Passing the Buck to Pangu

"Exactly. What I wish to speak of—what concerns the Great Desolation and the fate of us, descendants of Pangu Father God—is precisely that thief."

Taiqing did not mince words, stating it outright.

"We Sanqing were once plotted against by this thief as well. His ambitions are vast, and all of us, descendants of Pangu Father God, are within his schemes!"

Taiqing recounted how Old Thief Hongjun, using the power of the Heavenly Dao, had once infiltrated the Innate Great Formation where the Sanqing were gestating.

He sought to scheme for the Sanqing's companion World-Opening Supreme Treasures.

He also spoke of how he had climbed Buzhou Mountain to pay homage to Pangu Father God.

How Old Thief Hongjun had gone to investigate and pursued him—all of this he laid out.

Taiqing attributed Hongjun's actions atop Buzhou Mountain to the crime of scheming against the descendants of Pangu.

"This Hongjun dog-thief has audacity beyond measure! To dare scheme against us, descendants of Pangu Father God!

We must fight him to the death, no matter the cost!"

Upon hearing Taiqing's account, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were all ablaze with righteous fury.

Even the most gentle Houtu radiated an intense anger.

Yuqing and Shangqing were likewise infected by this wrath.

Seeing this, Taiqing felt immense satisfaction. Thus, the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches would grow more united.

And the scapegoat was Old Thief Hongjun.

"Heavenly Dao, Old Thief Hongjun—you wish to divide us Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches. This Seat will not let you have your way."

Taiqing inwardly gloated. His goal of uniting the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches was all but achieved.

"This thief, Old Thief Hongjun, harbors an undying ambition to scheme against us, descendants of Pangu Father God.

Even after we emerged into the world, he surely will not let us off easily.

We fifteen siblings—Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches—ought to stand united against Old Thief Hongjun.

As far as I know, that Old Thief Hongjun has already reached the Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm.

If we descendants of Pangu Father God do not unite, before Old Thief Hongjun, we would be nothing but ants."

Taiqing added more fuel to the fire.

"What?! That dog-thief is actually a Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal great power?

Does that mean he is on the verge of attaining the Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal Celestial Venerable realm?"

The Twelve Ancestral Witches, Yuqing, and Shangqing were even more shocked by Taiqing's words.

Yuqing and Shangqing were also learning of Old Thief Hongjun's specific realm for the first time.

They had never expected him to be a Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal great power.

"This damned old thief—does he have no shred of a strong one's dignity?

Targeting us, newly emerged descendants of Pangu Father God."

The hatred for Old Thief Hongjun in the hearts of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Yuqing, and Shangqing deepened.

"Siblings, before the vast world of the Great Desolation, why would Old Thief Hongjun care for a strong one's dignity?

When I paid homage to Father God, the Will of Pangu indicated that Hongjun aims to scheme for the entire Great Desolation.

His ambition is the whole world that Father God created.

To control the entire Great Desolation, he must first strike at us, descendants of Pangu Father God.

He must erase all of Father God's influence in the Great Desolation—only then can he seize control!"

Taiqing revealed Hongjun's goal, which he knew from his past life, but pinned it on Pangu Father God.

Anything hard to explain, he blamed on Pangu Father God.

"Father God, please understand me. I only did this to unite my siblings.

You are no longer in the Great Desolation, unaware of the dire straits your descendants face."

Taiqing quickly feigned a tearful plea to Pangu in his heart.

Whether the Will of Pangu could hear him or not, he would cry out first.

"What a Hongjun! Truly audacious beyond belief!

Brother Taiqing, rest assured. We Ancestral Witches will support you. We Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches shall stand united against Old Thief Hongjun!"

"That's right, Brother Taiqing. We must be united!"

Hearing that Hongjun's schemes were so vast and that he sought to erase Pangu Father God's influence in the Great Desolation, the Twelve Ancestral Witches burned with righteous fury.

If any ordinary being had said this, the Twelve Ancestral Witches might not have believed it.

