Befriending Houtu, Entering Pangu Hall!

The heavy doors of the Earth God Palace were pushed open from the outside.

Xing Tian strode in, knelt on one knee before Houtu, and said, "Please rest assured, Ancestral Witch Houtu, I, Xing Tian, will never fail your expectations. Even if I have to give my life, I will hold out until the Father God's true form slays that group of the Demon Race!"

Xing Tian knew the gap between a Great Witch and an Ancestral Witch, and he understood that if he forced himself to join the other eleven Ancestral Witches in the formation to summon the Father God's true form, his only end would be death. But... for the victory of the Witch Race, what did the life of one Xing Tian matter?

"Xing Tian..."

Houtu looked at Xing Tian: "Have you been eavesdropping outside the whole time?"

"Eh?"

Xing Tian blinked his eyes, which were supposedly full of wisdom, in a daze, his mind completely muddled.

This wasn't how it was supposed to go.

Shouldn't the Ancestral Witch be praising him?

Why was she asking if he had been eavesdropping?

Xing Tian felt awkward and stammered: "Ancestral Witch, I... I only heard a small part."

"Oh right, Ancestral Witch Di Jiang asked me to call you to the Pangu Hall for a meeting."

As it turned out, Xing Tian had received a message from Di Jiang to summon Houtu.

Upon hearing this, Houtu nodded and said to Xing Tian: "I understand. Wait outside and do not allow anyone to enter."

"Yes!"

Xing Tian stood up, grabbed his Battle Axe and shield, and paced back and forth outside the Earth God Palace. His eyes, supposedly full of wisdom, now held a bloodthirsty and arrogant ferocity; even if a bug dared to approach, Xing Tian would hack it into a mist of blood with his axe.

Inside the Earth God Palace.

Ancestral Witch Houtu looked at the consistently calm Cangyuan and said sincerely: "I ask for your guidance, Fellow Daoist. From this day forward, you shall be a permanent friend of the Witch Race. Whatever you need, if my Witch Race has it, we will give it to you directly; if we don't, we will seize it for you."

It is said that Ancestral Witch Houtu is the gentlest among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, but... that depends on who you compare her to.

Compared to the other eleven Ancestral Witches, Houtu is indeed gentle and reasonable, but compared to Senior Sister Yunxiao, Houtu is a fierce tigress from the Northeast, a tyrannosaurus from Sichuan and Chongqing—gentle, my foot.

Cangyuan did not beat around the bush and said directly: "The reason the Ancestral Witch must transform into the reincarnation is because the Prehistoric World lacks a world that belongs to the dead. Well... I shall simply give the Ancestral Witch a world."

"When the time comes, your Ancestral Witch body can remain. When the Witch Race needs you, you are Ancestral Witch Houtu; when the Witch Race does not need you, you are the master of the reincarnation."

Hmm... how to put it.

After Houtu creates the Six Paths of Reincarnation, she will still have to transform into Empress Pingxin, restricted by the Earth Path, with her Saint-level combat power only usable within the coverage of the Earth Path.

But... since her Ancestral Witch body remains, it is equivalent to Houtu leaving behind an action figure in the Prehistoric World.

When the Witch Race needs her, she can fully control her Ancestral Witch body from the Netherworld to assist the Witch Race.

Hmm... controlling oneself, that works.

But the method is sound.

Although Houtu is not clever, she is no fool. After a brief thought, she saw through what Cangyuan could gain from this.

Using his world as the Netherworld to carry the Six Paths of Reincarnation, for every dead soul or true spirit that reincarnates, Cangyuan can claim a portion of the merit—a business with high returns and no risk.

However, Houtu did not care.

She had already witnessed Cangyuan's capabilities.

She did not mind giving up some benefits to deeply bind herself to Cangyuan, preferably becoming allies on the same front.

If Cangyuan knew what Houtu was thinking right now, he would probably jump for joy.

