Within the Chaos, the four great Chaos Demon Gods—Ancestor Shichen, Ancestor Yangmei, Ancestor Xuantian, and the Chaos Demonic Ape—were each beings of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Yet at this moment, they all felt a trace of fear, a premonition of crisis.
No one knew how many countless years had passed since the birth of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods. They were not the only ones to attain the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm; many other Chaos Demon Gods had done the same, but these four were the most formidable.
The Chaos churned and trembled, continuing for an unfathomable span of time!
As the tremors persisted, the fear in the hearts of these Chaos Demon Gods refused to subside.
Unlike the other Chaos Demon Gods, Luohou felt only joy and anticipation in his heart, for he knew that the Great God Pangu was about to be born.
Once the Great God Pangu was born and cleaved open the heavens and the earth, the mythological world he was familiar with would arrive. With his ability of foresight, he was bound to thrive and make a great name for himself in Honghuang.
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A green lotus blossomed within the Chaos, allowing the violent currents of chaotic energy to wash over it without suffering the slightest damage.
Slowly, the petals of the green lotus unfolded as if it had absorbed sufficient energy. It bloomed with thirty-six grades, and an aura of creation emanated from the flower. Like a pebble dropped into a calm lake, it set the Chaos trembling once more.
Inside the lotus, a giant egg rested. As wisps of chaotic energy were absorbed into it, the enormous shell began to crack slowly, and a web of fissures gradually spread across its entire surface.
Boom...
The giant egg suddenly burst open, and a colossal figure stepped out from within. Naked and holding a giant axe, the figure had a jade plate suspended above his head.
The very first thing this burly man did was swallow the shattered eggshells into his belly. Then, he exhaled a long breath, which whipped up a violent gale across the Chaos.
"Clang." The man held his giant axe vertically and shouted in a thunderous voice, "I am Pangu; Chaos shall revere me as supreme."
This burly man was none other than the Great God Pangu. The giant axe in his hand was the supreme Chaos treasure, the Pangu Axe, and the jade plate hovering above his head was the supreme Chaos treasure, the Jade Plate of Creation, which contained the three thousand Dao within it.
The voice of the Great God Pangu instantly resounded through the entire Chaos, ringing clearly in the ears of all three thousand Chaos Demon Gods. It was at this moment that these Chaos Demon Gods finally realized where their premonitions of dread had originated.
"Kill!"
Every single Chaos Demon God responded with this single word, flying madly toward the location of the Great God Pangu, their eyes filled with boundless murderous intent.
In an instant, the heavenly secrets manifested brightly throughout the Chaos, and all three thousand Chaos Demon Gods understood why the Great God Pangu had been born. He had emerged in accord with the mandate to cleave open the heavens, intending to create heaven and earth within the Chaos.
The Chaos Demon Gods were called as such because they were born dependent upon the Chaos. Born with bodies of chaos and possessing world-shaking divine powers, if the Great God Pangu were to open up heaven and earth, they would all lose their primordial essence and be forced to start over from scratch to adapt to a new world.
Among cultivators, destroying another's foundation was the most ruthless act of all. How could these three thousand Chaos Demon Gods sit back and await their doom?
Luohou was also among the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods. He knew well that the act of cleaving the heavens could not be opposed—this was all orchestrated by the Dao. The Great God Pangu and the vast majority of the Chaos Demon Gods were fated to perish; this was inevitable.
Although Luohou headed toward the location of the Great God Pangu as well, he deliberately slowed his pace. He had no desire to rush off to his death so eagerly; if he arrived when the Great God Pangu was utterly exhausted, he might just manage to preserve his life.
"I intend to cleave open the Chaos and evolve a world. May the Dao bear witness!"
The voice of the Great God Pangu resounded once more across the entire Chaos. He had spent an unknown length of time cultivating within the giant egg, long reaching the peak Hunyuan Wuji Daluo Golden Immortal realm. According to his calculations, only by cleaving open heaven and earth could he break through his realm and attain the realm of Hunyuan Dao.
Rumble...
Streaks of purple Chaos Divine Lightning crashed down through the Chaos, shattering tracts of chaotic space, while endless terrestrial fire, wind, and water surged forth from the ruptured dimensions.
Seeing this, the Great God Pangu was overjoyed, believing the Dao was aiding him. Without hesitation, he gripped the Pangu Axe, transformed into a form tens of thousands of feet tall, and slashed an axe toward the boundless Chaos.
Boom...
A streak of light appeared within the dim Chaos, gradually expanding from a single line into a massive fissure containing endless terrestrial fire, wind, and water.
Seeing this, the Great God Pangu swung the Pangu Axe once more, instantly widening the fissure yet again. A world distinct from the Chaos was born beneath his axe, though it was still very small.
"Hah!"
Feeling that the pace of creation was too slow, the Great God Pangu struck six consecutive times, instantly causing the newborn world to expand to the edges of the Chaos. Just one more strike was needed to transform the entire Chaos into a newborn world, obliterating the Chaos forever.
"Open!" The Great God Pangu swung his axe once more, bringing it down upon the remaining Chaos.
"Pangu, you arrogant fool, how dare you!"
Hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods blocked the path of the Great God Pangu, each deploying their most powerful supreme treasures to resist the descending Pangu Axe.
Boom...
Under the giant axe of the Great God Pangu, those hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods failed to withstand even a single blow; they were instantly hacked into mists of blood that filled the void.
"Mere ants, how dare you block my path to the Dao? You deserve to die!" the Great God Pangu shouted deeply, the sound exploding like thunder across the Chaos.
Though hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods had fallen, they had managed to block that full-strength axe strike from the Great God Pangu.
Cleaving open heaven and earth was the Great God Pangu's path to enlightenment. Every single axe strike required his full strength and the application of the Dao of Force in order to perfect his own Dao.
Given the cultivation of the Great God Pangu, he was only capable of executing ten strikes in total. Ordinarily, nine strikes would have been enough to carve out the new heavens and earth, but these Chaos Demon Gods had interfered, leaving him with only one strike remaining.
By this time, nearly all the Chaos Demon Gods had arrived. Gazing at Pangu, who prepared to swing his axe once more, every single one of them burned with murderous intent.
"Kill the arrogant fool Pangu!"
In an instant, over two thousand Chaos Demon Gods swarmed him together, unleashing wave after wave of divine techniques containing boundless might, and driving countless magical treasures against the physical body of the Great God Pangu.
"Those who block my path to the Dao shall die!" The Great God Pangu was also enraged. He now needed only one more strike, and he had only one left to execute. Yet with these Chaos Demon Gods obstructing him, he had no way of knowing whether he would succeed.
However, matters had reached this point; the Great God Pangu had no other choice.
"Cleave heaven and earth!"
With a mighty roar from the Great God Pangu, the Pangu Axe in his hand descended with crushing force. A visible shockwave rippled outward in all directions, and the attacks of those Chaos Demon Gods were instantly reduced to nothingness upon colliding with his force.
Yet the shockwave continued to expand outward. The Chaos Demon Gods closest to the Great God Pangu had no time to even react before they were pulverized by the terrifying Dao of Force.
The few remaining Chaos Demon Gods hurriedly deployed their strongest defensive measures. Luohou, in particular, directly summoned the World-Destruction Millstone; at a time like this, he cared nothing for exposing his cards—saving his life took precedence over all else.
Even so, the physical bodies of all the Chaos Demon Gods shattered in an instant. The Primordial Spirits of some dissipated along with them, while the Primordial Spirits of others managed to control their treasures and flee into the distance.
Still other Primordial Spirits plunged directly into the world carved out by the Great God Pangu, and Luohou was among them.