The Five Immortals, Di Jiang Bestows Treasures

"Not establish a clan?"

"No, no—the Primordial World was opened by Father God. Only we have the right to rule it!"

Gonggong's temper flared, and he couldn't hold back.

With the Ancestral Witches' nature of fighting heaven and earth, how could they hide in Pangu Hall like turtles? Wouldn't that bring shame to Father God!

"Brother Xuanyuan, that might be a bit exaggerated. If we siblings join forces to set up the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array and summon Father God's phantom, we can crush even a Golden Immortal of the Origin!"

"The Primordial World is vast—who among it can stand against us?"

"And what of the Calamity? Even a Calamity is not beyond our reach!"

Qiang Liang shook his head and spoke in a grave tone.

Once these two Ancestral Witches spoke, most of the others furrowed their brows, their faces full of defiance.

"Enough, all of you."

"Since Brother Xuanyuan has spoken, there must be a reason for it."

Di Jiang frowned slightly and barked in a low voice.

As the eldest brother among the siblings, he carried great authority. The moment he spoke, even Gonggong, the most unwilling, shut his mouth.

Stopping the Ancestral Witches' objections, Di Jiang turned a serious face toward Xuanyuan: "Brother Xuanyuan, from what you say, if we establish the Wu Clan, we'll be schemed against and dragged into the Calamity, ending up like the Dragon-Han Three Clans—without a good end?"

"Then tell me, who exactly wants to harm us?"

Though the Twelve Ancestral Witches had mighty roots, they had only been born for less than ten Eons. The strongest among them had barely reached the mid-stage of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal.

Even if they joined forces to deploy the Great Heavenly God-Demon Array, they couldn't summon Pangu's True Body—at most, a Pangu projection, equivalent to a Golden Immortal of the Origin in combat power.

A Golden Immortal of the Origin was indeed formidable, standing at the pinnacle of all beings in the Primordial World. But Di Jiang knew that even such beings could fall.

In the Dragon-Phoenix Calamity, the Ancestral Dragon, Yuan Feng, and the Beginning Qilin—were any of them not supreme powers at the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm?

And in the end?

Dragged into the Calamity, the three clans of sea, land, and air fought for supremacy—who among them met a good end?

As the leading brother of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Di Jiang was rational and objective.

Hearing this, Zhu Jiuyin and the other Ancestral Witches fell into thought. The anger in Gonggong's heart dissipated instantly, replaced by deep contemplation.

Hot-tempered and impulsive as he was, he wasn't stupid.

Yes—even as mighty as the Dragon-Han Three Clans, they still suffered devastating losses.

The Ancestral Witches wanted to establish a clan, but they didn't want their Wu Clan to become cannon fodder in the Calamity, sacrifices to some conspiracy, like the Dragon-Han Three Clans!

If that was the case, perhaps it was better to develop quietly.

"We carry the Heaven-Opening Merit, which is already a hot potato. Hongjun, who laughed last in the Demon Dao Struggle, won't give up scheming against us to advance further."

"But Hongjun is about to become a Saint. Even if we join forces, it would be like moths flying into a flame. In that case, we might as well not play his game—we'll start our own path."

Xuanyuan said calmly.

Inside Pangu Hall, there was no fear of Hongjun overhearing.

When he first formed and was born, he had thought of taking the other Three Pure Ones with him to evade Hongjun's schemes.

But later, seeing that Laozi and Yuanshi didn't treat him as a brother, Xuanyuan couldn't be bothered to keep warming cold faces. He took Tongtian and slipped away.

Now, having obtained the Law Bloodline and Ancestral Witch body by chance, along with the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique, he couldn't bear to watch these simple-hearted, straightforward siblings walk into the abyss.

"Hongjun?!"

"That bastard!"

"How dare he scheme against us!"

The Ancestral Witches erupted in fury, itching to charge straight to Hongjun and hack that old schemer to death.

"The enemy is hidden while we are exposed, brothers. If we follow Brother Xuanyuan's advice and go into secluded cultivation to settle, waiting until our true spirits and bodies both step into the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm, then we can settle accounts with Hongjun."

"Until then, we must lie low and gather strength."

Houtu's voice was crisp and pleasant, like the great virtue and tolerance of the earth, soothing the other Ancestral Witches' rage.

"Right. Step into Golden Immortal of the Origin, summon Father God's True Body, and we'll be invincible within the Primordial World! We'll follow Brother Xuanyuan's words—no clan establishment." Di Jiang made the final decision.

"Brother, even so, the Great Witches and Lesser Witches have already been conceived. They're different from us—without battle, without gaining opportunities and resources, they can't grow strong."

