Chapter 108

What the hell is this?!

Zufeng's impassioned lecture left Zhao Si almost dazed:

"This… this is the primordial era, right? But the primordial era wasn't created by Pangu opening heaven and earth? What nonsense is Zufeng spouting?!"

Replacing Pangu with some bizarre bird god and copying everything else outright—this is utterly insane. Hongjun, the old fogey who always prided himself on orthodox Pangu and the origins of the Dao, would surely want to kill him if he saw this made‑up nonsense…

Zhao Si suddenly understood:

Why did Hongjun, after attaining sainthood, cause the Phoenix clan's ancestor to drop dead on the spot? And why did the Phoenix clan never recover?

The reason is right here!

【Zufeng was arguing all kinds of justifications for his right to rule the primordial world.】

【You don't need any magical powers; just issue a single command and countless slave lackeys will attend to you. Under that unprecedented thrill of power, you quickly lose yourself……】

【You disdainfully crush them with your great power— a bunch of slaves with hardly any cultivation, and yet they actually think they're somebody?】

【Yet amidst this harmony, a discordant voice suddenly appeared.】

【"Long live the clan chief! Unify the primordial world!"】

【Through your efforts, these foolish kin finally opened their spiritual awareness, and in their dazed state became members of the Phoenix clan……】

【As the Phoenix clan expanded bit by bit, your enjoyment grew ever more intoxicated, as if you could forever revel in the great Phoenix clan's golden age.】

【You returned directly to the small volcano where you were born, then sought out every local kin and granted each a drop of your secondary Phoenix blood.】

【From the southern volcano to the whole southern wilderness, and then from there outward you occupied lands like insatiable earth‑devouring monster birds; wherever you passed, bird tribes became slaves, other tribes either turned into livestock or were slaughtered.】

【"Back when heaven and earth were still unformed, amidst the void we had not only our heaven‑opening bird god, but also many miscellaneous foreign demon gods who desperately tried to stop the bird god from opening heaven and earth, yet the bird god was invincible!"】

【Admittedly, Zufeng's orders had their utilitarian side, but under his guidance the once‑barren primordial world first burst forth with the light of civilization!】

【Slaves who could bear it no longer rose up in angry howls: "Who needs your civilization? We'd rather live ignorant and savage, growing old and dying, than be enlightened fuel for your civilization's fire!"】

【"It… it used its beak to peck to death the other demon gods, so after heaven and earth were opened, those demon gods' bloodlines became those strange and weird races…"】

【…】

【Faced with everyone's bewilderment, Zufeng almost lost face, but being a professional, he quickly adjusted his mindset: "That's because… because they're not descendants of the heaven‑opening bird god!"】

【Good!】

【Fortunately, powerful cultivation lies in the hands of civilization; otherwise, if the slaves overturned the fire seed, it would truly be a tragedy for civilization……】

【"We ought to slaughter every last one of these innately evil little devils! The primordial world belongs to our Phoenix clan!"】

【Zufeng: You brat, are you here to sabotage things?!】

【The harming god broods in hatred, vowing to avenge this! Father and son in dire straits—blood debt must be repaid with blood!】

【And you, the creators of all this suffering, feel no shame—on the contrary, you take pride: we brought civilization to the barbaric world; what's a little sacrifice?】

【So we should strengthen the Phoenix clan!】

【Three: TBD.】

【Thus, power slipped from control; you spontaneously instituted a fief system. Aside from Zufeng's direct domain, you frenziedly expanded and seized land—after all, under Zufeng's cultivation you each became immensely strong, and those unenlightened fools were no match at all!】

【Anyway, with legitimacy maxed out, I, Zufeng, ought to rule the primordial world!】

【Two: innate knowledge—this is undoubtedly a gift from the Father God, showing He loves it most!】

【Zufeng educated you thus; over time you not only learned a wealth of knowledge but also cultivated a belligerent nature, daily itching to expand and repel invaders……】

【The birds you awakened with your own blood naturally became your slaves, and thus you truly built your own power, living the life of a local emperor.】

【In the rise of the Phoenix clan's civilization, enslavement and slaughter have always accompanied it; the higher the blaze of civilization's fire, the more the blood‑tears and white bones spread across the primordial world, slaves' blood‑tears coalescing into torrents, their white bones piling into mountains……】

【Seeing that the training was nearly complete, Zufeng declared: Although our Phoenix clan cannot coexist with other tribes, every bird tribe still holds the possibility of education and salvation.】

【If you grant them your blood, you can awaken their wisdom; then teach them our language, writing, ethics, and the myth of opening heaven, and they can become members of the great Phoenix clan!】

【The flame of civilization burns on the barbarians' dry tinder, the fire growing ever stronger!】

【Thus, full of vigor, you left the great volcano to spread the Phoenix clan's bloodline, to inaugurate the age of civilization, to expel other tribes……】

【But Zufeng generally won't give you orders; as second‑generation Phoenix clan members, your status is only beneath Zufeng himself, and since you are the foundation of his rule over the primordial world, he will endlessly indulge you……】

【And although you still feel something's off, you're limited by your shallow understanding, and besides Zufeng's creation myth has a self‑consistent logical loop, so you can't raise any objection—you just have to howl along with everyone else.】

【Everyone roared hot‑bloodedly and fervently, feeling deeply honored, for after all the clan chief is the daughter of the creator bird god; rounding off, everyone is essentially……】

【Saying this, Zufeng's eyes suddenly lit up: he'd found the third legitimacy!】

【You begin to run amok; in your own territory you do whatever you want, no one will restrain you, nor will you submit to anyone's control—unless Zufeng issues a command.】

【He immediately snapped angrily: "The bird god was originally immortal, but he fell only after these outer gods wounded him… and now their descendants feel no shame, instead occupying the primordial world our bird god opened—this is shameless! Evil!"】

【Zufeng's words shocked everyone; though they found it absurd, his usual correct teachings had already earned him authority among the Phoenix clan, so none of the birds present voiced any doubt.】

【Zufeng mysteriously told you: because he is the source of wisdom, his blood can awaken the witless birds, and you, who have received his bloodline as Phoenix clan, actually possess this ability as well.】

【"Ancestral duty, you just said there are still cattle, horses, tigers and other tribes all over the primordial world—if the bird god is a bird, why would it have those other descendants?"】

【Long live the clan chief! Loyalty!】

【We will utterly exterminate all innately evil descendants of the outer gods!】

【One: the heaven‑opening god is a great bird, and I am the daughter born from the essence of that bird god—thus a innate noble lady, naturally entitled to inherit this primordial legacy!】

【You raised the question doubtfully; the crowd that had been shouting suddenly fell silent, all eyes turning to Zufeng in unison, everyone curious.】

【Now everyone was filled with righteous indignation, each howling for the descendants of those foreign demon gods to pay blood debt with blood.】

【Until…… you encountered two groups calling themselves the "Dragon" and "Qilin" tribes……】

【…】

(End of chapter)