The True Meaning of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, The Witch Race's True Trump Card

"Come to think of it, if it truly happened as the Primordial World novels described, where Houtu sacrificed herself to form the reincarnation cycle, then as her body transformed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, she would have turned a misfortune into a blessing and completely purged the Turbid Qi from her physical form.

Once Houtu shed the Turbid Qi from her flesh, the remaining Turbid Qi within her soul would be a trivial matter, easily dissolved by the Great Dao Merit.

Great Dao Merit, after all—let alone Turbid Qi, even the Chaos Karmic Fire would be nothing more than a minor technique or a pathetic supernatural ability in its presence.

Once the Turbid Qi in both her body and soul were completely eradicated, the birth of Houtu's Primordial Spirit would naturally follow.

It makes sense; if Houtu had never birthed a Primordial Spirit, how could she have attained the noble position of the spokesperson for the Earthly Dao in the future?"

Thinking of this, Zhu Jiuyin could not help but nod repeatedly.

As her elder brother, he felt genuinely happy for the achievements Houtu would one day attain.

However, immediately afterward, Zhu Jiuyin realized another problem.

"Because the Six Paths of Reincarnation were formed from the body of an Ancestral Witch, they naturally possess the function of absorbing the Turbid Qi between heaven and earth. Coupled with the combined blessings of the Great Dao, the Heavenly Dao, and the Earthly Dao, the power of the Six Paths is amplified to a level that essentially matches the Ancestral Witches' own capacity for absorbing Turbid Qi.

If one were to extrapolate this further, then in a sense, the Six Paths of Reincarnation are remarkably similar to the Witch Race's method of using the flesh and blood of demon beasts and the Demon Race to wear away Turbid Qi!

It is just that the Witch Race was too foolish and too blunt, making the reincarnation of living beings a bloody and overly transparent affair.

Looking at it from another angle, while the Six Paths of Reincarnation sound wonderful, when you think about it carefully, isn't it just another method of using the life force and souls of living beings to wear away Turbid Qi?

After a creature dies, its flesh and blood return to the earth; this is the first level of consuming the earth's Turbid Qi.

After the soul returns to the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the creature, having drunk the Meng Po Soup, enters a state of ignorance and oblivion, devoid of any memory.

In such a state, even if the soul experiences intense pain while absorbing Turbid Qi within the Six Paths, it would essentially be unable to perceive it due to its lack of consciousness.

Yet, this intense pain inflicted upon the soul becomes rooted in the true spirit of every creature that falls into reincarnation, which is why living beings in this world are so fond of life and fearful of death.

It is not a fear of death itself, but an instinctive awe of the Six Paths of Reincarnation buried deep within their true spirits."

At this thought, Zhu Jiuyin could not help but slap his thigh in a fit of rage.

If this line of reasoning held true, perhaps long ago—even before the Witch Race had emerged—the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun had already devised this substitute method for the Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race to consume the Primordial World's Turbid Qi, and it was for this very reason that the Six Paths of Reincarnation came into being.

"So, from the very beginning, the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun were already calculating and laying their traps!"

Having figured this out, Zhu Jiuyin was both shocked and furious.

He was shocked that the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun were far more powerful and terrifying than he had imagined.

He was furious that they, the Ancestral Witches, were the Orthodox Pangu Lineage—theoretically one of the rightful heirs to this world—yet they had been manipulated to such an extent by the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun. What an injustice!

"Thinking about it now, that sister Houtu was later called the spokesperson for the Earthly Dao, but in essence, how tragic was her fate!"

Zhu Jiuyin thought of the Houtu from the myths.

First of all, whether it was the spokesperson for the Heavenly Dao, the Earthly Dao, or the Humanity Dao—which never appeared in the Primordial myths—their sole purpose for existing was to suppress the three Daos of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity to maintain their operation.

Therefore, compared to Sages, while the spokespersons of the three Daos held noble status, they possessed virtually no freedom. Sages could at least use their Three Corpses and avatars to exploit loopholes in the three Daos and sneak into the Primordial World.

But for the spokespersons of the three Daos, Hongjun was better off, as he at least had a loophole that allowed him to enter the world during a Great Tribulation.

The so-called "cannot enter the world except during a Great Tribulation" simply meant that when a Great Tribulation arrived, Hongjun could come out to show his face and drop a hint.

But for Houtu, the spokesperson for the Earthly Dao, she was forbidden from leaving the Underworld until the Immeasurable Tribulation arrived.

Was that not equivalent to a life sentence?

Immediately after, Zhu Jiuyin thought of Houtu's personality.

"Every day after the total annihilation of the Ancestral Witches and the Witch Race, she must have lived in endless regret and self-reproach."

Based on Zhu Jiuyin's understanding of Houtu, she would certainly wonder if, had she not sacrificed herself to form the reincarnation cycle, the Twelve Ancestral Witches would not have been incomplete. This incompleteness had caused the power of the Twelve Capital Divine Gods and Demons Formation to plummet, degrading it from a state that completely crushed the Demon Race's Great Array of Heavenly Stars to one that was suppressed by it.

Most importantly, if the Twelve Capital Divine Gods and Demons Formation had not been suppressed by the Demon Race's array, the other Ancestral Witches would not have been forced to resort to self-detonation during the Final War of Witch and Demon, which only managed to take Di Jun and Tai Yi with them and severely wound Fuxi, ultimately allowing Kunpeng to escape with his life.

Calculating the final losses, the Witch Race saw the total annihilation of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, with only a handful of Great Witches remaining.

As for the Demon Race, Kunpeng survived, Fuxi became the Human Sovereign, and Baize—a veteran of the Demon Race who could rival an Ancestral Witch in the later stages—also survived. Even among the renowned Ten Great Demon Gods, four remained alive.

By this count, the Witch Race had suffered a devastating loss.

Not to mention, the Golden Crow pair of Di Jun and Tai Yi had descendants who survived—that very Lu Ya who stirred up trouble during the Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods and even became the Vairocana Buddha of the Buddhist sect in the later stages.

"This Heavenly Dao and Hongjun are truly targeting our Witch Race!"

After analyzing it back and forth, this was the only conclusion Zhu Jiuyin could reach.

However, immediately afterward, Zhu Jiuyin could not help but burst into laughter.

"But things are different now. Since we can't win no matter how we play, our Witch Race will simply flip the table. As long as we don't step onto the gambling table, from the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun down to the myriad spirits of the Demon Race, there is nothing they can do to us!"

"The world actually doesn't know that our greatest trump card, the one belonging to the Witch Race and the Ancestral Witches, is not the Twelve Capital Divine Gods and Demons Formation, but this Pangu Hall where I am currently standing.

As long as we don't leave Pangu Hall, even the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun would never dare to take the initiative to attack it!"

This was not Zhu Jiuyin being arrogant; Pangu Hall was a sacred object left behind by Pangu for the Witch Race, and it condensed the will Pangu had left behind since the creation of the world.

It could be said that if anyone dared to attack Pangu Hall, they would first face the Great Dao Thunder Punishment. Once the Great Dao Thunder Punishment descended, even Hongjun, the spokesperson for the Heavenly Dao, would face the risk of falling.

Beyond that, disturbing Pangu Hall would very likely attract the attention of Pangu from countless ages ago.

Does anyone really believe that Pangu is truly dead?