Chapter 206: Hong Jun Opens Heaven; He Takes Charge of the Opening Heaven Calamity

Ultimately, Xiang Xiang Xiang Xuanqing received the Nine-Dragon Sandalwood Palanquin, Jing Yao obtained the Li Di Yan Guang Flag, and Xiang Master Master Yuchen acquired the Wuji Purple Lightning Hammer.

The Three Pure Ones had fully exploited Hong Jun's resources and, as desired, expressed their support for the celestial court's work.

"Dong Hua, my friend, our celestial immortal lineage will certainly support your endeavors."

Shang Zun Jing Yao smiled and said: "Dong Hua, my friend, I wonder if your celestial court needs any alchemists?"

"Huh?"

Dong Hua, cautiously, asked: "What do you mean, my friend?"

Shang Zun Jing Yao said: "If your celestial court could establish a Dandian, I could reside there permanently."

"Yes! Yes!"

Emperor Dong Hua, overjoyed, hurriedly said: "If you are willing to grace us with your presence, not just one Dandian—even ten Dandian can be built!"

"It's settled then." Shang Zun Jing Yao was equally delighted.

He wasn't joking—he genuinely intended to become the chief alchemist of the celestial court.

That way, he'd never worry about having no one to consume his pills.

The celestial court gained the support of the Three Pure Ones, and Shang Zun Jing Yao could now conduct large-scale alchemy.

It was a perfect win-win!

Hong Jun, seated on the high dais, twitched his eyebrows.

The moment Shang Zun Jing Yao spoke, Hong Jun sensed disaster looming.

Dong Hua had eagerly invited him—so much so that the Dao Ancestor nearly leapt up to bang his head.

Xiang Xiang Xiang Xuanqing's spiritual treasures could still be used.

Xiang Master Master Yuchen's arrays were also decent.

But could ordinary immortals withstand Jing Yao's pills?

Sending him to be the celestial court's alchemist might see the newly founded court destroyed not by demonic forces, but by the Supreme Lord of Morality himself!

Hong Jun opened his mouth several times, then closed it again.

But seeing Emperor Dong Hua's enthusiastic expression, he swallowed his warning.

【Friend, don't worry—we're only opening an office in the celestial court.】Xiang Xiang Xiang Xuanqing, sensing Hong Jun's unease, reassured him:

【As for the pills, a little side effect isn't normal?】

As the saying goes, 'Good fortune harbors misfortune; misfortune hides good fortune.' How can you be certain that Tai Qing's arrival is a misfortune?

Then how can you be certain it's good fortune?

Hong Jun glanced at Xiang Xiang Xiang Xuanqing.

Still uneasy, He whispered to Shang Zun Jing Yao: 【Friend, the celestial court is newly founded, its immortals fragile—please show mercy, cherish all beings.】

【Try to brew fewer wolf-and-tiger medicines, fewer divine and sinister pills.】

It was pitiful indeed.

Hong Jun, the supreme Dao Ancestor, the pinnacle deity of the Hong Huang, who had watched the ebb and flow of eternity, feared no enemy, and reigned supreme across infinite time and space—

Now, merely hearing that Shang Zun Jing Yao would become the celestial court's alchemist, his eternal, indestructible Dao heart trembled slightly, and He pleaded, almost begging, for Jing Yao to remain benevolent.

【Friend, you misunderstand me deeply.】

Shang Zun Jing Yao sighed: 【My pills truly have great utility—everyone who takes them says they work wonders. How can you call them wolf-and-tiger medicines or divine and sinister pills?】

Hong Jun remained silent.

【Alright, alright.】

Shang Zun Jing Yao shook his head, then said: 【Since you're uneasy, I'll send a Dao body to the celestial court to oversee things—how about that?】

【Can a Dao body also brew pills?】 Hong Jun, still doubtful, pressed again.

【Of course.】

Two words made Hong Jun's heart thump violently.

【But immortals can consume them too.】 Shang Zun Jing Yao assured.

【Then that's good.】 Hong Jun finally exhaled—so long as they were edible, there was still hope.

As for side effects, and what kind—they'd depend on how moral Shang Zun Jing Yao's Dao body was.

Emperor Dong Hua didn't know that in those few breaths, he had just walked the edge of death.

He was still discussing arrays with Dao Jun Lord Lord Yucheng.

"Friend, when the time comes, you'll need to oversee the celestial court's protective barrier and the major arrays of each heavenly palace."

