As the Witch Race departed from the Tongtian Tower in the Northern Julu Continent, a beam of greyish-white light shot upwards from the entire tower, causing a crack to appear in the snow clouds that had remained above Northern Julu Continent for millennia. No sunlight entered through the crack; only a beam of light, a mixture of greyish-white and earthy yellow, pierced straight down from the tower's tip. Wherever the beam passed, the snow on the ground melted instantly and then froze back, leaving behind a layer of extremely fine Ancestral Witch patterns. Nine Great Witch stood at the foot of the tower: Chi You Hou Yi, Kuafu Yi, Xing Tian, Xiang Liu, Xiang Liu, Feng Bo, Yu Shi, Wu Xian, Wu Peng, each arranged according to the Ancestral Witch tribe's location. The eldest of the Thirty-Six Heavenly Spirit Elders, the Old Priest, stood on the stone steps of the tower's entrance, clutching nine Witch Race tokens, each inscribed with an Ancestral Witch Law.
"The Taiqing Being has issued a summons; it's time to collect the scraps of Pangu from the Chaos. The Witch Race's strength is now unparalleled in the Primordial Wilderness. Even the combined strength of the Human Race, Dragon, Qilin Clan, Black Tortoise Patriarch, White Tiger Tortoise, White Immortal Clan, Immortal Race Spirit Race, and Demon Race cannot match the Witch Race Clan's foundation." The Old Priest's voice wasn't loud, but every Great Witch below the tower heard it clearly. "This time, when we go out into the Nine Directions Universe World, each of you will choose one side and fight your own battles. The Witch Race doesn't cultivate the Primordial Spirit, only the bloodline, which carries the laws of the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the will of Pangu in creating the world. Remember when you fight: when the patterns on the shell are spinning wildly, don't try to withstand it with your physical body; look for the sparse patterns in the core of the shell."
Another point is that the Witch Race's bloodline is violent and ruthless; they conquer worlds but do not destroy them, and they will spare any living creatures inside if possible.
Chi You received the first command token from the Old Priest. The token was inscribed with the laws of Houtu. He hung the token on his waist and turned to the eight Human Dao, saying, "I'm heading due south. The earth veins are deepest in the Chaos to the south. There should be someone cultivating the earth veins inside that shell. I'll go and meet them."
Hou Yi took the second token, which was inscribed with the laws of Dijiang. He wrapped the token around the bow arm and said, "I'll head due east. The eastern Chaos has the longest range; I'll go take a look."
Xing Tian took the third token, which was inscribed with the Law of Qiang Liang. He attached the token to the handle of his axe. "I will go due west. The Chaos in the west is where the fighting is most fierce, which suits my purposes perfectly."
Kuafu took the fourth token, which was inscribed with the Law of Zhu Jiuyin. He tied the token to his staff and said, "I'm going due north. The Path of Dao is longest in the Chaos to the north; I'll make the trip there."
Xiang Liu took the fifth token, which was inscribed with the Xuan Ming Law. He wrapped it around his wrist and said, "I'm going southeast. The poison is most turbid in the southeastern Chaos; I'll go and cleanse it."
Feng Bo accepted the sixth token, which was inscribed with the Tian Wu Law. He tucked it into his sleeve and said, "I'm heading northeast. The winds are most chaotic in the Chaos; I'll go and calm them down."
The Yu Shi took the seventh token, which was inscribed with the Law of Xi Zi. He gripped the token in his palm and said, "I'm going southwest. The rain is heaviest in the Chaos southwest; I'll go and collect it."
Wu Xian took the eighth token, which was inscribed with the Law of She Bi Shi. He tied the token to his medicine pouch at his waist. "I'm going northwest. The weather in the Chaos northwest is the most unpredictable; I'll go and take a look."
Wu Peng took the ninth token, which was inscribed with the Yan Zi Law. He tucked the token between his fingers and said, "I'll go to the center. The center of the five directions is the most chaotic; I'll go there to calm it down."
The nine Great Witch split into nine groups and entered the Chaos. Within the Chaos, the gray, swirling air currents surged endlessly, and world shells of all sizes floated and sank within them. When the Witch Race's command talisman unfolded in the Chaos, the Ancestral Witch Law on the talisman's surface would slightly shift according to the direction each person went, and the talisman's corner would point to the point where members of the same clan would respond to each other.
