Chapter 1: Pangu's Enlightenment

  The poem says: The universe was undivided, heaven and earth were in chaos, vague and obscure, with no one in sight. Since Pangu broke the Hongmeng, the clear and turbid have been distinguished from then on. - (Excerpt from "Journey to the West")

  The vast expanse is boundless, filled with infinite black and white energies, seemingly clear yet murky, calmly floating and lightly intertwining. Without top or bottom, nor left or right, it is ancient and desolate.

  A circle of invisible ripples emerged abruptly in the chaotic world. A tiny bit of it made the boundless chaotic energy start to show signs of turbulence, and a weak soul breath drifted out from the ripples.

  In the midst of chaos, this soul has been changing and growing for an unknown number of years. The boundless chaotic energy seems to be swirling around it. This wave-like motion is slowly rotating the black and white energies. At the center of the wave, the primordial chaotic energy is being generated out of nothingness, from a single point to a thread, and then to a mighty torrent. The primordial chaotic energy is constantly pouring into this soul, gradually forming a massive whirlpool around it. This whirlpool is stirring up the chaotic energy, violently devouring the incoming black and white energies, and even more primordial chaotic energy is being produced. In the end, the primordial chaotic energy gradually becomes denser and weaves together to form a huge "cocoon" shape, quietly floating in the boundless chaos.

  "Hmm..."

  A sudden sound arose in the boundless chaos, and immediately dissipated. In this endless expanse without space or time, the sound was fleeting, but it still managed to add a hint of vitality to this desolate and boundless chaotic world.

  Crunch

  A faint sound appeared and disappeared, and a crack suddenly appeared on the cocoon. The big cocoon shook violently, and as it shook, the crack grew bigger and bigger.

  With a loud "boom", the cocoon shattered into a lotus-shaped pedestal and countless fragments.

  A loud noise accompanied the countless fragments rapidly dispersing in all directions, stirring up the boundless chaotic air with a surge of turbulence. The black and white airs slightly separated, and the earth, water, wind, and fire suddenly came into being. Perhaps this was the emergence of the primordial space-time.

  In this original space and time, there is a living spirit standing upright, with the innate Dao body, which is the human form. Humans are uniquely gifted, subtly matching the heavenly principles: the 24 vertebrae correspond to the 24 Qi, the 12 sections of the trachea are called the 12-story tower. The navel is the ancestral palace, also known as the Yellow Court; the heart is the Crimson Palace; the lungs are the Splendid Canopy; the tongue is the Splendid Pool; the soles of the feet are the Gushing Spring; one inch and three tenths below the navel is the Abode of Sincerity. The 18 turns of the small intestine are the 18 prisons, the waterway is the Earthly Gate, and the foodway is the Mysterious Gate. The human physical body subtly matches the heavenly principles, embodying the way of giving birth to all things. The left teeth striking the eight tones produce the Golden Bell; the right teeth striking the eight tones produce the Jade Pipe; the front teeth striking the eight tones produce the Dharma Drum; the three eights total 24, corresponding to the 24 Qi. Therefore, various heterodox practitioners, demons, and ghosts all take obtaining a human body as their foundation, in order to quickly absorb the heavenly spiritual energy and seize the primordial creative power.

  This young man is three thousand six hundred feet fifty zhang tall, with muscles like small hills rising and falling in balance, and blue veins bursting out. Under his feet, a chaotic green lotus quietly revolves, and this young man also quietly observes the surrounding environment. Endless gray airflow flows around him.

  "Ah..."

  A purple light mixed with countless information flashed into the young man's brain, and memories like a tidal wave appeared in his mind. The dense memories filled his mind, and the young man was shocked before calming down and sitting in the void. After a long time, the young man calmed down, and two deep lights shot out from his eyes.

  "This endless black and white aura is the primordial chaos, I am Pangu, born only to break open this boundless chaos. Why must it be broken open, I don't know. How to break it open, also unclear." Pangu shook his head, suddenly a tremble in his heart, fate, innate fate, his own fate was already predetermined.

  A loud rumbling sound echoed through the chaos, and at the same time, Pangu's heart stirred, a piece of information merged into his mind, and he sighed: "What is destined to come will always come."

  These thunderous roars are the births of Chaos Demons, and at least three thousand Chaos Demons were born from the chaos. The mission of these three thousand Chaos Demons is related to their own mission.

  To know that the three thousand demon gods of Chaos are all products of the evolution of the Heavenly Way, each born in Chaos controls a law under the Great Way. The three thousand demon gods of Chaos were born corresponding to the three thousand great ways and laws. And I am one of them too.

  Sit cross-legged in the midst of chaos, and sense the memories passed down by the Great Way in your mind. The mysterious and profound feeling emerges on Pangu's forehead, and with its appearance, the boundless chaotic energy rushes towards him, then is refined into Chaotic Primordial Energy, enhancing his powers. Meanwhile, the Chaos Treasure born alongside him - the Chaos Blue Lotus - directly inhales and exhales the chaotic energy.

