Primordial Era: Refusing Hongjun's path to sainthood, I attained the Dao of Hunyuan.

Chapter 138 Destiny

Meanwhile, in the primordial land, on Longevity Mountain, at the Wuzhuang Temple, after Zhen Yuanzi finished preaching to his disciples, he began to go into seclusion to refine the Jade Tablet of Creation.

They used the Jade Tablet of Creation to deduce the secrets of heaven in order to learn more details about the impending Lich Calamity.

The Jade Tablet of Creation was originally the supreme treasure that Hongjun relied on to unite with the Heavenly Dao. Although it later returned to its original source, this supreme treasure was passed on to Zhen Yuanzi.

It is no longer a supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao, but it is still a very special existence among the innate supreme treasures.

Zhen Yuanzi used the Jade Tablet of Creation to deduce the secrets of heaven, although the cause and effect of the primordial world were now in a chaotic mess and could not be clearly understood.

However, following the main thread of cause and effect, Zhen Yuanzi still saw many scenes.

The great calamity that befell the Lich Kings was indeed extremely cruel, causing countless deaths and injuries to both races, and even affecting the entire prehistoric world.

Especially in the primordial lands of the Immortal Realm, this is the main battlefield, followed by the Thirty-Three Heavens, which is the stronghold of the demon race, so it will naturally not be easy there either.

Only the Netherworld, being a newly opened realm, is somewhat peaceful due to the presence of the ten avatars of Xuanhuang.

However, when the calamity invades, the underworld will also experience turmoil.

Zhen Yuanzi foresaw that in the great war to come, one after another, demon gods, great demons, or great witches of the witch clan would fall.

Even powerful beings from all walks of life were not exempt, which is truly regrettable.

After all, these powerful beings cultivated for hundreds of millions of years, yet they perished in a single day, losing all their cultivation. Isn't that heartbreaking?

And just like that, suddenly, Zhen Yuanzi saw a scene.

"Hmm? Humans?"

Zhen Yuanzi exclaimed in surprise, "How come the human race has also suffered a calamity? And this happened before the great calamity, when the demon race slaughtered the human race? Why is this?"

Zhen Yuanzi was very curious about this, so he went back to the source to find out the reason, but unexpectedly, the more he investigated, the more confused he felt.

It seems the source has been blocked, and even if he possesses the Jade Tablet of Creation, he would find it difficult to know.

Zhen Yuanzi became even more interested. He knew that only a supreme innate treasure of equal value could have such an effect, as it was capable of blocking the detection of the Creation Jade Tablet.

Therefore, this first eliminates three sages: Jieyin, Zhunti, and Nuwa.

It couldn't have been done by these three people.

Furthermore, Tongtian can be ruled out. Tongtian's Zhuxian Sword Formation is comparable to a supreme treasure, but it is not a supreme treasure.

Therefore, in the end only three people met the criteria: Laozi, Yuanshi, and Xuanhuang.

But this doesn't seem to be the Pangu Banner from the beginning of time.

So, is it Lao Tzu's Tai Chi diagram, or that mysterious Chaos Pearl?

After simulating and calculating several times using the Jade Tablet of Creation, Zhen Yuanzi finally came to a conclusion.

It is highly likely that Lao Tzu's Tai Chi diagram suppressed this source, blocking other people's clues to explore the root cause.

"Whether it is or not, we can ask Xuanhuang."

Zhen Yuanzi's mind stirred slightly, and he stopped tracing back. Instead, he continued to refine the Jade Tablet of Creation. At the same time, his body trembled, and a ray of spiritual light flew out, heading towards the Xuanhuang Heaven beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens. Upon landing, it transformed into a Dao body.

When the sage Zhen Yuanzi arrived, even though he was only in a Daoist form, Xuanhuang did not neglect him and personally came out to greet him.

He invited Zhen Yuanzi into the palace and even shared half of the cloud bed with him, letting him sit down together.

Xuanhuang smiled and said, "Junior Brother, what brings you here?"

Zhen Yuanzi smiled and then shared his guess with Xuanhuang.

Upon hearing this, Xuanhuang frowned slightly and said, "This matter is none of my concern. However, since Junior Brother has foreseen this, why not invite Senior Sister Nuwa and see what her attitude is?"

Zhen Yuanzi nodded in agreement. Indeed, after all, Nuwa was the Holy Mother of Humanity, and it was she who created the human race.

At the same time, Nuwa is also the Queen of the Demon Clan, an identity that has not changed to this day.

Since Laozi used methods to incite the two races to fight each other, and Zhen Yuanzi happened to learn of this, it is only right and proper that Nuwa should decide the matter.

Of course, although Xuanhuang did not expect it to be Laozi's doing, he understood what was going on after Zhenyuanzi's explanation.

