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

"As expected of Fellow Daoist Qinglian and Fellow Daoist Tianyan!"

"Before long, they should also be able to control the three thousand Great Dao Laws like Fellow Daoist Taichu, right?"

"One of them is Pangu's younger sister, and the other is the transformed Jianmu tree. They have always been by Fellow Daoist Taichu's side, so it is only natural that they have achieved such success!"

"Aside from Hongjun Daozu, who has merged with the Heavenly Dao, and Houtu Niangniang, who has already become the Lord of the Earthly Dao, the three Daoists Taichu, Qinglian, and Tianyan are the most powerful in the prehistoric world today!"

"They are also our greatest hope in dealing with the Heavenly Dao in the future!"

Seeing Tai Chu, Qing Lian, and Tian Yan working hard to stabilize and restore the primordial world, all the gods of the primordial world sighed with admiration.

"Don't just stand there dumbfounded!"

"Although we are not as powerful as the three fellow Daoists from the Primordial Era, we are still able to do our part."

“That’s right. We are all part of the primordial world and we all bear part of the cause and effect of the collapse of Buzhou Mountain. How can we let Tai Chu and the others do the work?”

"..."

After regaining their senses, the deities present, including Tongtian, Dijun, Taiyi, and Fuxi, all took action.

"The collapse of Mount Buzhou is also our responsibility!"

"Let us save the world together now!"

"Hopefully, this disaster won't bring too much calamity to all living beings in the primordial world!"

"..."

The other deities in the primordial world naturally wouldn't stand idly by either, and they all began to join the fray!
"hateful!"

Why would Mount Buzhou collapse at this time?

"So even we have been affected by the causal effects of the collapse of Mount Buzhou?"

"It's all Taichu's fault, otherwise how could things have turned out this way?"

Taiqing, Yuanshi, Jieyin, and Zhunti, the four Heavenly Saints, also appeared in the primordial world, working together with a group of deities to stabilize and repair it!
Regardless of their stances, they are all beings from the primordial world.

If any real problems were to arise in the primordial world, it would definitely not be a good thing for them.

Not to mention that the reason why Buzhou Mountain collapsed was largely due to the pressure accumulated from the disasters such as the Lich King's Great Tribulation, the Second Demon Immortal Array, the Slaughtering Sword, and the Investiture of the Gods Great Tribulation, which were successively promoted by the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, the Four Sages of Heaven would naturally have to bear part of the karmic consequences of the collapse of Mount Buzhou!
At the same time, the anger and resentment that the Four Sages of Heaven felt towards Tai Chu and the others grew stronger.

Firstly, in their eyes, without the Primordial Ones, there would be fewer major battles, and the pressure on Mount Buzhou would be much less.
Secondly, the Four Sages of Heaven have already calculated that Mount Buzhou should have been broken by Gonggong in its original trajectory, so what does it have to do with them?
It was because of the appearance of Tai Chu and the others that the fate of the Wu Clan was changed, and the cause and effect of the collapse of Buzhou Mountain only now are spread to everyone!
Thirdly, after Buzhou Mountain collapsed, Taichu went to Zixiao Palace with Nuwa to borrow the innate treasure "Qiankun Ding" from Hongjun Daozu to refine the five-colored stones to mend the sky. He also worked with a group of deities to stabilize and repair the primordial world, thus taking most of the credit.

From another perspective, doesn't this mean that the Four Sages of Heaven didn't contribute anything?

Does this also mean that the true masters of the primordial world today are Tai Chu and his people, rather than the Heavenly Dao?

In conclusion, how could the Four Sages of Heaven be happy?
But with Mount Buzhou collapsing and the world turning upside down, they had to stand up. As for the Tai Chu people's "stealing credit" and "declaring sovereignty," they really had no way to deal with them at the moment!
Chaos, Purple Cloud Palace!

"Hongjun Daozu!"

"In the primordial chaos, due to the repeated occurrence of great calamities and the frequent outbreaks of various wars, Mount Buzhou could not withstand the pressure and collapsed, causing calamity to befall all living beings!"

"At this critical moment in the primordial world, we beg the Dao Ancestor to set aside past grievances and lend the Qiankun Cauldron to Nuwa so that she may refine the Five-Colored Stones to mend the heavens and restore peace to the Three Realms!"

With the help of the Primordial Space Dao Avatar, Nuwa appeared in front of the tightly closed Zixiao Palace and spoke into it.

Inside the Purple Cloud Palace!

"..."

Hearing Nuwa's voice outside, Hongjun's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

He originally thought that since Tai Chu and the others changed the fate of the Wu tribe, and since Gonggong did not crash into Buzhou Mountain, Buzhou Mountain should be safe.

