Chapter 371: Xuan Qing: What Is Tai Chu Da Luo? (Combined 9k, Bonus Chapter 1)

Hong Jun lifted the Hunyuan Golden Dipper, his gaze calm as he looked at Xuan Qing, then at the grand array that covered time and space, enveloping Hong Huang.

“Didn’t expect it to be this kind of Zhuxian Array,” Hong Jun chuckled bitterly.

The last time they faced off, it had already been proven that the Zhuxian Sword Array could not trap him.

But he had underestimated the creativity of the Taiwei gods.

Even though he had foreseen the effects of the calamity energy and other negative forces, he still hadn’t anticipated that the Zhuxian Sword Array could upgrade!

Clearly, Xuan Qing had used the power of the Tian Dao to shield the heavenly fate.

Just as Hong Jun had used the power of the Tian Dao to prevent Taiwei from calculating the strength of the Nine-Curve Yellow River Array.

“But if that’s all, it’s still not enough.” Hong Jun swept his sleeve; celestial light burst forth, and the mist in all four directions dispersed.

Xuan Qing stood atop the Zhuxian Array diagram, his black hair stirring without wind, the blade’s lethal radiance reflecting in his deep eyes, as if embracing the birth and death of the entire universe.

He looked around; those immortals and gods of the Dao Alliance who had barely escaped death or had just severed one corpse and been reborn now surrounded him in Cengcengdiedie layers.

Their faces showed a mix of shock from barely surviving, the fanaticism of having slain the Tian Di, and greed for victory.

They knew Xuan Qing was the core and pivot of this grand Zhuxian Sword Array.

If they could capture him, even if the Gui Xu’s four gates still stood, the Dao Alliance would still win without fighting.

The future of Hong Huang would be rewritten entirely!

“Tian Di, your sword may be sharp, but it cannot suppress our method of severing the three corpses!” The voice of Tian Di Dong Hua was weak yet defiant.

He was still shaken.

Just now, that blade of annihilation—if he hadn’t decisively sacrificed his good corpse, Dong Wang Gong, to take the fatal blow, Dong Hua would already be utterly destroyed, his body and spirit obliterated.

Though his good corpse had perished and his foundation damaged, as long as his true self remained, there was still a chance to rebuild.

“Tian Di, your fate is exhausted!” A loud laugh pierced the sky as Kun Peng arrived alongside his self-corpse, Xiao Yao Dao Ren.

His good corpse, Nan Hua Zhen Ren, representing the weight and vitality of the Kun, had already been bathed in blood.

Now, Xiao Yao Dao Ren, embodying the speed and slaughter of the Peng, held the Northern Xuan Yuan Control Water Flag; its fabric fluttered, summoning boundless Gui water power, forming a towering black wave that intertwined with Kun Peng’s demonic aura, radiating terrifying might as it surged toward Xuan Qing!

“Today is the day your Taiwei is destroyed!”

Immediately, Yin Yang Lao Zu and his good corpse, Di Guan Da Di, activated Yin and Yang energies, forming a wheel of life and death.

Qian Kun Dao Ren and his good corpse, Tian Guan Da Di, unleashed the Qian Kun Diagram, manifesting boundless worlds.

Yao Chi Jin Mu and her good corpse, Tai Zhen Xian Ren, scattered countless immortal lights, each brimming with infinite killing intent.

Hong Yun Lao Zu and his good corpse, Huo Yun Xian Ren, summoned the Nine Heavens’ Fire Clouds, burning mountains and boiling seas.

Also present: Yang Mei, Dian Dao, Hou Tu, Xi He, a host of divine lords from the Qilin Clan, numerous goddesses from Kunlun, and infiltrators from the Long Feng clans.

All the Dao Alliance’s great ones had mastered the secret method of severing the three corpses.

They could switch effortlessly between their true selves and their good, evil, and self-corpses, utterly unafraid of ordinary battle damage.

Worse still, most of them used their evil corpses as substitutes for death.

This is a great calamity—using the evil corpse to take the heaviest sins and calamity energy, then severing it after the calamity passes allows them to cleanse karmic ties and perhaps even advance further in cultivation!

“Tian Di, your mistake was risking yourself by coming here personally to break the array!”

“Kill you, and the Dao Alliance wins early—this epochal calamity ends here!”