Chi You traveled due south for forty-nine days, collecting over fifty Great Thousand World and over one hundred and sixty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the talisman at his waist vibrated on its own, its corner shifting three inches to due south. Chi You stepped forward and saw a gigantic shell floating deep within the Chaos. The shell's surface was covered with gray-white earth patterns, arranged in a vein-like pattern from the shell's core to its surface, each pattern representing a complete earth vein law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface was embedded an earth pattern crystal, each crystal sealing an earth vein Origin, resembling a giant earth vein map spanning countless Eon from afar. Chi You pressed his hand against the shell's surface, feeling the earth veins tearing through his palm. The earth patterns on the shell accelerated their rotation, converging into nine earth pattern chains that wrapped around his five fingers, each chain pulling out his Houtu power. He withdrew his hand and crushed the earth bead. The divine sense of the Ten Thousand Earthly Dao Venerable sank from the fragments, steady and heavy, like the muffled sound of an earth vein pulsating, "The Ten Thousand Earthly Dao Venerable is here. Who comes?"
Chi You flicked away the fragments. "Chi You, the earth patterns on your shell are quite impressive. They can spin on their own and even actively wrap around people's hands. Unfortunately, what's wrapping around you is your own earth veins. Even if I crush it, you'll sink even further."
A muffled thud resounded from within the shell, and the earth patterns on its surface simultaneously exploded, transforming into a greyish-white phantom of an earth beast that enveloped the giant shell. From within the phantom emerged an old man in a greyish-white robe, coiled around him by nine earth pythons, each python holding a rotating earth bead in its mouth, each bead sealing a complete earth vein law. The Ten Thousand Earthly Dao Venerable spoke, his voice like the muffled thud of an earth vein rupturing. "This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million earth patterns, each formed from a wisp of earth vein I released. For every earth bead you crush, I release ten more wisps of earth vein."
Chi You didn't pry it open forcefully. He wielded the laws of Houtu and knew best that nature is thick and heavy, and where there is heaviness, there is stagnation. He circled half the shell, finding the earth patterns and veins extremely dense, yet a loose thread emerged from the gaps in the veins; this loose thread converged at the core of the shell, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of Chi You's Origin blood into this sparse area, causing a small hole to appear on the shell's surface, from which the Ten Thousand Earthly Dao Venerable groaned. Chi You followed the seam and entered, finding the earth's eye on the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Lands completely blocked, the earth veins within accumulating without dissipating, and the shell's surface... The earth veins pressed inward layer by layer. After the earth eye half-opened, the earth veins in the pool dropped back to half-pool size, and the earth veins on the shell surface decreased from one billion to sixty million. Ten Thousand Earthly Dao Venerable, with his yellow hair and beard, sat on the plate at the bottom of the pool and thought for a long time, saying, "Thick earth is inherently suffocating. I thought that thickness meant stability." Chi You said, "Thick earth is inherently good. Seventy percent of the shell surface blocks external turbidity, and the thirty percent inside the shell nourishes the pool's earth. The earth eye is half-open and half-closed, so the shell won't collapse. Thickness isn't about dead pressure; it's about the formation of veins." Ten Thousand Earthly Dao Venerable handed over the Earth Pearl and the World Seal.
Hou Yi traveled due east for forty-nine days, collecting over forty Great Thousand World and over one hundred and thirty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the command talisman moved three inches due east. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered with gray-white shooting patterns. The patterns, arranged in an arrow-like pattern from the shell's core to its surface, each represented a complete shooting principle. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface was embedded a shooting pattern crystal, each crystal sealing an Origin shooting principle. From a distance, Eon of archery. Hou Yi pressed his palm against it, and the shooting principles tore through him. The shooting patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the shooting beads. The divine sense of the Dao of Ten Thousand Shots Venerable shot out from the fragments, swift and precise, like the sharp sound of an arrow piercing the air, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Shots Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million shooting patterns, each formed from a strand of shooting principle I released. For every shooting bead you crush, I will release ten more strands of shooting principle."
Hou Yi didn't force it open. He knew the principles of archery, that while arrows were fast and accurate, there was always a gap where the shot was weak. He circled the shell three times, noticing the dense pattern around the arrows, but a thin, floating line in the gap between the arrows; this floating line converged at the center of the shell, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of Hou Yi Origin blood onto this sparse area, and a small hole appeared on the shell's surface. The Daoist Dao of Ten Thousand Shots Venerable groaned inside. Hou Yi entered through the gap and saw that the arrow holes at the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Shots were tightly blocked, the shooting channels within the pool accumulating without leaking, and the shell surface... The shooting patterns became increasingly rapid. After the shooting eye was half-open, the number of shooting patterns in the pool decreased to half, and the number of patterns on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. Dao of Ten Thousand Shots Venerable and beard were all sharp, squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool and thought for a long time. He said, "Speed is inherently weak. I thought speed meant accuracy." Hou Yi said, "Speed is inherently fast. Seventy percent of the shell's surface is used to block external evils, and the other threety percent is used to nourish the shooting in the pool. The shooting eye is half-open and half-closed, so the shell is not weak. Speed is not about relentlessly pushing, but about knowing how to control it." Dao of Ten Thousand Shots Venerable handed over the shooting pearl and the World Seal.
