Gonggong stepped out of the hall and immediately ordered Yu Shi to lead the Witch Clan members away from the foot of Buzhou Mountain, retreating west in full and staying completely clear of Buzhou Mountain.
Using the names of the other Ancestral Witches as a pretext, he also set Feng Bo, Xiang Liu, and Xing Tian into motion, secretly and orderly relocating the people of each Ancestral Witch tribe.
At this time, inside Pangu Hall, Dijiang, Zhu Jiuyin, and the others were still preventing Di Jun from attaining the Dao, completely unaware of Gonggong's little moves.
This time, Gonggong had cast aside his usual recklessness and, for once, displayed rare cleverness.
He stopped at the most crucial point connecting Pangu Hall to Buzhou Mountain's origin. His right palm rested against the cold rock, his gaze solemn. Father God, lend me your strength once more.
Gonggong waited, waiting for another opportunity to pierce Fate, to deliver the deadliest blow to Di Jun, who was attaining the Dao and crossing tribulation within the River of Fate.
Meanwhile, within the River of Fate, Di Jun's tribulation crossing had reached a life-or-death juncture.
The River of Fate was more violent than ever before, all because of this Demon Emperor's intrusion!
The moment Di Jun entered the river, countless karmic sins transformed into pitch-black chains that wound upward from the riverbed, madly battering his Great Sun Dao Fruit! They were the boundless Killing Sin accumulated during the Witch-Demon Tribulation, now all rebounding upon him!
"Hmph!" Di Jun let out a muffled groan. Solar True Fire burned all around him, yet even it could not immediately incinerate such heavy karmic power.
His movements slowed, as though he had sunk into a swamp.
Then came the backlash of destiny! Within the river, the destiny representing the Demon