The Primordial World!
At the foot of Buzhou Mountain!
A Witch Clan tribe!
Everyone in the Primordial World knew that the Witch Clan had the Twelve Ancestor Witches, who founded twelve tribes and commanded countless Witches.
But no one knew that besides the Twelve Ancestor Witches, such as Dijiang, the Witch Clan had another Ancestor Witch.
Xuanyuan had been an ordinary person from Earth. After dying, he had transmigrated to the Primordial World, bound to a divine-level sign-in system, and become the Witch Clan's thirteenth Ancestor Witch.
Unlike the other twelve Ancestor Witches, he hadn't founded a tribe or led the Witch Clan. Instead, he had quietly kept to himself on Qianyuan Mountain.
Qianyuan Mountain was an unnamed peak a thousand li east of Pangu Temple.
The entire mountain was covered by a Chaos Guardian Array, which could block attacks and prying from Saints. It had been the reward Xuanyuan received for his first sign-in.
The mountain was rich in spiritual energy, more than ten times as much as the blessed immortal lands of Kunlun, Guixu, and Leize.
More importantly, the spiritual energy in Qianyuan Mountain wasn't ordinary. It was all Innate Spiritual Qi.
Some of the Innate Spiritual Qi had been converted by the Chaos Guardian Array, but most of it had come from Xuanyuan's sign-in rewards.
Since Pangu's Creation, Innate Spiritual Qi had gradually disappeared. If other beings in the Primordial World learned that this place held so much of it, they would likely be driven mad with envy.
Of course, only the Twelve Ancestor Witches, such as Dijiang, knew the truth.
Without Xuanyuan's permission, no other being could set foot on Qianyuan Mountain.
At that moment, outside Qianyuan Palace, Xuanyuan lounged in a reclining chair with his eyes closed, leisurely tapping the armrest with his right index finger.
"System, sign in!"
Xuanyuan murmured.
[ Ding, sign-in initiated. Congratulations, host, you have signed in for one million years and received 10 billion Great Dao Merit! ]
"Has it already been a million years since I transmigrated to the Primordial World?"
Xuanyuan opened his eyes, rose from the recliner, and gazed into the distance with a sigh.
Time was hard to keep track of in the Primordial World. A million years had passed in the blink of an eye.
"Time really flies!"
Xuanyuan sighed again and looked up at the sky. A massive golden pillar of light descended and entered his body, filling him with warm, pleasant energy.
"Ah, that's the stuff!"
Unable to hold back a groan, Xuanyuan quickly sat cross-legged and began absorbing the Great Dao Merit.
Merit could raise one's cultivation and improve the grade of magic treasures and spirit roots. It was an all-purpose resource in the Primordial World.
It held tremendous appeal for the beings of the Primordial World.
No one ever thought they had too much merit.
But to obtain merit, one had to make a great contribution to the Primordial World or be the first to pioneer something. Otherwise, there was no point even hoping for it.
Besides, the Great Dao had now withdrawn from the Primordial World, and the Heavenly Dao had manifested.
Even if someone obtained merit, it would be Heavenly Dao Merit, which couldn't compare with Great Dao Merit.
The Great Dao was impartial; the Heavenly Dao was self-serving.
The merit bestowed by the Heavenly Dao was no easy blessing to bear.
Xuanyuan, on the other hand, could casually sign in and receive 10 billion Great Dao Merit.
Wasn't that enough to make anyone jealous?
The moment the Great Dao Merit descended, Hongjun, who was sitting in Zixiao Palace, sensed something. He abruptly opened his eyes and began divining with his fingers.
After a long while, Hongjun stopped, his brows furrowed.
"Strange. Who could have drawn down Great Dao Merit? Why can't even I divine who it was?"
Hongjun frowned and sighed under his breath, troubled.
Some unseen variable seemed to have arisen. Even the future of the Primordial World had grown unclear and full of uncertainty.
In the Chaos Void beyond the Primordial World, Yang Mei gazed toward the world and stroked his beard with a smile, his expression filled with envy.
"The Great Dao has fifty paths, the Heavenly Dao derives forty-nine, and one escapes. A variable is a good thing!"
Qianyuan Mountain!
The Great Dao Merit entered Xuanyuan's body and formed a radiant Merit Disc behind his head.
