Chapter 001: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate

  After Xuanwei Daoren killed the evil dragon, he not only obtained a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, the Youming Qing Lamp, but also gained merit and virtue, advancing his cultivation by a small margin, taking another step closer to the Great Luo. His mood was excellent, and as soon as he held the Youming Qing Lamp, he began to refine it. It was a small cluster of indestructible pre-heavenly pure fire and the pre-heavenly spiritual object, Youming Lotus Flower, which had evolved into twenty-four pre-heavenly divine seals, making it one of the top choices among mid-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures.

  The original effect of the Yuanyang Qingdeng was to guard the heart and mind, refine demons and avoid evil, making it a treasure that combines attack and defense. The wisp of clear blue fire on the lamp is actually a condensation of the indestructible pure fire of the preheavenly realm, and wherever its divine flame shines, all kinds of yin and yang demons dare not approach. Moreover, it can refine and transform demonic energy back into vital energy to return to heaven and earth. Unfortunately, as a treasure for subduing demons, it was used by the Black Dragon as a magical instrument for the demonic path, which greatly reduced the Yuanyang Qingdeng's original aura. If not for the fact that the Preheavenly Spiritual Treasure itself is unaffected by karma, the Yuanyang Qingdeng would have been destroyed by karmic forces long ago.

  The story has two versions, if we say that the ones who were killed by Xuanwei were just some small fries, then one of the main characters in this calamity - Luo Hou, was actually killing off the powerful beings of the Hongyuan era. After the creation of the world, the original source of the pre-heavenly turbid air was transformed into 3,000 demonic gods' resentment after being killed by Pangu, and obtained spirituality, successfully taking shape, calling itself Luo Hou. Its cultivation was not inferior to that of a quasi-sage who had cut off two corpses, and it also obtained several top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasures, with boundless divine powers and strong magical abilities. Under its command were eight Da Luojin Xian beasts with complete cultivation, the eight great fierce beasts being:

  Daybreak, long dwelling in the heart of the fierce rock, violently and fiercely, whole body like a blazing sun burning white, footprints everywhere, cracked earth scorched.

  Huli jing, cunning and treacherous, with a strong desire for possession, yellow misty fire can petrify all life.

  Still devouring, gluttonous and voracious, can swallow heaven and earth, mouth spewing corrosive purple light, can dissolve strong minerals and gold.

  A locust, resentful of the world and detesting its customs, bursts forth with fierce green flames, evaporating clouds and mist, causing drought for years on end.

  Jin Ao, amphibious in both water and land, with an attribute of profound cold, its deep blue light can solidify all things into ice.

  Phoenix, mad and arrogant, raging flames everywhere, triggering volcanic disasters, causing living beings to be burned to ashes.

  Chui Wei, born in darkness, dislikes brightness, dark and evil silkworms eat the glory of the sun and moon, covering the sky and earth.

  Sly and sinister, resentful and poisonous, delighting in destroying all the beauty in the world, blue flames can scorch the earth for thousands of miles.

  These eight ferocious beasts all possess congenital divine abilities, surpassing the vast majority of congenital divine beings. Moreover, they are born with a cruel nature, cunning temperament, and formidable strength. In the Primordial Chaos, except for the clan leaders of the Dragon, Qilin, and Phoenix, only a few powerful divine ability holders can rival them.

  Luó Hóu himself was a man with great ambition, relying on his innate turbid origin and the Twelve Black Lotus, one of the four Primordial Spirit Treasures transformed from the Primordial Chaos Blue Lotus. By combining these two, Luó Hóu unexpectedly comprehended a world-destroying demonic body that could transform into ten earthly incarnations, sense the heavenly killing path, absorb all things, refine his own body, and ultimately achieve the Great Success of Pangu, revealing the grandeur of Luó Hóu's ambition.

  Although Luo Hou's cultivation is profound and his methods are powerful, with the help of the eight great ferocious beasts, he is still powerless against the countless strong men of the three tribes. Fortunately, the three tribes are not united, so Luo Hou secretly plots to stir up internal strife among the three tribes. On the one hand, he waits for the three tribes to slaughter each other and greatly damage their strength, then takes advantage of the situation. On the other hand, he plans to use the evil energy of the great war between the three tribes to temper the sword array formed by the axe blade of the Heaven-Opening Axe in his hand.