“Then our Immortal Dao will be recognized by Heaven and Earth as the sole true lineage of Hong Huang!”

“Primordial Five Elements Array, activate!”

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!

The heavens and earth trembled; chaos churned!

The Wu Ji Xing Huang Flag rose from the center, ten thousand golden lotuses bloomed, dropping billions of jeweled pendants, thick and unshakable, stabilizing all directions; the Eastern Qing Lian Bao Se Flag unfurled, its green light like an ocean, teeming with vitality yet hiding endless Jiaosha power;

The Southern Li Di Yan Guang Flag flapped fiercely, crimson flames soaring, incinerating all things, warping and collapsing even empty space; the Western Su Se Yun Jie Flag rolled and unfolded, white mist swirling, the metal-cutting aura splitting heaven and piercing clouds;

The Northern Xuan Yuan Control Water Flag swept across, the Xuan Ming true water surging, devouring all light and vitality!

With the Primordial Five Flags revealed, the grand array reawakened.

“You really think our Primordial Five Elements Array is only for defense? Capturing a person is the best use!”

The immortals laughed: “Tian Di, come die!”

“Kill!”

The five primordial flags, whose might shook the cosmos, erupted from empty space, carrying the primordial essence of the Five Elements from the dawn of creation, instantly forming an arcane array according to the five directions.

Five-colored divine light—gold, wood, water, fire, earth—shot skyward, generating and overcoming each other in ceaseless flow, instantly weaving into a vast, unbreakable Five Elements barrier.

“Die!”

A cold snort, like the shattering of nine-layered ice, echoed from the distant Eastern Sea’s Gui Xu.

Mo Zu Luo Hou sat atop the Annihilation Black Lotus, his eyes opening and closing to reveal endless extinction and slaughter.

He didn’t even rise—merely raised a hand, and a jet-black blade of light pierced the boundless void, arriving instantly!

“Zhuxian!”

The blade was refined to perfection—as if the resentment and killing intent of all sentient beings since antiquity had converged here; its point did not target the Dao Alliance immortals nor the Five Elements Array, but directly pierced a vague, ethereal node high above the heavens!

The Southern Sea’s Ying Huo Shang Zun, the Western Sea’s Tai Bai Shang Zun, and the Northern Sea’s Chen Xing Shang Zun drew their swords simultaneously.

Zhu Xian, Lu Xian, Xian Xian, Jue Xian—the four utterly ferocious weapons of slaughter—under the will of the Four Shang Zun, struck at once from the four extremities of Hong Huang!

The four blades did not attack physical forms—they severed the subtle connections between the Primordial Five Elements Array and the very laws of this world!

Hong Jun lifted his eyelids, raised a hand, and pushed forth the Zao Hua Jade Disc, suspending it above the Nine Heavens.

The disc spun, its three thousand great Dao inscriptions flashing; an incomparably supreme, sovereign aura over all methods spread outward.

It did not strike directly, but emitted an indescribable force of “order,” forcibly organizing and altering the surrounding heavenly laws!

“Friend Shi Qilin, it’s your turn.”

Shi Qilin gritted his teeth: “Activate the array!”

The thirty-six divine lords responded: “Activate the array!”

That cry rang like a great bell, vibrating through time and space.

Instantly, the entire Bu Zhou battlefield changed; the chaotic qi, previously disrupted by battle, was forcibly calmed by an invisible force.

Then, countless auspicious clouds, summoned by the will of the supreme Dao, surged from all directions—from past and future—pouring in like a mighty tide!

Each auspicious cloud was thick and solid, its interior seemingly carrying the birth and death cycles of a small thousand-world.

They crushed, collided, and fused, exploding into billions of blinding rays; seven-colored auroras illuminated the heavens, and a thousand rays of auspicious energy descended upon the earth.

As the light flashed and reorganized, a terrifying array—vast beyond imagination, its structure impossibly complex—slowly formed and rose around the battlefield, centered on Bu Zhou Mountain.

This array was unlike the Zhuxian Sword Array, which radiated murderous aura, or the Primordial Five Elements Array, which flowed with elemental energy—it resembled an independent, naturally formed universe in embryo!

The moment the array activated, it began continuously drawing and absorbing the eternal, supreme pressure and immense fortune of Bu Zhou Mountain—the first divine mountain of Hong Huang!

