Chapter 268: The beginning of the Conferred God Tribulation
Daozu Hongjun shook his head and said, “The prehistoric world at this time is no longer comparable to the time when the world was first created. When the prehistoric world was first created, there were few living creatures and cultivators, and the things consumed were extremely small. The first calamity of the fierce beasts was not so much a calamity as it was an external calamity, which was transformed by the immortal resentment of the three thousand demon gods before their death. After that, it was unknown how many tens of thousands of years before the second calamity appeared, which was also a calamity in the true sense: the dragon and phoenix calamity.

But the subsequent lich calamity was extremely fast. This was because there were too many cultivators, and countless great gods were preaching, and the situation became more and more intense. The spiritual energy consumed and the evil energy generated every day were already billions of times that of the dragon and phoenix calamities.

At this moment, the Lich and Wizard Tribulation had just ended, and I could already sense a surge of evil energy rising up in the world again. It was obvious that the fourth tribulation was about to begin.

In order to prevent this calamity from spreading into an infinite calamity, and because Heaven is short of manpower, I will entangle this evil spirit with Heaven, so that the subsequent calamities will have a great connection with Heaven. I call it: The Conferred God Calamity! "

When the saints heard Hongjun's words, their brows furrowed. This was an unsolvable problem.

As long as the prehistoric world progresses, there will be more and more living creatures, and they will not decrease for no reason. Those cultivators will not die easily. Even if there are some injuries due to various reasons, overall, their numbers will still increase day by day.

The increase in the number of cultivators will consume spiritual energy. The decrease in spiritual energy will make it impossible to suppress the evil energy. Once there is too much evil energy, it will easily turn into calamity energy. Finally, the calamity energy will turn into a great calamity and sweep across the world.

But they didn't have any good solution for this.

It is inevitable that cultivators need to consume spiritual energy in their practice. Even they cannot escape this shackles. Unless the legendary great Dao intervenes, they also have their limitations.

"The Conferred God Calamity is a small matter, but if we follow what Master said, then in the future, the speed of the Calamity will come faster and faster, and we may even be shrouded in the prehistoric world forever, and be in the Calamity every day. Isn't this too terrifying?"

Taishang Laojun also found it difficult to maintain his pure heart and was filled with sorrow.

He hadn't figured out how to heal the damage to his body when he heard such news. If he hadn't achieved the Great Dao Fruit of Hunyuan Daluo before the immeasurable calamity came, then he would have to be buried together with the prehistoric world. How could he be willing to accept that?
Not only Taishang Laojun, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, Zhunti Buddha, and Jieying Taoist also felt unwilling.

But the Three Pure Ones are unwilling to accept the same thing. What Zhunti and Jie Yin are unwilling to accept is that the catastrophe is coming faster and faster. How can the West recover then?

Only Hengming and a few others who had attained the Hunyuan Daluo Dao Fruit remained calm and did not take it seriously.

Yes, even if the primitive world was destroyed, they could leave and head to a new Dao universe, or even create a Dao universe on their own. Why would they care about such a small matter?

After Daozu Hongjun finished speaking about the Conferred God Tribulation, his figure began to gradually dissipate, and it was obvious that he was about to return to the Heavenly Dao.

The saints also left Zixiao Palace and returned to their respective temples to begin thinking about what to do next.

As soon as Hengming and his companions entered the prehistoric world, they saw an old man who had been waiting for a long time.

The old man had a peaceful expression and wore a navy blue robe, just like an ordinary mortal, but his aura was extremely strong, even better than that of the Ziwei Emperor who had obtained the title of Six Imperial Gods. He was equivalent to Donghuang Taiyi who had not yet taken the last step, and was exactly Jianmu.

Taoist Qingrong disappeared without a trace, and no one knew where he went.

At this moment, Jianmu saw the three supreme gods coming, and immediately stepped forward and saluted, saying: "Jianmu greets the Saint Hengming, the Goddess Nuwa, and the Patriarch Yangmei."

