Chapter 1: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate

  As soon as the mysterious and powerful being revealed his true form, exuding an aura that shook the heavens and flew towards this place, the great gods of the Primordial Chaos already knew about it. Many people shifted their attention to this location, but they never expected that Emperor Jun and Taiyi would appear, and right before their eyes, Jiuying, one of the top ten demon generals, was severely injured, with a strand of his innate origin taken away. In the future, his foundation may be unstable, making it difficult for him to achieve great things in the era of Mixed Origins.

  Di Jun gazed at Jiu Yin, sensing the gathering of divine thoughts around him. His heart was ablaze with anger, yet his face remained calm and serene as he spoke. However, his words were laced with boundless overbearing aura, killing intent, and rage: "Xuan Wei Dao Jun, your abilities are indeed extraordinary. You actually dared to injure my tribe's great general Jiu Yin under the noses of Dong Huang and myself, and even seized his innate origin. Well done, indeed."

  At this point, Emperor Jun was already furious, with the three-legged golden crow law body behind him radiating a vast and magnificent light. The sun's golden flames swirled around, illuminating the entire universe. He turned his head to look at where Jiǔ Yīng had just stood, only to see a Daoist in a blue robe standing there, holding a three-foot-long dustpan in one hand and standing on a nine-colored lotus flower throne. It was Xuán Wēi's Shàn Sǐ, the Blue Mystic Daoist. The Blue Mystic Daoist saw Emperor Jun looking at him and smiled back, completely unfazed by his anger. With a calm bow, he said: "I am Qingxuan Daoist, the benevolent corpse of Xuán Wēi. It's an honor to meet you again, Your Majesty the Demon Emperor." As he spoke, he emphasized the words "Demon Emperor" with a somewhat wicked tone, causing the sun's golden flames behind Emperor Jun to surge up slightly.

  Di Jun's eyes turned blood red as he stared at the strand of pre-heavenly pure energy in Qing Xuan Dao Ren's hand, his killing intent soaring to the sky. However, for Qing Xuan Dao Ren, it was a helpless situation, and he could only feel his dao heart becoming increasingly chaotic. If not for Bai Ze's timely intervention, Jiuying would have probably gone berserk in front of many powerful beings of the Hongyuan.

  Qing Xuan Dao Ren took a glance and then returned to Xuan Wei's side with an air of nonchalance. He looked at Xuan Wei lightly, handed over the Pre-Heavenly Essence Qi, and said, "Jiu Yin, you demonic commander, today's matter is temporarily settled, but the karma between you and my two disciples will naturally be resolved in the future." As he spoke, Xuan Wei put away the Pre-Heavenly Essence Qi into a gourd at his waist, ignoring Jiu Yin who was becoming increasingly agitated.

  "Slow down!!!" A loud shout rang out, and Xuanwei stopped for a moment, turned his head to look at Emperor Jun Taiyi on the chariot, and asked with a "curious" expression: "What's wrong? Did I offend Eastern Emperor Taiyi somewhere?" That innocent expression made countless powerful beings in the Hongyuan universe sweat profusely. Xuanwei, can't you not do this? Don't you know it's very provocative?!

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi looked at Xuanwei with a cold gaze: "Xuanwei Daojun, aren't you going to give us demons an explanation?"

  "Haha." Xuan Wei seemed to have heard something funny and burst out laughing again. Before his laughter had stopped, he suddenly changed his expression and looked at Dong Huang Tai with a cold face: "How come? I, as the master of my own disciple, still need to give you, a demon clan, an explanation? A group of wet-born, hairy, horned demons also need me to give them an explanation?" As he spoke, Xuan Wei shook his hand and scattered the pre-heavenly energy, absorbing it into the gourd at his waist.

  "Ah!!" Dong Huang Tai Yi looked at the nine infants beside him, spitting out another mouthful of fresh blood. His face was as white as frost, but his eyes shone with a cold light, which even the three-legged golden crow behind him couldn't dispel.