The Qilin Clan, using Bu Zhou Mountain’s power, activated their clan’s protective array, forming an unbreakable barrier—a world within a world—that stood in opposition to the greater Hong Huang cosmos.

Meanwhile, Hong Jun’s Zao Hua Jade Disc now hovered at the center of the heavens, like the sole core of this independent world’s Tian Dao!

Thus, combined with the Primordial Five Elements Array, the battlefield inside Bu Zhou was completely isolated.

They had forcibly severed the connection between Xuan Qing and the Zhuxian Sword Array!

“Tian Di, see how you escape now!” The Dao Alliance immortals and gods seized the moment and struck decisively.

Countless beams of immortal light, divine treasures, and secret techniques rained down like a storm upon Xuan Qing at the battlefield’s center, determined to crush this lone Tian Di utterly!

Xuan Qing stood at the storm’s center, unmoving.

“You heretics, dare not harm my emperor!”

A clear, youthful voice—yet brimming with undeniable authority—suddenly rang out!

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~~

The sound of the River of Time and Space strangely appeared at the battlefield’s edge; empty space rippled like water, then violently opened into a deep vortex.

A small, sleek, pitch-black boat glided effortlessly across layers of temporal barriers, landing gently in the center of this battlefield, now turned upside down by lawstorms.

On the boat sat a boy in plain blue robes, his brow still bearing youthful shyness, quietly holding a faintly five-colored fishing rod.

He was Xiao Song, the reincarnation of the Five Element Demon God.

Xiao Song first curiously observed the mighty, rapidly spinning Primordial Five Elements Array, which was desperately trying to sever Xuan Qing’s connection.

He glanced upward at the Zao Hua Jade Disc, radiating supreme Tian Dao energy, and then at the distant Qilin Clan array, drawing power from Bu Zhou Mountain.

On his youthful face, his lips puckered in disdain; he let out a scoff: “Hmph! Primordial Five Elements Array? You think this can trap my emperor?”

“Can you?”

For other complex, arcane arrays, Xiao Song might have hesitated, afraid to interfere.

But you say this is a Five Elements Array?

Come, come, let me give you a proper lesson today!

Let you ignorant immortals and gods witness what true mastery of the Five Element Dao truly is—what the might of the Five Element Demon God really means!

“Friends, hurry and assist!”

Xiao Song’s seemingly ordinary five-colored fishing rod suddenly shook in his hand, striking the void with casual ease.

“CRACK!”

A sharp crack echoed—the space before him split like torn canvas, revealing deep, shimmering fissures glowing with five-colored light!

“Everyone, hurry!”

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Almost the instant the fissures appeared, dazzling, distinct yet origin-linked primordial lights surged from those temporal rifts, racing to the battlefield in an instant.

“Don’t harm my emperor!”

The leader of Xuan Qing’s reinforcements, the Zao Hua Qing Lian, arrived first, followed by the Primordial Gourd Vine, the Six Pure Bamboo, the Primordial Moon Osmanthus, the Primordial Fu Sang, and the Primordial Star Tree.

None of these are anything but the supreme primordial spirit roots of the Honghuang.

At this moment, they no longer held back—their true bodies or supreme dharma forms descended together, their bodies wreathed in swirling primordial divine light, interweaving into a dazzling, radiant curtain.

Various primordial divine lights formed layers of impregnable barriers, stacked one upon another, reinforcing Xiang Xuanqing and temporarily countering the crushing force of the Primordial Five Elements Array!

“You dare to gang up on the Heavenly Emperor? Do you even qualify?!”

【Taiwei Shangxiang】Nv Wa held the Heavenly Blade, draped in the Map of Mountains and Rivers and the Social Compact, descending gracefully to Xiang Xuanqing’s left, her brow shadowed with latent wrath.

【Suixing Shangzun】Fu Xi cradled the Hetu and Luoshu, his body encircled by ever-flowing Bagua runes, radiating boundless wisdom-light, standing firmly to Xiang Xuanqing’s right, his gaze sharp as a blade.

The brother and sister, one to the left, one to the right, stood like two ancient divine mountains, impenetrable, guarding Xiang Xuanqing tightly at the center.

Meanwhile, high above the Nine Heavens, the Milky Way reversed, and billions of stars blazed forth their light!

