Having survived the calamity, Qingxuan bid farewell to Nuwa and returned to his residence.
As time passed, the arrival of the Witch-Fiend Tribulation drew ever closer.
Already caught up in the great tribulation, Qingxuan planned to use this final period of peace to thoroughly temper the strength that had surged after he gained his opportunities.
Only overwhelming strength could ensure that Qingxuan took the initiative in his plans to come.
After all, Qingxuan was plotting far more than the Witch-Fiend Tribulation. His ultimate goals were the Earthly Dao and the Human Dao.
He was undoubtedly causing trouble right under the noses of the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun. The risks were obvious.
But for Nuwa and Houtu, and also so he could safely loaf around in the future, these risks had to be taken.
Qingxuan sat cross-legged atop his cloud bed and adjusted his condition.
The Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique had already reached the peak of its fifth revolution and was about to break through to the sixth.
He had also comprehended three and a half tenths of the Law of Strength inherited from Pangu's phantom. Those three and a half tenths should not be underestimated—they already marked the initial mastery of a law.
His original Law of Wood and Law of Suppression had been comprehended to four and a half tenths and five tenths respectively.
Thanks to his comprehension of the Law of Strength, Qingxuan's Law of Wood and Law of Suppression had both advanced continuously.
Aside from his cultivation and laws, Qingxuan also possessed a pile of magical treasures.
The Jianmu Divine Spear he used frequently had transformed from his Jianmu true body, so it required no refinement.
The Primordial Chaos Measuring Heaven Ruler, as an Innate Merit Supreme Treasure, incurred no karma when killing. It contained forty-nine restrictions, but Qingxuan had possessed it for too short a time and had so far refined only twenty of them.
Besides these, Qingxuan also had a magical treasure that was crucial to his coming plans—the Companion Supreme Treasure awarded to him by the system.
The Myriad Manifestations Dao Suppressing Stele!
It was currently an Innate Supreme Treasure, but it possessed a bug-level ability: it could devour Dao principles and grow.
According to the system, the Myriad Manifestations Dao Suppressing Stele had been formed over countless billions of years during the time when the Primordial Chaos had yet to be divided and the Chaos had just begun, condensing from chaotic energy combined with the Suppression Dao.
Its true body was an ancient stele of profound black color. Countless billions of Dao patterns from the birth of the universe were engraved across its surface. These Dao patterns contained the root power of the laws of Heaven and Earth and were the embodiment of the supreme Law of Suppression.
Legend had it that this stele had once stabilized the chaotic currents and separated the clear and turbid energies. It was one of the cornerstones that maintained the balance of the myriad heavens.
Its functions were not as varied as those of other supreme treasures. It had only one ability: suppression, the ultimate power of suppression.
Once activated, it could suppress and seal all things beneath Heaven and Earth.
Whether mountains and rivers, stars and moons, gods, demons, fiends, immortals, Primordial Spirits, souls, chaotic flows of space-time, karma, or destiny, all would solidify beneath the stele like amber.
Those suppressed would completely lose all ability to move or resist. Even their thoughts would fall into eternal stagnation.
This treasure could even directly interfere with the laws of Heaven and Earth, and could briefly replace the Heavenly Dao in controlling the rules.
Of course, with Qingxuan's current strength, he naturally could not replace the Heavenly Dao in controlling the rules. He could not even suppress the Heavenly Dao.
Once he broke through to the Primordial Origin Golden Immortal realm, he would be able to control a sliver of the Myriad Manifestations Dao Suppressing Stele's power and influence the Heavenly Dao for an instant.
Qingxuan's goal was not to suppress the Heavenly Dao, but to seize that instant of opportunity.
Originally, Qingxuan had not been so confident. Even if the Heavenly Dao were influenced for an instant, he could not guarantee that his plan would succeed with absolute certainty. However, he had obtained the Chaos Bead from the Witch Race's treasury.
With the help of the Chaos Bead, he had far greater confidence that he could help Nuwa awaken the Human Dao.
After adjusting his condition and sorting out his thoughts, Qingxuan began his secluded cultivation.
The Primordial Spirit Gathering Array awarded by the system unfolded, and endless spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth surged toward him.
It soon enveloped Qingxuan's palace.
Qingxuan's eyes were tightly shut. His Grand Unity Three Flowers manifested, revealing endless visions.
The Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique began circulating within his body, continuously charging toward a higher realm.
While Qingxuan was in seclusion, changes were also taking place across the Primordial World.
Following Qingxuan's instructions, Ten Thousand Year Green Cypress communicated with the other clans formed by the spirits of grass and trees.
The other spirits of grass and trees had long suffered terribly under the oppression of the Fiend Race and Zizhou Prefecture. Upon hearing Ten Thousand Year Green Cypress's message, they immediately migrated in this direction.
Especially after learning that Qingxuan had been transformed from the Supreme Innate Spiritual Root Tongtian Jianmu and was the disciple of the future Saint, Empress Nuwa, they felt even more reassured.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches strictly followed Qingxuan's instructions. Houtu cultivated in seclusion within Pangu Hall, while the other eleven Ancestral Witches managed their tribes and actively prepared for war.
The Witch Race active across the Primordial World gradually dwindled.
As the Witch Race fell silent, the conflict between the Fiend Race and Zizhou Prefecture was bound to intensify.
During these one hundred thousand years, Dong Wang Gong had remained in seclusion. Not only had he recovered from his injuries, he had also advanced further by severing his Evil Corpse, becoming a mid-stage Quasi-Sage who had severed two corpses.
The injuries Zizhou Prefecture had suffered in its battle with the Fiend Race gradually healed.
Having learned his lesson last time, Dong Wang Gong had become smarter. Di Jun and Tai Yi were brothers, so Dong Wang Gong felt that he needed to find an ally as well.
Thus, Dong Wang Gong set his sights on Queen Mother of the West, who had also been conferred the title of Head of Female Immortals by Hongjun.
Queen Mother of the West was an intelligent person who could clearly see the situation in the Primordial World.
After being conferred the title of Head of Female Immortals by Hongjun, she had not established a force like Dong Wang Gong or prepared to unify the Primordial World. She had merely gathered the female immortals who pledged allegiance to her within her Dao Field, West Kunlun's Jade Pool Immortal Realm.
As for the famous female immortals, such as Nuwa, Houtu, Changxi, and Xihe, Queen Mother of the West had not disturbed them. The two sides tacitly maintained a state of keeping out of each other's affairs.
Unfortunately, even though Queen Mother of the West kept her doors closed, trouble still came knocking.
On this day, Dong Wang Gong led the cultivators of his Zizhou Prefecture and arrived at West Kunlun in a mighty procession.
Jade Pool Immortal Realm.
"Friend Queen Mother of the West, I am Dong Wang Gong. Please come out and meet me. I have an important matter to discuss."
Dong Wang Gong stood before the Jade Pool Immortal Realm and released the full might of his mid-stage Quasi-Sage cultivation, causing the spirit beasts within West Kunlun to scatter in all directions.
Queen Mother of the West sighed. What was meant to come had finally come.
As the Jade Pool Immortal Realm slowly opened, Queen Mother of the West led a group of female immortals out.
Queen Mother of the West possessed an incomparably dignified and flawless appearance, as if all the grace and majesty in Heaven and Earth had gathered within her.
Her skin was as smooth as jade, warm yet carrying a hint of coldness.
An Innate Divine Beings Dao pattern marked her brow, faintly flowing with the power of laws.
She wore an Innate Spiritual Treasure Dao robe embroidered with images of the mountains and rivers of the Primordial World, the myriad beasts facing the phoenix—or the qilin—and countless intricate, ancient chaotic runes.
As her sash fluttered, it seemed as if a galaxy coiled around her, with the Star Dou Great Formation revolving within it.
The innate Supreme Yin Essence Qi of the West surrounded her, emanating a pure Dao resonance that cleansed all evil and effortlessly neutralized Dong Wang Gong's mid-stage Quasi-Sage aura.
"Emperor Donghua, why have you come to my Jade Pool when you should be cultivating in your Zizhou Prefecture?"
Queen Mother of the West's voice was stately and grand, exuding nobility beyond words.
A trace of infatuation flashed through Dong Wang Gong's eyes. He had been transformed from innate Supreme Yang Qi, while Queen Mother of the West had been transformed from innate Supreme Yin Qi. The two of them were a match made by Heaven and Earth.
He had originally only intended to join forces with Queen Mother of the West to resist the Fiend Race.
Now, Dong Wang Gong's thoughts had changed.
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