Chapter 191

translation: "After the voice of the Great Dao fell, the Golden Crow's face broke into a smile, a victorious smile; he had won his wager, and the Great Dao was indeed cultivating, just as his true self had anticipated, a powerhouse capable of impacting Chaos and opening up the world."

translation: We need to produce natural English without Chinese. Let's craft: "【4】 We need to translate. 'Golden Crow' is a creature's name; it's not a person's name, so we translate it as 'Golden Crow'. 'The voice of the Great Dao' means 'the voice of the Great Dao', and 'after it fell' means 'after it fell'. Thus: 'After the voice of the Great Dao fell, the Golden Crow's face showed a smile, a victorious smile; he had won his bet, the Great Dao indeed was cultivating, as his true self had guessed, a powerhouse capable of impacting Chaos and opening up the world.'"

translation: "【6】 Checking: the phrase means 'as his true self had guessed' and 'cultivating a strong one capable of impacting Chaos and opening up the world.' So the full translation is: 'After the voice of the Great Dao fell, the Golden Crow's face showed a smile, a victorious smile; he had won his bet, the Great Dao indeed was cultivating, as his true self had guessed, a powerhouse capable of impacting Chaos and opening up the world.'"

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output: "【14】 After the Heavenly Dao disappeared, the Great Dao soon followed; once the Great Dao vanished, the Heavenly Court's fortune began to shift, concentrating entirely on the Golden Crow."

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output: "【17】 After several breaths, the Heavenly Court's fortune fully shifted to the Golden Crow; the next second the entire Heavenly Court trembled, and everyone sensed that the Heavenly Court had changed."

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output: "【20】 Previously, the Heavenly Court left the Demon Race feeling alien, with no trace of its former closeness; but once the Golden Crow proclaimed the restoration of the Demon Court, the Demon Race instantly felt familiarity and warmth."

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output: "【23】 Sensing the change in the Heavenly Court, the Golden Crow smiled and said, 'Jade Emperor, just as I said before, you can relax and enjoy being a wealthy mortal lord!'"

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output: "【28】 After reclaiming the Heavenly Court's fortune, the Demon Sect's fortune surged, and Taishang Laojun broke into a victorious smile."

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output: "【31】 'The advantage is mine! What do you have to fight me with? This round, this humble daoist wins!' Taishang Laojun muttered."

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"So the next second, Taishang Laojun's smile froze on his face, followed immediately by anger and panic!"

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output: "【37】 On Shouyang Mountain, in the Sage Bright Hall, Panhuang, upon hearing the Golden Crow's words, broke into a smile just like Taishang Laojun's earlier."

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"This wave, the advantage is mine; after all, I still win!" Panhuang said with a smile.

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output: "【43】 Turning his gaze back to the Demon Court, after the Golden Crow gathered the Heavenly Court's fortune into himself, he reassembled all the Demon Race, this time setting the meeting at the Demon Race's main base in the Northern Kuru Continent."

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output: "【46】 'Great Dao above, our Demon Race since Pangu opened the heavens—now I, in the name of the Demon Court's Demon Emperor, abolish the Demon Sect; from now on the Demon Race will have only the Demon Emperor, no sect leader!' the Golden Crow shouted while kneeling on the altar. Before the Heavenly Dao could descend, the Great Dao descended first, leaving no chance for the Heavenly Dao, and readily accepted the Golden Crow's words."

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output: "【49】 In the Great Dao's view, after Pangu opened the Primordial Wasteland, his task was complete; whenever a cultivator capable of transcending the Heavenly Dao appeared in the Primordial Wasteland, the Great Dao would nurture them—and the Golden Crow is clearly such a one, favored by the Great Dao for transcending the Heavenly Dao."

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output: "【52】 After the Great Dao agreed, the Demon Sect's fortune began to be devoured by the Demon Court, and within a few breaths it was completely gone."

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Actually it's not really devouring, just a conversion; after all, whether it's the Demon Sect or the Demon Court, they are the same people.

output: "【56】 Actually it's not devouring but a conversion, since the Demon Sect and the Demon Court consist of the same people."

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output: "【61】 'No! Don't! Don't!' cried the Grand Pure One, feeling his Quasi-Sage realm—late, middle, early—collapse in terror."

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"But his cries were utterly useless; even with all his strength, he could not stop the decline of his realm."

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"Finally, the Grand Pure One could not hold on; his realm ultimately fell from the Sage position."

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output: "【70】 When the Grand Pure One fell from Sagehood, the Primordial Wasteland reacted instantly: the sky darkened, sorrow filled every being's heart—except Panhuang, whom the Heavenly Dao could not touch."

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output: "【73】 'It seems Fellow Daoist Panhuang has succeeded!' muttered the Nether River in the Sea of Blood."

