Prehistoric: Starting by Bumping into Nuwa! Section 38

First Qilin turned his gaze toward Si Bu Xiang. At first, he had hoped that Si Bu Xiang would one day revitalize the Qilin Clan.

Now, Si Bu Xiang's cultivation had been crippled by Bai Chen, his origin extracted, and the origin of a primordial ferocious beast forced into him, leaving him unable to transform for all eternity.

First Qilin knew that without the aid of a Dao Proving mighty expert, Si Bu Xiang was basically finished.

Thus, First Qilin no longer pinned his hopes on Si Bu Xiang to revive the Qilin Clan, and so did not place too much pressure on him.

The only one he could now place his hopes on was Earth Qilin Gou Chen, who remained at the Qilin Clan's ancestral land. He hoped Gou Chen could revitalize the Qilin Clan in the future.

"Ink Qilin, Gold Qilin, Jade Qilin, this clan leader has wronged you."

Looking at the Primordial Spirit True Spirits of the three Ink Qilins, First Qilin was filled with remorse.

First Qilin Falls, Ancestor Dragon Suppresses the Sea Eyes!

Originally, First Qilin had wanted to find Ink Qilin and the others a protector. Who could have expected a cat blocking the road to suddenly leap out and leave Ink Qilin and the others suffering so miserably?

Had he known this would happen, he would never have brought Ink Qilin and the others out.

If he had left them in Qilin Hall at the Qilin Clan's ancestral land, these three old subordinates would not have ended up like this.

After cupping his hands to the Three Pure Ones in salute, First Qilin prayed to the heavens:

"Great Dao above, I, First Qilin, clan leader of the Qilin Clan, led the Qilin Clan to contend for supremacy in the prehistoric world because of my own greed. We slaughtered countless lives and ravaged the myriad races of the prehistoric world; our sins are grave!

"Therefore, today, I, First Qilin, am willing to dissolve my fleshly body and scatter my own Primordial Spirit True Spirit, transforming all my cultivation and mana into auspicious signs.

"From this day forth, wherever qilins tread shall be blessed with auspiciousness. May the Great Dao grant my Qilin Clan a sliver of hope for survival!"

First Qilin knew that because of his Great Dao Oath with Bai Chen, all hope of life had already been severed. He might as well make the most of it and seek a chance of survival for the Qilin Clan.

"Granted!"

After the Great Dao's response, First Qilin's mana and cultivation began to disperse.

At the same time, his Primordial Spirit True Spirit gradually scattered as well. He transformed into his true form and leaned against Kunlun Mountain, while his fleshly body became Qilin Cliff.

As First Qilin perished and his Dao vanished, the Great Dao bestowed a portion of merit, erasing part of the Qilin Clan's karmic sin and granting the Qilin Clan a sliver of hope.

"Farewell, Fellow Daoist First Qilin!"

Seeing a hegemon of the prehistoric world like First Qilin perish and vanish from the Dao, the Three Pure Ones and the Queen Mother of the West all cupped their hands in farewell.

"Farewell, Father God!"

Great sorrow filled Si Bu Xiang's heart. From this day forward, he no longer had a Father God.

In Qilin Hall, when the Grand Elder, Earth Qilin Gou Chen, learned of First Qilin's death, his body immediately trembled.

When First Qilin had departed, he had told him only that he was being suppressed, not that he would perish and vanish from the Dao.

Now that First Qilin had perished and his Dao vanished, what was going on?

Could it be that First Qilin had told him a well-intentioned lie just to put his mind at ease?

"The Qilin Clan bids farewell to its clan leader!"

Though grief and confusion filled Earth Qilin Gou Chen's heart, he still led all the Qilin Clan members in seeing First Qilin off on his final journey.

First Qilin had been the backbone of the Qilin Clan. Now that this backbone was gone, one could well imagine the impact on the Qilin Clan.

"First Qilin actually scattered his own Primordial Spirit True Spirit, cutting off every chance of life and perishing completely. Has he gone mad?"

