Conferred God: Started from Swallowing the Heaven-Repairing Stone

Although the messenger was connected to the saints, it was inevitable that top-tier Grand Luo Immortals such as Ao Bing, Styx, Donghuang, Houtu, Xihuang, and the Jade Emperor also received the news.

The primordial world is no longer the same as it was back then; it's no longer a place where sages dictate everything. Before, they could decide what they wanted to do behind closed doors.

But now, if they dare to do that again, Ao Bing, the Jade Emperor, and the others will definitely cause trouble for them, making it impossible for them to do anything.

To put it bluntly, in the past, the sages were the most powerful beings in the primordial world. Faced with their decisions, the gods dared to be angry but dared not speak out, and had no right to oppose them.

But now, with the rise of Ao Bing, the Jade Emperor, Xi Huang, and others, their strength and status are no less than those of the saints.

In this way, the sage would naturally have to respect their opinions and would no longer dare to bypass them and make decisions directly.

In the primordial world, strength has always been paramount. As long as one possesses sufficient power, even without doing anything, one will gain corresponding influence, and no one dares to ignore them.

"What? There are other worlds within the chaos? Yang Mei and the Demon Ancestor are going to sacrifice them to resurrect the fallen Chaos Demon God within the chaos?"

Ao Bing, who was preparing to move the Heart of Pangu into the Primordial Chaos Supreme Heaven, had to stop what he was doing and rush to Zixiao Palace after receiving this news.

Moving the Heart of Pangu into the Primordial Chaos Heaven can be done at any time. However, matters related to the resurrection of the Chaos God cannot be delayed in the slightest. If things go wrong and the Chaos God is resurrected in Chaos, the trouble will be immense.

There are priorities, and Ao Bing can distinguish what is more important.

As for why they went to Zixiao Palace for a meeting, it was because the final decision on how to proceed rested with the Dao Ancestor, that is, the will of Heaven. The opinions of the crowd could only serve as a reference and could not be used to make a direct decision.

There was nothing they could do; the Heavenly Dao was the strongest. Without the intervention of the Heavenly Dao's Hongjun, Ao Bing and the others couldn't accomplish anything on their own.

An expedition to Chaos sounds easy, and they dare to go, but it's hard to say how many will return.

Yang Mei's strength is undeniable; as a peak Wuji Da Luo Golden Immortal, he could single-handedly take on the entire prehistoric world without the intervention of the Heavenly Dao.

In this situation, an expedition to Chaos is more like a suicide mission to Chaos.

And this is only Yang Mei. The Demon Ancestor's strength is not bad either. He was already at the half-step Creation Realm before, and now that I think about it, he must have already stepped into this realm.

If, during the expedition against Chaos, the Demon Ancestor were to suddenly raid the Primordial World, things would get even more chaotic. If things went wrong, the Primordial World's nascent rise could be abruptly halted.

"The days when Zixiao Palace is the center of the primordial world will not last long. Before long, it will be replaced by Hongmeng Ziwei Palace."

On his way to Zixiao Palace, Ao Bing thought to himself. In the past, Zixiao Palace, where the Heavenly Dao resided, was indeed the center of the primordial world, but with the birth of the Primordial Supreme Heaven, this situation was bound to change.

It was inevitable that Ziwei Palace would replace Zixiao Palace as the new center of the primordial world.

Because the Primordial Supreme Heaven is too important, as it is the manifestation of the Great God Pangu's Dao Fruit, all the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortals in the future will have to go to this place to cultivate.

Under these circumstances, it is inevitable that the Ziwei Palace, as the center of the Primordial Heaven, will be elevated in status. From now on, the sages will hold meetings here, instead of traveling all the way to the Zixiao Palace.

The Purple Cloud Palace was far removed from the primordial world, located in the chaos beyond the heavens—this was its greatest disadvantage. It was too far from the power center of the primordial world, and its elimination was an inevitable consequence of the times.

Of course, this was exactly what the Dao Ancestor hoped for. His purpose in placing the Zixiao Palace in the outer chaos was to take the Heavenly Dao away from the primordial world and no longer interfere with its development, so that all living beings could obtain the greatest degree of freedom and develop their wisdom without any scruples.

Otherwise, the Dao Ancestor would have had no reason to choose to settle in the primordial chaos beyond the heavens. So what if he continued to live on Mount Kunlun? Who would dare utter a word against it!

As everyone knows, the Dao Ancestor could have done whatever he wanted in the primordial world, but he did not, which is precisely why he is respected.

Not everyone can control their desires; even saints cannot.

The reason they did not act arbitrarily was not because they did not want to, but because there were too many saints, and with mutual checks and balances, no one could act arbitrarily.

This is where the Daoist Ancestor's brilliance lies: by creating a system of checks and balances among the sages, no one can achieve absolute supremacy. In this way, the opportunities for advancement are given to the others.

