Styx Exhausted, One Arrow, Five Kills

But even so, there was no helping it.

Because he had held up the Light Cave for so long, his limbs had long since gone numb.

Whenever he tried to withdraw his raised hands, a numbness like an electric shock swept over him, and Styx had no choice but to give up.

A long time passed again, and Styx could no longer bear it.

In the end, he had not succeeded in propping up a sky like Pangu had.

Just as Styx was about to exhaust his strength completely, he decided to gamble it all!

This time, Styx bet everything he had left!

All his power converged into his left palm, transforming entirely into Creation Force. Styx's left palm suddenly thrust upward, and the darkness was forced up, the Light Cave expanding more than twofold in an instant!

At the same time, the accumulation of law insights within Styx reached a qualitative change—his comprehension of the Creation Law broke through to thirty percent!

Though he had broken through, the fact remained that Styx was spent.

Just as he collapsed from exhaustion, Styx consciously controlled himself to fall backward.

For no other reason—he wanted to know what lay behind the Light Cave.

Could there really be a world hidden there?

Was everything he had done here akin to an act of creation, splitting heaven and earth?

Otherwise, why would his Creation Law have broken through?

These questions, Styx wanted to unravel.

Yet, even though he was so close to what lay beyond the Light Cave—almost a single step away from crossing it—Styx still could not see clearly what was behind it.

The Light Cave was as dazzling as the sun, impossible to look at directly.

Styx's eyes could not withstand the intense light, but he forced himself not to close them!

Blood tears even streamed from his eyes.

But in the end, Styx lost consciousness.

He did not know whether he had actually seen the world beyond the Light Cave.

He was not even sure how he had lost consciousness.

Perhaps he had seen what existed behind the Light Cave, but that memory had been sealed away.

Just as the human brain cannot retrieve the memory of the moment before falling asleep.

Or perhaps he truly had not seen the world beyond the Light Cave.

Who could say for sure?

The scene returned to the Purple Cloud Palace.

The sermon had already ended, but the crowd, startled by the aura erupting from Styx, had forgotten to leave the Purple Cloud Palace.

Even Hongjun had forgotten about it.

But in the end, Hongjun snapped back to his senses.

No matter what thoughts he harbored in his heart, he had to complete the sermon perfectly now!

Only then could he merge with the Heavenly Dao and proceed with his next plan.

Thus, he could no longer indulge Styx.

Even if Styx had the Heavenly Dao backing him!

Hongjun believed that the Heavenly Dao would not easily abandon him.

Without him, the Heavenly Dao would have to cultivate a new spokesperson.

That would not benefit the Heavenly Dao's upcoming rule over the Primordial Wilderness!

"You may leave. The next sermon will still be ten thousand years from now, and it will cover the Sage's Path."

Then, with a wave of his hand, Hongjun pushed everyone out of the Purple Cloud Palace, and the palace doors slowly closed.

Styx turned and left.

The many great beings also returned to the Primordial Wilderness in pairs or groups.

The Eastern Duke headed toward the East Sea.

Now that he had broken through to Quasi-Sage, he was confident he could dismantle the great formation above the East Sea.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi returned to the Sun Star. Though Di Jun had given away the Sun Essence Wheel, he was still the master of the Sun Star for now.

At this time, the Sun Star was also the stronghold of the Demon Race.

Because the Demon Race on the Primordial Wilderness continent was scattered and could not stand against the unified Witch Clan.

Thus, to better consolidate the Demon Race's power, Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi had temporarily settled the great Demon Race beings on the Sun Star.

But while it was fine for a short time, as time went on, many of the great Demon Race beings began to voice complaints.

How could the cultivation resources on the Sun Star compare to those of the Primordial Wilderness continent?

So, having broken through to Quasi-Sage this time, Eastern Emperor Taiyi spoke to Di Jun.

"Big Brother, what do you think about us rallying the Demon army and launching an attack on the Witch Clan?"

