The Heavenly Dao retreated, and the crisis was temporarily resolved. Silence returned to the Pangu Divine Hall, leaving only the giant egg bearing the soul of an anomaly and the ancient bell beside it, radiating a chaotic aura.
Di Jiang steadied himself. He knew this was not the time for lingering fear or sorrow. He had to use this safe incubation period to master his power as quickly as possible. The system was gone, but the legacy it had seized and the path it had laid out for him had become his greatest foundation for surviving in the Primordial World.
Time drifted by, seasons unknown. For Di Jiang, who possessed a Primordial Spirit, this lengthy incubation was no longer a muddled slumber, but an ultimate feast of cultivation.
His main consciousness immersed itself in the vast stream of information within the Pangu Inheritance. It was not merely the application of power, but an interpretation of the Dao itself. He repeatedly pondered the Space-Speed Law. With a thought, the inside of the eggshell seemed to become an endless universe of its own—space folding, stretching, shattering, and reforming in endless mystery.
He also began to explore the fragments of Time Law drawn from Zhu Jiuyin's Ancestral Witch origin. Space and time Intertwined, giving him an understanding of the world far beyond that of ordinary living beings.
At the same time, his powerful Primordial Spirit—though unlike the Three Pure Ones' innate Primordial Spirits, it was an anomaly granted by the system that perfectly matched his physical body—split into several divine senses. Like nimble fingers, they wound around the supreme treasures beside him and began refining the Magic Treasures.
The first was the Chaos Bell. This bell was exceedingly proud. After all, it was an Innate Supreme Treasure, capable of both attack and defense, and could be considered the foremost of the three Heaven-Opening treasures. Di Jiang was in no rush. He slowly nurtured and communicated with it using the Pangu aura and Laws within him, as though taming an unruly wild horse.
He could feel that as the refinement deepened, his control over space and time was also quietly strengthening.
"Time reigns supreme, space stands exalted. In the Primordial World, I fear only the Chaos Bell, this treasure capable of suppressing space and time, can restrain the Space-Time Law."
Di Jiang came to this realization and felt more and more that the system's arrangements had been tailor-made for him. The Chaos Bell was the finest divine artifact prepared for him to command the Great Dao of Spacetime and roam the world in the future!
Meanwhile, Di Jiang's divine sense entered the space left behind by the system and began refining the Innate Five Directions Banner and the Five Elements Spirit Pearls.
When he immersed his divine sense into the five treasure banners and five spirit pearls, an even deeper sense of compatibility rose within him.
"Metal, wood, water, fire, earth—the origins I devoured contain all five Five Elements Laws! The system gave me these Five Directional Flags and Five Elements Spirit Pearls to complete my ultimate means of defense and trapping enemies!"
Di Jiang imagined facing enemies in the future: the Chaos Bell would freeze space and time, sealing off every escape route; the Five Directional Flags would unfurl, their Innate Five Elements Power circulating endlessly to form a world of their own, impervious to all techniques; the Five Elements Spirit Pearls would provide an unending supply of origin power, making the grand formation as unshakable as a fortress! This setup was simply absurdly luxurious!
As for the other Laws, such as Wind, Rain, Thunder, and Lightning and weather, though powerful as well, they seemed far less important in Di Jiang's current understanding compared to the mysteries of space-time and the foundation of the five elements. They could serve as support and supplements.
With the supreme Dao realm provided by the Pangu Inheritance, a Primordial Spirit capable of deducing the Heavenly Dao and wielding Magic Treasures, an arsenal of Chaos Bell, Primordial Sky Measuring Ruler, Innate Five Directions Banner, and Five Elements Spirit Pearls, along with his incomparably powerful upgraded Ancestral Witch True Body and thirty percent Heaven-Opening Merit protecting him...
As Di Jiang carefully took stock of his assets, an unprecedented sense of confidence surged from within him.
"As long as I don't court death myself and don't actively provoke those few destined to become saints... or even if I do provoke them, with these trump cards, if I can't beat them, can't I just run? Once the Chaos Bell rings and a spatial passage opens, who could possibly catch me?"
In this Primordial World, it seemed Di Jiang really could... swagger sideways.
Inside the eggshell, Di Jiang's consciousness revealed an expectant smile. He now desperately longed for the day he would break free from the shell, to see what this Primordial World—whose plot he had thrown into chaos ahead of time—would become.
"Hongjun? The Three Pure Ones? Nuwa and Fuxi? Di Jun and Taiyi? I truly look forward to meeting you all."
"But the most urgent matter is still cultivation! I'll strive to emerge at my peak!"
At the same time, Di Jiang felt his connection with the Pangu Divine Hall growing deeper and deeper. The hall seemed like a Magic Treasure itself. He had not paid it much attention before, but as his incubation continued, his control over the Pangu Divine Hall steadily grew stronger. Di Jiang guessed that at this rate, once he was fully born, he would be able to completely control the Pangu Divine Hall!
