Chapter 1202

More precisely, it should be the human destiny qi on the bodies of the Saint Taishang and others.

As Ancestor Hongjun's words fell, the Saint Yuanshi, located beyond the heavens, suddenly cried out:

"Heavenly Dao above, I, Saint Yuanshi, vow to lead the Chan Sect away from human destiny, reverently serve the Heavenly Dao, henceforth bowing only to the Heavenly Dao, never to human destiny—may the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"

As Saint Yuanshi spoke, the destiny qi on his body began to boil.

The human destiny qi on Saint Yuanshi's body, the moment he declared his separation from human destiny, began to break free from its bonds, seeking to return to humanity.

Since Saint Yuanshi had chosen to sever ties with human destiny, he no longer had the right to retain human destiny qi.

Had it not been for his primordial supreme treasure suppressing his own destiny qi, the moment he declared his separation from human destiny, his human destiny qi would have vanished instantly.

Even with the primordial supreme treasure suppressing it, over time, the human destiny qi on Saint Yuanshi's body would fully dissipate.

The root cause of the dissipation of Saint Yuanshi's human destiny qi is human destiny itself—human destiny's rank surpasses that of primordial supreme treasures; unless Saint Yuanshi possessed a chaotic spiritual treasure to suppress his destiny qi, his human destiny qi would inevitably vanish entirely.

At that moment, an invisible force settled upon the destiny qi on Saint Yuanshi's body.

The portion of destiny qi belonging to the Heavenly Dao remained unaffected by this invisible force.

The portion of destiny qi belonging to human destiny, under the influence of this invisible force, was instantly frozen and solidified.

These solidified destiny qi, under the invisible force, were slowly broken down, their unique qualities crushed to nothing, leaving only pure power.

And this pure power, under the infiltration of the invisible force, was reconverted into destiny qi.

Yet the newly generated destiny qi had transformed from human destiny qi into Heavenly Dao destiny qi.

Human destiny qi represents the power of human destiny.

Since human destiny qi had been converted into Heavenly Dao destiny qi, it meant that a portion of human destiny's power had been seized by the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao and human destiny are in competition.

The powers of the Heavenly Dao and human destiny can be mutually seized and transformed.

Of course, the powers each can seize from the other are quite limited.

For example, the origin of human destiny cannot be seized by the Heavenly Dao.

Similarly, the origin of the Heavenly Dao cannot be seized by human destiny.

Aside from these, all other powers can be mutually seized and transformed.

The Three Dao—Heaven, Earth, and Human—are the foundation of a world.

Unless the world heads toward annihilation, the Three Dao will never be completely erased.

Even if the Heavenly Dao fully suppresses Earth and human destiny, it cannot fully devour them.

This is why the Earth Dao and human destiny in the Primordial World still exist.

After all, at its birth, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was vastly stronger than Earth and human destiny.

The origin cannot be seized; everything else can.

For example, the Earth Dao's authority over the land.

Likewise, human destiny qi.

In truth, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was exceptionally favored.

Not only did it possess immense power at its birth, but Ancestor Hongjun's integration into it granted the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao wisdom.

A Heavenly Dao possessing both power and wisdom should have used absolute force to completely suppress Earth and human destiny.

Unfortunately, Ancestor Hongjun's integration into the Heavenly Dao was not meant to enhance the Heavenly Dao's power—perhaps more accurately, Ancestor Hongjun's integration into the Heavenly Dao was not meant to enhance its current power.

Ancestor Hongjun would naturally enhance the Heavenly Dao's power—but not now, not in the future.

When Ancestor Hongjun fully devours the Heavenly Dao, then he will be the Heavenly Dao, and the Heavenly Dao will be him—he will then fully strengthen the Heavenly Dao's power.

After all, strengthening the Heavenly Dao's power is equivalent to strengthening his own power.

But before fully devouring the Heavenly Dao, Ancestor Hongjun will not enhance its power; instead, he will hinder it.

As the Heavenly Dao grows stronger, its autonomous consciousness will also strengthen.

This would make Ancestor Hongjun's task of devouring the Heavenly Dao more difficult.

For Ancestor Hongjun, the primary task is to devour the Heavenly Dao as swiftly as possible.

Thus, over these years, Ancestor Hongjun has secretly employed various methods to restrict the Heavenly Dao's self-strengthening.

The Heavenly Dao's autonomous consciousness lacks wisdom and is extremely mechanical; placing restrictions upon it is not difficult.

This is why, despite being completely suppressed by the Heavenly Dao, human destiny's power has not weakened at all, but has instead been rapidly growing.

Because Ancestor Hongjun merely allowed the Heavenly Dao to completely seal off human destiny, without devouring its power.

Had the Heavenly Dao devoured and converted human destiny qi from the outset, human destiny, even if it had formed, could never have attained its current power.

One could say: success lies with Ancestor Hongjun, failure lies with Ancestor Hongjun.

After Ancestor Hongjun integrated into the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World stood alone, effortlessly suppressing Earth and human destiny, becoming the sole sovereign of the Primordial World.

Yet due to Ancestor Hongjun's selfishness, Earth and human destiny retained much of their power, granting them a chance to turn the tide.

Had Ancestor Hongjun, after aiding the Heavenly Dao in suppressing human destiny, fully assisted the Heavenly Dao in devouring human destiny's power, then even if human destiny had formed with Earth's aid, it could not have broken free from the Heavenly Dao's seal in a short time.

As long as human destiny did not fully escape its seal, there would still be hope.

Unfortunately, due to Ancestor Hongjun's selfishness, the formed human destiny, allied with Earth, now firmly surpassed the Heavenly Dao in power.

No matter how desperately Ancestor Hongjun struggles, it is merely drinking poison to quench thirst.

Of course, Ancestor Hongjun's struggles still have some effect.

Had the human destiny qi on Saint Taishang and others been entirely devoured by the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao's power would have significantly increased in a short time.