Dijiang's Birth

"Big Brother, we didn't do anything. How did this end up involving all living beings?

Did we accidentally help you?

As long as we helped you, that proves Second Brother and I did well."

Yuqing and Shangqing both asked Taiqing in confusion.

Hadn't they merely tricked Hongjun? How had that become connected to all living beings?

"Second Brother, Third Brother, you don't know this, but when I left, I heard Great Dao Thunder rumbling beyond the Primordial Wilderness.

At the time, I wondered why Great Dao Thunder had sounded.

Now, everything makes sense.

Third Brother, you triggered Merit of World Creation, while that Old Thief Hongjun accidentally used Heavenly Dao Power to touch that Merit of World Creation.

That Great Dao Thunder descended to punish the Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao must have been severely wounded by the Great Dao Thunder."

Only then did Taiqing recall the roar of Great Dao Thunder when he had left Kunlun.

After that thunderous roar, every action he took afterward had seemed incomparably smooth.

Other than attracting Old Ancestor Wuxing's attention.

Everything had gone so smoothly that it was abnormal, as though the Heavenly Dao did not exist at all.

Now, everything could be explained.

"Because Great Dao Thunder severely wounded the Heavenly Dao, I was able to travel easily to Buzhou Mountain and pay respects to Father God's will.

Precisely because the Heavenly Dao was severely wounded and dormant, the Primordial Wilderness Heavenly Dao's suppression of all living beings weakened.

It was also because the Heavenly Dao was severely wounded that the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans could obtain the authority of heaven and earth and withdraw from the Tribulation at such a small cost.

And because the Heavenly Dao was severely wounded and dormant, I was able to easily travel to Penglai Immortal Island.

Break through to the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm and embark upon the Law Path to Sainthood."

The reason everything had become so smooth was that the Heavenly Dao had been severely wounded into dormancy by Great Dao Thunder.

If the Heavenly Dao had not been dormant, it would not have been so easy for Taiqing to travel to Penglai Immortal Island, break through to Hunyuan Golden Immortal, and embark upon the Law Path to Sainthood.

Even with the three World-Opening Supreme Treasures concealing the heavenly secrets, the Heavenly Dao would have noticed him.

The Heavenly Dao controlled the entire Primordial Wilderness. If there was a place beyond its perception, it would certainly send Old Thief Hongjun to investigate.

At that time, whether he could successfully find Penglai Immortal Island or enter it on time would both have been uncertain.

Therefore, Yuqing and Shangqing had done him—and the three clans—an enormous favor.

The same was true for all living beings.

With the Heavenly Dao's suppression reduced, cultivation had become easier for all living beings.

No wonder Taiqing felt that, ever since setting out, the Primordial Wilderness creatures he encountered along the way all seemed to possess better cultivation talent.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, don't you think I and all living beings should thank you?"

Taiqing felt utterly delighted.

Much of the indignation he had felt upon hearing that the Heavenly Dao and Old Thief Hongjun had personally moved against his two younger brothers dissipated.

"Gasp! Big Brother, did we really cause this?! This is too unbelievable, isn't it?"

After hearing their big brother's explanation, Yuqing and Shangqing could scarcely believe that they had inadvertently accomplished something so significant.

"Hahaha, I knew it! We Sanqing are truly the protagonists of heaven and earth. We accomplished something so great before we were even born.

Hahaha, splendid! Absolutely splendid!"

After hearing this, Shangqing Lingbao laughed heartily, looking exactly like a child proudly showing off after receiving praise.

"Ahem, Third Brother, keep a low profile. Keep a low profile.

We Sanqing are the protagonists of heaven and earth. Keeping a low profile is what we ought to do.

No, I can't keep it up anymore. Hahaha, splendid! This is truly splendid.

The Heavenly Dao dared to scheme against us Sanqing. Look at it now—punished by Great Dao Thunder!"

Although Yuqing Yuanshi wanted to keep a low profile, their achievement simply would not allow it.

Like Shangqing Lingbao, Yuqing Yuanshi also burst into hearty laughter.