Xing Tian traveled due west for forty-nine days, collecting over forty Great Thousand World and over one hundred and twenty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the talisman moved three inches due west. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered in gray-white killing patterns. The patterns, arranged in an axe-blade pattern from the shell's core to its surface, each a complete Slaughter Laws. Every three zhang (approximately 13 meters) on the shell's surface was embedded a killing pattern crystal, each crystal sealing an Origin slaughter. From afar, it resembled a gigantic killing field spanning countless Eon. Xing Tian pressed his palm against it, and a tearing killing force emanated from it. The killing patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the killing beads. The divine sense of the Dao of Ten Thousand Slaughters Venerable erupted from the fragments, fierce and powerful, like the explosive sound of a giant axe striking, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Slaughters Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million killing patterns, each one formed from a strand of slaughter I released. For every killing bead you crush, I will release ten more strands of slaughter."
Xing Tian didn't strike directly. He wielded the Law of Qiang Liang and knew that fierce killing intent always had its weaknesses. He circled the shell three times, noticing the dense killing patterns at the axe blade's edge, but a blunt edge at the joint; this blunt edge converged at the shell's core, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of Xing Tian's Origin killing blood into this sparse area, causing a small killing hole to appear on the shell's surface. The Dao of Ten Thousand Slaughters Venerable groaned inside. Xing Tian followed the seam and saw that the killing eyes at the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Slaughters were tightly blocked, the killing intent within accumulating without release. The killing patterns on the shell grew increasingly fierce. After the killing eyes were half-opened, the killing power in the pool decreased to half, and the number of killing patterns on the shell dropped from one billion to sixty million. The Dao of Ten Thousand Slaughters Venerable, with his red hair and beard, squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool and thought for a long time. He said, "Fierce killing will collapse on its own. I thought fierceness meant strength." Xing Tian, "Fierce killing nature, seventy percent of the shell is used to block external evil, and the thirty percent inside the shell is used to nurture the killing power in the pool. Only when the killing eyes are half-open and half-closed can the shell not collapse. Fierceness is not about slashing blindly, but about knowing how to sheathe the blade." The Dao of Ten Thousand Slaughters Venerable handed over the Killing Pearl and the World Seal.
Kuafu traveled due north for forty-nine days, collecting over thirty Great Thousand World and over ninety Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the command talisman moved three inches due north. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered with gray-white Dao patterns. These patterns, arranged in a Path of Dao -like pattern from the shell's core to its surface, each represented a complete Dao law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface, a Dao pattern crystal was embedded, each crystal sealing Path of Dao Origin. From afar, it resembled a giant Dao map spanning countless Eon. Kuafu pressed his palm against it, and the Dao tore apart. The Dao patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine Path of Dao pattern chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the Dao beads. The divine sense of the Dao of Ten Thousand Paths Venerable spread out from the fragments, far and wide, like an echo at the end of Path of Dao: "The Dao of Ten Thousand Paths Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million Path of Dao patterns, each formed from a strand of Dao I released. For every Dao bead you crush, I will release ten more strands of Dao."
Kuafu did not force his way in. He possessed the Zhu Jiuyin Law of Candlelight, Path of Dao was long and winding, and where there was length, there would inevitably be forks. He circled the shell three times, finding the path Path of Dao extremely dense, yet within the gaps where the Path of Dao branched, there was a broken line; this broken line converged at the center of the shell, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of Kuafu Origin blood into this sparse area, and a small hole appeared on the shell's surface. The Dao of Ten Thousand Paths Venerable groaned inside. Kuafu followed the hole and saw that the eyelets at the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Paths were tightly blocked, the paths within only accumulating without leaking out. The patterns on the surface of the pool grew longer and longer. After the eye of the path opened halfway, the path in the pool dwindled to half its original size, and the number of patterns on the surface of the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. The Dao of Ten Thousand Paths Venerable, with his long beard and hair, squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool and pondered for a long time. He said, "A long path naturally branches out. I thought that being far meant being unobstructed." Kuafu said, "The nature of a path is to be far. Seventy percent of the surface of the shell blocks external evils, and threety percent of the inside of the shell nourishes the path in the pool. The eye of the path is half open and half closed, so that the shell will not break. Being far does not mean walking to death, but knowing when to rest." The Dao of Ten Thousand Paths Venerable handed over the Path Pearl and the World Seal.
