Primordial: Starting by Faking an Accident with Nuwa!

Bai Chen felt that even just Xuanming alone could break Fuxi's legs.

It wasn't that Bai Chen looked down on Fuxi—this was simply the reality.

To defeat an Ancestor Witch, one first needed a means to break their Ancestor Witch body, and Fuxi happened to lack such a means.

In a one-on-one fight, Fuxi couldn't breach any Ancestor Witch's body, couldn't defeat any of them; at best, he could force a draw!

Chapter 12: The Innate Gourd Vine!

Bai Chen brought the sisters Xuanming and Houtu to the edge of the Secret Realm's barrier, pointed at it, and said:

"Xuanming, Houtu, it's right here."

"Use the Law power and Heaven-Opening Merit Power you inherited from Great God Pangu to attack this barrier!"

Bai Chen had called the sisters over to work for another reason: the Ancestor Witches possessed Great God Pangu's Law power and Heaven-Opening Merit Power.

This was Buzhou Mountain. Using the power the Ancestor Witches inherited from Great God Pangu was the most fitting way to deal with Buzhou Mountain's Secret Realm barrier.

Consider this: why couldn't the later great powers of the Primordial Era destroy Buzhou Mountain, yet the Ancestor Witch Gonggong could ram it down?

The root cause was that the Ancestor Witch Gonggong carried Great God Pangu's bloodline, inheriting part of Pangu's power and merit.

Across the entire Primordial Era, aside from the Twelve Ancestor Witches, only the Three Pure Ones—also of Pangu's lineage—could destroy Buzhou Mountain.

Beyond them, even those who attained the Dao, possessed the Primordial Unity Dao Fruit, or the revived Heavenly Dao in later ages, could not destroy Buzhou Mountain.

"Lazy cat, what's in it for us if we help you?"

Xuanming didn't start working immediately but instead bargained with Bai Chen.

This lazy cat never thought of her sisters when it was time to play.

But when work came around, he suddenly remembered them—what a fine fellow!

"Xuanming, didn't This Great God just treat you to a meal?"

(●?(工)?●)づ

Bai Chen planted one paw on his hip and pointed the other at Xuanming, clearly displeased. How could this witch suddenly go back on her word?

"As Ancestor Witches and Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, how can you eat This Great God's food and then shirk work?"

"Xuanming, if you try to welch, This Great God will spread word across the Primordial Era that you ate his food and refused to work, making your Ancestor Witches a laughingstock."

Bai Chen trotted out the title of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage again, threatening Xuanming. Did she really think Great God Bai Chen's food was so easy to eat?

Great God Bai Chen wasn't a vegetarian. If she dared to cheat him, he'd make sure she suffered too.

"Fat Cat, I'm never eating anything you give me again."

Xuanming's face immediately soured as she snapped irritably.

"Law of Ice!"

"Law of Earth!"

Xuanming and Houtu struck, mobilizing their Law power to attack the barrier. A mysterious, supreme force seeped from their bodies, and soon the barrier began to show signs of change.

"This must be the Heaven-Opening Merit Power, right? Truly formidable!"

Seeing this, Bai Chen couldn't help but sigh in admiration.

Heaven-Opening Merit Power—Bai Chen envied it. He wanted it too.

If he had Heaven-Opening Merit, maybe he'd already be ruling a domain by now.

"Break for This Great God!"

As time passed, the barrier here grew weaker and weaker. Bai Chen quietly summoned a fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation and shot out a divine light.

The Secret Realm's barrier finally couldn't hold and shattered, dispersing.

"After all this time, it's finally broken."

Bai Chen was overjoyed. This Secret Realm had wasted so much of his time; he couldn't wait to see what treasures lay inside.

But before entering the Secret Realm, Bai Chen still had something to do.

"Xuanming, Houtu, you can leave now."

Bai Chen pushed at Xuanming and Houtu, trying to drive the sisters away.

He had no choice—with the two of them here, he really couldn't rest easy.

What if the sisters lacked morals, abandoned righteousness for profit, and snatched his opportunity?

"Lazy cat, are you trying to burn the bridge after crossing it?"

"And besides, we sisters aren't going to steal your stuff."

Xuanming was deeply dissatisfied with Bai Chen's behavior and grabbed his cheek, pinching it.

This fat cat used her sisters up and then tried to chase them away—it was just too much.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Xuanming and Houtu, Bai Chen had no choice but to say:

"Wait outside the Secret Realm for This Great God. Don't come in."

This Great God will tell you a great secret of the Primordial World once I come out—a secret that concerns Dao Proving!"

Bai Chen knew plenty of secrets, and among them, some indeed involved Dao Proving.

