Honghuang: The chat group is full of big shots

Chapter 289 The Great Tribulation and Twilight

Fang Xun: "Okay, I have a plan now, it's feasible, but there's still one problem: half of the fortune of the Hundred Schools of Thought has been taken by the Zixiao Palace."

Fang Xun: "Although we can make the cake bigger, I don't want Zixiao Palace to be able to easily devour this part."

Fang Xun would never suffer a loss in these areas.

Qin Mu: "Then let's focus on the Primordial Masters; this will significantly weaken the fortune gained by the Purple Cloud Palace."

Fang Xun: "This... will work too."

Fang Xun discussed the Dao of Destiny with a few more group members, and then began to create a Daoist method suitable for the integration of destiny.

There are quite a few people in the group who are skilled in the Dao of Destiny, such as Fang Han, who is currently digesting the various Daoist techniques in the chat group and trying to break through to the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm.

He has conducted extensive and profound research on the principles of destiny.

Meanwhile, in the Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun Daozu glanced at the Creation Jade Disc and confirmed that nothing had changed, and that Fang Xun had not massacred those otherworldly people.

"The initial grafting of destiny has been successful." Dao Ancestor Hongjun nodded slightly.

Beside him was the Destiny God who had previously disappeared before Ye Fan.

"You have lost a branch of the Tree of All Heavens." The God of Fate stated a fact without any expression.

"This is a necessary sacrifice; otherwise, your primordial power wouldn't have been able to enter this place."

Hongjun Daozu still possesses a primordial world, which he doesn't care about. In the game of power, compromise is necessary.

"Yangmei still hasn't found the second segment," the Fate Demon God simply said.

"So little?" Hongjun Daozu frowned.

Given the sheer size of the Heavenly Dao Tree, even if only one in a billion remained, it would still be an unimaginable number, and Yang Mei's abilities shouldn't be limited to that.

"It has nothing to do with Yang Mei; it's someone else who's collecting branches from the Tree of All Heavens," the Destiny Demon God said softly.

"The other demon gods are also collecting this thing." Although Hongjun Daozu was surprised, he was not astonished.

They are certainly not the only ones who can discover the unique characteristics of the Heavenly Dao Tree; even those from the world of demons and gods from the heavens have a better understanding of the Heavenly Dao Tree than they do.

They would deliberately search for the Tree of Heaven in the chaos to restore their world, which was on the verge of destruction.

"There's one more thing," the Fate Demon suddenly said.

Hongjun Daozu seemed to sense something, and his expression turned serious.

"What happened deep within the chaos? Was it Yang Mei?"

“It’s not him,” a ripple appeared in the eyes of the Deity of Fate, which were as desolate as ever.

As he shook hands, a tiny bolt of lightning appeared between his fingers.

The lightning was so small that it was almost dim, but the Deity of Fate used his great power to fix it in this form.

Hongjun Daozu stared at the tiny wisp of lightning and remained silent for a long time.

"Scared?" The God of Fate suddenly revealed a mocking smile.

Compared to Hongjun, the greatest strength of these Chaos Gods lies in their understanding of the immeasurable calamity, which far surpasses that of Hongjun, a primordial being created after the creation of the world.

"..." Hongjun Daozu's expression was slightly unpleasant, even more so than when he lost to Fang Xun!

"Whose is it?!" Hongjun Daozu asked solemnly.

The fact that the Deity of Fate specifically reminded them suggests that the owner of this lightning bolt must be extremely terrifying.

"Not that supreme being from the Olympian pantheon, but a lineage related to the Tree of Heavenly Dao." The God of Fate's tone stiffened slightly, as if he had just remembered something.

"A lineage related to the Heavenly Dao Tree?" Hongjun Daozu quickly locked onto the Thunder God and quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

"As expected, they have returned." Hongjun Daozu was not surprised by this. "We need to gain control more quickly."

The Deity of Fate nodded slightly.

But... it's not over yet. The key point of the Destiny Demon God's answer was not actually the Thunder God, but the Tree of Heavenly Dao.

Of course, in that world, the Tree of All Heavens was simply called the World Tree.

That world and that civilization were built upon the World Tree, and the World Tree meant something even more important to that world.

"The only ones who can find the remnants of the Tree of Heavenly Dao even faster than Yang Mei are them," the God of Destiny added.

"..." The Dao Ancestor fell silent, feeling a sense of urgency. "Too fast."

