Primordial Era: From Primordial Human Race to Grand Luo Immortal

Chapter 121, Section 120: The Secret of the Dao of Cause and Effect and the Demon God
The God of Cause and Effect remained silent, but the look in his eyes betrayed his unease.

Ji Yuan continued his sarcastic remarks:
"You say you've lived for countless years, how can you still be so naive? You were sold out without even realizing it, and you still expect the Time Demon and Rahu to save you. The essence you left behind didn't become the source of your resurrection, but instead was fed to the Hou. It's truly laughable."

Hearing Ji Yuan's scathing sarcasm, the God of Cause and Effect looked extremely ugly, but he didn't know how to refute it, so he could only look at Ji Yuan angrily.

Ji Yuan seemed oblivious to the expression on the face of the God of Cause and Effect, and continued speaking to himself:
“Tell me your true purpose, and I may let you out. Otherwise, you will become nourishment for the universe within me, which will devour everything about you, even your true spirit.”

The Demon God of Cause and Effect did not feel fear upon hearing this, but rather seemed to be pondering something. After an unknown amount of time, he finally spoke:
"I can tell you what they're going to do, but you have to agree to one condition."

"explain."

Ji Yuan spoke calmly.

"After I tell you what they're going to do, you must cut off everything of mine, including my Great Dao."

"Why?"

Ji Yuan was puzzled; it was the first time he had ever heard someone ask to cut off everything.

"You'll understand once I tell you their purpose."

The God of Cause and Effect did not answer directly, but instead remained mysterious.

Then he asked a question:
Do you know why Pangu created the world?

"In order to prove the Great Way."

Ji Yuan answered without hesitation, "This is practically common knowledge. Could there be some other secret?"

"Yes and no!"

The God of Cause and Effect nodded:
"Pangu separated heaven and earth to prove the Great Dao, to achieve the Primordial Chaos and stand shoulder to shoulder with the Great Dao, but there is another reason."

The God of Cause and Effect's eyes became extremely complex, filled with both hatred and admiration.

"Pangu was too arrogant, so arrogant that he wanted to make decisions for all the chaotic gods. He created the world to break the shackles of the chaotic universe and cut off the constraints of the chaotic gods."

"It's not just for himself, but encompasses all the Chaos Gods."

"Attaining the Great Dao was something many demons and gods longed for at the time, but it wasn't everything. And no one could say for sure whether the Chaos Demons and Gods could truly sever their roots and attain the Great Dao after the creation of the world, but damage to the Chaos Origin was inevitable."

"But isn't the Chaos Demon God's background good? He is uniquely endowed with a great Dao from birth."

Ji Yuan asked.

The primordial world is a world that places great importance on one's origins. Sometimes, one's origins determine whether one can reach the pinnacle of cultivation. Of course, this doesn't apply to those with special abilities like him.

"Hehe, everything has two sides. Success depends on the foundation, and failure also depends on the foundation. As long as we are based on the Chaos Demon God, we will be bound by the Chaos and unable to attain the Great Dao."

The God of Cause and Effect spoke with a tone full of self-mockery.

"There weren't many demon gods who supported Pangu's creation of the world back then. There were only a dozen or so, including myself, Time, Hongjun, Yin Yang, Yangmei, Rahu, the Five Elements, and Creation."

"What we are facing are all the Chaos Gods and the manifestation of the chaotic cosmic will—Destiny."

"Fate has decided everything in the dark. We defeated all the Chaos Gods, but we still failed to create the world. Fate is so powerful, controlling everything."

"No, it's not a failure either. He opened up this primordial world and left a glimmer of hope."

"What's more, there's a variable like you, even more arrogant than Pangu. I already know what you're up to. You want to evolve the primordial universe, create heaven and earth, and achieve the flawless primordial chaos, something even Pangu couldn't do. Do you deserve it?" The God of Cause and Effect laughed loudly, appearing quite neurotic, looking at Ji Yuan as if he were watching a joke.

"Shut up, or I'll torture you. If you continue, what was the reason for Hongjun and Luohou's struggle for the Dao, and what was the return of the Chaos Demon God?"

Ji Yuan said emotionlessly, "Why is this God of Cause and Effect acting so strangely? If it were me, how could my thoughts be so easily guessed? How could I have let him in?"

The Demon God of Cause and Effect said with a half-smile:
Do you know where Destiny, the embodiment of the chaotic cosmic will, has gone?

"I know, why am I asking you? Why are you suddenly acting so silly?"

Ji Yuan said irritably, he found that cause and effect were like idiots.

The God of Cause and Effect paused, glared at Ji Yuan, and then continued:
"After the creation of the world, Pangu divided destiny in two, with Hongjun and Luohou each receiving half. The war between the Dao and the Demon was not only a struggle between the Dao and the Demon, but also a struggle over the fate of destiny."

"In the end, Hongjun won by half a point and obtained destiny."

"If I'm not mistaken, Hongjun couldn't resist the temptation, refined destiny, and became the follower of the God of Destiny, wanting to attain the Great Dao in another way."

"The Chaos God who returned also had the goal of destiny. He did not have the talent and ability of Pangu, so he had to find another way."

"But the purpose of Rahu and Time is not destiny, but the entire primordial world, or more precisely, the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man."

"The three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man? Why is that?"

Ji Yuan frowned. If they wanted to transcend the chaotic universe, then why did they need the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man? This was also a constraint.

The God of Cause and Effect slowly spoke:
"The birth of the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man is closely related to Pangu. In a sense, this is the manifestation of the Pangu path."

"Although Pangu failed to create the world, he still saw the true nature of the Great Dao and refined the three paths of Heaven, Earth and Man. Being able to glimpse the true nature of the Great Dao that Pangu saw back then is even more precious to Rahu, who has already severed his roots from the Chaos Demon God."

"I see."

After listening to what the God of Cause and Effect said, Ji Yuan seemed to understand everything, and everything that had happened before connected.

The Rahu Calamity was to completely sever the roots of the Chaos Demon God. The so-called Great Calamity after the Dao and Demon was not a trend or the will of the people, but was controlled by Hongjun Daozu, who was the Destiny Demon God.

Controlling destiny may be his method of attaining enlightenment, and the so-called great calamity may just be a script for him, a tool for attaining enlightenment.

"Why did the Chaos Gods return en masse?"

Ji Yuan asked again, "The return of such a powerful being is a bit too outrageous."

The God of Cause and Effect smiled:
"Fate, everything is fate. Hongjun has become the God of Fate. Fate once influenced the fate of the Chaos God. They will return along Hongjun's fate line. Only if Hongjun can abandon his roots as the God of Fate can this be stopped."

"But do you think he would?"

Ji Yuan thought seriously for a moment, then spoke:

“I think he might stop it in another way.”

For some reason, he had a strange intuition that the Dao Ancestor was planning something. What the cause and effect said might not be true. He wasn't stupid enough to believe everything he was told.

Cause and Effect smiled dismissively:
"Then let's wait and see!"

(End of this chapter)