Deepening his connection with Houtu, the future Saint of the Earth Path, was exactly what he hoped for.

Why?

Naturally, to leave himself a way out.

In the future Investiture of the Gods Tribulation, if the Jie Sect still cannot change its fate of destruction, Cangyuan can take his close Senior Brothers and Sisters to the Netherworld Underworld to take up Divine Positions.

As for the Divine Positions of the Heavenly Court... with one's true spirit trapped in the Investiture of the Gods, not even a dog would want them!

Houtu nodded: "Then I thank you, Fellow Daoist. If there is a need in the future, Houtu will certainly not refuse. I will do my utmost for you, sparing nothing!"

"Good."

"Ding, Host has completed the Choice Mission. Reward: Supreme Innate Spiritual Root—Tongtian Jianmu!"

As the system's voice faded, the Tongtian Jianmu took root in that void space within Cangyuan's body, growing wildly. Its branches connected the thirty-one Inner Worlds, linking them together from their previously isolated states.

Before, apart from Cangyuan, the living beings within the worlds could never reach another world, but now they could reach other worlds through the branches of the Tongtian Jianmu!

Cangyuan looked at the changes within his body and nodded with satisfaction. He then stripped a Middle Thousand World from that unknown space within his body!

Although it was a Middle Thousand World, its exterior was still a pale blue, rounded bead; looking closely, one could see the vast Middle Thousand World within!

Even though it was stripped from Cangyuan's body, this Middle Thousand World remained under his control, inseparable.

"Ancestral Witch, are you satisfied?"

"Satisfied, satisfied, extremely satisfied."

Houtu caught the Sea Calming Pearl handed over by Cangyuan and examined it curiously: "This should be a spiritual treasure, right? You actually managed to open it into an Inner World."

Cangyuan nodded with a smile, "Indeed, this poor daoist is precisely the form transformation of the Sea Calming Pearl. My visit to the Witch Race this time, aside from seeking guidance on the Law Path to Enlightenment for the Primordial Origin, is also because I have allowed five of the Sea Calming Pearls to remain in your hands, so..."

"Rest assured, fellow daoist. Since they are your spiritual treasures, our Witch Race will certainly return them," Houtu said immediately. "Furthermore, you may freely choose any spiritual treasures collected within our Witch Race treasury."

Cangyuan's face lit up with joy, "Many thanks."

I wonder if I can unearth a few rare treasures in this Witch Race treasury.

The absolute essential for every transmigrator!

Houtu recalled what Xing Tian had said earlier and remarked, "As it happens, I am about to meet with my Elder Brothers. You may accompany me there, fellow daoist."

Hearing this, Cangyuan asked in surprise, "With you? To Pangu Hall together?"

Houtu nodded, looking as if it were only natural, "Mhm."

Cangyuan was puzzled, "It is rumored that Pangu Hall was formed from the heart of the Great God Pangu and is considered a spiritual treasure, ranking among the Innate Supreme Treasures. Being inside can shield Heavenly Secrets and disrupt divination; it is the holy land of the Witch Race. How could an outsider like me enter?"

This time it was Houtu's turn to be stunned, "Formed from the heart of Father God? Ranked as an Innate Supreme Treasure? Is there such a claim? I had no idea. Who said that?"

"Never mind. You have pointed out the path forward for me, so how could you be an outsider? You are the person closest to me, Houtu."

Houtu meant that Cangyuan's status in her heart was now on par with her brothers and sisters.

"Since that is the case, then I shall impose upon you."

Cangyuan nodded, not acting coy, and readily agreed.

"Let's go!"

Houtu directly grabbed Cangyuan and flew out of the Earth God Palace.

She shattered the void with a single punch.

They stepped into it.

When they reappeared, they had arrived at the central holy land of the Witch Race!

This place was located at the center of the Twelve Ancestral Witches' tribes, with the tribes guarding it from all sides.

Protecting their holy land: Pangu Hall!

"Little Sister, who is this daoist?!"