At Immortality Volcano, Yuan Feng had transformed into a young woman in fiery red robes.
"Who said purple had charm? Red looks pretty good too," Li Xinghe muttered to himself.
"Thank you for your enlightenment, Senior." Yuan Feng wore an admiring expression. Even though she was the Phoenix Clan's leader, one of the Three Primal Races, she was still a woman. Admiring the strong was instinctive.
Over the years, the myriad races of the Primordial Wilderness had been slaughtered by Fierce Beasts, and the Phoenix Clan had lost many of its members as well.
Moreover, she knew full well that the most terrifying figure of the Fierce Beast Race was Beast Emperor Shen Ni. He was the greatest calamity in the Primordial World.
Rumor had it that he was on the verge of breaking through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, the Quasi-Saint realm.
Furthermore, the God Slaying Spear was an Innate Supreme Treasure. No one in the Primordial World could rival it.
Although she did not know this mighty expert's origins, he was certainly on their side.
If she could invite him to join the Phoenix Clan, then when they overcame the Fierce Beast Tribulation, the Phoenix Clan would stand above all others. Even offering herself to him and making him the Phoenix Clan's Sacred King would not be impossible.
"I represent the will of Great God Pangu. You are destined by fate to bring clarity to the Primordial Wilderness," Li Xinghe said in a deliberately inscrutable tone.
Yuan Feng was even more shocked. The Primordial World had been created by Pangu. Could this man be an expert from Pangu's era?
At Yuan Feng's invitation, Li Xinghe remained at Immortality Volcano for some time.
Though she was one of the Three Primal Races, Yuan Feng was actually just an innocent young girl.
From the Creation until now, she had spent most of her time cultivating. Aside from that, she had only fought against the Fierce Beast Race.
Li Xinghe taught her many things, benefiting Yuan Feng immensely. She had even been willing to humble herself and follow him.
The longer she spent with Li Xinghe, the more unfathomable he seemed. Such a mighty expert was impossible to find by seeking.
However, Li Xinghe refused her outright. Yuan Feng still had her own mission. Once the great tribulation was over, taking her in would not be impossible.
Had Hongjun not later taken in two attendants, who became the Heavenly Emperor and Queen Mother? No matter what, he could not be worse than Hongjun.
"The urgent matter is dealing with the Fierce Beasts. If fate permits in the future, I may allow you to serve at my side." Li Xinghe bestowed a portion of Fire Origin upon her. It contained the innate laws of fire and would greatly improve Yuan Feng's cultivation.
He had dug it out while traveling across the lands of the Primordial Wilderness with the Chaos Shovel.
It should have been part of the Fire Demon God's origin. That Demon God had likely perished completely.
Having accomplished this, everything was under his control. Not only had he helped the Three Primal Races obtain opportunities, but he had also prevented those hidden Demon Gods from stealing Merit.
After returning to Pangu Temple, he stared at the twelve drops of essence blood within the hall. They had been left behind by Pangu before his death, a contingency he had prepared for himself.
These twelve drops of essence blood would nurture the Twelve Ancestral Witches, but they still seemed to be lacking something.
"If I can have the Twelve Ancestral Witches born early, perhaps I can obtain more Merit and gain a few more safeguards against the great tribulation ahead."
This was no challenge for Li Xinghe. The Chaos Shovel was a fusion of the laws of time and destiny. As his strength increased, its Time Acceleration function became more flexible.
"Twelve drops. Let me give you another push!" Twelve more drops of Pangu's Essence Blood appeared in Li Xinghe's hand.
He had accumulated them over many years. It could be considered leaving Pangu some vitality in advance.
Back then, in order to cultivate the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique, Pangu had not hesitated to expend his own essence blood to aid Li Xinghe's cultivation.
But with Li Xinghe's strength at the time, he simply could not absorb so much of Pangu's Essence Blood. He had hidden most of it away.
"You should be born very soon now!" Li Xinghe said with a smile.
If anyone saw him wasting such treasures so recklessly, they would surely curse him to high heaven.
This was the essence blood of a Hunyuan Wuji Grand Unity Golden Immortal, yet he had simply given it away.
Little did they know that Li Xinghe had his own plans. By the decree of Heavenly Dao's destiny, the Three Pure Ones would eventually become Hongjun's disciples. He could not interfere too much, or he would likely face Heavenly Dao's reckoning.
