The Commotion of Taking Form, the Qilin Clan
It was a pity that he lacked the best source of faith power, but Fuxi did not dwell on it.
After all, aside from faith power, there were still far too many kinds of Qi in heaven and earth that his Primordial Ancestral Qi could use!
Time passed, and tens of millions of years slipped quietly by.
The Ancestral Witches had now gained mastery over these laws.
Although the process of comprehending and refining them had been fraught with peril,
Zhu Jiuyin, for instance, had nearly lost himself in time.
In the end, though, they had come through without mishap!
Their journey to refine the laws had reached its final stage, and the time for the Twelve Ancestral Witches to take form was not far off.
Though they were nearing the end, the strange phenomena surrounding the Twelve Ancestral Witches had not diminished in the slightest. Instead, they grew ever more violent.
Tongues of flame flickered thousands of miles out from the great cocoons, while thousands of bolts of lightning, each a hundred zhang thick, struck fiercely down from the sky.
The strange phenomena did not affect Fuxi, who stood nearby, in the slightest.
Fuxi used the Chaotic Bagua to break down that wisp of aura connected to the Heavenly Dao.
"Can't hold on any longer?"
Unable to withstand Fuxi's encroachment, the wisp of aura dissipated into the air of its own accord.
"Big Brother! We can take form now!"
After tens of millions of years of quiet accumulation, the Ancestral Witches finally spoke.
Fuxi nodded.
He turned his gaze to the sky above the Ancestral Witches.
A vast expanse of hazy fortune Qi hung there!
Within that fortune Qi, a golden thread could be faintly seen, giving off the presence of the Heavenly Dao.
The other end of the golden thread seemed to be connected to another party.
The golden thread rose straight upward, passing through the clouds and breaking past the bounds of the Primordial Continent to reach the chaos beyond it!
Within the tens of thousands of miles of space between the Primordial World and the chaos, a Sun Star and a Taiyin Star circled the Primordial Continent along fixed paths, going round and round as they carried out their duty of patrolling it.
The golden thread extended deep into the Sun Star.
On the Sun Star, the sun's fire blazed fiercely.
Atop a Fusang Tree, two golden eggs had yet to hatch.
Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the future Heavenly Emperor and Eastern Emperor of the Demon Clan, were still gestating.
Heavenly Emperor Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi would be among the main players in the future Witch-Demon Tribulation!
And the other main players in the Witch-Demon Tribulation, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, were already on the verge of taking form!
Darkness suddenly descended, and the living beings within hundreds of millions of miles of the foot of Buzhou Mountain scattered and fled.
A pair of giant hands tore apart the curtain of darkness.
Heavenly light suddenly broke through!
The sound of strings and flutes rang out, its lingering notes circling the rafters and filling the ears without end. Listening to it, one felt light as air, as if about to become an immortal!
Heavenly flowers fell in profusion, and the earth's veins surged. Innumerable streams of spiritual Qi gushed from the veins, only to be blocked by the Earthly Turbid Qi, unable to advance.
The clash of weapons and sounds of slaughter faintly emerged from the sky. Every plant was coated in a thin layer of golden light that, though subtle, was incomparably sharp.
Countless plants also grew unchecked, and countless living beings perished as a result.
Heaven and earth turned upside down, space shifted, and time stretched and shortened by turns. Many living beings could not endure it; blood poured from their seven orifices, and they fell to the ground, unable to rise.
Golden lotuses bloomed, and a wondrous fragrance filled the air. The scent refreshed the heart and spirit; breathing it in was like finding oneself in a place blessed with natural beauty, with heavenly immortal consorts seeming to dance gracefully all around.
Dense purple Qi rose from the horizon and stretched across heaven and earth.
"Boundless purple Qi and golden lotuses springing forth. A great treasure truly has appeared at the foot of Buzhou Mountain."
An exotic beast stood atop a mountain peak. His head resembled a dragon's, his form a horse's, his build a deer's, and his tail a cow's. Five-colored markings covered his back, yellow fur grew on his belly, and golden light flashed from his eyes whenever they opened or closed. His voice was like thunder.
