it is still enough to make any Taiyi Daluo feel a chill.

At this moment, this origin resonated with humanity, driving the beings of the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors completely mad!

The human king erupted, divine generals slaughtered…… even the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors each had world‑shaking advances, cutting across epochs.

Their Dao ran in parallel, submerging the sky of the demon‑wu age, sweeping across the river of time, making countless eternal‑living beings tremble.

The eight wildernesses and six directions all trembled, the eternal firmament collapsed.

They were crushing the Dao of the Wu Clan!

One ancient god of the Wu Clan after another, at this moment implicated, struck across cause and effect, all are bleeding, unable to resist.

The ancestral witches who could previously pull and delay a bit now have their front completely collapsed!

Even Houtu, who had received Yandi's aid and painstakingly probed half a body out, was blasted back…… in the dark, it seems, perhaps, possibly a dark hand of the Qing Emperor!

"Bullying people too much!"

Nüwa the Emperor raged, facing the slaughter unleashed by the Four Direction Heavenly Emperors, her fighting spirit undiminished: "A few defeated underlings, dare to act fierce?!"

"Clang!"

The Heavenly Crystal Divine Sword danced; in an instant its blade gleamed, slaying sun, moon, stars, and the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Worlds, then from the great destruction it was reborn through creation, wielding the divine brush of creation, depicting the boundless grandeur of the human path… astonishing the ages!

She split Honghuang, horizontally killed the era; seeing the gleeful Huangdi displeasing to her, she immediately sought to kill this rival.

The ten colors of the Heavenly Crystal depicted a thousand ages, shaped Honghuang, enacted the mortal world, collided with the Xuanyuan Sword, and tore the sky of the era.

Their battle's fluctuations spread to the Myriad Heavens and Myriad Worlds, causing countless Great Dao rules to blaze, order fell into eternal stillness, all things withered; unknown how many universes thus dimmed, disintegrated, and exploded in the void.

At the same time, a banner unfurled in reverse, an ancient road extended… the Banner of the Living, the Yellow Springs Road, facing the Black and White Emperors!

The Banner of the Living represents the human path, able to command all living beings… Nüwa had just succeeded in using humanity to defy heaven, and now facing the Black Emperor, she was utterly practiced.

The Yellow Springs Road is reincarnation; it is the foundation of the Wu Clan and the grave-digger of the Monster Clan Heavenly Court… it came to attack the White Emperor, yet it was the most fitting.

This wave, this wave is a second punitive expedition against the defeated underlings!

Humans possess the Mandate of Heaven, able to command the origin of the cosmos; this is certainly not false.

But Nüwa has also attained the Dao of Pangu, possessing sufficient domineering power for this era… yet she cannot deal with the August Emperor, nor can she deal with the Black and White Emperors, those former defeated generals?!

Her divine might boundless, alone she stood, yet she unleashed the momentum that made ten thousand troops retreat and myriad gods bow; single-handedly facing the three emperors, she upheld the heavens of the Wu Clan!

However, Huangdi was not startled but delighted.

"As expected!"

Huangdi's eyes blazed bright, "This is not the true you… merely the strongest incarnation bearing all your life experiences!"

"Let me guess, your core Dao fruit is still entangled with that person? And for a while, you won't be able to return!"

"You're thinking too beautifully!" Upon hearing this, Empress Nüwa snorted coldly, "Why wait a moment? Nine moves! With just nine moves I can beat him down!"

"That August Emperor lacks wit, how can he compare to my Nüwa's many schemes?"

"I merely need to raise a hand to defeat him!"

"The likes of Fuxi are merely autumn grasshoppers, they won't jump for many days!"

"Huangdi! You'd better think carefully about how you want to die!"

Empress Nüwa Majesty is quite conceited.

She has proven the Dao twice; could she possibly lose?

If she could lose, she would right then eat the stone table at home and everything!

"Nonsense!"

Regarding this, Huangdi had not yet expressed his stance, but the Qing Emperor was already angry.

He could not tolerate Empress Nüwa's grandiose words, such disrespect toward the authority of the elders.

"Just you?!"

"I'm afraid you'd still need to practice for several more eras!"

The Qing Emperor shouted, he was originally on the path to launch a sneak attack, but regarding the previous scheme against Xihuang, Houtu launched a heavy punch, encrypting reincarnation, setting up layer upon layer of chains… the Yan Emperor tried to block it, but could not fully do so.

After all, the original version of reincarnation was left by Pangu, and also left by him!

The source code is in his hands; latercomers can intrude, can modify… but the backdoors left by the ancients are not so easily cleared away.

Yandi did his best, but ultimately fell short by a hair.

Although he struggled to defend, he was inevitably forced to retreat step by step… fortunately, Empress Nüwa drew away the hatred, attracting the firepower.

(End of chapter)