Ancestral Witches Call Me Adoptive Father

Ancestral Witch Houtu

The Twelve Ancestral Witches emerged, each standing respectfully before Li Xinghe.

When it came to Pangu's Essence Blood, the amount Li Xinghe had refined was countless times greater than theirs.

But the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique was far too difficult to cultivate, and he seemed better suited to the Law of Time and Destiny, lacking some talent for the Law of Strength.

Still, the Twelve Ancestral Witches before him were Pangu Orthodox—they should be more fitting than him.

Looking at them, each one was robust and strong, with sharply defined muscles, bearing a fair resemblance to Pangu.

Fortunately, the only two female Ancestral Witches, Xuan Ming and Houtu, weren't built like burly brutes—they were still pleasant to the eye.

"I am a brother to your Father God, though not by blood. You may call me Adoptive Father," Li Xinghe said shamelessly.

He was of the same generation as Pangu, so his descendants calling him Adoptive Father wasn't too much, was it?

Besides, in the future, Hongjun would take the Three Pure Ones as disciples—he couldn't afford to fall behind.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches bowed in unison. "Greetings, Adoptive Father!"

This was the Pangu Temple; outsiders had no way to enter—only those bearing the Pangu Bloodline were qualified.

And when Li Xinghe had helped them strengthen their origins, they had already developed intelligence. If Pangu had given them life, then Li Xinghe had given them a second chance at existence.

Think about it—if you were an ordinary person with just two kidneys, and someone gave you four, you'd call them ancestor, let alone Adoptive Father.

"Good, good, good!" Li Xinghe smiled with satisfaction. He finally had a foundation in the Primordial World.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches had no Primordial Spirit and could not comprehend the Heavenly Dao, so they were destined never to achieve the Saint fruit.

But their physical bodies were powerful, their strength unmatched. In the Primordial World, they were favored children of heaven and earth. If not for that old man Hongjun's interference, they wouldn't have met such an end.

Now that they had all acknowledged him as Adoptive Father, he naturally couldn't watch them perish and vanish from existence.

"From today onward, I grant you the Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique. Cultivate quietly here in the Pangu Temple." If they went out now, they would likely be targeted.

After all, those Demon Gods had been slain by Pangu. If they learned of the Twelve Ancestral Witches' identity, they would surely seek revenge.

"Besides training your physical bodies, you must comprehend the laws you were born with. If you can fully grasp those laws, achieving the Great Unity Golden Immortal in the future is not impossible."

Li Xinghe had already mapped out their future path. Hongjun's cultivation system was definitely unsuitable for them.

It was said that after Hongjun attained enlightenment, he lectured at the Purple Firmament Palace. The Twelve Ancestral Witches did not go—without a Primordial Spirit, attending would only bring humiliation.

Moreover, they had little regard for Hongjun. The Primordial World was Pangu's Primordial World. That old man Hongjun became the first Saint of the Primordial World and then tried to claim it as his own.

Later, during the Witch-Demon War, the Twelve Ancestral Witches had a chance to win, but when they summoned Pangu's True Body, Hongjun interfered, leading to mutual destruction with the Demon Race.

"We obey Adoptive Father's decree!" The Twelve Ancestral Witches were deeply reverent. Having just been born and already receiving Pangu's cultivation method was an immense stroke of Creation.

Even if someone tried to drive them out now, they wouldn't be interested in leaving.

"You were born early, and I was rushed—I didn't have time to prepare gifts. I'll give you some now and make up the rest later."

Li Xinghe had accumulated quite a few treasures over the years. The Chaos Shovel could dig through anything. Except for things not yet fated to emerge, he had plowed through the Primordial World several times over.

"Dijiang, this is a fragment of the Space Demon God Ancestor Yang Mei's original body. It will aid your cultivation."

"Zhurong, here is part of the Fire Demon God's origin. I gave a portion to Yuan Feng; the rest is all yours."

"Zhu Jiuyin, come here. I have insights into the Law of Time. I will pass them all to you now."

Aside from a few supreme treasures and the Twelve-Grade White Lotus of Purity, Li Xinghe distributed everything he had gained over the years.

