Before Buzhou Mountain.
Long Zang stood gazing at it, his eyes deep and solemn with reverence.
To the Witch Clan, Buzhou Mountain held immense significance, second only to Pangu Divine Hall.
The divine hall had formed from Pangu's heart, while Buzhou Mountain had been made from his spine.
It was the Witch Clan's sacred mountain, a symbol of Pangu's great feat of creating heaven and earth.
Long Zang murmured, "Without Pangu, there would be no Primordial World today."
His eyes were filled with reverence.
Suddenly, a roar that seemed to tear apart heaven and earth rang out.
The ground split open, and mountains and rivers trembled.
A Ferocious Beast, a thousand ten thousand feet tall, hurtled toward him!
Its aura surged skyward. It was unmistakably at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level!
Long Zang's gaze sharpened, and his Battle Intent surged.
His Six Wings spread wide, and a torrent of destructive aura swelled around him.
The Destruction Battle Halberd appeared in his hand. With a casual sweep, it seemed as if Qiankun itself had shattered.
The Ferocious Beast exploded in an instant, its flesh and blood reduced to dust, leaving only a ball of its essence floating in the air.
Long Zang reached out and seized it, then tilted his head back and swallowed it.
"Not bad," he said coolly, his aura growing even more violent.
The Ferocious Beast clearly lacked intelligence.
Had it possessed any, it would never have dared challenge a Da Luo at the Grand Unity Golden Immortal level.
This was the state of the Ferocious Beasts in the Primordial World.
They had only one instinct: destruction!
To destroy everything, to destroy whatever they saw—that was their fate.
At their root, the Ferocious Beast Clan had been born from the flesh and blood of Chaos Demon Gods, together with their undying resentment and obsessions.
They were born as embodiments of destruction.
The vast majority could not develop intelligence; only a small number were exceptions.
Yet even that small number amounted to over a hundred million.
Still, compared with the enormous Ferocious Beast population, intelligent ones remained exceedingly rare.
Long Zang withdrew his gaze and looked out over the boundless Primordial World.
His heart held both contemplation and heroic resolve.
He took a step forward, embarking on his journey through the Primordial World.
For one thing, he needed to find his own path.
The Nine Revolutions Mysterious Technique was powerful, but it had its limits.
To enter the realm of the Dao, he had to forge a unique Great Dao of his own.
For another, he wanted to see what the Primordial World was like at this time.
He could also gather Spiritual Roots and Spiritual Medicines, collect rare treasures, and build up his resources.
Meanwhile, at the border between the Western and Southern Regions of the Primordial World.
Countless magnificent palaces rose from the ground. This was the Royal Court of the Ferocious Beast Clan.
Countless Ferocious Beasts gathered, and mountains collapsed beneath them.
A terrifying powerhouse sat upon the throne... Shen Ni!
He was the Emperor of the Ferocious Beast Clan.
He was older than Di Jun of later ages—the first Emperor since the world was created!
He was the first true Emperor in the history of the Primordial World.
Shen Ni sat high on his throne, his blood-red hair billowing. His features were striking and alluring, and his gaze was cold.
He looked down at the Ferocious Beast kneeling before him as it reported the intelligence.
"Your Majesty, people in many parts of the Primordial World are slaughtering members of our Ferocious Beast Clan."
Killing intent flickered in Shen Ni's eyes, cold light flashing like blades.
As the Ferocious Beast Emperor, he naturally had to plan for the future of his clan.
But his ambition went far beyond that.
"I want more than to protect the Ferocious Beasts," Shen Ni thought coldly. "I want to become the Emperor of the Ten Thousand Races of the Great Desolation and ascend to the position of Co-Lord!"
He waved his hand and ordered icily:
"Pass down my command! Destroy anyone who dares oppose the Ferocious Beast Clan!"
As the order went out, streaks of light flew from the Royal Court.
Slaughter spread through the Primordial World once more.
Elsewhere, Long Zang was traveling through the Eastern Region of the Primordial World.
Over the past several centuries, he had gathered countless Spiritual Roots, herbs, and treasures.
In the Primordial World as it stood now, these were nothing special.
But in later ages, even a single Spiritual Medicine would be enough to unleash a bloody storm.
For this purpose, Long Zang had even opened up a Great Thousand World specifically to store his spoils.
Innate Spiritual Roots, Spiritual Springs and Spiritual Veins, Immortal Dao True Gold, Dao Pattern Ancient Jade...
Whether medicinal herbs or mineral veins, he took it all.
