Under One Person: Starting from the Inheritance of Gods

Chapter 370 Heavenly Puppet, Tongtian Yuanshi; Origin Heavenly Dao Tree, Hongjun's Self-Destruction
"Fellow?"

"Which one is your fellow Daoist!"

Meng Fan sneered, and then began to release the pressure unique to the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao Immortal Body has already broken through nine thousand feet, with chains of rules and runes intertwined all over its body. Behind it hangs a golden wheel of rules, the end of all paths, the convergence of rules, supreme power, supreme virtue, supreme height, supreme authority, truly the master of the Heavenly Dao.

The Yujing Sacred Mountain, which is 1,000 meters in size, can be held in the palm of one's hand.

Upon seeing this, Hongjun's gaze immediately sharpened.

He originally thought that the other party should also be a representative of the Heavenly Dao, just like himself, and would be a pioneer from other worlds to invade the world of Under One Person.

However, who could have imagined that the other party was actually a Heavenly Dao, and so brazenly intruded into the Heavenly Dao space of another world.

Hongjun immediately said, "Wait, we can discuss this..."

"discuss?"

Do you even have the right to discuss things with me?

Meng Fan's voice was filled with the cold indifference unique to the Heavenly Dao, and he said condescendingly, "Hand over the power of the world, kneel down and submit to me, and perhaps I can spare your life!"

Upon hearing this, Hongjun's expression stiffened.

No matter what, he is a supreme being in a world. Now, with these almost humiliating words, they want him to kneel down and submit. Do they really think he, the Dao Ancestor, is a pushover?
He has walked this path with trembling steps and trepidation, diligently cultivating the inner world for thousands upon thousands of years, not so that one day he could become someone else's dog.

Hongjun plotted to seize the Heavenly Dao, always wanting to obtain more power over Heaven and Earth, wasn't it all so that one day he could rise up and become the master of the Heavenly Dao?
Meanwhile, Meng Fan was constantly sensing the outside world. After the battle, the barbarians had suffered heavy casualties, and Hongjun was now much weaker than before.

The world of Under One Person was originally a level three small world, but now he has become a level four small world Heavenly Dao.

If it weren't for the need to play it safe and maintain the integrity of the Under One Person world's structure, he could have forcibly broken through the Under One Person world and violently killed its world consciousness.

Hongjun was already weaker than Meng Fan, and with the power over "humans" in the Heavenly and Earthly Authority constantly weakening, he was now even less of a match for Meng Fan.

However, Hongjun has been operating the Under One Person world for many years, so he naturally has his own methods.

Meng Fan's attitude remained unchanged.

Hongjun's expression gradually hardened, and he said fiercely, "Is it really necessary to do it this way?"

"What do you say?"

Meng Fan retorted, "The Great Dao is all about struggle; it's either you die or I die. Do I really need to teach you such a simple truth?"

Hongjun narrowed his eyes and said, "Then don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Oh?"

Meng Fan's interest was piqued, and he looked at him with the gaze one would give an ant: "I want to see what you're really capable of."

Hongjun hardened his heart and with a thought, two illusory figures, one young and one middle-aged, composed of primordial Qi, emerged from the two mature and bright trees of Heavenly Dao Rules.

The young man had sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, with an arrogant expression. He wore a blue Taoist robe with cloud patterns and a white jade lotus crown. The phantom images of the Four Immortal-Slaying Swords hung beside him. With each step he took, sword energy arose spontaneously, demonstrating the intention to destroy heaven and earth and recreate the elements of earth, water, fire, and wind, blooming with the Taoist charm of blue lotus in the void.

His sharp and assertive aura was just like the Heaven-Severing Principle he established in front of Biyou Palace back then, which was the Tongtian Sect Master who "seized a ray of heavenly secrets for all living beings".

The middle-aged man had a dignified face, wore a twelve-tassel Xuantian crown, and a purple-gold Bagua robe. He was surrounded by a necklace of precious pearls formed from the condensation of Jade Purity Immortal Light. His left hand held a Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, while his right hand was forming a Daoist hand seal.

Simply by standing still, he caused the surrounding rules to spontaneously evolve into the image of Tai Chi and Yin and Yang, with earth, wind, water, and fire on his side, which is quite in line with the beginning of the universe and the renewal of all things. This is the Yuanshi Tianzun who expounds on "following the will of Heaven".

However, these two illusory figures appeared differently to Meng Fan, the Heavenly Dao.

At the center of their illusory bodies, there was a complete set of rules, each symbolizing the rules of life and death.

Although it is superficial, its underlying idea is extremely profound.

All living things in the universe, including the world itself, are subject to the cycle of birth and death. As the saying goes, a tall building rises from the ground. The more fundamental the rules are and the wider the scope they cover, the more powerful they become.

Under the law, there may be various rules, and people who cultivate the same rules may comprehend different laws.

The way of life may involve endless life, biochemical gestation, immortality, and even the evolution of all things. It can all be summed up in one word: growth and evolution.

The same applies to the path of extinction. Nirvana, destruction, and entering extinction, although they all represent extinction, have different meanings.

