"Rumble!"
As the Pangu Banner descended, its violent magical power shrouded the Martial Dao Stone Tablets. Suddenly, terrifying thunderclouds gathered between heaven and earth.
Thunderclouds appeared out of nowhere in the skies above Kunlun Mountain, gleaming purple-black. They were Purple Cloud Divine Lightning, whose sharp force even the Sages dared not approach lightly.
"Pfft!"
The Purple Cloud Divine Lightning easily pierced through Kunlun Mountain's innate formation and struck Yuanshi. He spat out a mouthful of blood.
Laozi and Tongtian hurriedly wielded their spiritual treasures to protect themselves.
Luckily, the Purple Cloud Divine Lightning targeted only Yuanshi. With Laozi and Tongtian's strength, they could withstand its collateral power by wielding their supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
"Rumble!"
Before the Three Pure Ones could react, the thunderclouds over Kunlun Mountain gathered eighty-one bolts of Purple Cloud Divine Lightning, rapidly building up power and ready to descend at any moment.
"Eldest Brother, Third Brother, save me!!"
Eyes bloodshot, Yuanshi cried out without hesitation.
"Alas."
With a sigh, Laozi and Tongtian attacked at the same time.
The Three Pure Ones had not yet gone their separate ways. Though the brothers had their differences, they were still on good terms; they could not stand by and watch Yuanshi perish.
"Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda, suppress!!"
"Immortal Execution Sword Formation, kill!!"
The Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda was an Acquired Merit Supreme Treasure, formed from Heaven-Opening Merit and Mysterious Yellow Qi.
Recognized as the Prehistoric World's foremost defensive treasure, the Heaven and Earth Mysterious Yellow Exquisite Pagoda could even withstand Immortal Slaying Sword Qi.
The Immortal Execution Sword Formation was recognized as the most powerful formation for slaying groups. It could only be broken by the combined might of four Sages.
Its sword qi could cleave a Sage's body, destroy all techniques, and slaughter all immortals.
Then Yuanshi hurriedly recalled his Pangu Banner. With each layer weakening the attack, the Purple Cloud Divine Lightning's power was reduced by more than ninety percent.
The remaining ten percent struck Yuanshi, still scorching him black and making him cough up blood nonstop.
But with the Pangu Banner recalled, the Great Dao Lightning Method dissipated, and the crisis was over.
"No matter what happens outside, hurry and comprehend the Primordial Violet Qi. Proving the Dao and becoming a Sage is what matters most right now!"
Laozi glanced at Yuanshi and rebuked him in a tone that brooked no argument.
"Once I prove the Dao and become a Sage, I'll avenge today's humiliation!"
"Martial Dao is nothing but a crooked path!"
His eyes burned with anger and his heart seethed with humiliation, but Yuanshi had no choice. He forced down his turbulent emotions and began comprehending the Primordial Violet Qi.
Buzhou Mountain, Endless Earth Abyss, Pangu Temple.
"That fool Yuanshi still has the nerve to call himself Father God's orthodox heir? What a disgrace."
"But Yuanshi's recklessness at least confirmed that Martial Dao cannot be destroyed. Otherwise, it will provoke a Great Dao tribulation."
The Twelve Ancestral Witches had gathered. Xuanming, the Ancestral Witch of Ice, spoke first.
"Eldest Brother, Martial Dao cultivates both the inner and outer self. It can even strengthen the body to the level of our great witches!"
"If the Demon Clan obtains the Martial Dao method, our clan could be facing disaster."
Zhujiuyin, the Ancestral Witch of Time and second in rank, furrowed his brow and spoke gravely.
"Since we can't destroy the Martial Dao Stone Tablets, we can only stop the Demon Clan from comprehending them."
"Gonggong, Zhurong, take the great witches from your tribes, along with your King Witches (Taiyi Realm) and Marquis Witches (Golden Immortal Realm), and intercept the demons trying to comprehend the Martial Dao Stone Tablets."
Without hesitation, Dijiang, the Space Ancestral Witch, issued the order in a chilling voice.
"Yes, Eldest Brother!"
Zhurong, the Ancestral Witch of Fire, and Gonggong, the Ancestral Witch of Water—two warmongers—eagerly accepted the order and charged straight out of Pangu Temple.
Thirty-three Heavens, Lingxiao Treasure Hall.
"The Witch Clan's physical bodies are powerful. They have always been a grave threat to our Demon Clan."
"Martial Dao cultivates both the inner and outer self."
"If our Demon Clan cultivates it, won't we be able to stand as equals with the Witches beneath the Ancestral Witches in terms of physical strength?"