After all, why would a Peak Hunyuan Golden Immortal great power set their sights on them, the newly emerged Sanqing and Twelve Ancestral Witches?

But these words came from Taiqing, backed by the claim of Pangu Father God's guidance.

Moreover, Hongjun had indeed schemed against them, the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Thus, how could the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Yuqing Yuanshi, and Shangqing Lingbao not believe it?

After all, Hongjun's schemes against them were solid and undeniable.

Because of Hongjun, the bond between the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches as siblings rapidly tightened.

At the same time, their hatred and killing intent toward Hongjun naturally continued to rise.

"All siblings, do not let the hatred for Hongjun blind your eyes.

What we must face is an even greater crisis!"

Since Hongjun had already drawn the hatred of Brother Taiqing, the Heavenly Dao Taiqing naturally could not be let off either.

The ultimate tragic fate of the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches all pointed back to that scoundrel, the Heavenly Dao.

Although the Heavenly Dao had never personally intervened from start to finish.

After Hongjun integrated with the Dao, the Heavenly Dao had used the Heavenly Dao Hongjun to accomplish many things.

The first was the First Wu-Yao War, where the Heavenly Dao Hongjun personally stepped in to tip the scales.

Originally, in the First Wu-Yao War, the Witch Race, relying on the Dutian God-Demon Great Formation, could have annihilated the Demon Race.

But Old Thief Hongjun forcibly dismantled the Pangu True Body summoned by the Ancestral Witches.

Forcing the Wu and Yao to cease their great war.

Thus, the Demon Race not only failed to fall in the First Wu-Yao War.

But also gained a chance to catch their breath.

Additionally, Brother Taiqing speculated that the reason the Demon Race developed so rapidly after the First Wu-Yao War.

Was because the Heavenly Dao secretly favored the Demon Race.

Only then could the Demon Race develop swiftly and quickly catch up to the Witch Race.

Furthermore, the Demon Race's Di Jun and Tai Yi discovered the Heavenly Court and comprehended the Great Formation of the Stars.

These were mostly also the result of the Heavenly Dao's secret favor.

And the most direct proof of the Heavenly Dao's intervention was when it lured Houtu into transforming into the Reincarnation.

Then, using a Heavenly Dao Saint Position to replace Houtu's position as the Dao Integrator of the Earthly Dao of Reincarnation.

Thus, Houtu was no more, leaving only Empress Pingxin.

Empress Pingxin was also confined by the Heavenly Dao within the Reincarnation.

All of this revealed nothing less than the terrifying schemes and power of the Heavenly Dao.

"Brother Taiqing, could it be that you speak of the Heavenly Dao?

I recall you mentioned before that Hongjun relied on the power of the Heavenly Dao to enter the Innate Great Formation within Kunlun Mountain.

It was precisely because of the Heavenly Dao that Hongjun could find Pangu Hall."

As expected of the Ancestral Witch Strategist, Houtu immediately grasped the key point.

"Correct, Little Sister Houtu is truly sharp-witted, understanding with just a hint.

We, the descendants of Pangu Father God, face our greatest crisis precisely from that Heavenly Dao.

The Heavenly Dao is also scheming against us, the descendants of Pangu Father God.

The Heavenly Dao desires complete control over the Primordial Wilderness, so it must utterly erase all traces of Father God in the Primordial Wilderness.

This naturally includes us, the descendants of Father God.

According to Father God's guidance, if we fifteen siblings—the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches—unite as one.

We can jointly comprehend Father God's inheritance.

If we obtain Father God's inheritance, in time, even the Heavenly Dao will not be a match for us siblings.

Thus, to prevent uncontrollable factors from emerging, the Heavenly Dao must eliminate us, the descendants of Father God.

It will inevitably adopt a strategy of divide and conquer, picking us off one by one.

In this way, we, the Sanqing and the Twelve Ancestral Witches, will no longer be a problem in the eyes of the Heavenly Dao."