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

Chapter 351 The Northern War, Donghua's Scheme

The human race mobilized a million soldiers, marched from the east, entered Buzhou Mountain in the center, and finally entered the northern continent.

Meanwhile, on the northern continent, the ancient forces, led by the lich, were all concentrated on the northern border, forming a standoff with the human race.

War is imminent!

But no one expected this war to happen.

Since the destruction of the Kunwu Divine Court in the ancient era, no force has launched such a large-scale attack on the northern continent, mainly because it is not worthwhile.

In other words, it's not cost-effective!

The gains from attacking the north were disproportionate to the costs.

But this time, Fuxi led a million-strong army to attack the north, and all the quasi-saints and powerful beings of the human race set out, and for a time, the primordial world was once again in turmoil.

The gaze of the powerful beings of the primordial era was fixed on the north; everyone wanted to know who would win and who would lose.

What they really wanted to know was what kind of medicine Fuxi had bought in his gourd, and why he was attacking the northern continent at this time.

Because it's really not worth it!

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"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, if you leave now, we can pretend this never happened."

As a Quasi-Saint at the peak, Kunpeng represented the Northern forces in pre-war negotiations with Fuxi.

To be honest, the Northern Continent really doesn't want to fight this battle. The human race is currently enjoying great fortune, and they want to avoid direct confrontation for the time being.

Fuxi leaped into the air and stood in the sky, calmly glancing at the northern forces.

But that one glance was enough to startle Fuxi.

The Lich and Demon races, along with other ancient forces, comprised more than a dozen Quasi-Saints on the opposing side, although some of them were only single Quasi-Saints.

The Lich and Demon races, in particular, have recovered after so many years of recuperation and adjustment.

"So it's Fellow Daoist Kunpeng! It's been a long time! I haven't had a chance to congratulate you on becoming the Demon Emperor. Now that you've reached the peak of Quasi-Saint, your potential to reach the Primordial Chaos stage is truly remarkable!"

Kunpeng laughed and said, "It's nothing to mention, nothing to mention."

"Now that the Great Celestial Venerable rules over the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, it is my blessing that I, Kunpeng, can serve him. If I have the opportunity to attain the Primordial Dao, I believe the Great Celestial Venerable will remember me."

Speaking of Donghua, Kunpeng doesn't feel ashamed at all. He has completely adapted to his current identity, from being unwilling at first to now finding it very appealing.

After submitting to Donghua and becoming the Demon Emperor, he seized the fortune of Beiming, the Demon Clan, and the Heavenly Court to break through to the peak of Quasi-Saint.

Everything happened very naturally.

Most importantly, Donghua's power made him unable to muster any resistance. Back then, Donghua was just an avatar who completely defeated him.

How could he possibly resist?

Since you can't resist it, you might as well enjoy it!

With this change in mindset, one immediately feels that the world is bright and clear, and that a state of perfect harmony is within reach.

Fuxi looked at Kunpeng in disbelief; he never expected this guy to say such a thing.

Despite being merely a demon master, Kunpeng's pride was in no way inferior to that of Donghuang Taiyi.

Even back in the Demon Court, Kunpeng looked down on Dijun and Taiyi.

But Kunpeng truly deserves that qualification!

When the Demon Court was first established, it had no system or civilization to speak of; all its systems were based entirely on the original Kunwu Divine Court.

After Kunpeng joined the team, he acted as prime minister, quickly establishing a complete system based on the characteristics of the demon race.

They also created the demon script from the Great Dao texts, thus giving ordinary demons a bloodline inheritance, which is why the demon race has endured for so long.

Kunpeng's greatest contribution to the demon race and the demon court was creating the demon script. While top-tier combat power is important for the race, the future is even more crucial.

Thinking of this, Fuxi smiled gently and said, "It is truly admirable that Fellow Daoist Kunpeng thinks this way. The Great Heavenly Venerable's talent is unparalleled in the prehistoric world. I believe that under his leadership, our prehistoric world can make further progress."

