"Eirin, didn't you say..."
Kaguya Houraisan silently looked at the sky, then subtly turned her gaze back to the master in front of her.
Then, she noticed that her master was now staring in shock at an unknown distant place.
"How is that possible? Takamagahara should have been shattered in the War of the Gods!"
"How can it be reappearing and evolving now?"
"Master, is there anything strange about Takamagahara reappearing?"
Kaguya Houraisan was slightly confused; that place was, at most, a Divine Kingdom, right?
Didn't her 'Father' also establish his own Divine Kingdom on the Moon Capital?
No matter how impressive Takamagahara was, it was just a stronger and larger Divine Kingdom. Was it worth being so shocked?
"You are mistaken, Princess."
Eirin Yagokoro shook her head, refuting, "The rumor that Takamagahara is just a Divine Kingdom was merely a smokescreen released by the gods back then."
"Its true form is the symbol of the world's origin. As long as one truly controls it, its wielder will be the master of the world, the embodiment of destiny, holding the power of life and death over all gods!"
In the Primordial World, this thing was the Jade Disc of Creation; in D&D, it was the Tablet of Destiny!
At this moment.
In Eirin Yagokoro's eyes, a heavenly wasteland woven from countless rules was slowly taking shape.
On this wasteland, the rules of the world were constantly being woven, and even the slightest change would cause a great upheaval in the world.
All the Dao and principles of the world intertwined within it.
The endless mysteries of the world evolved upon it.
This was Takamagahara, the source that once triggered the Great War of the Gods.
Its fragmentation directly led to the end of the Age of Gods!
And now, under the will of an incomparably great existence, it was re-gathering and condensing.
Finally.
It transformed into a 'Book' in the palm of this existence—the Book of Heavenly Principles!
Takamagahara was merely the perception of the old gods, so this symbol of the world's origin transformed into the Heavenly Wasteland.
But now, in Hermes's eyes, it recorded all the principles of the world, so it naturally took the form of a book.
The next moment.
This Book of Heavenly Principles, in Hermes's hand, immediately began to gather all the orthodox laws of the world—
In other words, without the recognition of the Book of Heavenly Principles, one would be an illegitimate wild god, an illicit cult!
Then, a magnificent, majestic voice, like the origin of heaven and earth, the beginning of the Great Dao, resounded throughout the world.
"The righteous law of explaining heaven begins with me."
"I, the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, today, the heavenly count is set, and I shall confer titles upon the orthodox powers of the heavens."
"Heaven, Earth, Man, God, Ghost, shall, according to the severity of their tribulation and the hierarchy of their status, receive starlight and become the Star Lords of the heavens."
"This is the law of heaven and earth, the orthodoxy of heavenly destiny."
Hermes's thought entered the origin of heaven and earth, taking the position of the Primordial Great Dao in this realm, proclaiming himself the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, which was not inappropriate.
As for being assimilated by other Primordials in the myriad worlds, such as the Primordial Heavenly Venerate of the Primordial World?
There's no need to worry needlessly!
The Primordial position is inherently there.
As long as someone in this heaven and earth occupies the name of Primordial, performs the deeds of Primordial, and holds the Dao of Primordial, then he is the undeniable Primordial!
Because the Dao of Primordial is inherently a corner of the composition of heaven and earth. If a Primordial from one heaven and earth were to question a Primordial from another heaven and earth, wouldn't that be questioning the very foundation of their own existence?
For Hermes, as long as he was not completely tainted by the Dao of Primordial, and merely regarded the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate as one of his identities, then it would be harmless regardless.
The new master of the world issued an edict from above the high heavens with a majestic Daoist voice.
His voice penetrated the deepest parts of the hearts of all sentient beings with intellect in the entire world.
Those who followed this Dao would be the legitimate orthodoxy of the new era.
Those who did not would be wild shrines and illicit cults, illegal existences in the eyes of the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, requiring focused suppression!
Words are law.
In this realm, Hermes transformed into the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, wielding the Primordial of the Great Dao.
He expounded the heavens and narrated the Dao, becoming the source of law and the supreme Heavenly Principle.
The voice of the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate spread throughout the entire world.
Every intelligent being in the world became aware of the birth of a new set of rules and order.
It was a vast and mighty tide of the era, where those who followed prospered and those who defied perished.
Although the words were brief, anyone with a bit of wit could generally grasp their meaning.
The words of the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate were openly and righteeously proclaimed.
Only by walking the path he set, adhering to his laws, and treading the legal system he established would they be recognized as his people!
If they refused, they would be unregistered citizens!
Unregistered citizens had no protection from the Heavenly Principles; if they were killed, they were dead, unable to even guarantee their most basic right to survival.
If they slightly defied the Heavenly Principles, they would immediately be branded as evil demons and heretics, to be universally condemned and executed!
In this world, which converged various worlds of anime and manga yokai, ordinary people were like weeds.
In the wilderness, very few villages could truly survive for 50 years. Even bandits and greedy nobles dared not come here to exploit and plunder.
Because they simply didn't know when a yokai might break through these small villages.
Even those once high-and-mighty city lords and nobles lived in constant fear.
Because any slight action of oppressing the common people would immediately accumulate resentment, continuously attracting yokai... For example, in the human capital of Kyoto in this era, this small city attracted and gathered two giants, Nue and Hagoromo Gitsune, who were extremely close to being Yokai Kings.
The small Kyoto could be said to have both dragons and phoenixes gathered.
Some miko and onmyoji who knew the details couldn't help but smile bitterly.
What virtues and abilities did they possess?
If even Kyoto, the most prosperous human city, was like this, how could one expect the conditions in other cities and villages to be any better?
Therefore.
Immediately, upon hearing the establishment of the Heavenly Law, people instantly clutched at it like a last straw.
They immediately began to pray with concentration, following the information that appeared in their minds, desperately trying to gather a wisp of good will to draw in the starlight from above the heavens.
To become a Star Lord who would defend the orthodox principles of heaven and earth for the Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate!
Not only humans were praying frantically; gentle mountain spirits, intelligent phantoms who retained their consciousness after death, yokai weary of constant slaughter... even many great yokai who already stood at the pinnacle were excited at this moment.
Because even great yokai keenly sensed the aura of an extremely dangerous killing tribulation—
It was a world-shattering slaughter that would draw all great yokai and Yokai Kings into it, solely to determine the sole ascending Yokai Emperor through a brutal, gu-like struggle!
Of course, while some sincerely revered the Supreme Primordial Great Heavenly Venerate, others scoffed at it.
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