Primordial Era: I really don't want to be the Heavenly Emperor!

Chapter 334 The Beginning of the Dao, the Five Primordial Elements

At that moment, the river of time trembled, and the sage, acting on behalf of Heaven, knew in an instant what had happened.

Donghua stepped into the space-time continuum, where he saw Styx and Indra staring intently at each other across countless dimensions in the tranquil river of time.

"Indra? That shouldn't be possible. The boundary barrier still exists; how could this guy possibly enter the Primordial Main Realm through the River of Time?"

Although the Primordial Realm and the Extraterrestrial Demon Realm were one, Rahu once used his own Dao to sever the connection between the Demon Realm and the Primordial Realm.

Therefore, even though they live under the same sky, people from the two realms cannot travel between them. However, there are a few exceptions: the Great Freedom Heavenly Demon, the Primordial Heavenly Demon, the Supreme Heavenly Demon, the Creation Heavenly Demon, and the Slaughter Heavenly Demon.

Because these individuals are all incarnations of Donghua and others, they are not affected by the boundary barrier and can come and go freely, but others cannot.

This is why the Primordial World never attacked the Demon Realm; otherwise, this lucrative territory would have been devoured long ago, and Rahu would never have returned, nor would Indra have had the chance to develop.

"Indra, you have some nerve! How dare you invade the past of our ancestor! Today you must be taught a lesson!"

Styx was now furious. He had just learned everything from the evil corpse incarnation, which made him even angrier. He didn't know how to describe the incarnation's actions; he could only call it stupid!

Regardless, he still needs to clean up this mess.

The Styx River, drawing upon the power of the Great Dao, instantly took control of the Slaughtering Demon, and then used the power of the Great Dao to obliterate the Nine Netherworld incarnation located in the Demon Realm Palace.

"Styx, since you dare to do it, why shouldn't I? What I didn't expect was that you would do something so foolish, hahaha..."

Indra's taunts enraged Styx, but Styx was unable to mount an effective counterattack, because Indra in the River of Time was merely a phantom of the Great Dao, or more precisely, an incarnation of the Black Lotus.

"Emperor Shitian, you wait for me in the Demon Realm. The Ancestor will definitely kill you with his own hands!" Emperor Shitian smiled slightly and said indifferently, "Alright, I also want to see Fellow Daoist Styx's Avici Yuantu, but before that, I will collect some interest. I hope Fellow Daoist will understand."

Until we meet again!

As soon as he finished speaking, Di Shitian disappeared into the river of time. Styx watched Di Shitian leave and fell into deep thought, because he knew what the other party meant. The other party wanted to attack the western part of the Demon Realm, which meant that he wanted to destroy the Seven Kill Demon Sect and destroy his demonic incarnation.

At that moment, Donghua took a step forward, traversing the river of time and space to arrive beside the River Styx. "How did Emperor Shitian come to the Primordial Main Realm?"

Styx turned to look at Donghua. He hadn't expected Donghua to arrive so quickly, but he could understand. In the primordial world, what could possibly be hidden from this Great Celestial Venerable, especially something as trivial as the Demon Realm?

After some deliberation, Styx decided to tell Donghua about it. "Great Heavenly Venerable, the matter is..."

Upon hearing Styx's words, Donghua fell into deep thought. Based on the information transmitted by his avatar, and what Styx had just said, the Demon Realm must be making new moves, or rather, Emperor Shitian was no longer content with being idle.

"According to the information transmitted by your avatar, what is Indra's cultivation level?"

Styx thought for a moment, then said uncertainly, "He's at least at the peak of Quasi-Saint. He has already merged the Immortal and Demonic paths, forging his own path. The Primordial Chaos realm is within reach!"

Donghua was actually aware of Di Shitian's cultivation level. After all, Di Shitian's background was not simple. He first inherited Di Jun's memories, then had Luo Hou's legacy, and with the support of the Demon Realm's fortune, he was definitely at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm.

"A storm is brewing in the demon realm. What are your thoughts?"

Styx knew that he could not withstand Di Shitian's attack on his own, and the destruction of the Seven Killings Demon Sect was inevitable. Now, the only way to preserve his foundation was to find a powerful ally; otherwise, the Demon Realm's years of hard work would be destroyed in an instant.

"I wonder if it's possible to cooperate with the Great Celestial Venerable's Demonic Court to jointly resist Indra?"

Donghua laughed and said, "Do I need to join forces with you to deal with a mere Di Shitian?"

Faced with such a question, Styx said in a deep voice, "If it were the Great Celestial Venerable, then of course it wouldn't be necessary, but the Demon Emperor is ultimately not the Great Celestial Venerable. The Lord of the Demon Realm is Indra, and the Heaven of the Demon Realm is Rahu."

"The Demon Emperor has no advantage in the Demon Realm, which is why, even after more than a hundred years, the power in the Demon Realm has remained in the hands of Emperor Shitian."

