Great Dao's Blessing, Gods of Laws

Why?

Because Pangu was the Great Dao's son!

Because the Ancestral Witches were Pangu's blood descendants, and because the Witch Clan revered only Pangu, using the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation to summon Pangu's will that remained within the Primordial World.

Naturally, the Great Dao had to show them some respect!

That was why it appeared at this moment.

Bestowing Great Dao Merit...

Having successfully taken advantage of the Great Dao, Wu Tian was also immensely excited. Standing within the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation, he looked up at the Great Dao Merit slowly descending.

The baleful qi barrier above the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation was incomparably thick, yet it posed no obstruction whatsoever to the Great Dao Merit!

It was as though they did not exist on the same plane.

It drifted down gracefully, splitting into portions in midair and descending toward the Ancestral Witches' heads...

Pangu Hall, which the Ancestral Witches had declared to Heaven and Earth to suppress the Witch Clan's Fortune, and the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler each received a portion as well!

Wu Tian had no time to think too much.

He hurriedly focused all his attention on the Great Dao Merit. As it descended, Wu Tian suddenly felt as though his primordial spirit were melting, fusing with his physical body once more.

His divine soul also began to flicker!

The Indestructible Spiritual Light within it grew increasingly resplendent.

Originally, the Power of Laws of the Twelve Ancestral Witches carried upon Wu Tian's divine soul had merged into the phantom of Pangu True Form, surrounded by marks of Innate Yin and Yang and the Five Elements...

Yet at this moment, it condensed into a single mass, once again becoming a gray mark, like a ball of Chaos qi.

A glimmer of light flickered continuously at its center!

"Boom!"

What flickered was Heavenly Godly Lightning, seemingly the lightning art inherent to Pangu True Form. Following that earthshaking blast, Wu Tian's entire body suddenly trembled.

His perception changed in an instant.

He only felt his thoughts splitting into countless parts!

With that thunderous sound, the countless strands of flesh and blood in Wu Tian's body seemed to split open into mustard-seed-like spaces, and the chaotic gray mark directly projected itself into them.

In an instant, every strand of flesh and every drop of blood was deeply imprinted with that gray mark. They took the form of Wu Tian's divine soul, like gods seated within!

His physical body radiated endless divine light.

"This..."

"Is this Blood Drop Rebirth, or...?"

Wu Tian murmured unconsciously.

In an instant, Wu Tian understood the changes that had occurred within him. Every strand of his flesh contained a god. Even if he suffered grievous injuries in the future, as long as a trace of flesh or a drop of essence blood remained, he would have a chance to cultivate anew!

"Wonderful!"

Wu Tian was immediately overjoyed.

For someone as "cautious" as him, this was practically tailor-made... The Great Dao's methods truly were extraordinary!

He immediately decided in his heart:

"After the founding of the clan is over..."

"I'll immediately hide several drops of essence blood in Pangu Hall, Mount Buzhou, and the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler!"

The next moment.

Countless thoughts withdrew.

His primordial spirit suddenly manifested once more!

It had already synchronized with the strength of his physical body, both reaching the peak of the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm...

He even felt an impulse to break through!

At that moment, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler also descended from the sky, entering the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation and returning to Wu Tian's hand.

Wu Tian's face lit up with surprise once again!

After refining it for so long, Wu Tian had already refined thirty-six of the forty-nine Innate Forbidden Restrictions within the treasure. Yet what startled and delighted him was this:

Deep within the layers of Innate Forbidden Restrictions.

Where the Great Dao Merit was contained, countless runes twisted and grew, while new restrictions were being nurtured!

"After obtaining Great Dao Merit..."

"Is even the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler about to advance?"

The current Hongmeng Measuring Ruler was an Innate Merit Supreme Treasure, inclined toward the path of offense. Killing with it incurred no karma.

If it advanced once more...

What level would it reach?

It was unlike Pangu Hall. Pangu Hall belonged jointly to the Ancestral Witches, while the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler belonged to Wu Tian alone!

The changes to the Innate Forbidden Restrictions continued.

However, as a Merit Supreme Treasure, the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler's ability to suppress Fortune soared directly under the Great Dao Merit's blessing...

During the lectures at Zixiao Palace.

Wu Tian had been able to resist Dao Ancestor Hongjun's prying largely because of this treasure. After this growth, it concealed Wu Tian's heavenly secrets even more thoroughly!

Now, even if Hongjun forcibly tried to peer into them.

He might not be able to discover anything...

When the Ancestral Witches declared to Heaven and Earth and founded the Witch Clan, Wu Tian could be said to have played the greatest role. If not for Wu Tian, then in the original course of events, the Ancestral Witches would only have founded the Witch Clan in direct opposition when Di Jun established the Demon Clan.

