Honghuang Taihuang

The five royal clans—the True Dragon, Phoenix, Qilin, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise—rule over all races and govern the five lineages of Ying, Ling, Mao, Yu, and Kun, also occupying 40% of the fortune of the entire primordial world.

Both sides have their own frictions and want to annex the other, seize the world's fortune, and rule the world alone. However, these top powers also know that the other side is not an easy opponent, so the frictions are just frictions and have not yet developed to the point of calamity.

The two gods, Fuxi and Nuwa, jointly held the power of the gods. Nuwa also had to transform into the demon ancestor Youwei from time to time to help the demonic path rise. They were very busy in the early stages.

Among the many powerful forces in the primordial world, the Divine Path remains the most powerful force, comparable to, or even surpassing, the True Dragon Royal Family among the five great royal families.

Fuxi established the incense-based deity system, using incense to govern and evolve the foundation of the deity system, thus creating the post-natal incense-based deity race, which greatly boosted the fortune of the deity system.

Nuwa, based on the origin of the divine way, gathered the power of billions of stars and took the stars as her body, and evolved into the innate star god race who were born to hold the power of the stars.

The birth of the Primordial Star God Clan allowed the Divine Path to completely bring the Taixu Star Sea under its control. Countless Star Gods were born from countless stars and mastered all the ancient stars and the Zhou Tian Zheng Xing of the Taixu Star Sea.

The Incense God Clan began to spread throughout the primordial world, with countless mountain gods and land gods absorbing the power of incense continuously expanding.

In just a million years, mountain gods and land deities appeared one after another in the five continents of the primordial world, governing the land and water. The divine fortune began to rise rapidly with the help of these mountain gods and land deities.

Unfortunately, the vast territories occupied by the five royal families naturally would not allow the divine path to enter. At this time, the Xuanmen Immortal Path and the Buddhist Path also sent their disciples to settle in the Five Domains Continent to spread the Xuanmen Pure and Subtle Dharma and the Buddhist Prajna Wonderful Dharma.

The five royal families, along with the Xuanmen and Buddhist/Taoist sects, finally managed to curb the rising power of the Divine Path.

With the birth of the Primordial God Clan and the Incense God Clan, the fortune of the Divine Path surged once again. If it weren't for the five royal clans keeping them in check, the Divine Path might have already become the ruler of the primordial world.

However, even with the opposition from the five royal clans and the constraints from the Xuanmen and Buddhist sects, the divine path still obtains an extremely large amount of destiny and fortune.

As the rulers of the divine path, Fuxi and Nuwa both condensed the Primordial Authority. If they weren't still not very confident about surviving the tribulations of the Heavenly Dao, they would have already advanced to the Primordial Great Luo Dao Lord.

With the Primordial God Clan occupying the Taixu Star Sea as its base and foundation, and the Incense God Clan occupying vast territories and mountains as its vanguard for expansion, the Divine Path grows stronger day by day.

Even though Fuxi and Nuwa haven't made a move for a long time, no one in the divine realm dares to offend them.

Currently, several people in the Divine Path have reached the Great Luo Dao Lord realm, and they themselves have transformed into Primordial True Saints under the sublimation of the Divine Path's great power. Even without counting Fuxi and Nuwa, the Divine Path's strength is still enough to secure its place among the top forces in the prehistoric world.

The Lord of Stars is Ziwei, the Lord of Gods is Gouchen, the Lord of Thunder is Shenxiao, the Lord of Mystery is Qinghua, the Lord of the Underworld is Beiyin, the Lord of Earth is Houtu, the Lord of Heaven is Miluo, and the Lord of Demons is Kunpeng.

Each of these eight individuals was at the peak of the Great Luo Dao Lord realm, leaving behind a formidable reputation throughout the primordial world.

Among them, the Star Lord Ziwei governs all the Star Gods of the Taixu Star Sea, the God Lord Gouchen assists Fuxi and Nuwa in managing the divine system, the Thunder Lord Shenxiao is in charge of all the punishments of the divine path, the Mysterious Lord Qinghua is in charge of the teachings of the divine path, and the Underworld Lord Beiyin is responsible for interpreting the evolution of the Netherworld.

The Earth God Houtu is actually the original form of the Houtu Ancestral Witch of the Great Heaven and Earth. Although the consciousness of this Ancestral Witch has completely dissipated, part of its origin has managed to enter the Great Heaven and Earth and reincarnate as an ordinary innate being.

Later, Houtu joined the Divine Path and, using the blessings from her past life that remained in her origin, returned to the pinnacle of heaven and earth, becoming the lord of the Divine Path. Now she is in charge of the external expansion of the Incense God Clan.

The Heavenly Lord Miluo was responsible for the training and formation of the Divine Army, while the Demon Lord Kunpeng was responsible for the growth and development of the Divine Branch, the Demon God lineage, which would then interfere with the expansion of the five royal families.

Eight Great Luo Dao Lords—even the True Dragon Royal Family might not be able to produce such a number. Add to that Fuxi and Nuwa, and Taiyi, who has successfully gathered nine Great Luo Dao Fruits in the Great Heaven and Earth of Taihuang, and the status of the Divine Path in the Great Heaven and Earth is unshakeable. This is a consensus among the Xuanmen, Buddhism, Taoism, and the five great royal families.

