Primordial Era: A man at the mouth of the Guanjiang River marries the Third Holy Mother.

If it's the latter...

The seriousness of that matter will exceed everyone's imagination.

Hongjun seemed to know what he wanted to ask, and before he could finish speaking, he spoke again, throwing out an even more earth-shattering answer.

"It's not that I'm unwilling, but that I'm unable."

"Because that seal was originally set up by the Heavenly Dao."

What?!

Chen Changsheng was completely dumbfounded.

In that instant, his mind seemed to be struck by a bolt of lightning from the heavens, turning into a blank.

Is this arrangement by the Way of Heaven?

The one who sealed off the Fire Cloud Cave, trapped the three emperors of the human race, and polluted the human race's fortune... was it the Heavenly Dao itself?

What the hell is this?!

Chen Changsheng felt that his entire worldview had been shattered.

Aren't humans the protagonists of heaven and earth as ordained by the will of heaven?

Wasn't the Investiture of the Gods just to establish the orthodox status of the human race and incidentally fill the divine positions in the Heavenly Court?

Now Heaven has turned around and sealed off the human race's stronghold. What kind of operation is this?

Slapping himself in the face?

"Dao Ancestor, this... how is this possible?"

Chen Changsheng retorted instinctively, his voice filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"Why did Heaven seal off the Fire Cloud Cave? If the human race's fortune declines, what good will it do for Heaven, or for the entire prehistoric world?"

He simply couldn't understand it.

This makes no sense at all.

It's like an emperor who, instead of thinking about how to ensure his dynasty lasts forever, goes and digs up his own family's ancestral graves.

Crazy!

Seeing Chen Changsheng's utterly bewildered expression, a barely perceptible ripple seemed to flicker in Hongjun's eternally unchanging eyes.

"The workings of Heaven have their own inherent principles."

Hongjun's voice slowly rang out, as if he were explaining something to a bewildered student.

"You only know one side of the story, not the other."

"In the eyes of Heaven, the human race is both the protagonist and a tool. Fire Cloud Cave is the ancestral land of the human race, but also... a cage's lock."

The lock on the cage?

Chen Changsheng keenly grasped this key word, and his heart pounded wildly.

"Dao Ancestor, what do you mean?"

Hongjun did not answer him directly, but instead asked him a question that he did not expect.

"Do you know why the Fiery Cloud Cave became the ancestral home of the human race?"

This question stumped Chen Changsheng.

Why?

Is that even a question?

Because the three sovereigns of the human race, Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan, after achieving their goals, went into seclusion in the Fire Cloud Cave to suppress the human race's fortune.

The Three Sovereigns were the ancestors of the human race, and the places where they lived naturally became the ancestral land and sacred land of the human race.

This is something that everyone in the prehistoric world knows.

Chen Changsheng explained his thoughts: "Reporting to the Dao Ancestor, it is because the Three Sovereigns of the Human Race lived in seclusion there and used their own merits to suppress the fortune of the Human Race that Fire Cloud Cave became the ancestral land of the Human Race."

"hehe."

Hongjun Daozu actually let out a soft laugh.

Although it was very soft, Chen Changsheng heard it clearly.

This was the first time he had heard the Dao Ancestor speak with emotion since he entered the Zixiao Palace.

"You're only half right, and the cause and effect are reversed."

Hongjun's voice carried a hint of something inexplicable.

"It wasn't because the Three Sovereigns moved into the Fire Cloud Cave that the Fire Cloud Cave became the ancestral home of the human race."

"It was because the Fire Cloud Cave needed to be suppressed that the Three Sovereigns came into being, and that the human race prospered."

Boom!

Chen Changsheng's worldview was once again ruthlessly overturned.

The amount of information in those words is truly astounding!

What does it mean that the prosperity of the Three Sovereigns and the human race was due to the need to suppress the Fire Cloud Cave?

Doesn't this mean that from the very beginning of humankind, its fate and its prosperity have all served only a greater purpose?