Di Jun, Wang Shu, and Zhen Yuanzi spoke in unison: “Fall!”

In an instant, the spectral forms of 365 Great Zhou Tian Star Banners and 14,800 Lesser Zhou Tian Star Banners manifested, drawing upon the power of all celestial stars, forming an infinite, profound, and vast starry curtain—like the Milky Way cascading down!

The countless divine arts and spiritual techniques, previously unleashed by the Dao Alliance’s immortal gods to crush all, struck this newly formed, shimmering star-curtain brimming with billions of starlights—and dissolved like snow melting, like mud oxen sinking into the sea.

They stirred only negligible ripples, utterly swallowed and neutralized by the boundless stellar force, leaving not a single ripple behind!

At the heart of the battlefield, the core of the storm.

Xiao Song had dispelled part of the Primordial Five Elements Array’s suppression on Xiang Xuanqing; he turned, his clear eyes fixed on Xiang Xuanqing, enshrined at the center, guarded like the moon by countless stars.

“Heavenly Emperor, are you leaving? I can take you out right now.” His youthful face brimmed with confidence and pride.

As if a single nod from Xiang Xuanqing would let him instantly tear through this layered blockade.

Xiang Xuanqing still stood atop the Zhuxian Array Map, his black imperial robe fluttering in the chaotic flow of cosmic laws, his ink-black hair stirring without wind.

A cold, mocking smile slowly curved his lips; his voice was quiet, yet clearly echoed into the deepest core of every great immortal’s yuanshen:

“No rush. Let’s play with them a bit!”

DONG!

Xiang Xuanqing drew forth the Chaos Small Bell—stilling the boundless time-space, preventing Hong Jun’s temporal reversal.

He then drew forth another book—the Book of Formlessness.

Then, under the puzzled gazes of Hong Jun and the myriad deities, Xiang Xuanqing simply sat cross-legged in empty space and began to lecture on the Dao.

Yes. To lecture on the Dao.

Amidst two armies locked in battle, in such dire circumstances, Xiang Xuanqing began to lecture on the Dao.

Soon, the profound, mysterious voice of the Great Dao echoed across the Buzhou battlefield.

In an instant, flowers rained from heaven, golden lotuses welled from the earth, wondrous incense curled through the air, and strange lights danced in dazzling hues.

Deities who heard it were instantly moved; without realizing it, they became entranced, slipping directly into a state of Dao comprehension.

This was not an isolated case.

It happened one after another, in waves, in clusters.

“This! This! This!” Yang Mei, Qian Kun, Dian Dao, Yin Yang, and other great immortals, witnessing this scene, were all horrified.

They hastily plugged their ears, even sealing their six senses to block out the Dao’s voice.

But it was useless. Utterly useless.

The profound Daoic tone pierced through all, chasing after you, seizing you, compelling you to listen, to contemplate, to awaken!

You had no choice but to awaken!

The key was, the Great Dao Xiang Xuanqing lectured was extremely orthodox.

Whoever listened gained something!

The Heavenly Emperor Dong Hua listened, and from it, he glimpsed a thread of the mystery of life and death; unconsciously, he sat cross-legged and began to comprehend the Dao.

“I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I won’t listen!”

The Dian Dao Immortal hung upside-down in midair, trying to invert the truths in his mind and return them to Xiang Xuanqing.

“Hmm?” Yang Mei, wounded by the World-Ending Sword, heard the Daoic voice and suddenly felt his own cultivation brushing against the boundary of Dao-formation into Hunyuan.

Thus, he too slipped into a state of Dao comprehension.

The Taiwei deities, witnessing this scene, were utterly stunned!

They had never imagined lecturing on the Dao could be used this way!

“Forced listening, forced awakening—isn’t this crowd control?” Tai Shang stared in disbelief; he even saw Hong Jun’s own eyes grow slightly dazed.

What kind of spiritual treasure is this? How powerful is it?

Yet Xiang Xuanqing’s methods were not done yet!

“Tai Chu Formless, Ten Thousand Gods, Ten Thousand Forms!”

As Xiang Xuanqing spoke, the Taiwei deities witnessed a terrifying sight—all the incarnations, dharma bodies, forms, Ma Jia, and even the three corpses of every Dao Alliance immortal were subtly transforming.

