Xuanxiao watched the commotion for a while before saying, "Old Father, Eldest Uncle, Second Uncle, I'm going to the Sun Star to join forces with those two Sun Star Gods and have them lead the Myriad Races. Eldest Uncle, lend me your pagoda for a bit. The Primordial Wilderness hasn't been very peaceful lately."
Laozi nodded and took out the Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda for Xuanxiao. Xuanxiao then looked toward Yuanshi and said, "Second Uncle, you've refined quite a few immortal swords, haven't you? How about giving me one? It wouldn't look good for your nephew to fight by just swinging his fists, would it?"
Yuanshi nodded and took out an immortal sword surrounded by azure light. He said, "Take it. This is the high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Qingming Sword. I obtained it when I traveled through the Primordial Wilderness back then. You may have it."
Xuanxiao was overjoyed. After thanking Yuanshi, he took the two spiritual treasures and left. Yuanshi glanced at Tongtian and said, "Xuanxiao is truly filial. Knowing that you're poor, he only asked Eldest Brother and me for treasures. He didn't even speak to you, probably because he was afraid you'd feel awkward..."
Tongtian thought, Well... I'll have to travel around the Primordial Wilderness more often when I have the time. Even my son knows I don't have any treasures on me. This is a little embarrassing. Because of this, when the Treasure Distribution Rock appeared later, Tongtian became exceptionally enthusiastic about snatching treasures.
On the Sun Star, a streak of azure light flashed across the sky. Xuanxiao arrived on the Sun Star and bowed to Dijun and Taiyi. "Greetings, you two Star Gods."
Dijun said, "So it's Young Friend Xuanxiao. What brings you here?"
Xuanxiao chuckled. "Good news, good news. I've thought of a way to gather karmic luck and increase our cultivation speed."
Taiyi asked with a puzzled expression, "What way?"
Xuanxiao said, "Right now, the Witch Clan has an insatiable appetite in the Primordial Wilderness and hunts the various races year-round. The various races are suffering terribly. If we united the Myriad Races into one race and protected them, wouldn't we be able to gather all their karmic luck?"
Dijun nodded. "Naturally."
Xuanxiao said, "Karmic luck is extremely important to us cultivators. The Witch Clan kills year-round, while Dong Wanggong's Immortal Court is useless and can't control the Witch Clan at all. Just look at how he was captured by Xuanming and Houtu the other day and used as a cushion. We're different. Brother Taiyi has the Chaos Bell, Fellow Daoist Dijun has the River Diagram and Luo Shu, and I have the Heaven and Earth Black and Yellow Exquisite Pagoda. At least we won't look too shabby."
Dijun nodded. "Then shall we split up and contact the Myriad Races?"
Xuanxiao said, "That sounds good. I'll go make contact."
And so, a thousand years passed. The three of them contacted the Great Unity Golden Immortal Demon Gods Bai Ze, Fei Lian, Gui Che, Jiu Ying, Shang Yang, Bifang, Lu Wu, the Enlightened Beast, Qin Yuan, Ji Meng, and Ying Zhao, among others, and gathered them all on the Sun Star.
On the Sun Star, Dijun swore to the heavens, "Heavenly Dao above, I am Dijun. Having sensed that a certain race near Buzhou Mountain has been killing excessively, leaving the various races of the Primordial Wilderness suffering terribly, I now join Taiyi and Xuanxiao in gathering the Myriad Races to establish a new race called the Demon Race. We shall suppress the race's karmic luck with the Chaos Bell. From this day forth, I shall be the Demon Emperor, Taiyi the Eastern Emperor, and Xuanxiao the Mystic Emperor. The Demon Race—arise!"
Rumble! The Heavenly Dao responded and bestowed immeasurable merit. After Taiyi, Xuanxiao, and Dijun accepted the merit, it condensed into Merit Divine Wheels behind them. The other members of the Demon Race used the merit they received to increase their cultivation.
Elsewhere, inside Pangu Hall, Dijiang said, "That big crow Dijun just mentioned a certain race that kills excessively. Was he talking about us?"
Houtu nodded. "Eldest Brother, I think he probably was. Look, he even mentioned Buzhou Mountain. He only stopped short of directly saying he was talking about our Witch Clan."
Zhu Jiuyin chuckled. "Eldest Brother, we can't let them off that easily."
Jumang also nodded repeatedly. "They gathered the Myriad Races together? I think that's pretty good. It'll save us the trouble of searching for them when we hunt. Whenever we run short of food, we can just fight a great battle."
Xuanming came up behind Jumang and smacked him over the head. "Are you stupid? If things go this way, every hunt our Witch Clan conducts will become a great battle, and you still think it's good? Sure, your Ancestral Witch True Body can take a beating, but how many Lesser Witches will die in every battle? Eldest Brother, we must scatter this newly emerged Demon Race."
Dijiang nodded. "Zhurong, go to the Sun Star and issue a challenge to the Demon Race. Set a date for battle."
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