139: Chapter 139 Killing Two Birds with One Stone: Dominating Heaven and Earth

The six Ancestral Witches—Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Hou Tu, Xuan Ming, Qiang Liang, and Zhu Jiuyin—led thirty percent of their clansmen to Western Honghuang. Using Mount Sumeru as their core, they connected with the Blood Sea Asura Realm in the Far West to construct a defensive line.

Meanwhile, the Central Great Wilderness, where the ancestral lands of the Pangu Clan were located, was guarded by Di Jiang and the other six Ancestral Witches.

However, the population of the Pangu Clan was ultimately small. Dividing a mere ten billion clansmen into three parts made it difficult to truly control the vast territories of the East, Center, and West.

To prevent any unforeseen accidents, the Great Emperor of Fengdu ordered half of the Nether Race beings from the Nine Serenity Continent to be deployed to the Honghuang Continent.

The first reason was to help the Pangu Clan stabilize the three regions of the earth, preventing the Heavenly Dao from taking advantage of any gaps to reclaim control.

The second reason was that the Nine Serenity Continent had limited territory and was becoming overburdened as new life continued to be born. It was better to migrate half of the Nether Race to Honghuang to open up new territories and propagate future generations.

Furthermore, since that great war between Heaven and Earth, any being born on these three continents was branded with the mark of the Earthly Dao.

This meant that from then on, all newborn spirits in the East, Center, and West, along with the two great sea regions, were governed by the samsara earthly dao. They no longer belonged to the jurisdiction of the Heavenly Dao but were thoroughly Earthly Dao beings.

As the number of living beings continued to grow, the power of the samsara earthly dao also increased rapidly. The Samsara World was gradually transforming from the Supreme grade toward the Chaos grade.

This was the true intention behind Jiang Chen's division of Honghuang—it could both delay the evolution process of the Heavenly Dao and strengthen the samsara earthly dao, truly a strategy of killing two birds with one stone.

However, the evolution of the Heavenly Dao was only slightly curbed. The main reason was that many Honghuang powerhouses had left Honghuang to open up new realms in the Outer Chaos, forming a pattern of 'Myriad Realms'.

With the feedback from the Myriad Realms, although the evolution speed of the Heavenly Dao had slowed down, it still moved forward steadily.

To this day, the Heavenly Dao still firmly controls the northern and southern regions of Honghuang, as well as the Endless Starry Sky.

In contrast, Jiang Chen only held the Central Great Wilderness and the East and West regions; overall, he was still at a disadvantage.

Additionally, since that great war in the East years ago, many powerhouses had attained the Dao and stepped into the Saint realm.

As hundreds of millions of years flowed by, the number of Dao-attainers belonging to the Heavenly Dao side had reached over a hundred, not including the six Heavenly Dao Saints, including Haotian.

On the other hand, in Jiang Chen's camp, no new Saints had been born to this day.

Even so, the Heavenly Dao did not take the opportunity to start a war, because of the agreement made with Jiang Chen back then: within the next five kalpas, the two sides must not meet in battle.

This agreement also signaled that after five kalpas, the two sides would inevitably clash again, which would be the day the second Great War of Heaven and Earth began.

The current Honghuang was still in an era where many Saints were rising. As more and more powerhouses attained the Dao, the Myriad Clans welcomed a golden age. Every once in a while, a Saint would emerge to preach the Dao.

But they only dared to preach the Great Dao in the southern and northern regions of Honghuang. Let alone stepping foot there, they didn't even dare to let a sliver of divine sense easily enter the East, Center, or West.

With the arrival of the Era of Saints, the path of cultivation for the Myriad Clans became increasingly smooth. Bottlenecks that were once difficult to break through gradually dissolved. Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals popped up like bamboo shoots after a rain, and people continuously broke through to the Quasi-Saint realm.

The Pangu Clan was not to be outdone!

For instance, at this moment, the Three Pure Ones were preaching the Dao on Kunlun Mountain. Countless Pangu clansmen and beings from all parts of the East flocked there to listen to the true sounds of the Great Dao.

At the peak of Kunlun Mountain.

Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian sat at the summit. Profound immortal light and Daoist charms flowed around them. Auspicious clouds surged above their heads, and various Dharma treasures shuttled through the clouds, blooming with glazed colorful light, reflecting five colors in an extraordinary magnificence.

