Primordial: From a grain of soil to the ancestor of all paths

"you……"

Upon hearing Tianyan and Qinglian's words, Yuanshi's expression darkened.

Clearly, regardless of whether Styx is willing to fight Yuanshi or whether he can defeat him, Houtu and the others will not allow Yuanshi to do whatever he wants.

But what angered Yuanshi even more was Tianyan and the others' attitude towards him, one of the Three Pure Ones!

"My second brother just couldn't resist wanting to spar with Fellow Daoist Styx after seeing him become a saint."

"However, he spoke carelessly and said some unpleasant things."

"On his behalf, I apologize to Fellow Daoist Styx and all fellow Daoists. Please do not take it too seriously!"

At this moment, Taiqing appeared and spoke to Yuanshi.

After all, with their current strength, they are not yet capable of directly turning against Tai Chu and his group.

"Oh!--"

Neither Tianyan nor Houtu spoke to this, while Qinglian crossed her arms and snorted disdainfully.

"Fellow Daoist Styx, congratulations on your attainment of sainthood!"

"But you have only just become a saint and have a lot of misunderstandings about this realm. It would not be a bad thing to have someone familiar with the saint realm spar with you and give you some guidance."

"Don't worry, with fellow Daoists Tai Chu and the others here, my second brother won't harm you too much!"

What do you think, my friend?

Taiqing ignored Tianyan and the others' attitude, and instead turned to congratulate Minghe and offer her advice.

Clearly, Taiqing also wanted to incite a battle between Yuanshi and Styx, so as to take the opportunity to understand the specific strength of the latter, this Daoist Saint.

Compared to Yuanshi's arrogance and disdain, Taiqing's approach is simply more gentle.

However, Taiqing was deliberately implying that even if Styx had attained the status of a Sage of the Earthly Path, he was still inferior to Yuanshi, the Sage of the Heavenly Path, thus subtly provoking him!
"hiss!"

"What's happening here?"

"The Styx Saint has just attained enlightenment, and the Primordial Saint is already going to fight him?"

"That's normal. The Earthly Dao and the Heavenly Dao are inherently opposed. Heavenly Dao saints like Yuanshi Taiqing would never just stand by and watch the Styx Saint attain enlightenment without doing anything."

"If it weren't for the presence of Fellow Daoist Taichu, who once defeated the Sage Taiqing, Fellow Daoist Tianyan, whose strength is probably not too far behind, Fellow Daoist Qinglian, who controls the will of Pangu, and Lady Houtu, the Lord of the Earthly Dao, then Yuanshi Taiqing and the others would probably have directly attacked the Styx River instead of trying to provoke it into agreeing to the duel."

"..."

The top powerhouses of the prehistoric world who came one after another to congratulate Styx on his attainment of enlightenment were all shocked when they saw the tense atmosphere at the scene!
At the same time, they didn't really have high hopes for the battle between Styx and Primordial Beginning.

After all, the Earthly Way is ultimately weaker than the Heavenly Way, which means that even a Saint of the Earthly Way would find it difficult to rival a Saint of the Heavenly Way under the same conditions.

The time it took for Yuanshi to become a saint far exceeded that of Styx, who had just attained enlightenment.

Yuanshi also possessed the creation treasure "Pangu Banner," while Styx only had the "Yuantu, Abi," and the "Twelve-Grade Karmic Fire Red Lotus," two top-grade innate spiritual treasures.

"This is a bit of a problem!"

Upon arriving at the Blood Sea, Tongtian frowned slightly after understanding the situation.

If Styx chooses to fight Yuanshi here and loses, then his prestige as the first Earthly Saint of the Primordial World will inevitably be suppressed!

The attitudes of the primordial beings towards the underground world will inevitably undergo some changes that are detrimental to them.

However, given the provocations from Yuanshi and Taiqing, Minghe couldn't simply refuse outright, otherwise it would be no different from admitting defeat.

"Why didn't Fellow Daoist Taichu stop it?"

Tongtian looked at Taichu, who remained calm on the other side of the Styx River, and felt somewhat puzzled.

"Could it be that Fellow Daoist Taichu believes that Styx can defeat Yuanshi?"

With this in mind, Tongtian decided to observe the situation for a while before making any decisions.

"Are the Styx and the Primordial One about to go to war?"

Jieyin and Zhunti watched Styx and Yuanshi with great interest.

They didn't care at all whether Styx or Primordial was stronger, since they didn't like either of them much anyway.

However, they also do not believe that Styx can surpass Primordial in terms of raw power.

"I hope Fellow Daoist Styx can successfully overcome this tribulation."

Nuwa, who had also descended upon the sea of ​​blood, offered her blessings in her heart.

