Many throughout the myriad realms sought to become the humans spoken of by Great God Houtu, yearning for her guidance and passage into the Primordial World.
Upon crossing over, their starting point would be that of a True Immortal, capable of destroying and creating countless universes.
However, this hope was rather slim.
Simultaneously, many were astounded by Great God Houtu's division of humans and demons.
"To follow the Mandate of Heaven, to abide by the laws of nature, to hold the instinct of survival of the fittest as your dao, is to be a demon! To strive for self-improvement, to be virtuous and carry all things, is to be a human! Whether one is a human or a demon is not determined by form, but by heart!"
"Good heavens! According to Great God Houtu, wouldn't all the cultivators in our world be considered demons?"
"Damn! My mind is blown! My worldview has been shattered!"
"All this time, I thought I was human, but now, after listening to Houtu, I'm a demon! My faith is broken!"
"At least you know if you're a human or a demon. Now, according to Houtu, I agree with both human and demonic principles, being between a human and a demon. Doesn't that make me a human-demon?"
"This is simply how Great God Houtu divides humans and demons in the Brilliant Saintly World."
"I doubt that. Great God Houtu said that this war will engulf all heavens, all epochs, all infinite time, all planes, it is the ultimate battle, and all sentient beings cannot avoid it, they must choose sides."
"I admit Great God Houtu is very powerful, she is among the top existences in the myriad realms. But saying that this war is the ultimate battle, that it will affect all times, all planes, all dimensions, is absolutely nonsense. I don't believe the Brilliant Saintly World has that much power."
In an instant, Houtu's words caused a stir throughout the myriad realms.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
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The Primordial World.
Purple Cloud Palace.
"To follow the Mandate of Heaven, to submit to the order and laws of heaven and earth, to hold the instinct of survival of the fittest as your dao, is to be a demon!"
"Then wouldn't we all be considered demons?"
Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, and other Primordial powerhouses were all dumbfounded.
They didn't expect to be considered demons in the Brilliant Saintly World?
How could this be?
Wouldn't this lower their status?
How could they be associated with the likes of Di Jun and Tai Yi?
Nüwa also had a gloomy expression. She had created humans from clay, and attained sainthood through merit.
However, in the Brilliant Saintly World, humans were not limited to the human race.
It was a belief in human principles and faith that defined a human.
Seeing this, Nüwa was speechless, unable to believe it.
As for the demon emperor Di Jun and the Eastern Emperor Tai Yi, they were even less willing to accept Houtu's words about the demons and witches in the Brilliant Saintly World.
Demons and humans could not be distinguished by faith, but by bloodline.
Although the demon bloodline wasn't as pure as the witch bloodline, it was still non-witch, non-human, and consisted of the combined races of the myriad races of the Primordial World.
However, Great God Houtu said, "To follow the Mandate of Heaven, to abide by the laws of nature, to hold the instinct of survival of the fittest as your dao, is to be a demon."
It seemed that neither he nor Tai Yi could be considered pure demons.
How could this be?
This ideology absolutely could not be spread in the Primordial World. Otherwise, it would shake the demon army's morale, and how could they fight the witch race in the future?
Mount Buzhou, Pangu Palace.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches and numerous other witches were all in an uproar.
"According to this, we witch race can't be considered true witches either."
"To be precise, we're considered demons."
"What kind of heresy is this, we absolutely don't agree!"
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The Journey to the West World.
Leopard Head Mountain, Tiger Mouth Cave.
"Then I'm a human?"
Huang Shi Jing said, looking at the sky screen.
He agreed completely with Great God Houtu's point of view.
Although he was a demon, he never ate humans.
He coexisted peacefully with humans, buying pork and mutton with silver, even paying extra when his money ran out.
It seemed he fit the human characteristics described by Great God Houtu.
Huang Shi Jing's eyes lit up. If he had the opportunity, he wanted to take his demon subordinates to the Brilliant Saintly World and become part of Houtu's witch race.
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The 遮天 World.
Mount Immortality.
"So, does that make this emperor a dog-poop demon emperor?"
Shi Huang laughed.
He never imagined that he, a saint who had attained the dao through enlightenment, would be called a demon in the Brilliant Saintly World.
Ancient Mine of the Beginning.
"This means this emperor is a human. Doesn't that make me the human emperor?"
Qilin Ancient Emperor muttered.
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The Genshin Impact World.
"So, does that mean the God of the Moon is a person?"
Paimon said.
"Heh, little guy, you can think of it that way."
"But I feel like you're insulting me, little guy."
Yaoyoi Miko smiled languidly.
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People in the myriad realms discussed and debated. Many agreed with Great God Houtu's perspective and hoped she would take those who believed in human principles to the Brilliant Saintly World.
However, many also disagreed with Houtu's viewpoint, finding this witch-demon division shocking and audacious.
But the next revelation made everyone in the myriad realms stop arguing.
["We may be witches, the most powerful weapons of destruction... But we love peace more than anyone else!"]
["However, on the path to transforming the world, to create a happy home, there will always be resistance... We must eliminate, destroy these obstacles!"]
["Our conflict with the demons isn't simply hatred and conflict."]
