Primordial Era: I, Wutu, govern the Earthly Dao and suppress the Heavenly Dao.

The land of the East.

Holding the Pangu Banner, a supreme innate treasure, Hongjun killed the last tens of thousands of ferocious beasts that had been entrenched at the foot of Yujing Mountain with a single blow.

He sensed the merit merging into his body, his old face darkening and looking extremely ugly:

"Why? Why did the one at Longevity Mountain who killed the ferocious beast Qiongqi receive Great Dao Merit, while I only received Heavenly Dao Merit?"

Could he truly be the Child of the Great Dao?

The merits of Heaven are now like the merits of the Great Way, both being selfless and impartial.

Therefore, for beings who are born with the power to control the laws of the primordial world, there is no difference.

Of course, they also did not know the difference between the merits of the Great Dao and the merits of the Heavenly Dao.

However, for a chaotic demon god like Hongjun who survived the Great Calamity of Creation, the difference between the two is too great in their understanding!

Merit from the Great Dao can help one improve their cultivation of the Great Dao, while merit from the Heavenly Dao can only help one comprehend the laws of the Primordial World more quickly!

For example, the Great Dao of Earth cultivated by Zhen Yuanzi became even more profound after obtaining the merits of the Great Dao, and could bear the three thousand laws, and even the Primordial Earth Dao!

The path cultivated by the Chaos Demon God, though also a great path, was so severe that if he could not recover from his injuries, not only would his cultivation level stagnate, but he would also perish!

Therefore, the Chaos Demon God, who was severely injured by Pangu, could only recover himself by using the merits of the Great Dao or the power of the Primordial Chaos before he could cultivate and prove the Dao.

Today, the Dao bestows merit, but the Great Dao does not appear; the intention is quite clear.

This is the Great Dao relinquishing power to the Heavenly Dao, nurturing the Heavenly Dao so that it can manage the primordial world in the future!

However, in this way, the Chaos Demon God, who cannot obtain the Great Dao Merit but only the Heavenly Dao Merit, will belong to the Primordial World, and the Great Dao Law he cultivates will only be reduced to the Heavenly Dao level!

If you want to prove the Great Dao again, you can only try to transcend the Heavenly Dao in the future!

This is also why Hongjun, after attaining sainthood, still needed to unite himself with the Heavenly Dao.

He wants to transcend the primordial chaos and attain the Great Dao!

When the Way of Heaven is not manifest, these chaotic demons and gods are born in order to obtain the merits of the Great Way and then prove the Great Way.

But now that the Heavenly Dao has awakened, their path has been blocked by the Heavenly Dao, and they can only accept the Heavenly Dao's "rewards and gifts"!

This is also another act of self-protection by Heaven, fearing that they might also be like the ferocious beasts that wreak havoc on the primordial world and destroy it.

As it turns out, Heaven's current self-protective measures were correct, and a Demon Ancestor emerged as a result.

It was precisely because he felt that the path to the Great Dao was blocked by the Heavenly Dao that Hongjun felt so unwilling, resentful, and powerless, to the point that his Dao body trembled violently.

"If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have hesitated to leave this world despite my injuries! Even gaining a wisp of the Great Dao's merit would be better than this! Alas~"

At this moment, Hongjun was numb!

Even Hongjun, who possessed a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation, was stunned, let alone the other Chaos Gods.

"hateful!"

Rahu, enraged by the destruction of the world by using the Black Lotus to annihilate the few thousand remaining ferocious beasts before him, was furious.

"The ferocious beasts of the Western Lands are all hunting down the White Tiger clan. I can't kill many, so I won't gain much merit. And even the merit I do gain is only Heavenly Merit!"

"I want to prove the Way, but the Way I want to prove is the Great Way, not the Way of Heaven!"

"...It seems that my path still requires me to focus on the Beast God Shenni. Perhaps only by killing him can I regain the favor of the Great Dao!"

Yang Mei swept the willow branch in his hand, using spatial power to shred tens of thousands of ferocious beasts. His old brows furrowed deeply.

"The Heavenly Dao has been awakened as soon as this person on Longevity Mountain broke through to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm!"

"We were born to attain the Great Dao and its merits... This must be because the Heavenly Dao forbids us, the chaotic demons and gods, from obtaining the Great Dao and its merits!"

"However, the Way of Heaven is not the Way I have attained!"

