Chapter 64

As Feng Ye interjected, Fuxi's expression eased. After all, there were still others present, and it wouldn't be good to let them see the ridicule of his brother and sister: "What Ah Ye said is correct. As one of the founders of the Heavenly Court, as long as the Heavenly Court stands, your fortune will not be lost. The Heavenly Court has already received the recognition of the Heavenly Dao. In the future, at most, it will just be replaced by another Heavenly Court, and you will still have your fortune. Why be in such a hurry! Moreover, you have achieved the status of a Primordial Deity, with a long-lasting fortune. Even without the fortune of the Heavenly Court, it wouldn't be a big deal!"

"Fortune?" Nüwa laughed in anger: "Brother, since I attained the Dao, my fortune has been so abundant that even the Three Pure Ones cannot compare! What more fortune do I need? It's just that with the Mystic Sect entering the Heavenly Court, how will those younger generations of the divine race fare? Are they supposed to just accept the whims of the Mystic Sect?"

Feng Ye's expression changed, realizing he had underestimated this Empress Nüwa. He hadn't expected that she wasn't concerned about the struggle for fortune but genuinely cared about the divine race. It was understandable that the upper echelons could talk, but the lower ranks would have to run themselves ragged. The divine race and the witch race had a great battle, and in the end, the entire fortune of the divine race was lost. Those divine beings were truly innocent.

After a moment of contemplation, Feng Ye said: "In the end, Empress and I are both descendants of the Human Emperor. Unlike me, you two are genuine divine beings, with no relatives. If we speak of descendants, they are all of the human race. Instead of worrying about the younger generations of the divine race, why not focus more on the human race! However, since we're talking about this, Empress, you are concerned about those younger divine beings. Have they ever remembered you? Those witch and divine beings, why do you bother with them? It's because of their mischief that the fortune of the Heavenly Court has declined so quickly. If you truly care, issue a holy edict: anyone willing to respect you, the Empress Nüwa, can come to your Nüwa Palace to avoid disaster, and thus escape this calamity. As for the future, we can make plans after this crisis is over."

This suggestion was a moderate approach, but Nüwa still harbored hope, looking at Fuxi and the others: "Think of our divine race, which has existed since the beginning of the universe, created by the Panhuang, and passed through the hands of the Three Ancient Emperors. It was only through our joint efforts with the Eastern Emperor that we achieved our current status, ruling the heavens and earth. The divine race has lasted for billions of years. Is it now to be forced to give up its sovereignty? Brother, you are wise and rule the Heavenly Dao, and Xuan Ji is also a strategist. Both of you are part of the divine race. Can you just stand by and watch?"

In the end, it was a matter of unwillingness. Unlike Fuxi, who had already become part of the human race and had died once, Nüwa was born in the late ancient era, had witnessed the grandeur of the ancient times, and experienced the decline of the ancient divine race. She had personally shaped the prosperity of the ancient divine race, and now, with the decline of the divine race, this Holy Mother, Empress Nüwa, was naturally worried.

Fuxi sighed, "The Mystic Sect has four sages, and the trend is already set! How can we change it? Moreover, the divine race is the divine race, and the divine path is the divine path. In the future, those immortals entering the Heavenly Court will still strengthen the fortune of the divine path, and the divine path will not be shaken."

"What divine race, what divine path? After the Eastern Emperor, the divine beings entered the Heavenly Court, and the Grand Master Hongjun established the Immortal Path, opening the Mystic Sect. The divine path is the divine race, the only cultivation method of the divine race!" Nüwa insisted.

"Then what about the Primordial Deity path! Many great deities, in order to achieve the status of a Primordial Deity, have not referred to the cultivation methods of the Mystic Sect? Many great deities are also dual cultivators of the divine and mystic paths!" Fuxi coldly snorted.

Nüwa was silent. Not to mention others, even she and Fuxi had once listened to the Dao on Yujing Mountain, sharing a bond of incense.

Seeing this, Feng Ye could only step in again: "Empress, what do you want to revitalize, the divine race or the divine path? If it's the divine race, then it's over. In the future, the divine bloodline will become increasingly diluted, and the twilight of the gods will eventually come. As for the divine path, Empress, you must first think of a method to achieve the divine path! Otherwise, the divine path will stop at the level of the Three Emperors. The divine path is clearly weaker than the Immortal Path, although the Three Emperors are worthy of respect, in the end, none of them could achieve the status of a Primordial Deity!"

Speaking of the Three Emperors achieving the status of a Primordial Deity, one cannot help but mention these three tragic figures. They are a stark lesson. It was precisely because of the tragedy of the Three Emperors that Hongjun and others learned from their experiences and opened the Primordial Deity path.

In the beginning, when Pangu opened the universe, there was only one world, the Pangu World. The clear and ethereal energy was above, while the turbid and yellow energy was below the Pangu Earth.

At that time, the Heavenly Emperor used the clear and ethereal energy to create the Nine Heavens, which were: the Central Heaven of Earth, the Eastern Heaven of Wood, the Northeastern Heaven of Wind, the Northern Heaven of Water, the Northwestern Heaven of Yin, the Western Heaven of Metal, the Southwestern Heaven of Thunder, the Southern Heaven of Fire, and the Southeastern Heaven of Yang.

These Nine Heavens were attached to the Pangu World, higher than the Pangu Earth, standing in the sky, thus forming the Heavenly Realm. The Heavenly Emperor then opened the Nine Palaces, unifying the divine race. Many deities raised their thrones, sitting in the Heavenly Palaces, overlooking all beings, and managing the laws of heaven and earth, demonstrating the nobility of the divine race. One could say that the Nine Palaces of the ancient times were the precursor to the later Heavenly Court.

