The Innate Gourd Vine was a rather special existence among all the Innate Spiritual Roots.
When the other Chaos Demon Gods were beaten back into their original forms, their Primordial Spirit True Spirits were erased. Yet his Primordial Spirit True Spirit remained.
The only one in a similar situation to the Innate Gourd Vine was Ancestor Yang Mei.
However, Ancestor Yang Mei had chosen the correct method of proving the Dao and ultimately succeeded, while the Innate Gourd Vine had been torn apart.
"Innate Gourd Vine, this Great God is giving you a choice now. Come with this Great God obediently, or don't blame this Great God for pulling you out."
After Bai Chen exposed the Innate Gourd Vine's origins, he stated his demand.
It would be best if the other party knew what was good for him. If not, Bai Chen did not mind putting on a performance of Great God Bai Chen pulling an entire gourd vine out of the ground.
"Since you know my origins, do you really think you can do anything to me?"
"Don't forget, you're merely a puny Innate Divine Beast!"
The Innate Gourd Vine flew into a rage at Bai Chen's threat.
What kind of existence was he, the Innate Gourd Vine? Even though he had fallen into dire straits, he was not someone an Innate Divine Beast could bully.
"Innate Gourd Vine, you're refusing to give this Great God face, are you?"
"Then this Great God can only reason with you!"
Bai Chen pulled out a huge hammer. Two characters were engraved on it in Innate Dao Script: "Reason"!
That's right. This huge hammer was Bai Chen's reason.
This hammer was an offensive Houtian Supreme Treasure personally refined for Bai Chen by Yuanfeng in her early years. Its might was enough to contend with a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.
The characters "Reason" had been proposed by Bai Chen, so he had named the hammer the Hammer of Reason.
Although Spiritual Treasures were divided into Innate and Houtian, Houtian treasures were not necessarily weaker than Innate ones.
Innate Spiritual Treasures had merely been born before the Primordial World, while Houtian Spiritual Treasures had been refined by people later on.
The greatest difference between an Innate Spiritual Treasure and a Houtian Spiritual Treasure was that one possessed Innate Origin, while the other did not!
Bai Chen raised the Hammer of Reason and fiercely attacked the Innate Gourd Vine. Its might was terrifying.
Although the Innate Gourd Vine had not taken human form, he swung a vine and unleashed a divine ability, blocking Bai Chen's hammer.
The Innate Gourd Vine swung another vine, and a beam of divine light sent Bai Chen flying backward.
"Your strength is too weak. You're no match for me."
"I'll spare you today. Leave."
The Innate Gourd Vine chose to spare Bai Chen because this was Buzhou Mountain, formed from the spine of Great God Pangu.
Moreover, when the restriction had been broken earlier, he had sensed Pangu's All-Heaven Divine Power and Heaven-Opening Merit Power.
This forced him to be cautious, leading him to spare Bai Chen.
"Innate Gourd Vine, since this Great God can't beat you, this Great God will find some helpers and kill you."
As Bai Chen issued his threat, he sent his voice out of the Secret Realm and shouted:
"Xuanming, Houtu, come help quickly! This Great God is being bullied and is about to die!"
Calling for help after losing was not shameful. The shame was calling for help and having no one come.
The moment Bai Chen finished speaking, the Law of Earth transformed into a barrier that protected him, while the Law of Ice became thousands of ice arrows that flew toward the Innate Gourd Vine.
"This is Pangu's Laws!"
The Innate Gourd Vine was startled and hurriedly cast Dao techniques and divine abilities to resist.
Xuanming and Houtu arrived beside Bai Chen. Xuanming reached out and pinched the flesh on Bai Chen's cheek, mocking him:
"Lazy cat, you can't even beat an Innate Spiritual Root. You're so useless!"
Xuanming felt that if Bai Chen slept less, he would not be this useless.
This lazy cat had even tried to drive the two sisters away earlier. Fortunately, the sisters had stayed and waited outside the Secret Realm.
If they had left, who knew how badly this lazy cat would have been beaten by the other party?
"Little White, you need to cultivate diligently."
Houtu picked Bai Chen up. She felt that Bai Chen truly could not remain so lazy.
"Xuanming, Houtu, it's not that this Great God is weak. It's that this Innate Gourd Vine is too strong.
"He's a Chaos Demon God who didn't die completely. Isn't it perfectly normal that this Great God can't beat him?"
Bai Chen refused to admit that he was weak. The enemy was simply too strong!
"You're a Chaos Demon God!"
After Xuanming and Houtu learned the Innate Gourd Vine's identity, their gazes turned cold.
In the inherited memories of the two sisters, the Chaos Demon Gods were enemies of their Father God Pangu.
If the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods had not depleted part of their Father God Pangu's strength, their Father God would not have fallen.
"What's your relationship with Pangu? Why do you possess Pangu's Laws and Heaven-Opening Merit Power?"
