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"His Majesty the Eastern Emperor! The Human Race Forbidden Zone is about to open. Does that mean His Majesty the Demon Emperor can come out too?"

Ji Meng, one of the Ten Demon Marshals, followed closely behind Eastern Emperor Taiyi and asked.

For the past thousand years, Demon Emperor Di Jun had been forbidden by Empress Nuwa from leaving seclusion.

The Wu Clan had been keeping the Demon Clan under its thumb.

If Eastern Emperor Taiyi hadn't suppressed the Heavenly Court's destiny with the Xiantian Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell, the Heavenly Court would have lost all face by now!

Many members of the Demon Clan had been seething with resentment.

They desperately needed Demon Emperor Di Jun to lead them in reclaiming the dignity that belonged to the Demon Clan.

They wanted to once more appear in the Primordial World with the bearing of rulers.

"Hmm..." Eastern Emperor Taiyi's gaze was sharp, but he replied with only a casual murmur.

He had devoted all his attention to the changes unfolding in the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss ahead.

The Chaos Chasm in the Human Race Forbidden Zone was about to collapse.

It was hard to say whether that was good or bad for the Demon Clan.

"A thousand-year period had passed in the blink of an eye! That sword from back then still made my heart tremble. I've never dared take another step into this Chaos Chasm!"

The Outer Heavens shook. Ming He of the Blood Sea watched the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss with a shudder and spoke of the Forbidden Zone's terrifying power.

Unless one was a Sage, it was impossible to break through.

"Do you remember? Back then, that Human Emperor broke through the barrier of the Sages with the ultimate Daoist arts, but incurred a great karmic burden in the process. How is he now? Has he already perished?"

Beside him, Zhen Yuanzi, the Ancestor of Earth Immortals, was visibly shaken, his gaze as sharp as a blade.

"That was the New Lord of the Human Dao! Like a Sage, he enjoys immortality and imperishability. A great karmic burden can only hold him back; it can't kill him."

"The Lord of the Human Dao... Even the Dao Ancestor and the Sages acknowledged that the Human Dao could coexist with the Heavenly Dao."

Their eyes held both trepidation and envy.

"Back then, a little girl from the Wu Clan entered the Human Race Forbidden Zone. The thousand-year period is over. I wonder if she's managed to claim the great destiny within the Forbidden Zone."

"If she has, with the destiny of the Human Dao upon her, she may one day reach the same level as the Dao Ancestor."

"The Wu Clan may have found itself a treasure this time."

As they spoke, the two turned their attention to the eleven Ancestral Witches who had arrived early.

All the Ancestral Witches had gathered except Houtu!

"Di Jiang, the Human Race's Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss is collapsing. Should we intervene?"

Zhurong had a fiery temper. After waiting for nearly a thousand years, he could no longer hold back at the sight of something happening.

"Wait a little longer!" Di Jiang didn't act rashly. The more critical the moment, the more they had to keep their composure.

Whoever acted first would inevitably become entangled in a great karmic burden.

And it wouldn't just be karma with the Heavenly Dao—it would also be karma with the Human Dao.

"Our little sister isn't in danger. Her soul-lamp imprint is still there. Aside from the Human Emperor, there shouldn't be anyone among the Human Race who could hurt her. Besides, the Human Emperor used supreme Dao principles to create this Forbidden Zone. He must have exhausted his strength, so he likely can't threaten our little sister."

As the eldest of the Twelve Ancestor Witches, it was only natural that Di Jiang remained calm even as the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss collapsed.

"Though the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss is collapsing, the Human Dao Rules and Order wrapped in the Chaos Aura within it remain fatal to every race in the Primordial Wilderness. They're slowly dissipating now. It probably won't be long."

"Mm!"

The Ancestral Witches nodded one after another.

They had waited nearly a thousand years. Surely they could wait a few more years—or even less?

To them, that was no more than the time it took to doze off.

"We have something more important to consider now... Demon Emperor Di Jun was ordered by Saint Nuwa to remain in seclusion for a thousand years. He must be about to come out."

"For nearly a thousand years, the Wu Clan has fought the Demon Clan relentlessly while he was in seclusion. At the bloodiest point, we even attacked the Demon Court. Once Di Jun emerges, he won't let that go easily."

"Let him come! As if we're afraid of him! Sooner or later, we'll turn his Demon Court into the Wu Clan's backyard!" Zhurong's fiery temper flared at once, his voice booming.