When Ancestor Dragon of the Dragon Clan's ancestral land learned of First Qilin's death, he was immediately shocked.

He had originally believed that First Qilin would at most end up like Yuan Feng—suppressing some place and waiting for the day he could break free in later ages and revive his clan.

Yet First Qilin had actually dissolved himself, perishing completely and vanishing from the Dao, leaving himself no way out at all.

In Ancestor Dragon's eyes, First Qilin was simply a madman—a madman through and through.

First Qilin: Ancestor Dragon, do you think I did not want to leave myself a chance at life?

But Bai Chen plotted against me. Because of the Great Dao Oath, my hope of life was severed. I could only trade all this for the greatest possible benefit.

After First Qilin perished and his Dao vanished, the Grand Elder, Earth Qilin Gou Chen, ordered the Qilin Clan to abandon the territories they had previously seized and retreat with all their strength to Qilin Hall at the Qilin Clan's ancestral land.

Moreover, they used the Qilin Clan's remaining twenty percent of resources to seal off Qilin Hall at their ancestral land, preventing the myriad beast races from launching a counterattack against the Qilin Clan.

With Yuan Feng and the Qilin Clan already in such a state, Ancestor Dragon also made his final choice.

One day, Ancestor Dragon's voice in prayer suddenly resounded throughout the prehistoric world:

"Great Dao above, I, Ancestor Dragon—clan leader of the Dragon Clan—led the Dragon Clan to contend for supremacy in the prehistoric world for the sake of my own desires, slaughtering countless lives. I know my sins are grave!

"Therefore, I, Ancestor Dragon, am willing to wield the Ancestor Dragon Pearl and use this sinful body to suppress the boundless central sea eyes.

"The Dragon Clan's elite shall guard the sea eyes of the Four Seas, protecting their peace."

"From this day forth, my Dragon Clan shall eternally guard the Four Seas, bringing clouds and rain to the heaven and earth of the prehistoric world, ensuring favorable winds and rains across the Four Seas and Eight Desolations. I implore the Great Dao to grant my Dragon Clan a sliver of hope for survival!"

As Ancestor Dragon's prayer spread throughout the prehistoric world, the Great Dao manifested in response and answered:

"Granted!"

With the Great Dao's assent, it bestowed merit, helping Ancestor Dragon suppress his injuries and return to Half-step Dao Proving cultivation.

"Roar~"

After recovering to the cultivation of Half-step Dao Proving, Ancestor Dragon transformed into his true form and let out a dragon roar, intimidating all living beings of the primordial world.

He then held the Ancestor Dragon Pearl in his mouth and fled into the sea eye, using himself to suppress the Central Endless Nether Sea Eye.

At the same time, under Ancestor Dragon's prior arrangements, the Five Dragon Kings began to act with the Dragon Clan's elite forces.

The Eastern Azure Emperor Azure Dragon King led part of the Dragon Clan's elite to the East Sea Eye.

He designated the place as a forbidden ground of the East Sea and remained there to guard it, never leaving!

The Southern Scarlet Emperor Scarlet Dragon King, the Western White Emperor White Dragon King, and the Northern Black Emperor Black Dragon King each led part of the Dragon Clan to the South Sea, West Sea, and North Sea.

Under their leadership, the South Sea Dragon Palace, West Sea Dragon Palace, and North Sea Dragon Palace were constructed.

Afterward, the three led their subordinates' elite forces to establish forbidden grounds in the three seas, remaining at the three sea eyes to guard them.

For every Dragon Clan elite guarding a sea eye, the Great Dao bestowed merit upon them, helping them recover their cultivation and injuries.

This gave them sufficient strength to guard the sea eyes and prevent anyone in later generations from destroying them and bringing calamity upon the primordial world.

Of course, the Great Dao's help in restoring their strength came with restrictions.

