Primordial Era: Becoming the Great Emperor of Humanity from the Start

Chapter 182 Breaking Through the Heavenly Dao's Net!

Dao Ancestor Hongjun stood in the Chaos Sea, his entire body radiating an incomparably rich purple light and exuding an unparalleled aura.

At this time, Dao Ancestor Hongjun was the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, controlling the power of the Heavenly Dao, and was the supreme being who ruled the primordial world.

The enveloping net of Heavenly Dao is the condensation of the endless rules of the primordial world, a shackle that countless living beings cannot break free from.

At this moment, two beings from the primordial world, unwilling to have their fate controlled by the Heavenly Dao, attempted to challenge the heavens.

In the eyes of all the saints, Dao Ancestor Hongjun was an invincible being, but in Jiang Heng's eyes, Dao Ancestor Hongjun was never an invincible being.

Even when facing the Dao Ancestor Hongjun, who controls the power of the Heavenly Dao, Jiang Heng and Houtu Ancestral Witch remained fearless.

The power of humanity and the power of the earth each converged on Jiang Heng and Houtu, the ancestral witch, transforming into two mighty torrents that rushed toward the heavenly way.

"Boom!"

An unimaginable collision erupted in the chaotic sea, but strangely, no violent power escaped.

The terrifying power seemed to be restricted by an invisible force, concentrating only in a very small area.

No! That's not accurate. It should be said that the place where Jiang Heng and the others fought has become an independent space-time.

That spacetime does not exist within the Chaos Sea, but rather within layers of spacetime, which even a sage would find difficult to access.

This is precisely the terrifying power of the Heavenly Dao. Because it controls the rules, any rule in the hands of the Heavenly Dao can be changed at will.

Under the control of Heaven, the space-time has completely become dominated by Heaven, and in this space-time, Heaven determines all the rules.

Even the power of humanity and the power of nature were temporarily severed from their connection with the primordial world in this space, becoming unsustainable.

For Jiang Heng and Houtu, falling into the net of Heaven was like falling into a cage.

"Within this Heavenly Net, you can only watch helplessly as your power declines, and you will eventually be completely suppressed in this space-time."

"Without the support of humanity and the power of the earth, you are nothing but ants in my eyes!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun's cold voice rang out.

Faced with the difficult situation, Jiang Heng fought side by side with Houtu, showing no sign of panic.

"What a brilliant capture of the Heavenly Dao! From this perspective, the Heavenly Dao is not far from true perfection!" Jiang Heng said.

"It seems you do know quite a lot. There's no need to hide this from you. The Heavenly Dao is indeed not far from true perfection!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun's voice rang out again.

When Jiang Heng first encountered the Heavenly Dao, it had only been around for a short time and was still in its gestation stage.

The Three Thousand Great Dao Demon Gods were the resources for the growth of the Heavenly Dao, but because of Jiang Heng, the Heavenly Dao lost the Three Thousand Great Dao Demon Gods.

This is why the time it took for the Heavenly Dao to reach its perfect state was delayed for a long time, until the Dao Ancestor Hongjun merged with the Dao, and only then did the Heavenly Dao begin to develop.

Having gone through the Lich War and now the Investiture of the Gods, the Heavenly Dao has transformed into a state of perfection once again.

If Jiang Heng's prediction is correct, the Heavenly Dao may only truly mature after the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West.

Moreover, because Jiang Heng intercepted the three thousand Great Dao Demon Gods, the time when the Heavenly Dao truly reaches perfection may be even later.

"It's not truly perfect yet. Even if it's just a hair's breadth away, the difference is unimaginable!" Jiang Heng said.

The fact that the Heavenly Way was never truly perfect indicates that it still has flaws, which is the fundamental reason why Jiang Heng dared to face the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

If the Heavenly Dao had truly reached perfection, Jiang Heng wouldn't care about the Investiture of the Gods calamity; he would have already led billions of humans to escape the primordial world.

In any case, the Chaos Sea is so vast that with the strength of Jiang Heng and the Ancestral Witch Houtu, it's not impossible for them to create a smaller world.

However, even if Jiang Heng and Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, joined forces, the possibility of creating a vast world like the Primordial World was not very high.

The more powerful the world is, the stronger its essence becomes. And only a powerful world can give birth to the strong.

With Jiang Heng and Houtu's current strength, the world they create can at most produce quasi-saint level powerhouses.

Only in the primordial world created by the great god Pangu could a saint-level powerhouse be born.

For this reason, unless forced to, Jiang Heng would never have led hundreds of millions of humans away from the prehistoric world.