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output: "【76】 As his words fell, blood rain began to fall from the sky—the Heavenly Dao's lament, signaling its loss due to the Grand Pure One's fall from Sagehood."

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output: "【79】 In the Primordial Wasteland, mortals unaware of the cause thought it was heavenly wrath and knelt at their ancestral temples to pray."

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output: "【82】 The people of Chechi Kingdom felt panic spread upon seeing this, sensing they had lost something precious but unable to identify what."

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Actually their panic arose because of the loss of fortune; Taishang Laojun had merged Chechi Kingdom's fortune into the Demon Sect, and now that the Demon Sect no longer exists, Chechi Kingdom's fortune was naturally also devoured.

output: "【86】 Their panic stemmed from lost fortune: Taishang Laojun had merged Chechi Kingdom's fortune into the Demon Sect, which no longer exists, so Chechi Kingdom's fortune was also devoured."

Now the people of Chechi Kingdom have become rootless duckweed; awaiting them are only two outcomes: first, self-destruction, because without the protection of fortune, Chechi Kingdom will suffer endless disasters, and finally they will all die in heavenly calamities; second, they will be annihilated, annexed, and become slaves of other nations.

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"Actually becoming slaves of other nations would be better, after all at least they could still survive, right? This depends on how the people of Chechi Kingdom will think about it when the time comes."

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output: "【94】 As soon as the Grand Pure One fell from Sagehood, Panhuang went to the Eight Views Palace, where he found Taishang Laojun listlessly slumped on a rush mat, his Quasi-Sage aura gone and replaced by that of a Great Luo Golden Immortal."

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output: "【97】 Normally a Quasi-Sage's Three Corpses cultivation matches his own, barely fluctuating even if his main body weakens—but the Grand Pure One's fall from Sagehood also affected his Three Corpses."

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output: "【100】 'I too have placed my piece; it seems I have won this round,' Panhuang said with a smile."

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output: "【103】 Taishang Laojun didn't speak, but his gaze locked onto Panhuang; he no longer had the confidence to speak harshly, for he was no longer a Sage and Panhuang could easily dominate him."

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output: "【106】 'From the time Nüwa created humans and attained Sagehood, you have been scheming to seize the fortunes of all sides, wanting to use them to go further and transcend the Heavenly Dao; now this can be seen as a punishment for your ambition,' Panhuang said with a sneer."

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Thus: "'I, in the name of a Sage, decree that from today onward, the Eastern Sea Tang Valley shall be sealed, not to be opened unless the Infinite Calamity occurs!' The next second, Panhuang's voice echoed throughout the Primordial Wasteland."

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Panhuang ignored Taishang Laojun, turned and left the Tang Valley; after he left the Tang Valley, Sage power erupted, submerging the Tang Valley in the Eastern Sea thereafter, and besides Panhuang, no one will be able to find the Tang Valley.

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"After saying that, he vanished above the Eastern Sea."

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"If they were to oppose Panhuang, letting Panhuang start targeting them, would their fate not be the same as Laozi's? They certainly do not wish to lose their Sage positions."

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So: "'Senior brother, rest assured, I will never oppose him again; I don't want to become like Laozi, and as a junior brother I still know what is important.' Zhunti said."

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"'Mm!' Jieyin nodded, and then they once again turned their gaze toward Panhuang."

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"After all, you are no longer a Sage; with my strength, a single clash with you would still find plenty of opponents in the Primordial Wasteland."

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"This is Chaos; the dojo he is currently in is a Sage's dojo, but having lost his Sage power, he simply cannot seal the dojo."

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"Besides, he is also eternally sealed within this dojo; now Laozi, if he dares to step even half a pace out of the dojo, will instantly be assimilated by the Chaos qi."

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"So upon hearing Panhuang's voice, Laozi's already unsightly complexion instantly darkened, but now he simply dares not say anything, for he knows Panhuang's character: the more he resists, the happier Panhuang becomes."

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"'Yo! Your complexion isn't bad, actually much better than before Jieyin and Zhunti; I thought you'd be listless.' Upon seeing Laozi, Panhuang exclaimed in surprise."

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"Panhuang did not conceal his voice, and moreover Laozi's dojo lacked the Sage power to suppress it, so other Sages could easily hear Panhuang's words."

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Jieyin's face showed no expression, but his prepared demeanor exhibited a momentary stiffness, which quickly returned to normal.

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We need to keep quotes. So translation: "'Why aren't you speaking? Are you naturally disinclined to talk?' Seeing Laozi lower his head, a mute demeanor, Panhuang asked with a laugh."

