"Leave."
Watching the Twelve Ancestral Magi depart.
Su Ming's eyes gleamed.
He knew very well that the shock and encouragement brought by his words would ultimately require time to digest.
Surpass Father God?
To the Twelve Ancestral Magi, these four words were both a mountain-heavy shackle and the only blade capable of tearing apart despair.
Returning to his cultivation hall, Su Ming sat cross-legged, but his mind did not immediately sink into cultivation.
He spread open his palm. A pitch-black spear wreathed in endless baleful aura and a Lotus Platform glowing with azure light and radiating boundless vitality of creation hovered quietly in the air.
The God Slaying Spear!
The Thirty-Six-Petaled Creation Green Lotus!
One was a Top-tier Innate Supreme Treasure formed from the blade of the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Sky-Opening Divine Axe, unparalleled in slaughter.
The other had formed from a seed of the Chaos Green Lotus. Its defenses were unparalleled, and it contained the supreme mysteries of creation.
Feeling the vast Dao resonance transmitted by the two supreme treasures, Su Ming's consciousness sank into them.
"Hongjun..."
He murmured softly. There was no fear in his eyes, only a patch of icy calm.
Without this trip to Buzhou Mountain, he might truly have believed, as he had in his memories of his previous life, that Hongjun was merely the Dao Ancestor.
But the warning from Pangu's remnant soul had made him fully understand that this great tribulation of the Primordial Wilderness was far more dangerous than he had imagined.
The Heavenly Dao was no longer completely impartial.
Hongjun had merged with the Heavenly Dao, and his strength was unfathomable.
The Wu Clan alone, relying only on an as-yet-incomplete Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Array, was far from enough.
The only way to break the deadlock was for him to possess the power to overturn the entire board!
Su Ming closed his eyes. His entire aura instantly withdrew as he began secluded cultivation.
Buzz!
Vast magical power surged into the God Slaying Spear and the Creation Green Lotus. What he needed to do was not merely refine them, but also comprehend the Great Dao of Slaughter and Great Dao of Creation contained within.
Time flowed on, and the Primordial Wilderness did not count the years.
When Su Ming opened his eyes again, the world outside the hall had long since undergone vast changes.
Several thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
"Whoosh..."
A long breath left his mouth. Instead of dispersing, it transformed into a solid white stream. Faintly, the roars of dragons and tigers echoed within it, while Law runes constantly appeared and vanished. Only then did it slowly merge into the void.
His cultivation was still at the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
But the Su Ming of this moment was worlds apart from the one who had entered seclusion.
His magical power had grown more refined, every wisp as heavy as a mountain. His Primordial Spirit had become clearer. With a single thought, he could distinctly sense the Law veins of every inch of space outside Pangu Hall.
He had completely mastered every bit of power belonging to the peak of the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm. The depth of his foundation far surpassed that of others at the same level.
His Divine Sense sank into his body.
The God Slaying Spear had refined thirty-six Innate Restrictions. Its heaven-shaking killing aura could now be controlled freely and no longer leaked out carelessly.
The Thirty-Six-Petaled Creation Green Lotus had refined forty Innate Restrictions. On the green lotus, the aura of creation circulated, as if it could evolve into a Small World at any moment.
His strength had skyrocketed by more than tenfold!
"Great Venerable."
Dijiang's respectful voice came from outside the hall.
"Come in."
Su Ming's voice was calm, yet it seemed to resound directly in Dijiang's heart.
The hall doors opened silently. Dijiang stepped inside, and the instant he saw Su Ming, his pupils abruptly contracted.
The Su Ming before him had restrained his aura to the extreme, making him look like an ordinary mortal. Yet precisely because of this, Dijiang was even more shocked.
It represented that Great Venerable's control over his own power had already reached the state of returning to simplicity.
"What is it?" Su Ming asked.
