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

For Di Jun and Tai Yi, who are nominally the rulers of the Three Realms, the Investiture of the Gods also has many benefits!
For example, they could further enhance the strength of the Demon Court by bestowing titles upon the gods.

The Investiture of the Gods can also be used to restrain certain disobedient individuals within the Demon Court!
Well enough……

In short, the Investiture of the Gods is an invaluable treasure for Di Jun and Tai Yi, and even for the entire demon race!

Di Jun and Tai Yi originally thought that the Investiture of the Gods would be out of reach for their brothers, especially after they saw Qing Lian put it away.

But they didn't expect that Qinglian would actually offer to give them the Investiture of the Gods.
This surprised and delighted Di Jun and Tai Yi, and also made them feel more grateful to the latter.

To be honest, Qinglian, Tianyan, and Taichu really helped them quite a few times in the past!
“Hongjun has already been killed once, so he probably won’t cause any major disturbances in the short term.”

"It's time for me to go back to the underworld!"

Farewell, everyone. We hope to meet again someday!

Houtu addressed the crowd.

"Farewell to the Queen Mother Hou Tu!"

"Fellow Daoist Houtu, please take care!"

Everyone bowed to Houtu.

The fact that Hongjun was able to be killed this time was largely due to the "Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation" of the Wu Clan and Houtu's collision of the earth with the heavenly way!
"Now that the Earth Goddess has returned to the underworld, there's no need for us to stay here any longer, right?"

Styx, Zhen Yuanzi, Hongyun, and other deities who originally belonged to the underworld also began to consider leaving.

"Everyone, wait a moment!"

"If it weren't for your help this time, my Jie Sect would probably have been completely destroyed!"

"If you don't mind, why don't you stay on my Jin'ao Island for a while, so that we can show you the hospitality of a host?"

"We can also take this opportunity to have a discussion!"

Tongtian stepped forward and extended an invitation to the crowd.

"That's fine!"

"Fellow Daoist Tongtian has just attained the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and we haven't even had a chance to congratulate him yet. It's really not appropriate for us to leave so soon!"

"Besides, it's rare for us to get together and spend some time chatting and discussing things, so it seems like a good idea!"

"In that case, we shall respectfully comply!"

"..."

Upon hearing Tongtian's invitation, everyone present, including Tianyan, Qinglian, Dijun Taiyi, Zhenyuanzi Hongyun, Fuxi Nuwa, Xi Wangmu, Styx, Kunpeng, Bai Ze, the three ancestors of the human race, and Huangtian, chose to stay after some deliberation.

"hateful!"

"We've already lost, and if we stay any longer, something bad might happen."

"Go, let's go!"

"..."

Conversely, the disciples of the three religions—Human, Chan, and Western—all chose to flee.

Seeing this, Tongtian and Qinglian didn't bother to care!

The most important figures in this great calamity of the gods, from beginning to end, were the Four Sages of Heaven and Hongjun.

Now that the Four Sages of Heaven and Hongjun have already been killed once, the remaining people, the disciples of Chan and the three Western sects are not so important.

Moreover, the Four Sages of Heaven and Hongjun all possess the characteristic of being immortal and indestructible. If Tongtian and Qinglian choose to kill all the disciples of the three sects here, it will thoroughly enrage the Four Sages of Heaven and Hongjun.

That might cause some unnecessary trouble for Tongtian and Qinglian!
"Oh?"

"Are you all planning to chat and discuss philosophy on Jin'ao Island?"

"You guys wouldn't mind including me, would you?"

At this moment, Tai Chu appeared before everyone on Jin'ao Island, chuckling softly.

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Taichu!"

"Greetings, Fellow Daoist Taichu!"

"We are truly grateful for Fellow Daoist Taichu's elaborate plans this time. Otherwise, we might not have been able to succeed in suppressing Hongjun and winning the final victory in this Investiture of the Gods calamity!"

"Fellow Daoist Taichu should be close to mastering the three thousand different Great Dao Laws, right?"

"If we could have a discussion with you, fellow Daoist, we would surely benefit greatly!"

"..."

Upon seeing Tai Chu appear, everyone bowed to him and spoke with great joy.

They already had a good relationship with Taichu, not to mention that Taichu's world-destroying millstone played a significant role in both the current Investiture of the Gods and the previous Slaughtering Witch Sword incident!
And so, Tai Chu, Qing Lian, Tian Yan, Di Jun Tai Yi, Ming He, Fu Xi Nu Wa and the others stayed on Jin Ao Island.

Tongtian also instructed the entire Jie Sect to receive Taichu and the others with the highest honors!

