Chapter 219

219. Chapter 216: Chance Encounter with Hongjun, Rumors of the Great Heavens

"The Great Heavens! It seems this Emperor must also cultivate diligently. Although this Emperor is only a projection, this Emperor is also an independent individual. This Great Heavens, this true body is determined to go," the Great Golden Crow muttered to himself.

Pan Huang did not know that the Great Golden Crow would have such a strong reaction after learning the information about the Great Heavens, but even if he knew, he would not say anything; instead, he would encourage the Great Golden Crow.

After all, the Great Golden Crow was his own projection. If he could enter the Great Heavens, it would mean his strength was already very strong, and then he would have one more helper.

"I didn't expect him to have reached this point. In the future journey to the Great Heavens, this will definitely be a reliable teammate," inside the Pangu Temple, Pangu also muttered to himself.

"When Father God Pangu awakens, the journey to the Great Heavens will definitely have a capable assistant," inside the Heavenly Dao space, Pan Huang muttered to himself.

Because he had not returned to the Primordial World for eight hundred years, after seeing Pangu, Pan Huang called Zhao Gongming and the others to the Heavenly Dao space. He wanted to understand the current situation in the Primordial World.

"What is the situation in the Primordial World now?" Pan Huang asked.

"Master, nowadays there are only two countries left in the Nine Provinces. The remaining mortals have all been transferred by the Heavenly Dao to the Earth Star," Zhao Gongming said.

"Hmm? How did this happen?" Pan Huang was a bit surprised.

He could guess about the Earth Star, but he had not guessed that the Heavenly Dao had actually transferred all the mortals to the Earth Star.

"Because the human race is developing very quickly. Under the protection of the Ren Sect and the Saint Court, the speed at which the human race reproduces is almost three times faster than other races. So the Heavenly Dao transferred all those mortals without talent to the Earth Star. The human race remaining in the Primordial World now are all cultivators," Yun Zhongzi said.

"And which two countries are they?" Pan Huang was a bit curious.

"One is the Great Tang Empire, and the other is your Daughter Kingdom, Master."

"Oh? Is it still called the Daughter Kingdom there?" Pan Huang asked curiously.

"Yes!" Zhao Gongming and the others nodded.

"Alright. How are the human ancestors now?" Pan Huang asked again.

"Very well. Although most mortals are on the Earth Star, the Saint Court has established an ascension channel between the Earth Star and the Primordial World. People on the Earth Star can ascend to the Primordial World through cultivation. Although cultivators in the Primordial World cannot go down to the Earth Star, they can project their own shadows onto the Earth Star," Yuding Zhenren said.

"Hmm, it seems that with the new Heavenly Dao, everything in this Primordial World is developing in a good direction!" Pan Huang nodded with satisfaction.

If the Primordial World was developing in a good direction, then when Pangu awakened, his strength would not be too weak.

"You all must hurry up. Otherwise, you really won't be able to transcend," Pan Huang looked at the Chaos and muttered to himself.

After staying in this Heavenly Dao space for another few years, Pan Huang returned to the Chaos.

Now, whenever Pan Huang stayed in the Heavenly Dao space, he would have a very uncomfortable feeling. This was because his strength had improved, and although there was the suppression of the Heavenly Dao space, it would still affect the Primordial World, so the Primordial World instinctively repelled Pan Huang.

"Why don't I bring Chang Xi and the other one to the Dao field? Cultivating in the Chaos should be much faster," Pan Huang thought to himself after returning to the Dao field.

Subsequently, he left two jade talismans in the Heavenly Dao space. These jade talismans contained what he wanted to say. Besides that, these two jade talismans could also protect them as they safely arrived at his Dao field.

After doing all this, Pan Huang set off again.

Although he had fused with the Shen Huang World, he had not increased his strength much. His current idea was to first find a few worlds of lower levels, devour their world origins, and improve his strength.

With the experience of the Shen Huang World, Pan Huang's luck seemed to have increased quite a bit. Very soon, he found a masterless world.

This was a world of pure ghosts. The entire world did not have a single living person; they were all wandering souls. This surprised Pan Huang a little, but surprise was surprise; if it had to be devoured, it had to be devoured.

With almost no effort, Pan Huang devoured this world. After devouring this world, Pan Huang's strength also improved. Although he still had not reached the peak of the Heavenly Dao, it was not far off.

According to Pan Huang's estimation, at most devouring three more worlds, his strength would be able to reach the peak of the Heavenly Dao.

While his strength was improving, Pan Huang also had an unexpected harvest. Because the devoured world was a world of pure wandering souls, the Dao rhymes of this world went straight to the place of reincarnation after entering his inner world.

When Pan Huang was in the Shen Huang World before, he had already built the framework of the reincarnation world and was just waiting to perfect it. He did not expect that after devouring this wandering soul world, the world laws and Dao rhymes would fuse with the place of reincarnation and evolve into a complete reincarnation on their own, which surprised Pan Huang a little.

Nowadays, the place of reincarnation in his inner world could operate normally. When Xie Yu entered Pan Huang's inner world, he became the Lord of Reincarnation, and the evil spirits under his command became the underworld soldiers of the place of reincarnation, which made Pan Huang quite satisfied.

After devouring another world, Pan Huang prepared to rest and stabilize his cultivation. Improving cultivation too quickly was not a good thing.

Just as he was walking toward the Dao field, he actually ran into Hongjun. Hongjun's route forward also looked like it was heading toward Pan Huang's Dao field.

"Fellow Daoist, please stay!" After seeing Hongjun, Pan Huang shouted.

Upon hearing Pan Huang's voice, Hongjun turned his head: "Greetings, Fellow Daoist Pan Huang!"