  On the side, Emperor Jun, who was already able to control his emotions, took a glance at Taiyi and let him restrain some of his anger. He himself also suppressed his fierce anger and looked at Xuanwei, saying: "Xuanwei Taoist, do you really want to make an enemy of my demon clan?"

  "Must you be at odds with the demon tribe?" Xuan Wei seemed to have not reacted yet, repeating it again, and then looked at Di Jun calmly: "Di Jun Daoist friend, are you crazy or saying the opposite? I'm not going to be enemies with you, are you sure it's not you who wants to be enemies with me?" As he spoke, he looked at Di Jun with a face full of disdain, his eyes seeming to say: "Di Jun Daoist friend, you're sick, go get treated, don't stay here, I'm afraid of being infected."

  Di Jun had already recovered from his initial anger, and the demeanor of a dominant ruler was evident. He was no longer affected by Xuan Wei's words and instead looked at him coldly: "Since Fellow Daoist Xuan Wei has said so, this Emperor can only invite Fellow Daoist Xuan Wei to the Heavenly Court to clarify things."

  "Tian Ting?" Xuan Wei retorted, "Di Jun, I recall when the Heavenly Court was established, you said it would govern the stars and constellations of the Zhou Dynasty, control the four seasons' wind and rain, and establish the laws of the universe to bring blessings to heaven and earth. But have you fully controlled the changes in human world's four seasons, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning?"

  Speaking of the mysterious and subtle, he looked at Emperor Jun with disdain: "I remember that day when you were too greedy, and as a result, you were defeated by the Wu tribe. In the mortal world, at least two-thirds of the places have changed seasons, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, which are not controlled by fellow Taoists. If you hadn't completed the unification of the stars in the sky, your position as the Heavenly Emperor would be questionable. Even if you've secured your position now, can you sit firmly? The Heavenly Emperor's position is still unstable, where does the Heavenly Court come from? I think it's more suitable for you to call it the Demon Court."

  Xuanwei's sarcastic remarks were on full display, constantly provoking Emperor Jun with his tone and actions. Although he couldn't make Emperor Jun change color, he successfully made Taiyi's face turn red with rage. Taiyi glared at Xuanwei, his eyes flashing with anger, as the three-legged golden crow behind him let out a loud cry to the heavens. From between his teeth, he squeezed out a sentence: "Since you're looking for death, Xuanwei, don't blame me."

  Taiyi spoke and with a wave of his hand, the precious bell appeared, its layered ripples manifesting as it charged towards Xuanyuan, clearly intending to deliver the final blow.

  Xuanwei's body was surrounded by billions of lotus flowers transformed from the heavenly flag, which protected him. The lotus flowers appeared and disappeared, and between their blooming and falling, the petals blocked the layered waves of the Eastern Emperor's bell according to a mysterious trajectory. For the time being, there was no need to worry. At this moment, Xuanwei still didn't forget to provoke Emperor Jun, saying: "Hmph, fellow Daoist Emperor Jun, your Eastern Emperor is so clever, why not start fighting earlier? Why bother with all this nonsense and insults?" As he spoke, his body stepped on a white jade lotus platform, surrounded by millions of lotus flowers and thousands of auspicious auras. Holding the purple jade ruyi, he began to fight against the Eastern Emperor Taizhen.

  The struggle between Xuanwei and Taiyi was unpredictable, with immense power, causing all the divine thoughts of the Honghuang gods to leave their battlefield, lest they be affected by the aftermath. Similarly, since no one could see the battle between Taiyi and the two, all the divine thoughts of the Honghuang gods were focused on Qingxuan Emperor Jun.

  "Emperor Jun, please," said Qingxuan Daoren with a bow. With that, he waved the three-foot-long dusting brush in his hand, releasing streams of clear energy towards Emperor Jun. The latter responded by drawing out the Extreme Treasure, Youhuang Sword, which was forged from the essence of the post-heavenly spirit during his unification of the demon tribes. Due to its deep connection with the demon tribe's fate, it had yet to advance into a post-heavenly treasure. Its power was not inferior to that of Xuanyuan's Purple Jade Ruyi in any way, thanks to the assistance of the demon tribe's fate.

