34: Chapter 34 An Era is About to Change, The Heavenly Dao is About to Awaken

Because the entire mountain peak was shrouded by the lingering will of pangu, even Jiang Chen, who had long since achieved the Dao, dared not trespass in the past.

But things are different now. He has been acknowledged by the will of pangu, and as the Lord of the Earthly Dao, ranked as one of the three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Man, he is now qualified to step onto this mountain.

"One kalpa remains before the Heavenly Dao awakens." Stepping onto the stairs of Mount Buzhou, Jiang Chen pondered silently in his heart.

It is currently the 48th kalpa of the Eighth Era; after one more kalpa, the Ninth Era will begin.

For the Honghuang World, the Ninth Era marks the beginning of a turning point in fate—at that time, the Heavenly Dao will awaken from its slumber, and the entire order of the Honghuang World will undergo a heaven-shaking and earth-shattering transformation.

For instance, before the Heavenly Dao awakens, the space of the Honghuang World is extremely fragile; a Daluo Golden Immortal can easily tear through the void.

But once the Heavenly Dao recovers and the laws of heaven and earth are reinforced, even a Hunyuan Golden Immortal will be unable to shake space in the slightest.

Beyond the stabilization of space, the laws between heaven and earth will gradually become complete, and the cultivation of living beings will no longer be as arduous as in the past. Previously, breaking through a realm required passing through several kalpas, or even exhausting the time of an entire era, but now things are vastly different.

It can be said that from the day the Heavenly Dao recovers, a golden age will have begun; this is an unprecedented opportunity that will benefit all living beings.

However, for Jiang Chen, this is not a blessing, but the imminent arrival of a new conflict.

According to the evolutionary order of the "Heaven, Earth, and Man" three Daos of the Honghuang World, the Heavenly Dao should have awakened first, followed by the Earthly Dao, and finally the germination of the Human Dao.

Yet, the current situation has reversed—the Earthly Dao has awakened first, completely disrupting the order and structure originally controlled by the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, when the Heavenly Dao fully awakens in the Ninth Era, it will inevitably collide head-on with the Earthly Dao controlled by Jiang Chen, and they will become like fire and water.

It is precisely for this reason that Jiang Chen ordered the Undead Clan to migrate to the Samsara Realm early on, to prevent the Heavenly Dao from inflicting punishment and affecting the entire clan.

Regarding the level of origin alone, the Earthly Dao is not yet perfect and is ultimately slightly inferior to the Heavenly Dao.

But the Earthly Dao has one advantage that the Heavenly Dao lacks—it is entirely dominated by Jiang Chen, which is equivalent to controlling a Dao with the power of one person, effectively merging two enemies into one.

As for the strength of the Heavenly Dao, Jiang Chen estimates that it has at least reached the Supreme Realm, and this is still a conservative judgment.

After all, the Honghuang World itself is an eternal-level existence, and the Heavenly Dao it nurtures cannot possibly be mediocre.

Even so, Jiang Chen has nothing to fear. Although his cultivation is only at the mid-stage of the Heavenly Venerable Realm, his true combat power is sufficient to contend with a Supreme.

Coupled with the blessing of the power of the Earthly Dao, even if he cannot suppress the Heavenly Dao, he is fully capable of standing on equal footing with it.

Jiang Chen never underestimates any opponent, especially—the Heavenly Dao!

The path to climbing Mount Buzhou is extremely treacherous. As the height increases, the will of pangu becomes increasingly powerful, and the chaos gale winds and chaotic thunder interweave into a net, tearing at his body at every moment.

Intense pain runs through his entire body; even though his physical body has reached the realm of a high-grade innate supreme treasure, it is still difficult to endure.

Blood continuously seeps out from within his body, soaking his skin; he looks as if he has walked out of a sea of blood.

Roar!

He roared at the sky, and a pair of flesh wings shimmering with purple light suddenly unfolded from his back, a divine might that dominated the nine heavens and ten earths, overlooking the eternal firmament, erupted with a boom.

"The Great Dao is long; no one can block my path forward, not even Pangu!"

Roar—

Like the roar of a demon god, heaven and earth trembled, and all the Daos of the heavens wailed in response.

After half a kalpa, upon reaching the waist of Mount Buzhou, Jiang Chen finally stopped, panting heavily, his face as pale as frost. He could no longer take another step.