  In the midst of chaos, years were not counted, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of epochs had passed. Pangu's cultivation was also rapidly advancing, from Heavenly Immortal to Golden Immortal, all the way to the mid-stage of Mahayana Golden Immortal. He was only one step away from entering the realm of Mahayana Golden Immortal, and he was already close to touching the threshold of the Heavenly Dao Saint.

  Cultivation classification: Heavenly Immortal, Golden Immortal, Taiyi Golden Immortal, Daluo Golden Immortal, Quasi-Saint (Cutting off one corpse, two corpses), Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal (can infinitely approach the Saint with perfection), Heavenly Way Saint (as long as the primordial spirit is entrusted to the Heavenly Way, it is a saint, and can use the rules of heaven and earth), Hunyuan Saint, Great Dao Saint (can create or change the rules of heaven and earth, and generally exist with the Great Dao). Each stage is further divided into three realms: upper, middle, and lower.

  The Tao is actually a collection of all kinds of rules, and only by understanding the rules can one enter the realm of the saints of the Tao. Understanding and mastering the rules for self-cultivation may require great opportunities.

  Pangu walks in the boundless chaos, and the green lotus is hidden inside his body. Because of a force pulling him from the depths, he has been unable to calm down since the last time he gained insight, so he can only move forward through the chaos.

  The world is filled with endless chaotic energy, black and white are still unclear, the seemingly calm chaos is actually full of killing intent everywhere. Water, wind, earth, and fire are produced in the cracks, countless whirlwinds, thunder and fire are all over the chaos. But for the Chaos Demon God, it may be a trivial matter.

  "Hmm! This is Chaos Stone, with a very pure Chaos Spirit." Pangu looked at a huge grey stone block, also unknown how many years it took to condense from the Chaos Qi in this Chaos.

  Gazing at the incredibly hard primordial jade, Pangu sat down cross-legged, sensing the opportunity within, and unknowingly ignited the dim, grayish primal fire within his body. This primordial fire burned the primordial stone.

  Time passed slowly, and the Chaos Stone steadily revolved within the Chaos Origin Flame. Two, three, four cycles of time passed, and the Chaos Stone began to show signs of melting.

  Pangu's eyes moved, and his hands changed gestures under the guidance of Yuanshen. The mysterious gestures flowed in his heart, array methods, gesture methods, divine powers, and at the same time, each emerging gesture method or array method was struck into the Chaos Stone, which also changed from its original dull gray color to a beautiful crystal luster.

  Ten cycles of time passed, and the volume of the primordial jade stone was refined from its original size to that of an adult. In the end, a nine-colored **floated in the midst of the primordial yuan fire.

  Eyes wide open, Pangu gazed at the nine-colored mass in front of him, his hands rapidly weaving a spell. Countless Taoist symbols poured into it, and as they entered, the mass began to slowly change shape, gradually forming a gray axe. A rustic and desolate aura filled the air.

  "How could it be an axe, an axe representing strength? Is my way about force? Perhaps there is a will of heaven in the obscure."

  Pangu's heart moved, and he suddenly realized that his cultivation had broken through the boundary of Daluo Jinxian at this moment, reaching the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Jinxian, only one step away from becoming a saint.

  Sitting cross-legged in the midst of chaos, I rotate my primordial spirit. Sensing the transmission of my own heritage, perhaps I have reached the realm of the Golden Immortal of the Primordial Great Luo, approaching the Heavenly Way. Since I feel that my way is related to power, becoming a sage seems to be governed by the 'Law of Power', which can wield all the 'power' in the world. One force shatters the sky, what grandeur, what majesty.

  Time flies like a white horse passing through a crevice, and Pangu is now in a stable state at the peak. At this moment, he has already set one foot across the threshold of becoming a saint. Perhaps with just one more opportunity, he can become a saint, and he has also cultivated several divine powers; all that's left is to comprehend the Tao.

  At this moment, Pangu's primordial spirit trembled, and his primordial spirit sensed the danger. He opened his eyes, and two shocking long rainbows emerged from his eyes, scanning the surrounding area of billions of miles in an instant.

  At this time a dragon's roar sounded, and countless huge ice blocks flew towards Pangu.

  Pangu's primordial spirit swept across, and he was suddenly shocked.

  This ice is not ordinary ice, but the most fundamental ice in the universe. The original ice, at the moment of its extreme coldness, can even freeze the soul and be directly frozen to death. Pangu quickly materialized the Qinglian, and the chaotic Qinglian emitted a formless power that protected his entire body. With a swing of the stone axe in his hand, he unleashed a divine technique "Horizontal Sweep of Thousands of Armies", a horizontal beam of light thousands of miles long arced forward, shattering the ice blocks into nothingness. The opponent's simple strike had caused him so much trouble. That Chaotic Demon God was indeed a simple-minded fellow.