Primordial Era: I, Yuan Hong, am solely focused on stability; humanity remains clear-headed.

Chapter 39 The Secret of the Dao Ancestor! The Activated Heavenly Dao!

Yuan Hong no longer simply believes that only the human race can represent humanity.

Since humanity is the collective will of all living beings, then whether it is a human, immortal, god, witch, demon, monster, or Asura...

All living beings in the primordial world belong to the realm of humanity!

Only at this level can humanity be considered to be on par with the Way of Heaven.

Unfortunately, under each great calamity, the primordial beings were like straws, harvested time and time again, with countless deaths and injuries, and even powerful beings could not escape unscathed.

After all this turmoil, it was impossible for humanity not to decline, but as the variables decreased, the Way of Heaven became more and more perfect and its power grew stronger!

With one increasing and the other decreasing, the gap will only widen, and humanity will only become more and more tragic.

Yuan Hong knew that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the human race, who were not yet fully realized, as well as many other ancient sages of the human race, would sooner or later be sealed in the Fire Cloud Cave and forbidden from interfering with the outside world!

To talk about suppressing destiny is clearly just imprisoning them by the Heavenly Dao!

Other ethnic groups are not much better off.

In later generations, powerful cultivators became increasingly rare, and the world even began to resemble the Dharma-ending Age...

In this situation, the emergence of another saint of humanity is simply out of the question.

The human condition is far more than just tragic.

The situation in the underground villages doesn't seem much better than that of the humane villages; they are equally miserable.

The one with the best chance and the most qualifications to be promoted to a Saint of the Earthly Realm is naturally Houtu, who has undergone reincarnation.

Unfortunately, Houtu lost her ancestral witch body and, without a suitable physical body, could not become a saint!

As for the rest, some of them might be able to advance to the level of Earthly Saints, such as Zhen Yuanzi, the ancestor of Earthly Immortals.

Unfortunately, to attain sainthood, one needs a flawless and unhindered Dao heart!

However, Zhen Yuanzi has precisely this weakness.

His old friend Hongyun was tricked and killed tragically, but he couldn't even avenge his old friend!

All of this damaged Zhen Yuanzi's Dao heart, making it impossible for him to attain the status of a Dao Saint!

Apart from this, it is impossible for any other sages to be born in the underground passage.

So much so that in the later period of the Journey to the West, a great calamity occurred.

The entire underworld was like a sieve, with powerful figures from all sides getting involved and dividing up the spoils, making it unbearable to watch.

Forces from all sides openly occupy the underworld, siphoning off all its benefits.

As a result, the underworld has lost all its dignity.

This explains why Sun Wukong, whose cultivation level was probably only around the Golden Immortal realm, was able to disregard the Underworld and wreak havoc there.

They even altered the Book of Life and Death, a priceless treasure of the underworld.

Having done all this without paying any price, they simply left, making the underworld a complete laughingstock!

Although Sun Wukong had the sage Subhuti as his support.

But behind that underworld of reincarnation lies the Earthly Path, an existence that should be on par with the Heavenly Path, even more noble than a saint!

The Book of Life and Death was actually altered on their own turf.

On the contrary, which cultivator in the world would dare to go to Zixiao Palace and cause a ruckus, arbitrarily modifying the Heavenly Book of Gods?

When that time comes, do you think Heaven will be able to tolerate it?

Let alone having the background of a saintly, benevolent corpse, even if a saint dared to do it personally, the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would have to suppress and kill him on the spot...

The majesty of Heaven cannot be insulted!

In comparison, their truly miserable situation becomes apparent.

"If Houtu had lived to that time, let alone Sun Wukong, even if Sumeru came, he would have been killed by Pingxin. Houtu wouldn't have needed to lift a finger."

Yuan Hong sighed and said regretfully.

Unfortunately.

After talking with Houtu for a while, he also learned that Houtu was in a very difficult situation.

Without a physical body, the primordial spirit can only be held captive by the six realms of reincarnation, constantly torn and worn down by the power of reincarnation, and suffers in agony every moment!

Even if Houtu's primordial spirit is powerful, it will be gradually worn away.

If this trend continues, Houtu will probably have already perished long before the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West arrives...

Yuan Hong was somewhat helpless. He had come to the underworld to find a stable and powerful backer.

Although I have just learned a great secret that no living being in the world knows and that probably only a sage can comprehend, my strength is insufficient, so this secret is of no use to me.

Yuan Hong knew that even though there were many powerful members of the Witch Clan in the Underworld, such as Xing Tian, ​​who was comparable to a Quasi-Saint.

However, in the vast universe, below the level of a sage, all are but ants!

Without the backing of a saint-level power, even a quasi-saint is insignificant and cannot withstand a major upheaval.

If Houtu were to perish, although Pingxin and Meng Po were both at the peak of Quasi-Saint level, they would ultimately lack Saint-level combat power.

Given Heaven's hostility towards the Witch Clan, coupled with the covetousness of the Underworld by various sages, how could they possibly let the Witch Clan go?

At that time, the Wu tribe will probably be completely wiped out.

If I have any connection with the Witch Clan, wouldn't I also suffer the consequences...?

"The power of Heaven is immense. Why did you hastily undergo reincarnation during the great calamity? Didn't you consider Heaven's calculations?"

Yuan Hong couldn't help but ask.

In fact, given the current situation, even if Houtu became a sage of the earth, it seems to be of no use.

The power on the other side of Heaven's Dao is so strong that it inspires despair.

There are six Heavenly Saints, and there is also the Grandmaster Hongjun, the teacher of all saints!

Even if Houtu were incredibly strong after becoming a saint, she would struggle to fight six opponents at once, let alone with Hongjun also present...

Looking back now, even if Houtu had become a saint back then, it probably wouldn't have changed the outcome of the final war between the Lich King and the Demon King.

"I was somewhat on guard back then, but Heaven was indeed a cut above the rest, and I was outmaneuvered by it."

"Mainly, I was in a hurry to transcend reincarnation at that time, and it also involved another major secret."

"That is the...awakening of the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man in the primordial world?"

Houtu sighed and slowly began to speak.

Finally, after a moment's thought, she used a word with a different meaning.

"Awakened?"

Upon hearing this, Yuan Hong was taken aback.

He already knew the essence of the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man; they were all different mechanisms under the Great Dao, and could not possibly be living beings.

If that's the case, then what exactly is this "awakening"...?

"Indeed, as you think, the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man do not have any self-awareness; they only develop instincts."

"However, once the first sage is born from among them, and humanity unites with the Dao, then the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity will undergo a qualitative change!"

"And that first saint will also be called the Dao Ancestor."

Houtu spoke calmly, but her words were like a thunderclap, shocking Yuan Hong once again, and then he suddenly understood!

No wonder!

The reason why the Heavenly Dao is so powerful lies in the birth of Hongjun, the ancestor of the Heavenly Dao.

"No wonder Houtu risked everything to undergo reincarnation back then..."

Yuan Hong finally understood the truth: at the critical moment of Houtu's great calamity, she abandoned her ancestral witch body and transformed herself into the cycle of reincarnation.

Logically speaking, the power of the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, even if they differ, should not be too drastically different.

Even if one is the strongest, it is difficult to suppress the other two to the point of being unable to raise their heads.

However, once a sage is born and comes into harmony with the Dao, the situation changes!

Whether or not there is the blessing of the Taoist Ancestor is a completely different matter.

(End of this chapter)