They were all shifting toward the appearance of the Heavenly Emperor!

Tai Chu: the primordial qi, the origin, yet without form.

The Tai Chu Da Luo, after three stages of reversal, achieved the “Qi of Dao One,” a state already infinitely close to the concept of “Nothing.”

What supernatural qualities does a Tai Chu Da Luo possess at this stage?

Answer: The Tai Chu Qi stains all deities!

Tai Chu reverses the body, substance, and form of the Dao, leaving only one Qi!

Formless and without appearance, it can transform into any form, any appearance!

What Tai Chu transforms is not merely its own form,

You’ve severed your three corpses, haven’t you?

Hand them over!

Xiang Xuanqing sat cross-legged in empty space, smiling faintly: “Your achievements in the Dao are quite impressive. But now, they all belong to me.”

“Heavenly Emperor’s army—activate!”

BOOM!!

On the Buzhou battlefield, the winds and clouds shifted once more.

In the Dao Alliance’s ranks, every external incarnation was stained by the Dao, transformed into the likeness of the Heavenly Emperor.

They all wore black imperial robes, girded with black-gold imperial swords, crowned with Dai Hengtian’s headdress, and behind their heads floated boundless circular halos, manifesting the myriad phenomena of the heavens and earth, the void radiating billions of lights.

What is a Dao-Stained Tianzun?

This is a Dao-Stained Tianzun!

What is a Tai Chu Da Luo?

This is a Tai Chu Da Luo!

Under the influence of Tai Chu Dao, all external forms become mine!

“I knew it—the Heavenly Emperor could never lose!” In the Western Sea Gui Xu, 【Taibai Shangzun】Qian Ti sighed in relief.

The Heavenly Emperor is unharmed—the Qilin Clan is about to face disaster!

“Then the grand strategy is settled. It’s time to mobilize the clan!”

In the Southern Sea Gui Xu, Ying Huo Shangzun indeed sent word to the Fenghuang Platform.

The wind is at our back—if we don’t strike now, we won’t get even a sip!

Thus, the entire Fenghuang Clan poured forth from Tiannan!

“Hey, right! Quickly contact the clan!” In the Northern Sea Gui Xu, Chen Xing Shangzun smacked his thigh and immediately sent word to the Azure Dragon. If we don’t move now, we won’t even get the broth!

In the Eastern Sea Gui Xu, Luo Hou smiled brilliantly.

“Thus, the grand strategy is settled!”

“It’s time to send Hong Jun on his way!”

In the center of the Buzhou battlefield, after a brief moment of shock, Tai Shang snapped back to his senses and shouted loudly: “Xu Yao, friend! If not now, when?!”

“Hehe, I was just waiting to give them a big one!”

Suddenly, a laugh rang out from behind the Dao Alliance.

The Qilin Clan’s divine lords were chilled to the bone.

“Boom!”

Ming He’s shattered corpse suddenly exploded into 1.08 billion Blood Spirit Children.

“BOOM BOOM BOOM!!”

Streams of bloodlight surged skyward; the Qilin Clan divine lords nearest to the blast were blasted into the air.

The Dao Alliance’s immortal gods, caught off-guard, lay dead and wounded everywhere.

One streak of bloodlight shot back to Xiang Xuanqing’s side, taking the form of Ming He.

He held the Shatian and Anbi killing swords, his face lit with a victorious smile: “Thank you, Hong Jun, for your killing technique—it showed me the hope of destruction leading to rebirth!”

“To show my gratitude, I’ll send all of you on the same path!”

“Kill!”

The clarion call of victory had sounded.

From the Four Seas’ Gui Xu, the Four Shangzun acted—the Zhu Xian Array was fully activated.

Above the Nine Heavens, the Zhou Tian Array descended in suppression.

The Taiwei deities, the Long Feng armies, and the Heavenly Emperor’s forces launched their final charge against the Dao Alliance’s immortal gods!

“Awaken!”

The Tai Chu Dao was brutally absolute—only Yang Mei and Hong Jun,

At the final moment, the two joined forces to awaken most of the immortals and gods.

But it was too late; the Dao Alliance’s army had no time to react and was utterly crushed.

Some died beneath the Zhuxian Sword, others were suppressed by the Zhou Tian Star Array, still others were slain on the spot by their own Good Corpse, Evil Corpse, and Self Corpse.