  The power of the Demon Emperor's Sword was not trivial, but unfortunately, it was restrained by the Qingxuan Daoist's Tai Chi Nine Clear Dust in the prenatal stage. Every time the demonic energy on the Demon Emperor's Sword collided with the Tai Chi First Heaven One Breath on the Tai Chi Nine Clear Dust, some of it would be brushed away. Although the amount was not much, it was enough to make Emperor Jun heartache. Seeing this, Emperor Jun slapped the Heavenly Gate, and a treasure map and a turtle shell flew out. The treasure map was the Hetu, and the turtle shell was the Luoshu.

  The Hetu and Luoshu are extraordinary, with mysterious patterns engraved on them. The first is an array of black and white dots, seemingly containing infinite secrets; the second has numbers on three lines - vertical, horizontal, and diagonal - which is very strange.

  The Hetu consists of ten black and white dots, representing yin-yang, the five elements, and the four symbols, in a square shape.

  North: One white dot inside, six black dots outside, representing the Xuanwu star symbol, corresponding to water.

  East: Three white dots inside, eight black dots outside, representing the Qinglong star symbol, corresponding to wood.

  South: Two black dots inside, seven white dots outside, representing the Zhuque star symbol, corresponding to fire.

  West: Four black dots inside, nine white dots outside, representing the Baihu star symbol, corresponding to metal.

  Center: Five white dots inside, ten black dots outside, representing the time-space wonder point, corresponding to earth. This is the origin of Feng Shui's Xiangxing.

  The Luoshu has three numbers on each of the vertical, horizontal, and diagonal lines, which add up to fifteen. The nine palaces contained within have 1, 3, 7, and 9 as odd numbers, also known as yang numbers; 2, 4, 6, and 8 are even numbers, also known as yin numbers.

  Yang numbers are primary, occupying the four cardinal directions, representing heavenly energy; yin numbers are secondary, occupying the four corners, representing earthly energy. The number five is in the center, belonging to earth energy, and is the ancestor of the five elements' generating sequence, residing in the central palace, influencing the four corners.

  The Hetu is the body, and the Luoshu is the application; the Hetu governs the regular, and the Luoshu governs the change; the Hetu emphasizes convergence, and the Luoshu emphasizes divergence. The square and round mutually contain each other, yin and yang mutually embrace each other, and they are used in conjunction with each other, cannot be separated. It is precisely this characteristic that makes these two things the supreme spiritual treasure for harmonizing yin and yang. Under the harmony of yin and yang, all the mysteries of heaven and earth are fully revealed. Even Qingxuan Daoren's dust-brushing Taiji Primordial First Breath cannot brush it away. Therefore, as soon as the Hetu and Luoshu appear, they firmly block the dust-brush in Qingxuan Daoren's hand.

  Di Jun sneered, "Looks like you're out of tricks, friend!" As he spoke, he condensed the four seasons' mysterious energy into a misty aura, transforming it into a dazzling stellar force that shot towards Qing Xuan Dao Ren. Qing Xuan Dao Ren didn't say much, simply waving his hand-held duster, unleashing nine ethereal pre-heavenly clear airs infused with billions of silver lights to scatter the incoming beams of mysterious light.

  After dispersing the starlight, Qingxuan Daoist turned around and looked at Emperor Jun's voice, laughing lightly: "Emperor Jun, why must you be so arrogant? It seems like you're trying to show off your superiority. I don't believe that the three corpses you've cut out can come here to fight, so we should both know that today's battle is not mainly about us two, but rather about the outcome of Xuanwei Daoist and Taiyi Daoist." Qingxuan paused for a moment, looking at Emperor Jun with a strange expression.