Given her current stance, there would be problems whether she helped Yuanshi Taiqing or Styx, so she could only choose to remain neutral!

Besides, neither of these two sides probably needs her help right now, right?
"Humph!"

Do you two really think I'm going to lose?

"Since that's the case, then I'll show you today that even a Heavenly Dao Saint is nothing in front of an Earthly Dao Saint!"

At this moment, Styx, the person involved, glanced at Taichu, whose gaze held a certain implication, and then snorted coldly, accepting Yuanshi's provocation!

On the one hand, Styx had just become a Saint of the Earthly Realm, and Yuanshi came to provoke him, clearly showing that he did not take him seriously.

This made it impossible for Styx not to be furious!
On the other hand, although Styx had only just attained enlightenment, he did not believe that he would lose to Yuanshi!
"If that's the case, then thank you for your kindness, fellow Daoist."

Seeing the confidence in Styx's eyes, Taiqing frowned slightly, feeling that things might be going wrong.

However, since Styx had already agreed, he and Yuanshi naturally had no reason to back down.

Taiqing also wanted to see for himself whether the Styx River could really stand up to his second brother.

"Shameless talk!"

"Watch me cut you down with my Heaven-Opening Blade within three moves!"

Yuan Shi was further enraged by Styx's completely fearless gaze and decided that once the battle began, he would defeat him with overwhelming force!
"Fellow Daoists Styx and Primordial Beginning are about to start their battle. Let's retreat a bit and give them enough space to fight!"

Seeing that the battle between Styx and Yuanshi was about to begin, Taichu, along with Tianyan and Qinglian, retreated. Houtu, Nuwa, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the other primordial deities who arrived one after another, such as Dijun, Taiyi, Kunpeng, and Xiwangmu, also retreated.

They did not want to interfere with Styx and Primordial, nor did they want to get involved in the aftermath of their battle.

"go with!"

After much deliberation, Taiqing summoned the creation treasure "Taiji Diagram," which transformed into countless great worlds surrounding the Styx River and the Primordial Beginning.

This would prevent the aftermath of the battle between Styx and Primordial from spreading, prevent the sudden involvement of Taichu and the others, and allow Taiqing to take timely action should anything happen to Primordial.

After doing all this, Taiqing retreated like Taichu and the others.

"Styx!"

"Let me see what abilities you, this so-called Earthly Saint, really possess."

Soon, Yuanshi's gaze turned icy, and he launched the first attack!

"boom!"

All that could be seen was the myriad laws descending from Yuanshi's body, his awe-inspiring holy might shaking heaven and earth. With a wave of the Pangu Banner in his hand, a massive chaotic sword aura slashed towards the Styx River with the force of splitting the heavens and earth!
This time, just as he had decided, Yuan Shi did not hold back.

Wherever that terrifying Heavenly Blade passed, space and time shattered, and the earth, wind, water, and fire were reassembled.

Even Jieyin and Zhunti, who were also Heavenly Saints, had a slightly solemn expression!
Even if it were the two of them, blocking Yuanshi's Heaven-Opening Blade would probably not be an easy task!
It is easy to imagine how powerful Yuanshi's initial attack was!
"bring it on!"

However, at this moment, Styx stood on the Twelfth Grade Karmic Fire Lotus, holding the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords. A monstrous aura of bloodlust and an incomparably sharp killing intent suddenly erupted from his body.

Even with the barriers of countless worlds derived from the Taiji diagram, countless people were still terrified by the killing intent emanating from the Styx River!
"kill!"

The next moment, Styx unleashed two blood-red sword energies containing terrifying power and extreme killing intent from the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords in his hands, slashing towards the chaotic sword energy that was getting closer and closer to him!
"boom!"

Immediately afterwards, the two sword energies collided in mid-air, unleashing a terrifying aftershock of power.

This entire small world was almost split in two by the attacks of the Styx and the Primordial One!

If it weren't for the Taiji diagram of Taiqing blocking the way, the mountains and rivers spanning billions of miles would probably have instantly begun to repeat the cycle of earth, wind, water, and fire!
"Is this what a battle between saints looks like? It's truly terrifying!"

"If they wanted to, they could probably wipe out billions of living beings in the primordial world with just a thought, right?"

"Even the primordial world is no longer indestructible in their eyes!"

"All men below the level of a sage are but ants; this truly lives up to its name!"

"..."

Feeling the lingering, terrifying power of the battlefield, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Kun Peng, and other top deities of the prehistoric world were all terrified!
Even though they were already at the peak of Quasi-Saints, and even though their combat power in the same realm was extraordinary, they still felt as weak as ants in front of Saints like Styx and Primordial Beginning!
This only intensified their desire to attain the Primordial Dao or become a Saint!

