SWDnovel Chapter 46 Hongjun: Styx's sentiment is enough.
Chapter 46 Hongjun: Styx's sentiment is enough.
Chapter 46 Hongjun: Styx's sentiment is enough.
"How dare you! The sermon is over. Why don't you return to Kunlun Mountain at once?"
"I have come here to convey the Lord's decree, ordering you all to leave and not to make a disturbance in front of the Zixiao Palace!" Haotian looked at Yuanshi and said angrily.
Meanwhile, Styx, standing to the side, still doesn't understand what happened.
Whether it's the Twenty-Four Heavens—which he should call the Thirty-Six Heavens in his own hands, or something else entirely—or the Hell he plans to establish, they are all undoubtedly just means for him to accumulate merit and fortune, making his path to the Great Dao smoother.
Therefore, he simply couldn't understand where the Three Pure Ones' hostility towards him was coming from.
What comes from that insignificant bit of Pangu's luck within him?
That's impossible. If it were for the sake of Pangu's destiny, then the Three Pure Ones should have gone against the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
"You said that the teacher's decree was to tell us to leave, but did this decree mention the sins of the Styx River harming fellow practitioners and establishing hell to harm souls?" Yuanshi looked at Haotian. The more Haotian refused to let him enter Zixiao Palace, the more certain he became that Haotian was falsely conveying Hongjun's decree.
As for why Haotian dared to do this outside Zixiao Palace, Yuanshi had an explanation in his heart. After a period of setbacks, Yuanshi also discovered that even sages are not completely selfless.
The power of a sage is unparalleled, but even a sage can be deceived and can be biased by his own emotions!
At this moment, Haotian is taking advantage of Hongjun's feelings for him to act arrogantly and domineeringly, but...
Yuanshi was heartbroken. If the Styx River were allowed to continue like this, what would become of our primordial world (choking back tears)?
"Leave immediately and say no more!" Haotian looked at Yuanshi and rebuked him repeatedly.
Since being enlightened by Hongjun, he has been cultivating by Hongjun's side for countless years, never walking in the mortal world. His daily companions, besides his master, are only Yaochi.
Over the countless years, if he had to name a friend besides his own master and Yaochi, it would be the Styx River, who treated him with great courtesy.
In other words, at this moment, Haotian was far less adept at interpersonal relationships than he was in the later Journey to the West: Great Tribulation, and even lacked experience. Clearly, Haotian had not anticipated that such a situation would occur, namely that his master's disciple would question him and his master's decree in front of a group of powerful beings outside Zixiao Palace.
He further described his master's decree, which allowed the Styx to pay homage to Hell, as "utterly absurd."
Haotian felt there was nothing wrong with establishing hell to punish evil spirits. Whether it would be good or bad to implement it in the prehistoric world, Haotian didn't know. But Haotian knew that his master had agreed, and as long as it was Hongjun's will, Haotian would do it without hesitation.
Without the master's guidance, he would still be nowhere to be found. Of course, it's good to slowly absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, but within the Zixiao Palace, there is a wider world to explore!
Faced with Yuanshi's doubts and various malicious words, Haotian only knew that he could not back down even a step, for the sake of his master.
"Today, I am determined to see my teacher and seek justice for all living beings in the primordial world!" Yuanshi looked at Haotian and said coldly. He was equally unyielding. Although he was blinded by his own perspective, there was one thing he was extremely determined to do: he could not allow the Styx River to build up Hell and then harm all living beings in the primordial world.
"Fellow Daoist Haotian, Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, let's stop arguing." Styx looked at Haotian and Yuanshi, and then stood between the two.
"Fellow Daoist Yuanshi, I established Hell to punish evil spirits, also to shake off the evil in people's hearts, so that the primordial world can prosper."
Otherwise, relying solely on karma would be insufficient to control the primordial chaos. There are many beings like the Kunpeng who treat karma almost as nothing.
"This is a great act of kindness, fellow Daoist, you have misunderstood." Styx looked at Yuanshi and then continued, "Although I do not know where I have offended you, fellow Daoist, I am willing to apologize to you for today's events. The fault lies solely with me, Styx. I hope you will stop here and let this matter end here. Do not make things difficult for fellow Daoist Haotian, and do not involve others."
Upon hearing this, Haotian and Yuanshi were even more furious.
"Fellow Daoists, the sermon has ended." The Styx Gourd behind Styx once again unleashed a killing intent, this time a brutal and savage one.
Styx couldn't be sure what Yuanshi was thinking at that moment, but Styx guessed that they would definitely have to fight again soon.
To prevent others like Kunpeng from jumping out later, he decided to clear the area first and then decide what to ask the Three Pure Ones for after the contest with them was over.
However, it seems that the Three Pure Ones don't have any particularly good spiritual treasures at this stage?
After all, Styx knew his place; he knew that Hongjun would never allow these two innate treasures, the Taiji Diagram and the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation, to fall into his hands.
The Abi Sword, nurtured within the Styx Gourd for a long time, has become even more formidable than before, its sharpness and the killing intent within its innate, indestructible spiritual light surpassing all its former glory. Now, with the Yuan Tu and Abi Swords unleashed together, Styx's aura stirs the surrounding chaos, causing all the powerful beings to change color.
At this moment, simply gazing at the River Styx was enough to make many powerful beings feel as if a thorn was in their side, as if a great calamity was about to befall them. Under the slaughtering and torturous sword intent of the Yuan Tu and A Bi swords, many more powerful beings felt as if they were already in the midst of a massacre.
Amidst the brutal killings.
Before long, all the powerful beings outside Zixiao Palace dispersed, leaving only the Three Pure Ones, Styx, and Haotian. Even Dijun and Taiyi, who had not yet severed their corpses, could not directly face the terrifying killing intent of the sword.
After realizing the danger, all the powerful beings abandoned their idea of staying in Zixiao Palace to watch the fun. After all, neither Styx nor the Three Pure Ones, nor anyone else, were easy to mess with. Although there were many crazy people in the prehistoric world who would risk their lives for fun, very few could actually make it to Zixiao Palace alive.
"The Styx River is still the most loyal," Hongjun sighed, looking at the scene outside the Zixiao Palace.
He no longer wanted to comment on Yuanshi.
If it weren't for the fact that the Great Dao's merits were truly troublesome, how could he have tolerated the Primordial Beginning to this extent?
At this moment, in order to save face, Styx, who was willing to "bow down" to Yuanshi, realized that Yuanshi was about to escalate the situation again. Styx promptly chose to clear the field under pressure. All of this was quite in line with his wishes and formed a stark contrast with the aggressive Yuanshi.
Although he was a saint and didn't care what the three thousand guests of Zixia thought except for his luck, he was still very moved by Styx's kindness.