The strength of the pressure here is enough to crush a Supreme into dust, but he held on.

"The Dao Heart is not yet perfect; it still needs tempering." Jiang Chen whispered in a deep voice.

Just at this moment, a strange sensation suddenly arose in his heart.

"This is..."

"This is... the aura of the Pangu Bloodline!"

A flash of light shone in Jiang Chen's eyes; he tapped the void with his fingertip, and a spatial gate suddenly appeared.

He stepped inside, the light and shadows before him shifted, and he was already in a dark space.

This place is extremely similar to the turbid energy domain beneath the Great Wilderness, filled with thick turbid earth energy, and even more, an extremely intense ferocity permeates the surroundings.

Following the pull of his bloodline, Jiang Chen arrived before a towering palace.

The palace is billions of zhang high, its entire body wreathed in chaotic divine light, and an aura of ancient magnificence rushes toward him.

The surroundings are further shrouded in a vast and boundless will that makes one's heart palpitate.

"The will of pangu is so dense! Could it be... this is Pangu Hall?" Jiang Chen looked up at the palace gate, his expression slightly startled.

Pangu Hall—legend has it that it is formed from the head of Pangu, containing the supreme will of pangu.

"It is actually a chaos spiritual treasure!"

Jiang Chen's gaze was fervent, his heart surging, and he almost wanted to claim it for himself immediately, but in the end, he suppressed the greed within his heart.

When he stepped into the hall, a terrifying pressure rushed toward him, his body sank, and he immediately activated the Pangu Bloodline within his body.

Perhaps because it sensed the same origin of the bloodline, the violent will of pangu in the hall gradually tended to become gentle.

Jiang Chen's heart settled slightly. Although the will of pangu here is more vast than on Mount Buzhou, it lacks that sense of oppression and hostility, obviously possessing more spirituality.

Continuing deeper, a huge blood pool suddenly appeared before his eyes.

Gurgle, gurgle—

Blood bubbles in the pool churned, steam rising, like boiling magma.

Jiang Chen's pupils constricted slightly—what flowed in the pool was actually pure blood of Pangu!

What shocked him even more was that deep within the blood pool, twelve surging life forces were hidden.

"Twelve Ancestral Witches?!" A cold light flashed in Jiang Chen's eyes.

The next instant, he exerted his full power to stimulate the Pangu Bloodline within him, and in an instant, a vast and ancient aura swept out from his body.

As if drawn by the Pangu Bloodline within Jiang Chen, the blood pool suddenly boiled, scarlet waves churned up, striking the void like angry dragons, emitting a deafening roar.

Following that, twelve rotating whirlpools appeared in the center of the sea of blood; from within each whirlpool, a phantom of a demon god rushed out, standing in the air, roaring with heads held high, the sound shaking the nine heavens.

The twelve phantoms roared in unison, the sound waves shaking heaven and earth; the entire Pangu Hall trembled, beams and pillars cracked, and stone debris flew everywhere.

Roar! Roar! Roar! ...

That violent roaring seemed to trigger some ancient resonance; Jiang Chen's body trembled slightly, and he involuntarily revealed his true Pangu form—a giant god with purple hair and purple eyes, wings growing from his back, rose from the ground, standing above the blood pool.

"Roar—"

He let out a long howl, the sound waves sweeping across the eight wildernesses, actually overpowering the sound of the twelve demon gods, shocking the universe. At the same time, two hazy and illusory rivers slowly appeared behind him, flickering in and out of existence, as if traversing time and fate.

In an instant, the roars of the twelve demon god phantoms came to an abrupt halt; they all turned to look at Jiang Chen, their eyes no longer arrogant, leaving only deep awe.

Jiang Chen roared at the sky once more, his voice containing a supreme majesty that could not be defied, his aura climbing step by step, like the first ray of light when heaven and earth were first opened, pressing the twelve phantoms to kneel on the ground in unison.

Rumble—

The blood pool churned like boiling water, space cracked inch by inch, as if it were about to return to chaos.

The twelve demon gods lay trembling on the ground, wailing and whispering, as if begging for their lives, praying for this power that suppressed everything to be restrained.

Seeing this, a cold sneer curled at the corner of Jiang Chen's mouth, purple light flickering in his eyes.