"No problem." Dao Jun Lord Lord Yucheng was clearly far more reliable—Hong Jun hadn't even come over to give special instructions.

Other immortals, seeing the Three Pure Ones had agreed, quickly deduced the truth: Dong Hua was backed by Hong Jun.

Now that the Three Pure Ones had joined, they must have struck a deal with Hong Jun.

So everyone held back, carefully retaining the initiative in negotiations, waiting for Hong Jun to contact them.

【Heh, old Dao, none of these guys are easy to fool!】Yang Mei watched the scene with amusement.

Hong Jun shook his head: 【Is there even a deity in this Hong Huang who's easy to fool?】

Not just deities—even a roadside weed in this Hong Huang had eighty thousand hidden schemes.

This wasn't an exaggeration.

After all, in the True Realm, every ordinary weed corresponded to a world—or even a universe—in its timeline.

Step outside, and you might step into a trap without noticing.

"Fighting deities is endlessly entertaining," Hong Jun continued negotiating with others.

Each had their own style, their own considerations.

Hong Jun always precisely grasped the direction, penetrated their intentions—like an experienced helmsman guiding multiple captains, steering the "Celestial Vessel" toward distant horizons.

"If I can settle them, I'll have settled half the Hong Huang!"

These allies Hong Jun chose weren't random.

After several rounds of negotiation, the basic framework of the celestial realm was finally settled.

"Thus, all is prepared—only awaiting the birth of the celestial realm."

All immortals turned to Hong Jun.

Xiang Xiang Xiang Xuanqing asked: "Should the celestial realm be founded upon Bai Yu Jing, transcending all worlds and spacetimes?"

The demonic realm had taken this path.

The Demon Ancestor used the Demon Heaven as his foundation, triggering the Opening Heaven Demon Catastrophe and the Hong Huang Demon Chaos to accumulate the capital needed for the demonic realm's transcendence.

"No!"

Hong Jun shook his head: "Bai Yu Jing is where we convened—it is not part of the celestial realm."

Nv Wa instantly understood Hong Jun's plan.

"Precisely!"

Hong Jun gave her an approving glance.

Jie Yin worried: "Opening heaven brings calamity. Now with another demonic calamity, if we open heaven, the scale will be immense!"

At this, all immortals nodded.

The scene of Nv Wa and Fu Xi opening heaven was still vivid in their minds—truly a gathering of heroes.

From the Hong Huang True Realm, the myriad worlds and infinite spacetimes, every deity who could go had gone—it was nothing short of a spectacle.

They'd been blackmailed by the two siblings, then struck by a demonic iron fist afterward—the memory was fresh.

If this happened again, wouldn't it sink the celestial realm?

"Your concern is not without merit."

Yang Mei beside him nodded gently, smiling: "But this problem has already been resolved."

Resolved?

The Three Pure Ones reacted first.

"It seems the Demon Ancestor's gift has been chosen," Dao Jun Lord Lord Yucheng chuckled—he'd wondered why Hong Jun had invited Luo Hou and insisted he bring a gift.

Now he saw: Hong Jun had planned this all along.

"Friend, you truly have profound foresight," Shang Zun Jing Yao looked at Hong Jun, beginning to suspect his motives for instigating the celestial-demonic war.

On the surface, it seemed Hong Jun found the demonic path repulsive, unable to tolerate their grand schemes.

Deeper still, he sought to curb demonic influence, preventing them from growing too powerful and obstructing the development of the celestial path.

Even deeper: to proclaim the glory of the celestial path, establishing it firmly on the Hong Huang stage as the leader of the age.

But now, there was yet another layer.

That was to neutralize the Opening Heaven Calamity!

Every opening of heaven brings calamity.

If Hong Jun opened heaven in the Chaos to create the supreme celestial realm, it would be at least a Great Luo universe—with divine and demonic calamities.

Add the demonic interference, and the Opening Heaven War would dwarf the Mount Xumi Mountain Battle in scale and difficulty.

If successful, fine.

But if it failed, wouldn't the celestial path become a laughingstock?

Even a one-in-a-billion chance of failure Hong Jun would not allow.

Now, by seizing the opportunity of the demonic sect's founding, he launched a direct, overwhelming move, seizing initiative—and simultaneously neutralizing a greater calamity.

This deal was immensely profitable.

Facing all their gazes, Hong Jun smiled: "Shall we all journey into the Chaos together, to witness the grand spectacle of Opening Heaven?"

'Go!'

