Investiture of the Gods: I am Bigan, the Master of Conspiracy

"Whether it's the Heavenly Dao or the Sages, they all regard living beings as ants. How did Jiu Feng and I attain enlightenment? There is still a glimmer of hope, so let's not deceive ourselves too much! The old order of the Sages should come to an end! Even if there are immeasurable eons to come, there may still be a glimmer of hope."

Yin Ziyu asked a crucial question: In the eyes of sages, all living beings are destined to die sooner or later and are unable to escape reincarnation, so is it necessary for them to cultivate?

Since we're all going to die sooner or later, what's the point of living? Why not give us all our fortune so we can go and prove our path?

Sages regard all living beings as ants, know the limits of their potential, and believe that their struggles are meaningless. They think it's better for sages to seize the destiny.

The same applies to the Heavenly Dao. In the Heavenly Dao's judgment, if someone attains the Primordial Dao, it destabilizes the Heavenly Dao, hence the suppression. After suppression, it is discovered that everyone is trapped in the cycle of reincarnation and tribulations, so all living beings are like ants and lose their meaning.

At this point, all living beings lose the right to communicate with the Heavenly Way, and therefore the Heavenly Way regards all living beings as ants.

Yin Ziyu's attainment of enlightenment is equivalent to the backlash of all living beings, equivalent to their unwillingness to be manipulated by fate, and now is the time for their counterattack.

It was as if Huang Chao had walked through the heavenly street, indifferently looking at all the saints.

Yin Ziyu's sarcasm struck Hongjun and the other sages like a heavy hammer blow.

Hongjun has ruled the Heavenly Dao for countless eons. The sages reside high above the Thirty-Three Heavens. When have they ever truly looked down to see the struggles of the primordial beings?
The sentence, "Even if there are countless eons to come, there may still be a glimmer of hope," instantly shattered the indifference on the saint's face, leaving only an undisguised embarrassment.

After all, Yin Ziyu's path to enlightenment was achieved by seizing a sliver of hope. Who can deny that a sliver of hope might appear in the immeasurable calamities to come?
After hearing this, Hongjun said in a deep voice: "You have gone to great lengths to repair the primordial world and sort out cause and effect, but in the end it all came to nothing. The final calamity of the Three Hundred and Ten Billion Yuan Society is beyond human power to reverse."

Yin Ziyu smiled, a gentle halo emanating from his transcendent power: "Everything is a matter of the mind. For the beings of the primordial world, they no longer need to live in the shadow of the Great Calamity, no longer need to be pawns in the games of the sages. At least I have done what I should do. Even though the future will eventually come to an end, as long as the primordial world is growing and beings are cultivating, there is still a glimmer of hope to break through the cycle of reincarnation. At least, they are no longer pawns, but are cultivating for their own destiny, no longer meaningless ants! The primordial world is not just about a few sages, but about all beings! The existence of sages is meant to limit the emergence of the Primordial Chaos, but with the two of us attaining enlightenment, the sages lose their necessity. The Great God Pangu created the world for all beings, not for the sake of the sages!"

Yin Ziyu's words immediately filled the saints with fear and shame, and they all looked at Hongjun.

Regardless of the circumstances, they are all Heavenly Saints, and Hongjun intends to protect them.

Yin Ziyu meant that as long as one has truly lived, that is enough, rather than the primordial world being a karmic entanglement of a few saints, and the beings of the primordial world should not revolve around just a few saints.

All living beings cannot become background figures or NPCs. In this vast primordial world, if all living beings lose their voices, the whole world becomes quite ridiculous, turning into a village feud between a few saints!
This is why the world, though vast, is like a single village, which is somewhat ridiculous.

This is how the six sages emerged, overwhelming all living beings and depriving them of their voice. Without a voice, existence becomes like an anthill.

In other words, six people are vying for ownership of trillions of ants, and any ant colony that disagrees will be destroyed.

