176: Binding cause and effect

In the Primordial World, the baleful Qi of the tribulation began to rise, Karma became tangled and messy, and the movements of fate were difficult to discern.

All the great powers of the Primordial Land chose to enter secluded cultivation at this time.

They feared becoming entangled in any Karma between the two races, which would lead them into the tribulation and result in their deaths.

Within the Primordial World, for a time, only the activities of the Wu and Yao Races remained.

During these tens of thousands of years, Qing Wu and his companion continuously wandered the Primordial Land, searching for beings that could potentially become pawns.

Naturally, the Wu and Yao Races were not pawns; they were existences on a higher level.

To put it nicely, they were the protagonists of the current and future Great Tribulations.

To put it bluntly, the Wu and Yao Races were the very center of the game.

Not only them, but Hongjun and other potential existences outside were also constantly monitoring the situation between the Wu and Yao.

The Karma of the world was continuously converging upon these two races.

It was time for certain potential pawns to surface.

At this moment, in a place where Karma converged, Qing Wu and his companion entered and began to dismantle and trace the origins of this Karma to find the location of those pawns.

Qing Wu stood quietly in the Void Realm, his eyes slightly closed, as a faint green light of dao rhyme emanated from his body.

Before him, countless threads of Karma were interwoven and tangled, filling the world and connecting the destiny of every living being in the Primordial Land.

With a light tap of his fingertip, the dao rhyme flowed like a spring breeze over water, gently parting the messy threads of Karma to reveal the most crucial ones within.

Green leaves slowly emerged, sliding up along these threads of Karma, seeing through the thousands of karmic entanglements within.

Among these threads of Karma, some were as thick as arms, manifesting the tragic scenes of the slaughter between the Wu and Yao.

Some were as thin as hair but contained hidden mysteries, pointing toward certain manipulators hidden behind the scenes.

Qing Wu's gaze was calm as his Divine Thought moved automatically, tracing along the dark threads of Karma, penetrating layers of time and space to reach their source.

Yuan Feng stood by his side, using her fiery red wings to form a barrier, isolating all the chaotic Karma from the outside.

Her gaze was sharp, constantly on guard against any potential interference.

Whenever new Karma attempted to entwine them, the flames on her wings surged, incinerating it into nothingness.

The cooperation between the two was seamless.

Qing Wu focused on dismantling the Karma, while Yuan Feng protected the surroundings, ensuring no external force could interfere with his deduction.

Suddenly, Qing Wu's eyes snapped open, and the green light of dao rhyme at his fingertips surged violently.

Before him, the thousands of threads of Karma vibrated violently, like strings plucked by an invisible hand.

He used clever force to push aside the thick Karma of the Wu and Yao, while the hidden dark threads were firmly locked down.

"Gather!"

With a soft shout, Qing Wu gripped the air, and countless green leaf dao patterns wove into a net in the Void Realm.

The locked threads of Karma were instantly drawn in, converging toward his palm.

Along with the sounds of faint snapping, mysterious tremors echoed across various parts of the Primordial Land.

In the North Sea, the Black Tortoise suddenly opened its eyes, triggering tsunamis ten thousand feet high.

It shook its head, rolled over, and went back to sleep.

The Sea of Blood.

Minghe was suddenly startled, his gaze snapping toward a certain spot where something seemed to have been disturbed... The threads of Karma in Qing Wu's palm gathered more and more, gradually solidifying into substance.

Suddenly, streaks of light glowing with different colors flew in from all directions, circling above his palm.

These were precisely the "pawns" entangled by Karma.

Now controlled by him, they became a power in his hands.

But he knew that since these were arranged by that person, if he made changes, the other party would certainly know.

Rather, everything he was doing now was already known to the other party.

This state of being in the light while the opponent was in the dark was quite passive.

"So what? The Divine Move is already in my grasp!"

He looked at Yuan Feng beside him.

It would be great if he could pull more pawns from her.

Shaking his head, Qing Wu quickly suppressed this thought.

The reason a Divine Move is called a Divine Move is that this single move alone is enough to settle the world.

Setting aside his extra thoughts, he focused on gathering the Karma.

Karma was continuously uprooted by him, falling into his palm to become white chess pieces.

However, a small portion of Karma with stronger entanglements, perhaps interfered with by some force, did not fall into his hands.

Instead, following the broken Karma, they fell into the River of Time, their traces no longer findable.

"What a pity, the Karma I worked so hard to sort out..."

Qing Wu gazed into the void, his sight piercing straight into the River of Time.

It was calm and without ripples, as if all things had returned to silence.

Suddenly, Qing Wu's eyes narrowed slightly.

Just now, he had clearly seen a slight ripple in the River of Time.

A single ripple stirred infinite tiny waves until... the very end of the River of Time.

There, a pair of eyes was staring back at him.

They seemed to be conveying an intention for cooperation.

To be able to influence the River of Time and be trapped—or rather, suppressed—at its end, it could only be Shichen, who held the supreme Law of Time.

Since the end is also the beginning, it means Shichen was the first existence that the handsome lad with the axe came looking for.

Even so, he did not completely die but was trapped between the end and the beginning, becoming a part of the River of Time.

This showed the true weight of the Law of Time and Shichen.

Qing Wu thought for a moment, considering the possibility of cooperation.

"Don't go!"

At that moment, a jade-like hand rested on his shoulder, gently waking him.

Yuan Feng had also sensed the existence at the end of the River of Time.

She inexplicably felt a sense of crisis.

After all, there must be a reason why an existence was treated specially by the Pangu Great God.

She did not want to make contact with it—at least not now.

"I'll listen to you," Qing Wu said, patting the jade hand on his shoulder.

Yuan Feng's heart settled slightly, and her expression relaxed.

She then looked at the countless pawns Qing Wu had collected.

"With so much Karma severed, is there any possibility for the Wu and Yao Races to avoid conflict?"

Although they had avoided the main Karma of the Wu and Yao Races and only interfered with minor matters.

But these countless interventions should still have some impact on both sides.

Hearing this, Qing Wu shook his head gently. "It can only be delayed; it cannot reverse such a great trend."

The conflict between the Wu and Yao was not caused solely by the schemes of various parties.

Their opposition stemmed from a fundamental conflict between the two races.

Dijun of the Yao Race sought to attain the status of Heavenly Emperor; while he didn't necessarily need to completely dominate the Primordial Land, he at least couldn't allow such a powerful opponent to stand against him.

Meanwhile, the Wu Race was dissatisfied that the world transformed from Father God Pangu was controlled by the Yao Race, and they would never acknowledge their status.

Not just Dijun, it would be the same no matter who it was...