Xiang Liu traveled southeast for forty-nine days, collecting over thirty Great Thousand World and over eighty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the command talisman shifted three inches to the southeast. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered in grayish-white poisonous patterns. These patterns, arranged in a snake-like pattern from the shell's core to its surface, each represented a complete poisonous law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface was embedded a poisonous crystal, each crystal sealing an Origin poisonous origin. From afar, it resembled a giant poisonous swamp spanning countless Eon. Xiang Liu pressed his palm against it, and the poisonous laws tore at him. The poisonous patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine poisonous chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the poisonous beads. The divine sense of the Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable seeped from the fragments, turbid and sticky, like the muffled sound of a poisonous swamp bubbling, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million poisonous patterns, each formed from a wisp of poisonous law I released. For every poisonous bead you crush, I release ten more wisps of poisonous law."
Xiang Liu didn't forcefully dismantle it. He possessed the Xuan Ming Law and knew that poison was turbid and sticky, and where it stuck, there would be stagnation. He circled the shell three times, noticing the extremely dense poisonous patterns and snake saliva, yet a clear stream flowed through the gaps where the saliva had accumulated; the clear stream converged at the center of the shell, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of his Xiang Liu Origin poisonous blood onto this sparse area, causing a small poisonous hole to appear on the shell's surface, from which the Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable let out a muffled groan. Xiang Liu followed the seam inside and saw that the poisonous eyes at the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Poisons were tightly blocked, the poisonous channels within the pool accumulating without releasing. The poisonous patterns on the shell became increasingly murky and stagnant. After the poisonous eye was half-opened, the poisonous channels in the pool decreased to half their original size, and the number of poisonous patterns on the shell dropped from one billion to sixty million. The Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable, his hair and beard all murky, squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool and pondered for a long time, saying, "The murky poison is inherently corrupting. I thought poison was simply killing." Xiang Liu said, "The murky poison on the shell is 70% shielding against external evils, while the 30% inside nurtures the pool's poison. Only when the poisonous eye is half-open and half-closed can the shell not rot. The poison is not stagnant and dead; it will dissipate and become clear." The Dao of Ten Thousand Poisons Venerable handed over the Poison Pearl and the World Seal.
Feng Bo traveled northeast for forty-nine days, collecting over thirty Great Thousand World and over ninety Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the command talisman shifted three inches to the northeast. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered in gray-white wind patterns. The patterns swirled from the shell's core to its surface, each a complete Wind Law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface was embedded a wind pattern crystal, each crystal sealing a wind law Origin. From afar, it resembled a giant wind field spanning countless Eon. Feng Bo pressed his palm against it, and the wind laws tore through him. The wind patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine wind pattern chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the wind beads. The divine sense of the Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable surged forth from the fragments, urgent and chaotic, like the howling of a passing Gale: "The Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million wind patterns, each formed from a wisp of wind I released. For every wind bead you crush, I release ten more wisps of wind."
Feng Bo did not resist directly. He mastered the Tian Wu Law and knew that wind was impetuous and chaotic, and where there was chaos, there was bound to be stagnation. He circled the shell three times and saw that the wind patterns were extremely dense where they swirled, but there was a sliver of still wind in the gaps between the swirling patterns; the still wind gathered at the center of the shell, which was a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of Feng Bo's Origin wind blood into the sparse area, and a small wind hole appeared on the shell surface. Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable groaned inside. Feng Bo followed the seam and saw that the wind eye on the bottom of Ten Thousand Winds Pool was tightly blocked, and the wind channels in the pool only accumulated and did not leak out, and the shell surface The wind patterns grew increasingly chaotic. After the eye of the wind partially opened, the wind channels in the pool decreased to half their original size, and the number of wind patterns on the shell dropped from one billion to sixty million. Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable, his hair and beard disheveled, squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool and pondered for a long time before saying, "The wind is chaotic when it is urgent. I thought 'urgent' meant 'fast'." Feng Bo said, "The wind is inherently urgent. Seventy percent of the shell's surface is used to block external evils, while the remaining three-tenths is used to nurture the pool's wind. Only when the eye of the wind is half-open and half-closed can the shell remain undisturbed. Urgent doesn't mean relentlessly pushing; it means knowing when to stop the wind." Dao of Ten Thousand Winds Venerable handed over the Wind Pearl and the World Seal.