  As a result, the contradictions between the three tribes that had been accumulating over time were suddenly intensified, and from time to time, there would be fights among the disciples of the three tribes. Fortunately, at this time, the power of the great calamity had not yet been fully exerted, and the leaders of the three tribes still had their rationality, so although there was constant friction between the three tribes, there were no major battles. However, for Luo Hou, this was not a good thing.

  Luò Hóu thought for a long time and finally came up with a plan. He used the calamity energy produced by the initial great disaster of Yī Lóng Fèng as a catalyst, with the Zhū Xiān Jiàn array as the core, to disrupt and obscure the heavenly mechanism's changes. At the same time, he took out an innate spiritual treasure that didn't match his attributes and buried it above the Eastern Sea, making it convenient for him to take action. Finally, he transformed into a black dragon and hid among the dragon tribe.

  As Luo's plan, even the Golden Immortal Xuanwei was calculated to have a pre-heavenly spiritual treasure born in the East Sea Eye. Originally, Xuanwei just thought that this treasure had a destiny with himself and came to the East Sea for a walk. Who knew that when he was about to arrive at the East Sea Eye, he saw many powerful gods here, and the three clan leaders all came. When Xuanwei saw that everyone's cultivation was far higher than his own, he naturally knew it wasn't good. He took out the Wordless Heavenly Book to disrupt the surrounding aura, while using the power of the Wordless Heavenly Book to leave a mark near the East Sea Eye. Meanwhile, he quietly hid himself in the distance, planning to observe the changes.

  But soon after Xuan Wei left, the Dragon Clan arrived at the edge of the East Sea's eye, led by their ancestor and accompanied by several late-stage Da Luo and over a dozen mid-to-late stage Da Luo cultivators. Following closely behind were the Phoenix Clan's leader and nearly ten Da Luo Golden Immortals. Finally, the Qilin Clan also arrived, led by their leader and accompanied by fewer than ten Da Luo Golden Immortals. This made it clear that the three clans' strength was indeed not to be underestimated.

  The Ancestral Dragon said to the Phoenix Tribe's leader, "Phoenix, this place is the East Sea's Eye. According to our agreement back then, the sky belongs to your Phoenix Tribe, the earth belongs to the Qilin Tribe, and these four seas belong to my Dragon Tribe. Today, you and the Qilin Tribe have brought so many experts, what do you intend to do?"

  The Phoenix tribe's leader, with the name of Phoenix, is one of the few quasi-saints in the vast wilderness, but compared to Luo Yu, they are three points short, only equivalent to cutting off a corpse and approaching two corpses. They have a great divine ability called "Rebirth from Bathing in Fire". In the south, it was not in the fire mountain that the Phoenix tribe was born, unfortunately, the truly created phoenix is very rare, most of the tribe are male as Feng, female as Huang, red as Zhu Que, green as Qing Luan, yellow as Yuan Jing, white as Hong Ju, and purple as Ji Xi. The existence of these does not live up to the name of Phoenix, and the divine ability of rebirth from bathing in fire is also incomplete. However, even so, the Phoenix tribe is still the master of flying birds, one of the three tribes that opened the sky.

  "Ancestral Dragon, this Eastern Sea is indeed the territory of your dragon clan as agreed upon from the beginning. This land is only under your jurisdiction, but does it also mean that the spiritual treasures born here belong to your clan? Moreover, the Primordial Spiritual Treasures are inhabited by virtuous beings, whereas your dragon clan is known for its evil and depraved nature. There have been instances of your kind causing trouble in the waterways of the mainland, and now you're doing it again. Isn't this a bit excessive?" The Phoenix shouted loudly.

  The Ancestral Dragon was furious upon hearing the voice, "You... Good, good, good! You're a fine Phoenix indeed! Today, I won't bother to settle accounts with you. This spiritual treasure originated from above my East Sea and belongs to my dragon clan. You'd best leave quickly, lest... Hmph! The implication is clear."

  The Ancestral Dragon then looked at the Qilin Clan's clan leader, who was the weakest among the three clans, and said with a proud expression: "Ancestral Qilin, aren't you also planning to come and seize the treasure of my dragon clan?"

