Ancestral Witches

Di Jun sat upon the Lingxiao Emperor Seat, controlling the entire Heavenly Court. The sun, moon, and stars lay in his palm, while the Thirty-Three Heavens were all within his sight.

"Everyone..." Di Jun had been about to speak and assign territories to the Demon Kings and Demon Generals of the Demon Clan, but he suddenly stopped, his expression turning grave as he looked beneath Buzhou Mountain.

At that moment, all of Buzhou Mountain fell into turmoil. The heavenly pillar of the Primordial Wilderness was actually shaking!

At this instant, the entire Primordial Wilderness trembled!

Many living beings of the Primordial Wilderness even felt as though the heavens were collapsing and the earth splitting apart, as though the Primordial Wilderness would cease to exist.

But to those capable of sensing the will upon Buzhou Mountain, this was not a sign that Buzhou Mountain was about to collapse. Rather, Buzhou Mountain had sensed a power of the same origin and was answering it from afar!

"Father God Pangu above, we are Pangu's descendants—Di Jiang, Ju Mang, Zhu Rong, Gong Gong, Xuan Ming, Houtu... Today, we establish the Witch Clan. With Pangu Hall, we suppress our destiny. We swear to inherit Father God's will, protect the Primordial Wilderness, and remain unchanged for all ages..."

Much like the commotion when Di Jun had made his declaration, at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, the Witch Clan formally stepped onto the grand stage of the Primordial Wilderness and announced its existence to the entire land!

The Primordial Wilderness had its own mechanism of balance: the Dragon-Phoenix-Kirin of the previous Tribulation, and now the Witch and Demon Tribes!

"So that's how it is. So that's how it is!" At this moment, Fu Xi brought his palms together, and specks of faint light scattered out.

Heavenly secrets were fully revealed, and he no longer had any doubts.

"The Witch Clan..." Di Jun's expression was extremely grim. He had already clashed with the Witch Clan while gathering his forces, and they had even fought before. But now that the Heavenly Dao had made this clear, the two clans would likely fight to the death.

The Primordial Wilderness could only have one ruler!

Di Jun's expression shifted, but he quickly recovered and continued assigning territories to the Demon Kings.

The Heavenly Court was simply too vast. The Starry Sky and the summit of Buzhou Mountain both fell within its sphere of influence, and beyond the Heavenly Court were even the Thirty-Three Heavens, all first-rate cultivation blessed lands. There was no problem with granting some of them away.

One interesting development was that Tai Yi received the title of Eastern Emperor, second only to Demon Emperor Di Jun.

"Dao Friend Fu Xi, what do you think of the title 'Fu Emperor'?"

"Good!" Fu Xi hesitated briefly before accepting it. He was already bound to the Demon Clan and had become one of its leaders. Naturally, greater authority would allow him to exert greater influence over the Demon Clan as a whole.

"As for you, Little Friend, I shall grant you a palace."

With a wave of his hand, Di Jun bestowed a cluster of palaces upon Fang Xun. The Heavenly Court was currently so empty that land was the one thing it lacked least.

Yet this palace was ultimately somewhat special. It was part of the Heavenly Court itself, formed naturally by heaven and earth.

"Let it be called the Wa Imperial Palace." Di Jun spoke the name, but said nothing further. Anyone perceptive could tell that it had been reserved for Nuwa.

Once Nuwa agreed to join the Heavenly Court, she could immediately become the fourth sovereign of the Demon Clan.

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Demon Emperor." Fang Xun also took his leave. The Demon Clan's big shots were about to discuss matters, which had nothing to do with a minor figure like him. He might as well go take a look at the legendary Wa Imperial Palace.

Fang Xun was not sure whether this Wa Imperial Palace was the one from his memories, but its location was indeed among the best in the Heavenly Court.

"Since it was given to me, it's mine. It's perfectly reasonable for me to make a few renovations, right?" Fang Xun muttered, then used Divine Strike to summon Ye Fan's power.

Whoosh! Fang Xun raised his head and glanced at Lingxiao Palace, suppressing the stirrings in his heart.