Because of the overwhelming advantage in combat power, the meaning of existence for all living beings has been stripped away. Hongjun once said, "Below the sages, they are like ants," which completely defined the meaning of existence for all living beings.

It was also because of the precipitous advantage in combat power that the existence of the prehistoric world became a joke. There was no grand epic. The grand epic only existed in the ancient and prehistoric times. After the order of the sages, it became a joke and turned into the squabbles of village shrewish women.

Yin Ziyu's path to enlightenment now requires him to redefine the primordial world and completely eliminate the order of the sages—something that an ant must do to rise to power.

After Yin Ziyu finished speaking, he immediately began to change the primordial world. The key to changing the primordial world was this Jianmu tree, which Yin Ziyu condensed in the place of the origin of the Great Dao.

Mount Buzhou is the core mountain that separates the ancient primordial civilization from the sage order. When Mount Buzhou falls, all living beings become weaker, while the sages become more unattainable.

Before Mount Buzhou fell, even though the sages were supreme, the demon and witch races were still unafraid. After Mount Buzhou fell, all living beings were like ants and completely lost the right to talk to the sages.

It replaced Buzhou Mountain, becoming the most fundamental element in changing the primordial order, and was also the basis for allowing the primordial world to re-enter the vastness, grow stronger, and ascend to the supreme primordial world.

After Mount Buzhou collapsed, the primordial world, which was an infinitely nested plane capable of supporting mythical primordial wars, degenerated into a single-layered universe that could only accommodate combat power at the level of Investiture of the Gods and Journey to the West, with infinite possibilities disappearing.

At its peak, Mount Buzhou emitted enough spiritual energy per second to propel a living being from birth to the Golden Immortal realm. When Mount Buzhou collapsed, the primordial world lost not only the pillar of heaven, but also the possibility of the entire world ascending to a higher dimension.

This is like a qualitative change in energy. When the growth of innate spiritual energy exceeds the consumption of primordial beings and continues for countless billions of years, the innate spiritual energy becomes saturated, causing a qualitative change.

The process that causes a qualitative change will bring about a qualitative change in the magical power of living beings. The Golden Immortals before the fall of Buzhou Mountain are different from the Golden Immortals of today. So, the Golden Immortals after the innate spiritual power changes in the future will be even more different!
The realm remained unchanged, but the combat power underwent a qualitative leap from ten to one hundred.

As the world's status rises, the magical power of immortals naturally undergoes a qualitative change.

Although Pangu's spine is no longer available, Jianmu can serve as a perfect substitute. Yin Ziyu raised his hand and waved his hand, and Jianmu slowly fell into the primordial wilderness, its roots penetrating the former Buzhou Mountain ruins. This place is the center of heaven and earth.

After taking root, the Jianmu tree instantly grew to hundreds of millions of feet, growing towards the chaos at an incredible speed. Following the original trajectory of Buzhou Mountain, it traversed thirty-three layers and entered the chaos. As its branches and leaves unfurled, countless innate spiritual energies surged into the former earth veins.

Nourished by the vast origin of the Great Dao, the Jianmu tree's enormous body pierced through the heavens and the earth. Its trunk was so thick that it seemed capable of accommodating all races, and its branches stretched out in all directions, receiving the aura of the universe.

At this moment, in the primordial world, whether in the frigid lands at the edge of the sky or the surging waves at the edge of the sea, all living beings in the primordial world can clearly see the majestic Jianmu tree standing in the center of heaven and earth when they look back. It has become a heavenly road that has replaced Buzhou Mountain, guiding living beings to the pinnacle of the Great Dao.

At this moment, under Yin Ziyu's control, he drew upon his own Great Dao Origin, continuously pouring it into the Jianmu tree.

The Jianmu tree seemed to come alive, emitting bursts of buzzing sounds, and its branches and leaves twinkled with starlight, a phenomenon that corresponded to the stars above.

The root system is completely connected to the underground and the earth's veins, surging with rich earth energy, thus achieving harmony with the earth's numbers.

