Boom—!
Xuanzheng's mind shook violently, his consciousness hammered as if by a massive blow.
Within the chaos, a spark of spiritual light exploded!
He abruptly opened his eyes and sat up.
Before him stood a majestic great hall.
Chaotic qi churned across the vaulted ceiling like surging tides.
Twelve towering figures radiating terrifying auras all turned their gazes toward him.
Surprise, scrutiny, and a trace of... anticipation?
The stone platform beneath him was cold and hard, its desolate aura seeping into his bones.
"Thirteenth Brother, you're awake?"
The leading figure—bird-headed, human-bodied, covered in bone spines, and standing atop a crimson dragon—spoke in a low, hoarse voice that made Pangu Hall hum.
"I am Dijiang!"
Thirteenth Brother? Dijiang?!
Xuanzheng's pupils constricted, his heart seized tightly as though clutched by an enormous hand!
Weren't there only Twelve Ancestral Witches? When had a thirteenth one appeared?
I had... transmigrated into a hidden Thirteenth Ancestor Witch named Xuanzheng, someone who had never even left a name behind in the myths and legends?!
Immediately afterward, countless fragments of memory flooded in like a breached dam.
The glory of Pangu Essence Blood, the inheritance of the Ancestral Witches, the Witch Clan's brief splendor... and the bloody calamity that exterminated their race!
A chill ran through Xuanzheng's entire body, shooting straight to the crown of his head!
Hell difficulty right from the start? How was he supposed to play this?!
Yet before he could recover from the immense impact of that information and despair—
At the very center of Pangu Hall, the phantom of Pangu's heart that should have remained silent—
Thump!!!
With a tremendous boom, a vast, boundless, ancient, majestic will, carrying the mighty power of World Creation, rushed into his mind!
"I am Pangu!"
The voice was neither male nor female, yet it contained supreme majesty, along with a trace of weariness and... hope?
"The Primordial World is flawed, the Heavenly Dao incomplete, and the calamities endlessly cycle..."
"You were formed from my final Essence Blood. You bear immense destiny, yet also immense calamity... You should not have been born, yet by a convergence of fate, you awakened ahead of time..."
"Today, with my final lingering will from World Creation, while the Heavenly Dao remains ignorant, I grant you a sliver of life—and leave the Primordial World a sliver of hope!"
Before the words had faded, the Vast Will suddenly split apart, sending a brilliant golden light carrying a jade tome of the Great Dao, along with two dark and profound streams of mystic light, into his brow and both hands!
"Beep! Pangu's Final Lingering Will Module is being forcibly loaded... Warning! Energy impact excessive!... Loading successful!"
"Ding! Primordial World Bug Fixing Manual activated! Sole host bound: Xuanzheng!"
"Ding! [Immeasurable Karma Scale] bound to left hand!"
"Ding! [Myriad Heavens Script Mirror] bound to right hand!"
A series of mysterious Dao sounds exploded in Xuanzheng's mind!
Xuanzheng: "Holy... shit!"
What a start—Great God Pangu had personally delivered a deluxe three-piece cheat package!
Before he could come to his senses, his left palm burned with pain. A scale-shaped pattern woven from countless threads of karma slowly emerged, and upon it, the fates of billions of living beings seemed to rise and fall, be born and perish.
The back of his right hand turned icy cold. The phantom of an Ancient Mirror engraved with the sun, moon, and stars flickered in and out of view, while countless paths of fate flowed and shifted like a river of stars.
At the same time, the ancient jade tome that had entered his brow unfolded within his sea of consciousness, transforming into an enormous screen of radiant golden light!
Primordial World Bug Fixing Manual!