"Reporting to Great Venerable." Dijiang bowed, unable to conceal a trace of excitement in his voice. "Over the past several thousand years, our Wu Clan warriors have diligently governed the clan in accordance with Great Venerable's decree. Now, our territory has expanded more than a hundredfold. From the Nether Blood Sea in the north to the Endless Volcanoes in the south, it is all Wu Clan territory. More than three hundred new Great Witches have emerged within the clan, and the clan members at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm number in the tens of thousands!"
At this point, even Dijiang, normally so steady, had a slight tremor in his voice.
The Wu Clan had become an undisputed top-tier force in the Primordial World Great Earth!
Hearing this, Su Ming merely nodded slightly, without showing much joy on his face.
"What of the other forces?"
Dijiang's expression turned solemn. He knew this was the issue Great Venerable truly cared about.
"Quite a few mighty figures have also emerged in the Primordial Wilderness."
"The Three Pure Ones of Kunlun Mountain were formed from Pangu's Primordial Spirit. They possess the merit of opening the heavens and have profound cultivation!"
"On the Sun Star, Di Jun and Tai Yi hold their Companion Spiritual Treasures, the River Diagram and Luo Script and the Chaos Bell. They have invited the demon clans of the world and established a new force in the Outer Heavens."
"On Western Sumeru Mountain, Jieyin and Zhunti have also been traveling everywhere under the pretext of repairing the spiritual veins of the West, taking advantage wherever they go."
With every name Dijiang spoke, the atmosphere inside Pangu Hall grew heavier.
The Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, Tai Yi, Jieyin, Zhunti...
Each of these thunderous names represented a crucial piece on the future great chessboard of the Primordial Wilderness.
They had finally stepped onto the stage of history.
"The Witch-Demon Tribulation has finally begun..." Su Ming's knuckles tapped lightly against the armrest unconsciously, producing a rhythmic sound.
At present, Hongjun had yet to become a Saint.
There was still a chance to turn things around!
The time left to Su Ming was limited.
A terrifying sense of urgency, like an invisible mountain, suddenly pressed down on Su Ming's heart.
He had originally thought he had advanced quickly enough, but these future Heavenly Dao Saints were advancing just as rapidly.
The Wu Clan appeared powerful, with vast territory, but in the eyes of these top mighty figures, it was probably still merely a group of brutes possessing nothing but brute force.
Once they fully matured, once Hongjun began making his arrangements, the fate of the Wu Clan would remain precarious.
Relying solely on the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Great Array was still not safe enough.
He had to... add another layer of protection!
"Dijiang." Su Ming's voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Great Venerable, please give your orders."
"Pass down my decree. From this day onward, the Wu Clan is to conceal its sharpness, consolidate its territory, recuperate, and refrain from provoking conflicts of its own accord."
Dijiang froze, somewhat confused. The Wu Clan was currently surging forward with great momentum, precisely when it should be advancing triumphantly. Why stop all of a sudden?
But he did not ask.
Over several thousand years, Su Ming's prestige had long since penetrated the marrow of every Ancestral Wu.
"We shall obey Great Venerable's decree!"
"Also..." Su Ming rose to his feet. His gaze pierced through Pangu Hall and looked toward the boundless Primordial World Heaven and Earth. "I am going out again."
"Great Venerable?!" Dijiang was greatly startled.
"Remaining behind closed doors and building a carriage will ultimately make it difficult to glimpse the full scope of the Great Dao." Su Ming's tone was indifferent, yet it contained an unquestionable resolve. "You have felt the pressure from Hongjun. The Three Pure Ones, Di Jun, and the others are no easy opponents either. If I want to break the deadlock, I must find a great opportunity capable of defying heaven and changing fate!"
A great opportunity capable of defying heaven and changing fate!
Dijiang's mind shook violently. He understood Su Ming's meaning.
Great Venerable intended to seek the legendary, ethereal Primordial Great Dao!
"We... understand." Dijiang took a deep breath and bowed solemnly to Su Ming. "Great Venerable, rest assured. While you are away, the twelve of us will protect the Wu Clan as securely as an impregnable fortress!"
Su Ming nodded. With a blur of his figure, he vanished from the hall.
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