The Buzhou Mountain range was once the Ren and Du meridians of Pangu's spine, which connected with the meridians of other parts of the body, completing the flow of spiritual energy.

After Buzhou Mountain collapsed, the other meridians were completely blocked and petrified, making them unusable. However, Jianmu not only continued to grow, but its root system also instantly traversed the earth, forming a new spiritual vein that covered the entire primordial land and replaced Pangu's meridians.

Starlight and earth energy converge and blend within the Jianmu tree, transforming into boundless energy that nourishes this world tree.

The branches of the Jianmu tree are connected to the stars in the heavens, while its roots merge with the earth, forming a vast energy cycle system. Yin Ziyu completed the cultivation of the Jianmu tree with indescribable power. Thousands of rules and orders descended, spreading like streams of light throughout this space-time.

Countless great paths, through complex and profound combinations, ultimately sublimate into the purest vitality, making Jianmu resemble a vast tree nurtured by innate spiritual energy beyond imagination, silently gestating the hope of heaven and earth.

As the Jianmu tree grew, the most magnificent phenomenon appeared: countless golden lotuses descended from the sky, fluttering and covering the entire prehistoric heavens; and divine springs gushed forth from beneath the earth, clear and sweet, nourishing every inch of land.

A dazzling light shone in the sky, piercing through the dust of ages, illuminating the vast and desolate land, and making everything appear vibrant with life.

The branches and leaves of the Jianmu tree constantly absorbed and exhaled chaotic spiritual energy in the chaos. After entering the vast root system, the violent chaotic spiritual energy was purified layer by layer and transformed into pure innate spiritual energy, which continuously flowed into the primordial world.

The primordial world seemed to sense life, and faint cheers from all living beings could be heard.

Hongjun gazed at the World Tree that connected chaos and the primordial world, a complex light flashing in his eyes—a mixture of relief, admiration, and a trace of regret for the past.

Regardless, from this moment on, the primordial world has undergone the greatest change in all of eternity, and the era of the Saintly Order will truly come to an end!

Hongjun watched as Yin Ziyu altered the primordial world, remained silent for a long time, and finally slowly nodded: "So be it, everything is as you wish."

As Hongjun finished speaking, the Jade Disc of Creation flew out from above his head, drawing upon the origin of the Heavenly Dao, and a stream of light merged into the Jianmu tree.

In an instant, the three thousand Great Dao Laws flowed along the tree trunk, laying down a new Heavenly Order across the primordial land.

"From this day forward, the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man will coexist. Nuwa will govern the path of Man, Houtu will govern the path of Earth, and I will govern the path of Heaven. None of them will interfere with each other. The karma of the Dragon-Han, Wu-Yao, and Investiture of the Gods calamities will all be erased, and the karma of the Wu clan will be eliminated!"

After Hongjun finished speaking, he sat upright under the Jade Disc of Creation. The Heavenly Dao Origin surrounding him suddenly surged like a tide, transforming into three completely different torrents that spread towards the primordial world.

The first torrent, clear as glass, carried the rhythm of the stars' movements and soared straight to the heavens, spreading out a vast net of laws across the sky. Countless star trails connected with it, transforming into veins of the Heavenly Dao—this is the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao is high above, governing the order of the primordial world. The rising and falling of stars and the changing of the seasons are all under its control. When its light shines down, all things in the primordial world can feel that invisible constraint and guidance.

The second torrent, as heavy as the earth, sank into the ground with a vast and boundless aura, connecting with the primordial earth veins. Countless mountain and river veins intertwined with it, forming a stable source of the earth's origin.

The Way of the Earth carries the growth of all things, nourishes all living beings on Earth, and makes every inch of the primordial land radiate with vitality. The spiritual veins deep underground surge because of it, and the immortal mines are born because of it.

The primordial essence of the earth also began to surge, like a surging dragon of the earth's veins, heading towards the depths of the netherworld and flowing into Houtu's body.

