"Bullshit!" Dijiang cursed angrily as he rose to his feet, his gaze sharp as lightning.
"Buzhou Mountain was formed from Father God's spine, and we Thirteenth Ancestral Witch were born from Father God's essence blood!"
"Everything on Buzhou Mountain should rightfully be inherited by us! What's more, we were the ones who discovered this Gourd Vine first!"
Yuanshi merely sneered upon hearing this and said arrogantly,
"What a joke! We Three Pure Ones were transformed from Pangu's Primal Spirit. In terms of origin, we are the true direct lineage! If we are speaking of inheritance, shouldn't everything on Buzhou Mountain belong to us instead?"
Over the years, wherever he went, he called himself "Pangu's Orthodoxy," seeking more than just a title.
Once all the races of the Primordial World acknowledged that identity, Pangu's unseen providence would naturally tilt toward him.
That was precisely why, ever since he had first met Qin Xuan and Hou Tu at Zixiao Palace and sensed the pure Pangu bloodline within them, he had found the Ancestral Witches increasingly unpleasant to look at.
"Pangu's Orthodoxy? You think you're worthy?" Zhurong, fiery by nature, had long been unable to restrain himself. Pointing at Yuanshi, he shouted sharply, "Since you Three Pure Ones took form, have you ever once set foot on Buzhou Mountain to pay respects to Father God?"
Yuanshi's face reddened at the question. Unable to save face, he still stubbornly argued,
"Our reverence for Father God rests within our hearts. We remember him at all times. How could it compare to your shallow, outward displays of worship?"
"For countless years, we have remembered Pangu's grace at every moment!"
The moment those words left his mouth, even he felt somewhat guilty.
Humiliated into anger, Yuanshi simply tore away all pretense. His voice dripped with mockery as he flaunted himself without restraint.
"Hmph, so what if you put on a good show?"
"With Pangu's protection, the moment we Three Pure Ones took form, we were accompanied by the merit treasure, the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda! Not long ago, each of us also obtained a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure! What do you have?"
As he spoke, he deliberately raised the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi in his hand. His disdainful gaze swept across the Ancestral Witches as he sneered,
"Oh, right, I forgot. You don't even have Primal Spirits. Even if I gave you a supreme treasure like this Jade Ruyi, you probably wouldn't be able to use it, would you? Hahaha!"
In a moment of fury, Yuanshi poured out all the superiority he had long kept buried in his heart, along with his contempt for the Ancestral Witches.
The moment he said this, not only were the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch enraged, but even the other great powers present looked at Yuanshi with hostility and scorn.
This fellow had always relied on his excellent origins to hold his head high and look down on others. This was hardly the first time.
But to mock others so nakedly in public and flaunt his superiority was simply too low-class and too infuriating!
"Yuanshi, do you have no shame at all?!"
"This Gourd Vine was discovered by Qin Xuan and the Twelve Ancestral Witches. What does it have to do with you?"
"The Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda is Taiqing's accompanying treasure, and you're even bragging about that?"
"With your character, you still call yourself Pangu's Orthodoxy? Stop embarrassing Pangu!"
A crisp, pleasant voice rang out. It was Changxi.
Zhurong burst into laughter when he heard her.
"Haha! Well said! Little sister Changxi is right! He calls himself Pangu's Orthodoxy? Pah!"
Then his eyes rolled, and he nudged Qin Xuan beside him with his elbow, lowering his voice.
"Hey, Qin Xuan, I think this little sister is pretty good. She's beautiful, sweet-voiced, and she knows to speak up for us. How about... we snatch her back and make her your wife?"
Although Zhurong had deliberately lowered his voice, he was naturally loud, and everyone present was a great power in the Grand Luo Realm. How could they possibly fail to hear him?
The moment he said this, the atmosphere grew even stranger. Countless gazes shifted back and forth between Qin Xuan, Changxi, and Zhurong.
Changxi's pretty face instantly flushed scarlet, even her ears turning pink. She hurriedly hid behind her elder sister Xihe, lowering her little head and not daring to look at anyone.
Meanwhile, an inexplicable feeling stirred in Dijun's heart.
He vaguely felt that there was some special connection between himself and the two goddesses of the Taiyin Star.
It seemed... there was some kind of extraordinary fate between them in the unseen depths...
Seeing that the atmosphere had become somewhat delicate, Qin Xuan quickly coughed and changed the subject.
