Honghuang: I am Qitian and I want to fight for the throne

Chapter 479 The Secret Revealed: The True Pangu Appears
"who are you?"

Qi Tian demanded an answer in a stern voice.

The voice was filled with anger, but even more so with horror!
Because the devouring power acting on his primordial spirit was far more terrifying than he had imagined!
Now, he has reached the peak of the half-step Great Dao Realm, and his primordial spirit is perfectly condensed!

However, faced with this devouring power, he felt as insignificant as a candle flame in a storm, which could be extinguished at any moment!

No matter how he mobilized his vast and boundless cultivation and magical power, it was like a mud ox entering the sea, unable to even stir up a ripple.

The primordial spirit was still being slowly devoured.

"Hehehe... Does it matter who you are? What matters is that your existence is nourishment prepared for me!"

The voice of that remnant soul carried endless mockery and an air of certainty.

"Bastard!"

Qi Tian was furious; he had been deceived and tricked.

The inheritance of this remnant soul was also a conspiracy.

So that he can grow up quickly and reap the rewards!

But Qi Tian forced himself to calm down. At this critical moment of life and death, any loss of control of emotions could be fatal!
"Get out of my way!"

Qi Tian roared inwardly!

The boundless fortune accumulated in the three realms of the primordial world, like a boiling golden ocean, was frantically mobilized by him, transforming into a tangible golden torrent that surged and surging, empowering his primordial spirit!

In an instant, his primordial spirit shone with golden light, as if it were draped in an indestructible armor of destiny!

Simultaneously,

Two eternal and immortal rays of light erupted from his body!
The World Rod stands tall, surrounded by the phantoms of countless worlds coming into existence, radiating a mighty power that suppresses all heavens and stabilizes the universe, before slamming down on the core of that devouring power!

The Pangu Axe stood horizontally before the Primordial Spirit of the Great Sage, its ancient blade imbued with the Daoist principles of creation, forming an indestructible barrier that firmly protected the Primordial Spirit's origin!

nothing left!

boom--!
The power of the two eternal treasures clashed violently with that terrifying devouring force!

This desolate, empty space trembled violently, as if it were about to be torn apart!
Qi Tian felt his primordial spirit tremble violently, his vision went black, his blood and qi surged, and even his physical body cracked open, oozing pale golden blood.

But he gritted his teeth and held on!

With the combined suppression and protection of the World Staff and the Pangu Axe, as well as the frenzied blessing of boundless fortune, the overwhelming devouring power was finally barely resisted!

Although it felt like being crushed by billions of divine mountains, and his primordial spirit was still heavy and on the verge of breaking, at least he was not dragged into the abyss!
"Huh...huh..."

Qi Tian gasped for breath, his face as pale as paper, the power of the peak half-step Great Dao Realm being squeezed to its limit at this moment.

While struggling to maintain its defense, it glared angrily at the surging devouring power from the depths of nothingness and demanded sharply:

"who are you?!"

"Jie Jie"

The remnant soul's sinister laughter rang out again, tinged with surprise, but mostly filled with greed and excitement:

"Your luck is enviable, to have obtained two eternal treasures! What a pity, what a pity! Even if you can temporarily resist, how long can you hold out? Half a step into the Great Dao is still only half a step! Before me, you are nothing but a slightly larger ant! When you are exhausted, that will be the moment when you and I become one and restore our true selves!"

To become one? To restore one's true self?
Qi Tian's mind was shaken!

This remnant soul mentioned "true self" last time, and now it speaks of "reuniting as one" and "restoring the original self"!
Considering its self-proclaimed status as a "real disc," a chilling guess, which even he found terrifying, exploded in his mind like a thunderclap!
Staring intently into the depths of nothingness, as if trying to pierce through the darkness and see the true nature of that remnant soul!

Qi Tian questioned again in a stern voice:

"You mean...you and I...we were originally one? Were we Pangu? Or that 'pan'?!"

Although it was a question, it carried an air of certainty!

"Hehe, congratulations, you guessed half right!"

This time, the remnant soul didn't laugh strangely; instead, its expression held a seriousness tinged with recollection.
"We are one, yet not one! I am the spirit of 'Pan', whose supreme physical body has been reborn after countless years of annihilation! And you... are the reincarnation of 'Pan's' true spirit!"

"Reincarnation of a true spirit?"

Qi Tian's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Not bad!"

The spirit of the flesh speaks with greed:

"The spirit of the body, the soul of the true spirit! Only when you and I are united can we replenish the origin of the whole and achieve a true new 'plate'! At that time, transcending the ruler and restoring the supreme transcendent state will be just around the corner!"

"A transcendent being?!"

Qi Tian's heart was filled with turmoil.

