Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 91 The Lich Calamity, Dialogue with Hongjun

Not long after, Di Jun and Tai Yi brought the little golden crow to the Nuwa Palace, but the Nuwa Palace was a sacred place.

Although Di Jun and Tai Yi were demon emperors, they could not enter lightly and could only wait outside the door.

After a while, a fairy emerged from Nuwa's palace and said to Dijun and Taiyi, "Your Majesty, the Empress has sent me to greet you."

"Your Majesties, please follow me."

Di Jun and Tai Yi nodded hurriedly, and with the little golden crow, they followed the fairy into Nuwa's palace.

"Di Jun and Tai Yi greet Your Majesty." Di Jun and Tai Yi dared not be negligent, and, holding the little golden crow, bowed to Nuwa.

Nuwa nodded and reached out to help the two up, saying, "You two need not stand on ceremony. May I ask what brings your Majesties here?"

Di Jun said, "Your Majesty, I wish to leave Xiao Shi in Nuwa Palace to await the end of the tribulation. Please grant me permission."

Nuwa paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded and said, "Alright."

Di Jun's face immediately broke into a smile, and he pulled Little Golden Crow along, saying, "Thank you very much, Your Majesty."

Nuwa said nothing more.

As Di Jun and Tai Yi were about to leave, the little golden crow couldn't help but start sobbing. When Di Jun heard the crying, he stiffened, but he didn't turn around.

Only Taiyi couldn't bear it any longer, so he came back, offered a few words of comfort, and took off the innate gourd he always carried, handing it to the little golden crow before leaving Nuwa Palace with Dijun.

After the two left, Nuwa instructed the maidservant beside her to take the little golden crow away. After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but sigh.

This great calamity was extremely fierce, and Di Jun and Tai Yi were the first to be affected, so it was almost certain that they would die.

Even Nuwa couldn't do anything about it.

However, she was, after all, a woman, and even as a saint, she was not immune to compassion. It was pitiful that Emperor Jun lost nine out of ten sons, but he kept this little golden crow and protected it in the Nuwa Palace.

As long as this little golden crow doesn't enter the primordial world, she can protect its life.

"They are all pitiful people," Nuwa said, then closed her eyes again, and the palace returned to peace.

……

Time flew by, and both the Lich and Demon races were constantly preparing for war, with a great calamity about to erupt.

As the malevolent energy grew stronger, war had already broken out in the primordial world, with countless creatures whose minds had been clouded by the malevolent energy constantly attacking each other.

The Great Calamity of Primordial Chaos is a great calamity in which the Heavenly Dao settles the karma of all living beings. It is unavoidable and can only be overcome through killing and warfare.

Otherwise, even if you hide, disaster often strikes unexpectedly.

On this day, outside the Thirty-Three Heavens, in the Pure Heaven, Hongyun was cultivating when he suddenly heard a system notification in his mind.

"Ding, the Lich Cataclysm is about to erupt. The host may make the following choices."

"Option 1: Help the Wu Clan, kill Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Kun Peng, achieve victory, dominate the world, and you will receive three drops of Pangu's essence blood as a reward."

"Option Two: Help the demon race, slay the twelve Ancestral Witches, and enable the demon race to win. You will receive the rewards of the Four Swords of Zhuxian and a replica of the Zhuxian Formation Diagram. (This replica is of equal power to the Four Swords of Zhuxian and the Zhuxian Formation Diagram.)"

"Option Three: Remain neutral and wait for the calamity to end. You will receive the Primordial Chaos Sword, a supreme innate treasure. (The Primordial Chaos Sword has no attributes and can bear the power of any Great Dao and Law.)"

Upon hearing the system's notification, Hongyun opened his eyes and looked towards the primordial world.

Between heaven and earth, endless calamity energy surged and churned, enveloping the entire primordial world.

Even the light of the sun, moon, and stars was obscured.

Outside the Nuwa Heaven, two saints arrived: the Western Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti.

The two did not enter the Nuwa Palace, but sat in the chaos outside the palace.

Or perhaps, Nuwa simply didn't want to see the two of them.

Coincidentally, three sages also arrived outside the Netherworld: Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian.

The Three Pure Ones also wanted to enter the Netherworld, but were refused entry by Houtu and could only sit cross-legged in the void outside the Netherworld.

Hongyun shook his head. Not to mention that Houtu wouldn't like the Three Pure Ones, there was no way the Three Pure Ones would see what Houtu was doing.

Naturally, the Three Pure Ones must be excluded.

However, Hongyun realized that Nuwa was protected by Jieyin and Zhunti, while Houtu was protected by the Three Pure Ones.

What about yourself?

Why haven't any of these people come to me? Are they all convinced that I won't interfere?

Just as Hongyun was thinking this, suddenly, a thought struck her, and in her divine sense, she saw a Taoist priest appear outside the Pure Heaven.

The Taoist priest had an ancient and dignified appearance, his face expressionless. He wore a gray Taoist robe and held a cane, standing outside the Pure Heaven.

Hongjun Daozu!

Hongyun was startled, realizing the Sages' strategy: no matter who came, they couldn't possibly control him completely.

But there was one person, or rather, this was not a person; Hongjun was no longer any living being.

But only Hongjun could make me take any action.

Hongjun has already merged with the Dao. The current Hongjun is no longer a living being, but the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao.

All actions are performed in accordance with the rules of the natural order.

The sages recognized this point, and thus they asked Hongjun to suppress Hongyun, the most uncontrollable factor.

Similarly, the same applies to Hongyun according to the rules of Heaven.

And so, Hongjun arrived.

Although Hongjun was not a living being, Hongyun dared not be negligent and quickly got up, left the Pure Heaven, and came to greet Hongjun.

"Disciple greets Master, please come inside." Hongyun bowed respectfully and invited Hongjun into the Pure Heaven.

Inside the Wuzhuang Temple, Hongyun and Hongjun sat facing each other.

Ginseng fruit was presented to him, but Hongjun ignored it and remained seated silently.

Hongyun looked at Hongjun, and a thought struck her. She asked, "Master, may I ask you a question?"

Hongjun nodded emotionlessly and said, "Okay."

Hongyun then asked, "May I ask, teacher, besides the primordial world, are there any other worlds within the chaos?"

Upon hearing this, Hongjun glanced at Hongyun and replied, "Yes."

"How many?" Hongyun pressed.

Hongjun shook his head and said, "I don't know how many there are, but I have encountered a few."

"How many?" Hongyun asked, somewhat surprised.

Hongjun said, "There are seven in total."

Hongyun's eyes darted around, and she asked, "Teacher, could you tell me where these seven worlds are?"

Hongjun shook his head.

"These seven worlds no longer exist," Hongjun said calmly.

"what?"

Hongyun asked in surprise, "Why?"

"I destroyed them with my own hands," Hongjun said calmly.

This startled Hongyun, who pressed for an answer, "Why?"

"Worlds cannot coexist. Those worlds posed a great threat to the primordial world, so I took action and destroyed them," Hongjun said.

As he spoke, Hongjun pointed at Hongyun, and immediately many images appeared in Hongyun's mind.

But it was precisely the scene of the final destruction of those seven worlds that Hongyun saw: the world collapsing and all living beings dying.

Even the seven worlds had extremely powerful experts who rose up to attack Hongjun, but they were all easily killed by Hongjun.

These images greatly shocked Hongyun.

At this moment, he finally understood why he had sent out so many clones but could not find other worlds in the chaos.

It turns out that his strength was insufficient, and the clones he sent out did not travel very far from the prehistoric world.

As for the other worlds near the primordial world, they were all destroyed by Hongjun long ago.

(End of this chapter)