nyslfriends Chapter 121 The Temptation of the Heavenly Dao at Xuan Chu
Chapter 121 The Temptation of the Heavenly Dao at Xuan Chu
Chapter 121: The Temptation of the Heavenly Dao to Xuan Chu
After Nuwa became a disciple of Xuan Chu, she swore to the Great Dao to relinquish her holy position. The Heavenly Dao sent down tribulation lightning, but Xuan Chu dispersed it one by one. The Heavenly Dao was furious and used Hong Jun's Dao body to descend upon the prehistoric world, but Xuan Chu saw through it at a glance.
After Xuan Chu saw through his identity, Hong Jun's expression changed slightly, and he said, "Xuan Chu, you are indeed not simple. No wonder Hong Jun is so wary of you."
"Heh!" Xuan Chu chuckled disdainfully and said, "Heavenly Dao, you're wrong. Hongjun isn't afraid of me; it's just that his strength is inferior to mine, so he has no choice but to rely on me."
"You're right." Hongjun nodded and said, "In the primordial world, strength reigns supreme. Hongjun's strength is inferior to yours, so naturally I am very wary of you. Xuanchu, with your strength, if you were to combine it with my power, you would be able to rule the entire primordial world. I wonder if you would be willing to cooperate with me?"
Upon hearing Hongjun's words, Xuan Chu's expression became extremely solemn. It seemed that Hongjun's repeated defeats at Xuan Chu's hands had already aroused the displeasure of the Heavenly Dao.
Originally, the Heavenly Dao hoped that Hongjun could help it and make the Primordial World into the way the Heavenly Dao wanted it to be. However, in several open and covert struggles with Xuan Chu, Hongjun ended up losing. First, the Three Pure Ones split. Fortunately, he later gritted his teeth and supported Zhen Yuanzi, which allowed the Six Sages of the Heavenly Dao to return to their positions and the Heavenly Dao to be perfected. Later, during the Great Tribulation of the Witch and the Demon, Hongjun not only did not make the Witch and the Demon races suffer mutual destruction, but also allowed the Witch race to win. In the end, in order to make the Witch race withdraw from the main body of the Primordial World, the Heavenly Dao handed over the power of the Earthly Dao that it had painstakingly obtained.
During the era of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors of the human race, Hongjun's disciples were no match for Xuanchu's disciples, allowing Xuanchu to seize the Kongtong Seal, the most precious treasure of the human race. Xuanchu was forced to take away the teachers of four human emperors. That would have been fine, at least he still had half. But what happened? Hongjun couldn't even keep the teacher of the Tai Emperor, so his power within the human race was not as great as that of Xuanchu's lineage.
When the Emperor returned to the throne, Nuwa questioned Hongjun's decree, so Hongjun imprisoned her. He originally intended to punish her as a warning, to make the Heavenly Dao and the sages disobey his decree. However, he did not expect that it would backfire. Nuwa directly betrayed the Xuanmen and now wants to completely give up her holy position. This made the Heavenly Dao distrust Hongjun even more.
Therefore, the Heavenly Dao conceived the idea of changing its representative. In the entire prehistoric world, the only one most qualified to replace Hongjun as the representative of the Heavenly Dao was Xuan Chu. Firstly, Xuan Chu's strength was unparalleled in the prehistoric world, enough to awe all living beings. Secondly, Xuan Chu's disciples controlled the Earthly Dao. If Xuan Chu could become the representative of the Heavenly Dao, the power of the Earthly Dao would return to the Heavenly Dao, which would be a win-win situation.
"Heavenly Dao, your wishful thinking is quite clever. You want me to become the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, so you can naturally recruit my followers, including those who have already broken away from you, and make them the rulers of the Primordial World again. But do you think I will agree?" Xuan Chu said. Xuan Chu quickly figured out the Heavenly Dao's thoughts.
However, Xuan Chu was not stupid. The Heavenly Dao wanted to use him to regain control of the Earthly Dao and dominate the Primordial World. Although he had become the Heavenly Dao's representative, theoretically, Xuan Chu and the Heavenly Dao were in a cooperative relationship. But it was not that good. Just look at Hong Jun. He was supposed to be a partner, but in the end, Hong Jun was practically a puppet of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao could take over Hong Jun's Dao body whenever it wanted, and Hong Jun had no say in the matter. Xuan Chu did not want that. Although Xuan Chu believed that he was not as naive as Hong Jun, the Heavenly Dao was, after all, the will of the Dao. It would always find an opportunity to devour its representative. In the long run, Xuan Chu would eventually be completely controlled by the Heavenly Dao and become its puppet.
"Xuan Chu, have you thought this through? If you cooperate with me and take control of the Primordial World, even the Great Dao will not be able to interfere with us. We can turn the Primordial World into our own world, which is the supreme glory of being the ruler of a world." Seeing that Xuan Chu did not agree, "Hong Jun" did not give up and continued to tempt him.
"Heavenly Dao, give up on that idea. There is no way I will cooperate with you," Xuan Chu said sternly.