"Go, Imperial Brother. Arrange for all the beings of our Demon Clan to comprehend the Martial Dao Stone Tablets!"
Demon Emperor Dijun immediately understood the benefits of the Martial Dao Stone Tablets and issued his order without hesitation.
"Yes, Imperial Brother!"
Eastern Emperor Taiyi hurriedly accepted the order.
And so, the Demon Clan set out to cultivate Martial Dao, while the Witch Clan refused to let them do so.
The Witch and Demon Clans, whose clashes had once been minor, now fought ever more fiercely over the Martial Dao Stone Tablets.
Both sides sent out armies of at least ten million, fighting like mad as the tribulation aura between heaven and earth surged.
For tens of thousands of years, only demons with a Quasi saint guarding them could escape.
Any other demons who dared try to comprehend the Martial Dao Stone Tablets were slaughtered by the Witch Clan.
Everywhere one looked in the eastern Prehistoric World near Buzhou Mountain, corpses littered the ground, and the Demon Clan was utterly on the back foot.
"Bastards! Is the Witch Clan trying to start an all-out war ahead of schedule?"
"Then let's fight!"
"Kunpeng, Xi Huang, Baize, Yingzhao..."
"Personally lead hundreds of millions of demon soldiers and hit them hard! Make sure you comprehend the Martial Dao Stone Tablets!"
The Demon Clan had suffered heavy casualties, and Demon Emperor Dijun was enraged.
With Kunpeng, Fuxi, and the Ten Great Demon Sages joining the fight, the Demon Clan could finally hold its own against the Witch Clan.
The fighting was so brutal that demons and witches fell every moment.
If this continued, neither the Witch nor the Demon Clan could take it.
So the two clans, along with the Ten Thousand Races and the rogue cultivators, tacitly agreed to divide up the twelve Martial Dao Stone Tablets.
The Demon Clan took control of four, the Witch Clan controlled four, and the Ten Thousand Races and rogue cultivators jointly controlled the remaining four.
The Martial Dao Stone Tablets' range of influence was limited, after all. If the Witch and Demon Clans ambushed one another farther away, the tablets would not suppress them.
And those who had finished comprehending the tablets would have to leave sooner or later.
Thus, after dividing the twelve Martial Dao Stone Tablets according to their respective strengths, the Prehistoric World once again settled into a rare period of calm.
All the clans busily studied Martial Dao.
One benefit was that Huang Tian's Martial Dao Destiny surged dramatically.
The Human Emperor Sword, originally an Innate Supreme Treasure with only forty-nine restrictions, transformed into an Innate Supreme Treasure with fifty restrictions, placing it on par with the Three Great Treasures of Creation.
Jade Capital Mountain, Zixiao Palace.
Hongjun, with his white hair and youthful face, woke from meditation once again, suppressing the fury in his heart.
The Prehistoric World kept no track of years.
Lately, the world had undergone constant upheaval, equivalent to waking someone who was dead tired every few minutes.
Even Hongjun, for all his cultivation in composure, could barely conceal his anger.
"Martial Dao? It has developed so quickly that it can actually stand on equal footing with my Immortal Dao!"
Hongjun carefully made his move and performed a divination, unable to hide his surprise.
The Immortal Dao was a scheme he and the Heavenly Dao had devised together for the living beings of the Prehistoric World.
That Martial Dao had broken the Immortal Dao's monopoly was unbelievable!
"But who is this anomaly?"
Having divined the threat posed by Martial Dao, Hongjun wanted to kill the First Ancestor of Martial Dao, but he was powerless to do so.
Without a target, he couldn't exactly slaughter the entire Prehistoric World.
"I can't find the person, and the Martial Dao Stone Tablets can't be destroyed."
"Alas, so be it. If my destiny diminishes, then it diminishes. It'll only slow my Dao Integration."
"Besides, once the Three Pure Ones prove the Dao one after another, the Immortal Dao's destiny will surge. This little loss of time is nothing."
With no other choice, Hongjun decided to continue his Dao Integration.
Ever since the Dao-Devil War, Hongjun had been in league with the Heavenly Dao.
After laying plans for countless years, Nuwa had now become a Sage. More than half the plan had succeeded.
The rest would simply follow naturally: the Three Pure Ones would become Sages, followed by Jieyin and Zhunti.
This was already the grand trend. No one could stop it.
Everyone knew that beneath the Sages, all were ants.
Martial Dao was powerful, but it had existed for too short a time.
Without a Sage to guard it, Martial Dao was nothing more than a slightly larger ant.
It was no threat at all!
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