"Brothers, sisters, it's time to handle business!"
The moment his words fell.
Thirteen tyrannical auras suddenly soared into the sky.
The onlookers wisely retreated far away, leaving only Qin Xuan, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Three Pure Ones facing each other.
Without another word, Qin Xuan charged straight at Yuanshi. Today, he had to tear apart that fucking mouth of Yuanshi's!
Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin, meanwhile, faced Tongtian.
The remaining ten Ancestral Witches, including Zhurong, Gonggong, Qiangliang, Xuan Ming, and Hou Tu, surrounded Taiqing.
Taiqing's eyelid twitched as he watched the ten Ancestral Witches close in.
What did this mean?
Ten people ganging up on him alone?
Was there no martial honor left?
He did not dare be careless in the slightest. Immediately, he pushed the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda's defenses to the limit. Mysterious Yellow energy descended, shielding him completely.
On the other side, seeing Qin Xuan charge at him, Yuanshi hurriedly brought out the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi and struck at Qin Xuan.
Qin Xuan seemed utterly unconcerned. He merely gathered the Law of Strength into his right fist and met the attack with a punch.
Before Yuanshi's horrified eyes, his prized top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Jade Ruyi, was struck directly back and slammed heavily into his chest, making his blood and qi churn violently.
Qin Xuan was now truly at the peak of the Great Golden Immortal Realm. With the Law of Strength empowering him, how terrifying was his power?
How could Yuanshi's Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, which had only refined a few restrictions, possibly withstand him head-on?
Yuanshi was horrified and hurriedly summoned Yuqing Divine Lightning toward Qin Xuan.
Yet Qin Xuan still neither dodged nor evaded. He allowed the divine lightning to strike his body. Other than crackling loudly, it caused no injury at all, as though it were merely scratching an itch.
As Qin Xuan closed in step by step, Yuanshi could not help recalling that scene in Zixiao Palace, where this man had brutally blown apart Kunpeng's wings before everyone's eyes.
Fear spread wildly through his heart!
Qin Xuan threw another punch. The power of the peak Great Golden Immortal Realm intertwined with the pure Law of Strength around his fist, continuously tearing and restoring the surrounding space.
Terrified, Yuanshi could only raise the Jade Ruyi once more to block.
Crack!
A faint sound that made teeth ache rang out.
Yuanshi suffered a heavy blow and flew backward while vomiting blood.
Although the Jade Ruyi in his hand was unharmed, the arm holding it now hung limply at his side. It had clearly been broken.
Before Yuanshi could steady himself, Qin Xuan had already closed in like a ghost and seized him by the throat.
At the same time, he raised his other hand. The power of laws gathered into a solid phantom palm print, which swung fiercely toward Yuanshi's arrogant face.
A crisp, resounding slap.
"Pangu's Orthodoxy, right?"
Another slap.
"Fur-covered, horned beasts, wet-born and egg-born, right?"
"The gourds should belong to you, right?"
Heavy slaps exploded across the field.
Every time Qin Xuan spoke, he swung his arm wide and slapped Yuanshi across the face.
Before everyone's horrified eyes, half of Yuanshi's face swelled visibly at a rapid pace. Blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and several teeth flew out amid bloody froth.
Watching his second brother's miserable state, Taiqing was anxious but helpless.
He was surrounded by ten Ancestral Witches, each one holding a brick and repeatedly smashing it against the Heaven and Earth Exquisite Pagoda.
If the pagoda's defenses had not truly been heaven-defying, he would probably have been no better off than Yuanshi.
He was already struggling just to protect himself. How could he have any strength left to rescue him?
Tongtian was under somewhat less pressure.
Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin did not seem to be trying to kill him. It was more like they were using him to practice and familiarize themselves with the coordination of their spatial and temporal laws.
Although Tongtian was occasionally displaced through space or caught in brief bouts of time stagnation, he was not in serious danger.
But seeing Yuanshi humiliated like this, he felt rage surge straight to his head.
That was his second brother!
The Three Pure Ones were one body, bound by the same breath and branch. How could they allow others to humiliate him like this?!
In his fury, Tongtian actually broke free of the restraints of the spatial and temporal laws for a moment. His hands rapidly formed seals.
"Shangqing Divine Lightning!"
A lightning dragon several times thicker than the one Yuanshi had previously unleashed, carrying an aura of destruction, shot straight toward Qin Xuan's back.
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