"Hahaha! I once said that you do not understand the Heavenly Dao at all, and you do not understand what the Heavenly Dao means in the primordial world."

Even though the Heavenly Dao is not yet perfect, after I merged with the Dao, the power of the Heavenly Dao is unstoppable and enough to overwhelm everything!

"You? What can the power of humanity and the power of the earth do? In the end, you will still be unable to escape the fate of being suppressed!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said disdainfully.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun was naturally qualified to say these words. Leaving aside how powerful the Heavenly Dao was, Dao Ancestor Hongjun had already completely taken the initiative.

"Suppression? As expected, even the Heavenly Dao cannot bear the severe consequences of the collapse of the Earthly Dao and the Human Dao, so it can only suppress them!" Jiang Heng said.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun didn't say much, only letting out a cold snort. Because what Jiang Heng said was absolutely right; the collapse of the Human Way and the Earth Way was something the Heavenly Way was unwilling to bear.

The ultimate goal of the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun is to completely overwhelm the Earthly Dao and the Human Dao, thereby strengthening the power of the Heavenly Dao. This is also what they have been striving for.

"Moreover, if the Heavenly Dao wants to completely overwhelm the Human Dao and the Earthly Dao, it will definitely not do so during the Investiture of the Gods!" Jiang Heng said confidently.

"Hmm? At this point, do you think you can still turn the world upside down?" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said coldly.

"That's exactly what I'm thinking. Today, I'll turn this world upside down!" Jiang Heng said in a deep voice.

As soon as he finished speaking, Jiang Heng extended a hand, and Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, seemed to have been prepared, and at that moment she also extended her hand, grasping Jiang Heng's hand tightly.

In an instant, the power of humanity gathered on Jiang Heng resonated in an incredible way with the power of the earth gathered on Houtu, the ancestral witch.

The infinite spacetime trembled, and the cage formed by the Heavenly Net began to shake continuously at this moment.

Endless spacetime began to collapse, the Heavenly Net was crumbling, and thin purple threads began to turn into nothingness.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Heng and Houtu Ancestral Witch broke through the infinite space-time and returned to the Chaos Sea once again.

"Impossible! How could the power of humanity and the power of the earth resonate? These are two completely different powers, how could they be combined?"

The voice of Dao Ancestor Hongjun was filled with shock. This was something that had never happened even when Jiang Heng and Houtu Ancestral Witch gathered the power of humanity and the power of earth.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun would naturally be shocked. Under the net of Heavenly Dao, no living being can escape, let alone cause the net of Heavenly Dao to collapse.

But the Human Emperor and the Ancestral Witch Houtu before them had accomplished this incredible feat, something that was beyond the expectations of Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

"Hahaha! The Heavenly Dao suppresses the Earthly Dao and the Human Race, attempting to completely control the primordial world. How could the consciousness of the Human Dao and the Earthly Dao accept this?"

"Everything was preordained! It was only through the convergence of the will of humanity and the will of the earth that I and Houtu came to be today!" Jiang Heng said.

Although Jiang Heng had the help of the system, it was unimaginable that he could reach his current level in such a short period of time.

Even the Dao Ancestor Hongjun had his doubts. After all, even if Jiang Heng could become a saint silently, his cultivation speed couldn't possibly be this fast.

Take the Taiqing Saint, the head of the Six Saints, for example. Although he only became a saint during the Lich War, he was already in the process of being conceived at the beginning of the creation of the world.

The six sages in the primordial world were all like this; they were all innate deities conceived in the primordial world at the very beginning of creation.

From the time when the great god Pangu created the world to the present calamity of the gods, hundreds of millions of years have passed in the primordial world.

It was through the accumulation of countless years that the six sages were able to achieve their ultimate goal of becoming saints one by one.

Jiang Heng is merely a human, and his lifespan is only a few million years, which is insignificant compared to the years that the saints have lived.

Even so, the Taiqing Saint, the leader of the Six Saints, was actually defeated by Jiang Heng, and this was even before Jiang Heng had gathered the power of humanity.

In such a short time, he has acquired such strength. Besides the system's assistance, the fundamental reason for Jiang Heng's current strength lies in the accumulation of humanistic power.

According to the original trend of Heaven, after the rise of the Heavenly Court, Heaven had completely controlled the primordial world.

All living beings in the world reside under the Heavenly Court. Even the Six Paths of Reincarnation are within the Heavenly Court's jurisdiction, making the Heavenly Court virtually the only dominant power.

But how could the will of humanity and the will of the earth, hidden in the darkness, willingly be completely overwhelmed by the will of heaven and thus continuously weaken?