The entire Bu Zhou battlefield was littered with corpses.

Across endless time and space, rivers of blood flowed.

“Kill heaven, kill earth, kill all living beings!”

Ming He’s eyes were bloodshot; his body was drenched in blood, his face twisted into an utterly pathological smile: “Kill myself again!”

“My Dao… is complete!”

“Hahaha!!”

“Shi Qilin, where are you running?” A dragon clan elder spotted Shi Qilin rising from the blood pool and charged forward.

“Dragon clan, don’t you dare snatch it!” Elders of the phoenix clan—Qing Luan, Hong Hu, and others—also advanced.

“Let’s see who claims this merit first!”

Elders from both sides surged toward Shi Qilin simultaneously.

“How dare you!” The surviving Qilin Divine Lords rushed forward, fighting to the death to protect Shi Qilin.

“Cough… cough…” Shi Qilin coughed twice, spitting out a mouthful of blood.

He was weaker than ever before, yet his stature remained towering, his expression unnervingly calm, unwavering in his dignity as the clan’s leader.

“Zu Long, Yuan Feng!”

Shi Qilin uttered these two names.

“Come out.”

“They cannot kill me.”

Shi Qilin held a war drum in one hand and the Qilin Great Seal in the other.

“If you wish to force the Qilin clan out, come out yourselves.”

Whoosh! Whoosh!!

A wind rose from Tiannan, and a graceful deity appeared before Shi Qilin.

Yuan Feng smiled and said: “My clan’s leader is dead; I shall fight in her stead. How?”

Splash! Splash~~

Clouds and waters gathered from the east; the fourth primordial ancestor of the dragon clan, Bai Long, appeared wearing a veil.

She nodded to Shi Qilin, then smiled faintly: “My clan’s leader is dead; I shall fight in his stead. How?”

Shi Qilin gazed deeply at them, then chuckled: “Very well. It’s all the same!”

He was about to step forward.

“Friend, wait—let us handle this!”

Shen Cang the Demon God and Qian Kun the Immortal broke through the encirclement and arrived before Shi Qilin.

Qian Kun’s disguise had already been stolen by Xuan Qing; he no longer cared about hiding or not.

“Emperor against Emperor, Primordial against Primordial!”

“If you wish to duel the Qilin clan’s leader, summon Zu Long and Yuan Feng!”

With that, Shen Cang and Qian Kun immediately attacked Bai Long and Yuan Feng.

“Very well!”

“Very well!”

Chen Xing the Supreme Lord appeared with the Juexian Sword.

Ying Huo the Supreme Lord appeared with the Xianxian Sword.

The two Supreme Lords exchanged glances, first stunned, then laughing in realization: “I knew your dragon clan (phoenix clan) was never serious!”

Now we’ve found the root.

“Then…”

The two Supreme Lords turned to Shi Qilin: “We shall escort you on your way!”

Shi Qilin showed no fear.

He spoke but one word: “Kill!!”

On the other side.

Bai Di Shaohao and the Golden Buddha confronted the Ten Directions Divine Palace.

“You are Tai Hao?”

Tai Hao Fuxi’s expression was calm: “Yes.”

This was Fuxi’s true form.

“You’ve taken the wrong path,” Shaohao said.

“Right and wrong are decided by the sword in hand!”

Fuxi and Yuchen advanced together, drawing their swords in unison.

“You immortals of the Immortal Court? You’re not up to it!”

The Mo Sect’s leader, Xu Huang Daojun, the Four Demon Lords, and a host of Demon Kings faced off against the Immortal Court’s immortals.

“Puh!”

Emperor Donghua spat blood, wiped his lips, and sneered: “My life is here—come take it!”

Whoosh~~

The Yin Yang Daoist unfurled the Taiji Diagram; the Daoist of Inversion drew his immortal sword.

“Kill!”

The Dao Alliance’s final struggle was merely a succession of immortals falling to defeat.

In the end of battle, Qilin lay dead, Shen Cang perished, Yin Yang Dao collapsed, Inversion went mad, Tai Yi returned to the end, Hong Yun met death…

Hong Jun surveyed the surroundings, witnessing one immortal after another perish, and let out a sigh nearly inaudible.

