While two true great powers chatted inside the system space, the battle between Zhunti and Xuanming had already reached its climax.
Zhunti directly manifested his Golden Body. The twenty-four-headed, eighteen-armed Buddha Golden Body wielded various weapons and charged at Xuanming. Xuanming did not panic. With a casual gesture, she froze two masses of mystic ice over her hands and engaged Zhunti's Golden Body in battle.
Xuanming and Zhunti fought fiercely. Zhunti's Golden Body wielded various weapons, while Xuanming relied on her powerful Ice Element Ability. When their forces collided, they triggered earth-shaking explosions.
Xuanming let out a cold laugh, and a sly glint flashed through her eyes. She unleashed her ultimate move, condensing two enormous masses of mystic ice. Sharp icicles were embedded in the ice spheres in her hands. He quickly flicked his fingers, sending the two masses of mystic ice hurtling toward Zhunti's Golden Body.
Although Zhunti's Golden Body was incomparably hard, Xuanming's mystic ice was extraordinarily sharp. When the mystic ice collided with the Golden Body, it produced an ear-piercing scraping sound, and the icicles viciously stabbed into the Golden Body's surface.
Zhunti sensed danger. He roared and transformed into countless figures, pouncing toward Xuanming at the same time. But Xuanming had been prepared. He let out a cold laugh, and the mystic ice in his hands shook violently as the icicles shot outward in all directions.
The dazzling icicles poured down like a torrential rain, and Zhunti's Golden Body could not dodge them all. Icicle after icicle instantly pierced through the Golden Body's defenses, making Xuanming's attacks even more ferocious.
Zhunti's Golden Body began to break apart, and several heads were successively blasted apart by Xuanming. But Zhunti did not retreat. He roared, and the Golden Body radiated dazzling golden light, growing even more powerful.
Xuanming's brows furrowed slightly. She knew she could not keep exhausting herself like this. She decided to unleash her final ultimate move, gathering all her strength in preparation to defeat Zhunti in one strike.
Seeing Xuanming's movements, Zhunti could not help but grow wary. He knew that Xuanming's ultimate move was extremely terrifying and could not be underestimated.
Just as both sides were preparing to begin their final battle, a rumble suddenly resounded between heaven and earth. Everyone looked up and saw a huge crack appear in the sky. A powerful aura surged out from within it.
A solemn voice rang out across heaven and earth. "Stop! This battle is over!" The voice carried an irresistible majesty, causing Xuanming and Zhunti to halt their battle instantly. It turned out that Hongjun from Purple Cloud Palace had arrived. Hongjun said coldly, "I said that there must be no major battles across the Primordial Wilderness for ten epochs. Buzhou Mountain is the Heavenly Pillar—is this a place for you to fight?"
Afterward, he pondered for a moment before saying, "Jumang, the Bodhi Tree is Zhunti's foundation, after all. Return it to him."
Jumang was dissatisfied. "Return it to him—_-||? Why should I? He falsely accused me of smashing his dojo on Mount Sumeru and pulling up the Bodhi Tree. I haven't even settled accounts with him yet."
Pointing at the Bodhi Tree in Jumang's hands, Zhunti said, "You were caught red-handed, and you still refuse to admit it? You say you didn't pull up my Bodhi Tree, so what is that in your hands?"
Jumang was speechless. "-_-||, this? I picked it up when I was leaving home. Really."
Zhunti wore a deeply aggrieved expression. "Dao Ancestor, I implore you to uphold justice for me... This fellow pulled up my Bodhi Tree spiritual root, tore apart my dojo on Mount Sumeru, and now he says he picked it up on the way out? You picked it up on a journey far from home, did you?"
At this moment, Dijiang's hot temper directly cemented the matter. He said, "Whether or not my second brother took it, this is the Primordial Wilderness created by Father God. Our Witch Clan has a share in all things. So what if we pulled up your tree?"
Zhunti burst into tears. "Dao Ancestor, the Witch Clan is bullying people too much... You have to teach them a lesson!"
Hongjun shook his head and communicated with the Heavenly Dao. "Was this Bodhi Tree pulled up by the Witch Clan?"
The Heavenly Dao Wheel revolved once before answering, "Impossible. It was concealed. To conceal the Heavenly Secrets, it must have been a Chaos Demon God, Pangu's heart, or the Earthly Dao or Humanity Dao seed. Hmm, it should have been done by the Witch Clan." (Dijiang: You idiot, Heavenly Dao... It was clearly Zhenyuanzi's Earth Book and the earth's fetal membrane that concealed the Heavenly Secrets.)
Hongjun returned to his senses and said, "I just performed an deduction. There seems to be a demon god's kindred bloodline, protected by the Earth Veins. You should admit it. Pangu Hall concealed the Heavenly Secrets, and it was formed from the Essence Blood of Pangu, the Demon God of Strength. Do you still refuse to admit it?"
Dijiang immediately took over. "That's right. The Witch Clan did it. We are the Orthodox Descendants of Pangu and are not governed by the Heavenly Dao." Then he directly took the Twelve Ancestral Witches with him in a spatial movement and hid back in Pangu Hall. "We pulled it up already, and we never planned to return it. If you have the guts, smash your way into Pangu Hall and take it."
Hongjun was dumbfounded. -_-||, what the hell... It seems that even if he admits it, it's useless... The Witch Clan is already somewhat weaker than the Demon Clan. If I injure them further, the Witch-Demon Kalpa will be thrown into complete chaos.
Afterward, Hongjun looked at Zhunti. "-_-||, can you stop crying for now? Do you cry whenever something happens? The Witch Clan is currently caught up in the Kalpa, and pulling up the Bodhi Tree also involves karmic cause and effect..." He then sent a voice transmission to Zhunti. "It should be because you impersonated Bi Fang last time and tricked Jumang and the others into dealing with the Green Lion Clan. Zhu Jiuyin saw it from the River of Time and then came looking for you. Let it go for now. Now that everything has been made clear, you won't look good either."
Upon hearing this, Zhunti returned to Mount Sumeru with a helpless expression. "Senior Brother, the case has been solved. The Witch Clan's Jumang did it. Dao Ancestor didn't side with us either, so he helped me get the Bodhi Tree back. What should we do..."
Jieyin's expression turned bitter. "Even Dao Ancestor isn't taking action. Do you expect to get it back yourself? Forget it. Calm down and wait for an opportunity—wait until the Witch Clan and the Demon Clan start fighting for real."
Zhunti nodded fiercely. "I heard that the Demon Clan's Dijun has ten sons. When the time comes, I'll find a way to trick one of them into descending to the Lower Realm and getting killed by the Witch Clan. As long as a Crown Prince dies, the Witch and Demon Clans will definitely go to war."
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