Chapter 863

You, this just Pangu, forced to step down, a washed-up Heavenly Emperor... hah, even if you attained the Dao earlier, what does it matter?

What does it matter that you are a Pangu who opened the Dao?!

Nüwa, arrogant toward antiquity and surpassing the present, looks down on all heroes: "As long as I hold the throne even a moment longer than you, that is a surpassing of you!"

Her spirit soared, her ambitions full, she saw a beautiful tomorrow: "At that time, all the world will know, Xi is not as good as Nüwa!"

What face do you still have, to bark orders at me?!

It's time for me to be the master of the house!

If you are sensible, now lower your head, bow, call me sister, and I may still forgive your past sins; otherwise... you will suffer my thunderous suppression, facing the wall and reflecting for a hundred thousand eons!

Nüwa fought the three great Heavenly Emperors, while still making clear the arrangements of the Azure Emperor.

But what makes you think Fuxi is easy to deal with?

No hair on your lips, yet you act big at home? Hah! I see you're just a gullible fool!" the Azure Emperor smiled faintly, "Sister? Old sister!"

You've reminded me... how old are you again?

Why does this old woman put on a maiden's airs?

Look at yourself—do you even have the bearing of an older sister?

With an eighteen-year-old face, you think you qualify as my sister? Wait until you're stooped and bent with age before you say that!

Hmm...

In the flicker of the Azure Emperor's gaze, a certain interest seemed to arise.

He pointed a finger, striking directly at reincarnation; the netherworld shuddered violently, as if it were about to split.

This is an attack aimed at the root, launching a kind of debt strike—Nüwa took Fuxi's merit of opening heaven, yet still owes him money!

Not mentioning Nüwa's true form as Pangu's, the rest like trumpets and such... that would be unpleasant.

At this moment, he used dark means against the suppressed Houtu, altering her image in the perception of all beings with a beautifying divine art that shocked heaven and earth and moved ghosts and gods... thus, one sees an old woman with a bewildered face standing before the netherworld, Jieyin guiding the souls of the dead into the underworld.

The Qiankun Cauldron, once plucked down by Fuxi's lute, fell before him; it was originally a great innate spiritual treasure, but now it has become a soup pot, boiling something haphazardly inside.

One person, one pot, like a waning candle in the wind, pitiable and miserable.

Hmm.

The Azure Emperor smiled satisfiedly, "That's about enough."

Ahhh!

Nüwa shrieked.

I'm angry!

Fuxi!

You dare act recklessly, your true fate is lost, your name is on the reincarnation stele!

With each step and kowtow, your sins are halved on the path to rebirth, protecting your true spirit!

Nüwa gritted her teeth and issued the final ultimatum.

Who can take me in? Who dares to take me? No one has from ancient times to now!" the Azure Emperor laughed loudly, "Reincarnation? I look down upon the ages, accustomed to life and death! Who is in reincarnation? Even if a demon god is slain, it comes to nothing, let alone the affairs of the Great Luo Dao, much less reincarnation! True powerhouses never believe in reincarnation!

I watch the rise and fall of heaven and earth, the prosperity and decline of the human Dao, the turning of the ages—it's nothing more than a nap for me!

Nüwa! Learn a bit from my state of mind!

I'll learn from your head!

Nüwa, in great fury, immediately wanted to abandon Huangdi and slay the Azure Emperor.

From this, one can see how deep the Azure Emperor's hatred runs.

Truly the mightiest warrior, daring to face the bloodiest life.

Gazing at this scene, in the starry sky the Dark Emperor praised, giving a thumbs-up from afar toward the Phoenix Perch Mountain, admiring the participant's courage: "Azure Emperor Dao brother, well done!"

I was previously hacked to near death by Nüwa, but now seeing her suffer, a great weight on my heart has finally been lifted...

Truly, evil meets its match!

The Dark Emperor shook his head and swayed, while wiping away the blood on his hands.

He killed the shaman again.

How dare you speak like that? Evil one? Don't you know this seat is recognized by all gods as the white lotus that rises from the mire of the Honghuang world unstained?" the Azure Emperor said with a smile, "Mind your wording.

Yes, yes, yes." the Dark Emperor nodded with a smile, "But it seems our Nüwa Majesty's anger is quite severe!

So what?" the Azure Emperor conversed with the Dark Emperor as if no one else were there, "Can she still bite me?

Come on! Huangdi!

Tell me, this heavenly sister, how cruel reality truly is!

He transformed into a water-spring Commander, chatting and laughing, as Huangdi nodded and accepted the order, quite cooperative.

The piercing blood-light blazed, his resonance with the human Dao and with Honghuang grew stronger, blocking the frenzied Little Nüwa's mad slash from the Southern Heaven Gate to Phoenix Perch Mountain, knife in hand.

Clang!

Echoing through myriad ages, one sword shattered three thousand paths, its brilliant radiance chilling past, present, and future!

This way is blocked!

Huangdi's stature is like an immortal divine mountain, an uncrossable heavenly chasm.

