Searching for Tongtian on Golden Ao Island

Jiang Zhen nodded with a smile and said:

"Yes, demons. Demons had appeared this time. Yet you should know something of their peculiar nature.

They possessed powerful corruptive force; they could even taint Spiritual Qi.

After the Battle of the Investiture of the Gods, Innate Spiritual Energy disappeared and became Acquired Spiritual Energy.

And after all these years, even Acquired Spiritual Energy had begun to gradually vanish.

Now guess—after the demonic calamity, what would come next?"

Houtu took a deep breath upon hearing this and said:

"You mean Spiritual Qi is about to disappear as well?"

Jiang Zhen nodded and said:

"More or less. If I wasn't mistaken, after the demonic calamity, something unprecedented would soon occur.

That was the possibility of immortals and mortals being separated, their ties completely severed."

Houtu frowned upon hearing this and said:

"That doesn't sound right! Why would that happen? If this continued, wouldn't the world fall apart?"

Jiang Zhen chuckled, shook his head, and said:

"I didn't know what those Demon Gods wanted to do. After all, I had never met them.

But there was one thing I did know a little about.

The position of Dao Ancestor was never supposed to belong to that man, was it?"

Houtu froze at those words, then said:

"What did you mean?"

Jiang Zhen narrowed his eyes and said:

"If the Witch Clan was meant to control the earth, then the Three Pure Ones controlled the Heavenly Dao.

Look at the paths of the Three Pure Ones. Do you remember how the Grand Pure One attained the Dao?"

Houtu said, "Didn't he establish a sect, gain enough merit, and then draw forth the merit of creating the heavens, thus Becoming a Saint?"

Jiang Zhen shook his head upon hearing that and said:

"The merit from founding