If one continues to delve deeper into the fundamental principles of birth and death, adding one's own understanding, with a bit of luck, one day it may evolve into the two laws of creation and destruction.

Of course, those with even better luck might be able to glean the principles of Yin and Yang from the rules of birth and death.

If the rules governing them were to evolve into the laws of destruction and creation, or even the Dao, it's unimaginable what kind of gods and demons they would become.

Comparing the aura of rules emanating from the two illusory figures, Meng Fan could confirm that the two must have had an extremely profound understanding of the rules of birth and death during their lifetimes.

If the two of them can continue to live, and the world's origin is abundant, there is a high probability that they will comprehend the laws.

At that time, the world of Under One Person might even become a minor world, which is how the world is promoted by human intervention!
However, both of them were already dead.

What's standing in front of Meng Fan now is just Hongjun's Heavenly Dao Puppet Avatar!
"The Tongtian Sect Leader and the Primordial Heavenly Lord!"

Meng Fan's expression was complicated. Back then, during the time travel, he had actually seen the faces of these two people and recognized their identities at a glance.

When the Tongtian Sect Leader died, how much Yuanshi Tianzun regretted it, and how many years later, how he resolutely drew his sword against Hongjun.

The two brothers, who once shared a deep bond, have now become puppets of Hongjun.

Meng Fan took a deep look at the dim and mature Tree of Heavenly Dao Rules behind Hongjun, as if he understood something.

"Back then, the Supreme Lord of Morality chose to leave Hangu Pass in the west and travel to the outer starry sky. It seems that he escaped and was not succeeded by Hongjun!" Meng Fan thought to himself.

Then, he looked at the saplings behind Hongjun, lost in thought.

If these saplings mature, wouldn't that mean Hongjun will have seven Heavenly Dao avatars, each wielding a complete superior rule, whose combined combat power would be formidable?

Fortunately, the remaining five trees were still just seedlings.

Even with the help of seven Heavenly Dao avatars, they were still no match for Meng Fan.

At this moment, in Hongjun's eyes, Meng Fan merely raised his eyes slightly, glanced at him and his two clones, and looked at them with an expression of "that's all".

Then, Meng Fan spoke with a sarcastic tone: "Master Tongtian, Yuanshi Tianzun, I never expected you to refine your two disciples into clones. You really are a good teacher!"

To everyone's surprise, Hongjun snorted coldly: "These three brothers were born from the very laws of Heaven. After their deaths, they will naturally return to Heaven. Now that I am a part of Heaven, what's wrong with me commanding them?"

"Heaven itself conceived it..."

Meng Fan narrowed his eyes, looking at the Heavenly Dao Treasure and vaguely understanding something. No wonder the Three Pure Ones possessed such powerful innate abilities from birth; it turned out they were originally nurtured by the Heavenly Dao through that Heavenly Dao Treasure for their growth.

Although it is not yet clear what specific abilities that Heavenly Treasure possesses, it is definitely related to the improvement and growth of the rules, and will greatly benefit the growth of the world.

Meng Fan secretly made up his mind to obtain this rare treasure of the Heavenly Dao intact.

Facing the Three Talents Formation, which was faintly headed by Hongjun.

Meng Fan immediately shouted, "Let's fight!"

His eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and his nine-thousand-foot-tall Heavenly Dao Immortal Body suddenly radiated boundless brilliance. As the Dao Wheel of Rules behind him turned, eighty-four thousand golden Dao Seals appeared in the void, each reflecting a different manifestation of the rules.

It may be complete or incomplete.

At this moment, it transformed into a majestic heavenly might, crashing down upon us.

"Zheng——"

The phantom of the Tongtian Sect Leader was the first to launch an attack.

The moment the illusory images of the Four Swords of Zhuxian solidified, the entire inner world suddenly darkened.

The Immortal-Slaying Sword traced a dark, mysterious path, causing the space to collapse like rotten earth wherever it passed; the Immortal-Trapping Sword burst forth with a scarlet, blood-red light, and the wails of ten thousand ghosts could be heard even before the sword light arrived; the Immortal-Slaying Sword unleashed azure-purple lightning, actually cleaving the chains of rules composed of Dao talismans into sparks flying everywhere.

The most formidable Zhuxian Sword thrust into the air, its tip radiating a chilling light that cleaved through the inner world, leaving a long crack in the golden void.

"Good timing!!!"

Meng Fan formed a sword with his fingers, and used the chaotic Qi Source Flow Method at his fingertips. Seventy-two layers of Divine Firmament Thunder Technique, thirty-six Heavenly Dao True Fires, and twenty-four solar terms rotated between his fingers, finally condensing into a "Heavenly Tribulation Sword Finger" that spanned the heavens and earth.

The moment the swords clashed, spiderweb-like cracks appeared in the inner world, the illusory figure of the Tongtian Sect Master was forced to retreat thousands of miles, and the Zhuxian Sword Formation was actually forced to roll back by this one finger.