The Yu Shi traveled southwest for forty-nine days, collecting over thirty Great Thousand World and over eighty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the command talisman moved three inches to the southwest. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered in gray-white rain patterns. The patterns stretched from the shell's core to its surface in a curtain-like pattern, each a complete rain-path law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 Eon) on the shell's surface was embedded a rain-pattern crystal, each crystal sealing a rain-path Origin, appearing from afar like a Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable curtain spanning countless eons. The Yu Shi pressed his palm against it, and the rain-paths tore through him. The rain patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine rain-pattern chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand, crushing the raindrops. The divine sense of the Myriad Rain Dao Venerable poured out from the fragments, dense and rapid, like the thunderous sound of a torrential downpour, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million rain patterns, each formed from a wisp of rain I released. For every raindrop you crush, I release ten more wisps of rain."
The Yu Shi did not forcefully dismantle the shell. He understood the principle of the Xi Zi Law, knowing that rain is dense and rapid, and where there is rapidity, there is bound to be leakage. He circled the shell three times, finding the rain patterns and curtains extremely dense, yet a thin line of rain leaked through the gaps between the curtains; the leaked rain gathered at the core of the shell, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of his Yu Shi's Origin rain blood onto this sparse area, causing a small rain hole to appear on the shell's surface, from which the Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable groaned. The Yu Shi entered through the crack and saw that the rain eyes at the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Rains were tightly blocked, the rain channels within the pool accumulating without leaking, and the shell... The rain patterns on the surface grew denser and denser. After the rain eyes half-opened, the rain channels in the pool decreased to half-full, and the rain patterns on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable Zun, his hair and beard soaked, squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool and thought for a long time. He said, "Dense rain leads to waterlogging. I thought dense meant sufficient." The Yu Shi said, "Dense rain is inherently good. Seventy percent of the surface of the shell blocks external evils, and threety percent of the inside nourishes the pool's rain. Only when the rain eyes are half-open and half-closed can the shell not become waterlogged. Dense doesn't mean it rains endlessly; it means it can gather the clouds." Dao of Ten Thousand Rains Venerable handed over the rain pearl and the World Seal.
Wu Xian traveled northwest for forty-nine days, collecting over thirty Great Thousand World and over seventy Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, the command talisman shifted three inches to the northwest. Floating deep within the Chaos was a gigantic shell, its surface covered with gray-white weather patterns. These patterns, arranged in a weather-like pattern from the core to the surface, each represented a complete weather law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface was inlaid with a weather crystal, each crystal sealing a weather Origin. From a distance, it resembled a giant weather map spanning countless Eon. Wu Xian pressed his palm against it, and a tearing sensation from the weather returned. The weather patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine chains that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the weather beads. The divine sense of the Dao of Ten Thousand Weathers Venerable seeped from the fragments, becoming complex, like the muffled sound of weather alternation, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Weathers Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million weather patterns, each formed from a wisp of weather I released. For every weather bead you crush, I release ten more wisps of weather."
Wu Xian didn't pry it open forcefully. He understood the Law of the She Bi Shi and knew that the nature of weather patterns was ever-changing and complex, and where there was complexity, there was bound to be chaos. He circled the shell three times and saw that the weather patterns were extremely dense at the points where the weather patterns changed, but there was a fixed weather pattern in the gaps between the changing weather patterns; the fixed weather pattern converged at the center of the shell, forming a sparse pattern. He dripped a drop of Wu Xian's Origin weather blood into the sparse area, and a small weather hole appeared on the shell's surface. The Dao of Ten Thousand Weathers Venerable groaned inside. Wu Xian followed the seam and saw that the weather eyes on the bottom plate of the Pool of Ten Thousand Weathers were tightly blocked, and the weather patterns in the pool only accumulated without leaking out. The patterns on the surface of the shell became increasingly complex. After the eye of the shell half-opened, the number of patterns in the pool decreased to half, and the number of patterns on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. The Dao of Ten Thousand Weathers Venerable's hair and beard changed, and he squatted on the plate at the bottom of the pool, thinking for a long time. He said, "The patterns are chaotic, I thought change meant life." Wu Xian said, "The nature of the patterns changes. Seventy percent of the surface of the shell is used to ward off external evils, and the thirty percent inside the shell is used to nurture the patterns in the pool. Only when the eye of the shell is half-open and half-closed can the shell not be chaotic. Change is not a dead transformation, but a way to stabilize the patterns." The Dao of Ten Thousand Weathers Venerable handed over the Pattern Pearl and the World Seal.