"But now that the human path is about to be perfected, the northern world will inevitably be unified. At that time, the three paths of heaven, earth and humanity will be perfected, and the primordial world will enter the final upgrade state."

"Fellow Daoist Kunpeng, as the Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Court, why do you continue to make mistakes? Why not repent and turn back from your misguided path? I believe the Great Heavenly Venerable will be happy for you then."

Kunpeng smiled disdainfully, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, you are not the Great Celestial Venerable. Although you are the Emperor of the Human Race and are about to ascend to the throne, you are still a subject of the Heavenly Court in the end."

"Although the Six Emperors hold high positions and great power, they are still somewhat lacking. If the Great Celestial Venerable desires the northern lands, I, Kunpeng, will say nothing and am willing to serve as His Majesty's vanguard to conquer the northern continent. However, you, Fuxi, cannot represent the Great Celestial Venerable."

"Besides, although I am the head of the Demon Emperors, the Demon Race is an independent part of the prehistoric world, and you, Fuxi, cannot command me."

"The Northern Continent is the last refuge of the demon race, the witch race, and the ancient forces. We may submit to the Great Celestial Venerable, but we will never submit to the human race."

"Better to be a shattered jade than a whole tile!"

"Well said!" Xuanming also leaped into the air.

"Fellow Daoist Fuxi, when our Wu Clan was defeated by the Purple Mansion, we were willing to submit to the Great Heavenly Venerable. But now, it is absolutely impossible for us to submit to the Human Clan."

"If you want the fulfillment of humanity, we support you. Humans can enter the northern lands, as long as you have the ability to establish yourselves."

Fuxi snorted coldly and said, "Fellow Daoist Xuanming, have you forgotten the pain once the wound has healed? Have you forgotten the lesson I taught you back then?"

Xuanming laughed heartily: "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, although I am no match for you, if you want my Wu Clan to submit to the Human Race, you'd better step over my dead body first, or don't even think about it!"

Fuxi stood with his hands behind his back, no longer looking at Kunpeng and Xuanming, but at the others.

"Is that what you mean too?"

Without the slightest hesitation, Ancestor Ruoling stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, we are the losers and do not wish to contend for supremacy in the prehistoric world. When dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns roamed freely, we remained secluded from the world, and we did not interfere in the struggle between the witches and demons."

"Now that you humans want to unify the prehistoric world, we have even less reason to get involved. However, the northern continent is our last remaining territory, and we will absolutely not give it to the humans."

"Therefore, only war remains!"

Tianqi also stepped forward and said, "Fellow Daoist Fuxi, we respect your cultivation and character, and we are willing to make a concession to allow the human race to enter the Northern Continent, just like the Qilin and Wuyao races did back then."

"Back then, when Gonggong, Kunpeng, and others entered the northern continent, we didn't care. How much of the northern continent they could occupy depended entirely on their abilities."

"Today you lead your army to intimidate my northern lands, so we have no choice but to fight to the death, there is no other way."

"Very well!" Fuxi laughed and said, "Since you fellow Daoists have made yourselves so clear, I am not an unreasonable person. I will fight you."

"You win, and the human race withdraws from the north."

"I have won, and you shall submit to the human race!"

"Is that alright?"

Kunpeng and the others exchanged glances and nodded slightly.

"Can!"

"Then let's fight!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the six of them took flight and soared into the heavens.

In an instant, the world changed color!

On the northern continent, led by Kunpeng, the five quickly launched an attack.

The Hetu Luoshu, Fuxi Qin, Tiandi Ge, Kongtong Seal, Demon Master Palace, Five Elements Staff, and other innate spiritual treasures clashed with each other.

Xuanming unleashed his Ancestral Witch form, engaging Fuxi in close combat; the six fought evenly.

However, Fuxi fought against six opponents single-handedly and was not at a disadvantage at all!