He was shocked by his bizarre origins—that he was the reincarnation of the true spirit of that terrifying being called "Pan"!

I was also shocked by the words "transcendent one"!

There are even realms above the Sovereign.

Moreover, the goal of this physical spirit is to devour him to replenish its origin and achieve the highest level.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind like lightning. Qi Tian suppressed his turbulent emotions and asked another question:
"Who is Pangu?"

This question may seem contradictory, but Qi Tian believes the other party will understand.

Sure enough, the spirit of the physical body scoffed, its expression filled with utter disdain:
“Pangu? He is also ‘us’! Only, he is the reincarnation of the spirit of ‘Pan’!”

"Hmph, to be honest, he had the chance to reach transcendence! What a pity, what a fool! For a world he created himself, which was insignificant, he actually abandoned his own path and chose to become one with all things to nourish all living beings? It's utterly foolish! He wasted the supreme foundation of the 'Pan' soul!"

Qi Tian suddenly realized something, and a complex and indescribable feeling welled up inside him.

That's it!

Behind the magnificent feat of Pangu creating the world and transforming himself into all things lies such a complex truth!
He and Pangu actually originated from different parts of the same "pan"—the divine soul and the true spirit!

Pangu's choice, from the perspective of the physical spirit, was foolish, but from the perspective of all the spirits in the primordial world, it was supreme compassion!

"And what about the wasteland? What is that?"

Qi Tian continued to press for information, determined to seize every opportunity to gather details and find a way to escape and resolve the crisis.

"Since Pan was already the strongest transcendent being, who severely injured him, causing him to split into us?"

"Severely damaged? Who said the plate was severely damaged?"

Faced with Qi Tian's barrage of questions, the spirit within the physical body seemed certain that Qi Tian was trapped, with no way to escape, and confident that it could eventually devour him. It showed no sign of concealment or impatience, but instead let out a strange, somewhat mocking laugh:
"He himself lived too long, so long that even the eternity of a transcendent being became a shackle, and even the creation of the primordial world could not fill the boundless loneliness and nothingness! He was tired of it all, and life was too boring! In the end, he chose self-exile and deliberately disintegrated!"

"As for the wasteland..."

The voice of the spirit within the body carried a strange quality:
"It was originally Pan's transcendent treasure, an unparalleled artifact that carried his transcendent Dao fruit! Pan used his great supernatural powers to refine and transform this treasure, turning it into this abandoned world before your eyes! Then, he disintegrated himself and banished himself to this wasteland! Waiting for endless years to see who can ultimately prevail, reassemble, and become the new 'Pan'! Hehehe... Clearly, I am the one destined by Heaven!"

Qi Tian remained silent, but his mind was clear!

All the mysteries suddenly became clear!
The greatest secret that spans the origin, the primordial world, the ruins, and the wasteland, along with his own true origin, has finally been completely revealed!

"All right!"

Just then, the voice of the spirit of the flesh suddenly turned fierce, filled with impatient greed:
"You know everything you need to know! You can rest in peace now! Offer everything you have to me!" Before the words were finished, an ordinary-looking body suddenly appeared in the depths of the void—

This is the true form of the spirit within the physical body!

It is also the original physical body of the disc.

Aside from exuding an ancient and immortal aura, they are no different from ordinary mortals.

"Roar--!"

As soon as this physical body appeared, it suddenly roared to the sky, and then unleashed an unprecedentedly terrifying devouring power!
This force is tens of millions of times stronger than before!
The World Stick was the first to be hit. The billions of illusory worlds surrounding the stick instantly shattered and dimmed, emitting a mournful cry of unbearable burden. It was forcibly torn apart and devoured by the devouring power!
Next up is Pangu's Axe!

The seemingly indestructible barrier of the Daoist principles of creation shattered like fragile glass, the axe trembled violently, emitting a mournful hum, and was forcibly swallowed up as well!

The two eternal treasures could only withstand the weight of this ordinary yet ancient "plate" for less than a breath!
It was then completely destroyed.

"puff--!"

With the destruction of the two refined treasures, Qi Tian felt as if he had been struck by a devastating blow from all realms, his primordial spirit wracked with excruciating pain.

next moment,
That irresistible devouring power, like a world-destroying torrent, instantly engulfed his primordial spirit!

An endless sense of coldness and emptiness completely enveloped, permeated, and disintegrated him!
He felt his primordial spirit, memories, power, and even his true soul being frantically drawn away and devoured!
Suddenly everything went black, and he lost consciousness.

I see,

Qi Tian's physical body transformed into a stream of light and was completely devoured by the 'plate's' physical body.

"Hahaha! It's done! It's finally done!"

