Chapter 267: Old timer! Take my spicy elbow strike!

Pangu is definitely not the boss!

Seeing this, Zhao Si finally breathed a sigh of relief; although he had earlier guessed that the chapter's boss could not reach Pangu's level, Pangu never expressed an opinion, so his worry never ceased.

Now Pangu actively sought out Xue Xuan and expressed his personal wish, thereby turning that speculation into fact:

The ultimate boss is not Pangu, but…… Lao Jun and Lao He!

On the contrary, Pangu, who looks like a world‑destroying villain, is actually an ally!

And to defeat the boss, Xue Xuan doesn't need to act himself; he can simply steal Pangu's max‑level account, wield the godly power of creating heaven and earth, and solo the two sages.

Thus the boss fight's difficulty plummets……

Zhao Si thought carefully:

"Using a max‑level account to solo the sages…… the difficulty coefficient isn't just small, it actually gets smaller……"

But it's understandable, since the chapter's main difficulty lies mostly in the early‑mid stages; thanks to Ming He, the ultimate riddle‑person, Xue Xuan's first two lives were like a headless fly bumping around, completely unaware of the plot's contradictions or who the enemy was, only able to solve puzzles.

With puzzle difficulty this high, correspondingly the boss fight's difficulty will be low, making the overall difficulty comparable to that of chapters one and two……

"However, this riddle‑person Ming He really deserves a beating!"

Not only Zhao Si thinks so; Xue Xuan probably feels the same:

"He deserves a good thrashing!" "Although Ming He has plenty of excuses, the fact that he slaughtered countless Ashura admits no justification."

"The Primordial's decline wasn't caused by him, but the Ashura's decline was truly brought about by him alone!"

For the Ashura, their lives were blameless, yet Ming He sacrificed them to exchange for the Primordial's survival—essentially an absolute extermination of humanity.

Moreover, Ming He knew this fully; he was not inadvertently evil, but deliberately killed, deliberately driving the Ashura into a deadly pit!

He knows all this, yet he still does it; to console himself he even fabricated a so‑called "test," turning "sacrifice" into a "test"…… abstract to the extreme.

In a sense, Ming He's actions toward the Ashura are no different from what Di Jun once did to humanity: both impose their will on a race, mouthing "for the sake of all beings" while committing beastly deeds.

And in this beastliness, Ming He surpasses Di Jun, for he is the Ashura's own father, making his nature even more vicious!

The two protagonist races of heaven and earth share a mysterious, identical fate—both ravaged by mighty divinities beyond remedy; I truly don't know if this is a special privilege reserved for heaven‑and‑earth's protagonists……

"Humanity finally toppled Di Jun from his throne; the Ashura ought to likewise give Ming He a sound thrashing—if Ming He weren't an immortal sage, they should even drag him to heaven for sacrifice!"

Zhao Si pondered: if Xue Xuan cleared the game normally, Ming He's karmic debt would never be settled!

The Dao Ancestor won't blame him, for he acted under the Dao Ancestor's orders.

The Six Saints won't blame him either, for they are mere puppets, uninvolved and aloof.

Hope that the two idiots will bring heavenly justice? With the Dao Ancestor holding them back, that's obviously impossible.

Under these circumstances, aside from Ming He self‑punishing three drinks as a warning, the Ashura have no way to exact revenge……

Could it be that countless Ashura have died in vain since the decline? Can this truly be called a perfect ending?

"Of course not, so Pangu's true form is used precisely here!"

Upon thinking this, Zhao Si understood the significance of Pangu's true form being reassembled.

"He isn't meant to create heaven and earth, but to serve as a tool, helping the Ashura exact revenge and wipe clean every sin they cannot themselves purge!" "Without Pangu's true form, even if Xue Xuan achieved an ending in the Eternal Primordial, it wouldn't earn a high rating."

"Only by reviving Pangu's true form can the Ashura's resentment have a chance to vent…… only then is it perfect!"

All the plot's key points instantly link up, forming a simple, clear storyline: Xue Xuan wasn't born for the fate of heaven and earth; he needn't consider what heaven and earth will become, nor worry about the future of the Primordial's beings, for from the moment he was born in the shattered Primordial world, the Primordial has already welcomed its true savior! As a "high‑grade anchor," he himself can save the world! Xue Xuan's sole purpose in life is to viciously smash Ming He's face and avenge the Ashura!

But he is weak; even maxing his cultivation, he cannot defeat Ming He.

Thus Lao Pan came into being.

He is the ultimate tool‑person for beating Ming He!

Whether to carve a path of survival for the living Ashura or to seek justice for the dead, Lao Pan must overthrow Ming He to make it happen.

"This round is truly twist after twist after twist…… my head's spinning from the twists!"

Zhao Si pondered with interest: from the start, the orthodox cultivators Xue Xuan met as a child have twisted into the idea that everyone deserves to die, a cannibalistic heresy.

Next, Jingxin Daoren and other kind‑hearted cultivators flipped Xue Xuan's view of the cannibalistic world back again.

Then upon first meeting Jin Bing, initially thought to be a pirated copy, it turned out to be a genuine replica.

