Chapter 55: The Secret Legend of Pangu's Vast Expanse

  Yang Le listened intently to the shopkeeper's depiction of the current state of Honghuang, sometimes frowning and sometimes relaxing.

  The two maids standing behind him were not happy, they had been the maids of the third prince of the Qin Emperor and were also familiar with the current situation in Hongyuan. The young master did not ask them, but instead listened to the old man with great interest. However, he was a bit puzzled, did the young master really stay closed off all day and not ask about worldly affairs? Otherwise, how could he be completely unaware of such a sensational event in Hongyuan?

  This is unfair to Yang Le, as for the recent changes in the situation of Hong Huang, Yang Le really didn't know and hadn't paid attention. Otherwise, she wouldn't have ignored the two maidservants who knew everything.

  For the current Primordial Chaos, Yang Le discovered many contradictions, the largest of which is the war of subversion between ethnic groups and forces organizations, which is inevitable.

  The contradictions between the Twelve Great Sacred Tribes of the Primordial Wilderness, the Nine Great Heavenly Courts, the Four Great Mysterious Organizations, and the newly risen Submerged Star Gate will eventually erupt. The descendants of the Pre-Heavenly Demon Gods established by the leaders of the Twelve Great Sacred Tribes, as the largest family system, with blood ties as the framework for the family group, will inevitably clash with the various major forces in a game of cat and mouse that will eventually explode. In fact, the rivalry between these two has existed since their appearance, and the accumulated grievances may erupt, resulting in one side falling to an end.

  But just like the moon has its phases of brightness and darkness, fullness and emptiness, the ebb and flow between them will never cease.

  Secondly, there is the conflict between the divine and demonic camps. The divine power of the gods is majestic and pure, with the purpose of eliminating evil and destroying demons, belonging to the camp of order. The demonic power of the demon gods accumulates the dark and bloody energy of chaos, confusing people's minds, causing them to fall into depravity and violence, belonging to the camp of evil. Therefore, the conflict between the divine and demonic camps will become more intense, with wars between the divine and demonic tribes, and struggles for power, making the future world even more magnificent.

  The two tribes of Pangu and Hongyuan can be said to represent the struggle between ethnic groups, powers, and races. However, their powers were too vast, and their grudges grew deeper, ultimately leading to the downfall of the largest power group in both Pangu and Hongyuan, losing its former glory. The Great War of Witch and Demon ravaged the entire Hongyuan, dividing it into three realms from then on.

  However, Yang Le was extremely skeptical about this. Based on the Wu tribe's inheritance and the ancient myths of the earth, Yang Le made a shocking guess about Pangu's secrets.

  In the chaos of Pangu, apart from Houtu Niangniang who transformed into a reincarnation cycle, Pan Gu's eleventh ancestor Wu was comparable to a top-notch quasi-saint in combat power. The true body of the ancestral witch, an extreme pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, even without fusing with the law, wouldn't be able to make it fall even if Dong Huang Taizi held the Pre-Heavenly Supreme Treasure Hun Dun Bell and Tian Di Emperor Jun controlled the He Luo Diagram together. How much more so when both sides were destined for mutual destruction, both disappearing in the historical tide, which was really too coincidental.

  Furthermore, in the era when the Sage was guarding Hongyuan, the Daozu Hongyuan controlled the universe and became a heavenly existence of Pangu's Hongyuan. His will was the will of the universe. In the face of Hongyuan being beaten to pieces, how could the Sage and the Daozu remain unmoved?

  Moreover, humans are born with the body of the Tao, loved by heaven and earth, containing the profound principles of the universe. How could they be created by Nüwa, even if she had become a saint? Only when Tian Dao, the controller of Pangu's chaos, secretly lent a hand could it succeed.

  Facing the Eastern Emperor Taiyi and Emperor Jun, who have already merged with the two great principles of the Overbearing Way and the Imperial Way, they are only one step away from perfectly merging their own principles and becoming a saint. Can the power of the quasi-saint self-explosion be erased? Or is it that speculation, triggering the Great War of Witchcraft and Sorcery, causing the billions of living beings in the vast universe to turn into dust, being bound by the karma of cause and effect, and being abandoned by the cosmic will, even saints can be killed at will, gaining great merit.

  Merit refers to any living being that makes a contribution to the development of the universe, and the will of the universe will bestow merit. Merit is also known as the legendary aura, which is intangible and indescribable, not like the scene in folklore where a golden light descends from the sky and one's power soars. With great aura, a person's good fortune is profound, and strange encounters follow one after another, avoiding disasters and inviting good fortune, this is the basic function of the favored son of heaven.