Should they leave a certain range around the Four Seas' sea eyes they guarded, they would immediately become entangled by karmic sin, and their cultivation would also fall.

As for Ying Long and the Central Yellow Emperor Yellow Dragon King, they did not go guard the sea eyes. Instead, they remained in the Dragon Clan's ancestral land at the East Sea Dragon Palace, taking charge of governing the Dragon Clan.

The Dragon Clan was greedy by nature. How could they possibly hand over the resources they had struggled so hard to plunder to others?

Moreover, giving those resources to others was, in a sense, aiding the enemy for the Dragon Clan.

To prevent other primordial mighty beings from coveting the Dragon Clan's resources and attacking the Dragon Clan after he went to suppress the Central Endless Nether Sea Eye, Ancestor Dragon had, before departing, arranged for the Eastern Azure Emperor Azure Dragon King and the others to transport the vast majority of the Dragon Clan's resources to the Four Seas' sea eyes.

By moving the Dragon Clan's resources to the sea eyes, the Eastern Azure Emperor Azure Dragon King and the others could guard those resources while guarding the sea eyes.

As for others coming to seize them?

One had to know that while guarding the sea eyes, those Dragon Clan elites were at the peak of their strength. They were not afraid in the slightest of Innate Deities or Innate Divine Beasts coming to steal them.

If anyone truly dared come and seize them, they could simply pin the crime of intending to destroy the sea eyes on them and kill them.

These resources were the key to the Dragon Clan's future resurgence. Ancestor Dragon believed that one day, the Dragon Clan would use these resources to once again reign over the primordial world.

It had to be said that Ancestor Dragon had played this move exceedingly well.

Not only had the resources been moved away, but the Dragon Clan's elite had also preserved their strength.

With no resources left in the Dragon Palaces, who would be bored enough to attack the Dragon Clan?

What was more, the Dragon Clan still had a batch of elite forces preserving their strength. Although those Dragon Clan elites could not casually leave the Four Seas' sea eyes, if the Dragon Clan of the Four Seas' Dragon Palaces encountered danger in the future and could not win, they could flee to the Four Seas' sea eyes and seek the protection of the Eastern Azure Emperor Azure Dragon King and the others.

With this move, the Dragon Clan was telling everyone else that they still had a batch of elite forces and still had the possibility of resurgence.

If anyone dared attack the Dragon Clan, then once the Dragon Clan rose again one day, they would certainly settle every score one by one.

Ancestor Dragon's move not only carved out a sliver of life from a certain death trap, but also opened up a path of retreat for the Dragon Clan.

Yuan Feng, First Qilin, and Ancestor Dragon—the three former overlords of the primordial world—had now each reached their own ending.

The Dragon-Phoenix Calamity could finally be considered completely over.

In the blink of an eye, who knew how many more epochs had passed.

Within Zu Fei Palace on Phoenix Perch Mountain, songs and dances flourished. Bai Chen sat upon his throne, enjoying the singing and dancing of the Phoenix Clan's songstresses and dancing maidens while being attended to by Phoenix Clan maidservants.

"Little White, can't you cultivate in peace?"

"You are an Innate Divine Beast. How can you indulge yourself in pleasure?"

Seeing Bai Chen immersed in pleasure all day long, Nuwa finally could not endure it any longer.

With Bai Chen acting like this, how did he look anything like an Innate Divine Beast?

Yuan Feng had entrusted the Phoenix Clan to her and Bai Chen so that they could look after the Phoenix Clan, yet Bai Chen had done the opposite and made the Phoenix Clan serve him.

Nuwa felt that if Bai Chen continued like this, he truly would waste away in laziness.

"Cultivation?"

At Nuwa's words, Bai Chen immediately became unhappy.

"This great deity has cultivated for so many epochs. What is wrong with enjoying myself for a while?"

"Keep the music playing! Keep the dancing going!"

After retorting to Nuwa, Bai Chen hurriedly motioned for the songstresses and dancing maidens to continue.