Everyone knew that mortals cultivated immortality through various realms: Qi Refinement, Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul, Out of Body, Spirit Division, Body Integration, Void Gaze, Great Vehicle, and Tribulation Transcendence.
During Qi Refinement, True Qi condensed within the body, allowing one to control qi to injure others or pluck leaves to kill. At Foundation Establishment, one formed a Dao Foundation, allowing the soul to be tempered.
Once the soul had been tempered to a certain degree, it would transform into a Golden Core stored within the Dantian. The Golden Core absorbed spiritual energy, and eventually, like a phoenix reborn from its ashes, broke free from its cocoon and condensed into a baby-like soul. This was the Nascent Soul!
Upon reaching the Nascent Soul realm, one had to undergo Spirit Refinement, tempering the Nascent Soul until it possessed part of the Primordial Spirit's might. Within a certain range, one could sense all things. This realm was also called Spirit Division!
After that came Body Integration. The Nascent Soul shattered and entered the physical body like starlight. At that point, there was neither a soul nor a Nascent Soul, only a speck of light at the core of the Dantian!
The speck of light transformed and gradually reached the head, condensing between the brows. At that point, it was like an Eye of Insight, capable of observing all things, determining life and death, perceiving the tiniest details, and understanding the principles of matters. This was also called Void Gaze.
As the speck of light gradually dispersed, it seemed as if clones were appearing, emerging from the various acupoints throughout the physical body. At that point, the body and spirit had to be cultivated together. Reaching this realm was also called the Great Vehicle!
Once the body and spirit had been tempered sufficiently, one had to undergo the lightning tribulation! The physical body had to endure the tempering of the lightning tribulation, while the specks of light had to undergo its baptism and gradually transform into ethereal humanoid figures resembling souls. This was the Primordial Spirit!
And now, Houtu already possessed a Nascent Soul, and it was still rapidly transforming!
One had to understand that mortals cultivating immortality had to undergo countless hardships before breaking through and becoming Human Immortals. Houtu was different. She was originally a Daluo Golden Immortal and was merely condensing a Human Immortal-level Primordial Spirit now.
A thousand years later, ten thousand mu of lightning clouds gathered above the Witch Clan, frightening everyone senseless...
Damn!! Was someone from the Witch Clan undergoing a tribulation?? No, wait, what the hell? The Witch Clan cultivated their bodies—why did they need to undergo a tribulation??
The Witch Clan never needed to undergo tribulations for body cultivation. Everyone in the Prehistoric World knew this. Yet now, ten thousand mu of lightning clouds had actually appeared above the Witch Clan's territory...
This was the lightning tribulation that tempered the Primordial Spirit. Only after cultivating the Primordial Spirit to a certain level did one need to undergo a tribulation and have it baptized. Someone from the Witch Clan had cultivated a Primordial Spirit??
Within the Hall of Lingxiao in the Demon Court.
"Your Majesty, lightning clouds have gathered over the Witch Clan today. It seems someone is cultivating a Primordial Spirit. What should we do now?" Ghost Station stepped forward, clasped his fists, and spoke to Di Jun, who sat upon the throne in his imperial robes.
"Hmm... Over the past thousand years, the Witch Clan has wantonly hunted and killed our Demon Clan subjects. Originally, Your Majesty had no desire to oppose the Witch Clan and focused wholeheartedly on gathering and protecting the Demon Clan's subjects. Now, it seems someone from the Witch Clan has cultivated a Primordial Spirit. Your Majesty need only send troops to investigate." Bai Ze stepped forward and clasped his fists.
After hearing this, Di Jun nodded. It was true. Over the past thousand years, the Witch Clan had hunted and slaughtered large numbers of demons. Though things had not reached the point of an irreconcilable blood feud, minor conflicts had certainly occurred.
After all, apart from Houtu, everyone in the entire Witch Clan, whether Ancestor Witches or ordinary Witches, needed to eat. That was why they hunted demons.
"Ying Zhao, go investigate. The Witch Clan occupies the lands of the Prehistoric World and ignores my summons. They indeed need to be taught a lesson!" Di Jun spoke calmly. The Witch Clan was a tough nut to crack. After all, they claimed to be the orthodox lineage of Pangu and stood alongside the Three Pure Ones in fame. They respected neither Heaven nor the Saints, venerating only Pangu. Di Jun wanted to unify the Prehistoric World and gather its destiny. With this, he could prove the Dao and become a Saint!