"Now that Indra may break through to the Quasi-Saint realm, the Demon Emperor is not having an easy time either."

Donghua turned to look at Minghe beside him; this was the first time he had truly looked at this person.

Styx may not be as intelligent as Kunpeng, nor as well-born as Zhen Yuanzi, but his achievements have surpassed both of them, and this is not without reason.

"Sure, send the Slaughtering Demon to find the Demon Emperor; he'll help you. You can also go find the Primordial Demon. Since Emperor Shitian is so ambitious and wants to give us outsiders a hard time, let's give him a little something to show for it!"

Styx bowed and said, "I humbly obey the command of the Great Heavenly Venerable!"

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Know that the young man had lofty ambitions, and once vowed to be the best in the world!

After many years, Donghua once again walked on the vast land, starting from the East Sea and traveling to many places, some of which he had been to before and some of which he had never been to before.

Do you remember what he said in front of everyone at the Purple Mansion Banquet?

"To establish a moral compass for Heaven and Earth!"

This was both a way of appeasing everyone and a true reflection of his inner self. At that time, he was still a young man who had just returned, a young man with the strength of a quasi-saint.

Others may believe in his lofty ambitions, but deep down he doesn't dare admit that they are his true ambitions.

But Heaven and Earth have their own way; what is his will ultimately be his, which is why the path to becoming an emperor is achieved without cultivation.

Many years ago, he had been searching for this answer, but he never found it. Now, looking back, the answer is so obvious!

Even now, the primordial world is still rife with conflict, perhaps even more so than during the Lich Wars, for the world is about to face its final war.

Humanity has already ventured out of the East, aiming to become the dominant force in the world.

However, it must be said that the order and civilization of the primordial world were still far ahead of the Lich era.

This is inseparable from the efforts of the Heavenly Court over the years, because although the Purple Mansion ascended to heaven, the immortal city that suppressed the primordial land still exists.

The Celestial City is a force left behind by the Heavenly Court in the mortal realm. It does not participate in any power struggles; its only purpose is to maintain order and civilization.

Donghua had seen all of the East and he felt that Fuxi was a qualified human emperor, and the East was truly thriving under his rule.

The Hundred Schools of Thought he had planned had already manifested in the primordial world, with sects and cults of all sizes being established one after another, and various ideologies and doctrines beginning to emerge.

Every cultivation sect has its own philosophy. Some revere the Dao and uphold virtue; others strive to help the world, bring peace to the people, and vanquish demons...

Exorcise demons and monsters!

Donghua had heard these four words many times in his previous life and thought they would never appear again, but he still underestimated the hatred that humans had for demons.

On the human side, the demon race has been classified as an existence on par with demons, as if this is a memory etched into their very bones.

Sometimes Donghua wonders whether he was right or wrong to push the lich to slaughter people back then.

No one can tell Donghua the answer to this question, and no one will ever tell him.

Donghua stood in a valley, where there was a simple thatched hut. This was once the settlement of the Iron-Eating Beast clan, and it was the place where he first slew a corpse.

I remember how I was filled with resentment and anger at the time, and in a fit of rage, I slashed out the evil corpse.

Looking back now, how could he have been able to successfully sever the corpse back then because of anger? It was because his Dao cultivation was sufficient, or rather, the Eastern King Duke's Dao cultivation was sufficient.

He himself was merely a catalyst!

Donghua returned to the thatched hut, and the scenes of the past gradually surfaced in his mind. He remembered that Taihua cooked here like an ordinary person, and she also comprehended her quasi-saint path here.

Donghua sat once again at the spot where he had slain the corpse and began clearing the way.

After reaching the fourth level of the Primordial Chaos Realm, one begins to open the path, continuously opening paths until one's own path becomes the Great Dao, which is the Great Dao Realm.

Above the Primordial Chaos realm lies the Great Dao realm!

Donghua didn't know whether the Great Dao in the Chaos was someone else's Great Dao, or whether this Great Dao had always existed.

If it is someone else's Great Dao, then where is the master of this Dao? Or perhaps the Great Dao is himself.

If this path has always existed, then how was it born? And how was chaos formed?

Donghua doesn't know the answers to these questions, nor does he want to know them now, because his level of understanding is too low.

Although he has become the number one person below the Dao Ancestor in the primordial world, he still has a long way to go in the chaos before reaching the Great Dao Realm. Perhaps this path is longer than the path he has walked before.

After all, the path ahead is traceable, but the path ahead requires him to walk and create step by step, which is to say, to cross the river by feeling for stones.

"What is the Heavenly Emperor?"

"The Heavenly Emperor is the Dao; to see the Heavenly Emperor is to see the Dao!"

"I am the Heavenly Emperor, I am the Dao!"

This is Donghua's imperial way, and the imperial way he has always adhered to.

"I am the Heavenly Emperor, and I shall suppress all things in this world. Immortals, gods, and demons are all my subordinates. Those who do not submit are heretics!"

"Including Saints!"

