"Ah, that feels good~~"
Ever since Hongjun finished preaching the Dao, Xuan Yi had remained on Buzhou Mountain.
Aside from Nuwa's initial thousand-year seclusion, the two of them had spent all their time wrapped up in each other.
During this time, a major event also occurred in the Primordial World.
Di Jun, who had been in seclusion on the Sun Star, suddenly felt a summons from an opportunity on Buzhou Mountain.
"Brother, I suddenly sense that an opportunity on Buzhou Mountain is calling to me."
"Then I'll accompany you there, Brother."
With that, the two headed for Buzhou Mountain together. After flying for several years, they finally arrived within sight of it.
"As expected of Buzhou Mountain. We can't even fly here and can only walk slowly on our own. Otherwise, with our cultivation, we would have arrived long ago."
Eastern Emperor Taiyi could not help but sigh. Buzhou Mountain truly was a wondrous place.
Following the summons, Di Jun arrived at a mist-shrouded area of Buzhou Mountain. Clouds and fog churned through the sky, and in what had originally been a vast empty expanse, a grand palace complex appeared.
Every hall exuded majestic grandeur and was wreathed in immortal mist. Countless mysterious patterns were engraved upon them, brimming with an enigmatic aura. At a glance, it was clearly a blessed land of cultivation.
"What a heaven-bestowed blessed land!"
"Quick, let's go take a look."
The two hurried toward the palace complex.
As they drew nearer, a plaque came into view. Two words were carved upon it: Heavenly Court.
"Heavenly Court, Heavenly Court... Hahaha!"
Di Jun and Tai Yi were overjoyed. "Heaven is blessing us! It actually allowed us to discover such a treasured land. Sure enough, even the Heavenly Dao is helping us! Now we can establish our own force!"
Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi gathered all their mana and swore an oath to the Heavenly Dao.
"Heavenly Dao above, today, the two of us establish the Demon Race. All flora and spiritual beings of the Primordial World, and all beasts that attain transformation, shall belong to the Demon Race."
"I, Di Jun, shall be the Demon Emperor, using the Top-grade Xiantian Spiritual Treasure, the River Diagram and Luo Book, to suppress our fortune."
"I, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, shall be the Demon Emperor, using the Xiantian Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell, to suppress our fortune."
Their voices echoed throughout the Primordial World. The Demon Race welcomed its two rulers, and from that moment onward, the Demon Race was established.
As their voices fell, the Heavenly Dao responded. The Demon Race was destined to rise. In an instant, golden lotuses filled the sky, and a stream of merit descended from above, splitting into two golden lights that shot toward them.
"Merit descended from heaven!"
Di Jun was astonished. He had never expected that establishing a race would bring heavenly merit. Did this not mean that the Heavenly Dao acknowledged the Demon Race and recognized their status?
Di Jun and Tai Yi then absorbed the merit into their bodies. As it merged with them, their realms rose rapidly, reaching the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal in an instant.
Afterward, the two relied on their formidable strength to recruit followers, gathering a sizable force in a short time.
News of Di Jun establishing the Demon Court soon reached the ears of the Twelve Ancestral Witches. The Ancestral Witches had always been proud and arrogant. They revered Pangu but not the Heavenly Dao, and Buzhou Mountain was their home turf. How could they tolerate others shitting right over their heads?
"Big Brother, those two feathered bastards have no respect for us at all! I'm going to pluck them bald right now."
The hot-tempered Zhu Rong could not swallow this insult and immediately wanted to teach Di Jun and Tai Yi a lesson.
"The Demon Race has developed rapidly lately. Several Grand Unity Golden Immortals have already joined the Demon Court. On top of that, Eastern Emperor Taiyi has the Chaos Bell. If we rashly start a war, we may not gain any advantage."
Zhu Jiuyin frowned as he voiced his opinion.
"Exactly. If we want to contend against the Demon Court, the twelve of us alone are not enough. We need our own force."
Di Jiang spoke up.
"Follow me!"
Di Jiang led the other Ancestral Witches to Pangu Hall.