In the chaos, the Great Great Pangu Banner swelled as it caught the wind.

The immortals strode out of Bai Yu Jing and entered the chaos.

Hong Jun took one step forward and unleashed the great divine art of Fa Tian Xiang Di.

This was the supreme method of divine manifestation; other immortals, once activated, could instantly transform into divine mountains and great peaks.

The manifestation wielded by a Da Luo Supreme was none other than heaven and earth itself.

Hong Jun stood firm in the chaos, his figure towering as if equal to Great Great Pangu himself—worthy of being called the Great Great Pangu Giant Body!

The chaotic-colored Great Great Pangu Banner crackled loudly, empowered by the mysteries of the myriad heavens; the supreme sword intent surged through the banner, coalescing into chaotic sword qi that sliced through the chaos like cutting tofu.

One portion of chaos was shattered into fragments; clear and turbid elements emerged everywhere, winds and waters arose everywhere, earth and fire evolved everywhere.

'Friend, lend me the Taiji Tu!'

Yang Mei stepped forward and also transformed into the Great Great Pangu Giant Body.

'Good!'

The Yin-Yang Daoist showed no hesitation, even a hint of pride.

What opening tool could be more efficient than the Three Treasures of Creation?

To subdue earth, fire, water, and wind, the Taiji Tu was still the best!

'Come!'

Yang Mei took the Taiji Tu and unfurled it.

In an instant, clear and turbid separated; the chaotic earth, fire, water, and wind were instantly calmed.

The clear qi rose high to become heaven; the turbid qi sank low to form earth; the earth solidified into mountains and rivers, fire became the blazing sun, water gathered into rivers and lakes, and wind scattered across the world, endowing this realm with vitality.

Heaven and earth gradually took shape; the vast torrent of calamity had already formed.

The immortals looked on.

Throughout the myriad heavens and spacetimes, demonic shadows loomed thickly, converging toward this place.

The Gate of Demon Heaven descended.

A towering figure appeared; behind Him followed demon kings, boundless demonic entities.

Luo Hou simply watched Hong Jun and Yang Mei open heaven and earth, made no move to trigger the calamity, and even actively helped suppress the calamity energy.

'So he really became the contractor for the Creation Calamity?' Jing Yao Shang Zun's expression was odd; he glanced at Xuan Qing beside him, whose expression was calm, and guessed this idea was ninety-nine percent his.

Otherwise, the Demon Ancestor Luo Hou probably couldn't have thought of such a maneuver.

In the chaos, Hong Jun and Yang Mei did not retract their divine arts.

They still had more actions.

The Taiji Tu radiated ten thousand rays of aurora and a thousand streams of auspicious light; Taiji divided into Yin and Yang, harmonized the transformations of Three Talents and Four Symbols, and transformed into a Golden Bridge connecting the inside and outside of the world's embryonic membrane, guiding the chaotic tide into this newborn world.

BOOM!

Before the chaotic tide could rage, Hong Jun used immense divine power to freeze it; five-colored light shone across mountains and rivers, nine-colored auspicious energy shook the myriad heavens and the entire cosmos.

Hong Jun established a divine array around the world, refining the chaotic energy into the primordial qi of the Immortal Dao.

'This is the Central Heaven of the Immortal Realm—Juntian!'

With the realm established, the demonic entities stirred.

The Demon Ancestor Luo Hou released the first wave of demonic entities, fulfilling the calamity by coming to die.

Yes, literally to die.

Hong Jun directly raised the Great Great Pangu Banner; chaotic sword qi erupted, wielding the power to destroy heaven and earth, annihilating all.

Demonic shadows throughout the temporal river were utterly shattered;

The demonic entities, casually created by Luo Hou within Demon Heaven, rushed forward one after another, becoming the ashes of the calamity, nourishing the Immortal Realm.

Luo Hou was extremely careless—he granted them no sentience; these demonic entities were all consumables, unworthy even of being called living beings.

The Creation Calamity passed thus, utterly unremarkably.

Creation merit was born, divided four to six.

The Demon Ancestor took four-tenths.

It was that simple.

It was that much of a giveaway.

The other immortals' worldviews shattered.

So… the Creation Calamity could be handled like this?

Then in the future…

For a moment, the immortals' gazes toward the Demon Ancestor changed.

【Luo Hou, friend, will you take more orders?】

【Can this service be pre-booked? I'd like to reserve one.】

Everyone eagerly contacted Luo Hou, addressing him as 'friend' with great enthusiasm.

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