Incomplete

Honestly, the Witch-Demon turmoil that erupted at the start of the second sermon had caught every Great Luo Supreme off guard.

The Great Luo Supremes all knew the Witch Clan's style of conduct... well, it was rather aggressive, but they had not expected it to be this aggressive!

Stopping the Demon Clan from going to Purple Firmament Palace to hear the Dao Ancestor's sermon could indeed slow the Demon Clan's development, but the losses outweighed the gains!

The sermon at Purple Firmament Palace was the Dao Ancestor's command.

"Di Jun! Tai Yi! You do not have the fate to hear the Dao Ancestor's Sermon!"

Some of the observing Great Luo Supremes wore strange smiles. The Dao Ancestor had said that those with affinity could come hear the sermon, but those were the people the Dao Ancestor had deemed to possess affinity. What were they trying to do?

"The rumors were indeed true. The Ancestral Witches are innately deficient. Though they are born with mastery of the Great Dao, they cannot comprehend heavenly secrets or see their own fortune and misfortune. Though they are Da Luo, they are incomplete."

The Great Luo Supremes silently nodded, their wariness toward the Witch Clan fading considerably.

They then headed toward Purple Firmament Palace while leaving part of their attention in the Primordial Wilderness to watch the show. If those Demon Clan Great Luo Supremes were truly held back and lost their "affinity," it would naturally be a welcome sight.

"Zhu Rong!" Tai Yi charged out with the Chaos Bell in hand. The two had fought before, and now that Zhu Rong was blocking his path, Tai Yi was truly enraged.

That was too vicious!

Di Jun and the other Great Luo Supremes arrived soon afterward, but apart from Di Jun, all of them wore dark expressions.

They had gained little enough from joining the Demon Clan, yet now they were going to miss the opportunity of Purple Firmament Palace's sermon because of it?

Di Jun was equally furious, but he retained his reason. He immediately looked at the other Great Luo Supremes. "Dao Friends, go to Purple Firmament Palace yourselves. We will handle the Witch Clan."

They could not let people's hearts scatter!

Only then did the other Great Luo Supremes look somewhat better. They nodded and left the Heavenly Court for Purple Firmament Palace.

"Demon Emperor, there is no need for such anger. The heavenly secrets show danger without disaster." Before leaving, Fu Xi offered words that put Di Jun at ease.

"Zhu Rong!" Di Jun looked at Zhu Rong, whose true form pressed across the Starry Sky, still burning with anger.

Zhu Rong was the Fire Ancestor Witch of the south. He had a beast's head and a human body, two fire serpents threaded through his ears, two fire dragons beneath his feet, and blazing red scales all over his body.

Like Gong Gong, he was famed within the Witch Clan for his violent temper. Although the Witch Clan as a whole was not particularly clever, he and Gong Gong stood out even among them. Once their tempers flared, no one could stop them.

Dong!

The Chaos Bell rang, and all Time-Space froze.

The Chaos Bell was already skilled in the Dao of Time-Space, and combined with Tai Yi's current Great Luo Divine Mystery, it froze the entire Starry Sky. Even time ceased to flow!

Unfortunately, Zhu Rong, who had fought Tai Yi before, had long been prepared for this move. Blazing, peerless Dao Marks burned across his true form. Those flames embodied the ultimate of the Dao of Fire, enough to melt even Time-Space.

Then he forcibly tore open the frozen space with his hands and punched the Chaos Bell!

Such peerless strength could not be measured in numbers. All anyone knew was that even the Chaos Bell, famed as a supreme defensive treasure, was blasted backward again and again by that single punch!

"Ha ha! Tai Yi, after so many Yuan Huis, this is all the progress you've made?!"

Zhu Rong had clearly gotten "heated." Even his eyes had turned into flames, burning fiercely.

"Damn it!" Tai Yi had rushed over in haste. How could he compare to Zhu Rong, who had been waiting in full readiness?

But he quickly rallied and met this old rival head-on. Their battle shattered the Starry Sky and severed the flow of time, as though reality itself throughout the Primordial Wilderness were trembling.

