World Projection, Tongtian Perfects the Upper Pure Lightning Technique

With the first lightning and thunder of Heaven and Earth Opening, the Yin Yang Qi separated from the chaos.

Within the void of the Chaos World, flowers, grass, and trees grew, mountains, rivers, lakes, and seas condensed—yet everything here differed from the outside world, all formed from lightning and Yin Yang Qi, lifeless in essence.

All things in the Chaos World were manifestations of Xuanyuan's comprehension of the laws.

Now, he had gained considerable insight into both the Great Dao of Thunder and the Great Dao of Yin Yang.

Not only that, but he had also uncovered a new technique: by borrowing the power of the Chaos Pearl, he could project the world of thunder and Yin Yang outward as a domain. Within that domain, all laws outside the Great Dao of Thunder and the Great Dao of Yin Yang were suppressed.

Below the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, any who entered would die, no matter how many came.

Even Great Divine Powers of the same realm would stumble if careless!

This debate with Fuxi and Nuwa, and the sparring between Tongtian and the Lei Dian Two Ancestral Witches, had truly benefited Xuanyuan greatly. Within the early stage of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, he had few rivals.

Though unintentional, he was still indebted to them.

Nuwa and Tongtian were not urgent for now; even if Fuxi fell once in the Witch-Demon Tribulation, he would ultimately turn misfortune into fortune.

The most pressing matter was the Wu Clan.

After the Witch-Demon War, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were essentially wiped out, and the Wu Clan withdrew entirely from the Primordial World Earth. What was most regrettable was that during their gestation, they had absorbed the turbid Qi of Heaven and Earth Opening and the innate Sha Qi, which clashed with the pure Qi of the primordial spirit, leaving their primordial spirits congenitally deficient or outright absent.

Thus, they could not cultivate magical power and could only fight with their physical bodies. They could not even Deduce Heavenly Secrets, making them easy to scheme against, step by step into the tribulation.

Moreover, without a primordial spirit, death meant true and utter death.

"Ancestral Witches, Wu Clan, Pangu Orthodox Lineage..."

Looking up at the figures flickering amid the lightning in the sky, then down at the foot of Buzhou Mountain, Xuanyuan had the heart to advise the Ancestral Witches. But after a moment's deliberation, he ultimately shook his head.

Hongjun was still in secluded cultivation within the Purple Palace, preparing to unite the Three Corpses and Prove Dao. It was unclear how far his entanglement with the Heavenly Dao had progressed. If he spoke with the Ancestral Witches now, he would likely be schemed against by it.

Within the Primordial World, the great trends could not be changed, but minor currents could be altered. At least until Hongjun fully merged with the Dao, Xuanyuan would not stick his neck out.

Thus, he would wait for a future opportunity, within the Chaos Pearl that shielded the Heavenly Dao and karma, or inside Pangu Hall, to warn the Twelve Ancestral Witches and lend them a hand.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches, born from twelve drops of Pangu's heart essence blood, would have been the most heaven-defying combination in the Primordial World if they had not entered the tribulation too early and been schemed against by Hongjun.

Each of the Twelve Ancestral Witches had received a quarter of the Heaven-Opening Merit—half of what Xuanyuan and Tongtian had. Though not much, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were bound by shared breath and bloodline, each carrying different laws. Once they deployed their trump card, the Twelve Heavenly Gods Fiend Formation...

With their current strength as Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, they could not summon the Pangu True Body, only a phantom. But even that phantom's power was infinitely close to a Saint!

And once they walked the path of Proving Dao by Force and stepped into the Golden Immortal of the Origin realm, they could summon the Pangu True Body, matching or even surpassing a Saint in combat!

If the Ancestral Witches stayed hidden, each cultivating to their peak before walking the Primordial World, then after Hongjun merged with the Heavenly Dao, there would be nothing left in the Primordial World Earth that could threaten them.

Just as Xuanyuan was lost in thought, the sparring in the sky came to an end.

After all, it was only a spar, not a life-or-death battle.

Thunder ceased, lightning faded, and the thunderclouds dispersed. Qiang Liang and Xi Zi shook their forms, withdrew their Ancestral Shaman True Forms, transformed into their Innate Dao Bodies, and jumped down from the clouds with their arms around Tongtian's shoulders.

"Hahaha, Tongtian, these treasures of yours are not bad—able to unleash both yang thunder and yin lightning power at once. But this time, we two brothers didn't go all out."

Qiang Liang patted Tongtian's shoulder, his expression hearty.