["But a divergence in ideology, a divergence in path, a struggle for the dao!"]
["Hatred can be resolved, but a struggle for the dao... There is no room for compromise!"]
["Similarly, in the battles to come, you must also pay attention to one point: do not kill indiscriminately, but actively assimilate your enemies, turn their thinking around, and make them join our ranks, to resist, to overthrow the demon race!"]
["Those who enter demonhood, become demons; those who enter humanity, become humans!"]
["Therefore, everyone, you need to spread the superior theory of humanity, and let more sentient beings become part of the human race!"]
["Educate the four directions, share the great unity. If anyone disobeys, we shall strike down for Heaven!"]
["In the long ages, we shall witness the rise of humanity!"]
["Houtu's speech finally came to an end with passionate applause."]
Everyone in the myriad realms listened to Houtu's speech, their blood boiling, their hearts surging.
Many in the myriad realms had begun to rethink their lives, feeling that Houtu's words were very reasonable, giving countless beings a chance to be redeemed.
At the same time, everyone was eager and shocked by the upcoming war between witches and demons.
Many thought the conflict between the witches and demons in the Primordial World was about vying for resources, about eliminating rivals.
However, they never imagined that the war between witches and demons was a struggle for the dao.
It was an inevitable war caused by differing ideologies.
"It seems I was superficial! This is the true high-end Primordial World! How can we low-dimensional creatures understand?"
"I don't believe it, isn't every world about survival of the fittest, isn't it all based on dark rules? How could the witches in the Brilliant Saintly World have such great ideals? To build a beautiful Primordial World? Impossible!"
"I think this is just Houtu's brainwashing for the numerous transmigrators, a way to find an excuse?"
"Let's wait and see, Great God Houtu will definitely reveal her true colors."
"Everyone, this is the high-end Primordial World, how can you judge it with your low-dimensional perspective?"
Everyone in the myriad realms split into two factions.
Some agreed with Houtu's speech, believing they wanted to transform the Primordial World, to create a beautiful world.
While others thought Houtu was just using deception, saying one thing and doing another.
These people firmly believed that no matter what world it was, it should be about survival of the fittest, only the strong could rule the weak.
Just as everyone in the myriad realms was arguing heatedly, the screen in the sky lit up again.
In an instant, everyone in the myriad realms tensed up, watching the sudden change.
["Feng Xi walked out of the palace, and saw the true Primordial World. He was stunned by what he saw."]
["A celestial palace appeared before his eyes, the sounds of the dao echoed, supreme and holy."]
["Jade stone paved the way, and jade stones covered the ground. Countless celestial palaces extended as far as the eye could see, grand and magnificent, vast and boundless!"]
["In the void, countless laws of the dao surged and died, outlining the shadows of the four spirits and myriad phenomena, surging and crossing through these celestial palaces."]
["Within these celestial palaces, countless celestial treasures and divine medicines grew freely."]
["Celestial peaches and fruits, each one like a golden elixir; verdant willows and green bamboos, each one as smooth as jade."]
["In the center of these celestial palaces, an endless celestial palace stood."]
["Surrounded by countless star rivers and waterfalls, vast and boundless, magnificent and endless!"]
["Within each star river, there are countless stars, each star is a great thousand world!"]
["Each great thousand world contains a boundless sea of worlds, each sea of worlds contains countless middle thousand worlds."]
["Beneath the middle thousand worlds, there are small thousand worlds, and each small thousand world contains countless universes. Each universe is the size of a normal single universe."]
["Above that celestial palace, the words Pangu Palace are inscribed with ancient divine script!"]
["Within the Pangu Palace, magnificent sounds reverberated, hearing them seemed to allow one to become a god instantly, transcending all, such as cause and effect, the dao of heaven, the great dao, fate, etc., all like illusory bubbles, fading away before they could be touched."]
Everyone in the myriad realms, in the endless great thousand planes, was astonished.
Everyone's minds felt like they had been hit by a billion attacks, their worldviews and perceptions shattered!
This boundless, infinite celestial palace was the Pangu Palace?!
It was too high-end, too stylish!
It was too holy, filling everyone in the myriad realms with infinite longing.
Especially the supreme celestial sounds emanating from the Pangu Palace, which captivated everyone in the myriad realms, making them feel at ease, as if they were transcending.
"This... this is the witch race's Pangu Palace? This is the true divine palace!"
"Damn! There's no comparison, no offense! Our Immortal Emperor's residence is like a pigsty compared to this!"
"Don't say it! It's all tears! Just looking at this Pangu Palace, I know the gap between our world and this high-end Primordial World. I won't dare call our world the high-dimensional world anymore."
"Honestly, our world's Purple Cloud Palace isn't as big as a brick from the Pangu Palace."
"嘶！ I can't imagine, the Pangu Palace is already this huge, it's already unimaginably vast. I can't imagine how big the whole Brilliant Saintly World is!"
"Yeah! This worldview is just too terrifying, too monstrous!"
"It's worthy of being the high-end Primordial World! This nested structure is really something!"
In an instant, everyone in the myriad realms went crazy, everyone was shocked and numb, their lips trembled, their souls were terrified.
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