The Human Sacred Hall.
Above Gu Xi's head, divine light surged from his Auspicious Cloud. Four square, four-legged cauldrons—the Spring Birth of All Things Cauldron, Summer Solstice Sun Cauldron, Autumn Wind Golden Moon Cauldron, and Winter Snow Return to Storage—slowly embedded themselves in the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Dao Diagram, merging with its twenty-four diagrams.
Boom!
Four overwhelming powers of the seasons erupted. Starting from Five Elements Mountain, they swiftly spread across the East Sea Coast and the skies above the East Sea.
Heaven and Earth Vital Energy churned throughout the East Sea Coast and above the East Sea.
One power brimmed with life, another with warmth, a third with a keen edge, and the last with bitter cold. They surged and collided without cease.
The four powers soon gave rise to visions corresponding to the Twenty-Four Solar Terms: new life stirring, gentle rain falling, Spring Thunder breaking, grass growing as orioles flew, trees flourishing, autumn harvests, bleak autumn winds, and Major Snow swirling through the air.
The visions were so vast that countless beings along the East Sea Coast and in the East Sea were stunned.
Even the Great Supernatural Beings of the Ten Continents of the East Sea were moved.
"That's the power of the Four Seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms. To produce visions on this scale... It seems Human Race Gu Xi's path of the Four Seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms has truly taken root in the Primordial World."
On the Purple Mansion Continent, an imposing figure looked up at the vast visions in the sky, a trace of wonder in his eyes.
He wore a robe embroidered with ten thousand divine trees and a thousand suns.
Countless strands of Purple Mansion Divine Light burst from him, illuminating boundless stretches of space and time.
"Human Race Gu Xi really is remarkable. He established the path of the Four Seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms only ten thousand years ago, didn't he? I never expected him to develop it this far so quickly."
"The Twenty-Four Solar Terms are no simple matter. They contain many divine positions, including those of the God of Seasons and the God of Twenty-Four Solar Terms."
"Ever since the path of the Four Seasons and Twenty Solar Terms spread from the Human Race, plenty of Gods and Demons have had their eyes on those positions."
"Over the past ten thousand years, many Gods and Demons have studied that path and searched for the corresponding Four Seasons Primordial Spiritual Treasures, all to claim one of its divine positions."
"But Gu Xi developed the path of the Four Seasons and Twenty-Four Solar Terms so quickly that he's left other Gods and Demons almost no room to intervene."
"By now, the divine positions of the God of Seasons and the God of Twenty-Four Solar Terms have probably fallen into his hands as well."
A second imposing figure spoke.
She was a solemn, sacred Goddess dressed in nine-colored immortal robes. Divine power surged around her, Immortal Light radiated from her, and a Golden Wheel of Merit floated behind her head.
"Your Majesties, we've heard much of Human Race Gu Xi over these ten thousand years too. He's a rare talent. With the Purple Mansion Immortal Court about to be established, why not recruit him?"
"Then we could share in some of the divine positions he holds."
Five or six God and Demon Dao Lords, their divine power immense, looked toward the male and female immortals at their head.
The divine positions of the God of Seasons carried tremendous fortune. Even as God and Demon Dao Lords, they coveted them.
East King Duke and West Queen Mother exchanged a glance and shook their heads.
Of course they wanted to recruit Gu Xi.
But when they tried to divine matters concerning him, both had faintly sensed a warning from the Heavenly Dao.
Gu Xi was also the Human Race Holy Father, making his position sensitive. If they wanted to draw him into the Purple Mansion Immortal Court, they had to consider Saint Nuwa's wishes.
Those concerns were why they had given up on recruiting him.
"Enough. Human Race Gu Xi's position is sensitive. With the Purple Mansion Immortal Court on the verge of being established, now is not the time to recruit him."
"For now, we should focus on establishing the Purple Mansion Immortal Court."
"The Witch and Demon Races currently dominate Hong Huang. Once our court is founded, it will inevitably take a share of their fortune. Neither race will let us establish it without resistance. We need to plan carefully."
East King Duke spoke gravely.
"We understand!"
At the mention of establishing the Purple Mansion Immortal Court, the God and Demon Dao Lords grew solemn.
They knew its founding would bring them into serious conflict with the Witch and Demon Races. But for fortune and the sake of their paths, they could not afford to hold back.
In the struggle for the Great Dao, each would rely on their own means!
Deep within the East Sea.
A colossal, fiery-red creature as vast as a mountain range raised his head toward the astonishing visions above the East Sea. Sensing changes in the laws of the world, he showed a trace of wonder in his pool-like eyes.
"He's reached this point already. It seems I underestimated him."
"At this rate, he'll advance to Great Luo before long."
"But now that the divine positions of the God of Seasons and the God of Twenty-Four Solar Terms have fallen into Gu Xi's hands, many God and Demon Dao Lords will surely covet them. This could be a terrible ordeal for him."
"Perhaps I can help him through it and strengthen the bond between our two races."
As Candle Dragon murmured to himself, a thought sent his Divine Sense to another seabed at the farthest reaches of the East Sea.
The seabed shook violently. Countless gigantic sea beasts fled in panic as a towering figure bearing enormous wings slowly broke free from its depths.
Near Buzhou Mountain.
The Witch Race.
The Pangu Sacred Hall.
Twelve figures stood in the Pangu Sacred Hall like twelve ancient demon gods. Terrifying baleful energy rolled off each of them, gathering into vast pillars that pierced space and time.
Suddenly, four of them stirred and looked toward the Human Sacred Hall.
"Ju Mang, Zhu Rong, Ru Shou, Xuan Ming—what is it?"
Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches turned toward the four of them.
"Toward the East Sea, four Acquired Great Daos governing the seasons and climate are gradually taking shape. The divine positions of the God of Seasons and numerous climate gods have also formed... I feel the position of Spring God is destined for me, but it has already fallen into the hands of the God or Demon who established the Four Seasons Sequence."
Ancestral Witch Ju Mang frowned as he spoke, restless with frustration. He felt the Spring God's position should have been his, yet someone else had taken it.
"I feel the Summer God's position is destined for me too..." Ancestral Witch Zhurong said.
"The Autumn God's position is destined for me," Ru Shou said.
"The Winter God's position is destined for me," Xuan Ming said darkly.
Di Jiang and the other Ancestral Witches' expressions shifted.
"Someone has established the Four Seasons Sequence? That path has astonishing potential. If it spreads throughout Hong Huang and all Primordial Beings follow it, it will become an indispensable part of the world's great cycle. The fortune it brings will be immense—and enduring."
Ancestral Witch Houtu spoke in astonishment.
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