Emperor Ziwei stepped aside and bowed as well, saying, "My nephew has obtained the Six Imperial Gods. I have to go to Ziwei Star to announce the good news to my mother and inform my two brothers and sisters, so I will take my leave first."

Hengming nodded and said to Emperor Ziwei, "You can go." Then he said to Jianmu, "You have communicated with my clone for many years. You don't need to do this. Get up first and go to Taisu Heaven with Sister Nuwa. Since you have chosen to join the human way, we will not treat you unfairly. We also hope that there will be more people of the same way in the future."

When Jianmu stood up, Nuwa said, "You are cultivating the Great Way of Wood, which coincides with my Great Way of Creation. There are many similarities between the two. Perhaps you can really take the last step."

Patriarch Yang Mei smiled and said, "As both of us are spiritual roots that have taken shape, perhaps we have something in common. If you have time in the future, you may come to the Eternal Heaven of Destiny to find me."

That’s right, the place where Patriarch Yang Mei lived was the Eternal Heaven of Fate that Heng Ming obtained when he split the thirty-six heavens.

According to common sense, Patriarch Yangmei is a person of the highest grade innate spiritual roots, and he is also the second person in prehistoric times to achieve Hunyuan Daluo. Even if the place where he lives is not as good as Yujing Mountain of Daoist Ancestor Hongjun, he does not need to live in someone else's place.

But Patriarch Yangmei just moved in openly, and Hengming was too lazy to say anything. He had enough Taoist temples anyway, and it was just a Eternal Heaven of Destiny, which was nothing.

Jianmu was ecstatic. He received the guarantee from the three saints, and it was worth it for him to trap Xuanming and force Gonggong to death.

Hengming and his companions also had some things to deal with, so they parted ways here and returned to the temple.

As soon as Heng Ming entered Yuhua Palace, he saw Qinggu, the divine bull of Tiangu that he had obtained in his early years, staring at the Five-Colored Deer, while Taoist Qingrong was practicing on the side and shook his head slightly.

Seeing Hengming coming, Qinggu and Wuselu no longer looked at each other, but bowed together and said: "Qinggu/Wuselu greets the master." Hengming sat on the twelfth-grade Xuanshui blue lotus, and a faint water vapor dissipated, which immediately startled Taoist Qingrong.

Taoist Qing Rong saw Heng Ming finally come back, and couldn't help but complain: "My Lord, you have really hurt me. In order to persuade Jianmu, I don't know how many years I have worked hard in the spirit world. If my true body was not Jin Yang Qing Rong and I hadn't revealed my identity, Jianmu would not listen to me."

Heng Ming smiled and said, "It happened suddenly. I asked you to ambush the demon tribe at that time. I never thought that I could achieve the status of a saint. As long as the power is strong enough, all the plots will become so ridiculous. So I forgot about you, but I didn't expect you to have such an adventure and meet Jianmu. Jianmu is also a person who carries the destiny. If you hadn't met him, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to detect his existence."

Taoist Qing Rong also laughed at this moment: "Jianmu is also ambitious, so he opened the spirit world and recruited many cultivators who were transformed from plant spirits, and even cultivated to such a level.

If Jianmu didn't want to play it safe and want to gain the enlightenment of Nuwa and Yangmei, he probably wouldn't have jumped out so easily.

But if we allow Jianmu to practice silently like this, it will be difficult if he really takes the last step. "

Hengming laughed and shook his head. Even if Jianmu really took the last step, he wouldn't care.

If Hou Tu and others can seal it, can’t they seal Jianmu?

It can only be said that Jianmu was very sensible to the times and immediately chose to join them, otherwise what awaited him would have been an endless period of sealing.

In their plan, there is not allowed to be any loopholes or flaws. Their minds are indeed very broad, and they can even accommodate people like Minghe and Kunpeng who have old grudges against them.