After a few rounds of drinks, everyone began to discuss philosophy!

"boom!"

As the voices of the people preached one after another, auspicious signs and strange phenomena such as auspicious clouds and golden lotuses appeared throughout the entire Jin'ao Island and even in the vast expanse of hundreds of millions of miles away!

In the primordial chaos!

After Hongjun's defeat, the Investiture of the Gods also came to an end.

The immense calamity and malevolent energy between heaven and earth rapidly receded, and the air of the entire primordial world seemed to be refreshed. The fortunate beings of the primordial world who survived the Investiture of the Gods calamity began their new lives!
The entire primordial world seemed to have been reborn!
Chaos, Purple Cloud Palace!

"..."

Compared to the bustling activity on Jin'ao Island, Zixiao Palace was eerily quiet!
Whether it was Hongjun, who had already been resurrected, or the four Heavenly Saints who had been resurrected, they all had extremely gloomy expressions and were unwilling to utter a single word.

Before the final results were announced, they would never have imagined that Tai Chu and his group would once again emerge victorious.

Without a doubt, this defeat was a huge blow to the Heavenly Dao side!

Since the rise of Taichu, Tianyan, and Qinglian, the primordial world has become increasingly detached from the control of the Heavenly Dao.

Hongjun and the others originally thought that even if they couldn't completely eliminate Taichu and the others during the Investiture of the Gods, they could still inflict heavy losses on them.

The Heavenly Dao will then be able to gradually regain complete control over the primordial world!

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Dao has now become the defeated party in the Investiture of the Gods!
In this way, the primordial world will become even more out of their control.

There will inevitably be more and more primordial beings who disrespect the Way of Heaven, or even want to rebel against it!
Tai Chu and the others have had more time to grow, and they are more likely to become a threat to the Heavenly Dao in the future!

The loss of the Investiture of the Gods from Yuanshi Tianzun's possession was also a great loss.

This means that he can no longer use this ranking to threaten the creatures of the primordial world and force them to stand on the side of Heaven.

Moreover, the Investiture of the Gods was originally part of Hongjun's plan to be used to confer titles upon the gods after the demon race was destroyed and Haotian Yaochi took over the Heavenly Court.

But now that the Investiture of the Gods has fallen into Qinglian's hands, his plan has already failed before it even began!
Most importantly, after being killed once again by Tai Chu and the others, several new cracks appeared on the Heavenly Punishment Seal in Hongjun's hand, which undoubtedly increased the difficulty for him to continue refining the will of the Heavenly Dao.

Even the Heavenly Dao might find an opportunity to resist Hongjun's refining process because of this!
"We have indeed failed this time, and we must admit that so that we can become stronger and make a comeback!" After a long silence, Hongjun spoke first, breaking the silence: "Moreover, we did not come away empty-handed this time!"

"During the Slaughtering Witch Sword Incident, the Pangu True Body condensed by the Witch Clan's 'Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation,' combined with the Pangu Will controlled by Qinglian, and the half of the World-Destroying Millstone in Taichu's hands, was already enough to contend with me."

"But in this great calamity of the gods, in addition to the true body of Pangu, the will of Pangu, and the world-destroying millstone, Tai Chu and the others also needed Qing Lian and the others to merge into the true body of Pangu, plus Yang Mei's sneak attack at the critical moment, before they were able to successfully kill me!"

"Doesn't this mean that my growth rate will surpass that of Tai Chu and the others?"

"Once I have completely refined the Heavenly Dao Will within the Heavenly Punishment Seal and mastered all the power of the Heavenly Dao, am I still afraid of not being able to suppress or even kill them?"

Hearing these words, the Four Sages of Heaven were indeed much more at ease.

"When we comprehend and master all three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws, we may very well be able to unleash combat power comparable to the Grand Primordial Golden Immortal (Dao Integration) level!" Yuan Shi's eyes surged with boundless anger and hatred: "At that time, if we join forces, we will surely be able to suppress and kill that Tai Chu!"

"And Tongtian, Qinglian, Dijun, Taiyi, and the others... I will definitely not let them go either!"

Even with the four sages of the Heavenly Dao joining forces, they were still no match for Tai Chu alone.

They were also killed once by Tongtian, Qinglian, and Minghe working together.

This made Yuanshi feel extremely humiliated!
“But it seems that Tai Chu has already mastered 2,990 Great Dao Laws. If he gains ten more, he will be able to gather 3,000 Great Dao Laws!” Zhunti asked with some concern, “Doesn’t that mean that he will be able to attain the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm in no time?”

"Given his current performance, he might very well possess the power of a Primordial Taiji Golden Immortal (Dao Integration) at that level by then, right?"

