Lu Jun drew a sharp breath, followed by uncontrollable ecstasy.
"Strong! Too strong! System, you are simply the greatest cheat since the Opening of Heaven and Earth!"
With a slight movement of his will, he attempted to mobilize a wisp of the True Sun Fire Plasma compressed by hundreds of millions of times.
That single wisp of destructive energy instantly twisted and collapsed the space around his fingertips, producing a wail as though it could no longer bear the strain!
He even had the feeling that if he released this energy in the form of "true fire"—
Every strike would surpass the peak of the Grand Unity Immortal realm!
Lu Jun's heart pounded wildly, his blood boiling.
"If I were to erupt with my full strength and detonate all the true fire compressed hundreds of millions of times within me at once..."
He scarcely dared imagine the scene!
It would likely truly trigger a terrifying gamma-ray burst capable of illuminating the starry sky, just like those described in the science fiction of his previous life!
Its power would absolutely be enough to threaten those newly entered into the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
What kind of heaven-defying ability to fight above one's realm was this?
At the early Grand Unity Immortal realm, he could unleash damage approaching that of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal purely through an energy eruption!
It was simply unimaginable!
Though his physical body had long been capable of capturing even Grand Unity Golden Immortals, that was because his body already rivaled that of an Ancestral Witch.
He had originally thought that his physical body would be his absolute strength, while energy would be his weakness.
Yet unexpectedly, even his energy had now become a strength!
Perhaps the only thing in which he could not compare to a Grand Unity Golden Immortal was his understanding of the Great Dao.
Without the support of the Great Dao, even if he could temporarily injure a Grand Unity Golden Immortal with energy, he could not harm the origin of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
Understanding of the Great Dao was Lu Jun's true shortcoming now.
"The system is awesome! Who else deserves the name of cheat user but me?"
That was the only thought frantically shouting within Lu Jun's heart.
His Imperial Father Di Jun and Uncle Tai Yi had found the Nirvana Path through their Companion Spiritual Treasures. That was the wisdom and foundation of top-tier powers in the Prehistoric World.
Yet he, Lu Jun, had relied on the "Neutron Star Golden Crow" body granted by the system to directly reach an inconceivable level in both the "quality" and "quantity" of energy!
This was a pure, unreasonable cheat that broke all techniques with force!
However, ultimate power was inevitably accompanied by an ultimate price.
[Energy Fill Progress: 0.0000001%... 0.0000002%...] [Warning: As the actual capacity of the Core Energy Sea is hundreds of millions of times that of the ordinary kind, the energy required to fill it is difficult to estimate.] [Estimated time to fill it completely (at current maximum absorption efficiency): approximately three hundred years (Prehistoric World years).]
Watching that progress bar crawl upward at a turtle's pace, the wild joy on Lu Jun's face instantly froze, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
"Three hundred years... just to fill my current 'dantian'?"
He felt the hunger within his body, like a bottomless abyss, then looked at the eight Giant Egg Elder Brothers in the divine hall. They were still devouring energy madly, yet their efficiency was clearly far inferior to his own.
"This appetite... is way too damn ridiculous!" Lu Jun nearly wanted to cry.
Compression by hundreds of millions of times brought power multiplied by hundreds of millions, but it also brought energy requirements multiplied by hundreds of millions!
He was now a walking "energy black hole," and one with an unbelievably huge appetite at that.
Not to mention cultivators of the same realm—even those prehistoric strange species famed for their vast reserves of mana were merely lesser witches before a great witch in front of him!
"It seems that rapidly raising my realm will be impossible for the time being."
"The Sun Star is already the greatest source of energy in the Great Desolation World. Cultivating here still requires three hundred years. If I went elsewhere, it would probably take hundreds of millions of times longer."
Suppressing the trace of helplessness in his heart, Lu Jun's gaze became resolute and blazing once more.
"Still, seclusion in the Prehistoric World is often measured in Eons. My three hundred years really is nothing worth making such a fuss over."
"But I can't help it. I've only lived for twenty or thirty years total since transmigrating here. Three hundred years would already make someone an 'immortal' in my original world."
"Seclusion! Seclusion! I'll use these three hundred years to cultivate slowly and, while I'm at it, avoid the crisis about to erupt in the Great Desolation World."
"In theory, after Da Yi Shoots the Suns, the Witch-Demon Great Tribulation will enter its period of rapid escalation."
"I'd better not get involved. Staying alive is more important."
Lu Jun silently closed his eyes and entered a seclusion that would last three hundred years.
Jade Void Palace, Kunlun Mountain.
"Golden Crow Nirvana?!"
The Jade Ruyi in Primeval Lord of Heaven's hand paused almost imperceptibly, and a trace of gravity flashed through his cold eyes.
His Saintly Thought swept across the nine heavens. He could not ignore the abnormally violent yet newly ordered fluctuations coming from the Sun Star.
"The Golden Crow Clan actually found such a path?"
He suddenly thought of Di Jun and Tai Yi. If even their descendants can achieve Nirvana, this path can hardly pose any difficulty for them.
"According to the news from the Witch Race, one can achieve an Ancestral Witch body through Nirvana at the Grand Unity Immortal realm!"
"If Di Jun and Tai Yi undergo Nirvana..."
At this point, Primeval Lord of Heaven drew a deep breath.
"The Witch Race is finished!"
Eight Sceneries Palace, Shouyang Mountain.
A trace of surprise also passed across Taishang Laojun's normally tranquil face.
Even the Pill Fire beneath the Golden Elixir in the furnace seemed to flicker with the fluctuations of his mood.