The Ancestral Witches fought heaven and earth. Though somewhat single-minded, they were simple-hearted, without many tricks. Tongtian's displayed strength in this battle, along with his mastery of the Great Dao of Thunder, had earned the recognition of the two Ancestral Witches.

Moreover, the Four Pangu Purities and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were born from the same source, like the Great Dao itself—each with its own emphasis, yet mysteriously drawn to one another.

As the saying goes, "No fight, no friendship." After this battle, these three Great Divine Powers felt a sense of regretting not having met sooner. They did not argue over who was the true Pangu Orthodox Lineage.

"Fifth Brother speaks truly. Your Upper Pure Primordial Spirit is strong, but your physical body is still too frail—soft and weak, not tough enough."

Xi Zi also shook his head and spoke in a deep, rumbling voice.

"Fifty Great Daos, Heaven's Evolution is Forty-Nine. Under the Heavenly Dao, how can there be perfection? Still, I have taken note of your reminders, fellow Daoists. In the future, I will do my utmost to seize that one thread of possibility and strengthen my physical body."

Tongtian smiled bitterly.

He had possessed the Fishing Drum and the Purple Lightning Hammer for too short a time. Though he had initially refined them through debate with Fuxi and Nuwa and could use them, the number of restrictions he had refined was too few. He could barely activate them, unleashing only a fraction of the power of these two Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

During the spar with the Lei Dian Two Ancestral Witches, there had been many flaws when he used his primordial spirit to drive the two treasures.

If the former had deliberately exploited those flaws, bypassing the Fishing Drum and Purple Lightning Hammer's defenses to strike Tongtian's true body directly, it would not have been difficult.

Both were Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals. As the Upper Pure, Tongtian's physical body was not inferior to most Great Divine Powers, but if an Ancestral Witch got close, he would certainly end up disgraced.

The pursuit of the Dao has its order; each art has its specialty.

The Four Purities, born from Pangu's primordial spirit, were naturally more adept at the primordial spirit. In close-quarters physical combat, they could not compare to the Ancestral Witches, born from Pangu's essence blood.

"Tongtian, fighting you was exhilarating. Come again next time, and I'll introduce you to Big Brother and the others."

"We have matters to attend to, so we'll head back first."

Qiang Liang and Xi Zi left these words, patted Tongtian's shoulders again, nodded slightly to Xuanyuan and the others, then turned and dashed down the mountain.

The other siblings were still using their essence blood to gestate the Great Witches. Inside Pangu Hall, it was not suitable to mix in the aura of other beings, so the two brothers did not invite Tongtian.

Then, Fuxi and Nuwa also took their leave one after another. Only Xuanyuan and Tongtian, the two brothers, remained on Buzhou Mountain.

"Both of us are of the Pangu Orthodox Lineage, yet I don't know why—being with Qiang Liang and Xi Zi feels far more comfortable than being with Eldest Brother and Second Brother."

Tongtian came before Xuanyuan and said with some emotion.

This was his true feeling. Being with Laozi and Yuanshi always brought a sense of oppression. On top of that, being lectured by Yuanshi every day left him feeling stifled.

"Brother, did you gain anything from this sparring?"

Hearing this, Xuanyuan simply smiled and steered the conversation elsewhere.

The Ancestral Witches were all straightforward, single-minded sorts who said whatever was on their minds—a temperament that naturally suited Tongtian.

And the words Qiang Liang and Xi Zi had spoken before leaving also set Xuanyuan's heart to pondering.

Though he and Tongtian were both of the Four Pure Ones' lineage, born from Pangu's Primordial Spirit, innately attuned to the path of Primordial Spirit and immortal cultivation, they were indeed somewhat weaker in physical form.

It was no great flaw, but if one could become strong in every aspect, that would naturally be better.

Moreover, since he had made up his mind not to walk the path of entrusting his Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao, a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal of the Origin might be free and unfettered, but in the end, he could not be as undying and indestructible as a Heavenly Dao Saint.

The best way to remedy this flaw was to become strong enough—strong enough that no one could kill him!

Walking only the path of Primordial Spirit enlightenment seemed a bit one-dimensional. If he added something else...

Vaguely, Xuanyuan began to form further ideas about his future cultivation path.

"Haha, this trip down the mountain has truly been immensely rewarding. Sparring with the brothers Qiang Liang and Xi Zi not only sharpened my control over the Fishing Drum and the Purple Lightning Hammer, but also perfected my Upper Pure Lightning Technique."

"Though Eldest Brother and Second Brother are a minor realm above me, when it comes purely to lightning techniques, they are no match for me now."

As he said this, Tongtian's face was full of delight.