"Awesome!"
"This stuff is strong."
"This wine packs a punch."
Xing Tian took several gulps before reluctantly lowering it. Wiping the remnants of wine from the corner of his mouth, he let out a hearty, bold laugh. "Do you have any more of this stuff?"
"Not much."
Cangyuan shook his head.
Xing Tian looked regretful at that. "What a pity."
"But I can tell you how to brew it."
Xing Tian's eyes lit up in surprise. "Really?"
"You got it, little brother."
"But..."
Cangyuan changed the subject. "This time, I came under my master's orders to ask the Witch Race for a Spiritual Treasure."
"A Spiritual Treasure?"
Xing Tian froze, then blurted out, "What do you want that scrap metal for? It doesn't even... Oh, right. You're Cultivators. You can wield magical treasures in battle. It really does seem useful in your hands."
"Although Spiritual Treasures are just scrap metal to our Witch Race, we manage them strictly to keep them from falling into the hands of our enemies. Only the Ancestral Witches have the authority to dispose of them."
"Um... My Xingtian Tribe is under the Ancestral Witch Houtu Tribe. I'll take you to see Ancestral Witch Houtu. You helped me kill that demon beast, gave me wine to drink, and came under Saint Tongtian's orders. Ancestral Witch Houtu will probably agree to your request."
Cangyuan's interest was piqued. His eyes shifted as he smiled lightly. "Then I must thank Great Witch Xing Tian."
"Don't mention it. Let's go."
Xing Tian swung his Battle Axe, cleaving open the space before them. He hung the wine gourd from his body, gripped his Battle Axe in one hand and shield in the other, then stepped through first.
Cangyuan hurriedly followed.
After traveling through the Void for some time, Xing Tian swung his axe again and split open the space ahead. Beyond it stood an enlarged version of a tribal settlement!
Witch Race clansmen could be seen walking everywhere.
There were even quite a few Witch Humans among them!
This was a Witch Race tribe.
Cangyuan and Xing Tian emerged from the Void together. Seeing them, the surrounding Witch Race clansmen respectfully called out, "Greetings, Great Witch Xing Tian!"
The Witch Race revered strength. Whoever had the bigger fist earned their respect and recognition.
Of course, the Heavenly Court and Demon Race were exceptions. Even if Eastern Emperor Tai Yi attained the Dao of Hunyuan Great Luo, the Witch Race would still call him a Mottled Feathered Bird.
"Go back to whatever you were doing."
Xing Tian waved his hand, dismissing the Witch Race clansmen.
He then turned to Cangyuan. "This is the Houtu Tribe. See that central Earth God Palace? That is Ancestral Witch Houtu's Dojo. I'll take you to meet her. Compared to the other eleven Ancestral Witches, Ancestral Witch Houtu is quite gentle and easy to talk to."
Cangyuan looked toward the center of the Houtu Tribe. A huge, magnificent earthen-yellow palace stood there!
It had been built almost entirely from fine jade, immortal gold, divine copper, pure silver, and other materials. Dense Law of Earth aura swirled around it, its Dao marks heavy and its baleful aura desolate.
The law aura surrounding a single divine palace had faintly reached sixty percent. One could imagine just how far its owner had cultivated the Law of Earth.
She had likely reached sixty percent completion already, with a faint chance of breaking through to seventy percent and attaining the Dao of Hunyuan Great Luo.
Cangyuan said, "Please introduce me, Great Witch Xing Tian."
Xing Tian laughed heartily and threw an arm around Cangyuan's shoulders. "It's nothing, haha."
"Let's go, let's go."
"This... is what you meant by gentle-tempered?"
Near the Earth God Palace, Cangyuan saw an incomparably beautiful woman in an earthen-yellow daoist dress. Her wheat-colored skin was surrounded by dense Law of Earth aura as she raised her delicate fists and repeatedly smashed them into an out-of-control Fierce Beast!
She was fierce and imposing, as though venting her frustrations.