Wu Peng traveled towards the center for forty-nine days, collecting over thirty Great Thousand World and over eighty Middle Thousand World. On the evening of the forty-eighth day, he moved the command talisman three inches directly downwards. Floating in the deepest part of the Chaos was a giant shell, its surface covered with gray-white patterns. The patterns were arranged in a net-like pattern from the core to the surface, each pattern being a complete net law. Every three zhang (approximately 10 meters) on the shell's surface was embedded a pattern crystal, each crystal sealing a net Origin. From a distance, it looked like a Dao of Ten Thousand Nets Venerable net map spread out over countless Eon. Wu Peng pressed his palm down, and the net tore at him. The patterns accelerated their rotation, converging into nine patterns that wrapped around his five fingers. He withdrew his hand and crushed the pattern beads. The divine sense of the Myriad Nets Dao Venerable wove from the fragments, dense and resilient, like the soft sound of a net closing, "The Dao of Ten Thousand Nets Venerable is here. This shell of mine is covered with ninety-nine million patterns, each one formed from a strand of net I released. For every pattern bead you crush, I will release ten more strands of net."
Wu Peng did not forcefully dismantle it. He understood the laws of Yan Zi and knew that the network was dense yet resilient, and where there was resilient, there was bound to be a knot. He circled the shell three times and saw that the network was extremely dense, yet within the gaps in the interwoven web was a loose knot; the loose knot converged at the center of the shell, forming a sparse network. He dripped a drop of Wu Peng's Origin network blood into this sparse area, and a small network hole appeared on the shell's surface. The Dao of Ten Thousand Nets Venerable groaned inside. Wu Peng followed the seam and saw that the network holes at the bottom of the Pool of Ten Thousand Nets were tightly blocked, the network within the pool accumulating without leaking out. The surface of the netting grew increasingly dense. After the netting's eyelets half-opened, the netting in the pool dwindled to half its original size, and the number of netting strands on the shell decreased from one billion to sixty million. Dao of Ten Thousand Nets Venerable and beard were incredibly tough, squatted on the bottom of the pool and pondered for a long time before saying, "The netting is dense because it forms naturally. I thought density meant strength." Wu Peng said, "The netting's nature is density. Seventy percent of the shell's surface blocks external evils, while the remaining threety percent nourishes the pool's netting. The netting's eyelets are half-open and half-closed, preventing the shell from forming a tight knot. Density is not a dead weave; it is a loosening mechanism." Dao of Ten Thousand Nets Venerable then handed over the Netting Pearl and the World Seal.
Each of the nine Great Witch collected Universe World, bringing it back to the Primordial Wilderness era. Nine jade tables were set up before the Tongtian Tower. The nine Daoist masters— Ten Thousand Lands, Wan Ten Thousand Slaughters, Wan Sha, Wan Tu, Wan Du, Ten Thousand Winds, Ten Thousand Rains, Wan Hou, and Wan Luo—stood beneath their banners, each followed by the remaining Daoist masters and beings of their respective worlds. Chi You looked at each of them, then turned to the Old Priest and said, "One Universe World each for the south, east, west, north, southeast, northeast, southwest, northwest, and center—nine in total. Where will we place them now?"
The Old Priest transmitted Dao Ancestor Witch Gods into the Tongtian Tower, and the gray-white light at the top of the tower flashed twice. He turned back and said, "The Ancestral Witch said that the one due Southern Continent of Jambu, the one due Eastern Victory Divine Continent should be placed east of Dongsheng Divine Continent, the one due Northern Julu Continent should be placed west of the Western Ox Continent, and the one due north should be placed north of Beijulu Continent. The one in the southeast should be placed southeast of Southern Continent of Jambu, the one in the northeast should be placed northeast of the Western Ox Continent Eastern Victory Divine Continent, the one in the northwest should be placed Northern Julu Continent, and the one in the center should be placed at the Kunlun Mountain in the Central Continent. After the worlds are moved back, they should be dismantled first, and then classified according to size: the large worlds should be merged with the continents, the medium worlds should be dismantled for materials, and the small worlds should be used to feed the ley lines."