At this moment, the illusory image of the Primordial Celestial Venerable made a Daoist incantation, and the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi bloomed with nine-colored radiance. The Jade Purity Immortal Light transformed into the inverted Milky Way, and every drop of "river water" was a concentrated crystallization of rules.

Wherever the Milky Way passes, all things return to the "original state of oneness," transforming into countless rules that become the foundational Dao texts.

"Tracing back to the source? That's a trivial matter!"

"Come and experience the turbulent currents of the Chaotic Void Sea!"

Meng Fan sneered, and a bronze portal appeared in his palm, connecting to the Chaotic Void Sea. As the portal opened and closed, a chaotic torrent surged forth, colliding with the Jade Purity Immortal Light to create countless wondrous phenomena.

There are dragons born with candles in their mouths, phoenixes that rise from the ashes and sing, and even qilin that shatters the void. This is the “retrospective” way of chaos evolving into all things.

As the two forces were locked in a stalemate, Meng Fan suddenly flipped his palm down, and the bronze portal burst open, swallowing the entire Jade Purity Heavenly River into it.

Hongjun finally couldn't hold back any longer.

Mount Yujing trembled violently, and the five saplings shattered, falling into the Seven Treasures Platform. From the platform, five rainbow bridges shot out, each woven with different rules: the Crimson Bridge burned with raging karmic fire, the Black Bridge flowed with the Three Thousand Weak Waters, and the Yellow Bridge suspended ten thousand mountains…

The five bridges, encircling the heavens and earth, formed a furnace, intending to refine Meng Fan alive.

"So this is the Way of the Five Elements! How dare you try to teach me such a simple trick!"

Meng Fan let out a long roar, and his nine thousand-foot immortal body suddenly collapsed to the size of an ordinary person. The extremely compressed Heavenly Dao rules formed a crystal-clear Dao armor on his body surface, and every step he took seemed to shake the entire inner world.

These footsteps seem to follow the changes of the Book of Changes, like stepping on the Big Dipper, treading on the void. With each step, ten thousand Dharma bodies appear simultaneously, and then return to one body.

As the seven-colored rainbow bridge pressed down on his head, he suddenly stomped down—

"boom!"

A burst of light, ten thousand times brighter than the sun, swept through the inner world. Hongjun was shocked to discover that the footprints had somehow formed an unparalleled array of rules.

Like the stars in the heavens, scattered and intertwined, yet closely connected, the silvery-white spatial rules intertwine, the five-colored rainbow bridge crumbles inch by inch in the silvery light, and the glazed tiles of Yujing Mountain peel off in a rustling sound.

"It's time to finish."

Meng Fan suddenly appeared in the center of the three.

With his left hand, he gripped the top of the Tongtian Sect Master's head, and the Daoist rules transformed into a golden prison to imprison him; with his right hand, he pierced through the chest of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, and the chains of rules clung to him, like capturing a dragon and locking a serpent, penetrating his internal organs.

Subsequently, with the blessing of the power of the rules, Meng Fan's hands emitted a terrifying red and blue light, which instantly infected the two illusory figures and extracted their source of the rules.

After dealing with Tongtian Jiaozhu and Yuanshi Tianzun, Meng Fan shot out a golden chain of rules from his palm, forcibly pulling back Hongjun who was retreating violently.

Do you know what the true Way of Heaven is?

With the cold announcement, a vast phantom of a world appeared behind Meng Fan. The phantom of the world extended chains of rules, binding Jade Capital Mountain into a cocoon.

Hongjun was shocked and furious to discover that his connection with Yujing Mountain was being forcibly severed.

"No--!"

Amidst screams, the Tree of Rules shook violently, and the two mature trees were broken off and uprooted, transforming into two streams of blue and white energy that entered Meng Fan's sleeve.

The remaining withered mature treasure tree transformed into illusory purple energy, which was enveloped by the illusory image of the bronze gate, and vanished without a trace in an instant.

When the last thread of connection was severed, Hongjun's purple immortal robe shattered, and golden blood spurted from his seven orifices.

He knelt on the shattered Jade Capital Mountain, watching Meng Fan walk towards him holding the chains of rules. At the end of the chains was the Heavenly Dao Treasure, which had now revealed its true form.

The Origin Heaven Dao Tree buried within the Seven Treasures Mysterious Platform.

Those eight trees were merely the branches that had emerged above the soil.

Meng Fan looked down at Hongjun, whose face was ashen, and placed a hand on his head. With a mocking smile, he said, "The Jade Capital in the heavens, now that Jade Capital Mountain is destroyed, your immortality should also end!"

After saying that, countless rules and Dao talismans emerged from Meng Fan's palm, piercing through Hongjun's Dao body and sweeping away the authority over Heaven and Earth that he held as the representative of the Heavenly Dao.

Seeing that he was about to die, Hongjun immediately said fiercely, "Since you won't let me go, then you can forget about obtaining the complete power over heaven and earth!"

Then, catching Meng Fan off guard, Hongjun chose to self-destruct.

"boom!!!"

The interior world shattered.

Numerous fragments of the power of heaven and earth, along with inner landscape fragments formed from the will of all living beings, scattered across the world like meteors.

(End of this chapter)