"I have a feeling the final calamity isn't far off." A premonition stirred in Di Jiang's heart, making him uneasy.

At those words, Ancestral Witch Gong Gong felt a surge of resentment and immediately let it out.

"The Demon Clan has replenished its ranks with Demon Gods over the past thousand years, and the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array can still be activated. But our Twelve Capital Celestial Evil Array is missing our little sister. We still can't bring out its full power to fight them."

"Why were the Demon Clan born with a Heavenly treasure to suppress the destiny of the Demon Court?"

"Their strength of reproduction far surpasses ours."

"If you ask me, the Heavenly Dao may claim to be just, but it isn't!"

"No wonder Father God Pangu tried to prove the Great Dao back then!"

"Silence!" Di Jiang glared at Gong Gong. "The Heavenly Dao is the will of the Primordial World. Don't speak of it lightly!"

"We don't have a Human Emperor like that one, who can open up a new Dao, take his place within it, and escape the river of the Heavenly Dao."

"Ugh..." Gong Gong turned away in indignation and said nothing more.

The Wu Clan was proud by nature. Aside from Father God Pangu, they respected Dao Ancestor Hongjun only for his strength.

"What about us? Are we going to keep waiting here?"

Xuan Ming, the only woman among the eleven Ancestral Witches, asked Di Jiang.

"If the enemy doesn't move, neither do we. If the Heavenly Chasm Great Abyss vanishes completely, and those two from the Demon Clan use their Xiantian Supreme Treasures against our little sister, it'll be too late for regrets." Di Jiang looked toward Eastern Emperor Taiyi.

The other side noticed his gaze and immediately shot him a piercing look.

Their glares clashed like the points of two needles.

"Hmph!" Eastern Emperor Taiyi snorted.

Even alone against eleven Ancestral Witches, he was not the least bit afraid!

However, whenever the Wu and Demon Clans met, they almost always fought to the death.

If not for the strange Chaos Chasm in the Human Race Forbidden Zone, with its Human Dao Rules and Order capable of erasing all energy beneath the level of a Sage at any moment, they would have started fighting long ago.

Would they still be calmly facing off here?

Outer Heavens...

Several Sages' thoughts swept across the Chaos Chasm, trying to reach into the Human Race Forbidden Zone.

They wanted to see how much the Human Race had grown after the thousand-year period ended and it regained control of its great destiny.

But Daoist Jieyin was puzzled.

"Strange. My thoughts can pass through the Chaos Chasm, but I can't see anything within the Human Race Forbidden Zone. There are rules and order there that don't belong to the Heavenly Dao."

"Could the Human Dao have already taken shape in a thousand years?"

"No! That's impossible! After Chaos was cleaved and the Primordial Continent emerged, the Heavenly Dao took an immeasurably long time to form."

"The Human Dao has only been established for a thousand years. How could it possibly have taken shape?"

"If it really formed that quickly, wouldn't the Human Emperor, as the Lord of the Human Dao, be able to merge with the Human Dao and rise above us?"

"I just sensed something—an immensely powerful array of Human Dao Rules, as if it had cut the entire Forbidden Zone off from the Heavenly Dao."

"It seems to be competing with the Heavenly Dao for territory in the Primordial World."

With a few words between them, the Two Sages of the West saw through the truth.

The Nine Seals of Forbidden Immortals, created through the Origin Heavenly Dao Law, blocked the Heavenly Dao Rules from assimilating the area while preserving the Human Dao Rules and Order.

It was like the Chaos Chasm, dividing the Primordial World from the Human World.

"I have a plan!"

"The Human Dao has only just been established. Grand Pure founded the Human Teachings, which were abolished, but the Three Pure Ones remain one. Nuwa is the Demon Ancestor and founded the Demon Teachings. Of everyone in the Primordial World, they stand at the very top, second only to our master, the Dao Ancestor."

"Only the two of us have never encountered a great opportunity. We've always been behind everyone else."

"If the newly rising Human Dao becomes our great opportunity, then we may well be able to surpass the other Sages in the future!"

Jieyin wore the face of a schemer plotting against all creation, utterly at odds with his solemn, dignified appearance.

Daoist Zhunti's eyes darted about as he considered the possibilities.

"What should we do?"

Jieyin made his move, using a vast expanse of Chaos Aura to obscure the secrets of Heaven and make sure the other Sages wouldn't see or hear them.

"Listen closely, and I'll explain..."

After a long while, the two Sages' thoughts withdrew from the Chaos Chasm.

They headed straight for Tang Valley!