Chapter 123: Hongjun Excels in Both Literature and Martial Arts

After a lengthy discussion, you finally fully understood Hongjun's intention.

According to him, the current Great Wasteland is in chaos everywhere; the five regions of east, west, south, north, and center have not a single inch of pure land!

The source of the chaos is naturally those beings you, this old ancestor, awakened and enlightened; you, an unqualified father, only awakened them without teaching, letting them run wild, lawless, causing chickens to fly and dogs to jump everywhere, fighting each other to the death…

Listening to Hongjun's explanation, you feel extremely ashamed; after all, the disaster originated from you, and if blame is to be assigned, the instigator naturally cannot escape responsibility.

But Hongjun did not come to impose heavenly justice on you; he wants you to act, gather the chaotic myriad beings into one family, and stop the unnecessary casualties!

But you bitterly replied that you simply lack that ability…

But now the Small Volcano side claims the giant god is a person, which is clearly digging up the Phoenix clan's roots!

Moreover, another matter infuriated Ancestor Phoenix:

Southern Wasteland, Big Volcano.

The Great Wasteland has always been about strength supreme!

But what you never expected was that when Ancestor Phoenix saw from afar that you two were both Great Luo Golden Immortals, he turned and left without a word…

Although Hongjun had never seen such a scene either, he is ultimately the future Ancestor of the Immortal Dao; after a brief adaptation period, he gradually entered the role, earnestly and responsibly lecturing these "students" whose eyes showed clear foolishness, imparting all kinds of knowledge.

"The Great Wasteland is divided into four wastelands, four seas, and Central Province, making five regions and five domains… The starry sky contains three hundred and sixty-five major stars, of which the sun and moon are transformed from Pangu's two eyes…"

Hongjun: …

The most important thing now is to stop this great chaotic war that has spread throughout the Great Wasteland!

Sometime, under Hongjun's persuasion, you transformed your true form into human form and established the first rule that all beings under your future command must take human shape.

You do not know whether Pangu truly existed, but you are willing to believe!

Thus, through your and Hongjun's joint efforts, a great power distinct from the three clans sprouted and grew in the Great Wasteland.

But looking at it now, this Old Ancestor Hongjun is not merely a strong‑cultivation savage; he is a versatile talent excelling in both literature and martial arts!

Compared to cultivation, his knowledge and talent are clearly superior; it seems he was born for this…

One person, one bird, staring at each other.

Hongjun frowned, thinking you were deliberately shirking, since in his view you, as Ancestor of All Beings, have cultivation not lacking; subduing those low‑cultivation descendants shouldn't be hard?

"The Great Wasteland originated from a humanoid giant god… That's exactly my form! I call him Pangu."

"Pangu's hair turned into the stars of heaven, his flesh and blood into mountains, rivers, lakes and seas, his tendons and bones into underground veins of ore, his spine supported heaven and earth, becoming that ancient divine mountain… I call it Buzhou Mountain."

"Person…"

…

Although Hongjun the Old Daoist's lecture on Pangu creating heaven and earth follows the same pattern, at least he did not use this to justify the legality of ensluding the myriad beings…

After all, the three ancestors of the previous life were at the peak of Great Luo cultivation; even Hongjun would die if he faced them alone, so from the start you prepared for the worst, planning to join Hongjun in resisting Ancestor Phoenix—even if you couldn't win, you at least wouldn't lose too badly.

But you also said that if Hongjun could bring the beings a better order, you would support him in exercising his governing talent!

Zhu Que naturally understood what the old ancestor meant, and thus weakly replied:

"Chief, the astronomy and geography taught there are roughly the same as yours… only, their creation myth differs somewhat from yours…"

In short, the Phoenix clan must insist that the creator giant god is a giant bird.

But you countered him: "Subjugation is easy, but what after subjugation?"

Astronomy, geography, history… Hongjun is nearly omniscient; his knowledge even surpasses that of Ancestor Phoenix in breadth.

