After Zhou Ming helped Dijiang successfully stabilize his nascent consciousness and guided him to instinctively circulate the Nine Revolutions Sha Quenching Art, he did not stop.
He sat down cross-legged again, consolidating his own cultivation while diverting part of his mind to keep watch over Dijiang and the movements of the other eleven blood cocoons.
Time passed.
After Dijiang, Zhujiuyin, Gou Mang, Rushou... one future Ancestral Witch after another successively awakened their consciousness.
Every time a new consciousness awakened, it was accompanied by a violent surge of sha qi.
Zhou Ming had no choice but to repeat the previous process again and again.
Again and again, he activated the Dao Origin Divine Pearl; again and again, he guided the Nine Revolutions Sha Quenching Art, helping these ignorant "younger siblings" overcome their initial trials, stabilize their consciousnesses, and set foot on the proper path of refining sha qi.
The process was tedious and monotonous, posing an immense test to Zhou Ming's Primordial Spirit power.
Fortunately, with every successful guidance, his understanding of the Law of Strength grew deeper, and his control over the Dao Origin Divine Pearl became more adept.
More importantly, his own cultivation also rose with the tide during this process. His Primordial Spirit grew increasingly condensed, while the vitality in his physical body became even more vigorous.
Who knew how many more years passed.
Boom!
A muffled sound came from within Zhou Ming's body, as though it had broken through some bottleneck.
His blood and qi surged throughout his body, while his Primordial Spirit grew increasingly condensed and clear, radiating an aura of perfect immortality.
Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
He had made it!
He slowly opened his eyes. Divine light was contained within his gaze, and although he could feel the power within him was several times stronger than before, there was not much joy on his face.
This level of strength was still far from enough before the Witch-Demon Calamity.
"I still have to keep working hard. Only with greater strength will I have a better chance of preserving the Witch Clan in the future."
While Zhou Ming steadily increased his strength and carefully looked after these future Ancestral Witches, the Primordial World outside Pangu Hall had already descended into utter madness!
The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans were like three ferocious beasts driven completely berserk, treating the entire Primordial World as their arena!
Endless campaigns, endless slaughter!
As time passed, the three clans continued their campaigns and plunder, gathering increasingly terrifying amounts of Destiny.
With the aid of this immense Destiny, the three clan leaders—Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin—actually broke through once more, all stepping into the late stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm!
They were only one step away from becoming Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortals!
The explosive rise in their strength completely ignited their ambition to dominate the Primordial World!
The three clans mobilized every last force, pouring all their strength into this ultimate battle that would decide their fate!
On the East Sea Coast, Ancestor Dragon roared and raised monstrous waves. Hundreds of millions of dragons formed a heaven-concealing, earth-shrouding formation and fought the Phoenix Clan to the death!
"Yuanfeng! Today, either you die, or I perish!"
Over Buzhou Mountain, Yuanfeng let out a shrill cry. Her true flames scorched the sky and boiled the sea, while countless divine birds formed a storm of fire that swept across the land, meeting the Qilin Clan in battle!
"First Qilin! The skies of the Primordial World can only be ruled by my Phoenix Clan!"
In the Central Great Land, First Qilin roared furiously. The laws of the earth trembled, and countless beasts charged forth to form a Thick Earth Formation that withstood the assault of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans!
"You motley-feathered bird! You worm! Get out of the Central Great Land!"
The might of the late-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortal erupted completely!
With every gesture, the heavens were destroyed and the earth shattered!
Mountains and rivers broke apart, while the sun and moon lost their light!
The earth was torn open, lava gushed forth, and seawater flooded backward!
The sky was dyed red. The dense stench of blood and tribulation sha qi nearly congealed into physical form!
Countless living beings were reduced to ashes in this calamity. Even their True Spirits struggled to escape, vanishing completely between heaven and earth.
The entire Primordial World was weeping and wailing!
Within Pangu Hall.
Zhou Ming suddenly opened his eyes, his expression extremely grave.
