All the great powers in the Immortal Realm stared at the two old men, wondering if what they said was true.
"That's right. Although I am the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao is not me. Therefore, I still need the resources of this world.
I have preached and cultivated countless disciples, only to realize in the end that I cultivated them, but they came to compete with me for resources. .oΓg
The Great Dao has fifty, and the Heavenly Dao has forty-nine. I thought that by integrating into the Heavenly Dao, I would not be restricted by this world. I didn't expect I was wrong...
The resources of this world are fixed, and their cultivation speed is too fast. They quickly took away most of the resources. So I had to create one tribulation after another under the guise of heavenly will. The tribulation of gods and demons, the initial tribulation of Dragon-Phoenix, the tribulation of Wu-Zhu, the tribulation of Investiture of the Gods... including the reappearance of gods and demons just now. In fact, my main purpose was to make them return the resources to me.
You were the same back then, cultivating diligently, saving all living beings, making good connections, and accumulating countless merits. I was afraid that you would comprehend the Heavenly Dao before me. So I made a move against you and let you reincarnate and cultivate again. After that, I integrated into the Heavenly Dao and realized that the Heavenly Dao was not me. Only by finding that hidden one is the true heavenly secret.
So later, when the Jade Emperor transformed the forty-nine Great Daos into three thousand, I did not stop him from comprehending them one by one.
However, all of this is no longer important, because I have found him. He is that hidden one, and I have been looking for him for a long time." Ancestor Hongjun shifted his gaze from the sloppy old Daoist to Lu Fan, as if looking at a piece of meat that was flowing with oil, seemingly indifferent but full of desire.
"No... you're wrong! He is looking for you!" The sloppy old Daoist suddenly smiled.
"You always knew of his existence, but he didn't know you, so he has been looking for you all along! Today, you have finally appeared!" The sloppy old Daoist looked at Ancestor Hongjun, a cunning smile flashing in his eyes.
"Master!"
"Master!"
Li Jingjing and Zhan Tai Ruomei suddenly called out "Master," and tears welled up in their eyes: "Actually, we are all very happy with the life we've had recently. Very happy with our existence in this way. Very happy with the life in Twelve Gully Village."
"You..." Lu Fan was a little confused, but before he could understand what was happening, Li Jingjing and Zhan Tai Ruomei's bodies suddenly became ethereal. With a whoosh, two breaths merged into Lu Fan's sea of consciousness.
Instantly, in Lu Fan's sea of consciousness, among the myriad stars, a river of stars resembling clouds and mist appeared. The Heavenly Destiny Star River connected countless stars, forming an infinite net! Each star shone brightly at the intersections of the net!
Lu Fan was instantly stunned.
In his mind, events unfolded from the beginning of chaos and the emergence of primordial chaos to various subsequent events, the primordial tribulation, the Dragon-Phoenix initial tribulation, the Wu-Zhu tribulation, the Investiture of the Gods tribulation... In each tribulation, countless beings died, and all of this was blamed on heavenly will. Thus, it was like a series of burdens being placed upon him.
In fact, he was not in hiding, but wandering among the living, leaving a glimmer of hope for everyone. Whenever anyone encountered difficulties, there would be a slight turning point. This was cultivating merit.
However, all the merits he had accumulated in the world were destroyed by these burdens. Thus, he wanted to find the person who made him bear these burdens.
Every time he calculated, he found that person was looking for him. In fact, he himself was looking for this person and waiting for this person to appear. And this person was hidden in the Heavenly Dao in his name.
"Kid! Come with me! The Heavenly Dao belongs to you. And it will belong to me in the future! This is good for both of us!" Ancestor Hongjun smiled faintly and said kindly.
"You want to devour me and possess the Heavenly Dao, but how can you have the ability? Aren't you afraid that I will destroy you?" Lu Fan asked Ancestor Hongjun indifferently.
"Hahaha! The countless great demons, great demons, Asuras who just died have all turned into my power. Especially Yuanshi and the Demon Ancestor, their energy can completely match several times that of this world.
Even though you are the hidden one, so what? I possess the forty-nine.
You want to protect them, but you can't protect them at all! You send a glimmer of hope, a chance of survival, to everyone, but can human greed be eradicated by your glimmer of hope?
Just like me, I possess this world, but I still want to possess more worlds. There are countless worlds in this universe, just as there are countless beings in this world. I am just one of them! Therefore, I need to obtain you!"
Ancestor Hongjun said faintly, and as his voice echoed through space, the entire heaven and earth seemed to freeze. Even the great powers could not move. Only his voice echoed in everyone's ears.
Everyone was shocked, but they could only be shocked. Because they could do nothing.
"I am that one. But you don't know that one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things. You also don't know that all things can return to one!"
A light flashed in Lu Fan's eyes, and two small figures in his sea of consciousness suddenly stood up, their small eyes glaring at Lu Fan's true body. With a whoosh, the three primordial spirits merged into one person.
Boom... A golden light suddenly erupted from Lu Fan's body. Bang... Ten thousand rays of golden light shot out.
Ah...! A mournful scream was left in space. As space regained its freedom.
However, Lu Fan and Ancestor Hongjun disappeared at the same time.
"Xiao Fan..." Nuwa exclaimed!
"Who won?"
"Who won?"
The great powers kneeling around were suddenly bewildered, none of them knowing what had happened. However, it seemed they could no longer care about who won or lost, and they fled their positions in an instant.
"Xiao Fan...!" Liu Ruyan murmured, tears streaming down her face.
"Alas! Everything has a glimmer of hope!" The sloppy old Daoist shook his head slightly and turned to leave.
"???" Liu Ruyan saw the departing figure of the sloppy old Daoist and her heart suddenly moved. She flashed and disappeared from her spot.
...
In Twelve Gully Village, inside the Lu family villa, Lu Chenglong was riding on the back of a nine-colored golden phoenix, flying around the villa. The happy little Chenglong laughed incessantly.
"Lu Chenglong! You're bullying the golden phoenix again. Get down quickly, or your dad will beat your butt when he gets back," Wang Yan ran out of the villa and shouted angrily at Lu Chenglong.
"Tch! You always say my dad is coming back, my dad is coming back, why haven't I seen my dad come back! Hmph!" Sitting on the golden phoenix's back, little Chenglong pouted, acting as if he couldn't be bothered.
"Who's talking about me?" Suddenly, a voice came. Lu Fan appeared at the villa entrance.
"Lu Fan..."
"Lu Fan..."
"Lu Fan..."
Suddenly, several voices came almost simultaneously.
Gulp... Lu Fan swallowed. He saw Wang Yan completely ignore Lu Chenglong and rush towards him.
And Liu Ruyan also appeared at the doorway.
In the courtyard, the golden phoenix suddenly transformed into a stunning woman standing in the courtyard, looking at Lu Fan.
"Ah... ah... ah..." Little Chenglong was suddenly thrown to the ground, his butt hurting badly, and he started crying loudly.
"Master..."
"Grandmaster..."
"Xiao Fan... Ruyan said you were coming back, we haven't gotten together in a long time, we must have a good drink today..."
Suddenly, Bai Xuemei, Jiang Ruoxin, Chu Xiangwei, Lin Fang, and a large group of women rushed out of the house and swarmed towards Lu Fan...
"Dad! Why are you back? If you don't come back, they're all mine!" Behind him, little Chenglong, forgetting his pain, shouted with his tiptoes.
However... no one seemed to pay attention to him.