Otherwise, how could so many powerful beings have risen to prominence in the primordial world? They would have been suppressed by the sages and disappeared without a trace long ago.

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When Ao Bing and Houtu Niangniang arrived at Zixiao Palace, the other great supernatural beings—no, they should now be called Dao Lords, and the other Hunyuan Dao Lords had also arrived.

Ao Bing counted them, and there were exactly 1,200 newly promoted Grand Luo Golden Immortals, none of whom had a cultivation level lower than the fourth level of the Grand Luo realm.

The mythical Taiyi is the Primordial Dao Lord, the ruler of the Dao.

The mythical Great Luo is the Primordial Dao Venerable, the supreme being of the Dao.

A mythical quasi-saint, a leader-level figure, or a quasi-Dao Lord, is the master of a major religion.

The Primordial Golden Immortal is the innate Dao Lord, the master of the Dao.

Now that all the gods have broken through to the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, they can no longer be called great supernatural beings, but should be called the Lords of the Primordial Dao.

Above the Dao Lord are the Creator and the God of Creation. Currently, in the entire prehistoric world, apart from the realm set foot in by the Dao Ancestor, all others are only approaching it.

Taiqing, Houtu, and Nuwa are considered the strongest, all possessing cultivation at the twelfth level of the Hunyuan realm.

The saints such as Xi Huang, Dong Huang, Yu Di, and Yu Qing Tai Qing Jie Yin are slightly inferior, having cultivated to the tenth or eleventh level of Hunyuan Heaven.

The rest, such as Zhen Yuanzi, Zhunti, and the Styx Ancestor, were even weaker, with cultivation levels at the eighth or ninth level of the Hunyuan realm.

The next level down are powerful figures like Zhulong, Xihe, Xi Wangmu, Dihuang Shennong, Renhuang Xuanyuan, and Renzu Suirenshi, who possess cultivation levels of the fifth or sixth level of the Hunyuan realm.

Finally, and worst of all, is the level that most great supernatural beings reach after breaking through, which is the fourth or fifth level of the Primordial Chaos realm.

Because there are so many people, numbering over a thousand, I won't list them all, but I will only mention a few famous figures, such as the Queen Mother of the West and the Five Emperors of the Human Race.

"As expected, even after the times have changed, the strongest force is still the human race."

With just a glance at the crowd, Ao Bing knew what was going on. The twelve hundred Grand Luo Golden Immortals, although belonging to different forces, also included many who came from the same force.

Xihe is a demon, Zhulong is a dragon, Yaochi is the Heavenly Court... These powerful forces already had a Grand Luo Golden Immortal in charge, and now with another one added, their strength has increased dramatically.

But none of these are the most eye-catching. The most eye-catching is the human race. It's too outrageous. Other forces only have one more Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, but the human race has a full nine Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortals.

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors all took the opportunity to attain enlightenment. However, because Emperor Xi attained enlightenment first, he is not included among them, which results in the existence of seven additional Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Meanwhile, Suiren, the ancestor of humanity who had disappeared since the rise of Xi Huang, also appeared at this moment, stepping into the Hunyuan Realm along with the Two Sovereigns and Five Emperors.

That makes eight.

The ninth one is Nuwa, the goddess of the human race. This is Nuwa's own corpse. It is unknown what methods Nuwa used to allow her to break through the limitation that the three corpses are one realm lower than the original body, and also break into the Hunyuan realm.

These are the nine Grand Luo Golden Immortals of Primordial Chaos. Adding to the already-broken Xi Huang, the human race has a total of ten Grand Luo Golden Immortals of Primordial Chaos, making them the strongest in the prehistoric world, and by a significant margin.

In the entire primordial world, excluding the Xuanmen (mystical sects), there is no other force that can rival it. Even the three primordial races combined could not contend with it.

The performance of the three innate races was also remarkable this time. The scaled, flying, and beast races each gave birth to a Grand Luo Golden Immortal.

Three Grand Luo Golden Immortals of Primordial Chaos, plus five Sacred Beasts comparable to Saints, make up eight Primordial Dao Lords. Yet even so, they still cannot compare to the human race.

It is estimated that it will take until all twelve ancestral witches of the witch clan are resurrected, and the witch clan has twelve Grand Luo Golden Immortals to overshadow the human race.

However, that's many years from now, and by then, the number of human beings with the Great Luo Golden Immortals will certainly be much greater.

Because there are other powerful beings in the human race who have not yet broken through, such as Emperor Yu who is currently in reincarnation. If he were to recover now, he could immediately break through to the realm of Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal.

Besides, there are two human ancestors who have not yet appeared in the world. Once they emerge from seclusion, it will be only natural that they will cultivate into Primordial Golden Immortals under the blessing of the human race's immense fortune.

This is not even the limit of the human race. Besides the Human Emperor and the Human Ancestor, the human race also has a large number of Human Kings. There are Primordial Human Kings, Ancient Human Kings, and Prehistoric Human Kings. If you add them up, there are at least eighty or a hundred.