"Five Elements Grand Formation, activate!"

Ruoling Patriarch shouted urgently, and then Kunpeng and the others quickly stood in the positions of the five directions of the primordial world, holding the array flags and activating the great array.

Gold, wood, water, fire and earth!

The five great powers quickly combined to form the Five Elements Great Power Space, isolating the entire battlefield from the world.

"Fuxi, today I will show you the power of the Innate Five Elements Grand Formation!" Ancestor Ruoling shouted.

The Five Elements Dao stretch across the heavens!

A space has sealed Fuxi inside!

Fuxi activated the Heaven and Earth Halberd, continuously bombarding the Five Elements Formation, but to no avail.

Every strike was broken down and dispersed by the power of the Five Elements Dao, eventually vanishing into nothingness, as if it had never been attacked at all.

Fuxi stopped attacking and began to slowly observe the great formation.

"What a magnificent Five Elements Formation! As expected of the first great god born in the primordial world, Ancestor Kunwu has managed to incorporate the Dao of time and space, cause and effect, yin and yang, and creation into the seemingly ordinary Five Elements Dao."

"To draw upon the immense power of heaven and earth to form the Five Elements space—truly wondrous, wondrous indeed!"

The more Fuxi observed the Five Elements Grand Array, the more he liked it. He had seen too many grand arrays before, including all four of the innate killing arrays.

Although the Five Elements Formation is far less lethal than the Four Great Killing Formations, it is in no way inferior in terms of its exquisite design.

"This formation is derived from the Five Primordial Banners, it's truly remarkable. Back then, Fellow Daoist Donghua used the Five Primordial Banners to seal Chaos Bell and Donghuang Taiyi, it must have been for this very reason!"

……

In the Netherworld, after Hongyun's reincarnation, Donghua, Houtu, and Zhenyuanzi held a discussion on the Dao.

In reality, it was just Houtu and Zhenyuanzi explaining their own Dao, with Donghua occasionally offering some pointers.

Zhen Yuanzi, in particular, has already perfected his path to becoming an Earth Immortal and has broken through to the peak of Quasi-Saint, but he still has no clue about how to attain the Primordial Dao.

"Fellow Daoist Donghua, do you think Fuxi could fight five opponents alone?"

Looking at the great battle depicted in the book before him, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't understand why Fuxi was so fixated on the northern lands.

Donghua did not answer the question, but looked down at Xuantian, who was his and Houtu's son.

Xuan Tian was dressed in a black robe and looked to be in his twenties. His eyebrows were like jade mountains sloping downwards, and his eyes were like snowflakes of lacquer. With his Taoist hairstyle and jade hairpin, he truly had an unparalleled face.

In addition, there is a golden vertical line in the center of his eyebrows and eyes, which is the inheritance that Xuan Tian received when he cultivated the Great Witch True Body.

This little guy is now an adult, and after so many years of cultivation, his cultivation level has reached the Great Luo realm.

Donghua was very satisfied with Xuantian!

"Xuantian, tell me, why is the Heavenly Emperor so obsessed with unifying the Northern Continent?"

Xuan Tian quickly stood up and bowed, his expression firm, and slowly said, "Father, I believe that the reason why the Heavenly Emperor attacked the North was not for the Northern Continent, but for the stability of the human race."

Tell me, why?

Xuan Tian thought for a moment and then said again, "Since the destruction of the Kunwu Divine Court, the Northern Continent has been filled with a large amount of innate malevolent energy due to the fall of a large number of ferocious beasts and innate gods."

"Moreover, the war back then caused irreversible damage to the northern continent, resulting in a weakening of innate spiritual energy, making the north unsuitable for human habitation."

"But now that humanity is nearing its fulfillment, and the creatures of the North are also part of humanity, the Emperor cannot simply abandon them. That is why we have this battle today!"

"This battle is to demonstrate the strength of the human race and to clearly tell the creatures of the north that the north is also part of humanity, and that the human race is confident in taking over the north and making things more peaceful there in the future."