It shone like a brilliant sun!
"This is practically a protective charm!"
"With the Merit Disc shining behind me, who would dare attack?"
Xuanyuan's lips curled up. He was in a splendid mood.
The Dao-Devil War had just ended on the Primordial Continent. Hongjun had become a Saint and sent a message across the Primordial World, announcing that he would preach in Zixiao Palace a thousand years later. Anyone with the right affinity could come and listen.
After the Fierce Beast Tribulation, the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, and the Dao-Devil War, the powerful beings of the Primordial World's early days had been wiped out.
Only Hongjun, Yang Mei, and a few hidden powerhouses remained.
There was now a huge gap in the levels of power.
Figures like the Sanqing, Nuwa, Dijun, Donghuang Taiyi, and the Ancestor Witches such as Dijiang had reached, at most, the peak of the Taiyi Golden Immortal realm.
Powerhouses at the Daluo Golden Immortal level were almost nowhere to be found.
The days of Daluo Golden Immortals being as common as dogs and Quasi-Saints roaming everywhere would only come after Hongjun's sermon.
Through signing in with the system, Xuanyuan had long since reached the early stage of the Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Now, with 10 billion Great Dao Merit to his name, he felt more than confident.
"Having a system really is great!"
Xuanyuan sighed softly.
After transmigrating to the Primordial World, Xuanyuan had bound himself to a sign-in system.
Each sign-in could earn him cultivation, techniques, spiritual treasures, spirit roots, and all sorts of other good things.
Anything that existed in the Primordial World, the system could get for him.
Even things that didn't exist in the Primordial World could be obtained through signing in.
Xuanyuan leaned back in his chair with a broad smile, thoroughly at ease.
"I've been in the Primordial World for a million years. I should celebrate properly!"
Thinking this, Xuanyuan sent a message to Dijiang, asking him to bring the other Ancestor Witches over for a get-together.
Then he got up and started making preparations.
"I can't skimp on hospitality for my own siblings. Dragon Liver and Phoenix Marrow are a must!"
"I remember the system once rewarded me with a pair of Kunpeng's wings at the Daluo Golden Immortal level. Those will do!"
"I'll get some more meat from Demonic Beasts at the Daluo Golden Immortal level, too, so Dijiang and the others can temper their bodies."
"A feast isn't complete without wine. Meat without wine won't do. We need Maozi!"
"And Huazi!"
Maozi and Huazi were rewards from the sign-in system.
Maozi was brewed from Spirit Veins. A single bottle contained the essence of an entire top-grade Spirit Vein, packed with powerful energy that could help the Witches temper their bodies.
Huazi wasn't made from ordinary tobacco, either. It used leaves from a top-grade Innate Dao Comprehension Tree. It refreshed the mind and effectively curbed the Witches' irritable, impulsive nature.
In addition to all that, Xuanyuan prepared several vegetarian dishes, the lowest-grade ingredients being Houtian Spirit Roots.
Then he picked some fruit: top-grade Innate Yellow Middle Plums, top-grade Innate Ren Water Peaches, and top-grade Innate Ginseng Fruits.
"Oh, right. Houtu and Xuanming like to drink sweet drinks!"
After all that work, Xuanyuan had laid out a table laden with fine wine and delicious food.
He nodded in satisfaction, then walked out of Qianyuan Palace and onto the open ground, where he waited for Dijiang and the others.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A moment later, the sound of figures cutting through the air rang out.
Dijiang arrived first. As the leader of the Ancestor Witches, he naturally wielded the Space Law, and his speed was the fastest in the Primordial World.
After Dijiang came Qiangliang, Yanzi, and Tianwu, who respectively wielded the Laws of Thunder, Lightning, and Wind. They were all incredibly fast, too.
Next, the four Ancestor Witches Zhujiuyin, Rushou, Goumang, and Shebishi arrived together.
The two female Ancestor Witches, Houtu and Xuanming, came over gracefully, chatting and laughing. They were slender, beautiful, and fair-skinned.
Zhurong and Gonggong arrived last.
It wasn't that they lacked strength. The main problem was that the two were natural enemies, unable to get along. They had spent the whole journey bickering, which was why they were the last to arrive.
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