A Small Test of Skill! Repairing Pangu Hall, the Merit Auspicious Cloud Stuns the Ancestral Witches!

Xuanzheng's thoughts raced. He forcibly suppressed his wild joy, doing his best to look like he had "just awakened—weak and bewildered."

He scratched his head, his tone carrying the simple honesty of a newborn calf and the timidity of someone recovering from a serious illness.

"Brothers... I think... I had a very long dream."

"In the dream... Father God spoke to me... He said that here," he pointed to his chest, his face revealing confusion and pain, "there was a small problem. I was innately deficient and needed to fix myself up..."

"Father God also said that once it was fixed, it would greatly benefit both me and... our Witch Clan..."

The Twelve Ancestral Witches exchanged glances.

A summons from Father God? Repairing himself?

To Ancestral Witches whose minds had little room beyond muscles, battle, and Father God, these words... made perfect sense!

Xuanzheng had been born from the phantom of Father God's heart. It was only natural for him to receive Father God's guidance!

Dijiang said solemnly, "So that is how it is! Father God truly has not forgotten us!"

The way he looked at Xuanzheng softened considerably.

"Thirteenth Brother, since you have received Father God's guidance, remain here and repair yourself in peace. We shall guard you outside the hall!"

"Thank you, Brother!" Xuanzheng immediately looked moved. "I will remember the concern of all my brothers! Once I fix this 'small problem,' I will fight alongside you for the glory of the Witch Clan!"

Zhurong said in a deep, muffled voice, "Good lad! You've got spirit! Once you're better, your brother will take you to crush those feathered beasts!"

Houtu also said gently, "Rest easy, Thirteenth Brother. Your brothers and sister are here."

Zhujiuyin's deep eyes lingered on Xuanzheng for a moment before he nodded slightly.

Once the Twelve Ancestral Witches' footsteps had faded away, the "innocence," "confusion," "timidity," and "gratitude" vanished from Xuanzheng's face in an instant!

They were replaced by a depth and shrewdness utterly at odds with his "honest-looking" exterior, and a playful curve appeared at the corner of his lips.

He spread his hands. A scale pattern rotated in his left palm, while a phantom ancient mirror floated above his right.

"Primordial World Bug Fixing Manual, [Immeasurable Karma Scale], [Myriad Heavens Script Mirror]..."

Xuanzheng muttered softly, excitement glittering in his eyes.

"Great God Pangu, starting treasures, beginner benefits... treatment fit for a beloved son!"

His eyes blazed as he straightened his back. Under the lingering glow of Pangu's lingering will, his unstable aura solidified somewhat.

"An innate deficiency in my origin? Perfect! Father God's personally designated BUG—I'd be a fool not to fix it!"

"I'll start with this Pangu_001 BUG and claim my super beginner gift pack!"

He licked his lips, a trace of eager anticipation flashing through his eyes.

"Stabilizing my foundation and increasing my strength are only the first steps!"

"The Witch Clan's fatal calamity? Old Man Hongjun's script? The Demon Clan Heavenly Court's arrogance?"

A cold curve tugged at Xuanzheng's lips.

"From today onward, you Primordial World natives will get a proper look at the professional caliber of a twenty-first-century BUG fixing master and career Foreman!"

He took a deep breath. With a thought, he connected to the Primordial World Bug Fixing Manual, which radiated boundless golden light within the sea of consciousness between his brows.

"Begin repairing the [Pangu Hall Core Energy Leakage] bug!"

"Command received! Repair Plan confirmed!"

"Mobilizing the mysteries of Space Law... Host, please focus and sense the abnormal fluctuations of the spatial nodes within Pangu Hall..."

"Guiding the True Meaning of Destruction... Host, prepare yourself to annihilate the accumulated chaotic turbid fiendish aura at any time..."

"Final stage: Host, please force out three drops of your natal Pangu Essence Blood to reconstruct the formation core!"

Xuanzheng grinned, his smile incomparably brilliant, carrying cunning and madness.

"From the moment I, Xuanzheng, make my move in this grand game of the Primordial World, the rules are going to change in an earthshaking way!"

"Let's get to work!"

Xuanzheng sat cross-legged and, following the Manual's guidance, mobilized his unpracticed yet pure Ancestral Witch origin.

He had been born with a special connection to Pangu Hall, and now the Manual amplified it a thousandfold!

"Buzz—!"