After that came the factional issue of Ming He versus the Heavenly Dao's Pangu; both sides kept flip‑flopping, sometimes righteous, sometimes villainous, practically hopping left and right……

"The fragmented information caused my and Xue Xuan's perspective on matters to shift again and again; looking at the same concrete person or thing, we kept arriving at utterly different conclusions……"

"Indeed, nothing can be simply defined, or we'll likely get one‑sided, wrong answers; to truly understand anything, we must examine it from all angles and multiple perspectives, only then can we make reliable judgments."

Zhao Si couldn't help but sigh: "Well, then what comes next should truly be the perfect grand ending!"

"This will be a perfect ending both for all beings of the Eternal Primordial and for every member of the Ashura Clan!"

"But……"

Zhao Si scratched his head:

"Why does Pangu specifically target Hongjun and Ming He? Normally, Pangu should be a newborn consciousness, incapable of holding a grudge against anyone." "Unless…… he inherited part of the Heavenly Dao's will……"

Pangu is clearly not the Heavenly Dao's two idiots; he's even stupider than them! Yet the Heavenly Dao itself is a recombination of Pangu's consciousness, so after Pangu's reassembly, its consciousness theoretically should have undergone partial adjustment and reconstruction.

He certainly isn't the Heavenly Dao; the Heavenly Dao has perished, but he should also be considered an inheritor of its will.

Only thus can we explain his innate hatred toward the Two Sages: the Heavenly Dao was fooled by Hongjun as a simpleton for years, then sealed by Ming He for countless years…… master and disciple have truly offended him grievously!

Thus Pangu would harbor a revenge motive.

"In that case, thrashing Lao Jun and his disciple becomes the shared wish of Xiao Heizi and Lao Pan—no wonder they hit it off at once……"

So: Lao Jun! Lao He! Ready to take an elbow strike!

……

【You and Pangu hit it off, deciding to fiercely elbow the opposing master‑disciple pair, thoroughly avenging your grudge!】

【With Jin Bing's dazed, oblivious witness throughout, Pangu's will completely attached to your body; in an instant your consciousness seemed to sublimate, and quickly expanded under Pangu's guidance……】

【Between the fragmented heavens and earth, they sensed it, and suddenly myriad portents appeared!】

【Heaven rained blossoms, earth surged with golden lotuses, purple aura streamed thirty thousand miles—truly the signs of attaining sagehood!】

No, you have now surpassed the saint; the infinite 'has' temporarily became part of you, allowing you to consciously control the entire Pangu True Body.

The law-breaking divine power of Pangu, born of matter, is at your disposal; you are now equivalent to the Pangu True Body, and even under your conscious control, the Pangu True Body's infinite might is stronger than under the control of a great idiot!

Invisible to all, you, a minor Golden Immortal, have obtained an unsurpassed power never imagined; you now possess the strength to defeat a saint alone.

However, you are ultimately not Pangu, cannot truly wield this power; you have only one chance, and once used, your true form will be revealed.

But this is enough for you!

Under the witness of the Six Saints Divine Selection, you have become the Pangu Divine Selection!

Your flesh sits cross-legged in utter calm, while your consciousness spreads: from the Fragmented Heaven and Earth, into Pangu's interior.

Blood, meridians, muscles, bones, skin and hair… a vastly huge, weathered middle-aged man's image is vividly imprinted upon your perception…

Powerful! No need for many words!

But the excessively huge size still hinders you; after a moment's thought, a Size-Shifting Technique envelops your true form, and your stature swiftly shrinks…

Shortly thereafter, you return to a normal human stature.

Then, you open your eyes.

Eight Saints come into view!

……

The Eight Saints stare in astonishment at your sudden shrinkage: "Isn't Pangu a witless brute? Why has he suddenly begun using techniques?"

Something's off……

Faced with the surprise, the Saints' original ease vanished instantly, their faces turning grave as if facing a great foe!

You feel the infinite power within you, and all past tragic memories surge forth: mortals struck by heavenly disasters, cultivators preying on mortals, the Immortal Realm deceiving cultivators… death, tears, souls, sorrow… the tragedy of the Asura demands a complete ending and reckoning!

Your eyes flash red as you wildly charge toward Hongjun and Minghe: the time for revenge has come!

Your great difference astonishes the Saints, and they all attack you.

The Slay Immortal Sword is upon you, and you neither dodge nor evade!

The Cauldron of Heaven and Earth is upon you, and you show no hesitation!

The Vajra Pestle is upon you, and you treat it as if it were nothing!

……

Under the gaze of all, you ruthlessly seize Lao He and Lao Jun, who could not dodge in time.

Old bastard Lao He, take my Asura Elbow Strike!

One elbow to the face, Lao He is elbowed into a distorted visage, his tiny eyes filled with great bewilderment: "Why single me out for the elbow?"

Old bastard Lao Jun, take my Pangu Bear Hug!

Both arms clutch the astonished Lao Jun, and you slam him hard to the ground, leaving the old bastard twitching, unable to recover for a long while…

Elbow strike! Elbow strike! Again elbow strike!

Bear hug! Bear hug! Again bear hug!

You disregard the Six Saints' attacks, focusing solely on this vile master-disciple pair!

Two Saints: Lao Xue, don't elbow!

……

(End of Chapter)