"I have an idea. Why not let Kuafu, Da Yi, and other top Great Witches lead the rest of the conceived Great and Lesser Witches into the Primordial World to develop."

Zhu Jiuyin's eyes flickered with the divine radiance of time. A trace of reluctance lingered in his heart, but despite it, he still trusted the brother who shared Ancestral Witch blood and Pangu's Primordial Spirit.

Heaven and earth were vast, but Father God was greatest—next came siblings.

He believed Xuanyuan wouldn't deceive them.

"Brother Xuanyuan, what do you think?" Di Jiang hesitated for a moment, then turned to Xuanyuan for his opinion.

"As long as the Ancestral Witches don't enter the Calamity, the Great and Lesser Witches don't matter." Xuanyuan nodded.

In short, as long as the Ancestral Witches didn't die and the Blood Pool in Pangu Hall remained, even if all the other Great and Lesser Witches perished, it wouldn't affect the foundation.

Moreover, Kuafu and Da Yi—these Great Witches—were among the first to be conceived, their very roots extraordinary. Not long after emerging into the world, they had already attained the cultivation of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, no weaker than some of the Great Divine Powers on the Primordial World Earth.

If the Ancestral Witches do not Establish a Clan, who will stand against the Demon Race in the Witch-Demon Tribulation? No matter who faces the Demon Race, the Great Witches and Lesser Witches can always lend a hand.

In this tribulation, the Great Witches and Lesser Witches who stay out of the fray can entirely fish in troubled waters, reaping benefits.

If even one of them can be tempered into a Golden Immortal of the Origin, then even if all the other Great Witches and Lesser Witches die to the last, it would still be a bloody profit, a thousandfold return on a single investment.

Doesn't Hongjun love playing the puppet master, moving pieces behind the scenes?

Then let the Primordial World be the chessboard, and all living beings the pieces—let's have a game!

"Beyond this, we can also send the Great Witches and Lesser Witches to walk the Primordial World Earth, to sort out the turbid qi of the earth's veins and accumulate merit. The Western Land, in particular, lies shattered—that is the perfect opportunity," Xuanyuan continued.

The Human Path must surely be held in the hands of the Ancestral Witches, but the Earth Path cannot be entirely ignored either. Now is the time to lay down a leisurely move, to slowly bear fruit in the future.

All living beings are divided into the five worms: scaled, shelled, feathered, hairy, and bare. The Immortal Path has the five immortals: Heaven, Earth, Human, Spirit, and Ghost.

Among these, the Heavenly Immortal, Earth Immortal, and Human Immortal each carry two meanings. Besides the well-known realms of immortal cultivation, they are also classifications of immortals, buddhas, and divinities.

Heavenly Immortals are immortals of the heavens, transcendent beings who surpass the Three Realms and roam freely through the nine skies. They must prove their Dao through merit or law, entrusting their Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao or forming their own world. Figures like Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao Saints belong to this category.

Earth Immortals are great powers who dwell on a single spiritual vein, their lifespans equal to heaven, mastering the laws of a region. Examples include Zhen Yuanzi and the Four Sea Dragon Kings.

Human Immortals are mortals who cultivate to immortality, such as Yang Jian and Nezha.

Divine Immortals are those enfeoffed by Heaven and Earth, like the Jade Emperor and the Twenty-Eight Mansions.

Ghost Immortals are souls who become immortals after death, such as the Ten Kings of Hell and the Black and White Impermanence.

Originally, the Primordial World was dominated solely by the Heavenly Dao, but that does not mean the Earth Path and Human Path did not exist.

The Human Path had the Six Paths of Reincarnation as its prototype, and the Earth Path had Zhen Yuanzi's lineage of Earth Immortals as its prototype.

Sorting out the earth's veins of the Primordial World is the foundation upon which the Earth Immortal lineage establishes its Dao.

By planting the seeds of the Great Witches and Lesser Witches now, when the time is ripe in the future and the Earth Path emerges, we can also carve out a share of the benefits.

Having said all this, Xuanyuan felt there were no more omissions, so he rose to leave Pangu Hall with Tongtian.

Just then, Di Jiang called out to the Two Brothers and then walked deep into Pangu Hall.

"Two brothers, hold a moment. In Pangu Hall, there are two treasures that were conceived alongside us."

"We siblings have already decided to go into Secluded Cultivation within the hall, and only Sister Houtu has cultivated the Indestructible Will, so we have no use for these two treasures."

Before long, he brought out two treasures.

The two treasures were a bow and twelve arrows.