Heaven Primordial Dao.

—

"W-wait, i-is t-that the H-heavenly D-Dao? B-but w-why is it d-different?"

"Oh no… It's the Heaven Primordial Dao! What happened? WHY IS HEAVEN UNFAIR AGAIN?!"

"No, no, no, no, no! The Sage Dao of Heaven is cruel once more! Why did the Dao decide to change its mind? I-I thought this world was more forgiving than our past! But apparently not! It's still the same!"

"Hihihihihi, in that case, I would rather die now and be reborn again. What's the point of having these new unique Spiritual Roots if, at the end of the day, the heavens strike me down just because I am a little bit special?"

"NO, HEAVEN! PLEASE, I BEG YOU, DAO! MY YAOGUAI RACE JUST WANTS TO LIVE! IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK FOR?!"

Sighing in his mind, knowing that this Heavenly Dao he created based on his previous expertise would affect him as well, Tian Xing would still make the same choice over and over again if asked to choose between sacrificing the entire prosperity of his people or his household family. Because of this, he could influence all known heavens with the illusion once again, making his Butterfly Echoes more powerful. It's not that power is inherently better, but because it makes all known heavens into a smaller pond so he can become the bigger fish within it.

Still, he also knows how cruel this AI or Heavenly Dao he created is. Because of this, unless necessary, he does not want to perform active Butterfly Echoes or Tian Ming Dao too often, lest he be discovered and struck down by his own creation and die because of it.

So, letting the fact that he created his own enemy sink in for a moment—the very embodiment of a selfish desire to not want to see everyone flourish—Tian Xing sighs and once again polishes his Dao Heart to remain firm and not fall into despair. At least because of this, his passive Tian Ming Dao, which has a feature that protects his beloved from lustful eyes, is usable once again due to the simple fact that it is in a smaller pond.

As for whether this AI or Heavenly Dao will get out of his control due to this multiverse's unique ability to grant anyone comprehension beyond belief, evolving them into something greater, Tian Xing takes a deep breath, not wanting anxiety and trepidation to sink in—especially now, as it is a good time to polish his Dao Heart yet again. Still, there are silver linings in all of this.

Because now he is a bigger fish in smaller ponds, with the ponds themselves owned by him, he understands the inner structure more clearly than anyone else. The Tian Ming or Predetermination calculation has become so simple that it hurts his feelings how idiotically simple it is.

But, because he doesn't want his Primordial Heavenly Dao to get out of his control, Tian Xing needs to act quickly to fix his soul body until he can wield the Golden Branch in a more sophisticated form and erase this AI, lest he be struck down by the true Heavenly Dao. 

Additionally, seeing that the true Heavenly Dao allows this simple program of his to run on its own, trampling the dignity of the true Tao without any motivation to erase it, Tian Xing realizes that this may also be part of this era's true tribulation, which is why the Two Doctors permit it.

The true tribulation that makes all creations become even better, rather than the one he created for a simple, selfish reason to kill someone slightly better, targets not only the perfect ones. So, activating the already existing Butterfly Echoes, which are now very, very powerful due to the smaller pond, Tian Xing orchestrates a series of coincidences so that his beloved can find the appropriate knowledge to heal his soul body first, as it is the most important.

He also manipulates everyone who now poses even a slight threat to his household to be occupied with something else until he can heal his soul body completely and remove this tumor of a Primordial Heavenly Dao that he created. As for why he allows himself to be paranoid and does not polish his willpower, it is because he just wants to have a good enough Dao Heart—not something indomitable like the Heaven Chosen, who are undergoing a depression beyond belief, seeing all five of his wives die from the tribulation that now affects everyone with anything special.

Luckily, all of Tian Xing's Serene Lotus Pavilion members, follow his mindset that their foundation is better as a normal one, knowing that this kind of thing with the Heavenly Dao will likely happen. As for his wife and daughter, who have their own opinions and believe that having a good foundation is better, Tian Xing has already calculated that they will safely surpass this tribulation, which comes with the sole intent to kill and nothing else.

But it seems he is speaking too soon. Seeing the golden thread of karma connecting his family—like his daughter Ember and his wife Margarita—to the cat boy he saved earlier and the little girl from the carp race beside him, Tian Xing now faced a fear and trepidation he could no longer control, truly testing his Dao Heart. Anxious at the sight of his future son and daughter on the verge of tribulation for all non-human races, Tian Xing instantly forsook his logical, cunning mind, his eyes turning red with deep anxiety.

Controlling all of his Butterfly Echoes, Tian Xing held down the entire Yin Confusion of the fifty-layered heavens in his subconscious mind and manipulated it to create Veils that blinded the tribulation targeting all non-humans, solely for the sake of his future son's and daughter's happiness.

Seeing with certainty that only about 0.01 percent of all Yaoguai would survive this tribulation, he bore the calculation Tian Ming mandated on all non-humans, ensuring they could not die under the curse he created. Ignoring the fact that his false soul body was further destroyed in the process, attracting the attention of the Primordial Heavenly Dao and everyone else, he completed the creation of a program that automatically controlled this Yin Confusion, then watched as the black thunder slowly slithered toward him.

—