Clearly, Tai Yi was launching attacks through past Time-Space. Since Da Luo possessed Space-Time Singularity, this was far from their first fight. They could easily open countless battlefields upon the level of Time-Space.

And any action taken by a Da Luo in the past could drastically rewrite reality.

Zhu Rong's Great Luo Divine Mystery was naturally flawed, so he could not compare with Tai Yi. Old wounds would inexplicably appear across his body, but the Ancestral Witches' bodies were simply too powerful. He endured them head-on!

Bzz!

At that moment, the light in the Starry Sky dimmed. Countless white lines pierced through the entire Starry Sky—it was the River Diagram and Luo Book. Di Jun had acted as well!

"Go back in time and injure him. We cannot miss Purple Firmament Palace's sermon!"

Di Jun remained rational. Right now, Purple Firmament Palace's sermon was what mattered most!

Fortunately, Great Luo Supremes had already transcended the shackles of Time-Space. They could completely inflict grievous wounds on Zhu Rong in the past, wounds from which he could not recover quickly, then deliver a fatal blow in the present and drive him back for good.

As for why they did not kill him... well, he still had eleven brothers and sisters!

For now, this could still be understood as an individual act. Once the other Ancestral Witches were dragged in, Di Jun and the others would be in danger. At that point, they might have to defend the Heavenly Court to the death or flee to Purple Firmament Palace.

"Uh..." Fang Xun had been observing the battle between Great Luo Supremes that defied Time-Space and logic from Wa Imperial Palace. But at a certain instant, he turned his head and saw a noble woman in a bright yellow immortal dress standing outside Wa Imperial Palace.

Her bearing and grace were in no way inferior to Nuwa's.

"Empress Houtu?" Fang Xun recognized her.

Teacher Nuwa had acknowledged very few Dao Friends, but Empress Houtu was certainly one of them.

"It truly hasn't been easy to meet you." When Empress Houtu spoke, Fang Xun immediately felt the same warmth he felt from his teacher.

"You..." Fang Xun opened his mouth, then keenly discovered that the space he occupied had turned into a Time-Space loop connected end to end.

"You don't mind, do you? I do not have much time. I still need to go to Purple Firmament Palace to hear the sermon shortly." Empress Houtu asked apologetically.

"I don't mind." You've already made a Time-Space loop. What else can I say?

"I have spoken with your teacher." Houtu's next sentence made Fang Xun's brow twitch.

"Your teacher was the one who asked me to find you." Empress Houtu looked at Fang Xun curiously.

No! Teacher, you're setting up your disciple...

"Dao Friend Nuwa's reason was that you have your own views on certain matters in the Primordial Wilderness, so I wish to ask you about the Witch Clan's future." Empress Houtu truly did not stand on ceremony. She opened with a question of enormous weight.

Fang Xun felt as though several question marks had popped up over his head. No! Nuwa was certainly qualified to answer this question, but how was a mere Golden Immortal like him supposed to answer it?

Fang Xun hurriedly sought outside help, bringing the matter into the Chat Group for discussion.

After asking her question, Empress Houtu gave Fang Xun ample time. Since they were already in a Time-Space loop, there was no need to fear running out of time.

"Empress, are you worried about the Witch Clan? You are currently one of the largest clans in the Primordial Wilderness." Fang Xun calmed down. Rather than answer, he asked a question in return.

"Our Witch Clan..." Houtu said frankly, "is somewhat out of place among the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness. Throughout the entire Primordial Wilderness, there is no other incomplete clan like the Witch Clan."

The incompleteness referred to the Witch Clan's primordial spirits.

The mainstream path in the Primordial Wilderness was now primordial spirit cultivation, and this became even more pronounced after the Dao Ancestor preached the Dao. Only the Witch Clan was so unusual. They focused on Body Refining and could not even cultivate primordial spirit Dao arts.

Houtu had noticed this situation long ago, and after the sermon at Purple Firmament Palace, she used the word "incomplete" to describe her own clan.

The entire Primordial Wilderness was advancing, yet their Witch Clan seemed as though it had been abandoned.