Suppressing the turmoil in both body and soul, Xuanzheng stirred his thoughts, and words appeared on the first page of the screen—
[Beginner Guidance Mission: Fix the "Pangu Hall Core Energy Leakage" bug!] [Bug ID: Pangu_001] [Bug Description: Pangu Hall is the manifestation of Father God's heart, the central nexus of Witch Clan Destiny and the source of its power. However, due to hidden injuries from World Creation and rejection by the Heavenly Dao, its core energy (Primordial Ancestral Qi) is continuously dissipating. This BUG has caused the newly born Ancestor Witch (Xuanzheng) to suffer a severe innate source deficiency and unstable foundations, placing him at risk of premature death. If not fixed, Pangu Hall's energy will be exhausted in three hundred years, and Witch Clan Destiny will plummet to its lowest point.] [Repair Plan (Simplified Beginner Version): Use Space Law to locate thirty-six leakage nodes; use Destruction Law to annihilate the chaotic turbid baleful energy accumulated at those nodes; use Pangu Essence Blood as a guide, supplemented by pure World-Creation qi, to reconstruct the Core Energy Circulation Great Array's central hub.] [Estimated Rewards:]
1. [Father God's Final Gift]: Unjudged Primordial Chaos · Innate Ancestral Witch Dao Embryo (Flawless)! (Can instantly compensate for every deficiency in the host's innate foundation, forging an Ancestral Witch Dao Embryo that is Indestructible Through Ten Thousand Calamities and possesses limitless potential. The host's future potential will no longer be limited to the Twelve Ancestral Witches, but will point directly toward the illusory end of the Great Dao!)
2. [Pangu's World Creation Certification]: World-Opening Merit · Purple-Gold Auspicious Cloud (Invulnerable to All Laws)! (This is formed from the immeasurable World-Opening Merit naturally bestowed by the Great Dao when Pangu carried out World Creation, ordered the earth, water, fire, and wind of the Primordial World, and brought Creation of All Things to life. It cannot compare to acquired merit. Invulnerable to All Laws, all evil retreats; Dao comprehension speed increases a hundredfold. It can also serve as a foundation for forging a unique path of attaining the Dao through merit!)
3. [World-Creation Relic Core Fragment]: Buzhou Mountain Dragon Vein Ancestral Source (a small segment)! (This is the most essential dragon vein source within Buzhou Mountain, which was formed from Pangu's spine, and contains a trace of Pangu's Will from World Creation. Integrating it into Pangu Hall will transform the hall into the eternal, indestructible ancestral land of the Witch Clan's destiny dragon vein, continuously nourishing every member of the Witch Clan and greatly raising the clan's overall destiny and potential limit!)
4. [Manual Authority Upgrade]: Unlock the "BUG Chain Reaction Prediction" and "Repair Plan Custom Optimization (Beginner)" modules!
[Repair Difficulty: Extremely Low (the only benefit during the beginner protection period; miss it, and it's gone! Empowered by Father God's final lingering will, success rate: 100%!)]
[Note: Child, this is the last thing Father God can do for you... Seize it. Don't dawdle!]
Xuanzheng's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets! His heart pounded wildly!
The Witch Clan had no primordial spirits, could not understand heavenly secrets, and did not cultivate merit. In the end, were they doomed to be unable to escape the calamities, becoming Cannon Fodder in the struggle between the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth?
Now, with this utterly heaven-defying Primordial World Bug Fixing Manual, everything could change beyond recognition!
The Witch Clan's death calamity? Cannon fodder in the great calamity? To hell with that fate!
From today onward, I, Xuanzheng, would use this Bug Fix Manual to fix the entire Primordial World properly!
"Thirteenth Brother, are... are you all right?" Dijiang asked, his voice tense.
Zhujiuyin's eyes, capable of piercing through space and time, shot out two heart-palpitating rays of dark light as he examined Xuanzheng.
Rushou, the Gold Ancestral Witch; Jumang, the Wood Ancestral Witch; Gonggong, the Water Ancestral Witch; Zhurong, the Fire Ancestral Witch... the other ten Ancestral Witches also crowded around him, their towering bodies blocking out the light.
Their expressions varied. Some were puzzled, some worried, and some watchful, but the concern deep in their eyes, born from their shared bloodline, was unmistakable.
They could all clearly sense that although this Thirteenth Brother, who had just awakened from the phantom of Pangu's heart, had barely reached the level of an Ancestor Witch, his aura was far more unstable and frail than any of theirs.
This was the direct manifestation of his "severely deficient innate source and unstable foundation"! Had it not been for the final protection of Pangu's lingering will, Xuanzheng might have fallen back into slumber from insufficient source energy the instant he awakened—or even died prematurely!
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