Two political idiots naturally can't discuss anything, but Hongjun gritted his teeth: "Daoist friend, what you said is actually irrelevant now; although we lack governing experience, everything comes down to daring to try."

Faced with this enemy threatening the foundations, the furious Ancestor Phoenix simply could not coexist with him…

"Daoist friend, don't joke!"

Ancestor Phoenix, with a drooping visage, sought out Zhu Que and upon meeting asked:

"How's the investigation? What are they teaching over there?"

Ancestor Phoenix gritted his teeth upon hearing:

…

But slavery conflicts with your free nature; having learned from your past life, you never wanted to enslave others again—if you were to bring out slavery once more, wouldn't that be reversing course?

Under the martial protection of two Great Luo Golden Immortals, taking Small Volcano as the starting point and core, you raised the banner "All Beings Share One Ancestor" and vigorously attracted nearby beings to join.

While you were digging a pit under others' noses, you naturally guarded against this; thus, after Ancestor Phoenix made a move, you immediately pulled Hongjun in, and the two of you jointly confronted him.

This surprised you, who had been listening all along; after all, in your two lifetimes you knew little about this old Daoist—only that he is a naturally divine being, strong in cultivation, not quite matching the three ancestors but still a Great Luo Golden Immortal, a top expert in the Great Wasteland.

Finding no solution through thought, you could only continue expanding your power.

The beings of the Great Wasteland are inherently weak; their chaotic fighting stems merely from lacking a leader. Now that you are strong in martial power and full of righteousness, the beings long trapped in the dark ages see you as a father figure and flock to your banner.

After discussion, a small organization formed from the two of you, with Hongjun responsible for educating the beings and you, Jiao Ming, raising the banner "All Beings Share One Ancestor" to provide legitimacy for the organization…

Sometime, the utterly intolerable Ancestor Phoenix launched a sudden attack on your Small Volcano!

Your act of kicking the ball left Hongjun somewhat at a loss; he had wanted you to come govern the Great Wasteland, but you instead kicked the ball to him.

Faced with many eager descendants, you, though busy and flustered, still did your best, arranging work for them on one side and quickly having Hongjun the Old Daoist serve as teacher to educate the beings on the other.

But the problem is, Hongjun himself does not feel capable of governing the beings of the Great Wasteland.

What the creator giant god actually looks like—naturally no one knows it better than those innately divine beings.

Seizing the foundation is digging at the roots, refuting the bird god's creation myth, and adding fuel to the fire—it's clearly intended to oppose you.

He waved his hand, making the anxious Zhu Que retreat, while Ancestor Phoenix alone sank into a grim face and carefully weighed the situation:

"No matter what, let's first probe and test, then talk!"

Only you and Hongjun remained, staring at each other, unable to fathom what he was thinking—clearly prepared, yet why not fight?

"They say the creator giant god is neither bird nor dragon, nor qilin… but a person!"

You deeply know you lack the talent to rule the beings; the only system you know is the slavery you learned from Ancestor Phoenix in your past life.

Thus you firmly rejected Hongjun's proposal: "I can't do it; please ask someone more capable."

【As for the "Pangu creation myth" spoken of by Hongjun, you actually don't believe it, because in your previous life the Three Ancestors also held similar views, the Three Ancestors' family had one saying—whatever bird god, dragon god, qilin god—now it's just been changed to "human god", essentially no difference.】

【Afterwards, they began to implement education!】

The dog that was competing with you for the bird has also been found—it's that little rascal on the Small Volcano!

But understanding is one thing, having a vested interest is another……

【……】

【But you also deeply understand that your dislike of this creation myth is not a dislike of the myth itself, but rather a dislike of the Three Ancestors using the opening-heaven giant god of their own ethnic form to argue for the legitimacy of their rule and enslavement of the wilderness.】

【Little did they know, Ancestor Phoenix had already rushed in a flash to the Qilin Cliff and Crystal Palace, shouting: "This move is tricky, brothers, let's team up!"】

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(End of Chapter)