In the Primordial World, years were beyond counting. Just as Di Jiang cultivated diligently within the giant egg, gradually bringing his Laws and supreme treasures into ever greater harmony, his powerful divine sense, which covered the entire Pangu Divine Hall, sharply detected new activity within the vast Pangu Blood Pool in the hall.
Dense blood-colored energy gathered and churned. Like the womb of the Earth Mother Goddess, it began nurturing new life. Six blood embryos of varying sizes slowly condensed and pulsed in the depths of the blood pool, radiating vast blood vitality from the same source as the Ancestral Witches, yet somewhat more impure.
"Oh? New little ones are about to be born?"
Di Jiang cast his consciousness over them, carrying a hint of curiosity and understanding.
Based on the information from the Pangu Inheritance and fragments of memories from his previous life, he immediately understood the origins of these blood embryos—the Innate Great Witches!
Unlike the ordinary Great Shamans of later generations, mass-produced by mixing Ancestral Witch Essence with the blood pool's energy, these six were directly nurtured by the origin of the Pangu Blood Pool. They possessed extraordinary innate foundations and immense potential. They would become the true pillars and Gods of War of the Witch Clan in the future.
Di Jiang's divine sense carefully swept across the six blood embryos.
One of them possessed an especially lively aura. Though its blood vitality was slightly weaker, it faintly contained a trace of pure spiritual clarity, utterly at odds with the pure, dense Earth Turbid Qi surrounding it.
"Jiu Feng?" This name surfaced in Di Jiang's mind. According to legend, she was Qiangliang's younger sister and also the only Great Shaman to possess a Primordial Spirit.
It seemed the legend was not without basis. Di Jiang observed carefully and discovered that connected to Jiu Feng's blood embryo was the residual aura of another, much larger embryo, one with violent blood vitality but extremely dense turbid qi.
"That's it. Qiangliang must have, either willingly or unwillingly, absorbed most of the Earth Turbid Qi during incubation. Like a filter, he allowed Jiu Feng, who was incubated alongside him, to preserve that precious spark of Primordial Spirit."
Di Jiang nodded to himself, feeling a little more sentiment for his younger brother Qiangliang, who had yet to be born and had already made such a sacrifice.
As for the other five blood embryos, their auras were domineering, resilient, wild, sharp, and cold respectively. Di Jiang roughly matched them to their identities. "Xing Tian, Chi You, Kuafu, Hou Yi, Xiangliu—future figures who will stir the winds and clouds."
Watching these six juniors of limitless potential, Di Jiang's Thoughts became active. The Witch Clan had not been born without Primordial Spirits. Rather, the Earth Turbid Qi contained within the Pangu Blood Pool that nurtured them corroded them and clouded their intelligence, sending them down the path of cultivating only their physical bodies without cultivating their Primordial Spirits.
"Since I know this in advance and have the ability to intervene, I can't just watch them repeat the same mistakes." Di Jiang pondered. "If the future Witch Clan can have several Great Shamans with Primordial Spirits, who understand how to wield Laws and can even use Magic Treasures, that sight will surely be spectacular."
Moreover, he had just gained preliminary control over the Earth Law originating from Houtu's Ancestral Witch source. Earth bore all things and could also absorb and transform turbid qi. Wasn't this the perfect opportunity for practice?
He acted immediately! Di Jiang's giant egg trembled slightly, and a gentle yet vast power of Earth Law spread outward. Like invisible roots, it quietly reached into the depths of the Pangu Blood Pool.
He precisely controlled the power like a master surgeon, drawing away the densest and most corrosive Earth Turbid Qi surrounding the six blood embryos, thread by thread and strand by strand.
This process required tremendous patience and exceedingly delicate control. Di Jiang carefully guided the murky streams of energy around the six blood embryos, gathering them in other regions of the blood pool or temporarily absorbing and settling them with his Earth Law.
Di Jiang became a diligent cleaner, carving out a relatively pure incubation environment for these six future Great Shamans.
As the corrosive turbid qi around them diminished, the pulses of the six blood embryos clearly became stronger and steadier. Jiu Feng's blood embryo in particular showed an increasingly obvious trace of spiritual clarity and even began actively absorbing the pure blood vitality within the blood pool! She was growing vigorously.
The spiritual nature of the other five blood embryos, including Xing Tian and Chi You, likewise increased significantly. They lost some of their berserk ferocity and gained greater steadiness and potential.
Feeling the vigorous life force within the blood embryos and the purer aura of the Pangu bloodline, Di Jiang withdrew his power in satisfaction. His command of the Earth Law had also become more proficient, and he gained a deeper understanding of "bearing" and "purification."
"Little ones, grow well."
Di Jiang's consciousness carried the gratification of an old father,
"The future Witch Clan may become different because of you. As your old ancestor, I can only help you this much."
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