In the Zixiao Palace, Hong Jun took his seat at the center.
Hong Jun began to speak, "One year consists of 365 days, 12 years make one cycle, 10,800 cycles make one meeting, and 3,650 meetings make one Yuan Meeting. Since Pangu created Heaven and Earth, there have been 12 Yuan Meetings. Every 12 Yuan Meetings, a great Calamity descends."
Hong Jun glanced at the four individuals seated below him and saw that they were listening intently, so he continued,
"The socalled Calamity is, throughout these 12 Yuan Meetings, sentient beings practicing cultivation and warring against each other cause the Spiritual Energy in the Universe to be insufficient. The Killing Aura in the Cycle of Heaven becomes thick, and Evil Qi condenses. Hence, the Heavenly Dao senses this and wishes to bring down a slaughtering Calamity to complete this measure of Calamity, spreading the Evil Qi and eradicating the slaughtering Calamity!"
At this moment, Laozi spoke, "Dare I ask the Master, who will be the protagonist of this Calamity?"
Hong Jun remained silent for a while before saying, "The Three Clans will withdraw from the Primordial stage, and that person from the Western region, along with one of us, will fall in the Primordial!"
"Ss, to fall?" Tongtian cried out in surprise, "Is that Westerner the same one who previously sought to devour us?"
Hong Jun nodded and said, "That young man in black is none other than the embodiment of the resentment of the 3,000 God Demons who perished during the creation of Heaven, known as Luo Hou. He intends to destroy the Primordial and restore the Chaos World!"
"Then, Ancestor Master, is there a way to prevent his scheme?" Li Qingming suddenly interjected with a question.
Hong Jun's response was light and floating, "Your stratagem surpasses Luo Hou, and even mine!"
Upon hearing this, The Three Pure Ones looked at Li Qingming in surprise.
Li Qingming was so terrified that he shivered and thought to himself, "Indeed, my travel through the Primordial is the work of this old rascal!"
"I wish to complete your Heaven Creation Marks, so take a careful look at this item!" Hong Jun ignored the four with varying expressions and suddenly produced a mirror in his hand. The Three Pure Ones observed the mirror intently, when suddenly three rays of Qing light flew out from the mirror, each directing towards The Three Pure Ones.
A thunderous explosion rang inside The Three Pure Ones' minds, revealing a breathtaking and heart-stopping scene:
In the desolate and vast Chaos, a brawny man, Pangu, stood alone, his muscular frame bare. With the Pangu Axe in his right hand and the Creation Jade Disc overhead, he stood atop the Thirty-Sixth Grade Chaotic Green Lotus. His arms tirelessly swung up and down, cleaving streaks of bright white light through the air.
Before him, the Chaos World began to split apart above and below. From afar, oddly-shaped Fierce Beasts kept lunging at Pangu.
Pangu's expression remained unchanged, and he continued his chopping motion. The beasts that couldn't dodge were either torn apart or slashed to death on the spot.
Within the Chaos where years could not be counted, time passed indeterminably. Eventually, the Fierce Beasts no longer approached, and Chaos gradually split open.
The lighter and purer substances rose steadily, transforming into the azure sky. The heavy and muddy substances kept sinking, turning into the pale yellow earth.
Just as Pangu was about to take a breath of relief, Heaven and Earth began to close in once more. Filled with unparalleled rage, Pangu propped up the sky with his hands and supported the earth with his feet. For each day, he and Heaven grew ten Zhang taller. After an indeterminate amount of time, when Pangu's body reached a length of 90,000 li, Heaven ceased to rise, and Earth did not thicken. Pangu gave out a satisfied laugh and fell back down to Earth, lifeless.
At the moment of Pangu's downfall, he began to transform into all things of Heaven and Earth: his left eye became the sun, his right eye the moon, his hair turned into stars, his blood into seas and rivers, his flesh into fertile lands, his body hair into vegetation, his sinews into mountain ridges, and his teeth into metals and stones; marrow into jewels. His breath became the wind and clouds, his voice the thunder, his sweat the rain and dew. His undying spine transformed into the towering Mount Buzhou!
The Pangu Axe also transformed into three major Heavenly Creation Treasures on its own volition. The Creation Jade Disc suddenly shattered into two pieces, while the Thirty-Sixth Grade Chaotic Green Lotus split into the Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus, the 12th Grade Creation Green Lotus, the 12th Grade World-purifying White Lotus, the Twelve-Grade Annihilation Prison Black Lotus, and the Twelve-Grade Karma Fire Red Lotus.
At the place where Pangu fell, a Primordial Spirit and a clump of Essence Blood floated upwards. The Primordial Spirit, upon encountering three clumps of Pure Qi, divided into three. The Essence Blood, upon encountering murky Qi, split into twelve.
The Great Dao, sensing Pangu's boundless merit from opening Heaven, thus bestowed infinite Merit. One portion went to the three treasures formed from the Pangu Axe; three portions went to the three clumps of Primordial Spirit and Pure Qi; three portions went to the twelve clumps of Essence Blood and murky Qi; one portion condensed into the innate Merit Spirit Treasure 'Xuanhuang Merit Tower', which revolved in the air and rushed towards the largest clump of Primordial Spirit and Pure Qi. As for the remaining two portions of Merit, they showered upon the entire Primordial Land.
From then on, the Primordial evolved completely, and Heaven and Earth were established!
The Three Pure Ones opened their eyes, their excitement undisguised.
After a long time, The Three Pure Ones knelt down once more to salute, "We thank the Master for bestowing this upon us! We thank the Master for completing our Heaven Creation Marks!" The Three Pure Ones were genuinely reverent towards Hong Jun, and any previous grievances had long since dissipated like smoke.
"Go now and comprehend the Heaven Creation Marks. Qingmingzi, stay behind!" Hong Jun said with a light smile, casually raising his hand.
Although surprised as to why Hong Jun would keep Qingmingzi behind, The Three Pure Ones still saluted and turned to leave.
Ever since he heard the words that had leaped from Hong Jun's lips, Li Qingming had been restless. Now, left alone with Hong Jun in the palace, he could no longer hold back and asked, "Dare I ask my honored master, what does 'Your scheme surpasses Luo Hou, even mine' mean?"
"I know you do not belong to this Primordial!" Hong Jun dropped another startling revelation.
Li Qingming abruptly stood up and said, "How did you discern this!"
Hong Jun sighed, his expression filled with sorrow: "Alas! When I first acquired the greater part of the Creation Jade Disc, I was overjoyed. I projected most of my Primordial Spirit into it, activating the Creation Jade Disc. However, when I attempted to retract my force, it was too hasty, and I inadvertently attracted a trace of the Power of Space-Time. That trace of power instantly created a black hole."
Hong Jun looked at Li Qingming, who remained composed, and then continued, "I saw a faint soul, wrapped in golden light, fly out from the black hole, and then the black hole disappeared in the blink of an eye. I picked up that soul in a panic and tried to investigate its origin but could not perceive the slightest detail. All I could do, through the Creation Jade Disc, was barely calculate that this soul belonged to a future existence! Seeing your frailty, I cast you into the belly of a Primordial Species, the Swallowing Sky Bear, until today!"