"His hope of success is greater than ours?” That powerful consciousness spoke softly, "This is the difference between you and me. Your strength surpasses mine and you've perfected your self-created Dao, getting a glimpse of the path ahead. Yet you still seek other routes.0

"I admit this Wu Yuan is impressive, as are the other Primordium-born you've chosen. Perhaps even more monstrous prodigies will emerge in the future... and maybe they truly can blaze a trail.2

"But I never place my hopes in others. I believe only in myself!" An unshakable conviction resonated from that mighty consciousness.0

It was an eternal will, forged through countless samsara cycles of heaven and earth since the origin of all things. Supreme and peerless!0

"Big Brother, our paths differ," Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu's voice remained gentle. "Just as Goddess Nüwa sacrificed her own path to seek the way forward. Even knowing failure was certain, she still went.0

"Our paths diverge. We cannot move forth together.0

“Wu Yuan is but one of the many fruits of my labor," Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu said lightly.1

That powerful consciousness fell silent.0

At their level, there was no right or wrong – only...0