Unexpectedly, Mount Buzhou collapsed at this critical moment.

The cause and effect were even distributed among all the ancient gods.

Hongjun, who repeatedly clashed with Taichu and the others at the Hunyuan Taiji Golden Immortal (Dao Integration) level, bears the greatest karmic burden!

In this way, Hongjun would have to take out the Qiankun Cauldron to support Nuwa in refining stones to mend the sky.

However, if it weren't for Taichu and the others, the collapse of Buzhou Mountain wouldn't have been attributed to Hongjun.

Conversely, Hongjun was also able to gain some merit from mending the sky by lending Nuwa the Qiankun Cauldron.

Originally, Hongjun could have voluntarily lent out the Qiankun Cauldron to gain enough merit.

Who would have thought that Taichu and Nuwa would actually come to us to borrow the Qiankun Cauldron?
In this way, the cause-and-effect relationship changes.

Once Hongjun lends the Qiankun Cauldron at the request of Nuwa and Taichu, the merit he can obtain for mending the heavens will inevitably be less than before!
Furthermore, although the Qiankun Cauldron is said to be "borrowed," according to the unseen cause and effect, it is actually no different from being given to Nuwa.

If Nuwa were still a sage of the Heavenly Dao, then giving away the Qiankun Cauldron and Hongjun would have been fine.

But Nuwa was no longer a sage of the Heavenly Dao, and was even an enemy of the Heavenly Dao. So why would Hongjun willingly give up the Qiankun Cauldron?

Unfortunately, Mount Buzhou collapsed, and Nuwa and Taichu have already come knocking on our door. If Hongjun doesn't bring out the Qiankun Cauldron, things will only get more complicated!
"You just wait, I will make you pay for this in the future!"

Hongjun's gaze was incredibly cold!
The next moment, Hongjun's heart stirred, and the Qiankun Cauldron appeared outside the Zixiao Palace, in front of Nuwa.

During this process, Hongjun did not say a single word to Nuwa, nor did he want to.

"Thank you for your kindness, Dao Ancestor!"

Nuwa was delighted, accepted the Qiankun Cauldron, and thanked the Zixiao Palace.

Regardless, the Qiankun Cauldron is a supreme innate treasure.

After she refines the stones to mend the sky, she will be able to obtain the greatest share of the merit for mending the sky!
Since she could gain tangible benefits, why would Nuwa mind expressing her gratitude to Hongjun?
"Fellow Daoist, I have obtained the Qiankun Cauldron. Shall we hurry back to the Primordial World?"

After regaining her senses, Nuwa quickly spoke to the Primordial Space Dao Avatar.

The longer the delay, the greater the disaster that the collapse of Mount Buzhou will cause to all living beings in the prehistoric world!

"it is good!"

The Primordial Space Dao Avatar nodded, then activated a series of mysterious and powerful spatial Dao forces, carrying him and Nuwa directly from Zixiao Palace back to the Primordial World!

"My strength alone is limited!"

"I beg my fellow Daoists to lend me a hand and help me find the Five-Colored Divine Stone in the world!"

After returning, in order to shorten the time, Nuwa addressed the primordial gods from all directions.

"Please rest assured, Fellow Daoist Nuwa, leave this matter to us!"

Many ancient deities who knew their cultivation level was of little use in stabilizing or repairing the world spoke up.

Immediately afterwards, they dispersed throughout the primordial world to search for the five-colored divine stones that Nuwa needed! "Found them!"

"I have two here!"

"I found five pieces!"

"..."

Soon all the gods gathered and handed over all the five-colored stones they had found to Nuwa.

"Empress Nuwa!"

"My demon race will help you refine stones to mend the heavens!"

Without Nuwa saying anything, Dijun took the initiative to command the demon race to use the "Zhou Tian Xing Dou Da Zhen" (Great Array of the Celestial Stars), which drew in endless stellar power to flow down and bless Nuwa.

"Holy Mother, it is only right that our human race should help!"

On the human side, they also set up the "Ten Thousand Immortals Formation," gathering the power of all humans and empowering Nuwa.

"boom!"

In an instant, Nuwa regained her saint-level power, and this power was even stronger than when she was a Heavenly Saint!
"Refining!"

Nuwa was overjoyed and, without bothering to express her gratitude, quickly threw the gods and the five-colored stones she had found into the Qiankun Cauldron to purify and refine them using the treasures and her own cultivation.

By the end, Nuwa had a total of 36,501 five-colored divine stones in her hands that could be used to repair the heavens!
"go with!"

Nuwa raised her hand and pointed, and pieces of five-colored stones flew into the sky, gradually filling in the hole in the sky.

But she eventually used up 36,500 Five-Colored Divine Stones, and still had one Five-Colored Divine Stone left to use.