These seven major powers also reached a consensus that the Divine Path could not be allowed to advance any further. The Divine Path was also aware of the consciousness of the Xuanmen, Buddhism, Taoism, and the five royal families. Therefore, although the Divine Path had been expanding in recent years, the pace of expansion was extremely slow, and the major powers were able to coexist peacefully.

In recent years, the Xuanmen Immortal Path and the Buddhist Path have dispersed their disciples to the five regions of the prehistoric world to establish Dao Palaces and Pure Lands, compete for the fortune of heaven and earth, and at the same time guard against the expansion of the five great royal families and suppress the spread of the bloodline of the five great royal families, especially the True Dragon Royal Family.

In recent years, in order to suppress the divine path, the True Dragon Royal Family has been constantly spreading its True Dragon bloodline and infiltrating the bloodlines of all races, attempting to assimilate the entire royal family into the Dragon race. Naturally, other major powers would not allow this.

The Taoist sect established Taoist palaces, and the Buddhist sect developed Pure Land Buddhism. The strength of these two major forces has increased considerably in recent years.

The Xuanmen Immortal Path established a total of three thousand Dao Palaces in the Five Domains of the Primordial World, and spent a great deal of magical power to open up seventy-two blessed lands and raise thirty-six grotto-heavens.

Leaving aside the three thousand Dao Palaces for the moment, the weakest of the masters of these one hundred and eight blessed lands are all powerful beings at the Taiyi realm. With the combined energy of these one hundred and eight blessed lands, they can even withstand the fully unsealed Taixu treasure for a long time.

With these 108 blessed lands, the Xuanmen Sect, like the Divine Path, still possesses the foundation and strength to contend with other top-tier powers even without the intervention of the three Heavenly Venerables.

In terms of expansion, Buddhism and Taoism are far inferior to the Divine Path and the Mystic Path. Although Buddhism and Taoism have escaped the predicament of being confined to the West in recent years, in the end, only Shakyamuni can be called a top-level power among them. Therefore, they are bound to be at a disadvantage in the competition among many top powers. Shakyamuni also understood this.

The expansion of Buddhism did not unfold in a grand manner; everything was carried out in secret.

The Buddhist sect has now opened up three hundred Pure Land Dharma Realms scattered throughout the five regions of the prehistoric continent. In each Pure Land Dharma Realm, there is at least one golden Arhat presiding, which is a great power at the Golden Immortal realm. In fact, in the most magnificent dozen or so Pure Land Dharma Realms, the presiding deity is a great Bodhisattva comparable to the Taiyi realm.

Although the overall strength of Buddhism and Taoism is far inferior to that of the Divine Path and the Mystic Path, it is indeed far superior to other major forces.

Compared to the Divine Path, the Mysterious Path, and the Buddhist Path, the five great royal clans have not changed much in recent years. They have not changed their development strategy and continue to use their own clan fortune to devour the fortune of other great clans, turning all races into one, thereby encompassing all the fortune of the primordial world and dominating the world.

The True Dragon Royal Family remains the strongest among the five royal families, followed by the Phoenix Royal Family and the Qilin Royal Family, then the Xuan Turtle Royal Family, and finally the White Tiger Royal Family.

However, in recent years, the five royal families have also felt the potential and expansion momentum of the three paths of gods, immortals, and Buddhas. Therefore, the five royal families have been secretly considering uniting, which has forced the three paths of gods, immortals, and Buddhas to slow down their own expansion.

In any case, if the five royal clans join forces, they will almost cover 70% of the major clans in the primordial world. With such great power, even if the gods, immortals, and Buddhas join forces, they may not be able to defeat the five royal clans.

Taiwei stood in the sea of ​​stars, his eyes sparkling with countless streams of light. He had already digested the history of the past 80 million years of the primordial world.

Taiwei didn't care about the destruction of the ape clan, nor did he care about the decline of the demonic path. Although the ape clan was destroyed, its main leaders were still alive, which Taiwei could sense.

The decline of the demonic path was ordained by fate. Although the extent of its decline far exceeds what was predetermined, now that Taiwei has returned, it is not difficult for the demonic path to rise again.

In the Great Luo Heavenly Palace, amidst the endless sea of ​​stars, a high-pitched and fierce sword cry awakened Fuxi and Nuwa, who had been in seclusion for a long time.

As Fuxi and Nuwa watched the Holy Evil Lord burst forth with countless sword lights in the starry sea, tearing apart the stars, an uncontrollable joy appeared on their faces. This supreme treasure of the void spontaneously emitted countless sword lights, clearly sensing the aura of its master.

With countless stars opening up and beyond the Great Luo Heavenly Palace, amidst the blooming of countless stars, Taiwei had already stepped into the Supreme Treasure of the Void, which suppressed the divine destiny.

The mortal world is in turmoil of cause and effect, and the will and destiny of Heaven are sweeping through. Taiwei, with the great power of the authority of Heaven's Mandate, pushes aside the supreme power of the Great Luo Heavenly Palace and steps onto this magnificent star palace.

