In the Primordial Wilderness, years went unrecorded; in cultivation, time passed unnoticed.
Deep within Pangu Hall, the Blood Pool still churned with dense blood qi and fiendish energy.
Compared to when Zhou Ming had first awakened, it had grown even thicker and more violent, as if the Blood Pool itself could sense the contamination from the chaotic aura of slaughter outside.
Zhou Ming sat cross-legged within the blood cocoon that had nurtured him, his mind completely immersed in cultivation.
Refining the Heaven-Opening Fiendish Energy and consolidating his Primordial Spirit had become his foremost—and only—task after awakening.
Ever since he had successfully refined the first wisp of Heaven-Opening Fiendish Energy, he had gradually figured out the method.
He used the System Core—though nowadays, Zhou Ming preferred to call it the Dao Origin Divine Pearl—to suppress and protect his Primordial Spirit.
Then, guided by the Law of Strength, he refined the violent fiendish energy eroding his Primordial Spirit bit by bit, as if unraveling silk from a cocoon.
The process was exceedingly dull and accompanied by indescribable pain, but Zhou Ming found it sweet.
With every bit of fiendish energy he refined, his Primordial Spirit grew stronger, and his control over himself increased.
The Dao Origin Divine Pearl truly lived up to its status as an Innate Supreme Treasure personally refined by Father God Pangu. Every rotation stirred the aura of the Great Dao.
It imperceptibly improved Zhou Ming's innate aptitude and comprehension, allowing him to achieve twice the result with half the effort when comprehending the Law of Strength.
Although he was still a great distance from truly mastering it, even grasping a mere trace of its surface had made his foundation increasingly profound.
"Whoo..."
Zhou Ming slowly exhaled a breath of Turbid Qi. Feeling the pure energy flowing through his Primordial Spirit and its growing solidity, he felt somewhat satisfied.
However, while Zhou Ming devoted himself to cultivation, heedless of the outside world, the Primordial Wilderness had long since become turbulent, with slaughter everywhere.
Beyond Buzhou Mountain lay the vast Primordial Wilderness.
The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans were like three resplendent suns rising into the sky, illuminating the entire Primordial Wilderness!
Under the leadership of Ancestor Dragon, the Dragon Clan had completely conquered the Four Seas, and billions upon billions of aquatic creatures had submitted.
The dragon's mighty power swept across the Four Seas, while Destiny surged and gathered like the ocean tides.
The Phoenix Clan revered Yuanfeng above all. She ruled the skies, and tens of thousands of flying beasts bowed in worship.
Phoenix True Fire burned across the horizon, while Destiny transformed into multicolored Auspicious Clouds that shrouded Buzhou Mountain.
The First Qilin of the Qilin Clan strode across the earth and commanded the myriad beasts. Countless terrestrial creatures prostrated themselves, suppressing every direction.
Destiny condensed into thick auspicious energy that spread across the Central Great Land.
As the number of conquered races increased and their territories expanded, the Destiny of the three clans skyrocketed like a snowball rolling downhill!
When Destiny gathered around them and fed back into their clans, it manifested as a rapid rise in overall strength.
Countless clan members broke through their realms, and Grand Unity Golden Immortals emerged one after another.
As the leaders of the three clans, Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and the First Qilin gained benefits beyond imagination!
Propelled by their vast Destiny, their cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds. In an exceedingly short time, they successively broke through their bottlenecks.
With a single step, they entered the realm that countless living beings could only look up to—Primordial Golden Immortal!
They became the foremost existences in the Primordial Wilderness, aside from those ancient monsters who remained hidden from the world!
The birth of three Primordial Golden Immortals completely ignited the three clans' ambition to vie for supremacy over Heaven and Earth!
They clearly realized the tremendous benefits brought by Destiny and understood that if they wanted to advance further, or even glimpse the legendary Hunyuan Great Dao...
They had to monopolize the Destiny of the Primordial Wilderness and become the true protagonists of Heaven and Earth!
To seize territory, spiritual veins, Innate Spiritual Roots, heavenly materials and earthly treasures, and even enslave other races, the conflicts between the three clans grew increasingly intense.
Thus, the clashes that had originally remained somewhat restrained quickly escalated into an all-out war to the death!