"Nirvana... this is an act that defies heaven. Has the fortune of the Demon Race truly encountered such a variable?"
"Nuwa has already become a Saint, and now Di Jun and Tai Yi appear to have found a renewed Life Opportunity."
"Could it be... that the Witch Race is truly finished?"
Biyou Palace.
Sect Master Tongtian clapped his hands and laughed heartily, Sword Qi soaring into the heavens.
"Hahaha! What a Golden Crow Crown Prince! He actually found another path and carved out a road to survival from a dead end! Nirvana Rebirth, then battle heaven and earth again!"
After saying that, Tongtian suddenly froze where he stood.
"Golden Crow Nirvana? Golden Crows can undergo Nirvana too! Wouldn't that grant the Golden Crow Clan a thread of Life Opportunity?"
"Severing Sect, Severing Sect... the Golden Crow Clan seems to perfectly align with the doctrine of my Severing Sect!"
"Should I consider accepting a Golden Crow into my Severing Sect?"
Tongtian fell into silence.
If the Golden Crow Crown Prince joined his Severing Sect, endless Karma would arise between the Severing Sect and the Demon Court.
At the very least, even during the Witch-Demon War, no member of the Witch Race would dare lay a hand on a Golden Crow of the Severing Sect.
From that angle, it would at least preserve the Golden Crow Bloodline.
Such Karma was immense!
Even Tongtian could not make up his mind at once.
Western Paradise was covered in bleak clouds.
Even the radiance of the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree had dimmed somewhat.
The sorrow on Daoist Jieyin's withered face deepened, as though it could drip from his features.
He muttered to himself, his voice dry with disbelief.
"Impossible... absolutely impossible!"
"The Golden Crow Clan is born with the virtue of fire, violent and fierce by nature. How could they comprehend such profound Nirvana principles that reverse life and death?"
"This is the essence of our Western Lands' Great Law of Nirvana... How could it have been understood by a mere Golden Crow hatchling?"
Daoist Zhunti's face was livid, and his usual "compassionate" smile had vanished.
The Prayer Beads in his hand were nearly crushed, his knuckles turning white.
"It failed! It has completely failed!"
His voice suppressed both rage and unwillingness.
"Not only did we fail to use the Witch Race's hands to eliminate the Golden Crows and severely wound Di Jun and Tai Yi, we instead... instead forced them to comprehend a method that defies fate itself!"
"This Lu Jun... just what is this child's origin? He has ruined my grand plan!"
Jieyin and Zhunti could hardly be blamed for their fury. Ten Suns Eclipse and Da Yi Shoots the Suns had both been planned by them from the start!
Ever since the two made their Great Vows and achieved Sainthood, a shackle had tightly locked itself around them.
Rebuild the Western Lands, bring Western Prosperity!
This would become their sole goal in the future.
But!
How difficult was it to revive the Western Lands?
Before the Demon Ancestor died, he detonated Mount Sumeru, causing the entire Western Continent to shatter.
In the Western Continent of today, not even one in a hundred million living beings remained!
The continent was fragmented, but the Two Sages of the West could still rely on themselves to reset Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind and restore the land.
But!
Having only land was not enough!
They also needed countless living beings to bring over endless merit and fortune.
Yet the East was flourishing, Buzhou Mountain stood in the middle, and the Witch Race stretched across it all.
Living beings simply would not come to the barren lands of the West.
The only solution Jieyin and Zhunti could think of was to use the current Witch-Demon Great Tribulation to make the Witch-Demon War even more intense.
Once war began, living beings would suffer everywhere, and countless creatures would have no choice but to flee in all directions.
The Western Lands might be barren, but two Saints ultimately resided there. Those who came would have a great chance of surviving.
With living beings pouring in and fortune circulating, Western Prosperity would then have a chance of succeeding.
But because Nuwa had become a Saint, the Witch Race hunted the Demon Race far less often than before.
It could even be said that this was a rare period of "peace" between the Witch Race and Demon Race.
Peace!
How could that possibly do?
Thus, Jieyin and Zhunti secretly plotted and used the power of Saints to influence the Ten Golden Crows.
They made the ten suns cross the sky, creating a situation in which living beings suffered everywhere.
They then influenced Kua Fu, causing him to pursue the Golden Crows without rest until death.
Only then did Da Yi Shoots the Suns occur!
Since the Witch-Demon War began, this was one of the rare occasions on which the Witch Race had lost a Great Witch, while on the Demon Race's side, nine of the ten Demon Race Crown Princes had fallen!
According to their calculations, once the Golden Crow Crown Princes died, the peace between the Demon Race and Witch Race would inevitably shatter.
Then, once they secretly lured Nuwa away, full-scale war between the Witch and Demon races would certainly erupt.
But now, every plan had turned into an illusory bubble!
Jieyin sighed deeply as an illusion of the Bitter Sea rose and fell behind him.
"Junior Brother, the root cause of this scheme's failure lies with that child."
"If he had not comprehended the Nirvana Method, the ten Golden Crow sons would certainly have perished beneath Hou Yi's Divine Arrow!"
"Di Jun and Tai Yi would have gone mad from the loss of their sons and fought the Witch Race to the death."
"Yet now, the Golden Crows are not dead, and Di Jun and Tai Yi have even found a path of Nirvana transcendence."
"All of our subsequent arrangements to provoke the Witch-Demon War have turned into bubbles!"
A sinister light flickered in Zhunti's eyes. He abruptly raised his head to look at Jieyin. "No, we have not failed yet!"
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