"I should leave the Primordial World, but in order to recover from my injuries, I must first borrow the power of the Primordial World and then find a way to leave later."

"If I could attain even a wisp of the Great Dao's merit, why would I need to go through all this?"

The hidden chaotic demons, such as Yin and Yang and Qian and Kun, were also filled with bitterness.

The Great Way is blocked; one can only seek the Way of Heaven. It is bitter, so bitter!

The joys and sorrows of gods and demons are not the same.

While they lamented that the Heavenly Dao had blocked their path to the Great Dao, Zhen Yuanzi was completely indifferent, as if the Heavenly Dao did not exist!

While the White Tiger clan and all the other races of the primordial world united to resist the billions of ferocious beasts, he also left Longevity Mountain and cleared out the ferocious beasts within a radius of billions of miles.

Wherever Zhen Yuanzi went, all the ferocious beasts were killed, leaving no corpses or bloodstains behind, and the place was filled with the vibrant scene of spring warmth, blooming flowers, and the revival of all things.

Heaven was moved by Zhen Yuanzi's merit in killing the ferocious beast and restoring life, and bestowed merit upon him!

However, just as this Heavenly Dao Merit was about to enter Zhen Yuanzi's Dao body, he suddenly raised his hand and waved it!

In an instant, the golden magical power containing the merits of the Great Dao blasted out from the sleeve, actually "sending" this Heavenly Dao merits back!

The weak Heavenly Dao was utterly ignorant and confused, yet secretly delighted.

This is the first time since it awakened that it has seen a living being do things for it without asking for anything in return, and instead returning the merit!

Zhen Yuanzi raised his head and gazed high into the heavens, his voice resounding throughout the primordial world:

"The Great Dao is above. My act of restoring the vitality of this land and slaying the ferocious beasts was not in accordance with the will of Heaven, but rather in accordance with the principles of the Earthly Dao to stabilize the primordial world and to carry out the earthly punishment on behalf of Heaven. I should not receive this merit from the Heavenly Dao!"

Although these words are addressed to the highest and most just path, they are also a rebuttal and a questioning of the Way of Heaven!

It means:

"What I did has nothing to do with the laws of Heaven, so why are you deducting merit from my account?"

"The tunnel may not be visible, but I am the tunnel!"

"If anyone's going to be subdued, it should be the Great Dao!"

Zhen Yuanzi's voice resounded throughout heaven and earth!

This sound greatly shocked all the beings in the primordial world, as well as all the chaotic demons and gods!

"typical???"

"In other words, the primordial world not only had the Heavenly Dao, but also the Earthly Dao!"

"The underground passage hasn't even awakened, yet he's taking over its rules and imposing its punishments! This Zhen Yuanzi—he really has quite the audacity!"

"How could the Great Dao and the Heavenly Way tolerate such an audacious being?"

"What a brilliant Zhen Yuanzi! What a master of the Earthly Path!"

"Regardless of Zhen Yuanzi's fate, whether he lives or dies, his sheer courage is beyond my reach!"

Zhen Yuanzi's words not only shocked all living beings to the point of jaw dropping, but even the Heavenly Dao was stunned!

Zhen Yuanzi didn't want the merits bestowed upon him; he was being scorned!

To kill him in anger?

How to wipe it off? How to kill it?

The Heavenly Dao clearly sensed that this innate being who called himself Zhen Yuanzi not only possessed two earthly treasures with the power of the Great Dao, but also had profound Great Dao merit on his body!

How can it erase this? How dare it erase it?

Where does this power of annihilation come from?

At this moment, the Heavenly Dao was weak and helpless, completely unaware of what to do.

It could only silently reclaim all the merit that had been "sent" back, in the incredulous eyes of all living beings in the primordial world.

Then, remaining silent, they offered the difficult question to the Great Dao!

hum!

The primordial world trembled, and golden light suddenly appeared in the heavens!

Because the Heavenly Dao was so disappointing, the Great Dao, which had wanted to retreat, had no choice but to reveal itself and bestow Great Dao merit upon Zhen Yuanzi!

"What?"

"I...no, has the Great Dao bestowed merit upon him again?"

"Zhen Yuanzi's actions are a complete disregard for the Heavenly Dao and the Great Dao's will. Not only is the Heavenly Dao and the Great Dao not angry, but the Great Dao is even bestowing merit upon him?"

"Is he truly the chosen one of the Great Dao?"

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