"The Emperor's Way suppresses everything; everything is the Emperor's Way; the Emperor's Way is everything."

Long before Donghua opened the path, he had already transformed the Three Thousand Great Daos into the Emperor's Path. In other words, Donghua now only cultivates the Emperor's Path, but this Emperor's Path is composed of the Three Thousand Great Daos.

One path equals three thousand!

There is only one true path, which exists within chaos and manifests in all the realms of chaos.

"In the boundless chaos, where there are no people, how can there be the Great Dao? In the immeasurable primordial chaos, where heaven and earth are unseen, how can there be the Great Dao!"

The Dao is invisible, or perhaps chaos itself is the Dao.

Primordial spiritual energy is born from chaos. The energy of chaos can be transformed into primordial spiritual energy, which is the manifestation of the Dao.

Qi cultivation is the beginning of all realms!

This is an unavoidable point in any path of cultivation, whether it is immortals, gods, demons, or other cultivation methods, or even in the Western divine realm, Qi cultivation is the first realm.

Upon realizing this, Donghua suddenly understood, as if he had grasped the essence of the Great Dao.

"When Pangu separated heaven and earth, and the primordial world was first formed, innate spiritual energy was displayed in the primordial world."

"If spiritual energy comes from chaos, and chaos itself is the Great Dao, then Pangu's creation of the world was also the creation of the Dao."

"The Great Way!"

"chaos!"

"Pangu!"

"The Primordial Era!"

"world!"

"What is Pangu? Pangu is the Tao!"

"What are Heaven and Earth? Heaven and Earth are also the Dao!"

"The primordial world itself is the Dao!"

"Therefore, with Pangu came the primordial chaos, the heavens and the earth, and the Dao."

"Pangu is the Tao, the Tao follows the natural way, and all things are the Tao!"

A flash of inspiration appeared in Donghua's mind, and he seemed to understand what the Dao was and where it came from.

"Man follows the earth, the earth follows heaven, and the way of heaven is natural. Since fortune is a way, it cannot be separated from the three ways of heaven, earth, and man."

Donghua's thoughts gradually unfolded, and he developed his own ideas for the next stage of his cultivation.

To break through to the fourth level of the Primordial Chaos Realm, one must perfect the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man in the Primordial World. Then, by using the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, one can break through to the fifth level of the Primordial Chaos Realm.

After the fifth heaven, the path is still opened, but if the path itself is the primordial chaos.

So, after the fifth level of Hunyuan, is it the fifth level of Xiantian?

Taiyi, Taichu, Taishi, Taisu, Taiji!

The Five Primordial Elements are an evolutionary process from the primordial chaos, from the limitless to the ultimate!

"If the primordial chaos is the Great Dao, then are the Five Primordial Elements the realms preceding the Great Dao? If one can evolve the Five Primordial Elements and pave the way according to them, then is the realm beyond the Five Primordial Elements the Great Dao?"

At this moment, Donghua gained a new understanding of the Dao, but all of this had to be based on the premise that the primordial chaos was the Great Dao.

Pangu creating the world was paving the way!

Open the realm of the Great Dao!

And wasn't the beginning of the primordial chaos the generation of Taiji from Wuji?

Taiji is one of the five innate Taiji!

What is Taiyi?

"The Yi Jing (Book of Changes) gives birth to man: Heaven is one, Earth is two, Man is three, three times three equals nine, nine times nine equals eighty-one."

The Great Change is when Yin and Yang have not yet changed, vast and boundless, without light or form, without shape or name. Silent and desolate, this is called the Great Change.

Taiyi, the beginning of the spirit before the appearance of Qi, refers to the vast and boundless primordial void before the differentiation of Yin and Yang.

Therefore, in this stage, there is no light, no image, no shape, and no name; it is silent and formless. This is the Great Ease!

"Isn't Taiyi a manifestation of the primordial chaos?"

"Then what is the beginning?"

In the beginning, there was no form or substance, only a primordial energy that existed, existing in the Dao and descending upon the gods. Therefore, the beginning was more primordial than chaos.

The beginning is when the first breath was seen!

"Therefore, in the primordial stage, the Great Dao gave birth to Qi: chaotic Qi, primordial purple Qi, primordial primordial Qi, primordial spiritual Qi..."

"If that's the case, does it mean that there was such a world in the chaos, born in the primordial stage of chaos and primordial chaos, which is also the primordial stage of the Great Dao? Or is there more than one world?"

Donghua didn't know the answer to this, but he could only guess. If his previous guess was correct, then this was the answer!

What is the Great Beginning?

In the beginning, there was form but no substance; it was the most primitive state!

The Great Beginning is the moment of form, when Yin and Yang combine and blend into one. From this oneness, form arises, but it has no substance yet; this is called the Great Beginning.

"Having form but no substance—isn't this one form of the Great Dao?"

Thinking of this, Donghua's eyes lit up instantly, and then he went straight to Chaos without hesitation, wanting to verify his conjecture.

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