But attacking the Witch Clan would probably be somewhat troublesome. Although the River Diagram and Luo Script had once been discovered in the Demon Court, Taiyi was currently comprehending them and it was not yet suitable to start a great war. Moreover, the Witch Clan's physical bodies were extremely powerful, so fighting them would bring no advantage.
"The Witch Clan can actually condense Primordial Spirits?" On Kunlun Mountain, Tongtian stared toward the Witch Clan in astonishment. Everyone in the Prehistoric World knew that the Witch Clan could not cultivate Primordial Spirits, yet that had actually changed now!
"It's Houtu! Once her soul transforms into a Primordial Spirit, she only needs to survive the lightning tribulation..." Yuanshi was equally surprised. A thousand years later, he and Laozi had already emerged from seclusion. They were both Sages-to-be who had severed two corpses, while Taiqing Laozi had reached the mid-stage of severing two corpses and stood shoulder to shoulder with Tongtian.
"This method is rather similar to the one our disciple created." Laozi also looked toward the Witch Clan, discovering that Houtu's cultivation method was very similar to the technique Chen Tian had created.
"Eldest Brother... Could it be that our disciple gave this method to her?" The corner of Tongtian's mouth twitched slightly. That foolish disciple actually gave away such a method of becoming a Saint so casually??
"Indeed. However, although Houtu is now an Ancestor Witch, her origin is somewhat similar to our disciple's." Yuanshi nodded. Houtu's physique had now been changed into a half-human, half-Witch body, or rather, a Witch-Human state. She could indeed cultivate the Immortal Dao Body.
"We all know that the method our disciple created is suited to his own origin. However, if other living beings cultivate it, their physiques will change. But... if the Demon Clan cultivates it, they will become neither immortal nor complete!" Laozi said. "Forget it, forget it. Since she has some connection to our disciple, there is no need for us to pay attention."
"What Eldest Brother said is absolutely right." The two of them nodded together upon hearing this. However, in the next moment, Tongtian looked toward Chen Tian's Dao Field and said, "Our disciple is about to emerge from seclusion. I wonder whether he has broken through to Daluo?"
"Third Brother, our disciple was only at the mid-stage of Taiyi Golden Immortal a few thousand years ago. Breaking through to Daluo is probably impossible." Yuanshi smiled and stroked his beard. Although this disciple sometimes infuriated him half to death, he also gave him an extraordinary amount of face! Whenever he brought him out to meet his fellow Daoists, he could casually say that this wretched disciple's talent was mediocre. The latter would naturally twitch with embarrassment. Tsk, tsk, tsk... Just thinking about that scene was exhilarating!
"Hmm, let us discuss the Dao for a while and wait for our disciple to emerge from seclusion." Laozi also smiled.
"Excellent!"
Because the Witch Clan had gathered lightning clouds, mighty figures throughout the world turned their gazes toward them. This was the first time such a thing had happened since the creation of the world!
Heavenly Dao and Hongjun were naturally furious as well. Damn! Couldn't you just cultivate properly? Why did you give the Witch Clan a method to condense Primordial Spirits?
It was fortunate that Heavenly Dao was not human. Otherwise, it definitely would have run to Kunlun Mountain and beaten Chen Tian senseless.
Hongjun understood what Heavenly Dao meant, and his old face twitched violently. Big shot, you want to go to Kunlun Mountain? Then wouldn't the Prehistoric World be thrown into chaos?!
"Sigh, this boy..." In the Purple Cloud Palace, Hongjun shook his head. The Witch Clan's inability to condense Primordial Spirits had also been due to the restrictions imposed by the Heavenly Dao. He had not wanted several more beings like Pangu to appear. But now, the son of his superior had created one for them. What could he do?
What else could he do? Handle it according to procedure. How powerful could the lightning tribulation for a Human Immortal's Primordial Spirit be? Against a Daluo Golden Immortal, that thing would be no different from a tickle, right?
"The Witch Clan is defying Heaven. Give them the Five Elements Divine Thunder for their lightning tribulation." Hongjun sighed as he spoke to Heavenly Dao.
Heavenly Dao seemed to be asking, Isn't that too weak?
Hongjun rolled his eyes. "What else would you give them? All-Heaven Divine Thunder or Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder?"
All-Heaven Divine Thunder was the strongest lightning tribulation in the Prehistoric World, while Primordial Chaos Divine Thunder was the strongest divine thunder in Chaos. If those two were used to strike the Witch Clan, the entire Witch Clan would probably be wiped out...
Within the Witch Clan.
Houtu watched as the lightning clouds in the sky gradually transformed into five colors. This was... the Five Elements Divine Thunder!!
"Crack...!"
In an instant! The lightning tribulation descended!!!
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