Chapter 1037

This added another layer of gloom to Ancestor Hongjun's eyes.

Besides summoning the Twelve Yuan Chen, Ancestor Hongjun had left a trace of his own power on each of them and constantly monitored their every move.

The sealing of the Five Sacred Beasts was due to his own carelessness.

Such a thing need only happen once.

Ancestor Hongjun absolutely did not wish for it to happen a second time.

If the Twelve Yuan Chen were sealed, Ancestor Hongjun would truly have no one left to deploy.

Therefore, Ancestor Hongjun did not hesitate to leave a trace of his own power on the Twelve Yuan Chen.

With the protection of this trace of power, the Twelve Yuan Chen would never be sealed abruptly, as the Five Sacred Beasts had been.

Moreover, Ancestor Hongjun was always prepared to act personally.

Under these circumstances, if the critical moment truly arrived, he would no longer care about the consequences.

Even if his intervention triggered a backlash from the Heavenly Dao's autonomous consciousness, drastically prolonging the time needed for him to fully seize control of the Heavenly Dao, he would pay any price.

For he had sensed a profound sense of crisis emanating from Luo Fu and the Twelve Ancestral Wushen.

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Splash!

At Ancestor Hongjun's call, the grand Twelve Yuan Chen descended upon the Outer Heavens.

Twelve distinct monstrous beasts slowly emerged from within the Twelve Yuan Chen.

Each monstrous beast carried a Heavenly Dao aura similar to that of the Five Sacred Beasts.

This revealed that these twelve beasts also possessed the latent status of Sub-Saints.

They were the Twelve Yuan Chen.

The Twelve Yuan Chen were composed of twelve different monstrous races.

These races were rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.

Identical to Luo Fu's previous life's Twelve Zodiac Signs.

Thus, the Twelve Yuan Chen could also be regarded as the Twelve Zodiac Signs.

No, it should be said that the Twelve Yuan Chen were the Twelve Zodiac Signs.

Only, they were the Honghuang version of the Twelve Zodiac Signs.

The difference was that Luo Fu's previous life's Twelve Zodiac Signs mostly represented the Earthly Branches of years, whereas the Twelve Yuan Chen represented months.

The Twelve Yuan Chen governed the twelve months.

Thus, the Twelve Yuan Chen were also called the Tai Sui Gods.

The Five Sacred Beasts primarily cultivated the Five Elements Dao, each wielding authority over one of the five directions of heaven and earth, suppressing the five directions.

They could also be seen as the sovereigns of the Upper Honghuang Dao.

Of course, the five directional authorities were only a portion of the Honghuang Dao's authority, not the whole.

Unlike the Five Sacred Beasts, the Twelve Yuan Chen all cultivated the same Dao: the Time Dao.

Yes, the Time Dao.

Although all cultivated the Time Dao, each of the Twelve Yuan Chen had only mastered one branch of it.

Time is king; space is noble.

Among the Three Thousand Daos, the Time Dao was not ranked first, but it was certainly among the top three.

In truth, the top ten Daos among the Three Thousand each possessed unique marvels, making it difficult to determine their relative strengths.

Though powerful, the Time Dao could not fully tower above all other Daos.

For example, the Fate Dao, in terms of strangeness, far surpassed the Time Dao.

Again, the Power Dao—if mastered to a high depth—could shatter all methods with a single force, something the Time Dao could not match.

Pangu cultivated the Power Dao; there were no shortage of Time Chaos Demons who had perished in his hands.

The strength of a Dao depends on the cultivator himself.

Yet compared to ordinary Daos, the Time Dao was indeed far stronger.

Even the Five Elements Dao summoned by the combined efforts of the Five Sacred Beasts could not rival the Time Dao.

The Time Dao was indeed powerful, and with its power came an extremely high difficulty in comprehension.

Comprehending the Time Dao was no easy matter.

Achieving Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian through the Time Dao was far more difficult than through ordinary Daos.

Those with sufficient talent and insight, upon mastering an ordinary Dao, might break through to Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian after several hundred yuanhui.

But if one chose the Time Dao, even with the same talent and insight, one might not break through to Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian even after millions of yuanhui.

Unlike the Five Elements Dao.

The Five Elements Dao was formed by the fusion of five ordinary Daos: metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.

Choosing to cultivate the Five Elements Dao meant one could begin with one or more of these five ordinary Daos.

Even if one failed to comprehend the Five Elements Dao, one could still master one or two of the ordinary Daos.

Most living beings possessed innate Five Elements affinity.

Comprehending the Time Dao offered no such convenience.

First, the Time Dao could not be split into other Daos.

Once split, it became incomplete.

Second, living beings with innate aptitude for the Time Dao were exceedingly rare.

There were none but a handful in all of Honghuang.

The Twelve Yuan Chen were born of cosmic destiny.

Otherwise, Ancestor Hongjun could never have simultaneously found twelve beasts capable of comprehending the Time Dao.

There are also subordinate daos of the Time Dao.

Yet, using these subordinate daos as stepping stones to comprehend the Time Dao does not reduce the difficulty by much.

The Twelve Yuan Chen were born in response to cosmic fate, inherently attuned to the Time Dao, and can directly comprehend it.

Thus, Ancestor Hongjun directly had the Twelve Yuan Chen comprehend the Time Dao, each mastering one of its branches.

For the Twelve Yuan Chen, this choice was actually quite unsuitable.

Directly comprehending the Time Dao all but severed the Twelve Yuan Chen's possibility of becoming Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian.

Even those prodigies gifted with the talent to comprehend the Time Dao mostly choose to first master its subordinate daos before turning to the Time Dao itself.

In this way, when encountering a bottleneck in the Time Dao, they might leverage its subordinate daos to break through and become Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian.

Realm is paramount.

Even for prodigies, breaking through to become Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian is extremely important.

Regardless of which dao one uses to break through to Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian, one undergoes a tremendous transformation.

Even if one comprehends the Time Dao, as long as one has not reached the Hunyuan layer, one is utterly suppressed by Hunyuan Daoluo Jin Xian.

It was disadvantageous for the Twelve Yuan Chen, but advantageous for Ancestor Hongjun.

Directly comprehending the Time Dao allows the Twelve Yuan Chen to be put to use more quickly.