Even through Pangu Hall's protection, he could clearly sense the world-destroying fluctuations outside, as well as the dense tribulation sha resentment that was suffocatingly intense!
"The decisive battle... has begun!"
Grim!
The devastation was beyond description!
This great battle that swept across the entire Primordial World ultimately had no victor.
Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, and First Qilin all suffered grievous losses!
They burned their Destiny and overdrafted their Origins. Although they killed countless enemies, they also caused their own clans to bleed their final drops of blood!
Nine out of ten members of the Dragon Clan had perished, and its elites had been completely wiped out!
The Phoenix Clan had withered and been left in ruins, its vitality severely damaged!
The Qilin Clan had suffered even heavier casualties and was nearly annihilated!
Because of this prolonged war that had affected billions upon billions of living beings, the entire Primordial World had become battered and broken. Its spiritual energy had declined, and the land was devastated beyond recognition.
Endless Karma entangled the three clans, like heavy shackles binding them one after another.
In the unseen depths, the Great Dao descended with punishment. An invisible curse fell upon the three clans that were struggling to survive!
"Roar--!"
A mournful dragon's cry rang across the Four Seas.
Seriously wounded and burdened by Karma, Ancestor Dragon dragged his ruined body along as he gazed upon the shattered Primordial World, his eyes filled with regret and unwillingness.
"I am Ancestor Dragon! Seeing the Primordial World shattered and living beings suffering, with my sins so grave,
"I am willing to use my Dragon Clan body to eternally suppress the Four Seas and regulate the waterways. I shall not emerge until the Immeasurable Tribulation! May the Great Dao bear witness!"
Above the East Sea, Ancestor Dragon let out a sorrowful and unwilling dragon's cry. His enormous dragon body sank into the depths, suppressing the sea eye below.
"Caw--!"
A shrill phoenix cry tore through the sky.
Yuanfeng burned her remnant body as she gazed upon her withering clansmen, tears scattering across the heavens.
"I am Yuanfeng! Seeing heaven and earth thrown out of balance and all living things withering, with my sins so grave,
"I am willing to use my Phoenix Clan body to eternally suppress Buzhou Mountain, harmonize Yin-Yang, and not emerge until the Immeasurable Tribulation! May the Great Dao bear witness!"
Above Buzhou Mountain, Yuanfeng let out a mournful cry. Her burning phoenix body transformed into an eternal flame seal and branded itself deep within the mountain.
Immediately afterward, a mournful aura spread across the Central Great Land.
"I am First Qilin! Seeing the earth lament and the spiritual veins wither, with my sins so grave,
"I am willing to use my Qilin body to eternally suppress the Central Great Land of the Primordial World and regulate the earth veins. I shall not emerge until a great calamity! May the Great Dao bear witness!"
In the Central Great Land, First Qilin let out a heavy sigh. His enormous body merged into the earth, suppressing the disordered earth qi.
The three former overlords who had once dominated the world had, through a method akin to imprisoning themselves, paid a terrible price for their ambitions and their clans' sins.
As the three clans swore their grave oaths, the terrifying tribulation sha qi permeating the Primordial World finally began to slowly dissipate.
The Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity, which had lasted for countless years, came to an end with the three clans suffering mutual destruction and withdrawing from the stage of the Primordial World!
Within Pangu Hall, Zhou Ming's heart was filled with complicated emotions.
The wheels of history had indeed continued rolling forward along the path he knew.
The Dragon-Phoenix-Qilin Calamity was over.
With the three clans leaving the stage, what came next would be the Dao-Devil War, Dao Ancestor Hongjun proving the Dao, and the opening of lectures at Zixiao Palace.
The Witch and Demon Clans would also ascend onto the bloodstained, brutal stage of the Primordial World.
"There isn't much time left for the Witch Clan."
"We must... move faster!"
He closed his eyes and once again sank into cultivation.
Mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal was still far from enough!
Before Hongjun proved the Dao, he had to possess even greater strength and make more thorough preparations!