"Is Fellow Daoist here to find me?" When he arrived at Hongjun's side, Pan Huang asked.

"Exactly!" Hongjun nodded.

"Then let's go. We can chat after we reach the Dao field!" Pan Huang said with a smile.

"I wonder if Fellow Daoist has any business with me?" After returning to the Dao field, Pan Huang asked Hongjun curiously.

"Fellow Daoist, I wonder if you know of the Great Heavens?" Hongjun asked.

"The Great Heavens? Where did you learn about the Great Heavens?" Upon hearing Hongjun's words, Pan Huang's brows immediately furrowed.

"It seems Fellow Daoist also knows of the Great Heavens," seeing Pan Huang like this, Hongjun said with a smile.

"No, actually I don't know the Great Heavens. I have only heard its name; I don't understand the specific situation at all," Pan Huang shook his head.

"Fellow Daoist, then where did you learn about this Great Heavens?" Hongjun was a bit curious.

"I explored a world before, and the master of that world was a person from the Great Heavens. I wonder how you know of the Great Heavens, Fellow Daoist?" Pan Huang said. As for the specific details, he did not tell Hongjun.

"It was Fellow Daoist Yang Mei who told me," Hongjun sighed.

"Yang Mei?"

"Yes!" Hongjun nodded.

"Speaking of Yang Mei, why are you not with him?" Pan Huang asked.

"Yang Mei has returned to the Great Heavens," Hongjun gave a bitter smile.

"Returned?" Pan Huang keenly discovered the information in Hongjun's choice of words.

"Yang Mei is a student of the Great Heavens' Space-Time Academy. That is what he told me back then," Hongjun said.

"Then why didn't he take you into the Great Heavens?" Pan Huang was still quite curious about this point. Weren't Yang Mei and Hongjun teammates? Why, when returning to the Great Heavens, did he not take Hongjun along?

"First is my strength. To enter the Great Heavens, one needs at least the strength of the peak of the Heavenly Dao. Yang Mei said that the peak of the Heavenly Dao only gives one the qualifications, because in some places in the Great Heavens, even beggars have the strength of the peak of the Heavenly Dao."

"It seems this Great Heavens is not simple!" Pan Huang said with a smile.

Although he had long suspected that the Great Heavens was a world controlled by the Great Dao, he was still surprised to hear Hongjun say this.

"Actually, Yang Mei joined the Space-Time Academy very early. Before the Great God Pangu opened up the Primordial World, he was already a student of the Space-Time Academy. Yang Mei said that at least half of the Three Thousand Gods and Demons are people from the Great Heavens, and the other half are fierce beasts from the Chaos Forbidden Land."

"It seems this Chaos is truly not simple!" Pan Huang said in his heart, but his face showed no expression.

"The reason Yang Mei left you behind back then was because your existence would affect Fellow Daoist Yang Mei's acquisition of life origin," Hongjun glanced at Pan Huang, his eyes showing a bit of embarrassment.

"What do you mean?" Pan Huang did not quite understand.

"Fellow Daoist Yang Mei came out of the Space-Time Academy to train, and the purpose was to find life origin to supplement his inner world. Because his true body is a hollow willow, his way of becoming a Saint is to evolve a world, but the problem lies exactly here. The space Yang Mei uses to evolve a world is his divine ability space, and the divine ability space cannot nurture life. To nurture life, one must obtain life origin. Do you understand now, Fellow Daoist?"

"But what does this have to do with me?" Pan Huang was still confused.

"That Giant Beast World—the moment Fellow Daoist Yang Mei entered, he discovered the abnormality of the world's living beings. Subsequently, he left us directly to explore the world, for the purpose of finding life origin. But in the end, he did not find it, and you, Fellow Daoist, devoured the world in the end, and Fellow Daoist Yang Mei, he..." Hongjun did not say the last sentence, but Pan Huang already knew what he wanted to express.

"It seems this Yang Mei is not a good person either!" Pan Huang said with disdain.

"Since that is the case, why are you here, Fellow Daoist?" Pan Huang suddenly thought of something and asked hurriedly.

"Because he found life origin. Although it is said to be the life origin of a dead world, it is better than nothing!" When Hongjun mentioned the dead world, a self-deprecating look appeared on his face involuntarily.

After seeing this smile, a subtle smile appeared on the corner of Pan Huang's mouth. He knew the meaning of this self-deprecation from Hongjun.

They had encountered such a world back then, but it had been characterized by Yang Mei as a world that had already been plundered by others. He probably also had the intention of enjoying it alone, but in the end, he was beaten to it by Pan Huang.

"So, you ended up becoming a tool for Yang Mei to find life origin?" Pan Huang looked at Hongjun and said.

"You could say that!" Hongjun nodded.

"Why did Yang Mei tell you this information about the Great Heavens?"

"He told me this so that I would cultivate well and then enter the Great Heavens. He said that after entering the Great Heavens, I should go directly to the Space-Time Academy to find him, and he would protect me," Hongjun said with his head lowered.

Hearing Hongjun's words, Pan Huang curled his lips in disdain. Protect him? If Yang Mei didn't make Hongjun run errands for him, it would already be considered a kind heart.

"But I don't want to go. I know he doesn't have good intentions, so I finally came to you, Fellow Daoist," Hongjun raised his head and looked at Pan Huang with a smile.

"Alright, then Fellow Daoist, stay here for now. I just returned from exploring a world and am preparing to rest. Once I recover, we will continue on our way," Pan Huang said.

After speaking, without waiting for Hongjun to say anything, he directly vanished from the Dao field. Pan Huang was going into closed-door cultivation; his strength was improving a bit too fast.

At their level, improving their strength even a little was extremely difficult. He did not expect that it would not apply here at Pan Huang's place. (End of chapter)