Infected by his two younger brothers' joy, Taiqing also laughed heartily and cried out in delight.

How could he not feel delighted when the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun had paid such a terrible price?

From then on, Taiqing also learned that the Taiji Diagram, Chaos Bell, and Pangu Banner had originally been the natal spiritual treasures of the Sanqing.

In his memories of his past life, after Hongjun's three lectures at Purple Cloud Palace, he bestowed the Taiji Diagram and Pangu Banner, while Donghuang Taiyi's natal spiritual treasure had been the Chaos Bell.

All of it had been a scheme by Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.

The Sanqing in his memories had been sold off because of this, yet still helped Hongjun count his money.

Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun and Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun in particular.

They had developed a rift because of it.

Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun harbored resentment over his younger brother Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun obtaining the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation.

Likewise, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun harbored resentment because his second brother had obtained the Pangu Banner.

More importantly, as a supreme killing treasure of the Primordial Wilderness, the Immortal Slaying Sword Formation had been refined by Luohu with Calamity Qi and Fiendish Energy.

It was inherently incomparably baleful.

How could there be no problems when Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun used it as a supreme treasure to suppress destiny?

Thus, although the Interception Sect had quite a few virtuous cultivators among its disciples, there were even more who damaged the Interception Sect's destiny.

Yuqing Yuanshi Tianzun and Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun also quarreled bitterly because of this, ultimately causing the Sanqing to split apart.

From then on, the Three Pure Ones embarked upon the path of being imprisoned in Purple Cloud Palace by the Heavenly Dao.

But this time, because Taiqing had arrived and brought the three World-Opening Supreme Treasures to Buzhou Mountain.

He had instead accidentally shattered the schemes of the Heavenly Dao and Old Thief Hongjun.

After sharing the information and their joy, Taiqing finally took out the Pangu Marrow stored within the Taiji Diagram.

"Second Brother, Third Brother, this is the Father God Marrow I mentioned.

If you refine a little of it, you should be able to be born.

As the saying goes, one step ahead means every step ahead.

Refine it quickly. Being born a day earlier will also let you seize an advantage."

Taiqing sent two portions of Pangu Marrow before the origins of Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao.

The Pangu Father God Marrow, as vast as a Lesser Thousand World, was nearly the same size as the origins of Yuqing Yuanshi and Shangqing Lingbao.

"Alright, Big Brother. Once Third Brother and I are born, we will surely travel through the Primordial Wilderness with you. We three brothers will roam the world together."

Yuqing Yuanshi did not stand on ceremony and immediately began refining the Pangu Marrow.

Shangqing Lingbao thanked him, then likewise began refining the Pangu Marrow.

Meanwhile, at distant Buzhou Mountain, Pangu Hall, hidden within the void, was quietly drawing closer to Buzhou Mountain.

Inside Pangu Hall, twelve drops of Essence Blood brimming with power continuously absorbed and exhaled Innate Spiritual Qi and Innate Fiendish Energy.

Upon those twelve drops of Essence Blood flickered twelve laws: space, time, metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, rain, thunder, lightning, and weather.

These twelve drops of Essence Blood were the Ancestral Witches transformed from Great God Pangu's Essence Blood.

Now, the drop of Essence Blood containing the Space Law trembled without cease.

It had already condensed its own form. Due to the Space Law, its figure continuously flickered and shifted throughout Pangu Hall.

At a certain moment, the flickering figure completely stopped and solidified.

An Ancestral Witch appeared within Pangu Hall, shaped like a yellow sack, red as cinnabar fire, with six legs and four wings, chaotic and without a face—Dijiang the Ancestral Witch.

"Pangu Father God above, today I, Dijiang the Ancestral Witch, am born."

Dijiang bowed toward a massive, constantly beating heart in the depths of Pangu Hall.

He announced to the Primordial Wilderness the birth of the first Ancestral Witch.

With Dijiang's birth, it was as though some mysterious door had been opened.

Over the following period, countless Innate Deities who would make great names for themselves during the Witch-Demon Calamity were born.