These all possess the potential to reach the Primordial Chaos stage. Even if only one-tenth of them break through, it would still double the number of Primordial Chaos Golden Immortals among the human race.

It can only be said that the human race truly deserves to be the protagonist of heaven and earth; their foundation is too profound.

Throughout the entire primordial world, there are few races capable of shaking its position. Once the Lich and Demon races recover, they might pose a threat to the human race. If the three primordial races unite, they could also challenge the human race.

Unfortunately, given the current situation, it's unclear how long the Lich Kingdom will have to wait to recover. As for the unification of the three primordial races, that's out of the question; forming an alliance would be a feat in itself.

To merge them? That's a pipe dream.

Even if the Five Sacred Beasts agree, their clansmen below will not.

The hatred between the three races runs too deep. Forming an alliance is already the limit; merging is absolutely out of the question. If they dare to put it into action, the entire alliance will disintegrate, which would be a huge loss.

Therefore, it is foreseeable that the status of the human race will remain unshakable for a very long time.

Based on the principle of "one step ahead, and you'll be ahead in every step," if we can't shake the human race now, then we'll have even less hope of shaking it in the future.

The human race will likely wear the halos of being the number one race among all races and the protagonist of heaven and earth for a very, very long time.

However, this does not mean that as the human race's strength expanded, their influence in the prehistoric world increased. On the contrary, their influence actually shrank.

Because there are more Primordial Golden Immortals in the Primordial World, the world's格局 (geju, a term referring to the overall situation or pattern) has changed dramatically. Unless there is a Creation Realm expert in charge, it will be difficult for the previous situation of absolute dominance to reappear.

In the past, there were only a dozen or so Grand Luo Golden Immortals in the entire Primordial World. Therefore, as long as one Grand Luo Golden Immortal emerged, he could become the undisputed overlord of the Primordial World, and no race could resist him.

But now, there are over a thousand Primordial Golden Immortals. Even if the human race has ten Primordial Golden Immortals, it only shows that the human race is powerful enough, but it cannot dominate the Primordial World. Any few forces joining forces can threaten the human race.

Therefore, being the number one in the primordial world is one thing, and being the sole ruler of the primordial world is another; there is a difference between the two.

The force that can dominate the primordial world must be the strongest in the primordial world. But the strongest force in the primordial world may not necessarily be able to dominate the primordial world.

Not only the human race, but all the great races of the past faced a similar situation. As their strength increased, their status declined, and they could no longer dominate the primordial world as they once did.

However, if the top experts in their clan were to cultivate to the level of the Boundless Golden Immortal, that would be a completely different matter, and they would immediately be able to dominate the prehistoric world.

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"One thousand two hundred Grand Luo Golden Immortals of Hunyuan, what a magnificent sight this is! In the history of the world, only the Chaos Demon God has ever witnessed such a grand scene."

"The Chaos God is a thing of the past, with no future to speak of. But for us, the future still exists, and there is much we can achieve. Surpassing the Chaos God and reaching a new peak is only a matter of time."

Upon witnessing such a sight, Ao Bing couldn't help but exclaim in front of everyone.

Upon hearing this, the gods were all filled with pride and their faces radiated with joy. Indeed, the primordial world was at its zenith. As long as this upward momentum was maintained, surpassing the Chaos God was not only a matter of time, but also a matter of life and death.

However, while some were happy, others were unhappy, their faces extremely grim. These included figures such as the Jade Emperor, the Primordial Celestial Venerable, the Eastern Emperor, and the Styx River.

The Jade Emperor certainly had reason to be unhappy, because it was not Ao Bing's place to say these things; it was Ao Bing who should be expressing his feelings.

He is the true Heavenly Emperor, the nominal ruler of the primordial world. Ao Bing's words are far too presumptuous. Anyone who doesn't know the situation would think he is the Heavenly Emperor.

As for Yuanshi Tianzun's displeasure, it was for the same reason. He was the supreme immortal, in charge of all matters, large and small, and even the Jade Emperor had to be mindful of his feelings.

Now that the Immortal Path is flourishing and its atmosphere is extraordinary, if anyone is to give a concluding speech, it should be him. What right does Ao Bing, this junior, have to speak before him? It is truly rude and extremely impolite.

The reason Donghuang Minghe and the others were unhappy was simply because they disliked Ao Bing. Because of their mutual enmity, the more Ao Bing stood out, the more annoyed they became.

"In this world, we are in the primeval age, a time of great joy. It is hateful that the Chaos Demon God chose this time of year to cause trouble, ruining our mood. It is truly despicable."

After everyone finished laughing, they remembered the purpose of their visit and began to curse unhappily.

They were naturally unhappy. Breaking through to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm was a joyous occasion, and the moment of breakthrough, the mutual verification with other fellow cultivators, causing their own cultivation to advance by leaps and bounds, made their joy even greater. (End of Chapter)