Chapter 18

"Is this not too extreme? They are also living beings!"

Nüwa found it somewhat hard to accept.

But Qi did not agree with Nüwa's words, for this is the fundamental contradiction between the innate divinities and the ferocious beasts.

For the ferocious beasts to gain intelligence is too difficult, and even without wisdom they could already be called the hegemon of the primordial wilderness.

If they possessed wisdom, given the ferocious beasts' huge numbers and their pursuit of power, they would surely accelerate the devouring of spiritual qi.

And the abundance or scarcity of spiritual qi on the primordial wilderness determines the growth and survival of its living beings; this is an irreconcilable contradiction.

If the ferocious beasts were rare and struggled to reproduce, the primordial wilderness's living beings could still tolerate them.

Unfortunately, the ferocious beasts are too numerous, and their reproduction is not difficult.

They also cannot resist the living beings' instinct to grow stronger; given their rate of evolution, they can only face destruction.

This is the manifestation of the great calamity, with no way or possibility to avoid it.

Before the Investiture of the Gods great calamity, all great calamities were like this, unavoidable.

Only a side's complete victory can end it; to break the loser's spine, or if there is no victor, all are losers!

"What do you think should be done?"

Qi asked.

"At the very least, it should not develop into such a great calamity!"

Nüwa said firmly.

"The present primordial wilderness can only sustain its current living beings; it can no longer bear a future where the ferocious beasts all become strong."

"Leaving them to this point is already sufficient tolerance."

"They have grown unchecked, already affecting the entire world!"

Qi retorted.

"They are also part of the world, and also living beings of the primordial wilderness."

Upon hearing this, Qi knew this was not Nüwa's true intention.

She must have been bored enough and was looking for a reason to argue.

After all, someone who has always been very rational would not say such a thing.

However, Qi intended to play along, otherwise life would be too dull.

"No, they are not; don't forget, we were born into the world thanks to Pangu Dashen's benevolent legacy."

"And they are formed from the lingering resentment of the void demon gods combined with the earth's turbid vengeful qi."

"And with us innate divinities and the primordial wilderness's living beings, there is an inherent contradiction."

Qi smiled, this debate had no suspense.

Seeing Qi's gaze, Nüwa stopped pretending and thought seriously for a moment.

"But does the primordial wilderness's tolerance have no place for them to exist?"

It is clear that Nüwa truly considered this problem, but he had no solution.

Because fundamentally this is a survival contradiction; this environment can only choose one: either the ferocious beasts or the countless ordinary living beings of the primordial wilderness.

And anyone with sound mind would not betray their stance to choose the ferocious beasts.

To the innate divinities, heaven and earth are like parents' homeland; they can tolerate other living beings to live and thrive within their home.

But they will not tolerate termites and wood-boring insects destroying the house.

The ferocious beasts advance by continually consuming the spiritual qi of heaven and earth and various blood and flesh vital energy.

The recovery of heaven and earth's spiritual qi is extremely slow, and blood and flesh vital energy is even more fundamental to living beings.

As long as they continue to use this as the basis for advancement, then regardless of whether they have spiritual intelligence, the great calamity will erupt.

Just like the later Wu-Yao war, if the twelve ancestral Wu had not expanded their clan, merely accommodating their consumption of heaven and earth, all living beings would not have any reaction.

After all, there were only twelve of them; no matter how much they could eat, they would not turn the primordial wilderness into their pasture.

But when they expanded their clan, the losses of living beings among all races became too great.

So great that it could not be endured or tolerated; the entire primordial wilderness became the Wu Clan's pasture, and all races were reduced to prey.

Moreover, they only revere Pangu and not heaven and earth, which is also a huge contradiction with the innate divinities.

Although the innate divinities revere Pangu, they are ultimately born and nurtured by heaven and earth.

Moreover, in surviving between heaven and earth, the innate divinities have held the topmost position since their birth.

Even founder figures like Hongjun Luohu, who each opened their own path, the innate divinities calling them fellow Daoists is reasonable.

Even the birth of the Heavenly Dao came after them; from beginning to end, their status has always been the pinnacle, revering heaven and earth and Pangu is merely reverence.

And the ancestral Wu are also innate divinities, yet they regard Pangu Dashen as the father god, equivalent to adding another above heaven and earth.

Furthermore, they have incense faith and sacrificial rites.

All the gods know the power of faith; to them, although strong, it is merely an external thing, but the effect of faith may possibly pull back the gods that have already faded.

Especially Pangu Dashen responded to the sacrifices.

This is something the gods cannot tolerate.

First, because they do not want an immovable great mountain to appear above their heads.

Second, they do not know what the primordial wilderness would become if Pangu returns.

After all, Pangu transformed into myriad things; once he returns, the world's point of origin disappears, so what will the endpoint be?

The gods dare not imagine it, so the great calamity will surely arise.

The Demon Race does not wish to become prey, while the Wu Clan only wants to eat its fill and expand its clan.

And the Wu Clan lacks absolute power; the Demon Race, with the gods' support, is itself the hegemon of the primordial wilderness, making war inevitable.

The Investiture of the Gods great calamity is even more obvious.

First, at that time the Heavenly Court lacked the power to maintain the order of heaven and earth, and the Investiture of the Gods was to maintain that order and human peace.

Now there is a reason for the Great Calamity.

Second, at that time the two Heavenly Lords Yuanshi and Lingbao differed in their ideas, vying for the qi fortune and the mode of operation of the Heavenly Dao, using this as a medium.

Third, the Immortal Dao attempted to see whether humans could artificially manipulate the Great Calamity.

They wanted to use this to dispel the calamity qi, without greatly affecting the beings of heaven and earth.

I hope that Hongjun succeeded, for after all the later great calamities were like jokes, devoid of any strength.

By continually occurring minor calamities to release the calamitous qi of heaven and earth, the saints' positions were stabilized, but this also left the primordial wilderness like dead water, continually weakening.

After all, under normal circumstances, if there were no sages, after the Investiture of the Gods Great Calamity it should have been the contest of the Mixed Yuan.

By increasing the intensity of the Great Calamity, most beings are cleansed, the hierarchy of the remaining beings changes, and the achievements of previous Great Calamities are absorbed.

Moreover, by discarding the old and introducing the new, the world expands.

And the world's primordial power is reclaimed; the dead become the driving force for the world's advancement, driving the primordial wilderness to expand, able to bear higher positions.

Just as the Three Sovereigns actively returned to the Return to the Void, all are to let heaven and earth advance further.

And the Ferocious Beasts Great Calamity is the means by which heaven and earth reclaim the primordial source, a further step.

At this time in the primordial wilderness, even the Great Luo Golden Immortals (God Luo Tianzun) were only those few at the top.

And after the Great Calamity, during the three-clan conflict and the Immortal-Demon war, the very top few were no longer merely Great Luo!

He conveyed his ideas to Nüwa, but only limited to this time's Ferocious Beasts Great Calamity.

Because this time's Ferocious Beasts Great Calamity has already occurred, it cannot be changed, but the future remains undecided.

No one can decide what the future primordial wilderness will become, just as no one will know what destruction this time's Bei Fang continent will suffer.

The degree of destruction exceeded everyone's imagination, and also left the Bei Fang continent without a future thereafter.

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