Even Eastern Emperor Taiyi had to admit that the Witch Clan, who cultivated their physical bodies exclusively, were formidable.

But now that they had broken through to Quasi-Sage, and the highest combat power of the Witch Clan, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, had not shown themselves in the Primordial Wilderness for a long time, they were likely still struggling to break through.

No matter how strong the Twelve Ancestral Witches were, they had yet to surpass the limits of Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. To them, Quasi-Sages, they could be wiped out with a wave of the hand.

Counting Fuxi and Nüwa, their Demon Race now had a full four Quasi-Sages!

Di Jun pondered for a moment, then instructed Taiyi, "First, have someone secretly infiltrate the Witch Clan to scout. Be careful—do not act rashly!"

"Yes, Big Brother!"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi was delighted.

Di Jun's words meant he was leaning toward agreeing with his idea.

So he immediately went down to assign someone to handle it.

He also had someone notify Nüwa and Fuxi.

Those siblings also enjoyed the vast fortune of their Demon Race; they couldn't just take without contributing, could they?

On the continent of the Primordial Wilderness.

"Reporting to the Great Witch, we've discovered a Demon location ahead."

A Witch Clan scout confirmed the situation ahead and reported to the leading Great Witch.

"Good! Follow me, let's wipe them out and have a feast tonight!"

The leading Great Witch was named Hou Yi.

He was a Great Witch of the Hou Tu Tribe within the Witch Clan, and one of the top Great Witches in the clan. His strength and status in the Witch Clan were second only to the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

This time, this squad of Witch Clan members had come out naturally to hunt down Demons.

In the eyes of the Witch Clan, Demons were excellent rations.

But ever since Di Jun established the Demon Race, many Demons had gone to pledge allegiance to him.

This had reduced the Witch Clan's food supply considerably.

So when the scout reported finding a group of Demons, Hou Yi was overjoyed.

Sure enough, when they reached the vicinity of the destination, they saw several hundred Elephant Demons drinking water by a small stream.

Among this group of Elephant Demons, the strongest was only a Golden Immortal.

But the Witch Clan squad Hou Yi had brought was the elite of the elite; even the weakest among them had already reached the Golden Immortal realm.

Taking down this group of Elephant Demons was practically a sure thing.

The other Witch Clan members thought so too.

"Great Witch, let's just charge straight in! These Elephant Demons aren't strong—we can definitely take them!"

Hou Yi shook his head, however.

"No need. Watch this Great Witch show you a trick!"

Although this group of Demons wasn't strong, if they engaged in a direct confrontation, their squad would inevitably suffer casualties.

And Hou Yi had a way to take down these Elephant Demons with zero losses!

Hou Yi took out a massive Divine Bow.

This Divine Bow was not an Innate Spiritual Treasure, but a strange treasure—one that only Hou Yi could use.

The Divine Bow gleamed with golden light and was enormous.

The Witch Clan were naturally burly in stature, but none of the Witch Clan members present were as tall as this Divine Bow!

Of course, except for Hou Yi, the Great Witch.

All the Witch Clan present were awed by the divine might of the bow.

Hou Yi was very satisfied with their astonished expressions. He then took from the quiver on his back a Divine Arrow that matched the Divine Bow.

After that, he nocked the arrow onto the bowstring and drew the entire Divine Bow to an incredible arc.

The Witch Clan squad marveled.

Great Witch Hou Yi's strength was truly immense!

"Swish!"

Hou Yi aimed at the Elephant Demon group, released his hand holding the Divine Arrow, and the arrow shot toward the Elephant Demons with lightning speed.

Before the Elephant Demons could react, the Divine Arrow pierced through the body of a huge Elephant Demon.

The Elephant Demon let out a painful, mournful cry and collapsed.

But the Divine Arrow did not stop there; it continued to pierce into another Elephant Demon!

After killing five Elephant Demons in a row, the Divine Arrow finally came to a complete halt.