"Where did you find this thing?" Dao Ancestor thought for a moment and asked.

"Not far."

……

Fang Xun's seclusion this time probably took a multi-dimensional period. The Dao of Destiny is difficult, but with the support of the Great Dao of the myriad worlds, he finally created the Dao he wanted.

"Let's call it 'The Only Destiny'," Fang Xun casually suggested.

Even if this method is not used for unifying destiny, it is still a method in ordinary cultivation that directly points to the nothingness of destiny.

"Disperse it." Fang Xun pointed his finger, and all the true disciples, no matter what they were doing, froze in that instant, only this one Dao technique was being practiced in their minds.

"Thank you for bestowing this Dharma, Your Majesty." Confucius, who was most familiar with this, quickly bowed to the void in gratitude.

"Has it come to this already?" Fang Xun wondered, flipping through the timeline.

During the multiverse period he spent in seclusion, those otherworldly beings from the primordial chaos of destiny finally gained a firm foothold.

Those scholars who were sent over at their peak have begun to show their talents and are even gradually suppressing those of us who have not yet fully matured!
"The Dao Ancestor's move is truly powerful," Fang Xun exclaimed, but at a certain moment he suddenly saw an extremely strange scene.

In the weeds of a corner of Shouyang Mountain, there are two stones lying quietly on the ground.

“Zhuang Zhou…” Fang Xun’s lips twitched slightly.

These two stones are like two Zhuang Zhous.

The two had been lying on this desolate mountain for who knows how long, contemplating nature and drawing closer to the Dao.

However, it must be said that Zhuang Zhou's cultivation improved extremely quickly after the last "Dao", even as fast as Confucius's.

After the other Zhuang Zhou appeared, both of them quickly accepted the existence of their other selves and then tacitly ignored each other.

Zhuang Zhou, who came from the primordial chaos of destiny, saw himself lying in the weeds trying to comprehend the Dao. He was inspired and lay down as well, which resulted in this bizarre appearance.

As time went by, the two even turned into stone, completely shutting themselves off and becoming part of nature. "Hmm... people like this will always be like this, no matter where they go," Fang Xun sighed softly, not bothering them.

Fang Xun left the pass and returned to the human race's archives.

But at that very moment, Fang Xun suddenly sensed something and looked in front of him, where a sphere was quietly floating.

Inside the sphere was a frozen bolt of lightning.

Fang Xun's pupils contracted slightly, and something within his primordial spirit surged like a tidal wave.

"Thunder..."

At this moment, Fang Xun's vision was elevated to an unprecedented level, allowing him to calmly examine a certain sphere of light within his primordial spirit.

This sphere of light was a gift from Pangu to Fang Xun when he returned to the first kalpa and witnessed the birth of the Heavenly Dao.

The contents inside are from the last immeasurable eon!
Since Pangu pulled all the heavens into this chaos, countless eons have passed!
This wisp of lightning acted as a trigger, completely activating the ball of light within Fang Xun's primordial spirit.

Fang Xun's vision blurred for a moment, and when he opened it again, he suddenly realized that he had turned back into a tree.

The Tree of All Heavens connects all heavens, supports the world, and unifies all paths.

"This is not me, but the previous Heavenly Dao Tree." Fang Xun calmly examined himself and realized his current state.

From his current perspective, he sees the nine worlds that depend on him for existence.

At that moment, Fang Xun knew which world he was in.

He also found the corresponding fragment in the world fragments he had just obtained from the previous tree of the Heavenly Dao.

hum!
Fang Xun felt the fragments of the world within his body resonating with the sphere of light bestowed by Pangu, granting him access to some memories from even more distant times.

The age of the previous Heavenly Dao Tree is unknown. After Pangu achieved the Primordial Golden Immortal status, what we saw was the Heavenly Dao Tree at its peak.

During this unimaginably long period of time, the Tree of Heavenly Dao also instinctively scattered some tree seeds.

These tree species are somewhat different from those that Fang Xun released, because Fang Xun's tree species are all controlled by his own consciousness, while the tree species sown by the previous Heavenly Dao Tree are more like naturally growing.

And a certain tree species grew into a World Tree in the void.

Driven by its instincts, the World Tree eventually began to give rise to the Great Dao from absolute nothingness. It then transformed the environment, creating chaos, which in turn gave birth to the world, giving rise to ice and fire.