For this, the Heavenly Emperor can be said to have opened the precedent for the divine race, and the rise of the divine race was unstoppable. However, all beings have a lifespan, and deities are no exception. As deities, their maximum lifespan is one cycle, which is 129,600 years.

For this, the Heavenly Emperor, enlightened and understanding the mysteries of immortality, gave rise to the concept of the Divine Lord and the Ancient Deity, which is the Golden Immortal of the Immortal Path, the first step to transcendence.

The Ancient Deity means eternal existence. The Divine Lord means ruling over heaven and earth, transcending the world, and observing the joys and sorrows of all beings, holding the power of the laws of heaven and earth, which is the deity.

Then the Heavenly Emperor achieved the status of a Great Deity, severing the Pangu imprint, and becoming the Primordial Spirit of the Heavenly Emperor, with great ambition. For this, he had the plan to devour the Pangu Heavenly Dao and re-establish the Heavenly Dao. In the present, this realm can also be considered achieving the status of a Primordial Deity. If the Heavenly Emperor had succeeded, the first Primordial Sage would not have been Hongjun.

Unfortunately, the Heavenly Emperor's methods were violent, triggering the counterattack of the Pangu Heavenly Dao. As a result, the Primordial Demon appeared, leading a group of demon deities, and during the Heavenly Emperor's ascension, they destroyed his Dao fruit, forcing him to dissolve into the world, leaving only a trace of his essence to form the Eastern Emperor Taiyi. As for those demon deities, they were counterattacked by the Heavenly Emperor and sealed in the outer void, becoming the Outer Heavenly Demons. The Nine Palaces and the vast land of the primordial world were also submerged by the sea, turning the world into an ocean.

Next was the Earthly Emperor, who emerged from the Pangu Earth, a direct descendant of Pangu. From the ocean, the Earthly Emperor lifted the vast land of the primordial world, divided the mountains and rivers, and established the four seasons. He then re-established the sun, moon, and stars, and brought the Nine Palaces back to the Heavenly Realm, stabilizing them with the sun, moon, and stars, preventing them from falling again.

Following the Heavenly Emperor, the Earthly Emperor, using the turbid and yellow energy below the Pangu Earth, created the Netherworld. Thus, the Three Realms were complete: the Nine Heavens, the Netherworld, and the Pangu Earth, which is the human world.

Due to the tragic lesson of the Heavenly Emperor, after achieving the status of a Great Deity, the Earthly Emperor did not think about absorbing the Heavenly Dao. Instead, he aimed to gather the Pangu Primordial Spirit, achieve the status of Pangu, and thus control the Heavenly Dao. After all, the world was opened by Pangu, and he was the true master of this world.

In comparison, the Heavenly Emperor aimed to violently devour and re-establish, which was a naked act of deprivation and force. The Earthly Emperor's method was much more gentle. He aimed to use the Pangu Primordial Spirit to become Pangu's successor, with the intention of inheriting the Heavenly Dao.

Moreover, through the lesson of the Heavenly Emperor, the Earthly Emperor knew that during the ascension, external calamities would inevitably occur. Thus, he took action in advance, defeating the demon deities once again. One cannot say that the demon deities were not unfortunate.

However, just as he was about to gather the Pangu Primordial Spirit, a change occurred. According to the Earthly Emperor's plan, he aimed to use the Earth Realm and the Pangu Earth as yin and yang. Thus, in the Earth Realm, he simulated the mountains and rivers of the Pangu Earth, creating a dual aspect. Using this projection, he aimed to gather the Pangu Primordial Spirit in the Earth Realm, refine it, and become Pangu himself.

But he thought too well. The Primordial Spirit and the Earth Realm did not gather into just Pangu. The powerful deities, who would normally dissolve into the world after death, used the Earth Realm to re-form their spirits into ghost deities using the power of the Netherworld. Although this gave the great deities another path to avoid true death, and the Earthly Emperor gained merit for this, the ghost deities were the products of the spirits of the dead in the Earth Realm and the Netherworld. Their desire was to return to the living world.

Thus, under the leadership of the "pseudo-Pangu," all the ghost deities returned to the living world, the Pangu Earth. The Earthly Emperor, being compassionate, gave up his ascension for the sake of all beings, suffering the consequences himself. He drove the ghost deities back to the Earth Realm, established the division of yin and yang, and ultimately perished along with the "pseudo-Pangu," his divine body returning to the earth. However, he had achieved half of his ascension, and although he did not become Pangu, he gathered a Pangu imprint, which became the foundation of the witch sect.

As for the Nine-Headed Human Emperor, compared to the Heavenly Emperor and the Earthly Emperor, he was even more tragic. After the Earthly Emperor, the yin and yang were out of balance, leading to natural chaos. The Earthly Emperor's seal was not strong enough, and the ghost deities would often come to the living world. The ancient dragons and phoenixes, which had been resting, also emerged to battle each other, vying for the title of the first divine beast, adding to the chaos of the divine wars.

The Nine-Headed Human Emperor emerged at this time, quelling the chaos of the divine wars, helping the dragon race defeat the phoenixes, and making the dragon race the king of all beasts, ruling over the divine beasts. The Dragon Emperor, the Azure Dragon, thus had the saying of "ten thousand beasts bowing to the Azure Dragon."

Next, he established the Five Divine Races, using the five elements to define the five directions, creating a cycle of life, and using the Five Element Flags as commands to unify the divine race. Like the Heavenly Emperor's creation of the Nine Heavens and the Earthly Emperor's creation of the Netherworld