This sigh was not regret, nor helplessness—it was more like an acknowledgment of a predetermined fate, tinged with cautious scrutiny of an unknown variable.

He looked upward, where the Zao Hua Jade Disc, bearing the mysteries of the three thousand great Dao principles, ancient and weathered, floated silently in the void.

“Come.”

A single syllable issued from Hong Jun’s lips.

The Zao Hua Jade Disc responded instantly.

There was no earth-shattering might, no swift tear of the void; it simply descended gently, serenely, onto Hong Jun’s head.

In an instant, the Jade Disc’s radiance exploded.

No longer the faint, hidden “Xu” force of before—it unleashed without restraint the supreme power of the first auxiliary treasure of Hong Huang!

Hum—

Three thousand thick, dragon-like pillars of Daoist law surged skyward from the Jade Disc, piercing heaven and earth!

Each pillar represented a complete great Dao principle: Power Dao, Space Dao, Time Dao, Five Elements Dao, Yin Yang Dao, Reincarnation Dao, Creation Dao, Destruction Dao… Three thousand Dao principles, like a vast net encompassing all phenomena of the universe, stretched across the heavens.

Symbols flowed upon them, Dao chants roared, radiating a vast pressure that made even Peerless Saints tremble in fear!

The independent world, barely constructed by the Qilin clan’s formation, instantly solidified under the injection of the Zao Hua Jade Disc’s three thousand Dao principles; its laws grew so stable they Yinyin surpassed those of the Hong Huang main world!

The Dao Alliance’s immortal deities, who had been slaughtered, felt this sudden, purest form of Dao pressure—first stunned, then their faces lit with ecstatic joy.

The Dao Ancestor still had a trick up his sleeve!

In the boundless void, the three thousand Dao pillars, having reached perfect equilibrium, did not further reinforce the seal—instead, they began, in an unfathomable mystery, converging, compressing, and fusing toward the central Zao Hua Jade Disc!

Like countless rivers returning to the sea, all streams flowing toward the ancestral source!

Space twisted, time Wenluan , the Five Elements reversed, Yin and Yang merged!

The three thousand Dao principles, representing the universe’s primal truths, now acted like precise building blocks, under the Jade Disc’s control, weaving, recombining, and constructing in a manner beyond all living beings’ comprehension!

“This… this is?” The Tai Wei gods gasped in disbelief.

Among the Dao Alliance, Emperor Donghua, Yin Yang’s Ancestor, Qian Kun Daoist, and other great cultivators froze in ecstasy—replaced by inexplicable dread.

They sensed an Qixi more terrifying, more ancient, more primordial than any force before, gestating and taking shape at the center where the three thousand Dao principles converged!

Boom—!!

A sound like the very beginning of creation exploded within the soul of every being!

The three thousand Dao pillars finally merged entirely into the Zao Hua Jade Disc.

No—more accurately, the Zao Hua Jade Disc, as the core, condensed these three thousand Dao principles into a form never before seen!

The light faded, and a colossal giant’s shadow slowly stepped forth from where the Zao Hua Jade Disc had once floated.

His body was not flesh and blood, but woven from the purest, most refined three thousand Dao principles; every inch of his skin shimmered with different Dao radiance, yet perfectly unified.

His face was indistinct, yet radiated an unmatched majesty—overlooking eternity, opening the primordial chaos!

He held no axe or halberd, his feet did not tread chaos—but merely standing there, the will to create heaven and earth, the breath to generate all things, the overwhelming might to rule the cosmos, crushed every immortal and deity present into breathless silence!

Even the reinforcements of Xuan Qing, who had just arrived with fierce momentum, now changed expression drastically, as if facing an ultimate foe.

The lotus leaves of the Zao Hua Lotus ceased their sway; the seven-colored aura of the Primordial Gourd Vine dimmed slightly.

“Holy shit!!!”

A curse of shock and disbelief erupted from some deity in the Tai Wei Divine Court, shattering the deathly silence.

Then came a chorus of gasps and sharp intakes of breath.

“W-what is that?!”

“Three thousand Dao principles incarnate… could it be… Pan Gu the Great God?!”

“Impossible! Pangu, the Great God, long ago transformed his body into the Hong Huang—how could he reappear?!”

“But this aura… this pressure… who else could it be but Pangu, the Great God who opened heaven and earth?!”