"It looks like I'll have to walk the Primordial World again. The Fierce Beasts Calamity should be nearing its end. The God Slaying Spear can't fall into Luohu's hands," Li Xinghe muttered to himself.

"And that Five Elements Demon God doesn't seem to have completely perished either. Several of my adopted children cultivate the Five Elements Law. I need to dig him out and bury him again."

In an unknown corner of the Primordial World, the Five Elements Demon God sneezed several times in a row. "Not good—someone is scheming against I. Could it be that my plan to seize the Five Elements Origin of the Primordial World has been exposed?"

This Five Elements Demon God was also an Old Six. Others reincarnated and sought to raise their cultivation as fast as possible, grabbing treasures.

But he had been lying low deep in the Primordial World, plotting to seize the Five Elements Origin. It was the same principle as Hongjun scheming for the Heavenly Dao.

However, this was extremely risky. Yin-Yang and the Five Elements were the foundation of a world. If they collapsed, the Primordial World would become barren.

If the Heavenly Dao caught wind of it, Ancestor Five Elements wouldn't even have a chance to flee.

Hadn't Ancestor Yin Yang not dared to entertain such thoughts? This was like an old man hanging himself—tired of living.

On the other side, the Fierce Beasts Calamity on the Primordial World's earth was also drawing to a close.

Ever since Beast Emperor Shen Ni broke through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin, he had been slaughtering across the Primordial World.

Some innate races were completely wiped out. Everyone in the Primordial World was in fear for their lives.

Only the clan leaders of the Three Primal Races were favored by the Heavenly Dao and broke through to the Golden Immortal of the Origin. But in terms of strength, they were still somewhat inferior to Shen Ni.

Soon, the three races chose to unite, and Hongjun and Luohu, for once, set aside their grudges and joined forces against the enemy.

Both of them knew very well that neither could defeat Shen Ni alone.

Even the two of them together wouldn't be enough—they could only rely on the power of the Three Primal Races.

At their core, both of them were Demon Gods born from Chaos, while the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Races were the native lifeforms of the Primordial World.

This tribulation was destined to be resolved solely by the living beings of the Primordial World.

No matter how formidable the two of them were, they could only serve as whetstones for Beast Emperor Shen Ni.

However, by cooperating with the three races, they could also steal a great deal of karmic merit.

"Not bad, not bad—finally you've seen the light. A pair of self-righteous fools, still thinking they're the darlings of heaven. The Fierce Beasts Calamity was always meant to be the karmic merit of the Three Primal Races; otherwise, I would have killed Shen Ni long ago." From the shadows, Li Xinghe had already seen through everything.

Let alone Beast Emperor Shen Ni, even Hongjun and Luohu—given Li Xinghe's strength—could in principle be easily slain. Yet he deliberately refrained from acting.

The main reason was that their allotted fate had not yet run its course. For instance, during the Creation Tribulation, he had warned Pangu to split Hongjun's true body vertically, and even that failed to kill him.

Li Xinghe was not arrogant enough to believe he could surpass Pangu at his peak, so he could only let them develop, waiting until their fortune was mostly spent before forcefully suppressing them.

In the end, the current Luohu and Hongjun still lacked vision. The Karma Demon God, the Yin Yang Demon God, and Qian Kun had long seen through this truth, which was why they chose to withdraw.

The foresight of a Top-level Demon God was beyond what two upstarts could match. Perhaps only in the later stages of the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation would Hongjun and Luohu's vision truly surpass those Top-level Demon Gods.

Ancestral Dragon, Yuan Feng, Beginning Qilin, along with Hongjun and Luohu—five Golden Immortals of the Origin joining forces—finally forced back Beast Emperor Shen Ni.

"Shen Ni possesses the ultimate killing treasure, the God Slaying Spear. Logically, he should not have been defeated. It seems the will of heaven is no longer on his side." Li Xinghe sighed with emotion—the mandate of heaven could not be defied.

Yet he knew that, given Beast Emperor Shen Ni's temperament, he would not be so easily dealt with. Even if he fell, it would surely be earth-shattering.

As expected, under the pressure of the five great powerhouses, Beast Emperor Shen Ni decided to sacrifice all the Fierce Beasts, allowing his own strength to reach its peak.