With him present, Nüwa cannot get past, for he grows stronger against the strong!

Time and again he broke limits, his battle power seeming boundless... this even makes one inevitably wonder—if a true Pangu deity personally descended, would he directly unite with the human Dao for a life-and-death showdown?!

With such a "bodyguard," the Azure Emperor could be said to have let himself go.

He pressed down Houtu in reincarnation with one hand while spouting nonsense— in Nüwa's eyes, it was a verbal attack, vicious and boundless.

Who will go sew his mouth shut?!

Nüwa's anger, trembling, chill—her endurance has reached its limit.

I'm here!

Thus 【61】 I'm here!

Yandi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, leaning on his wisdom staff.

His complexion was very pale, and he was at a disadvantage in his confrontation with the Green Emperor.

After all, that was a trumpet of Pangu……a mere human emperor, no matter how outstanding his virtue, how illustrious through the ages, having walked the most splendid path of conquest, could still not prevail.

After several rounds of confrontation, he inadvertently suffered internal injuries and could only focus on self-defense.

But when Nüwa had a need, he still regarded life and death lightly and went all out.

If the lord is humiliated, the minister dies!

On his resolute face, at this moment it seemed as if the two words 'loyalty' were written all over it.

Yandi seemed to firmly believe in a certain truth——

Nüwa must not be insulted!

At the pinnacle of the gods, proud of the world, Fuxi naturally has the brush that opens heaven.

Discussing seniority, discussing qualifications, Nüwa still comes before Fuxi!

"Isn't it good to be alive? Why come to throw away your life?"

The Green Emperor raised his eyebrows, "I think you're not bad as a person, so I hadn't previously dealt a heavy hand to kill you……but it's not that I can't kill you!"

"You cultivate yin virtue and nurture fortune virtue……but they're only half a bucket of water, capable of becoming first-rate but not top-tier."

"Without mastering reincarnation, yin virtue cannot be accomplished, and blessings come to naught……we, the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, who can you defeat?!"

The Green Emperor struck directly at the vital point.

"I'm not unaccustomed to dying……I've grown used to it!" Yandi held his wisdom staff, letting out a long sigh, "In this era I've come through, I've lived and died……for the Empress, how many times have I gone through fire and water?!"

"Not lacking this time either."

"No matter what, I still have the ability to at least splash you with blood."

Yandi's words had come to this point.

At this moment, there truly was a bleak, desolate aura enveloping him.

The wind rustles, the Yi River is cold; the brave warrior goes forth and never returns!

To fight to the death with the Green Emperor, to make him shut up, this is destined to be mostly a one-way trip.

But Yandi……he ultimately chose this path.

The Nüwa Empress intercepted by the Yellow Emperor now had red-rimmed eyes, gritting her teeth and stamping her foot, as if she had made some decision.

"Xiao Xi!"

"Don't worry!"

"I grant you reincarnation, help you perfect your yin virtue……I have only one request of you: plug the Green Emperor's mouth!"

She was moved by Yandi's deeds, then seeing Houtu's misstep become an eternal regret, at this moment her decisive and terrifying conduct directly transferred authority, personally granting reincarnation!

In the next moment, a change occurred in the unseen.

——Yandi's body now bore an indescribable aura……at this moment, he seemed to have broken through some barrier, obtaining a qualitative elevation.

Yin virtue, reincarnation……they complement each other, in perfection, in elevation!

Heaven and earth have reincarnation, requiring yin virtue to legislate for it, ensuring a sound framework and guiding the benign development of humanity.

For yin virtue to flourish, only the endorsement of reincarnation and the Underworld can give it the utmost credibility.

Between them, they are interior and exterior to each other.

And when they perfectly unite, no one will dare to slight their weight, shaking the three thousand gods of past and present!

Mastering reincarnation, writing yin virtue, perfecting the afterlife's destination, establishing hope for rebirth, blessings and might self-used, life and death at one's disposal, making one of the supreme authorities of human discourse.

Faced with such a Yandi, the Green Emperor would have to take a serious look, then let out a light sigh, "Nüwa, you've laid down a huge capital……I hope you don't mislead yourself."

"Reforming reincarnation, establishing the Underworld, this is your achievement……I lightly permit it now, but if the trust is misplaced, disaster could be endless."

"Between us, though we contend over a breath, I also do not wish for you to go astray."

He earnestly instructed Nüwa, urging her not to give in vain.

"Are you teaching me how to act?" The Nüwa Empress's voice rumbled, shaking mountains and rivers, "Since I've done it, I won't regret it."

She was that grand and magnanimous, every strand of her hair sparkling with the radiance of 'wealth'.

"Without mentioning that I have already proven the Dao with Pangu, from now on the Underworld's endeavors are merely icing on the cake, optional, no harm to elegance."

"Just speak of Xiao Xi's years of loyal devotion, toiling busily for me, exhausting his heart and soul, thrusting daggers into his ribs, braving fire and water—nothing is too much……I have seen it, kept it in mind, and naturally ought to reward him!"

Nüwa! She is the most righteous!