On the East Sea Coast, the Dragon Clan's navy and the Phoenix Clan fought until the heavens dimmed and the earth darkened. The sea turned red, while countless feathers and scales drifted down.
"Kill! Kill these filthy feathered birds!"
"Tear apart these long worms!"
In the central lands of the Primordial Wilderness, the Qilin Clan clashed fiercely with the branch forces of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans. Mountains and rivers shattered, and the earth wailed.
"Those who invade my territory shall die!"
"For the glory of the Qilin!"
Across the entire Primordial Wilderness, beacons of war blazed into the heavens!
The immortal mountains and blessed lands that had once been peaceful, tranquil, and rich in spiritual energy had now become bloody battlefields.
Countless living beings wailed, and countless races were annihilated.
Weak races either chose to submit to one of the three clans and become cannon fodder in the war, or were casually wiped out by the three clans, who seized their Destiny.
Slaughter!
Conquest!
Plunder!
Endless slaughter brought endless resentment, which transformed into dense Tribulation Fiendish Energy so thick it could not disperse!
Tribulation energy spread everywhere, shrouding the Primordial Wilderness.
Within Pangu Hall.
Zhou Ming briefly separated a wisp of his mind from his deep cultivation and sensed the slaughter and resentment outside, which had nearly solidified into reality.
His brows drew tightly together.
"The Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity... has truly descended into madness."
"The three clans are practically begging for death..."
Although he knew how history would unfold, the terror of the Tribulation still made his heart tremble.
He furrowed his brows and sank his mind into the Dao Origin Divine Pearl, attempting to extend his perception outward.
Through Pangu Hall's protection, he vaguely "saw" the scene outside.
Although he could not see it clearly, the earth-shaking cries of battle and violent energy fluctuations...
As well as the blood-colored tribulation clouds spreading across Heaven and Earth—all of them proclaimed that the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity had entered its most heated stage!
"Hiss... These people are fighting way too brutally, aren't they?"
Zhou Ming sucked in a cold breath, and his heart began to pound involuntarily.
Was this the terror of a Primordial Wilderness Tribulation?
Primordial Golden Immortal experts had personally entered the fray, engaging in close combat, while billions upon billions of living beings were treated like grass!
He could even faintly hear Ancestor Dragon's roar, Yuanfeng's shriek, the First Qilin's furious bellow, and the desperate wails of countless living beings in their final moments!
Tragic! It was too tragic!
This was practically a gigantic meat grinder!
"Thank goodness... Thank goodness I'm in Pangu Hall."
"Still, the more fiercely the three clans fight, the denser the fiendish energy becomes. That actually provides some 'benefit' for me as I refine the Heaven-Opening Fiendish Energy and temper my Primordial Spirit?"
Of course, this "benefit" was based on the condition that he could withstand the erosion of the fiendish energy.
"But I have to speed up!"
The Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity had already become this intense, so what about the Tribulation of Witch and Demon?
The future fate of the Witch Clan was like a massive stone weighing heavily on his heart.
He had to increase his strength as quickly as possible and transform as soon as possible!
Not only to protect himself, but also to find a way to resolve the Heaven-Opening Fiendish Energy before his twelve unfortunate "younger siblings" were born, and fight for a different future for the Witch Clan!
"Stay low! Develop! Develop cautiously—don't get reckless!"
Zhou Ming took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and banished every distracting thought.
Why should I care about the fighting outside?
His top priority now was to increase his strength—to increase it at any cost!!
He closed his eyes once more and sank his mind into cultivation.
The Dao Origin Divine Pearl's radiance flowed and shifted, while his comprehension of the Law of Strength trickled through his Primordial Spirit like a stream.
Refine the fiendish energy, strengthen the Primordial Spirit, comprehend the law...
Like the most devout ascetic, Zhou Ming silently accumulated strength within the novice protection zone of Pangu Hall.
The end of the Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity would mark the emergence of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the opening of the lectures at Zixiao Palace.
By then, the structure of the Primordial Wilderness would undergo another earth-shaking transformation.
And the Witch Clan would also step onto the stage of the Primordial Wilderness.
Before that time came, he had to make every possible preparation!