"what?"

"This divine stone is actually related to the future Journey to the West calamity?"

As Nuwa pondered why a single five-colored divine stone had been left behind, and what to do with it, she suddenly seemed to sense something, and her expression shifted slightly.

"That's the one!"

"That divine stone will give birth to the Child of Great Calamity who will lead our West to great prosperity!"

Jieyin and Zhunti seemed to sense something as well, looking excitedly and expectantly at the five-colored divine stone in front of Nuwa.

While they were worried about whether the Journey to the West tribulation could be successfully completed, and whether the West could truly prosper even if it was completed, they couldn't help but feel excited to see the five-colored divine stone that might be born from the key characters of the Journey to the West tribulation.
"But will Nuwa allow the one destined to face the great calamity of Journey to the West to appear?"

Soon, Jieyin and Zhunti stared at Nuwa, and their hearts couldn't help but feel worried again.

In the original timeline, Nuwa was a sage of the Heavenly Dao, so naturally she would not object to the birth of that monkey in the future.

But the Nuwa in this world has already stood on the opposite side of the Heavenly Dao.

Even Jieyin and Zhunti dare not guarantee whether she would allow the child of the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West to be born.

What should I do?

In fact, Nuwa was also pondering this question at that moment.

In her calculations, the Journey to the West calamity in the original trajectory was far less grand than the previous calamities.

Moreover, the Primordial Beings of this world would most likely not allow the Journey to the West Calamity to be completed so easily.

Even so, if we simply prevent the future monkey from being born, wouldn't that largely stop the Journey to the West catastrophe?
"Nuwa... Fellow Daoist, please show mercy!"

"If you can go along with this destiny and allow the child of this great calamity of the Journey to the West to be born smoothly, my fellow disciples and I are willing to each owe a sage a karmic debt!"

Seeing that Nuwa was really considering not letting the future monkey be born, Jieyin Zhunti became anxious and quickly appeared in front of her to persuade her.

For this reason, they did not hesitate to call Nuwa, who was no longer a saint, "fellow Daoist," and were even willing to give a total of two saints' worth of karma!
"Oh?"

Nuwa was also surprised upon hearing this.

You must understand that this involves the karma of two saints.

Even if, from a standpoint of perspective, Jieyin and Zhunti should be considered enemies of Nuwa, the karmic connection between these two saints is of immense value!

More precisely, precisely because Jieyin and Zhunti are on the enemy's side, the value of these two saints' karma, if used well, may even exceed that of normal saints' karma!

Chaos, Purple Cloud Palace!

"These two idiots!"

"They actually gave away the cause and effect of two saints so easily?"

After Hongjun sensed Jieyin and Zhunti's actions, he couldn't help but curse.

Without his intervention, the Four Sages of Heaven were already at a disadvantage against Tai Chu and the others.

Once the karma of these two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, is revealed, won't their disadvantage become even greater?
Hongjun could understand Jieyin and Zhunti's thoughts; they were simply worried that the future spiritual stone monkey would not be born, thus affecting the prosperity of the West.

But these two idiots didn't even consider that even without the Lingming Stone Monkey, there are still the Tongbei Ape, the Red-bottomed Macaque, and even other monkeys.
You don't even need monkeys; just pick any suitable person!
Who says that to complete the Journey to the West tribulation, you absolutely need the Spiritual Stone Monkey?
The primordial world!

In fact, Jieyin and Zhunti felt a little regretful the moment they said it.

Just now, seeing that a hope for the revival of Journey to the West might be about to disappear, they were so concerned that they appeared directly in front of Nuwa and made a promise of cause and effect between the two saints.

Only after the words were spoken did they realize how reckless their actions had been!

However, the cause and effect of sages involves their own attainment of sagehood, and once spoken, it cannot be easily violated.

Otherwise, it will definitely affect the stability of the saint's path to enlightenment!

Furthermore, in the eyes of Jieyin and Zhunti, the future calamities of the Journey to the West are full of uncertainties.

If the Spiritual Stone Monkey cannot be born smoothly, there will only be more variables!

For the sake of the West's prosperity, it seems acceptable even if Jieyin and Zhunti act recklessly.

"Fellow Daoist Taichu, what do you think should be done?"

After being surprised, Nuwa did not make a choice immediately, but instead gave the choice to Taichu.

She prefers to trust the wisdom of others rather than making decisions arbitrarily on her own!

Upon hearing this, Jieyin and Zhunti immediately turned their worried gaze to Taichu, their unease growing stronger.

In their eyes, Taichu probably didn't want the West to prosper even more than Nuwa did.
"My thoughts?" Tai Chu was somewhat surprised.

He also hadn't expected that Nuwa would actually give him the choice. (End of Chapter)