Hongjun, the weakest among the Chaos Demon Gods, with his own Great Dao ranking close to three thousand, at over two thousand nine hundred.
His cultivation at the early stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal was only equivalent to the mid or late stage of Quasi-Saint.
At that time, although the Chaos Demon Gods had not reached their peak strength, there were at least dozens of powerful demons at the early to mid-stage of Hunyuan Wuji.
There were already over a thousand demons at the Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal level!
With a cultivation at the mid to late stage of Quasi-Saint, Hongjun was weaker than veteran Quasi-Saints, weaker than cultivators at the Sub-Saint realm, and even less so than Heavenly Dao Saints. How could he contend with over a thousand Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals?
And how could he possibly stand against the Chaos Demon Ape at the early stage of Hunyuan Wuji?
In fact, the Chaos Demon Ape had been fighting to improve, collecting the origins of over a hundred types of Chaos Demon Gods, and had long since cultivated from the early to the peak of the mid-stage of Hunyuan Wuji.
This strength was far beyond what Hongjun could contend with.
Back then, Hongjun and many weak demons with only Hunyuan Golden Immortal cultivation had gathered together...
The Bright Demon God Mu Chenguang, a demon at the peak of half-step Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, was torn apart on the spot by the Chaos Demon Ape! His Bright Origin was seized!
Hongjun immediately fled.
Fortunately, the Chaos Demon Ape went after other weak demons, allowing Hongjun to escape with his life.
The Chaos Demon Ape did not pursue.
However, Hongjun, like a startled bird, fled in the vast chaos and, unconsciously, stumbled into a palace.
Hongjun looked up. This palace was named Pijian Hall, but in the blink of an eye, the palace transformed into a kingdom.
The kingdom was named Pijian Kingdom!
Inside the kingdom, people came and went. Hongjun was horrified to discover that every single one of the million-plus population of Pijian Kingdom had a strength far surpassing that of the Chaos Demon Ape...
"Late stage of Hunyuan Wuji? Peak of Hunyuan Wuji?"
"No... is this the legendary Half-step Great Dao realm?"
"No... no... this should be the Great Dao Saint realm!"
"No... the Great Dao Saint realm, in the eyes of these people before me, is less than an ant..."
Before Hongjun.
Were a few children from Pijian Kingdom.
They were playing, frolicking, chasing each other.
Yet, Hongjun saw within them terrifying power!
That was energy far surpassing the Great Dao Saint realm, capable of killing countless Great Dao Saints with a flick of a finger...
A little girl saw Hongjun and seemed to want to play with him.
She threw a leaf towards him.
This tiny leaf, plucked from a tree, appeared to Hongjun to be far heavier than countless universes as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges River...
This was a leaf with gravity that was terrifying to the extreme...
Under this leaf, at least tens of thousands of Great Dao Saints, exerting their strength together, would be needed to move it off their bodies...
The gravity was terrifying to the extreme, so powerful...
"No..."
Hongjun had just felt a death crisis far more profound than being chased by the Chaos Demon Ape...
What was the body of a Chaos Demon God? In front of this leaf, it was nothing but a joke... for if this leaf fell, even the entire chaos would be instantly destroyed...
But at this moment, an adult in guard's attire caught the leaf.
He first shook his head and said to the little girl, "Li, don't play such jokes with outsiders. You'll get him killed."
"How can a Hunyuan Golden Immortal withstand the might of your leaf..."
The little girl named "Li" said with a hint of grievance, "Ah! Is that so... did I do something wrong?"
"Outsiders are too fragile. I only threw a mere leaf, and yet..."
The little girl, who was the culprit that put Hongjun in mortal danger, seemed on the verge of tears with grievance.
The guard could only smile wryly, dismiss the little girl, and then say to Hongjun, "Outsider, the King wishes to see you. Come with me."
Although Hongjun could not sense the guard's strength, even with his mind, he could tell that this person's strength was definitely far beyond that of the little girl.
A leaf casually taken by the little girl possessed the gravity of countless universes as numerous as grains of sand in the Ganges River. It was unimaginable how strong the little girl "Li" herself was...
And this guard... in any case, Hongjun could not afford to offend him. In this Pijian Kingdom, even the strongest demon god in the entire chaos, Pangu, was far inferior to the children here!
Hongjun, one of the weakest demon gods, dared not act presumptuously here.
Hongjun was led by the guard into the royal palace. In the royal palace of Pijian Kingdom, he met a king.
The King of Pijian had a three-foot-long head and looked at Hongjun with a familiar gaze.
"Hongjun, you've come again."
The King of Pijian looked at Hongjun, seeing his Chaos Earthworm body clearly.
He continued, "As agreed, I will refine your Chaos Earthworm body and transform it into the foundation of an Immortal Dao Demon God."
"An Immortal Dao Demon God achieves enlightenment through the Great Dao Law of Immortality, possessing the Origin of Immortality, which ranks among the top ten of the Three Thousand Great Daos."
"Only by accepting the refinement can you become a Dao Ancestor..."
Hongjun was delighted by what the King of Pijian said, but he did not understand what a Dao Ancestor was.
Hongjun, being a Chaos Demon God, naturally would not believe in a windfall. Even if there were benefits, he would need to understand clearly before accepting.
Therefore, he did not accept the refinement directly. Instead, he bowed and said, "Senior, may I ask who you are..."
The King of Pijian seemed to have expected this question and smiled, "I am the King of Pijian Kingdom. Of course, if you find the name Pijian too difficult to pronounce, you can also call me - King Longtou!"
King Longtou!
Hongjun looked at the King of Pijian and truly felt that this title was very fitting. In a normal human form, with a three-foot-long head, what else could it be but Longtou (Long Head)?
Since he was a king, adding the word "King" was also reasonable. Calling him King Longtou was clearly more appropriate.
"May I ask, Your Majesty, what is your cultivation?"
As a seeker of the Dao, Hongjun's first question was this.
King Longtou pondered for a moment and said, "Great Dao Saint."
Hongjun showed infinite shock and opened his mouth to ask.
King Longtou, having foreseen this, spoke the next sentence.
"But I am not comparable to a newly promoted Great Dao Saint. I have already passed through trillions of immeasurable kalpas."
"Compared to ordinary Great Dao Saints who have not passed through a single immeasurable kalpa, I am an ancient Great Dao Saint, also known as a - Ancient Saint!"
Ancient Saint!
A cultivator who had delved extremely, extremely deep into the Great Dao Saint realm!
To distinguish themselves from ordinary Great Dao Saints who had not passed through a single immeasurable kalpa...
They called themselves Ancient Saints...
The guard who had brought Hongjun earlier suddenly spoke, "Your Majesty, born with Pangu in the first era, not to die with Pangu in the trillionth era."