From ice and fire, a giant was born, a creator god.

However, this creator god was far less powerful than Pangu. After creating the world, he died completely, and his body transformed into nine worlds.

"This feels so familiar!" Fang Xun complained.

The previous Heavenly Tree connected countless heavenly worlds, but it also created many more.

However, the memories before him and everything he had just seen had already made Fang Xun completely lock onto his target.

"It is one of the nine strongest worlds, an epic realm born from the A Song of Ice and Fire!"

In Fang Xun's memory, there was another name: the Aesir!

"That wisp of lightning sent by the Dao Ancestor is related to this myth." Fang Xun naturally knew who sent that ball of light.

As soon as he had a thought, time flowed by like water, and the history of this mythical world was glimpsed in a flash, until at one moment he felt a kind of supplication.

A burly man gouged out his own eyes, hung upside down on the body of the tree, and silently prayed something.

Fang Xun: "..."

No, don't get involved!
Fang Xun felt the prayers and calls, but he naturally didn't want to respond; it was all history now.

The burly man pierced his body with a spear in a near-suicidal manner, hanging upside down from the World Tree, while Fang Xun carefully sensed the changes in the burly man's body.

Initially, according to the current realm classification of the prehistoric world, this burly man could not even be considered a Great Luo Immortal. However, after he gouged out his own eyes and hung upside down on the World Tree, the power in his body increased at an unimaginable speed every day.

After nine days and nine nights, he transcended.

It's outrageous, but it seems understandable, because he truly resonated with the World Tree, and in the end, what was reflected in the strong man's eyes was the complete World Tree!

On the Tree of All Heavens, this burly man gained endless knowledge of all the heavens and myriad worlds, and even directly comprehended a Great Dao rune on it!
It turns out that not only Pangu, but even this person received a tremendous blessing from the Heavenly Dao Tree!

"But why do they all want to cut down the tree?" Fang Xun was speechless. It was because the Heavenly Dao Tree, which cultivated all things in the heavens, was too kind!

History flowed on like water once more, and this burly man began to ally with a woman, starting to develop the Aesir gods, and his own power soared wildly.

He easily crossed the threshold of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, and then spent endless time becoming the Hunyuan Wuji Golden Immortal!
"What about Ragnarok?" Fang Xun suddenly realized something. So far, there was no Ragnarok in this world!
One day, this old man, who was already very old but possessed an aura that even the Heavenly Dao Tree could not comprehend, summoned all the gods and began to explain a prophecy called Ragnarok.

This prophecy was obtained by the old man when he was young, hanging upside down from the World Tree; it was a calamity for the Aesir that even he could not resolve.

"We may all die in this battle." The old man's voice seemed to echo in Fang Xun's ears.

"But the future is not necessarily without hope."

"Remember, you must find the World Tree no matter what!"

The old man's command was imprinted within the soul of every god.

At that very moment, the World Tree trembled violently!
"Please come over for a chat, fellow Daoist!" A deep and terrifying voice rang out.

This voice even echoed in absolute nothingness, reverberating in every world, obliterating all unknown and known destinies and causes, leaving only one ending for all the myriad realms.

"Come on!" Fang Xun reluctantly glanced in a certain direction.

The World Tree he is currently possessing is collapsing and being destroyed by an irresistible force!

At the last moment, Fang Xun saw a passage open, and on the other side of the passage was a terrifying giant wielding a giant axe and holding a tree heart.

The giant's aura and realm were beyond Fang Xun's comprehension, but Fang Xun could sense the madness in the giant's eyes and the resolute determination of a seeker of the Dao.

This is the final one, the immeasurable calamity before the primordial era, and also the Ragnarok of the Aesir gods!
"Kill!" The old man drew a spear made from the branches of a tree and charged at the giant wielding a giant axe.

The Eternal Spear—that's why Fang Xun said this guy was also a tree cutter.

They have absolutely no sense of awe; all they think about is cutting down trees!

At this moment, Fang Xun's memory came to a complete end. The final scene was the old man leading the gods to attack Pangu, and the World Tree completely collapsed.

"The fragments of the Tree of Heavens world that I obtained and the resonance of Pangu's gift have helped me understand more, but I also need a catalyst."

Fang Xun closed his eyes and processed the information.

Finally, he reached out and took the orb of light in his hand. "So this is something from the Aesir?"

"Is it the God of Thunder?"

(End of this chapter)