Donghua was taken aback, looking at Xuantian in disbelief, then turned to Houtu and asked, "You told him?"

Houtu smiled slightly, her eyes brimming with joy, and said proudly:

"I never said any of that. These are all principles that Tian'er figured out on his own!"

Donghua glanced at Xuantian again. Although he had great confidence in his son, this guy was just too clever.

Xuan Tian's analysis is correct!

Because Fuxi's attack on the northern continent was entirely at his behest.

"Then tell me, who won and who lost this battle?"

"A draw!" Xuan Tian said confidently.

Upon hearing this answer, Donghua didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he looked at Zhen Yuanzi and said, "Fellow Daoist, do you still have any questions?"

Zhen Yuanzi glanced at Xuan Tian and nodded, saying, "I have no more doubts. Although I had some idea, I never thought it was the Great Celestial Venerable's scheme. I thought it was Fellow Daoist Fuxi's scheme."

Donghua laughed heartily, pointed at Zhen Yuanzi, and said with a smile, "You, you are still the same as before. Perhaps in the entire prehistoric world, only you and Fellow Daoist Hongyun see things most clearly."

"It's not that I understand it clearly, but rather that I'm an outsider, so I've thought about it a bit more," Zhen Yuanzi said.

Donghua looked up and his divine eyes instantly traversed endless time and space, arriving in the northern lands.

"The primordial world is vast and inclusive, capable of accommodating any power and all kinds of people, but these powers and people must obey and remain under control."

"Now that the Demon Realm is about to be born, our battle with the Western God Realm is about to begin. I will absolutely not allow anyone to cause trouble in the primordial world again."

"If it exists, then destroy it!"

"Humanity is about to be fulfilled, so let's take this opportunity to lure out all these demons and monsters. Even if they want to be rats, they'll have to be rats in the open for me!"

Zhen Yuanzi addressed him as "Boundless Heavenly Venerable," and then said with admiration, "I believe that under the guidance of the Great Heavenly Venerable, the Primordial World will take another step forward, and at that time, we will also have the hope of attaining enlightenment."

"Hahaha……"

The conversation between Donghua and Zhenyuanzi left Xuantian at a loss. He never expected that this war was actually initiated at the behest of his father. He really didn't expect that.

"Father, you are the Heavenly Emperor, a Primordial Chaos cultivator, and currently the number one person in the primordial world. Why do you need to use schemes to deal with these people? Wouldn't it be better to just sweep them aside?"

Donghua chuckled and said softly, "Tian'er, if I were just a Primordial Chaos expert from the primordial world, I would never use schemes to deal with these people; a single punch would suffice!"

"But I am not only Hunyuan, but also the Primordial Heavenly Emperor, who rules over the three realms of Heaven, Earth and Man, all the heavens and the universe, the endless starry sky, and all living beings."

"The true enemy of the primordial world is not these rats hiding in the gutter, but chaos itself."

"Under my leadership, the primordial world will eventually descend into chaos and engage in battle with the myriad worlds within that chaos. In that case, we will certainly need these people."

At this point, Donghua paused, glanced at Xuantian again, and said, "Tian'er, you are very smart. You have seen the essence of this battle, which is that it is a draw."

"This battle will indeed turn out this way, because Fuxi, Kunpeng, and Xuanming are my people. I can decide the outcome for them."

"After the battle, some of the Wu tribe will leave the territory and return to the primordial world."

"I'm giving you a task: as the leader of these witch tribes, you must carve out a piece of territory in the northern continent from the hands of the demon race and those ancient powers, to serve as a habitat for the witch tribes!"

"But ultimately, I want the Witch Clan to coexist peacefully with other forces, especially the Demon Clan, and to resolve the hatred between the Witches and Demons. Can you do that?"

Xuan Tian stood up respectfully and said, "I will certainly live up to Father's expectations!"

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(End of this chapter)