He stamped a foot and moved, stirring up countless winds and clouds in an instant!
Rumble! Rumble! Rumble!
Lightning struck straight down from heaven and earth, startling the surrounding creatures into scattering and fleeing.
The exotic beast threw back his head and roared in fury!
A bolt of lightning as thick as a pillar supporting the heavens crashed down toward the beast.
The exotic beast opened his great maw, and the lightning shattered inside it.
"Send Elder Thunder to bring that great treasure back!"
The dark clouds dispersed, and sunlight fell over the exotic beast's entire body.
In this expanse of heaven and earth, the exotic beast seemed to stand alone and proud upon the Primordial Continent.
This exotic beast was one of the overlords of heaven and earth, known as Ancestral Qilin!!!
Long ago, Pangu had cleaved heaven and earth apart and established the four innate elements of earth, fire, water, and wind, stabilizing the space of the Primordial World.
The four innate elements gradually evolved into chaotic divine beasts, each of which went on to propagate life.
Ancestral Dragon brought forth the Dragon Clan, which ruled over scaled creatures and held dominion over the seas!
Yuanfeng brought forth the Phoenix Clan, which ruled over birds and held dominion over the sky!
Ancestral Qilin brought forth the Qilin Clan, which ruled over beasts and held dominion over the earth!
The Qilin Clan's territory occupied a large portion of the Primordial World's land.
In the past, a great formation at the foot of Buzhou Mountain had both prevented other living beings from peering into the mountain and protected the Witch Clan from disturbance before its emergence into the world.
Now, with the Ancestral Witches about to take form and emerge, the great formation had naturally vanished as well.
The Qilin Clan had also noticed the strange phenomena caused by the Ancestral Witches taking form.
Over the long epochs, friction among the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans had grown ever more intense. Three-sided battles often broke out, leaving countless dead and wounded.
If they could find that extraordinary treasure beneath Buzhou Mountain and use it to strengthen the Qilin Clan, perhaps they could gain the upper hand in their struggle against the other two clans.
Then the day they became the sole overlord of heaven and earth would be within sight.
A streak of lightning shot out from the Qilin Clan Territory and sped toward the strange phenomena at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
The Qilin Clan held dominion over the earth and was highly attuned to many elements.
In the past, there had been four innate elements: earth, fire, water, and wind. Now they had evolved into the five acquired elements of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth.
The Qilin Clan had five great elders, each cultivating one of the five elements, and all at the Daluo Golden Immortal realm.
And the streak of lightning that had sped away was one of those five great elders—Elder Thunder Qilin!!!
Elder Thunder Qilin was impatient by nature. Together with Elder Fire Qilin, he formed the Qilin Clan's staunchly pro-war duo.
After receiving Ancestral Qilin's order, Elder Thunder Qilin could not wait to rush out of the clan's territory.
He left a group of juniors accompanying him shouting and calling behind him, begging him to slow down a little.
"You're too slow!!!"
Elder Thunder Qilin, who had already sped to a place not far from the foot of Buzhou Mountain, turned back.
Lightning swept up the young qilin and sped toward the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
The Primordial Continent was vast beyond measure. Although the Qilin Clan's territory was situated near its center, the journey to the foot of Buzhou Mountain still took considerable effort.
Fortunately, Elder Thunder Qilin's speed was among the very best of the Primordial World's many living beings.
Swift as wind and lightning, Thunder Qilin brought the juniors to the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
By now, the dense Earthly Turbid Qi was nowhere to be seen at the foot of Buzhou Mountain.
There was so much spiritual Qi in the air that it seemed to have solidified.
Overhead, Golden-Luo Jade-Bi Vines, extremely rare in the outside world, completely covered the tree trunks.
Plants with bat-shaped petals crowded densely around the roots of the trees; clusters of flowers with seeds that glowed like fireflies scattered on the breeze as it gently passed...