But the Twelve Ancestral Witches had no backing whatsoever. In the end, they would fight the Demon Clan to mutual destruction in the Witch-Demon Tribulation and withdraw from the stage of history.
If he could nurture the Twelve Ancestral Witches, then let alone the Demon Clan, even the Three Pure Ones would amount to nothing.
The twelve drops of essence blood undergoing transformation fused with the new blood, and their auras immediately doubled in strength.
With the Chaos Shovel's enhancement, the flow of time accelerated dozens of times over. Before long, the Twelve Ancestral Witches would surely be born.
This was forcibly pushing the Witch Race onto the historical stage of the Primordial Wilderness. One had to know that the true opportunities of the Primordial World lay in the early days after Creation.
Hongjun had also accumulated vast resources during this period. After attaining the Dao, he had no use for many Innate Spirit Treasures, so he placed them all on Treasure Dividing Cliff and gave them away.
Yet doing so also interfered with the workings of Heavenly Dao and severely violated the historical trajectory of the Primordial Wilderness.
Heavenly Dao had yet to awaken, and the Great Dao governed all things. A terrifying Eye of the Great Dao condensed above Buzhou Mountain.
Beginning Qilin was so frightened that he prostrated himself on the ground, while the other innate races on Buzhou Mountain did not even dare breathe.
This was fucking terrifying. Just who had summoned the Eye of the Great Dao?
Li Xinghe had expected this long ago, but he did not care. Fighting heaven was endlessly enjoyable.
More importantly, this was a step he had to take. The Twelve Ancestral Witches carried the hope of resurrecting Pangu.
"This is Pangu Temple. All Daos, retreat." Li Xinghe was incomparably arrogant.
The reason he dared act this way was mainly because Pangu Temple was the only thing Pangu had left behind in the Primordial Wilderness.
Even Heavenly Dao did not dare touch this place, but the Great Dao stood above Heavenly Dao.
Facing Li Xinghe's provocation, the Eye of the Great Dao continued to stare at this place.
A cold gleam flashed through Li Xinghe's eyes. He directly sacrificed the Chaos Pearl, while the Pure World White Lotus hovered above his head.
In his left hand, he held the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler; in his right, the Chaos Shovel. Several fragments of the Jade Plate of Creation circled around him.
Though he did not possess Pangu's former might when wielding the three Chaos Supreme Treasures, it was still enough to intimidate the heavens.
At last, the Eye of the Great Dao sent down a bolt of Divine Lightning.
Li Xinghe's expression changed. Pangu only had this much left, yet the Great Dao would not give him even a shred of face.
"Damn it, I'll stake everything on this!" Li Xinghe cursed and poured his final tenth of Creation Merit into the Chaos Pearl.
In an instant, the Chaos Pearl's aura reached its peak. Although Li Xinghe had not completely refined it, driven by the power of Merit, it now unleashed all of the Chaos Pearl's might.
"Rumble!" Divine Thunder of the Great Dao descended. Even a Saint likely could not withstand a single strike.
The Chaos Pearl blocked most of its power, but a small portion still shot directly toward Li Xinghe.
At that moment, Pangu Temple erupted with a will that directly shattered the remaining Divine Lightning.
The next second, the Eye of the Great Dao dispersed. Li Xinghe let out a sigh of relief. Only by truly facing the Eye of the Great Dao could one understand how terrifying it was.
He had nearly planned to flee with the Chaos Shovel just now. Fortunately, Pangu Temple had automatically protected its master.
Of course, the Great Dao had merely dealt out a minor punishment and had not acted seriously. After all, this place was nurturing the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who would become the protagonists of a certain era in the Primordial World.
The Great Dao only governed the Primordial World on behalf of another and had to abide by certain rules as well.
"I'll never do something like this again." Li Xinghe put away his treasures, but then inspiration suddenly struck, as if he had gained another insight.
A tenth of Creation Merit was enough to forge a Merit Supreme Treasure. Although he had used it all to activate the Chaos Pearl just now, part of that Merit had still affected him and benefited him greatly.
"Looks like I still need to get out more. It's far better than hiding at home and cultivating in seclusion." Li Xinghe was thrilled. He felt that he was about to break through again.
Once he broke through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, the Quasi-Saint realm, he would barely be connected to Saints. Only then would he truly count as a mighty expert of the Primordial Wilderness.
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