He had gained a great deal along the way and lived freely and at ease.
The Southern Region of the Primordial World.
Here lay a vast range of volcanoes stretching without end, known as... the Immortal Volcano.
Unlike ordinary flames, the fire burning here was Southern Bright Li Fire.
It was one of the divine fires of the Primordial World, with boundless power.
Ancestral Witch Zhu Rong commanded this divine fire, and Vermilion Bird, one of the Four Innate Saints, wielded Southern Bright Li Fire as well.
The Phoenix Clan had originated here.
Though their flames were not Southern Bright Li Fire, they were no less formidable.
Their numbers were small, but they remained powerful.
Their clan leader, Yuan Huang, had already reached the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm.
Since ancient times, the Phoenix Clan had revered the "huang" above all. The males were called feng, the females huang, and together they were known as phoenixes.
That was their unique tradition.
Long Zang slowly stepped into the Southern Region.
This place was utterly unlike the Eastern Region. Because of the Immortal Volcano, the air was thick with scorching heat.
He took on his Pangu Dao Body, dressed in a white robe, with a White Jade Gourd hanging from his waist.
It was a High-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure he had acquired while traveling through the Eastern Region... the Heaven and Earth White Jade Gourd.
It contained a Small World of its own and could capture, refine, and suppress people.
But for Long Zang, an Ancestral Witch, the treasure had instead become a wine flask.
He kept Spiritual Wine brewed from Innate Spiritual Roots inside it.
Long Zang opened it and tipped it back, drinking deeply.
The wine's fragrance filled the air, and surging spiritual energy instantly gathered into a storm, greedily absorbed by his physical body.
That was one of the wondrous effects of Spiritual Wine.
The brilliance of laws flickered in his eyes as he surveyed the southern region of the Primordial World.
As he traveled, he collected every Spiritual Medicine, Spiritual Root, Spiritual Vein, and mineral deposit he came across.
He left nothing behind.
Suddenly, a clear phoenix cry rang through the nine heavens!
Seven-colored light soared into the sky, and a True Phoenix appeared between heaven and earth.
It was Yuan Huang, the leader of the Phoenix Clan!
Almost at the same time, a violent aura came from afar.
A gigantic Ferocious Beast smashed through the earth. It had black scales, a horse's body, a tiger's head, skeletal wings, bear paws, and a tail like a spear.
Its aura surged skyward. It was unmistakably at the Da Luo level.
Long Zang's gaze sharpened, and he murmured, "A Ferocious Beast King."
This was a being second only to Shen Ni, the Emperor, capable of contending with Da Luo and possessed of intelligence.
The Ferocious Beast King fixed its scarlet eyes on Yuan Huang, its killing intent surging like a tide.
Yuan Huang spread her wings in fury, and Seven-Colored Divine Flame incinerated the void.
Endless Phoenix Fire set heaven and earth ablaze.
"Roar!" The Ferocious Beast King bellowed, its Annihilation aura sweeping across the four corners of the world as if to devour everything.
Two Da Luo powerhouses clashed. Divine mountains collapsed, rivers dried up, and the land for countless billions of miles fell into turmoil.
Countless living beings in the Southern Region trembled in terror.
Had this battle taken place anywhere other than the Primordial World, in another Great Thousand World, that world would have long since been reduced to dust.
What was Da Luo?
It was a realm beyond the River of Time, standing apart from the All Heavens and Myriad Worlds.
Eternal and indestructible, it remained undestroyed even when heaven and earth perished.
Only the Primordial World's vast structure could bear the weight of such beings.
On the battlefield, Yuan Huang cried out furiously, "The Ferocious Beast Clan has gone too far! Do you really think I have no temper?"
Her True Phoenix Flame blazed as she gathered her Divine Ability.
"True Phoenix Sky-Splitting Technique!"
The flames transformed into an enormous phoenix, spreading its wings across space and time as it swooped down to attack.
That strike was powerful enough to burn dry three thousand Great Thousand Worlds.
The Ferocious Beast King roared in fury. Black light burst from its entire body, and its killing intent surged like an ocean.
"Great Annihilation...!"
An overwhelming will of Annihilation descended. Heaven and earth shook, and all things returned to the ruins.
Long Zang stood at a distance, light shifting in his eyes as he silently analyzed the Divine Abilities of the two combatants.
Yet the blood in his body was boiling, and his combative instincts surged without pause.
Still, he ultimately held himself back.
An opponent like this was not yet enough to make him act.
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