Yet up until now.

Wu Tian had barely spoken or shown himself...

He had gained even more benefits than the Ancestral Witches, yet he hid within the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation as though he had vanished completely!

Other than those who knew the truth.

Everyone in the Primordial Wilderness focused their attention on Dijiang and the other Twelve Ancestral Witches, staring intently at them...

With the return of the Hongmeng Measuring Ruler.

Wu Tian's heavenly secrets became even more concealed!

After only briefly sensing the changes in himself and his treasure, Wu Tian had no time to think further and hurriedly looked toward the Ancestral Witches. At this moment, equally mysterious phenomena appeared around them.

Take Dijiang and the others, for example.

It was not that they lacked divine souls, but that they could not cultivate primordial spirits. Their physical bodies were too powerful, locking their divine souls firmly within their flesh and blood, leaving them unable to break free...

If their divine souls could not leave their bodies.

How could they cultivate primordial spirits?

But as the Great Dao Merit descended, the originally unbreakable force of their physical bodies was directly shattered...

The power of their divine souls was drawn out from their flesh and blood.

Wisps of baleful qi were stripped away, floating upward and dispersing into Heaven and Earth alongside the Ancestral Witches' own Power of Laws!

Seeing this, someone could not help crying out:

"Could the Ancestral Witches all be about to cultivate primordial spirits?"

Even Wu Tian had hoped for that.

However, the Great Dao Power did not do anything that would destroy the rules governing the Ancestral Witches' existence. Instead, in response to the oaths they had made earlier, it drew out a wisp of each Ancestral Witch's divine soul power, carrying their own law marks as it merged into Heaven and Earth!

Dao Ancestor Hongjun's expression suddenly changed.

He sensed the Heavenly Dao Power surging as countless laws and spiritual energies poured toward the Twelve Divine Heavens Great Sorcery Formation...

The next moment.

With the Ancestral Witches' marks as their cores.

Twelve phantoms that reached from Heaven to Earth appeared. Filled with Heavenly Dao Power, their forms became increasingly solid!

They were precisely in the forms of the True Forms of the Ancestral Witches.

Yet their auras were entirely unlike those of ordinary Ancestral Witches. When the Ancestral Witches revealed their true forms, their baleful qi soared into the heavens, heavy and turbid.

But now, their Power of Laws was profound and weighty.

It also carried an airy, ethereal quality!

Amid everyone's astonishment, Dijiang's phantom at the forefront suddenly opened his eyes. His pupils were silver-white, devoid of all emotion, containing only reason.

He spoke with utter indifference:

"I am Space God Dijiang!"

"I command the Law of Space. I shall operate the laws and safeguard the Primordial World..."

As his words fell.

He slowly dissipated!

Merging into the Primordial World...

Seated above the Heavenly Dao, Dao Ancestor Hongjun suddenly stirred. He felt the Heavenly Dao's power abruptly increase, becoming ever more complete.

Yet this power was entirely beyond his control...

Dao Ancestor Hongjun had only just furrowed his brow.

When Zhu Jiuyin spoke next:

"I am Time God Zhu Jiuyin!"

"I command the Law of Time. I shall operate the laws and safeguard the Primordial World..."

Afterward.

The remaining phantoms spoke in turn!

Each declared their divine duties and merged into Heaven and Earth. The entire Primordial Wilderness immediately seemed much more stable...

Besides Dijiang and Zhu Jiuyin, Jumang, Zhu Rong, Ru Shou, and Xuan Ming became the gods of the eastern, southern, western, and northern directions respectively, while Hou Tu occupied the center.

Because of wood's flourishing, fire's blazing heat, metal's solemn slaughter, and Xuan Ming's icy severity, these four Ancestral Witches who held the positions of Wood God, Fire God, Metal God, and Ice and Snow God also became the Gods of the Four Seasons!

As for the others, Gonggong became the Water God.

Qiangliang and Xizi became the Gods of Thunder and Lightning respectively.

Tian Wu became the God of Wind, while Shebishi became the God of Weather...

As the gods of laws created by the Ancestral Witches took their positions, the Heavenly Dao's power instantly grew by an unknown amount. Dao Ancestor Hongjun felt it most clearly!

But the great divine ability users watching from afar wore grave expressions. Recalling Dao Ancestor Hongjun's earlier words about Saints operating the Heavenly Dao's laws, a thought immediately surfaced in their minds:

"Are the Ancestral Witches trying to seize the Heavenly Dao's authority?"

No wonder!

They did not place Dao Ancestor Hongjun in their eyes...