"If the power of a sage is so great, then how did Fellow Daoist Taichu manage to defeat Taiqing with a cultivation level below the Primordial Chaos stage?"

"Is the path of proving the Dao through force, which integrates the three thousand Great Daos, really that terrifying?"

Recalling the scene of Tai Chu easily defeating Tai Qing in the Heavenly Court in the past, Di Jun, Kun Peng and others couldn't help but look at Tai Chu, whose expression remained calm, not far away!

Clearly, the saying "below the sage are all ants" does not apply to Tai Chu!
"Fellow Daoist Taichu walks the path of proving the Dao through force. His strength should not be understood using the gap between a sage and a Great Luo Immortal as we know it!"

"Besides, he has already attained enlightenment through physical means, so he is no longer a normal Great Luo Immortal!"

Taiyi, who also followed the path of integrating the three thousand great paths to prove his Dao through force, had a lot to say about Taichu's past performance and immediately sighed.

In fact, Taiyi, who has now reached the thirty-second level of the Supreme Great Luo Heaven, is already able to barely contend with weaker Heavenly Dao Saints like Zhunti and Jieyin.

He is simply not good enough to compete with a Heavenly Dao Saint of the Taiqing level!
Furthermore, Tai Chu used five top-grade innate spiritual treasures that matched the five elements to condense the five energies in his heart. When he attained the Great Luo realm, he also reached the twelve-petaled bloom of the Great Dao.

With the addition of some other opportunities, Tai Chu's natural strength far exceeded everyone else's expectations!

In comparison, even if Taiyi, Kunpeng, Xiwangmu, and others follow the path of proving the Dao through force, their various opportunities and foundations are not as good as Taichu's. Even if they reach the same level as Taichu in the future, they will still be far inferior to him in terms of combat power!
"As expected of Fellow Daoist Taichu!"

After listening to Taiyi's words, Dijun, Kunpeng, and the others glanced at Taichu with some envy before turning their attention back to the battle between Styx and Yuanshi.

After all, this is the most important thing right now!
"boom!"

Within just a few breaths, Styx and Yuanshi had already fought several rounds, and the battle was so fierce that neither could gain the upper hand for the time being!
"how is this possible?"

"The Styx Saint has only just become a Daoist Saint and has no innate treasures to his name, so how was he able to fight the Primordial Saint to a draw?"

"Could it be that the Primordial Sage went easy on us?"

"What a joke! The Primordial Sage probably wants to completely suppress the Styx Sage in the first round, so how could he possibly hold back?"

"..."

The ancient gods who witnessed this scene were all astonished.

Although the battle has only just begun and has only lasted for a few rounds with neither side gaining the upper hand, it does not mean that Styx has truly been able to contend with or even surpass the Primordial One.

However, for many people who originally thought that Styx was far inferior to Primordial, the current battle situation was still quite unexpected!

"How can you be so strong?"

At this moment, Yuanshi looked at Styx, who could hold his own no matter how he attacked, and his eyes were filled with shock and anger!
He originally intended to defeat Styx instantly with overwhelming force to demonstrate the invincibility of the Heavenly Saint!
This will minimize the impact of the birth of Styx, this sage of the Dao!
But who could have imagined that the power displayed by Styx would actually be able to fight to a standstill with him, one of the Three Pure Ones of Pangu's lineage, who possessed the creation treasure "Pangu Banner"?
For Yuanshi, this in itself was a humiliation!
"Ah!"

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, didn't you say you would kill me with the Heaven-Opening Blade within three moves?"

"How could you go back on your word?"

"Is it because you see that I have just attained enlightenment that you can't bear to be ruthless towards me?"

"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, don't hold back anymore. Let me see the true strength of your so-called true Pangu lineage!"

At this moment, Styx was also speaking sarcastically and mockingly to Yuanshi.

The latter, considering himself one of the Three Pure Ones, has always looked down on everyone.

This time, taking advantage of the fact that Styx had just attained enlightenment, they deliberately came to try to suppress and humiliate him!
However, Yuanshi forgot that before he became a Dao Saint, Styx had actually followed the same path of integrating the three thousand Great Daos and proving the Dao through force!

It's just that the path was too difficult, and the underground path lacked enough power to fight against the Heavenly and Human paths. The Earthly Path Saint was also more in line with the Styx's own path, so he took the easier path of the Earthly Path Saint!

However, the hundreds of Great Dao Laws he once mastered have become the foundation upon which he has now attained enlightenment, allowing him to be no weaker than Yuan Shi! (End of Chapter)