The Witches and Demons Cease Hostilities, Two Sages Take Out Loans, and Jiufeng Bears Ten Children!

The Netherworld, Pingxin Palace.

"Do you know you nearly died, little sister?"

"If it weren't for Fellow Daoist Huang Tian, you really would have perished. What would we have done then?"

"Don't ever do anything so dangerous again. You must discuss it with us beforehand!"

All Twelve Ancestral Witches were present. Dijiang spoke to Houtu with concern.

"I've made my brothers and Elder Sister Xuanming worry. It was my fault."

"But opportunities are fleeting. I had to seize mine."

Houtu smiled gently. She knew Dijiang and the others were only worried about her.

"Little Sister Houtu, what realm have you reached now?"

"That Old Man Hongjun seemed to treat you with great respect. You must be a Sage at the very least, right?"

"Wonderful! Our Witch Clan has a Sage now, too. Let's send out our forces and take the Demon Court's Thirty-three Heavens!"

After chatting for a bit, Zhurong, Gonggong, and Jumang couldn't resist rubbing their hands together eagerly.

"I'm sorry, brothers."

"I am no longer a Witch. I am now the Supreme of Earth Dao. Every move I make must stay within the order of the Prehistoric World. Otherwise, the Great Dao will surely punish me—and in the worst case, destroy me."

Houtu's expression shifted as she had no choice but to explain it to the Ancestral Witches.

"What?"

"Then, with only the incomplete Twelve Capital Divine Gods and Demons Formation, we can't summon Father God's true body. If the Demon Clan attacks now, are we doomed?"

Gonggong exclaimed, staring at Houtu in disbelief.

He'd thought that with a Sage among the Witch Clan, they could immediately destroy the Demon Clan and rule heaven and earth.

But it turned out she was just a figurehead?

Houtu's ascension to Sainthood hadn't strengthened the Witch Clan at all. It was