And the purpose of this is to suppress the Fire Cloud Cave?

But what exactly is inside the Fire Cloud Cave that requires the fortune of a race that is the protagonist of heaven and earth, and the lifelong cultivation of three meritorious emperors, to suppress it?

Chen Changsheng felt his back was already soaked with cold sweat without him even realizing it.

He realized that his understanding of this primordial world was far too superficial.

He thought he had the script in his hands and understood the general trend, but now it seems that what he knew was just the "superficial stuff" that Heaven wanted all living beings to know.

The true core secret is hidden in the deepest part.

Today, it seems he is about to come into contact with this earth-shattering secret that could overturn the entire prehistoric world.

Chen Changsheng's breathing became somewhat rapid. He raised his head and stared intently at Hongjun.

"This disciple...does not know."

His voice was somewhat hoarse, "Please enlighten me, Dao Ancestor."

Hongjun looked at Chen Changsheng's eager and nervous expression and remained silent for a moment.

The entire Zixiao Palace was so quiet that Chen Changsheng could hear his own heartbeat.

"Fine."

After a long while, Hongjun finally spoke, his voice deep and ancient, as if it came from the beginning of chaos.

"You are both a variable and, perhaps, a destiny, knowing about this."

"Did you know that when the great god Pangu created the world, he slew three thousand chaotic demons?"

Chen Changsheng immediately nodded: "Disciple understands. The three thousand demon gods who blocked the way were all killed by the Great God Pangu, and their original laws became part of the primordial world."

This is the beginning of the primordial mythology, known to all.

"Kill them all?"

Hongjun's tone carried a hint of a rhetorical question.

"The Great Dao is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and one is lost. There is always a glimmer of hope in everything, and the Chaos God is no exception."

Chen Changsheng's pupils suddenly contracted.

"Dao Ancestor, do you mean... there are Chaos Demon Gods who aren't completely dead?"

"He's not completely dead."

Hongjun slowly shook his head. "There is a demon god whose origin is special. Even the Great God Pangu could not completely destroy it. He could only severely injure it and suppress it with the remaining chaotic origin after the creation of heaven and earth."

"And that place of suppression is now the location of the Fire Cloud Cave."

Chen Changsheng felt like his scalp was about to explode.

Beneath the Fiery Cloud Cave lies a Chaos Demon God, one that even the mighty Pangu could not kill?!

What the hellish dungeon is this?!

He had always thought that Fire Cloud Cave was a beginner village and retirement home for humans. It turns out that it was actually a top-level prison where a world-destroying BOSS was held!

"That demon god is named 'Ruins'."

Hongjun continued, his voice devoid of any emotion, yet it sent chills down Chen Changsheng's spine.

"The Way of 'Ruins' is about devouring and ending. It can devour all laws, fortune, and life force, turning them into nothingness. If it were to escape, the entire primordial world would be slowly devoured by it, returning to the state of nothingness before chaos."

Chen Changsheng gasped.

Devour everything?

This ability is way too overpowered!

"The seal of primordial chaos left behind by the great god Pangu is weakening over time. In order to strengthen the seal, the Heavenly Dao chose the newly born human race."

"Although the human race is weak, its reproductive ability is unparalleled in the primordial world. The racial fortune it gathers is pure and boundless, making it the best material for sealing."

"Thus, Nuwa created humans, and the Three Sovereigns ruled the world."

"Fuxi, Shennong, and Xuanyuan, they possessed great merits and lived in seclusion in Huoyun Cave, not to enjoy a life of leisure, but as three generations of 'jail guards,' using their own merits and the fortune of the entire human race as a guide to strengthen the seal day and night and suppress the awakening of the 'Ruins.'"

Hearing this, Chen Changsheng finally understood everything.

Everything makes sense now.

The prosperity of the human race, the merits of the Three Sovereigns, and the transcendent status of the Fire Cloud Cave—all of this is a scheme laid out by the Heavenly Dao.

A scheme that uses the fate of an entire race to lock up a cosmic-level prison!