Chapter 261

Dao Ancestor, Seven Sages, Pangu

Dao Ancestor, various otherworld saints, Seven Sages, Pangu

This battle allowed no surrender or ceasefire from the start; both sides can only keep fighting nonstop!

Pangu's true form, eight sages

So it basically has no chance of negotiation: to talk, it first needs consciousness; but if it wants consciousness, it must first eat a sage, and eating a sage leaves no room for talks……

This forms a deadlock; to break it, the Seven Saints must overthrow Pangu's true form!

Even though the Seven Saints exerted all their strength, they still couldn't overthrow Pangu's true form; after fighting so long, they haven't even managed to inflict a scratch!

Thus this became another deadlock……

Seven Sages, Pangu's true form, master

Why isn't anyone coming to help now? Why, Master, are you just watching? Could you really have betrayed the group?

Obviously Master isn't dead; he must be hiding somewhere spying. But what's the use of hiding? This idiot, even more foolish than the Heavenly Dao, has no chance of negotiating with the sages; if the group is truly defeated and eaten by him, then everything is over……

This world's Hongjun

Fellow Daoists

Our realm's Hongjun said in a deep voice: "I believe you all know the predicament we face here; I won't waste words, I need your help!"

Pangu's true form, Primordial Chaos Heaven and Earth, seven disciples

"Friends of the Dao, you will inevitably face this disaster in the future; please first help me quell Pangu's true form, and if your worlds ever suffer such a disaster, I, the poor Dao, will gladly join my seven disciples to go to another realm and lend aid!"

Friends of the Dao, the situation is urgent; let's kill Pangu's true form!

This world's Hongjun, external aid

Eight sages, otherworld battlefield

Four otherworld sages

The Hongjun of the Second Gold Bing

After listening, Gold Bing II's Hongjun finally shook his head: "I can't help, and there's no need to."

Because our Primordial Chaos is flourishing, its demise is still far off!

Furthermore, interacting with outsiders is inherently risky; to avoid risk, it's better to close our borders and isolate ourselves……

Gold Bing II's Hongjun had sound reasons; it was obvious he just didn't want to help, and after exchanging a few words with our realm's Hongjun, he voluntarily withdrew his avatar.

As he was leaving, he gazed at Gold Bing with myriad thoughts, seemingly recalling that person, the Human Court Heavenly Emperor…… He finally sighed, his avatar fading away; he needed to properly digest all the information he had gathered on this trip……

The Hongjun of the Third Generation of Jiao Ming, Jiao Ming, Jiao Ming's Heavenly Dao

Too bad that person is gone; it's none of my concern, I have plenty of time ahead—what's the point of thinking so far ahead?

For a sage, what's the difference between life and death? Better to let fate take its course—if you die, you die; if friends of the Dao can die, why can't I? Clinging to life is utterly unnecessary.

He shook his head, no longer paying attention to this realm's Dao Ancestor, and instead looked toward Jiao Ming, the Heavenly Dao beside him, as if wanting to chat a bit more, but the other showed no interest at all.

Disappointed, he had no choice but to silently dissipate his avatar, letting everything fade away with the wind in memory……

Otherworld sages

Our realm's Hongjun, having failed twice in a row, clung to his last hope and looked toward the remaining Number Three Little Bird and Jiao Ming, the Heavenly Dao.

However, these two didn't communicate with him at all; they were eagerly discussing all sorts of strange things with Xue Xuan and Gold Bing……

This world's Hongjun

You all treat life and death as nothing—doesn't that make me look terribly afraid of death and clinging to life?!

Honestly, if Pangu's true form hadn't successfully coalesced, he could actually be as carefree as everyone else.

But the problem is, this thing really did successfully coalesce!

So now there are only two paths before him: one is to defeat Pangu's true form and reopen the true Primordial Chaos!

The other is to be devoured by Pangu's true form, after which his primary consciousness would be suppressed, almost eternally imprisoned……

Sage, prison warden

Outsider

The Dao Ancestor sighed, no longer hoping for help from another realm. He stood up, no longer hiding in this fractured world, scraping by—this was meaningless, for he would eventually have to face reality: Pangu's true form must be suppressed and slain!

He stepped out of the fractured world and appeared in the heavens beyond; then, surging purple qi filled his body, and with a single tortoise-shell punch he struck Pangu's face—him, who could only barely defend, was now directly knocked flat to the ground……

Seven Sages, master

Dao Ancestor: "Children, I'm back!"

Dao Ancestor, eight venerable sages, Pangu's true form

Fragmented world

He left

Sanhao Xiaoniao, Hongjun, the First Sage of Primordial Chaos, Immortal Dao, Dao Ancestor

Looking at his own realm's Hongjun, after a bit of fine-tuning by himself, becoming a saint is now hopelessly distant; the glory that should have been his is completely gone, and he hasn't even managed to attain half-sainthood……

How fickle heavenly fate is here—it truly inspires awe! "Since all the irrelevant folks have left, let us reacquaint ourselves!"

Number Three Little Bird broke into a smile and said to Xue Xuan and the other: "I too have once been the chosen protagonist!"

Jiao Ming, the Heavenly Dao, hesitated a moment, then also said:

"I... probably also count as having been chosen."

Xue Xuan and another

We have two protagonists on our side, and two on theirs…… This is a gathering of elite talents, a protagonists' conference? How come I suddenly feel protagonists aren't worth much……

Seeing the two restrained, Number Three Little Bird let out a sigh:

"You don't need to worry, we won't stay long; in fact, we can't really help much…"

Objectively speaking, they are different from the other two otherworld saints; those two Hongjuns refuse to help mainly because their interests are unrelated, and helping would yield no real benefit.

However, the two of them, due to their closeness as protagonists, are actually willing to help!

But…… they cannot help.

The might of Pangu's true form cannot be overcome by just one or two more sages.

Sanhao Xiaoniao helplessly said: 'Because the power of sages is ultimately not truly 'existent'; before Pangu, our creation from nothing should actually be called 'false made to seem real'; the false will always remain false, and no matter how many sages there are, they cannot inflict effective damage on Pangu.'

The silent Xue Xuan finally couldn't hold back:

Could it be that we really cannot win?

We cannot win.

Jiao Ming's Heavenly Dao calmly said: 'You are not a sage, so you don't understand just how great the gap is between sages and Pangu…… If you think you can clear the level by defeating Pangu, that's impossible.'

The only thing we can do is to take you to the eternal Primordial Chaos here……

Actually, what He really wants to do is to take Xue Xuan to His own world! Jiao Ming's tragedy has always made Him feel annoyed by the so-called 'protagonist mission'; if possible, He would truly like to take Xue Xuan and skip class directly.

But…… once He had this thought, an inexplicable threat welled up, as if saying: 'You cannot do this……'

As wise as He is, He naturally understands that this is a warning from that transcendent existence.

And since that is the case, He also has no choice but to comply, settling for the next best option:

Since He cannot take Xue Xuan away, He will help him clear the level!

'Although the eternal Primordial Chaos is not a good place to go, this is also the only way for you to achieve the ending……'

Hearing both otherworld sages speak thus, Xue Xuan, who had just sparked a glimmer of hope, closed his eyes again.

The greatest despair has arrived, and the last hope for a breakthrough has also been declared bankrupt……

'Good!'

Xue Xuan gritted his teeth:

'Please, two sages, save us and take us to the eternal Primordial Chaos!'

No matter how desperate the ending, when it becomes the only path, one can only proceed with the most optimistic attitude……

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(End of chapter)