Under the constant suppression of the Heavenly Dao, the human race's will to fight back was to concentrate its power on Jiang Heng, the Human Emperor.

The same applies to the Earthly Path. Opening up the six realms of reincarnation was actually a counterattack by the Earthly Path against the Heavenly Path, only it failed.

However, thanks to Jiang Heng's presence, Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, was reborn, and this counterattack by the authentic sect did not completely fail.

Originally, there was no distinction between the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man. It was the power of Heaven that condensed and created the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

It was only through the fusion of the power of humanity and the power of the earth that Jiang Heng and Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, achieved their incredible strength today.

However, the reason why the power of humanity and the power of the earth could resonate so miraculously was because of Jiang Heng.

In fact, this was also Jiang Heng's plan. When Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, transformed into a being of reincarnation, Jiang Heng was already laying the groundwork.

When Houtu, the ancestral witch, was in the cycle of reincarnation, Jiang Heng helped her open the six paths of reincarnation and even received merit from the heavens.

Moreover, Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, passed on her understanding of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to Jiang Heng, allowing Jiang Heng to perfect the second form of the Emperor's Fist, Reincarnation.

To some extent, Jiang Heng also controlled a portion of the earth's power. And the Earth Ancestral Witch also controlled a portion of the power of humanity.

The reason why Houtu Ancestral Witch was able to control a portion of the power of humanity is actually quite simple: Houtu Ancestral Witch was Jiang Heng's Daoist partner.

When he transformed into Emperor Xin, Jiang Heng had already married Su Daji, the incarnation of the ancestral witch Houtu, and Jiang Heng had even made a vow to Heaven.

Emperor Xin was the current human emperor of the human race, and Houtu Zuwu was naturally the successor of the current human emperor of the human race. It was only natural that they would gather the human destiny.

At this moment, Jiang Heng is the embodiment of the power of humanity, and Houtu, the ancestral witch, is the embodiment of the power of the earth, but their powers can communicate with each other.

It was precisely because of this that, through the efforts of Jiang Heng and Houtu, the power of humanity and the power of the earth resonated in an incredible way.

Even if this resonance is extremely weak, the power it unleashes is unimaginable, and it is even enough to break through the net of heaven.

"Hmph! You have surprised me once again, but if that's all, it's not enough!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said coldly.

With a wave of his hand, a dazzling purple light once again condensed on the Creation Jade Disc, instantly illuminating the entire Chaos Sea.

An unparalleled aura condensed, and amidst the intertwining of dazzling purple light, an unimaginable deity manifested within the chaotic sea.

This purple demon god was 99,999 feet tall, reaching the same height as the ancient god Pangu.

A body length of 99,999 zhang is an invisible limit. It is said that once the body length reaches 100,000 zhang, one reaches the realm of the Great Dao.

The great god Pangu was just one step away from success. After creating the world, he had a chance to succeed, but he chose to transform himself into all things, thus creating the primordial world we know today.

The fact that the deity that Dao Ancestor Hongjun has condensed now has a body of 99,999 zhang is enough to demonstrate the power of this deity.

"It seems that the Heavenly Dao is not far from reaching its true perfection!" Jiang Heng said solemnly.

If the Heavenly Dao had been perfected, the deity condensed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun at this time would not be only 99,999 zhang, but 100,000 zhang.

The enormous deity moved with a roar, and with just one step, the entire chaotic sea trembled continuously.

Beneath the enormous deity's feet, the phantom images of various worlds began to emerge, as if each world was being created.

Unimaginable power, as if creating the world was not a difficult task for this enormous deity.

With a single palm strike, he controlled the rise and fall of countless worlds, and under the intertwining of endless rules, he formed an endless spacetime.

At this moment, the sages, including Yuanshi Tianzun, who were watching the battle from afar, all felt an instinctive fear.

This fear is as if one themselves would perish completely under this palm strike; it is a great fear of facing death head-on.

Saints are immortal and indestructible, but in the face of a colossal deity who is the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao, they seem to become a huge joke.

It is easy to imagine the immense pressure that Jiang Heng and Houtu Zuwu faced when confronting this colossal deity that embodied boundless power.

Jiang Heng and Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, exchanged a glance, their faces both showing unwavering determination. At this moment, Jiang Heng could no longer hold back.

"Dao Ancestor! I'll show you just why I dare to challenge the Heavenly Dao today!"

Jiang Heng's mighty voice resounded throughout the chaotic sea, and at the same time, countless living beings in the primordial world felt it.

I'm sending New Year's greetings today, so I'll take a little time. Here's a chapter for now, and there will be another one at noon!

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