Now, it was the turn of the Taiwei gods to be utterly bewildered.

Seeing this giant form, condensed from the three thousand great Dao laws, they were all stunned, their Yuan Shen trembling uncontrollably.

It was a primal awe and terror, born of life’s essence—like ants gazing up at a celestial dragon, mortals glimpsing a deity!

This “Pangu Zhenren” was not the true resurrection of Pangu the Great God, but a simulated echo of his primordial “true form” and “true intent” during the opening of heaven and earth, crafted by Hong Jun using the Zao Hua Yu Die as a vessel and the three thousand great Dao laws as foundation.

The giant form slowly lowered its head, its two divine eyes—composed of radiant light as brilliant as suns, moons, and stars—fixed upon the tiny, dust-like Taiwei gods below.

His gaze held no anger, no killing intent—only an eternal, unchanging indifference, as if inspecting a swarm of dust disturbing the cosmic order.

He slightly focused, his chest rising and falling as if drawing in the primordial energy of all heaven and earth, then opened his massive mouth, woven from Dao laws, and roared three times toward the Taiwei gods!

“Hng!”

The first roar, deep and heavy, like the first thunderclap at the dawn of chaos!

The sound wave was not mere noise—it solidified into a pure, material force of Dao law!

The void shattered inch by inch under this “Hng,” reduced to dust!

Before this first sound of creation, the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Da Zhen trembled violently as if made of paper, its endless starlight flickering wildly, countless fine cracks spreading like spiderwebs across its surface!

“Ha!”

The second roar, clear and soaring, like the command that separated pure yang from turbid yin at the dawn of heaven and earth!

The sound wave became an invisible whip of cosmic order, lashing against chaotic laws!

All the divine arts, techniques, and spiritual treasures launched by the Taiwei gods instantly unraveled under this “Ha,” straightened, disassembled, and reverted to their primal heavenly and earthly qi!

The Taiwei gods felt their connection to the Dao of heaven and earth forcibly severed; their internal cultivation energy grew sluggish, as if stripped of the right to command cosmic power!

Worse still, some lesser deities’ long-cultivated treasures emitted pained cries under the sound wave, their spiritual radiance dimming rapidly, cracks appearing across their surfaces!

“Zhā!”

The third roar, majestic and sacred, like the final decree establishing all existence and cosmic law at the birth of the universe!

The sound wave no longer spread—it coalesced into a single Shenpanzhiguang , imbued with supreme will, locking onto the Yuan Shen of every deity in the Taiwei camp!

This “Zhā” embodied the most fundamental “truth” and “reason” of heaven and earth—any illusion, any obstruction, would be utterly purified and annihilated before it!

“Puff! Puff! Puff!”

A series of muffled explosions—dozens of Supreme Lords, Dao Masters, and Great Beings shattered outright.

Their protective immortal light and defensive arts crumbled like thin paper, instantly pierced through by the judgmental light!

Their physical bodies exploded on the spot, turning to blood mist.

Only fragments of their residual souls remained, desperately fleeing in terror!

In the Eastern Gui Xu, Luo Hou spat blood.

In the Western Gui Xu, Zhun Ti recoiled violently.

Chen Xing could no longer hold the Jue Xian Jian; Ying Huo’s eyes were filled with utter horror.

One by one, the heavenly emperor’s incarnations exploded.

Before the third sound of creation, Ming He’s one hundred and eight million Blood Spirits were obliterated to nothing.

With the three sounds of creation, the Bu Zhou battlefield nearly was purged clean!

Five-colored radiance burst forth from the giant form’s body, like ten thousand suns blazing simultaneously, illuminating the boundless chaos and dispelling all darkness and evil.

Nine-colored auspicious qi rose from the form’s crown, forming a radiant canopy of blessing, shaking the heavens and earth, subduing all laws, compelling all beings to kneel!

The once arrogant Taiwei alliance, shattered by Pangu’s true form and the three sounds of creation, suffered catastrophic losses, its formation in ruins; the surviving deities were all stricken with primal terror, their fighting spirit utterly broken.

Only Xiang Xuanqing remained calmly standing atop the Zhu Xian Zhen Tu.

Hong Jun’s move had indeed caught him off guard.

But this… seemed… more interesting.

【Hong Pangu? Looks like there’s a lot more to this story.】

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