Houtu's figure slowly emerged from the earth, the Samsara Cauldron above her head emitting a faint light, reflecting the phantom of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Houtu's figure grew taller and taller, as if she had merged with the entire primordial land. Endless golden light of merit emanated from her body, illuminating all directions.

Hongjun's voice rang out again, carrying an unquestionable majesty: "Houtu is the master of the primordial earth, in charge of the order of the earth, maintaining the stability of the earth, and governing the cycle of reincarnation and cause and effect!"

The third torrent, warm and dynamic, permeated every corner of the primordial wilderness, merging into the consciousness of all living beings and becoming the foundation of humanity.

The boundless source of humanity converged like rosy clouds, surging towards Nuwa's location and bestowing its blessings upon her.

Nuwa was instantly enveloped in a layer of brilliant humanistic radiance, descending into the primordial world, reaching the height of the heavens. Her body was surrounded by golden light of merit, and within that radiance, one could almost see countless living beings multiplying and thriving, and all races flourishing.

Nuwa governs the balance of all races, which is the way of humanity. Now, the Great Dao has finally been achieved. Of course, Nuwa herself should be the master of humanity, but the great trend of the primordial world has deviated from the right path and is now on the right track.

At that moment, Hongjun's vast and majestic voice resounded throughout the entire prehistoric world: "From this moment on, Nuwa is the master of humanity in the prehistoric world, in charge of the operation of humanity, and protecting the reproduction of all living beings!"

The three torrents each took shape, yet they echoed each other, forming a stable triangle that enveloped the primordial world. Thus, the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man were established, and an unprecedentedly vast aura enveloped the entire primordial world.

Seeing that Hongjun was truly changing everything in the prehistoric world, Yin Ziyu couldn't help but sigh in his heart that Hongjun was not as truly ruthless as the Heavenly Dao.

Now that the Heavenly Dao has split its origin, it has naturally weakened instantly, but it has made the primordial world truly stable. It will be impossible to break the primordial land and topple the Jianmu tree in the future.

The original monopoly led to the destruction of the West and Mount Buzhou, but this will not happen in the future.

Humanity and Earth have both gained the ability to restrain Heaven. Originally, Heaven's combat power was 800, but now it is only 300, while Humanity and Earth each have 250. In other words, Heaven's origin is only slightly higher than Humanity and Earth, but only by a limited margin.

At this moment, all living beings in the primordial world were already utterly shocked by this extraordinary phenomenon, and discussions arose everywhere.

Inside the Wuzhuang Temple on Longevity Mountain, Zhen Yuanzi gazed at the three streams of energy flowing between heaven and earth and sighed, "Ziyu has attained the Dao, Jiufeng has attained the Dao, and now they have surpassed the Heavenly Dao, which is why the Primordial World has been reborn today. I never imagined that the Heavenly Dao would bear all the causes and effects of the Primordial World. It is truly an unbelievable turn of events!"

Looking at the majestic Jianmu tree that spans heaven and earth, the Queen Mother of the West of Kunlun Mountain said to the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden beside her, "I never expected that Ziyu would return after attaining enlightenment and find the Jianmu tree. With this divine tree, the primordial world will surely present a truly magnificent ancient scene in the future. The innate origin is not long-lasting and was once a shackle that hindered Ziyu's attainment of enlightenment. Now, the Jianmu tree replacing Buzhou Mountain is the long-term solution!"

"Now that Ziyu and Jiufeng, two true cultivators of the Primordial Chaos, have appeared, they can truly protect the Primordial World. Moreover, they will not extract the Primordial World's fortune like the saints of the past. After waiting for countless ages, the Primordial World has finally reached a point where it is rising again from its decline!"

"The primordial world has endured many hardships, and this turning point is truly a blessing. With the formation of the three paths of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and the Jianmu tree supporting the sky, the primordial world from now on will surely be different from the past."

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