But they are also very stingy. Anyone who dares to go against their wishes will be ruthlessly attacked by them.

However, since Jianmu chose to surrender, Hengming didn't mind giving him a little benefit first to let him know the benefits of following humanity.

Heng Ming handed the 12th-grade Mysterious Water Blue Lotus and the Northern Mysterious Origin Water Control Flag to Taoist Qing Rong and said, "You have been in the spirit world for many years, but after so long, you have only obtained the Great Luo Dao Fruit. You can use these two spiritual treasures to polish yourself and see if you can make further progress. Although Jin Yang Qing Rong is only a top-grade innate spiritual root, I also have top-grade innate spiritual roots. You can study them and see if you can improve your own footing."

Taoist Qingrong was Hengming's incarnation. He didn't bother to be polite with him. After taking it away, he went to Yuhua Palace to find a paradise on earth and began to make up for his own shortcomings.

He practiced the Great Way of Yang and the Great Way of Wood at the same time, and these two spiritual treasures helped to advance his cultivation.

Hengming was sitting on the wind and fire cushion. This was the cushion he had heard of in the Zixiao Palace. After getting the treasure from the Fenbao Rock, Hongjun lectured on the Great Dao for another three hundred years. When they left, they all took the cushions with them.

After thinking for a moment, Hengming slapped his forehead, and two magical treasures of destiny, the Wheel of Destiny and the Diagram of Destiny, flew out. They turned slightly in the sky and transformed into two Taoists with similar faces but completely opposite auras. They were his two corpses of good and evil.

"Hongchen, Wuji, Kunpeng, according to the secret hand I left in the River Map and Luoshu, snatched this treasure. You two will go to the North Sea and tell him that Fuxi is about to reincarnate. If he wants to transform demon culture into human culture and enter the human race, he must be prepared. The River Map and Luoshu will also be the treasure for Fuxi's enlightenment. Before that, you two will help Kunpeng deduce human culture, which can also be regarded as a matter of improving cultivation."

Taoist Hongchen and Taoist Wuji bowed slightly and said, "We will follow your orders."

Then they transformed into two divine lights, and marched from Yingzhou Island to the Beiming Sea. There was no need for them to hide their figures, but to clearly tell their origins. Who would dare to stop the saint's clones?
The Patriarch Tongtian is not on Jin'ao Island at the moment, and the Jiejiao has also slightly restrained its voice. How dare they provoke the Xuanjiao?

Heng Ming saw Taoist Hongchen and Taoist Wuji leave one after another, and Taoist Qingrong was unable to get away for a while. He couldn't help but shake his head and sighed: "There are still not enough manpower. It's fine, but no one can discuss it with me."

Although he and Nuwa are both the masters of humanity, Daozu Hongjun and Laozu Yangmei also support them very much, but Nuwa is not good at strategizing and almost always does things according to his orders.

On several occasions, at his request, Nuwa came up with several plans, but even Hengming couldn't stand it anymore and had to give up.

Although Hongjun Daozu is shrewd and wise, he is in harmony with the Way of Heaven and cannot provide any strategy. Even if he can temporarily break away from the Way of Heaven, he will not be able to stay for long.

The previous experience in Zixiao Palace was already his limit, so naturally, I couldn't discuss things with him.

Not to mention Patriarch Yangmei, an old naughty boy who does things rashly and is extremely lazy. Ever since he entered the Eternal Heaven of Destiny, he has often been snoring. It is okay for him to kill enemies, but if he is asked to make plans, Hengming would rather let Nuwa do it.

So in general, Hengming's role in the human world is similar to that of Dijun. It is said that there are several people with the same opinion, but they almost all have to do it themselves.

Di Jun might have been afraid, so he took everything into his own hands, but Heng Ming felt that the people around him were truly useless, so he had to figure everything out by himself.

"The Conferred God Tribulation... maybe it will be an opportunity?"

(End of this chapter)