Chapter 569

It could even be said that Ancestor Hongjun propelled it step by step.

From Nüwa creating the human race and ultimately becoming a Saint, to the Three Pure Ones successively establishing sects among humans and becoming Saints, then the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors' duty of instruction was divided among the three sects.

When the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors established merits for the human race and gained recognition from the Human Dao, they were again forced to retreat into the Fire Cloud Cave under the pretense of completing their merit.

Then came the Divine Investiture War, where under the guise of divine investiture, they intervened in the rise and fall of human imperial dynasties, successfully abolishing the last human imperial dynasty.

Thus, after that, the human race was left with only kingdoms.

Step by step, if one thinks deeply, the human race was like a frog slowly boiled in warm water, gradually partitioned and dismantled.

Ultimately, the entire Human Dao became entirely subordinate to the Heavenly Dao, reduced to its appendage.

In comparison, the Earth Dao's situation was considerably better.

At least the Earth Dao still retained a degree of autonomy.

"The Human Dao, indeed, is this way. If not for your reminder, I never realized the entire Human Dao had already been fully controlled by the Heavenly Dao."

Upon Luo Fu's reminder, Pingxin Niangniang immediately awakened to the truth.

If not for Luo Fu's reminder, Pingxin Niangniang would never have even thought of the Human Dao.

This is not Pingxin Niangniang's fault; limited by perspective, not only she but the vast majority of great cultivators in the Journey to the West World rarely paid attention to the Human Dao, and even had little concept of it.

The Three Dao—Heaven, Earth, and Human—were known to the great cultivators of the Journey to the West World.

But in reality, the great cultivators of the Journey to the West World did not believe the Three Dao could stand as equals.

This was normal.

The Heavenly Dao of the Journey to the West World was simply too powerful.

It not only had Ancestor Hongjun as its divine representative, but also six Heavenly Dao Saints—Nüwa, Tai Shang, and others—exerting dominance over the entire Journey to the West World.

One could say the strong ones aligned with the Heavenly Dao could sweep through the entire Journey to the West World.

The Earth Dao and Human Dao were rather tragic.

The Earth Dao was still better off, possessing Pingxin Niangniang as its Earth Dao Saint.

But the Human Dao had almost no formidable experts to speak of.

The Three Sovereigns held the Qi of the Human Dao, their strength just below that of Saints, capable of becoming Sub-Saints.

But the moment the Three Sovereigns became Sub-Saints, they were imprisoned by the Saints in the Fire Cloud Cave.

Effectively, it was as if they didn't exist.

Thus, in the Journey to the West World, the Heavenly Dao was virtually monopolistic.

Faced with the Heavenly Dao's overwhelming dominance, the great cultivators of the Journey to the West World, limited by perspective, would never believe the Three Dao were equals.

This situation was not unique to the Journey to the West World.

In most worlds, it was the same.

When a world is created, the first to emerge is inevitably the Heavenly Dao.

The Earth Dao and Human Dao are closely tied to Wan Ling.

At the dawn of heaven and earth, Wan Ling had not yet appeared; thus, the Earth Dao and Human Dao naturally could not be born.

Therefore, the Earth Dao and Human Dao emerged after the Heavenly Dao.

This caused, in nearly every world, the Heavenly Dao to hold an early lead.

As the world developed, the Earth Dao and Human Dao could gradually grow, then the conflict between Heaven and Humanity would inevitably arise.

In every naturally developing world, the Heaven-Humanity conflict was bound to occur.

But the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World was too powerful—it began by riding the dragon's back, crushing the Human Dao in its infancy.

"It's normal. From the very beginning, the Human Dao was restricted by the Heavenly Dao—more accurately, by Ancestor Hongjun allied with the Six Saints—leaving it no time to manifest, and thus naturally ignored!"

As he spoke, Luo Fu could not help but feel a pang of sorrow.

Whether before or after his transmigration, Luo Fu's bloodline origin was the human race.

Even now, having absorbed countless divine and demonic bloodlines and strengthened his own blood to the level of Chaos Divine Demons, Luo Fu still regarded himself as human.

Seeing the human race of the Journey to the West World manipulated like puppets by Ancestor Hongjun, how could Luo Fu's heart remain unmoved?

"Then according to your speculation, the force behind this great calamity is still Ancestor Hongjun—how then can you reverse the great calamity? That is Ancestor Hongjun."

Pingxin Niangniang's wisdom was no less sharp; after being reminded by Luo Fu, she quickly identified the crux of the issue.