"The Great Dao has three thousand paths, exactly three thousand." Upon hearing this, Tongtian believed Wang Han's words. He then asked the last question that had been lingering in his mind. "Senior, why did the Great God Pangu create the primordial world? And why did he feign death after creating it?"
"Because he wanted to go further, and he chose to take a quick shortcut." Wang Han said with emotion after hearing Tongtian's words. "Below the level of a sage, all are ants, but to the Great Dao Sage, even the Heavenly Dao Sage is just an ant, and the Great Dao Sage is not the pinnacle either. You should know how terrifying the Great Dao is from the fact that my self-destruction was stopped by the Great Dao!"
"If you want to surpass the Great Dao Saints, you must create your own world!" Tongtian asked doubtfully.
“No.” Upon hearing this, Wang Han shook his head. “Opening up the world is merely a shortcut, a method, a path, not the goal.”
"Then what is the purpose?" Tongtian asked.
“You haven’t even reached the level of a Great Dao Saint yet, so it’s too early to talk about this.” Upon hearing this, Wang Han shook his head. “This path is very, very long, so long that even Pangu had to risk taking shortcuts. Knowing this now would only harm you, and might even drive you to despair.”
“However!” Wang Han changed the subject, saying, “The death of Pangu and the destruction of the Heavenly Dao are not without their benefits. At least his demise has opened up a path to a higher realm for you, so you won’t be in despair right now.”
"Please enlighten me, senior." Upon hearing this, Tongtian, though understanding that Wang Han roughly meant they had broken free from the control of the Heavenly Dao Pangu, still asked Wang Han. Tongtian wasn't certain that he had guessed correctly or completely.
"The Primordial Purple Qi that enabled you to become saints has been tampered with, and it's double-insured," Wang Han said with a smile. "Hongjun left something in the Primordial Purple Qi, and so did Pangu of the Heavenly Dao. Not only can it control you at crucial moments, but it also closes the window for you to transcend the Heavenly Dao. Even if you discover what Hongjun left behind and remove it, you won't discover what Pangu left behind. Even if you discover the mark left by Pangu, you won't know that they are actually the same person. Under their calculations, you are still in their trap. Even your sainthood is within their calculations; the method isn't even very orthodox, and even the merits are given to you by the Heavenly Dao."
"..." Upon hearing this, Tongtian was stunned. A thousand divine beasts surged within him, trampling his heart in circles.
"Hahaha! I was just kidding, don't believe me! Let's talk about how to deal with the current chaotic situation in the prehistoric world!" Seeing Tongtian's stunned expression, Wang Han laughed heartily, appearing carefree. But Wang Han's laughter and words only made Tongtian more uncertain, and he became even more convinced of Wang Han's words. After all, he couldn't find any loopholes or falsehoods in Wang Han's words. Listening to Wang Han's words, he actually discovered many problems he had previously faced.
He had some bad suspicions before, but after hearing Wang Han's explanation, he realized the situation was a thousand times worse than he had guessed. He even stopped asking any questions that still lingered in his mind.
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On the other side, at the mouth of the canyon, the fire that started at the first wooden wall has gradually subsided.
As the fire subsided, the ant swarm launched another attack. The jet-black ant swarm, like a black tide, overwhelmed the now-shrinking fire, stepped over the corpses of their comrades, crossed the burning flames, and rushed to the second wooden wall.
On the second wooden wall, under Wang Han's command, the humans launched another ambush, using the same tactics: burning wooden stakes and roots were hurled from behind the wall by catapults, constantly crashing into the ant demon swarm. The ant demons began to sabotage and climb, and the second wooden wall was also set ablaze. On the wall, the human men kept pushing logs down, while behind the wall, the women were constantly attaching prepared logs to the vines hanging from the wall, allowing the men to pull the logs up.
The difference was that in the more than 200-meter gap between the first and second wooden walls, most of the area was covered with nearly two-meter-high wooden stakes, tree roots, and tree trunks. After the catapults dropped burning stakes and tree roots, they gradually caught fire. This section had slowly turned into a sea of fire.
Wang Han knew very well that to deal with these ant demons and overcome this calamity, it wasn't enough to simply stop the ant demon swarm from advancing or to repel them; rather, it was necessary to lead the human race to eliminate them as much as possible.
At the very least, it makes the humans look like the ant-demon swarm they've wiped out.
As the fire at the second wooden wall grew ever stronger, the ant demon swarm's attack was forced to halt once more. Moreover, due to the sea of fire in front of the wooden wall, the ant demon swarm suffered even heavier casualties this time.
As the ant swarm stopped again, behind them, giant ants, each over five meters long and two meters tall, crawled out and lined up in front of the ant demons. These were the soldier ants of the ant swarm; they were larger and more destructive.
"These ant demons still have some brains! Remember, alert! Notify them to retreat!" Seeing the ant demon soldiers approaching the front of the ant demon swarm, Wang Han immediately gave the order and took the lead in removing the second wooden wall. Following Wang Han's command and action, the humans on and behind the second wooden wall also retreated from it.
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In the sky, after Wang Han left, Tongtian's four direct disciples came back to their senses from the illusion, completely unaware that they had just been in an illusion.
"Jinling, Guiling, and Wudang, you three, return to Biyou Palace immediately and summon all disciples from both the inner and outer sects to Buzhou Mountain to help the human race eradicate the ant demon swarm." Seeing that his four disciples had come to their senses, Tongtian gave the order.
"Yes, Master!" Upon hearing this, the Golden Spirit Mother, the Wudang Mother, and the Turtle Spirit Mother, who had long wanted to help the human race, immediately accepted the order and turned into a beam of light, flying towards the East Sea.
"Master, although this ant demon swarm exceeds a million in number, is it really necessary for all of our fellow disciples to come?" After the three members of the Golden Spirit Holy Mother's swarm left, Daoist Duobao asked in confusion. Although the ant demon swarm was large in number, most of them were very ordinary ant demons, not even comparable to newly formed demons, so there was no need for tens of thousands of immortals from Biyou Palace to come.
"Eliminating the ant demons is not the goal," Tongtian said with a smile upon hearing this.
"Master, do you mean we should help the human race?" Upon hearing this, Duobao immediately understood.
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Tongtian nodded without explaining anything. His conversation and plans with Wang Han were not suitable for his disciples to know at this time.
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