At the foot of the mountain gathered a large number of Pangu clansmen and Eastern beings. They were all marked with the Earthly Dao seal and belonged to the command of the samsara earthly dao.

In addition, many human figures could be seen among the listeners.

Back then, not only did the Pangu Clan migrate, but the Human Race also moved out from Mount Buzhou, scattering across the three continents to facilitate their growth and reproduction.

The Three Pure Ones preaching on the same stage this time was extremely rare, and the sounds of the Dao echoed through heaven and earth.

Golden lotuses gushed forth, purple qi came from the east, and thousands of laws manifested in the void. Various phenomena appeared, wonderful beyond words.

After preaching for a hundred thousand years, the Three Pure Ones finally fell silent.

“This sermon is over. You may all depart,” Tongtian said with a light wave of his sleeve.

“Please, Saint Teacher, accept me as your disciple!”

Suddenly, a young Daoist stepped out from the crowd and knelt before them, his face full of sincerity.

The gazes of Laozi, Yuanshi, and Tongtian fell upon him, seeing that this person was originally a human cultivator.

“This lowly one wishes to follow by the Heavenly Lord's side. I hope the Heavenly Lord will grant this!”

Following that, several more cultivators stepped forward, most of whom were native beings of Honghuang.

As one person spoke, others responded. Many cultivators present kowtowed to the Three Pure Ones, all praying to enter their tutelage.

Seeing this, the Three Pure Ones were momentarily stunned.

“Eldest Brother, Second Brother, why don't we accept a few?” Tongtian sent a quiet divine transmission, asking Laozi and Yuanshi.

“What's the point of taking disciples? Didn't the Clan Leader mention before that there are still five kalpas before the war starts again? Where would we find the time to guide juniors?” Yuanshi immediately voiced his opposition.

Laozi was silent for a moment before slowly speaking, “Taking disciples is not impossible. We have already attained the Dao and should pass down our lineage, establishing an orthodoxy in the world. However, there is no need to accept many; selecting a few is enough.”

“Establish an orthodoxy?” The eyes of Tongtian and Yuanshi suddenly lit up upon hearing this.

“But what should we use as the foundation for our orthodoxy?” Tongtian pressed.

“This is indeed a difficult problem,” Yuanshi nodded in agreement. “Although the three of us are all transformed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit and have all attained the Dao through strength, our paths of cultivation have different focuses, and our Great Daos are also different. The orthodoxies we establish naturally cannot be identical.”

As they were speaking, Tongtian seemed to have a flash of inspiration and said urgently, “Why don't we each create a heritage, just like the two monks Zhunti and Jieyin established Buddhism? We can form our own sects!”

“Founding sects? Excellent! I agree!” Yuanshi immediately responded.

Laozi pondered for a moment and also nodded, saying, “It is feasible. However, once an orthodoxy is established, it must have a title. If the name is not right, the words will not carry weight. Since we are to spread the Dao to the world, the name must contain profound meaning.” As soon as these words were spoken, Yuanshi and Tongtian both fell into deep thought—the name of an orthodoxy was no small matter; it had to align with the source of the Great Dao.

For example, the Profound Gate created by Hongjun had the main purpose of maintaining the operation of the Heavenly Dao;

While the Buddhist Gate had the core mission of delivering all living beings from suffering and converting those with affinity.

“If you wish to establish an orthodoxy, it must be determined according to the Dao you cultivate; otherwise, it is better to have nothing than something substandard.”

Just then, a cold voice suddenly echoed in the depths of their minds.

While the Three Pure Ones were still thinking, the same words reached their ears again:

“If you wish to establish an orthodoxy, it must be determined according to the Dao you cultivate; otherwise, it is better to have nothing than something substandard.”

The three of them suddenly looked up toward the end of the void—there, high in the firmament, two figures stood side by side, a man and a woman, their auras vast and ethereal, transcending the world.

“Greetings, Clan Leader! Greetings, Clan Mother!”

The Three Pure Ones did not dare to be negligent and hurried to bow in salutation.

The billions of beings at the foot of Kunlun Mountain witnessed those two figures high in the nine heavens and also knelt on the ground, kowtowing in worship.

The human cultivators shouted in unison: “Greetings, Holy Father! Greetings, Holy Mother!”

The Pangu descendants called out together: “Greetings, Clan Leader! Greetings, Clan Mother!”

The rest of the Primordial Myriad Clans respectfully called out: “Greetings, Emperor Sovereign! Greetings, Empress!”