The Ancient Sage called himself the Awakened, and referred to the beings buried in endless cycles of reincarnation as the Fallen.
Jin Bifeng was an Awakened. In the land of "Nothingness," he would remain eternally awake, looking down upon the reincarnation of all beings, the script of the Great Desolation, its plot, and Pangu's creation of the world…
The Sanxiao, Yuanfeng, and Five Elements Demon Gods before him were, in essence, the fruition of Jin Bifeng's own Dao, the derivation of his own power, no longer the person he once was.
These Dao companions were, in truth, Jin Bifeng himself.
Jin Bifeng would rather deceive himself than venture into the nascent Chaos to find the truly existing Five Elements Demon Gods and use them as substitutes.
Jin Bifeng, using the fruition of his own Dao, conjured endless life, restoring the scene from the end of the previous Chaos Era, before it was swept away by the immeasurable tribulation…
He treated himself as a substitute, creating a self-contained cycle.
…
The Ancient Sage Jin Bifeng, within the Chaos he had carved out, gazed upon another Chaos.
Without Pangu, the plot had transformed into hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods joining forces to create the world.
In this Chaos Era, the Great Desolation world was formed by the combined efforts of hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods.
This Chaos Era still saw the tribulation of ferocious beasts, with the Chaos Demon God Shenni, at the peak of his Hunyuan Wuji strength, confronting numerous other Chaos Demon Gods.
The Phoenix Demon God, the Dragon Demon God, and the Qilin Demon God, three Chaos Demon Gods, allied with Dao Ancestor Hongjun, Luohu, and other Demon Gods to slay Shenni.
Though the plot of the Great Desolation was distorted, it still managed to echo similar events.
The Wind Demon God, the Dragon Demon God, and the Qilin Demon God were the overlords of the ancient Three Clans era, experts at the Hunyuan Wuji realm.
In the ancient Three Clans era, Hunyuan Golden Immortals were commonplace, and even half-step Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals were not rare, far surpassing the Chaos Era where Fang Ming resided. The ancient era had at least a gap of ten thousand times.
Dao Ancestor Hongjun still cultivated to the peak of the Heavenly Dao, suppressing the three Chaos Demon Gods and other Chaos Demon Gods, ushering in the Witch-Demon Era.
Once all Chaos Demon Gods were suppressed, it was the turn of the Witch and Demon tribes, as innate divine beings, to rise to dominance. The plot had returned to its origin.
The Investiture of the Gods, Journey to the West, the Age of Dharma Decline.
Jin Bifeng again witnessed, in the Age of Dharma Decline, many Chaos Demon Gods, whom Hongjun mistakenly believed to have perished, leaving behind numerous contingency plans. Shenni returned from the dead, Luohu returned from the dead, and the Qingyun Demon God returned from the dead.
The Qingyun Demon God ultimately slew all other Demon Gods, severed Dao Ancestor Hongjun, seized Pangu's Dao fruit, annihilated all sentient beings, and achieved the status of Great Dao Sage.
When the Qingyun Demon God achieved the status of Great Dao Sage.
Jin Bifeng and he, two Great Dao Sages in two different Chaos, gazed at each other, aware of each other's existence.
"This, is the entirety of the plot of 'The Great Desolation: Second Generation Sect Master of the Jie Sect,' this Great Desolation genre novel…"
In the study.
Hongjun read this Great Desolation novel and fell into deep thought.
"So, to achieve the Great Dao Sage, one needs to gather the three thousand Great Dao laws and the origins of the three thousand Chaos Demon Gods."
"One needs to annihilate all sentient beings, annihilate all Demon Gods, and only one person achieves the Dao?"
"This Jin Bifeng, he still values emotions too much. For the sake of seeking the Great Dao, what cannot be discarded? This old man would not be like him."
"What are Dao companions? For the sake of seeking the Great Dao, this old man can slay them without shedding a single tear, without the slightest emotion, and take their Demon God origins. This Jin Bifeng, out of worry for such things, delayed for billions of years before achieving the Great Dao Sage."
"This person's mindset, this old man finds it to be like that of a mortal, and does not hold him in high regard."
Hongjun thought to himself.
This book contained much sorrow. The Ancient Sage Jin Bifeng seemed to have integrated his own tragic experiences into this book, hoping to gain recognition from others.
But Hongjun felt that the Ancient Sage Jin Bifeng was merely indulging in self-pity. He had too many fortuitous encounters and his path was too smooth, allowing him to become a Great Dao Sage. In terms of character, he was far inferior to Hongjun.
Looking down upon the Chaos Era, from a position of supreme authority, watching countless creations of Pangu – was this not the ultimate enjoyment? Why did it seem like eternal torment?
Still a mortal's mindset, not that of an immortal, a god, or a Chaos Demon God!
"How are all these Ancient Sages from that Earth? What deep mysteries does that Earth hold, that it can produce so many transmigrators?"
"And all these transmigrators have succeeded in the Great Desolation world and become Ancient Sages?"
Whether it was Tun Tian Daojun, Wei Yayun, or Jin Bifeng, all were transmigrators from Earth, and all were capable of dominating a Chaos Era and achieving Ancient Sage status.
What kind of talents were these transmigrators, to be able to suppress countless beings in the myriad worlds of Chaos and become Great Dao Sages?
Was their talent truly that terrifying?
Could everyone on Earth, upon transmigrating to the Great Desolation world, become invincible? Possess unparalleled talent?
This was unreasonable!
Hongjun strongly suspected that there must be a deeper reason behind this!
Tun Tian Daojun and Wei Ya Yun both possessed a seeker's mentality, ruthless and unfeeling. They cultivated to become Great Dao Sages, exterminating all sentient beings, without a trace of regret.
This pursuit of the Great Dao, regardless of the cost, was a mindset that Hongjun approved of.
But Jin Bifeng's emphasis on emotions, Hongjun felt, was like that of a mortal, someone who had not yet seen through everything. He did not understand how such a mortal mindset could lead to the achievement of a Great Dao Sage.
"I feel his personality seems to be fixed, stuck in the experiences of those decades on Earth."
"A person's personality cannot remain unchanged. Decades of experience are negligible compared to billions of years of cultivation."
"Logically speaking, the memories of billions of years should form the main body of memory."
"But I see that Jin Bifeng takes the decades of experience on Earth as his primary memory."
"Within this, there might be another deep secret of the transmigrators."
Hongjun picked up another Great Desolation novel.
"The Great Desolation: Legend of Qingyun"
It told the story of a mortal who transmigrated from Earth to the Great Desolation world and possessed the Qingyun Demon God.
The Qingyun Demon God was cultivating to the Hunyuan Wuji realm, intending to seize the origins of numerous Chaos Demon Gods and fight fiercely in all directions.
Suddenly, Ancient Sage Jin Bifeng descended. His aura leaked out, killing over two thousand Chaos Demon Gods, and incidentally, Pangu.
The Qingyun Demon God was stunned on the spot.
Was the world he transmigrated into a world altered by transmigrators?
In the Chaos Era, the plot was drastically changed. Pangu was annihilated by an ancient Great Dao Sage in a single move. How could he, a transmigrator, possibly survive in such a world!
With a sense of powerlessness and a desire to complain, the Qingyun Demon God was relieved that Jin Bifeng had disappeared, its whereabouts unknown.
Without Pangu, how could the Great Desolation world be created?
The Qingyun Demon God devised a plan. Without Pangu, could hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods not join forces to create the world?
He acted immediately. Through various means, the Qingyun Demon God finally persuaded hundreds of Chaos Demon Gods to jointly create the world…