Chapter 567

"You are within the scheme, so cognitive blind spots are only natural."

Luo Fu spoke bluntly:

"The reason you think this way is tied to Ancestor Hongjun—there was never the concept in the Primordial World that a cosmic calamity was an unchangeable heavenly trend. The idea that cosmic calamities are unchangeable? That was surely propagated by Ancestor Hongjun."

"Indeed!"

Pingxin Niangniang nodded.

During the War of the Wu and Yao, the concept of unchangeable cosmic calamities did not yet exist.

Only after the end of the Divine War did the great transcendents of the Three Realms come to regard the concept of unchangeable cosmic calamities as truth.

And the origin of this concept indeed traces back to Ancestor Hongjun.

"Cosmic calamities are the great trend of Heaven's Dao. The great trend of Heaven's Dao cannot be altered. In other words, Heaven's Dao itself cannot be altered. But you should know, Ancestor Hongjun merged with Heaven's Dao—exactly that Dao."

Luo Fu continued to offer guidance, his voice as calm as ever, yet like thunder exploding in Pingxin Niangniang's heart.

"Are you suggesting all of this was planned by the Ancestor?"

Pingxin Niangniang found it hard to believe.

"Yes. The so-called cosmic calamities are all schemes orchestrated by Ancestor Hongjun to govern the cosmos."

Luo Fu was utterly certain of this.

Whether Ancestor Hongjun intervened in the cosmic calamities of the Primordial World, Luo Fu did not know.

After all, the timeline of the Primordial World is still very early. The War of the Wu and Yao had not yet fully erupted, and the Six Sages had only just recently attained sainthood.

But regarding the cosmic calamities of the Journey to the West World, Luo Fu could definitively assert that Ancestor Hongjun must have intervened.

In fact, the so-called cosmic calamities were entirely Ancestor Hongjun's doing.

Luo Fu was not entirely certain of Ancestor Hongjun's deeper motives, but after observing the Six Paths of Reincarnation in the Journey to the West World, he was utterly certain of the surface motive.

"Have you not noticed that over these many eons, the Earthly Dao's primordial essence has not grown at all, but instead has greatly weakened?"

Luo Fu turned his gaze to the six Xukongshi Gates behind Pingxin Niangniang and revealed another secret.

"I've noticed it too, but I assumed the Earthly Dao could not grow because it was incomplete, and its weakening was due to the immense destruction caused by the Divine War, indirectly harming the Earthly Dao."

As the controller of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, Pingxin Niangniang naturally understood the Earthly Dao's condition intimately.

As Luo Fu said, since she transformed herself into the Reincarnation and created the Earthly Dao, countless eons had passed—and the Earthly Dao had not grown one bit, but had instead weakened by more than half.

This was why she had to expend nearly all her mental strength just to maintain the stability of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The strength of the Earthly Dao directly affected the stability of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

But her knowledge was limited; she had always assumed it was merely because the Earthly Dao was inherently flawed and incomplete, hence its inability to grow.

"Though the Three Realms today are not as stable as the original Primordial Land, the number of transcendent beings and the prosperity of myriad spirits far surpass those of the ancient Primordial Age."

Luo Fu tore his gaze from the six Xukongshi Gates and looked toward the void; his cold gaze seemed to pierce infinite space, overlooking the entire Primordial World.

Different cognition leads to seeing different things.

To all great transcendents of the Three Realms, the war among the Sages that shattered the Primordial Land had dealt a grievous blow to the Primordial World, ultimately resulting in the reformed Three Realms having far less stable space and far weaker spiritual energy than before.

But to Luo Fu, the shattering of the Primordial Land had no effect whatsoever on the Primordial World.

Because the shattering of the Primordial Land did not affect the world's outer barrier—it affected only the living beings upon the Primordial Land.

The Primordial World is like a large room; the Primordial Land is merely a large bed floating atop its floor.

If the bed is broken, the room is not greatly affected—only the bed and the room's overall arrangement are disturbed.

It does not even significantly affect other furniture.

The Primordial World contains not only the Primordial Land, but also the Heavenly Realm, Gai Jiuyou's Underworld, and billions of stars.

The shattering of the Primordial Land was not as severe as imagined.

Only because most great transcendents—even the Sages—lived upon the Primordial Land did they perceive the event as so grave.

The shattering of the Primordial Land did not affect Gai Jiuyou's Underworld—so how could the Earthly Dao's power be weakened by it?

"Are you saying the Earthly Dao's weakening was done by the Ancestor? But why would he do such a thing? The Earthly Dao governs the order of the Three Realms!"

Pingxin Niangniang still found it hard to believe.

To be fair, the number of secrets she learned today from Luo Fu exceeded the total number of secrets she had learned over countless eons.

If Pingxin Niangniang had not cultivated for countless eons, her Dao-heart would surely have shattered long ago.

The secrets Luo Fu revealed were more shocking than the last, and Yishiban Society could not possibly digest them all at once.

"Of course to strengthen Heaven's Dao. The Ancestor still cares about the order of the Three Realms—otherwise he wouldn't have merely weakened the Earthly Dao. Think of the Human Dao: it has almost entirely fallen under Heaven's Dao's control."

From the current state of the Three Realms, nearly everything Luo Fu said was fact.

Heaven's Dao, Earth's Dao, and Human Dao are the three most vital forces governing the world's operation.

Heaven's Dao governs the Three Thousand Great Dao, overseeing the entire world's operation.

Human Dao embodies the will of myriad spirits, overseeing their reproduction and development.

Earth's Dao lies in between, mediating between Heaven's Dao and Human Dao, governing the reincarnation of myriad spirits and the cycle of yin and yang.

In simple terms, Heaven's Dao represents matter and the laws of natural operation—the foundation upon which the world was born.

Human Dao represents the myriad living beings dwelling within the world; without them, the world would be a barren wasteland.

Earth's Dao, as Juzhongdiao Sect, mediates the yin-yang cycle between Heaven's Dao and Human Dao, enabling reincarnation and ensuring the world's endless, cyclical development.

For any world, the Three Dao—Heaven, Earth, and Human—are indispensable.

Though the Three Dao differ in strength, their fundamental status is equal.

But in the Journey to the West World, the status of Heaven's Dao, Earth's Dao, and Human Dao is clearly unequal.

Heaven's Dao reigns supreme, nearly dominating everything.