The greatest sound was barely audible, so the Heavenly Dao could not speak.
In such circumstances, the importance of the Spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao became clear.
The very next second after the Eye of the Heavenly Dao appeared, Hongjun's figure appeared outside the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race as well.
Looking at Zhu Jiuyin, who seemed to be right before him but was especially relaxed under Pangu Hall's protection, a hint of wariness flashed through Hongjun's eyes. "A variable! The greatest variable beneath the Heavenly Dao."
Although Hongjun had not yet merged with the Heavenly Dao, he had the authority to consult any of the Heavenly Dao's secrets. So he already knew why the Heavenly Dao was so furious, and why it had even appeared outside the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race in the form of its Eye.
But for that very reason, Hongjun's killing intent toward Zhu Jiuyin had risen to unprecedented heights.
Yet Hongjun understood just as well that Zhu Jiuyin had previously been merely too difficult to kill. Now, he was downright impossible to kill.
In the past, Zhu Jiuyin had merely been the Time Ancestral Witch, endowed with the Merit of Opening the Heavens. Even then, the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun had been nearly powerless against him; at most, they could suppress and seal him away for hundreds of millions of years.
That was only too difficult to kill.
If Hongjun was willing to suffer the loss of an entire major cultivation realm and withstand the Great Dao's thunder punishment, he could still kill Zhu Jiuyin.
But now, everything had changed completely.
Zhu Jiuyin had already condensed the Chaos Merit Dao Body.
To put it simply, if Pangu was the Great Dao's own son, then Zhu Jiuyin as he was now could basically be considered the Great Dao's own grandson.
Do you even understand the weight of the Great Dao personally bestowing a Chaos Spiritual Treasure?
Hongjun took a deep breath. He knew this hurdle would not be easy to clear today.
But easy or not, he still had to get over it.
Otherwise, if Houtu really created the Human Race and then confined them within the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race and the Great Thousand World she had opened, the Heavenly Dao would absolutely collapse.
Some might say, "So what if Houtu creates the Human Race? Nuwa's outside the Ancestral Land of the Witch Race. Can't she create them too?"
Sorry, but she really couldn't.
Not to mention that this would split the Human Race into two branches, Houtu's Human Race and Nuwa's Human Race, the Humanity Dao's fortune would also be divided in two.
The Heavenly Dao could no more accept the Witch Race controlling half of the Humanity Dao's fortune.
After all, the Humanity Dao was, in essence, the Dao of all living beings, so the Human Race could not claim all of its fortune.
To put it this way, when the Human Race first appeared, it controlled only around half of the Humanity Dao's fortune. Even at its peak, it could only claim around eighty percent.
At this stage, as one of the protagonists of the tribulation and a ruler of heaven and earth, the Witch Race already controlled thirty percent of the Primordial World's Humanity Dao fortune.
After all, who could say the Witch Race wasn't part of the Primordial World's living beings?
Since the Witch Race was part of the Primordial World's living beings—and the protagonist of this era's tribulation at that—wasn't it perfectly normal for it to control thirty percent of the Humanity Dao's fortune?
So here's a little arithmetic problem: what do thirty percent plus twenty-five percent equal?
Fifty-five percent, right?
Fifty-five percent against forty-five percent. Even if Nuwa could take half of the Human Race's fortune, the Witch Race would still control more of the Humanity Dao's fortune than the Heavenly Dao.
By the way, the Heavenly Dao's forty-five percent also included the thirty percent belonging to the Demon Race, those two-faced traitors.
The Heavenly Dao might be merciless, but it wasn't mindless. How could it not know that the Demon Race's thirty percent of the Humanity Dao's fortune was nominally held by the Heavenly Dao, but in reality remained in the hands of Di Jun and Tai Yi, the Demon Race's two emperors?
That meant that in the end, the Heavenly Dao might only be able to wield the one and a half percent of Humanity Dao fortune in Nuwa's hands. It would have no say at all.
It was like a company where a small shareholder faced off against a major shareholder—and that major shareholder was the chairman with fifty-five percent of the shares. There was no point in playing; there was no way to win.
Likewise, this was why the Witch and Demon Races had to be wiped out as part of the Heavenly Dao's plan.
The Witch and Demon Races controlled sixty percent of the Humanity Dao's fortune. If the two races joined forces, the Heavenly Dao would have to sleep with one eye open.
After all, the Heavenly Dao's instinct was to prevent any individual or faction from transcending it.
Apart from the struggle over fortune, there was another fatal problem.
Think about it: what were the two most important spiritual materials needed to create the Human Race?
The Three Lights Divine Water and the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, right?
Of these two spiritual treasures, the Three Lights Divine Water was easy enough. Hongjun had some.
Now, take a guess: who had the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil?
That's right, Houtu.
As the one who commanded the Law of Earth and the Law of Land, Houtu alone possessed the supreme divine power to condense the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil.
Not even the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun could manage that. The Ancestral Witches' defiance of heaven was plain to see.
As for whether the Witch Race could condense the Three Lights Divine Water?
Gonggong would say, "Don't let the fact that I'm an Ancestral Witch fool you. Take a guess whether I, the Water Ancestral Witch who commands every river and sea in the Primordial World, can condense the Three Lights Divine Water."
Now the Witch Race had more fortune, and the key ingredients for creating the Human Race were in its hands as well. No wonder the Heavenly Dao was so frantic with rage that it came straight for the Witch Race.
"Zhu Jiuyin, you're a smart man. You should understand why the Heavenly Dao has manifested itself this time, shouldn't you?" Hongjun spoke coldly, with the Dao Ancestor's characteristic indifference and pride.
That finally made Zhu Jiuyin see red.
The Witch Race had previously been locked in a struggle for supremacy with the Demon Race. Nearly all its people and forces were outside the Ancestral Land. Fearing that Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao would strike at their billions of people, they hadn't dared make a move. In the end, they had even accepted a life of inaction, despite risking ridicule from the Demon Race and all the living beings of the Primordial World.
And now? The Witch Race wasn't looking for trouble, yet Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao still dared to come knocking.
Fine. If the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun dared to go this far, the Witch Race wouldn't hold back anymore. At worst, they would sink the Primordial World!
Zhu Jiuyin stepped forward. "Hongjun, I have an early class! You're nothing but a Chaos Earthworm by birth, a remnant of Chaos who only barely survived by stealing a life under my Father God. What gives you the right to swagger around in front of Pangu Hall?!
"And don't stand there babbling at me about the grand design of the Heavenly Dao or the living beings of the Primordial World. We don't understand a word of it!
"You want to wipe out the Witch Race? I've got one thing to say: if you've got the guts, break through Pangu Hall's defenses and come kill us! If you don't, then you and the Heavenly Dao can get the hell back to wherever you came from!"
Zhu Jiuyin's words held nothing back. Bolstered by his Half-Sage strength, they instantly swept across most of the Great Thousand World.
Crack!
Everyone in the Primordial World who heard Zhu Jiuyin's words was stunned.
"W-was someone cursing the Dao Ancestor?!"
"No, you've got it wrong! He didn't just curse the Dao Ancestor—he cursed the Heavenly Dao too!"
"Unbelievable! Absolutely unbelievable! Everyone else defies heaven, but Zhu Jiuyin is practically deceiving the heavens!"
"It's over, it's over. The Heavenly Dao and the Dao Ancestor definitely won't let this go. Are they going to shatter the Primordial World itself?"
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