North Continent of Julu was one of the only four continents to survive the Witch-Demon War. Back then, when Nuwa Mended the Heavens, she severed the four legs of the Mystic Tortoise to support the four extremes of the sky. The remaining corpse of the tortoise fell into this continent, landing directly on the heart of the Spiritual Veins. From then on, the mountains and rivers rotted away, all spiritual energy corroded into poisonous miasma, rare flowers and exotic herbs withered into ash, and Spiritual Birds and Auspicious Beasts vanished for a thousand years. Only the ferocious beasts descended from Primordial World species, the demon gods who had survived the war by hiding, and the remnants of the Demon Clan scattered across the wilderness remained dormant and gasping for breath within the poisonous fog. The remnants of the Witch Clan that had once dominated Heaven and Earth also made their home here, like dark-night boulders—silent and unyielding.
Deep within a Secluded Valley that had never seen Heavenly Light all year round stood a colossal hall. Its walls, built from black obsidian, were as cold and hard as iron, while its round-sky-and-square-earth outline pressed heavily against the land. The entire palace concealed every trace of radiance, yet a profound pressure that made breathing difficult seeped from between the bricks from time to time, tightening the chest of anyone nearby. A plaque hung above the hall, bearing three ancient, crude Tadpole Script characters: Pangu Hall. The writing flickered in and out of sight, and each flash sent a wisp of indescribably desolate aura quietly spreading through the air.
"The Ancestral Witch Lord was suppressed in the Netherworld Abyss by a Saint, never to escape for all eternity! In ancient times, our Witch Clan stood alongside the Demon Clan at the pinnacle of