Every punch made the earth quake and mountains shake, as if the sky were collapsing and the land splitting apart.
This peerless woman was one of the famous Female Immortals of the Prehistoric World—the Ancestral Witch of Earth, Empress Houtu!
The future Saint who would transform herself into Reincarnation, establish the Six Paths, and preside over the Netherworld Underworld—Empress Pingxin!
A downright sexy little wild leopard.
And the Fierce Beast being brutally beaten by Houtu was no ordinary creature either.
It was actually a Quasi-Saint-level Fierce Beast. Its body was as enormous as a mountain, covered in heavy, dark bronze-like scales. Strands of black mist that devoured light seeped from the gaps between those scales.
It had the body of a sheep and the face of a human, though its features were blurred within twisted shadows. Only a huge mouth, split nearly to its ears, could be seen. There were no sharp teeth within, only a swirling darkness capable of reducing all things to Void.
A pair of enormous crimson eyes grew beneath its armpits. The horns on either side of its head did not grow upward, but twisted and curled like the gravitational ripples of a black hole.
Staring at its appearance, Cangyuan said in surprise, "This... couldn't be Taotie, one of the Four Fierce Beasts under Beast Emperor Shen Ni during the age of Fierce Beasts, could it?!"
"Taotie?"
Xing Tian looked confused and scratched his head. "I don't know. Anyway, ever since Ancestral Witch Houtu brought it back, she's been using it as a punching bag. It's had it rough."
"Badass."
Cangyuan gave him a thumbs-up.
The two stood off to the side.
Silently waiting for Ancestral Witch Houtu to finish venting.
A moment later.
Having vented to her heart's content, Ancestral Witch Houtu walked over looking refreshed. A bright, sunny smile hung on her exquisite face. "My disciple nephew came under Fellow Daoist Tongtian's orders. What brings you here?"
Back then, Houtu had also listened to the Dao at Zixiao Palace. Moreover, among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, she was the only one who had attended all three sermons. By the convention that the three thousand guests of the mortal world were fellow disciples, Houtu and Sect Master Tongtian could be considered martial siblings.
Calling him her disciple nephew was perfectly reasonable.
Cangyuan respectfully saluted her. "Greetings, Uncle Master Houtu. This junior wishes to take the path of Primordial Origin and cultivate laws. My master said that the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Witch Race are experts in this path, specializing in laws. Thus, this junior has come to seek guidance on the path of Primordial Origin."
"Primordial Origin?" Ancestral Witch Houtu wore an unreadable expression as she looked at Cangyuan strangely, then smiled. "The path of Primordial Origin is incomparably difficult. Even my elder brother Di Jiang has yet to touch the threshold of Hunyuan Great Luo. Seeking to attain the Dao through laws is harder than reaching Heaven."
Cangyuan smiled faintly. "Uncle Master Houtu, you jest. You make it sound as though cultivating the Immortal Dao and seeking to attain the Dao of Saint were easy."
Houtu smiled helplessly. "True enough."
"Come with me."
Houtu turned and headed toward the Earth God Palace. "Since Senior Brother Tongtian sent you, I will give you some guidance. How much you comprehend will depend on your own Creation."
"Thank you, Uncle Master Houtu."
Cangyuan entered the Earth God Palace with Houtu.
Houtu began instructing Cangyuan in the path of laws.
"You actually attained Form Transformation through a Spiritual Treasure, and your foundation... has actually reached the High-grade Innate Divine Being level?!"
As Houtu examined Cangyuan's origins and foundation, she was truly astonished.
An Innate Divine Being had actually been born in this era?!
How remarkable.
"The law you specialize in is no simple matter either. It incorporates multiple laws: Innate Five Elements, time and space, Destiny and Karma, Reincarnation and Creation. It is truly strange. It contains every law needed to create a world."
Cangyuan said, "What this junior cultivates is the Law of Creation, which focuses on attaining the Dao by creating worlds..."
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