Chapter 865: Change of Position, five great divine punishments

"Then how can you be sure Pangu didn't scavenge all those treasures clean?"

Jiang Yi asked, his brow furrowing as he spoke.

Lao Dan gave him a sidelong glance and said, "Pangu is not that kind of person. He was the one who revealed the location of the Dao-less Deep Domain."

Jiang Yi remained skeptical.

Zhao Xuanyuan was lost in thought.

Dao Supreme spoke up, "Laozi, Sect Master Tongtian, and the Primordial Heavenly Venerate were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit. It's only natural for Pangu to look after them."

Lao Dan tilted his head up proudly, wearing a face that practically begged them to compliment him.

"By the way, there won't be any danger in the Dao-less Deep Domain, right?" Jiang Yi suddenly asked.

Dao Supreme and Zhao Xuanyuan immediately looked at Lao Dan.

Lao Dan instantly deflated.

Thinking back on his experiences over the years, he couldn't help but shudder.

It couldn't be… No way!

Absolutely impossible!

How could one be so unlucky?

Lao Dan turned to look at the trio of Dao Supreme, his gaze deep and eerie.

The three felt uncomfortable under his stare and looked away one after another… Above the infinite sky, layers of clouds stretched out like a sea.

Daoist in the Divine Robe landed on a circular stone platform. Dozens of other Great Dao Spirits were already there, conversing among themselves.

"Has the Head of the Gods really changed?"

"I'm not sure."

"Who is this Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable?"

"I've heard of him. He's said to be an ancient existence who has survived since the era of the Demon Gods."

"The era of the Demon Gods… then he truly is extraordinary…"

"Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable once offended the Head of the Gods and was punished by being sent to the lowest level of Chaos to suppress the Ultimate Evil Vengeful Spirits. I didn't expect him to fight his way back."

The Great Dao Spirits were engaged in heated discussion, but Daoist in the Divine Robe did not participate.

He knew well that the more one speaks, the more mistakes one makes.

It was better to watch and wait. In any case, he had long since betrayed the Great Dao Spirits.

At that moment, Order Holy Mother's head emerged from below. Larger than a mountain, she rose rapidly, looking down upon all the Great Dao Spirits.

The Great Dao Spirits immediately bowed to her.

Order Holy Mother said nothing, simply waiting in front of the stone platform.

After a long time.

A beam of black light descended from the sky and landed on the stone platform, and Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable slowly stepped out.

His black hair remained disheveled, and the bloodstains on his black armor were still there, as if they could never be washed away.

That terrifying Killing Intent startled the spirits into retreating together, and the atmosphere became incredibly grim.

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable scanned all the spirits and asked, "Who else hasn't arrived?"

The Great Dao Spirits looked at each other, not daring to answer.

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable smiled. "It's fine. I will find out. All those who did not come today shall die."

The Great Dao Spirits were as silent as cicadas in winter.

"Holy Mother, it's been a long time. I didn't expect you to still be around," Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable looked at Order Holy Mother and smiled, though his smile was sinister and cold.

Order Holy Mother replied indifferently, "I also didn't expect you to still be around."

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable said with a half-smile, "Order Holy Mother, you claim to represent order, yet you often act for the sake of so-called sentiment, repeatedly violating order. This counts as a serious dereliction of duty. However, as the new Head of the Gods, I shall let bygones be bygones."

Order Holy Mother remained silent.

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable scanned all the Great Dao Spirits and declared, "From this day forth, Chaos shall begin a new chapter. Past bad habits must not remain. I want Chaos to prosper, not to be deathly still like it is today. You all know well that the reason Chaos is in this state is because of your actions. You fear the rise of younger generations; you fear being replaced."

"However, this is a grave mistake!"

"I require each of you to lead the development of at least a hundred worlds. Each world must produce a Great Dao Sage. This must not include worlds you have already created. If you have already opened a world, it must be destroyed. If you are unwilling, I will personally step in and destroy both the world and its master!"

The Great Dao Spirits were in an uproar, but not a single one dared to resist.

