Chapter 118

Qi, finally willing to leave seclusion.

When Taiyi and the others returned, Qi had already prepared a banquet and drunk a few cups alone first.

You don't know, during your seclusion, the primordial wasteland changes day by day, making even us mountain folk a little unaccustomed.

Fuxi laughed from the side.

This remark sparked Qi's curiosity; since leaving seclusion he had never left the Dao Chang, so he didn't know what changes had occurred in the primordial wasteland that could make Fuxi and the others uncomfortable.

Taiyi explained to Qi:

There are too many living beings; after the various tribes were gradually absorbed by the Three Clans, we learned much knowledge from them.

Now those various tribes have sprouted up like bamboo shoots after rain; in the primordial wasteland, the number of sentient beings has almost increased severalfold.

With more people, the sentient fortune naturally increases, so the Three Clans welcome this, but likewise conflict has also increased.

From what we've seen on this journey, many tribes already show signs of division, and conflicts between different peoples are extremely fierce.

Of course, the primordial wasteland has also become much more prosperous, everywhere full of vitality.

Qi asked again:

Then what about the Three Clans? What changes have they undergone?

This time it was Di Jun who stepped forward to explain:

Nothing else stands out, but now the quality and quantity of the Three Clans' experts far exceed expectations; I even feel that if the Three Clans united, they could wage war against all non-Three-Clans beings in the primordial wasteland aside from the Primordial Divine Saints.

Within the Three Clans, the other two clans unknown, but the Dragon Clan alone has given birth to over thirty Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Whether there is hidden strength remains unknown, but even just the visible forces are unheard of.

Upon hearing Di Jun's words, Qi's astonishment knew no bounds, for that is a Great Luo Dao Fruit; although its strength is inferior to Luo Tianzun God, it is ultimately a being of the same realm.

Given the Dragon Clan's fortune, it should not be able to support so many Great Luo cultivators; could it truly have that many geniuses, rivaling the Primordial Divine Saints?

Qi said incredulously.

Moreover, the primordial wasteland's water fortune, the sentient fortune gathered from the water mansions, those Great Luo Golden Immortals are basically the Dragon Lords of the Four Seas, Eastern Four Rivers Eight Streams, Western Three Waters, and Bei Fang Two Rivers.

As for Great Luo combat power alone, the Dragon Clan can overwhelm the Phoenix and Qilin, with strength to spare.

It seems that in the primordial wasteland, perhaps only the Dragon Clan, beneath the Primordial Divine Saints, is the strongest fighting force; of course, most Primordial Divine Saints do not walk the same path.

Now the Dragon Clan can already become the number one tribe in the primordial wasteland, and having allied with many water gods, it already bears the momentum to swallow the world.

Di Jun's voice carried a hint of gravity; in his view, the Dragon Clan is indeed the most hopeful to rule the primordial wasteland.

He too is now somewhat at a loss, unable to see the way forward; after all, as he sees it, trying to gather fortune from the Three Clans' hands is fundamentally an impossible goal, let alone contending with them.

Now, sitting on a treasure mountain, Di Jun feels his prospects dim; unless the Three Clans suddenly all perish, he believes he has no hope at all.

Qi sensed Di Jun's bewilderment; Taiyi, Fuxi, and Nüwa also knew why he felt that way, but they did not know how to persuade him.

Even before they had ever listened to the Dao, even the first time they heard it, they felt Di Jun still had hope and could succeed with their help.

But now a huge gap has suddenly appeared, making everyone feel a kind of discrepancy, as if they had been abruptly cast aside by the times.

Seeing this, Qi laughed:

How is it that after not seeing you for just a while, your former vigor is gone—this is not the you I know.

Do not forget one thing: that is time.

Although we are Primordial Divine Saints, the time we have spent in the world and in cultivation may still be less than that of the Three Clans' second generation; there is no need to adopt such an attitude.

Is seeking the Dao not inherently difficult? Or have we been too smooth? The gap between us and the great clans was already visible during the Ferocious Beast Calamity.

Comparing then and now, when do you think the gap was greater?

Although the primordial world has been expanding all along, compared to the ambitions of the three clans, it is still rather slow.

The three clans are not currently at war, not because they are united and friendly, but because at this time the primordial earth is still vast enough for them; the fortune brought by conflict cannot compare to developing separately.

At their expansion speed, they will likely completely occupy the entire primordial world in at most six hundred yuan hui; and having grown accustomed to rapid growth, how could they tolerate waiting a long time for heaven and earth to expand?

Where they border each other, conflict is inevitable, just as you have seen all along—even tiny tribes will fight over resources, let alone them.

Having occupied the vast primordial heaven and earth and ruling over myriad races, their differing lifestyles and temperaments will inevitably lead to disputes.

At the outset, the three clans might be able to suppress it, but there will come a day when they cannot suppress it; the fortune of all beings can widen the gap between them and other races, but likewise, that same fortune can plunge them into an endless abyss.

Moreover, when that time comes, whether they are willing to suppress this voice is another matter; how those disputes arise is also worth speculation.

When that time arrives, there will be a moment for us to act; we need only wait patiently, for you and I are innate divinities, lacking least of all time—we must have sufficient patience.

As soon as Qi's words fell, the mood of several people improved a bit, but there was no immediate effect.

Qi could only helplessly speak again to remind:

"Don't forget, once the karma accumulated in the primordial heaven and earth becomes too great, a great calamity will occur."

"When that time comes, whether disputes arise will no longer be within their control."

Di Jun's eyes lit up, but Fuxi suddenly asked at this moment:

"Is it not necessarily them who will be the protagonists of the great calamity? With the current fortune, it is enough to sustain them flourishing eternally in the primordial world."

"Qi, your idea may not work… oh~, I now understand your meaning, Qi."

Fuxi looked at Qi with a strange gaze, as if he were meeting him for the first time just now.

Nüwa and Taiyi were still somewhat dazed, not knowing what had happened; they only felt that Qi's words made sense, but they did not know what Fuxi had actually understood.

After Fuxi's reminder, Di Jun seemed to think of something; his eyebrows danced with joy, yet his gaze also held a hint of strangeness as he glanced at Qi.

Qi had no intention of explaining to Taiyi and Nüwa; he shot Fuxi and Di Jun a fierce look and said:

"What do you mean by my meaning? The nasty schemes you devised yourself—don't blame them on me."

He then turned his head to Nüwa and Taiyi and said:

"Let's go drink and pay no heed to them."

Di Jun and Fuxi also didn't say much, merely echoing excitedly:

"Yes, let's go drink."

(End of chapter)