Unfortunately, although those secrets could lead to Dao Proving, Bai Chen himself couldn't use them.

This situation was like Bai Chen knowing the answers to the imperial exams but lacking the admission ticket.

He could only sell these answers to the designated top scholars who held the tickets.

Even if those people knew Bai Chen was selling answers, because his clients were the designated top scholars, the higher-ups who knew would turn a blind eye.

After all, the top scholar was predetermined; as long as the person was the right one, what happened in between didn't matter.

"Little White, are you serious?"

Hearing about a secret concerning Dao Proving, even Houtu grew excited.

Although Houtu had a calm temperament, as a Pangu Descendant, she too harbored desires for Dao Proving.

To be precise, among the Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts of the Primordial World, none didn't wish to prove the Dao.

Because only by proving the Dao could one leap out of the river of time, remain undying through countless kalpas, and possess the power to restart Earth, Water, Wind, Fire and reopen Heaven and Earth.

If one couldn't prove the Dao, even a Half-step Dao Proving great being was ultimately just an ant.

"Tch~"

Seeing Houtu believe Bai Chen's words, Xuanming covered her face with one hand and said helplessly:

"Little sister, can you not be so naive? You actually believe the lies of this lazy cat!"

Xuanming felt she had failed as an older sister!

She hadn't managed to educate Houtu properly, leaving her frighteningly naive!

While Xuanming was lecturing Houtu, Bai Chen had already slipped into the Secret Realm.

A Divine Vine came into view, and atop the vine were seven Divine Flowers, each overflowing with the power of one law.

Just as Bai Chen was sizing up the Divine Vine, the other spoke first:

"You are not Pangu. Then why, when you broke the restriction earlier, did This Seat detect Pangu's Du Tian Power and Heaven-Opening Merit Power?"

The Divine Vine had sensed that when the restriction was broken, the unique Du Tian Divine Power of Great God Pangu and the Heaven-Opening Merit Power had appeared.

But now it couldn't sense either of those divine powers from Bai Chen, which left it greatly puzzled.

"So you're the Innate Gourd Vine!"

Bai Chen then guessed the true identity of this Divine Vine—an Innate Spiritual Root: the Innate Gourd Vine.

The very one that had never transformed, intending to prove the Dao directly.

The same Innate Gourd Vine that failed to prove the Dao, perished, and was dismembered by Nuwa, the Three Pure Ones, and others to take its gourds.

According to what Bai Chen knew, this great fool of an Innate Gourd Vine had even condensed a Primordial Fruit Status, but because its physical body was too weak to bear the Primordial Fruit Status, it perished.

If its life force had been a bit tougher and it had withstood the Primordial Fruit Status, it might have actually succeeded in proving the Dao.

"By the way, which of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods were you, Innate Gourd Vine?"

Although Bai Chen knew the Innate Gourd Vine was once one of the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, he didn't know which one it was or what law it governed.

The Innate Gourd Vine was greatly alarmed, but fortunately its bark was thick enough that Bai Chen couldn't see its expression.

"Daoist, what do you mean by that?"

The Innate Gourd Vine played dumb with Bai Chen, not daring to admit its identity.

There was no help for it—this identity was too special; it dared not confess.

Chapter 13: Great Battle with the Innate Gourd Vine!

When Great God Pangu opened the Primordial World, he slew the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods. In a sense, the Chaos Demon Gods and the beings of the Primordial World were enemies.

For instance, the Fierce Beast Clan that plagued the Primordial World was formed from the remnants of Chaos Demon Gods, influenced by their resentment toward the Primordial World, thus wreaking havoc.

Now, the Innate Gourd Vine hadn't yet figured out Bai Chen's situation, so it had to be on guard.

"Heh!"

"Innate Gourd Vine, stop pretending. This Great God knows you're a Chaos Demon God beaten back to your original form by Great God Pangu, but your Primordial Spirit True Spirit wasn't destroyed."

Bai Chen let out a cold laugh and exposed the other.

Innate Deities, Innate Divine Beasts, Innate Treasures, Innate Spiritual Roots, and Innate Fierce Beasts—all were connected to the Chaos Demon Gods.

Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts were new lifeforms born from the differentiation of Chaos Demon Gods' essence and limbs.

Innate Treasures were formed from the shattered divine weapons of Chaos Demon Gods.

Innate Spiritual Roots were Chaos Demon Gods beaten back to their original forms; one could say every Innate Spiritual Root was the transformed body of a Chaos Demon God.

As for Innate Fierce Beasts, they were formed from the remnant bodies of Chaos Demon Gods.