When the Hunyuan Celestial Venerable Alliance went all out against the Heavenly Dao, the Twelve Ancestral Witches jointly offered up a wisp of Merit of World Creation to block the Heavenly Dao merit from descending upon Haotian and Yaochi.
The Heavenly Dao merit that should originally have descended, upon encountering the Merit of World Creation offered by the Twelve Ancestral Witches, hung high in the sky like a mouse that had met a cat, unable to descend for a long while.
Haotian and Yaochi merely raised their heads to look at the heavens, their faces full of helplessness.
They had been just one final step away from attaining the Dao, becoming saints, and aweing the Great Desolation.
Yet they had never expected to be stuck dead at this most critical step.
Flames of fury blazed in both Haotian and Yaochi's eyes.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches had actually prevented them from becoming saints. The hatred of obstructing one's Dao was irreconcilable.
However, wary of the Witch Race's might, Haotian and Yaochi did not dare show their dissatisfaction with the Witch Race now.
They had yet to become saints. A casual strike from Houtu—even a mere thought—could blast the two of them into dregs.
"Heavenly Dao, you are truly outrageous!
"This Great Desolation is not a place where you can run wild!
"A mere lord of the Heavenly Court dares bypass the Earthly Dao to establish the Heavenly Race, seeking to use the Heavenly Race to rule the Great Desolation. What audacity!
"Today, with the Earthly Dao at my side, This Seat will make this clear: you, Heavenly Dao, cannot establish the Heavenly Race.
"It must be changed to the Heavenly Human Race, and they must also enter the Earthly Dao's cycle of reincarnation!
"If this matter is not amended, This Seat