"Don't worry too much!" Taiqing shook his head, his gaze profound, and said, "Even if Taichu successfully masters the Three Thousand Great Laws, he will still need to overcome two major hurdles: fusing the Three Thousand Great Laws and proving the Dao through force!"

"No matter how gifted he is, these two hurdles could limit him for hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years!"

"As Heavenly Saints, and living in the primordial world possessing the three thousand Heavenly Laws, we have a tremendous advantage in cultivating the three thousand Heavenly Laws!"

"We will surely be able to comprehend and master the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao Laws before we attain the Primordial Golden Immortal realm!"

"Moreover, in the process of cultivating the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao Laws, we might as well devise a plan to interfere with the Primordial Beginning!"

"The reason why you, as Heavenly Dao Saints, cannot truly possess the cultivation and strength of the Primordial Taiji Golden Immortal (Dao Integration) realm is because the Heavenly Dao wants to completely control you, thus limiting your upper limit." At this moment, Hongjun also spoke with a deep gaze: "Once I have completely controlled the power of the Heavenly Dao, I will naturally help you remove the upper limit!"

Unfortunately, as time went by, the strength of the Four Sages of Heaven was no longer sufficient to handle most things in the prehistoric world.

But it's impossible for Hongjun to personally handle every single thing that happens in the prehistoric world, right?
Therefore, strengthening the Four Sages of Heaven and even raising their cultivation limits is an imperative for Hongjun!
The only problem is that the cultivation limit of the Four Sages of Heaven is second only to the core of Heavenly Dao.

Unless Hongjun can completely control the power of the Heavenly Dao in the future, he will not be able to help them break the shackles for the time being!
"Thank you teacher!"

Upon hearing Hongjun's words, the Four Sages of Heaven were overjoyed, their eyes filled with excitement and anticipation.

Even though they have all become high and mighty sages who regard all living beings as ants, they still yearn to break through to the next great realm!
Especially now that there are more and more people in the primordial world who can threaten them!

However, after becoming Heavenly Saints, their potential was also locked by the Heavenly Dao.

No matter how hard they try, it will never be possible for them to truly break through to the level of Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal!
But now, the Dao Ancestor Hongjun is actually promising to help them remove the restrictions in the future?
How could this not make them extremely excited?
"Before I fully control the power of the Heavenly Dao and remove the limits of your cultivation, you need to master as many of the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao Laws as possible." Seeing that the Four Sages of the Heavenly Dao seemed to have recovered from their previous defeat, Hongjun nodded with satisfaction and then reminded them, "Only in this way will you have a greater chance of stepping into the true Primordial Taiji Golden Immortal realm in the future!"

"Moreover, the more of the three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws you master, the stronger your combat power will be after you break through!"

In fact, in Hongjun's vision, the Four Sages of Heavenly Dao will break through to the Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal realm by using the three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws. This is actually very similar to the path taken by Taichu and the others to integrate the three thousand Great Dao Laws and prove the Dao to the Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal realm by force!

However, the Four Sages of Heaven will break through to the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm in the future, while Tai Chu and the others will prove the Primordial Grand Luo Golden Immortal realm!

Under the same conditions, the boost that the three thousand Heavenly Dao Laws brought to the Four Sages of Heavenly Dao was far less than the boost that the three thousand Great Dao Laws brought to Tai Chu and the others!

However, as long as the Four Sages of Heavenly Dao can surpass Tai Chu and the others by one or even two major realms in cultivation, are we afraid that the Four Sages of Heavenly Dao will not be able to suppress Tai Chu and the others?

Furthermore, as the cultivation strength of the Four Sages of the Heavenly Dao increases and they control more of the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao Laws, Hongjun, as a Dao-mergering being, will also see his cultivation strength rise accordingly!
Of course, all of this is based on the premise that Hongjun can completely control the power of the Heavenly Dao, and that the Four Sages of the Heavenly Dao can successfully break through to the Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal realm with the three thousand Heavenly Dao laws!

At this moment, Hongjun was quite confident about this!

"Understood, teacher!"

"We will definitely master more of the Three Thousand Heavenly Dao Laws as soon as possible, and in the future, after you have completely mastered the power of the Heavenly Dao and removed the upper limit of our cultivation, we will successfully break through to the Primordial Taiji Golden Immortal realm!"

"When that time comes, we must make Tai Chu and his ilk pay the price they deserve!"

"This primordial world will also fall completely under the control of our Heavenly Dao!"

At this moment, the four sages of the Heavenly Dao all had a deep hope in their eyes! (End of this chapter)