But we need to include the preceding sentences. Let's produce full translation: "Here in Chaos, only these few Sages know about their affairs; the myriad beings of the Primordial Wasteland don't know about the two of them, and that's enough. Besides, among the Sages, Zhunti is notorious for being shameless; thinking of this, Zhunti also felt resigned, for he himself is essentially a ruin, how could there be talk of collapsing? 'Why aren't you speaking? Are you naturally disinclined to talk?' Seeing Laozi lower his head, a mute demeanor, Panhuang asked with a laugh."

Hearing Pan Huang's words, Nüwa couldn't hold back—he's striking at the heart, striking at the heart! But no sage stood up for Laozi, because they didn't want to provoke Pan Huang, this plague god.

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We need to keep quotes and punctuation? We'll translate the content, preserving meaning.

Translation:

"Indeed, as expected of a former sage, your state of mind is still quite good; seeing you like this, I feel relieved. By the way, this is my message jade slip. If you want to go to the Primordial Wasteland, crush the jade slip and I'll take you there to have a look; otherwise, staying cooped up here will make you sick. Hahahaha!" Panhuang said, finally bursting into loud laughter, then turned and left Laozi's Daoist Hall.

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Now ensure we keep the quotes? The source includes quotation marks around the speech. We can keep them or not? The instruction: translate faithfully, not add or omit. The quotation marks are part of the text. We should keep them. So we need to output the speech with quotation marks. Let's keep the Chinese quotation marks? Usually we replace with English quotes. The source uses 「」. We'll translate to English double quotes. That's acceptable as translation of punctuation. Not adding or omitting meaning. So we keep double quotes.

Thus line 【61】 translation:

【"Indeed, as expected of a former sage, your state of mind is still quite good; seeing you like this, I feel relieved. By the way, this is my message jade slip. If you want to go to the Primordial Wasteland, crush the jade slip and I'll take you there to have a look; otherwise, staying cooped up here will make you sick. Hahahaha!" Panhuang said, finally bursting into loud laughter, then turned and left Laozi's Daoist Hall.】

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Thus translation: "Indeed, as expected of a former sage, your state of mind is still quite good; seeing you like this, I feel relieved. By the way, this is my message jade slip. If you want to go to the Primordial Wasteland, crush the jade slip and I'll take you there to have a look; otherwise, staying cooped up here will make you sick. Hahahaha!" Panhuang said, finally bursting into loud laughter, then turned and left Laozi's Daoist Hall.

Now we need to output as 【61】 translation.

Proceed similarly for each line.

After leaving Laozi's Daoist temple, Panhuang came to the Zixiao Palace again; this time, although the Zixiao Palace was still sealed, Panhuang found a loophole in it and directly forced open the Zixiao Palace's seal, then entered.

"His strength has increased again!" the pupils of the one who abused Nüwa contracted.

This is the Zixiao Palace, and that is the Heavenly Dao's seal—Panhuang actually broke the Heavenly Dao's seal with ease; does this mean Panhuang already possesses the strength of the Heavenly Dao? "What am I thinking? Daoist friend Panhuang has already fought the Heavenly Dao more than once and not been at a disadvantage; breaking this seal should not be difficult, right?" Nüwa gave a self-mocking laugh, then stopped paying attention to Panhuang, closed her eyes and went into cultivation.

Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu also looked shocked—this is the Heavenly Dao's seal! "Is this the greatness of a mixed-yuan sage?" Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu involuntarily muttered to themselves.

Jieyin and Zhunti were already used to it; they had long known Panhuang's strength was great, so this move did not surprise them.

After entering the Zixiao Palace, Panhuang saw Heavenly Dao Hongjun, whose whole body emitted white light.

This white light is the Heavenly Dao, and the person within the white light is Hongjun; at this moment his expression was strange—half indifferent, half excited, the indifference being the Heavenly Dao, the excitement being Xuanmen Hongjun.

"Anomaly, have you come to watch my jokes?" the Heavenly Dao said coldly upon seeing Panhuang.

"Greetings, Daoist friend!" As soon as the Heavenly Dao's words fell, Xuanmen Hongjun's voice sounded.

"I just came to see what a deficiency in the Heavenly Dao looks like." Panhuang said with a smile.

"Hongjun Daoist friend, I believe in you; you can definitely transcend the Heavenly Dao—come on!" Panhuang made a cheering gesture toward Xuanmen Hongjun, then leaned against the pillar of the Zixiao Palace with a smile, watching them.

The half-excited face showed a smile; thereafter, the white light on Hongjun's body flickered more frequently and intensely. Panhuang knew that the outcome between them would be decided in just a dozen breaths.

Indeed, after a dozen breaths, Panhuang noticed a strand of white light squeezed out of Hongjun's flesh; the appearance of this strand of white light was like a fuse, and in the next instant, an endless stream of white light poured out from Hongjun's flesh, quickly condensing before him into a thumb-sized white ball of light.

(End of chapter)