Saints did not die.
But Saint Bodies were not indestructible.
Even if the account did not disappear, losing the Saint Body meant one could no longer log into the system.
They could no longer interfere with anything.
They could no longer maintain their influence.
Only after many calamities could the account be recovered.
It was equivalent to having your account banned.
The exact day it would be restored depended on the will of the Heavenly Dao.
It also depended on your own efforts.
It might be restored the very next moment, or it might only be restored after another calamity.
In short, Saints would not risk touching the Ancestral Witch Array.
Saints could not act directly, which gave the Ancestral Witches the confidence and resolve to unify the Primordial World.
It was like the Saints were religious leaders, while what they sought was secular royal power.
The religious leaders did not involve themselves in worldly affairs, while they possessed the strength to contend with the Saints.
That was why they had the qualifications and motivation to unify the Primordial World.
Otherwise, they would have had no motivation at all.
Nor would they have stirred up a calamity.
What made Saints powerful was that, although they did not want to touch it themselves, they could find someone else to do so.
And that person had to be evenly matched.
The natural nemesis of this array was Eastern Emperor Taiyi's Chaos Bell.
As well as Di Jun's Great Array of Stars of the Heavens.
But now, things had gone quite wrong.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches' undertaking was only half complete when one person dropped out midway.
Hou Tu had actually entered seclusion ahead of schedule, intending to study reincarnation.
Reincarnation was not easy to create.
In fact, quite a few people had