"Who goes there!"

A radiant light shone forth, and the Great Luo Dao Lord, clad in golden armor and with the faint phantoms of myriad gods behind him, appeared before Taiwei. The Five Extremes Divine Power burst forth from his righteous and majestic eyes.

The god Gouchen stood in front of Taiwei. Looking at Taiwei, who had a smiling face and a vast and ethereal aura, like an eternal universe, Gouchen's heart tightened. Although he didn't want to admit it, Taiwei's aura seemed to be even stronger than that of his divine rulers, Fuxi and Nuwa.

"Gou Chen, right? You've forged the power of the five elements of heaven and earth into one. That's a good idea. Consider this my gift to you since it's our first meeting."

With a wave of his sleeve, Taiwei unleashed an unimaginable surge of power. Just as Gouchen was about to fight back, he was swept into the depths of the Taixu Star Sea by this power.

At the same time, Taiwei's insights from comprehending the Five Divine Steles in the Great World of Ochre and Mystery were imprinted into Gouchen's primordial spirit.

"The Shinto has truly undergone earth-shattering changes in recent years. If we add Taiyi of the Great Heaven and Earth and his Nine Songs Divine System, the overall strength of your Shinto is probably comparable to that of two True Dragon Royal Clans."

Taiwei looked at Fuxi and Nuwa emerging from the sea of ​​stars, and a genuine smile appeared on his face. Fuxi and Nuwa had put in a lot of effort over the years to guide Taiwei back to the primordial world.

Unfortunately, even Taiwei, who possessed the boundless and balanced heaven, was unable to re-enter the primordial world. Although Fuxi and Nuwa were both top-tier cultivators, they still could not find a way to guide Taiwei back to the primordial world.

Where is Yang Mei?

Taiwei sensed the immense power emanating from the two, and knew that Fuxi and Nuwa were not much weaker than the other incarnations.

While Fuxi and Nuwa's own primordial authority was not as perfect as Taiwei's, in other aspects, Fuxi and Nuwa were in no way inferior to Taiwei's incarnation.

"The rogue cultivators were recently expelled from the East Sea by the True Dragon Royal Family. Yang Mei has been trying to rebuild the ancestral court of rogue cultivators in the Taixu Star Sea for many years and has been searching for a suitable star. He hasn't shown himself for a long time."

Nuwa looked at Taiwei, the excitement on her face gradually subsiding, but her aura was still somewhat unstable.

"Now that you have reappeared, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. From now on, I will entrust the demonic path to you."

With a wave of his hand, Fuxi sent the Holy Evil Lord from the Great Luo Heavenly Palace to become a long rainbow and land in Taiwei's hand. Looking at the demonic sword, Taiwei hung it on his waist.

With a clench of his left hand, the Calamity Banner, radiating five-colored light from the depths of the starry sea, appeared and merged into Taiwei's Purple Mansion.

The moment the Primordial Dao Diagram, the Calamity Demon Banner, and the Holy Evil Lord—the three supreme treasures of the Great Void—entered Taiwei's body, an uncontrollable surge of energy began to expand continuously.

The many profound meanings of the Great Dao that the Calamity Banner and the Holy Evil Lord had evolved over the years transformed into a trickle of water that flowed into Taiwei's mind. The last trace of the Heavenly Mandate Authority was completely repaired under the sweeping power of these two supreme treasures.

With a dazzling light shining in his eyes and three supreme treasures in hand, Taiwei was now confident that he could contend with the seven top powers of the five royal families and the Xuanmen and Buddhist sects on his own.

The perfect mandate of heaven can generate infinite power on its own. This is also the most basic ability of the Primordial Great Luo Dao Lord. His magical power and essence are inexhaustible, forming its own world, perfectly round and without leakage.

With the Mandate of Heaven as its core, Taiwei was able to completely unseal the three Supreme Treasures of the Void for a long time. Without a doubt, Taiwei now possessed absolute power comparable to that of a Primordial Grand Luo Dao Lord.

"Your timing for returning is truly unfortunate. The Great Primordial World has just entered the Third Era. This great calamity has affected many forces, and the five supreme beings of the five directions have emerged. The five royal families and the Xuanmen and Buddhist sects will likely all be involved."

"This great calamity is a contest between top-tier powerhouses. Do you plan to take advantage of this calamity to make your move?"

Fuxi looked at Taiwei and spoke, the numbers of heaven flowing between his brows, the destiny of this era had already appeared in Taiwei's eyes.

"The positions of the Five Elders of the Five Directions are related to the Five Elements and Five Elements Origin of the Primordial World, so I naturally have to participate in them. Now I am only returning as an incarnation, while my true body is still wandering outside the Primordial World. Therefore, this time the Mandate of the Five Elders of the Five Directions is my opportunity to welcome back my true body."

A cold glint flashed in Taiwei's eyes as he spoke confidently. Then, looking at Fuxi and Nuwa, he frowned and asked, "The Divine Path is not planning to participate in the competition for the positions of the Five Elders this time?" (End of Chapter)