Xuanzheng's consciousness merged with Pangu Hall, and countless minute spatial fluctuations clearly surfaced.

Very quickly, he "saw" thirty-six spatial nodes leaking Primordial Ancestral Qi!

These nodes were exceptionally well-hidden. Without the Manual's guidance, even Dijiang would never have noticed them!

"Found them!" Xuanzheng snorted coldly and mobilized the True Meaning of Destruction.

Under the Manual's precise guidance, this power was like the sharpest surgical scalpel, aimed at the chaotic turbid fiendish aura that had accumulated at the nodes for countless years!

"Be... destroyed!"

Xuanzheng shouted softly, and the True Meaning of Destruction instantly annihilated and purified that chaotic turbid fiendish aura completely!

The process appeared simple, but in truth, it placed an enormous drain on his mind and origin.

Had Xuanzheng's will not been firm, and had the Manual not continuously supplied him with "operational techniques," he would have been unable to endure it long ago.

The moment he thought of those outrageously generous rewards, Xuanzheng felt himself overflowing with motivation. He repaired all thirty-six nodes in one go without breaking a sweat!

When the chaotic turbid fiendish aura at the final node was completely cleared away, the atmosphere throughout Pangu Hall became instantly refreshed!

The Primordial Ancestral Qi that had originally been leaking away seemed to have found its way home, slowly gathering toward the center of Pangu Hall.

"The final step! Use natal essence blood as the catalyst and reconstruct the formation core!"

Resolve filled Xuanzheng's eyes. With a thought, he forced out three drops of natal essence blood, like purple-gold glazed crystal!

As soon as the three drops appeared, Pangu Hall trembled slightly, as though cheering!

"Go!"

With a flick of his finger, Xuanzheng turned the three drops of natal essence blood into three streaks of light, sending them toward the three core positions at the center, ceiling, and floor of Pangu Hall.

Drawn by the Manual's invisible power, the essence blood merged into the structure of Pangu Hall. Combined with the pure qi of world creation, it transformed into mysterious runes that linked and assembled into a great energy-circulation formation covering the entire hall!

"Rumble—!"

Pangu Hall suddenly shook violently!

Pure Primordial Ancestral Qi, a thousand times denser than before, erupted from the ground like a volcano. Part of it became a torrent of energy that surged backward into Xuanzheng's body!

At the same time, the Manual's exhilarating notification sounded in Xuanzheng's mind!

[Ding! Bug Pangu_001 has been successfully fixed!]

[Congratulations, Host! You have perfectly completed the beginner guidance mission!]

[Distributing rewards...]

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining [Father God's Final Gift]: one Innate Ancestral Witch Dao Embryo of Unjudged Primordial Chaos—perfect and flawless! It has detected that the Host's origin is deficient. The Dao Embryo will automatically absorb external energy for replenishment and ascension...]

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining [Pangu's World Creation Certification]: one World-Opening Merit Purple-Gold Auspicious Cloud (Invulnerable to All Laws)! It has automatically bound itself to the Host's soul. The Power of Merit will continuously temper the Host's body and true spirit!]

[Congratulations, Host, for obtaining [World-Opening Relic Core Fragment]: a small section of the Buzhou Mountain Dragon Vein Ancestral Source! It has been stored in the system storage space. The Host may retrieve and use it at any time!]

[Congratulations, Host! Manual permissions increased: the "BUG Chain Reaction Prediction" and "Repair Plan Custom Optimization (Beginner)" modules have been successfully unlocked!]

"Buzz—!"

Xuanzheng felt a warm, comfortable, and powerful force pour into every part of his body.

The unstable foundation caused by his innate deficiency, at the instant the Innate Ancestral Witch Dao Embryo formed, was like drought-stricken earth receiving sweet rain, madly absorbing the incoming Primordial Ancestral Qi!

His physical strength surged at an unimaginable rate!

His aura, which had barely reached the threshold of an Ancestral Witch, rose steadily. It stabilized at the Early Ancestral Witch stage and continued growing stronger, faintly on the verge of breaking through to the middle stage!

What delighted him even more was that a Merit Auspicious Cloud, about an acre in size, entirely purple-gold and emanating the sacred aura of being Invulnerable to All Laws, slowly condensed behind his head!

A Purple-Gold Auspicious Cloud formed from World-Opening Merit!

"This feels incredible! So damn incredible!"