It's nothing more than these sages being restless. Even Laozi, the Taiqing Sage who always claimed to be inactive, turned out to be the culprit behind the great calamity of the human race.

However, upon reflection, one can understand Lao Tzu's intentions. Firstly, by doing so, he could align with the Way of Heaven and propel the great calamity forward and in its development.

Secondly, after this great calamity, the human race can better inherit the fortune of the demon race. If the human race prospers in the future, the reward for Laozi will be even greater.

Thirdly, Lao Tzu wanted to use this great calamity of the human race as an opportunity to also cleanse the human race internally.

Xuanhuang thought about it for a moment, but his mood didn't fluctuate much. At his level, he had already become indifferent to the human race.

Let's not talk about past lives. As for the existence of reincarnation, what kind of species one was in a past life is not really worth investigating.

Not to mention any obsessions or not, Xuanhuang has obsessions, but his obsessions are not with the human race.

Secondly, with his current abilities, he could even create a human race, but it would be no easy task to make the human race he creates the protagonist of destiny.

Furthermore, as a Primordial Golden Immortal, although he doesn't quite treat all living beings in the world like the saints, manipulating them like chess pieces, his mentality is still not much better.

If humanity is gone, just create another one. In fact, there are still humans in his Xuanhuang Heaven; if these humans were moved to the primordial land, it could be said that humanity was not extinct.

However, Xuanhuang did take some sentiment into consideration; after all, the human race in the Earthly Immortal Realm was created by him using the Three Lights Divine Water and the Nine Heavens Breath Soil.

It's a bit much for Laozi to attack the human race without warning.

Xuanhuang is nothing special, as he didn't have much fortune among the human race to begin with. However, other sages, especially Nuwa, might not be so willing to submit.

Therefore, Xuanhuang suggested inviting Nuwa. Seeing that Zhenyuanzi agreed, Xuanhuang summoned a boy and ordered him to go to Nuwa's palace to invite her over.

Although the chaos outside the Thirty-Three Heavens is very dangerous, with this boy's strength, even a hundred million of them would die.

However, with the talisman bestowed by Xuanhuang, once the incantation was recited, a golden light enveloped it, and it flew directly to the outside of Nuwa Palace.

Not long after, Nuwa, having received the notification, arrived at Xuanhuang Heaven, where Zhen Yuanzi and Xuanhuang went out of the palace to greet her.

After the three of them sat down...

Zhen Yuanzi then recounted the story again. Upon hearing this, Nuwa frowned and her expression turned rather unpleasant.

"Senior Brother's actions are in accordance with the will of Heaven, and even if we confront him face to face, it will probably be of no use."

After pondering for a while, Nuwa shook her head.

She was still quite wary, firstly because her cultivation was inferior to Laozi's, and secondly because Laozi possessed a supreme treasure.

She hasn't received it yet; although Hongjun promised to give it to her, she hasn't gotten it yet.

All of these factors combined put Nuwa at a disadvantage when facing Laozi. Even though Laozi had infringed upon her interests among the human race, she didn't have the courage to confront him directly.

Xuanhuang and Zhenyuanzi exchanged a glance, and seeing this, they could only shake their heads. Even Nuwa didn't pursue the matter any further.

They didn't say much, though.

After chatting for a while, exchanging their insights on enlightenment, Nuwa finally got her wish and received Zhen Yuanzi's personal explanation of the Three Corpses for the first time, which made her beam with joy.

Nuwa then took her leave.

Not long after, Zhen Yuanzi's physical form also transformed into a ray of light and flew away.

Xuanhuang chuckled and said, "See? This is what a sage is like. Once he reaches this level, he doesn't care about whether someone is human or not."

Without transcendence, one remains but an ant.

Moreover, let alone the human race, even the demon race is destined to perish in this great calamity. Many powerful figures, such as Di Jun and Tai Yi, have perished, and Nuwa has no intention of intervening or providing any assistance.

Let alone the human race?

Although the human race is said to be the protagonist of the future, that is only in the future, not now. Naturally, in Nuwa's mind, their importance is probably not as great as that of the demon race.

It's still not as good as it is now, at least not yet.

Moreover, in a sense, the human race was created by Nuwa from clay, and she could create as many as she wanted. On the contrary, the demon race was born and nurtured by nature, and its preciousness was even greater than that of the human race.

Therefore, if the demon race can be destroyed, why can't the human race be destroyed as well?

In Nuwa's mind, what was more important was her own cultivation!

As for the fate of the demon race and the human race, she doesn't really care about it now.

Xuanhuang silently exhaled, and his mood gradually calmed down.

Let the great calamity be a calamity for humanity; neither Nuwa nor he cares. After all, as Nuwa said, this calamity is actually in accordance with the way of heaven and the general trend.

Without this great calamity, how could the human race better receive the fortune of the demon race and become the protagonist of heaven and earth?

(End of this chapter)