The laughter of the spirit in the flesh was filled with boundless ecstasy and the madness of about to reach the pinnacle!
"Physical body, true spirit! The origin is united, right now! The newly born 'plate,' the realm of transcendence, is within reach..."

however,
The laughter lasted only a few bursts before abruptly stopping as if someone had choked him!

Then erupted a terrifying roar of extreme shock, rage, and exasperation:
"Roar—!!! Damn it! Pangu!!! You dared to fake your death?! Hiding inside Pangu's axe?!"

"Despicable! Shameless! I have plotted for millennia, how dare you reap the benefits without lifting a finger! Die!"

Boom——! ! !
It was as if a primordial explosion had erupted within the body and spirit!
"Buzz!"

The next moment, the ordinary physical body expanded wildly, instantly surpassing a certain limit, transforming into an ancient physical body that stood tall and filled the entire void, its size beyond description!
This is the true physical form of the "plate"!

It is bronze, gnarled and strong, and indestructible.

Even the nothingness and power of the Void within the Eye of Return to Nothingness could not harm a single hair on its head.

"You are merely a spirit acquired later in life, not Pan, and are not qualified to inherit this supreme body!"

A loud voice resounded from within the body, carrying the sharpness of creation.

This was immediately followed by the roar of the spirit within the body:

"You bastard! I was born from a physical body and am the most qualified. You, Pangu, are the outsider. Die!"

Pangu did not completely disappear, but remained lurking within the Pangu Axe!

When he devoured Qi Tian's true spirit and attempted to merge with the origin to achieve transcendence, he wanted to seize this physical body and devour it!

How could the spirit of the flesh tolerate this?

This is the fruit of his endless planning!

He chose to endure even the offenses of those rulers.

Now Pangu has come to reap his fruit, and the fire of his anger is about to burn the void.

"Boom~"

Within the infinitely massive physical body, a terrifying conflict erupted that far surpassed the one that occurred when it devoured Qi Tian!
Two vast forces, both originating from the "Pan" but completely different and both carrying an indomitable will, collided, tore, and strangled each other like two world-destroying demonic dragons within this ancient body that bore their common origin!

Each strike caused Pan's body to tremble violently!

This battle lasted for an unknown period of time.

Time loses its meaning here; only the destructive energy fluctuations rage silently in the deathly void.

Finally, at a certain moment, the two violent and seemingly endless fluctuations of power suddenly subsided.

Deathly silence once again enveloped the core of this wasteland.

I don't know how much time passed; it felt like billions of years, yet also like a fleeting moment.

A faint consciousness, like a candle flickering in the wind, swayed gently in this boundless silence.

"Hmm~"

His consciousness let out a groan and slowly awoke.

"who am I?"

Qi Tian's consciousness reassembled, and he was still somewhat bewildered and confused, but he quickly remembered everything that had happened before.

He immediately became alert to his surroundings, but was soon taken aback.

He opened his eyes and saw an unimaginably vast expanse—a still, turbulent void exuding an aura of ancient destruction;

I saw the cold fragments of shattered stars; I saw the boundary barriers of this desolate, empty space.
He discovered that his "perspective" had become...infinitely large?!
No! wrong!

It wasn't from his perspective, but rather because his physical body had become infinitely large, allowing him to see the entire Ruins of Return at a glance.

but,

He discovered that this was not his original body!
This physical body was billions of times stronger than his previous Golden Body of Great Dao Merit; it was like a firefly compared to the blazing sun.

"Om~"

Just as Qi Tian was confused and dumbfounded,
A massive torrent of memories, like a bursting dam, surged into his consciousness!

That is
The memories of the spirit within the body, and—

The memory of Pangu!
In an instant, Qi Tian understood everything.

It turns out that when Pangu perished and transformed into the Dao, he did not truly die from exhaustion!

At the crucial moment of his final attempt to transcend, he sensed in the darkness that his own essence was flawed and that he was fundamentally incapable of transcending.

Furthermore, they sensed a terrifying will that seemed to yearn to transcend.

In order to break through and to uncover the truth, he chose to fake his death!
He concealed his true nature deep within the Pangu Axe, a treasure he was born with.

I've been waiting.

Waiting for the opportunity to replenish one's own essence, waiting for the chance to transcend!

This opportunity arose when the spirit of his physical body had devoured Qi Tian and began to merge with his origin.

Pangu suddenly launched an attack, intending to seize the physical body of the disc in one fell swoop and devour its spirit, thus achieving true unity with the origin and transcending the mundane world!
Pangu was full of confidence because his strength was greater than that of a physical spirit!
however,
However, they underestimated the home-field advantage that the spirit of the flesh had cultivated within this plate-shaped body for countless years!

In the end, the spirit within the body launched a frenzied counterattack, resulting in a catastrophic destruction!

(End of this chapter)