The Innate Gourd Vine saw at a glance that Xuanming and Houtu were different, because the two sisters possessed a power that terrified him.
That was the power of Great God Pangu!
The Innate Gourd Vine still remembered that it had been Pangu who had crippled his Primordial Fruit Status with a single axe strike and beaten him back into his original form.
Although the Pangu Laws within Xuanming and Houtu were not strong, the psychological trauma made the Innate Gourd Vine involuntarily grow afraid.
"We are the Twelve Ancestor Witches of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. Our Father God is Pangu!"
After Xuanming spoke, she summoned the Witchcraft Artifact, the Ice Bow.
Although the Ancestral Witches had no Primordial Spirits and could not unleash a Spiritual Treasure's full might, the Ancestral Witches possessed their own inheritance. Witchcraft Artifacts were one part of that inheritance.
The might of a Witchcraft Artifact was no weaker than that of a Spiritual Treasure. However, Witchcraft Artifacts had one characteristic: only witches could use them.
Xuanming formed an arrow from the Law of Ice, drew the Ice Bow to its full extent, and released it.
The Law of Ice transformed into a violent storm that swept toward the Innate Gourd Vine.
Since this was a loose end her Father God Pangu had failed to deal with, Xuanming, as his daughter, had to clean it up for him.
"If it were Pangu's True Body, I would not dare oppose him!
"But you're merely Pangu's Descendant. Do you really think I'm afraid of you?"
The Innate Gourd Vine was also furious. Pangu, that damned father, had crippled his Primordial Fruit Status and reduced him to this state.
Now Pangu's daughter, Xuanming, even wanted to kill him. This father and daughter pair were going too far!
The Innate Gourd Vine flew into a rage. What kind of status did he possess? He could not defeat Pangu, but surely he could not lose to Pangu's daughter as well?
The Innate Gourd Vine used his vines as arms and unleashed several divine abilities to fight Xuanming.
Houtu was unwilling to fall behind either. She attacked the Innate Gourd Vine alongside Bai Chen, assisting Xuanming.
Today, the three of them fought side by side and suppressed the Innate Gourd Vine together.
Gourd Vine Begged for Mercy!
The three of them ganged up on the Innate Gourd Vine. The strongest, Xuanming, took charge of the main assault; Houtu feigned attacks; and Bai Chen, being the weaker one, could only provide support.
Although the Innate Gourd Vine was a Chaos Demon God who had not died completely, he had several fatal weaknesses.
First, he had chosen not to take human form, instead rooting his original body in Buzhou Mountain and absorbing its power.
Thus, he could not move and was limited to this spot.
Second, the Innate Gourd Vine had been struck by Great God Pangu's axe back then, leaving him traumatized.
Although he claimed on the surface that he was unafraid of Xuanming and Houtu, he was still somewhat apprehensive inside.
Even with the Innate Gourd Vine's reservations, his strength was still considerable. Even with the three of them fighting him together, Bai Chen and the others could not gain the upper hand.
After all, the Innate Gourd Vine was still a Chaos Demon God who had not truly died.
If he could be slaughtered easily, that would actually be abnormal.
While Bai Chen and the others were fighting the Innate Gourd Vine, the Ancestral Witches cultivating in Pangu Hall suddenly opened their eyes and stopped cultivating.
The Ancestral Witches turned their gazes toward the Secret Realm where Bai Chen and the others were. Clearly, they had sensed something.
"Big Brother, I sensed the Laws of our younger sisters Xuanming and Houtu. They should be fighting an enemy right now."
Ancestral Witch Gou Mang reported to Ancestral Witch Dijiang.
"It must be those two idiots, Fuxi and Nuwa!"
"Those siblings actually dared to fight Xuanming and Houtu. They can't be allowed to live!"
The brothers Gonggong and Zhurong blamed Fuxi and Nuwa for everything, each adding a line.
After all, there were only two groups of living beings on Buzhou Mountain. Apart from their group of Ancestral Witches, there was only Fuxi and Nuwa's group.
As for Bai Chen, Gonggong and Zhurong directly ruled him out as a suspect.
Bai Chen was too weak. There was no way he could fight Xuanming and Houtu.
Once Bai Chen was eliminated, only Fuxi and Nuwa remained. Surely it could not be that Xuanming and Houtu had turned against each other?
"Suppress them!"
"Suppress them!"
The moment Gonggong and Zhurong began shouting, many Ancestral Witches immediately echoed them.
The Ancestral Witches had long been displeased with the siblings Fuxi and Nuwa, and they all voiced their agreement.
Ancestral Witch Dijiang raised his hand. The Space Laws shattered the void, carrying the other Ancestral Witches away from Pangu Hall.
Because the restrictions of the Secret Realm had been broken by Bai Chen, Xuanming, and Houtu, the spatial order here was now no different from the outside world.
As space shattered, Ancestral Witch Dijiang brought the other Ancestral Witches over.
The Ancestral Witches stared at the scene before them, and their expressions instantly turned awkward.
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