Part of Ye Fan's Heavenly Emperor Fist was connected to this "Heavenly Emperor" and "Heavenly Court." That connection had already become conceptual, capable of bringing an unimaginably terrifying boost to anyone cultivating the Heavenly Emperor Fist.

For example, there was the method of using the Heavenly Court's power of faith. Although Ye Fan had walked the path of invincibility through himself, few could match his research into the power of faith.

Even refining a Faith Body like Emperor Amitabha had done was merely a low-level application.

"Ah, I can't look. It isn't mine." Fang Xun steadied himself and began inscribing several related Dao Marks within the Wa Imperial Palace.

This was preparation for Ye Fan's future Descent. Fang Xun was already a Golden Immortal now, and Da Luo did not seem too far away... right?

The Primordial Wilderness returned once again to its previous state of calm. The Witch Clan and Demon Clan had both restrained themselves remarkably well and did not start fighting.

Meng Qi: "They didn't fight?"

Meng Qi seemed somewhat surprised by this.

Fang Xun: "It's probably still because of the Dao Ancestor's Sermon. All the Great Luo Supremes gained greatly from the first sermon, and now is the time for them to enter seclusion and digest those gains. Di Jun and Tai Yi are no exception."

Ji Ning: "That isn't right. According to the plot, friction between the Witch and Demon Tribes should have already begun by now, and Fang Xun, you're supposed to get caught up in it."

Fang Xun's face stiffened when he saw this message. He knew it was time to read the plot again.

That damn eunuch novel had not even reached its end yet.

Hong Yi: "Just as you expected, it's time for the plot to move forward. The contradiction between the Witch and Demon Tribes has already been laid bare, and their clashes are growing more intense. As Nuwa's disciple, you'll also be drawn into it. You'll even meet several Great Witches—people like Xing Tian and Chi You, all famous in later generations."

Meng Qi: "Don't forget that the Ancestral Witches don't cultivate primordial spirits, and aside from Houtu, it seems none of them attended the second sermon."

In other words, the sermons were actually of limited use to the Ancestral Witches, far less useful than to other Innate Divine Saints.

Under such circumstances, they would be more inclined to cause trouble, disrupt others' cultivation rhythm, and interrupt the cultivation opportunities of the other Great Luo Supremes.

Ye Fan: "Something is making them wary. It should be your Teacher, Fang Xun."

Fang Xun blinked and glanced at the Wa Imperial Palace where he was staying. "Tsk, Di Jun is really calculating. He even has to scheme like this."

The Wa Imperial Palace, together with him as a disciple, already carried considerable weight.

He represented Nuwa, the "First Great Luo of Primordial Wilderness," who had subdued a Great Luo Supreme in a single move on Penglai Immortal Island.

Perhaps it was also for this reason that those battle-hungry Ancestral Witches felt wary and did not provoke the Demon Clan too excessively.

Fang Xun: "But in my view, those Ancestral Witches probably won't be able to endure for much longer."

After all, if they could endure, they would not be called Ancestral Witches.

But clearly, Fang Xun seemed to have guessed wrong. For a full three thousand Yuan Hui, he traveled dozens of times between the Heavenly Court, Yin Yang Grotto-Heaven, and Penglai Immortal Island without encountering a single member of the Witch Clan!

Clang!

A bell chime from Purple Sky Palace awakened the Primordial Wilderness once more. The Great Luo Supremes sorted through their insights and rushed straight toward Purple Sky Palace.

The second sermon at Purple Sky Palace had begun!

Fang Xun stood before the Wa Imperial Palace, watching Great Luo Supremes depart one after another. In addition, some newly advanced Taiyi Golden Immortals were attempting to seek out Purple Sky Palace as well.

It was simply unknown whether they possessed such fortune.

And at the very moment the second sermon at Purple Sky Palace began, Fang Xun could state with certainty that he had not guessed wrong. The Ancestral Witches were still Ancestral Witches.

Put nicely, they were reckless. Put bluntly, they were idiots!

With a thunderous boom, the Heavenly Court shook violently, and even Buzhou Mountain swayed. An Ancestral Witch had chosen this moment to attack the Heavenly Court!