Seeing that Xuan Chu completely disregarded his good intentions, Hongjun became enraged and said, "Xuan Chu, do you really think I can't suppress you?"
"Hehehe!" Xuan Chu sneered, "Heavenly Dao, stop deceiving yourself. If you really had the ability to suppress me, why would you wait until today? Enough nonsense. I will never agree to your conditions. If you still want to punish Nuwa, then go ahead and do it. I will accept it. Otherwise, go back to where you came from and don't get in my way."
"Uh..." Faced with Xuan Chu's sharp retort, Hong Jun was speechless. In fact, he really didn't have the ability to suppress Xuan Chu. If Nuwa had left her holy position before, when the Heavenly Dao was still in a perfect state, he might have had the strength. However, if he were to fight Xuan Chu, the entire prehistoric world would be in danger of destruction. The Great Dao would not allow such a thing to happen. Now that Nuwa had left her holy position, one of the six holy beings of the Heavenly Dao was missing, and the Heavenly Dao was not perfect. Let alone suppressing Xuan Chu, it was still a question whether he could even escape unscathed from Xuan Chu's hands.
Hongjun looked at Nuwa, who had already lost her sainthood, with a helpless gaze and said, "Nuwa, I hope you will behave yourself in the future!" After saying that, he waved his hand and withdrew the power of the Heavenly Dao from Nuwa's body.
After losing the power of the Heavenly Dao, Nuwa's realm continued to decline, from the peak of Quasi-Saint, to the late Quasi-Saint, to the mid Quasi-Saint, until she finally reached the early Quasi-Saint stage before becoming a Saint.
After doing all this, Hongjun left the prehistoric world.
"Thank you so much for your help, Master. I am deeply grateful!" After resolving a major crisis, Nuwa quickly bowed to Xuan Chu in gratitude.
"No need for formalities!" Xuan Chu waved his hand and said, "Nuwa, you've gone from a saintly being back to a nascent quasi-saint. Do you regret it?"
Nuwa shook her head and said, "No, although I was a sage of the Heavenly Dao in the past, my every word and action was controlled by others. I was even imprisoned for speaking my mind. At that time, I missed my former self very much. Now that I have washed away the glitz and glamour and returned to my true self, I feel extremely relaxed."
"Good, now that you've shed your old shackles, you finally know who you are. Nuwa, you're doing well. Don't worry, with me here, your future is limitless," Xuan Chu said with a smile.
"Thank you, teacher!" Nuwa bowed again, secretly pleased that she had made the right bet. Not only had she escaped the control of Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, but she had also secured a brighter future for herself.
"Fuxi!" Xuan Chu called out to Fuxi.
"Daoist Venerable, Fuxi is here!" Fuxi hurriedly replied. In the past, Fuxi had only heard of Xuan Chu's strength, saying that Xuan Chu was an existence on par with Dao Ancestor Hongjun. But today, seeing the scene of Xuan Chu confronting the Heavenly Dao, Fuxi realized that those rumors were too modest. Xuan Chu was not on par with Hongjun at all. Even Hongjun's boss, the Heavenly Dao, had to take a backseat to Xuan Chu.
Xuan Chu said, "Fu Xi, although I cannot take you under my wing, you can consider yourself a member of the Xuan Chu lineage in the future. If you encounter difficulties, you can seek help from Jin'ao Island, the Blood Sea, and the Netherworld. If they cannot help you, then come to the Pangu Palace. In the future, get closer to Shennong and Chi You. The human race depends on you."
"Fuxi understands!" Upon hearing this, Fuxi was overjoyed. He knew that with his own aptitude, he was not yet qualified to become a disciple of Xuan Chu. Therefore, he had always worried that Xuan Chu would use him and then discard him. Now, Xuan Chu's suggestion that Fuxi identify himself as a member of Xuan Chu's lineage was equivalent to giving Fuxi a life-saving talisman. Fuxi also understood Xuan Chu's meaning. Why should he be close to Shennong and Chi You? Wasn't it because he hoped that they could completely control the human race?
Among the three sovereigns, five emperors, and four ancestors of the human race, Suiren, Youchao, Ziyi, and Xuanchu knew each other from humble beginnings and had an extraordinary relationship. In many matters, they were biased towards Xuanchu. Moreover, Xuanchu founded martial arts, and in the hearts of the human race, Xuanchu is the martial ancestor of the human race. The cultural ancestor Cangjie was a disciple of the Jie Sect, and Xuanchu's lineage was also a disciple of the Jie Sect. The Earth Emperor Shennong, the Tai Emperor Chiyou, Shaohao, Yao, and Yu were all disciples of the Jie Sect. Originally, with Fuxi, the Heavenly Emperor, the Xuanchu lineage would not have been able to control the human race. However, now that Fuxi has sided with the Xuanchu lineage, the Xuanchu lineage accounts for 80% of the people in the Human Race's Holy Temple. Even if Suiren, Youchao, and Ziyi remain neutral, the Xuanmen cannot defeat the Xuanchu lineage.