  Therefore, the existence of Quasi-Sage is most looking forward to the merits and virtues. For billions of years, it has been unable to fully integrate the complete Taoist principles, obtain merits and virtues, and get great auspiciousness, which is what Quasi-Sage yearns for most. Of course, it's not necessarily necessary to have auspiciousness to become a saint, but understanding the principles is extremely difficult.

  The aura of a saint is even more profound and far-reaching, merging with the universe's primordial laws to govern the vast expanse. The merits are boundless. As for why saints dare not casually strike down those who have attained quasi-sainthood, the reason lies here: most beings that achieve quasi-sainthood are endowed by heaven, having contributed to the universe and possessing great aura and virtues. Striking down a quasi-saint would also harm the saint's own aura.

  However, these saints were able to achieve the saint position only by obtaining the aura in the last step of the quasi-saint position, and for a long time afterwards they were restricted by the aura. For example, Pangu Honghuang's Three Purities, Nüwa, Jieyin Quanti, only after becoming a saint and spending a long time truly integrating the entire law, will no longer be restricted by the aura.

  However, there are also some ascetics who rely on their own supreme wisdom to comprehend and merge with the laws of nature without the aid of destiny. Saints can kill them at will, but this type of quasi-saint is extremely rare. Nevertheless, after completely comprehending and merging with the entire law using only one's own supreme wisdom, without relying on external forces such as destiny, and becoming a saint through self-cultivation, there are no longer any restrictions from destiny, and there is no danger of falling from the rank of saint. For example, the Empty-Hearted Willow Tree Patriarch Yangmei, who became a saint 3,000 years earlier than Hongjun Pangu, was like this.

  Once the aura declines to a certain extent, it will merge with the original law completely, and flaws will appear. It would take billions of years to repair, otherwise, the fusion of laws will have flaws, although it won't fall from the sacred position, but for future enlightenment of other laws, it's twice the effort. Or, doing great things that benefit the universe and gaining recognition from the cosmic will can bring down a large aura. Moreover, once acting recklessly and hindering the development of the universe, the aura may decline to a severe extent, and there is even a possibility of falling from the sacred position.

  Generally speaking, the existence of a quasi-sage is also a constraint. A sage would not want to kill, as it would damage their own aura and fortune. However, although they cannot be killed casually, sealing you away until the day you never emerge again is also possible.

  Why did the Eleventh Ancestor Witch and Emperor Jun Taiyi fall? Yang Le had some speculations after becoming the true body of Pangu: As the creator of heaven and earth, Pangu's father god finally fell into the vast expanse, and the Twelve Ancestors, as his descendants, inherited the bloodline that was most compatible with the chaos, possessing the power to control heaven and earth. Growing up would be terrifying. Emperor Jun Taiyi's cultivation of the Imperial Way and the Hegemony Way was also one of the top ten ways, and for those who became saints in the future, controlling the heavenly court and enjoying the boundless aura was inevitable. For other saints, this was a huge hidden danger, and it was unavoidable to secretly intervene and take action.

  The ancestor Hong Jun became the controller of Pangu's vastness, and it can be said that his will replaced the will of the universe. The controller of the universe controls the entire universe and suppresses the will of the universe.

  Rumors say that the predecessor of Hong Jun Dao Zu is Qu Yan, one of the three thousand demons in the primordial chaos. It's mysterious and extraordinary, so it naturally hopes that the twelve ancestral witches transformed from Pangu's essence will fall. After all, if the twelve ancestral witches transformed from Pangu's essence are not corrupted by the impurities of the earth, they may have a chance to break through this universe in the future with their powers.

  The twelve ancestors of the witch wanted to break through the constraints of this universe and prove the existence of the Tao with their power. These existences are not subject to the control of heaven and earth, and after being refined for millions of years, they will remain in the world forever. The warriors of later generations were also mostly such existences, fighting against heaven and earth with a strong and unyielding heart.

  The twelve ancestor witches, due to their inheritance of Pangu's heavenly legacy, Emperor Jun and Taiyi established the Heavenly Court, with merits protecting their bodies. The saints did not dare to kill them casually, but once the witch-yao war broke out, causing endless killings and depletion of vital energy, they were eventually plotted against by the saints.

  ……

  Yang Le pondered the traces of inherited memories in his mind, speculating, guessing, and analyzing the situation of Pangu's world and the current Hongyuan, while listening to the shopkeeper talk about the recent changes in Hongyuan.