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable continued, "The legends regarding the Primordial Chaos Demon God are nothing but fabrications. 'Primordial Chaos' was merely a hypothesis. I have lived far longer than you can imagine, yet I have never seen Primordial Chaos with my own eyes, let alone a Primordial Chaos Demon God. It was merely an excuse used by the Primal Ancestor God to eliminate the Chaos Demon Gods. In the future, there is no need to investigate the Primordial Chaos Demon God anymore. If a new Chaos Demon God is born, do not make things difficult for them. The tasks I have assigned you have no deadline for now, but I will check at any time. Once I begin checking, there will be no room for sentiment."

"The Primal Ancestor God is dead. If you wish to follow in his footsteps, I will not refuse."

Primal Ancestor God!

The Great Dao Spirits looked at each other; this was the first time they had heard the name of the Head of the Gods.

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable flicked his sleeve and turned around, saying, "Go and implement this. I will divide the Great Dao Spirits into three ranks. The first rank is the highest, equivalent to Order Holy Mother's level. The power and rules they wield will also surpass other Great Dao Spirits. This is your Opportunity. I am personally reshuffling the deck; who becomes a High God and who becomes a Low God depends entirely on your efforts."

As his voice fell, Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable vanished.

The Great Dao Spirits breathed a sigh of relief. They instinctively turned to look at Order Holy Mother, but she had already disappeared at some unknown point.

The spirits immediately departed.

Only after leaving this Domain did they dare to converse with one another.

Daoist in the Divine Robe left alone; he wanted to report this news to Han Jue… Beneath a deep purple starry sky, a continent floated quietly.

Han Tuo, Yi Tian, and three other Great Dao Spirits were sitting in their respective areas, cultivating.

The starry sky suddenly tore open a massive rift, and an eye revealed itself, millions of times larger than the continent.

The five new Great Dao Spirits snapped their heads up. Seeing that eye, they stood up in fright.

Being stared at by this eye made their spines tingle and their entire bodies feel ill at ease.

"The Primal Ancestor God has been killed by me. I am Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable, and from this day forth, I am the new Head of the Gods. The five of you will follow me from now on and serve as the five great divine punishments, specifically tasked with supervising the Great Dao Spirits."

Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable's voice drifted down lightly, yet it caused the expressions of the five to change drastically.

Although they didn't know who the Primal Ancestor God was, they understood his meaning.

The previous Head of the Gods was dead!

How was that possible!

Han Tuo was the most shocked.

Could it be Father's arrangement?

But this voice sounded very unfamiliar?

It couldn't be such a coincidence, could it? He had just asked his father for help for several hundred thousand years, and now the position of the Head of the Gods had changed hands?

Han Tuo didn't dare think too much, let alone speak of it to others.

The rift in the starry sky then vanished, Supreme Punishment Divine Venerable's eye disappeared, and everything returned to how it was.

Han Tuo and the other four immediately met. They began to talk, all of them shocked, even speculating if it might be a ruse… Inside the Daoist temple.

Han Jue opened his eyes, signifying that another hundred thousand years had passed.

He stood up and teleported directly to the Main Dao Field, then jumped into the Qiankun Hall.

Only Venerable Xuandu was in the hall. Seeing Han Jue appear, Venerable Xuandu immediately summoned the Sages.

"Heavenly Sage, there has been a great upheaval in Chaos, which is why I have disturbed you," Venerable Xuandu said in a low voice.

Changing from 'Fellow Daoist Han' to 'Heavenly Sage', the relationship between the two had clearly shifted.

It felt a bit like a superior and subordinate.

Han Jue didn't feel uncomfortable; instead, he felt a secret sense of satisfaction.

A wise man submits to the circumstances!

Han Jue said, "Let's wait until all the Sages have arrived before we talk."

Soon, the Sages arrived one after another. Foolish Sword Divine Saint, Hong Yuan, Void Soul Great Sage, and Sage Zhenwu Buddha also came. Several hundred thousand years had passed, and they had already created heavenly dao merit and fused with the fortune of the Heavenly Dao. They could barely manage to reach this place outside the Thirty-Third Heaven, but they still couldn't enter the Thirteenth Heaven, nor could they even create a Clone to enter the Heavenly Dao. This was the Heavenly Dao's self-protection capability.