Working under her, benefits will surely be maxed out, any shares she's willing to give……this surpasses too many people.

Thus many ancient gods will be willing to follow her, loyally devoted, fighting bloody battles, brandishing blades at the strongest, even if it leads to death!

Nüwa, she is the true gatherer of hearts.

In terms of scheming and wit, the Nüwa Empress is not the most top-notch in the vast Honghuang.

But when it comes to character and reputation, she is the foremost deity of Honghuang!

"The authority of the Underworld, I had always intended it for him……today it's merely an advance, what's the big deal?"

"Furthermore, if I could seal your mouth, it would be worth more than anything!"

"Xiao Xi, give it your all!"

At her command, Yandi was seen launching a heavy punch!

His aura surged wildly, the principle of yin virtue and reincarnation manifested, overseeing the souls' destination, with life and death cycling between them, making the myriad peoples tremble and all spirits bow.

Divine might boundless, vast and mighty, radiance without limit, enveloping the Honghuang heaven and earth, pervading past, present, and future……in a haze, a supreme divinity emerges from the void, eternal power flowing, pressing upon this spacetime node, making all the Great Luo Heavenly Wills feel pressure.

"A bit interesting."

The Blue Emperor gave him a once-over, "But just with this, it's barely enough to contend with me."

How about that?

Yandi's eyes shone clear and bright, as if some cause and effect were being retrieved; gradually his body gained a vast, enduring Dao resonance that linked heaven, earth, mountains, rivers, and all sentient beings.

He and Huangdi acted—resonating with the human Dao—achieving the same goal by different means.

But this was not the overbearing aura of a kingly way, nor heaven's mandate upon him.

Rather, it was the accumulation of days and months, leaving traces through myriad ages, finally forming a mighty trend!

In the long river of time, surging waves rose, spray after spray flying and splashing, reflecting the past.

Past events, buried layer upon layer, surfaced anew before people's eyes, and pointed out the source of everything!

"The common folk are like water—water can carry a boat, yet it can also capsize it."

Yandi let out a faint sigh; his Dao resonance suffused, at times ethereal, flowing and shifting like gathering and dispersing clouds.

At times it condensed intensely into substance, becoming a blade of light that flashed with brilliant spirit and ardent fighting spirit.

"Cloud cultivation… there is also the human Dao's holy fire?" Qingdi raised his brow, "The holy fire is fine, but who started the cloud cultivation—was it you?"

"Please excuse my impropriety, Imperial Elder Brother Qingdi." Yandi nodded, "Back then, for the sake of humanity's great affairs, I dared not reveal my true form, instead borrowing the guise of the Great Sage Red Cloud to accomplish things."

"Today we return to the origin and establish the foundation of blessings and virtue."

"The God of Blessings and Virtue spans yin and yang, governs fortune, transforms wealth…… the Way of Blessings and Virtue is ultimately complete!"

"The Empress granted me authority over reincarnation; what I have achieved is not a single path, but…… two!"

Yandi spoke solemnly, "This is the great grace of achieving the Dao…… therefore, Imperial Elder Brother Qingdi must steel himself; I will surely assist the Empress to fulfill her wish!"

He seemed to have a double meaning.

"How interesting…… so interesting!" Qingdi sighed, "You actually prepared long ago, laying plans for millennia, calculating the people."

"Hmm……"

"Your conscience…… doesn't it hurt?"

Qingdi said this, also with deep meaning.

They seemed to be engaged in some kind of contest.

But in the end, all sharp edges faded, leaving only pure violence!

"Boom!"

The Wisdom Staff measures the world, the ancient zither's melody echoes eternity!

Outside Huangdi's fierce battle with Nüwa, another peak battlefield opened; its aftershocks shattered all tangible and intangible existence, erasing time and space!

The battle grew frenzied, killing until blood boiled…… all rules fell into chaos; an instant was eternity, and eternity was but a finger-snap.

Finally, the four supreme powers collided, the battlefield becoming one!

Myriad Dao collapsed, all things turned to emptiness, void surged forth…… then Chaos was born, the Five Great Cycles turned, manifesting as Xuanhuang, heaven and earth were split apart!

The Myriad Heavens and all worlds were destroyed and then reborn!

In the brilliant light of creation, mixed with a splash of blood-red, it sliced through the ages, becoming an eternal wonder.

That was the blood of the supreme power, dyeing red a tributary of the river of time, scarlet and striking, tragic yet cruel.

On the battlefield, everything seemed to stall because of it; time no longer moved forward.

Until a sigh rang out, "Yandi, why do you torment yourself?"

Huangdi spoke.

He wielded the Xuanyuan Sword, piercing Yandi's immortal battle-body, passing through his chest, and slashing a beating heart.

Crimson divine blood thus spurted out.

From the outcome, Huangdi was the victor.

But he felt little joy, only a sense of listlessness.

"……"

Blood spurted from Yandi's mouth corner; he uttered no word, but pressed his hand to his own heart—silence spoke louder than words, giving his answer.

Conscience!

(End of chapter)