"Big Brother, isn't this the blood pool where we were born?"
"That's right. Since we are going to war with the Demon Court, just the few of us definitely won't be enough. We need to create our own clansmen."
"Since we took form in this blood pool from Father God's blood, then our blood should also be able to create clansmen through this blood pool."
With that, Di Jiang dripped his own blood into the blood pool.
The other Ancestral Witches followed suit.
Several hundred years later, the Twelve Ancestral Witches indeed sensed the aura of life emerging from the blood pool.
"It worked! This way, our clansmen can be born without end."
Seeing that the experiment had succeeded, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were overjoyed. With a method in hand, they began creating clansmen in large numbers.
The newly born Witch Race needed food, and their rations were lesser demons that had yet to take human form. As the Witch Race population gradually grew, the demons around Buzhou Mountain were nearly eaten to extinction.
Naturally, Di Jun and the others would not ignore this, so conflicts frequently erupted between the two races.
As the conflict between the Witch and Demon Races deepened, the aura of calamity within the river of fate slowly began to gather.
Xuan Yi paid little attention to what was happening in the Primordial World. After all, he was still immersed in Nuwa's tenderness.
"Haha, wifey, give me a kiss."
Having completely confirmed their relationship, the two were no longer as shy as before. Every day, they flaunted their affection right in front of Fuxi.
Now, in Nuwa and Xuan Yi's eyes, Fuxi was practically invisible.
Fuxi: This baby is suffering. This baby doesn't want to watch you two flaunt your affection.
"Hm? It's actually him!"
While flaunting his affection with Nuwa, Xuan Yi sensed a living being who interested him arriving at Buzhou Mountain.
At the foot of Buzhou Mountain, a monkey with six ears walked along with vacant eyes.
That was right. This monkey was the Six-Eared Macaque.
Back when the Dao Ancestor preached the Dao, he had only just been born. As a mere Heavenly Immortal, he could not possibly cross the chaos to hear the Dao Ancestor's teachings, so in his helplessness, he used his innate divine ability to eavesdrop.
As a result, the Dao Ancestor discovered him. Not only was he severely injured, but he was also told, "The Dharma shall not be passed to six ears."
This completely sealed off the Six-Eared Macaque's path to seeking the Dao.
Now, whenever the great powers of the Primordial World saw the Six-Eared Macaque, they treated him like a plague god and avoided him at all costs.
Today, yet another great power had unhesitatingly driven him away.
With no path to seek the Dao, he could only come to Buzhou Mountain and try his luck.
"Interesting. In the future, you'll be one of the pieces behind the flourishing of Buddhism. If I intercept both the Six-Eared Macaque and the Intelligent Stone Monkey, I wonder whether Buddhism can still flourish."
Thinking this, Xuan Yi decided to test the Six-Eared Macaque's determination to seek the Dao.
"Little monkey, if you can remain within my formation for a full hour, I will accept you as my disciple."
A clear, ethereal voice suddenly sounded beside the dejected Six-Eared Macaque's ears. Immediately afterward, a formation descended from the sky.
"Thank you, Senior! Thank you, Senior! Six-Ears will certainly not disappoint your expectations."
With no path to seek the Dao, the Six-Eared Macaque felt as though he had heard heavenly music at that moment. Without even wondering whether Xuan Yi was deceiving him, he plunged headfirst into the formation.
"What is it? Is this little monkey particularly special? The Dao Ancestor did say that the Dharma would not be passed to six ears, so why do you suddenly want to accept him as a disciple?"
Nuwa was somewhat puzzled. The Six-Eared Macaque was a living being born after the Chaos Demon Ape split apart. Though his talent was decent, there was no need to risk displeasing the Dao Ancestor by accepting him as a disciple.
"I simply feel that I have an affinity with this little monkey. Don't worry, Father won't blame me."
Of course, Xuan Yi could not tell Nuwa that he knew how the Primordial World would develop, so he could only answer vaguely.
"I've given you a chance to change your fate. I hope you can endure it."
Watching the Six-Eared Macaque walk into the formation, Xuan Yi sighed inwardly.
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