  The ancestor of the Qilin tribe, Qilin's cultivation is weaker than that of the Dragon Ancestor, but it is not much different from that of the Phoenix. Naturally, it is a great power in the Honghuang world. Now, the Qilin tribe is one of the three tribes in the Honghuang world. Unfortunately, the Qilin tribe has difficulty giving birth and does not have many subordinate Azure Dragons like the Dragon tribe, nor do they have the same fearlessness towards injury as the Phoenix tribe. Therefore, compared to the Dragon and Phoenix tribes, it is at a disadvantage. Although it will not be bullied by others on a daily basis, it is ultimately inferior.

  Qilin was about to break through the arrogant Zulong, with a hint of anger in his heart. However, thinking that the Qilin tribe was still at a disadvantage, he suppressed the flames of anger and didn't show it on his face. He said to Zulong: "Zulong, my Qilin tribe didn't come here to fight for treasure, but rather because of the heavenly machine's response, and we couldn't help but come when the destined object appeared. If your dragon tribe wants to take it, then my Qilin tribe can retreat a bit. However, I hope you won't be too excessive." After finishing his words, he didn't wait for Zulong to respond and led his people back a mile, demonstrating his sincerity.

  The Ancestral Dragon was about to say something, but suddenly a loud noise was heard, and a column of water shot up into the sky. A green light burst forth, and then a small green flag appeared floating in mid-air. Green energy filled the air, and green lotus flowers bloomed everywhere. The mighty Fumo Qing Guang flowed and turned, this treasure flag was called the Green Lotus Flag, one of the five elemental flags that governed the five directions, suppressing the east. Its attribute was wood, and if it were in the hands of a fire-attribute Phoenix, its power would be boundless. But in the hands of the water-attribute Ancestral Dragon, it was also a good match. The entire scene fell silent for a moment.

  Obviously, neither the Dragon nor the Phoenix clan could let go of the Qinglian Treasure Flag at this time. For a moment, both sides were accumulating momentum, waiting to be released. Suddenly, the Ancestral Dragon became enraged and shouted, "Phoenix, you dare!" He transformed into the body of the Nine-Clawed Divine Dragon, facing the Phoenix. With one swipe of his claw, a massive wave surged towards the Phoenix, carrying with it the power of the dragon's claws. At the same time, the dragon's tail swung out, sending the Golden Book of the Great Luo of the Phoenix clan flying away.

  The Qinglian Treasure Flag had just flown towards the Phoenix, and how could the Ancestral Dragon not be angry? Naturally, it went forward and engaged in a fierce battle with the Phoenix. Although the Phoenix's flight was extremely fast and had an advantage in terms of speed, the terrain was currently above the East Sea's Eye, where the water attribute spiritual energy was most concentrated. Since the Five Elements dictated that water overcame fire, although the seawater's essence could not suppress a strong being like the Phoenix, it was still difficult to recover from its attacks. Moreover, the Ancestral Dragon had the geographical advantage of fighting on its home turf, so despite the intense battle, the dragon tribe gradually gained the upper hand due to their sheer numbers.

  Ps1: The problem with the Qinglian Treasure Color Flag is that it's surrounded by a green aura, with green lotus flowers blooming everywhere, and a million feet of Fumo Qing Guang flowing around it. I personally think that the Qinglian Treasure Color Flag itself is a wooden attribute treasure, so why does it look like there's white air suspended in mid-air, golden light shining everywhere, and a sarira floating on top? So I set it up as if after the Qinglian Treasure Color Flag fell into the hands of the Zhunti Dao person, it was combined with the Bodhi tree's golden attribute Xiantian Linggen to transform into this appearance. And personally, I think it would be more normal for the Qinglian Treasure Color Flag to appear in the East Sea Haoyan. Once I saw the Xuanyuan Kontrol Water Flag appear in the East Sea Haoyan and create a dragon and phoenix war, I was shocked to death. The five flags of the five directions - central, south, east, west, and north - according to the Fengshen Yanyi, are: the central Wuji Huangqi flag, the Lidiquang Guang flag, the Qinglian Treasure Color Flag, and the Suse Cloud Boundary Flag, which suppress the central, southern, eastern, and western directions respectively. But the last water attribute treasure flag [which most people think is the Xuanyuan Kontrol Water Flag] hasn't been found yet. The Xiantian Lingbao that has appeared in the world doesn't have an owner. If a treasure flag that's supposed to suppress the northern direction flies into the East Sea and appears, unless you're an idiot, you should know that there's definitely something wrong with this.

  PS: The above is just a rant, everyone just laugh and don't take it seriously??????