  Then, the young servant from just now brought forth three blue, sparkling jewels that emitted a divine aura.

  "The shopkeeper said, 'Please, these three treasure pearls are specially made one-time divine instruments. As long as you insert your spiritual consciousness into them, you can obtain the corresponding map information. Afterwards, the three pearls will become blank, and you can also record some information on the pearls.'"

  Yang Le waved his hand, and 20,000 top-grade water-elemental spirit crystals appeared in front of the shopkeeper, filling the entire living room with surging water-elemental spiritual energy that sparkled brightly.

  Yang Le looked at the shopkeeper taking out a rare circular space divine artifact, and with a flick of his hand, 20,000 top-grade spirit crystals disappeared.

  Yang Le held three treasures, and his perception invaded the three treasures. Countless information surged into Yang Le's sea of consciousness, gradually arranging itself. Like stars twinkling, countless light points spread out, with city after city distributed on the undulating ocean floor. Roughly counting, there were hundreds of millions. A wide, billion-mile-long, bottomless chasm, like a rift splitting the starry cities apart, divided the entire South Sea into two halves. It was the Heaven- rending Chasm - the Transverse Ocean Abyss - spanning between Lingwu Tian Dynasty and Tupi Tian Dynasty.

  The Cross-Sea Abyss can be said to be the most concentrated place for wild beasts in the near-sea domain of the South Sea. Every thousand years, the Cross-Sea Abyss will have a massive beast tide attacking the two Lingwu Tianchao and other empires' cities near the Cross-Sea Abyss.

  There are also some barbarians who come to raid the surrounding cities from time to time, but their numbers are small and they cannot become a trend.

  Yang Le then left the shop with two maidservants, seeing off by the shopkeeper.

  Yang Le couldn't see the several pairs of eyes with ulterior motives in the store behind him, and then those few gods had someone quietly follow up, some went to other places.

  In a prosperous region of Blue Wolf City, a godly person had just arrived in front of a temple set up with a powerful divine domain. A divine power swept out and pierced through the incredibly powerful divine domain, shooting straight into the temple.

  After a moment, a passageway that could accommodate one person appeared before him. The divine being immediately walked into the passageway, and the divine domain began to heal.

  Inside the temple, there were five gods sitting upright in front of the base, indulging in spiritual wine and wild beast meat. In the center above, a cold and stern god slowly chewed his food with elegance, seemingly oblivious to the messy eating of those below him.

  Seeing the divine man coming in, one of the five people shouted: "Haozi, why did you come back so late? Come and be punished with three cups."

  The other four also responded loudly.

  The so-called waste son, however, did not respond to their echoes and came to the temple. He excitedly said to the cold and solemn god at the top seat: "Boss, we found another fat sheep today. If this time is successful, we will be rich. And there are two beautiful goddesses following him, really enchanting and charming, a hundred times more beautiful than the city lord's concubine." After finishing, he had an appearance of being enchanted.

  "Really?" The five gods just now saw that the wastrel didn't pay attention to them and were somewhat annoyed, but who knew that in the next moment a huge surprise would make their eyes shine brightly.

  Naturally, they weren't after that fat sheep; their gang had been plundering for so many years, especially now with the frequent transactions between the Desolate Heaven and the Demon Realm. Unlike in the past when they were stuck in that poor village, without a single target for ten years, even in areas controlled by major powers, it was rare to see gods passing through. However, despite having accumulated wealth from before and recently killing people to steal treasures nearby, they could be said to have earned a full pot, and they weren't particularly concerned about those ordinary heavenly treasures anymore.

  They were naturally referring to the two beautiful goddesses mentioned by Chu Dang, who were as lovely as celestial beings.

  In the vast wilderness, those beautiful goddesses were either extremely powerful or wives and concubines of some powerful gods from major factions. Some ordinary goddesses couldn't even catch their attention, which was utterly frustrating.

  The elder known as Lao Da said with a flash of strange color, "Are you sure? Don't make any mistakes."

  "No problem, that young man is just a quasi-god, and the two maids are even true gods. Let alone the position of the ancient god, even if one of us goes out, we can handle it. Moreover, it was the shopkeeper of the Bibo Palace who personally sent him out."

  "Have you sent someone over already?"

  "The ground mouse has caught up."

  The cold and gloomy god-like figure stood up and said: "Get ready, wait for him to leave the city before ambushing."