Witch Race

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Witch Race (巫族)
Alias(es)	Witch Tribe; witches; witchfolk 96
Species/Race	A race born from Pangu's blood essence 47
Affiliation	Mount Buzhou and Pangu Hall; later the Underworld under Houtu's protection; ultimately the Witch World and its independent reincarnation system 229 413 631
Status	Surviving clans relocated to the Underworld after the Witch-Demon Calamity; later recruited to administer reincarnation; eventually relocated to a separate Witch World with its own reincarnation cycle 413 459 539 631
First Appearance	Chapter 30

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
All-Heaven Divine Baleful Grand Formation	220 256	The Twelve Ancestral Witches resonate their bloodlines and use the formation to summon Pangu's phantom.
Houtu becomes an Underworld Saint	299	Houtu establishes the Six Paths of Reincarnation by merging with the Underworld; she can no longer return fully to the Witch Race.
Houyi becomes an Ancestral Witch	352 353	Houyi refines Pangu Essence Blood with the other Ancestral Witches' aid, filling Houtu's former place in the twelve-person formation.
Pangu's final legacy absorbed	352	The Ancestral Witches absorb the final blood qi released by Pangu's Heart, strengthening their bodies and command of origin laws; the blood pool then dries up permanently.
Witch-Human lineage established	355 360	Intermarriage and body-tempering instruction create descendants who possess Primordial Spirits, stronger bodies, longer lifespans, and the ability to cultivate Witch Race techniques.
All-Heaven Divine Baleful Grand Formation enhancement proposed	386	Yellow Dragon identifies the formation's lack of spirituality and agility and offers the Ancestral Witches a method to enhance it.
Witch Race survives through the Underworld	413 539	Houtu shelters the remnants beneath the Six Paths Samsara Disk, but the yin-dominated environment causes the living Witch Race and Witch-Humans to weaken and decline.
Witch Race returns through Houtu's passage	582	Houtu opens a passage from the Underworld to protect Chiyou; Xingtian briefly returns despite heavenly punishment and repels the attackers.
Chiyou reaches the Great Luo Realm	606	The Witch-Human leader of the Jiuli Tribe breaks through to Great Luo and leads Witch Race warriors in campaigns against other Demon Core Method races.
Independent reincarnation prepared for the Witch Race	607 631	Yellow Dragon and Houtu devise a separate underworld and complete Six Paths of Reincarnation so the Witch Race can escape its karmic burden without being exposed to the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao.
Witch World established	631	The Witch Race moves into Yellow Dragon's Crimson Blood World, renamed the Witch World by Zhurong, with a separate reincarnation system and a reserved path for Witch Race souls.

Background / History

The Witch Race originated from Pangu's blood essence and regarded Pangu as Father God. Their ancestral court was Mount Buzhou, where Pangu Hall, its blood pool, and Pangu's Heart supplied the bloodline foundation of the race. Pangu's Heart was the ultimate source of Witch Race power, releasing blood essence into the pool with each beat. 47 229

Unlike immortal cultivators, witches do not cultivate Primordial Spirits or follow the immortal Dao. Their path focuses on bloodline potential, physical bodies, baleful qi, and innate laws. This prevented most of them from benefiting from Dao teachings; only Houtu continued attending later Dao lectures after the first session. 30 49

Following a major victory over the Demon Race, the Witch Race took control of the central Primordial World. The ancestral witches later used their own essence blood and Mount Buzhou's origin to rapidly nurture new clansmen, increasing the race's population by dozens of times. These later-born witches were less gifted than the first generation directly formed from Pangu's essence blood. 61 65 97

The race expanded into the southern wilderness through many tribal settlements. Five major Great Witch-led tribes oversaw the southern settlements, including those of Houyi and Kua Fu. Under pressure from the Demon Race Heavenly Court, Witch tribes increasingly limited their hunting to demon-core cultivators and unintelligent primordial beasts rather than indiscriminately attacking other beings. 96

After Houtu created the Underworld, the Witch Race lost one of its Twelve Ancestral Witches and became unable to use the complete All-Heaven Divine Baleful Grand Formation. Houyi later ascended as a replacement Ancestral Witch, but this process exhausted the final reserves of Pangu's Heart and ended the birth of new pure-blooded witches from the blood pool. 299 308 352 353

The Witch-Demon Calamity nearly annihilated the race. With fewer than one hundred thousand survivors—mostly Witch-Humans—Zhurong accepted Houtu's refuge and led the remaining Witch Race into the Underworld. 413

The Underworld provided protection from extinction but was not a suitable permanent habitat for living witches. Its yin energy lacked the turbid qi, blood food, and other resources required for traditional Witch Race cultivation. Beneath the Six Paths Samsara Disk, the surviving witches and Witch-Humans were sustained by the aura of Ancestral Witch Zhurong, but their population and vitality continued to decline. 303 539

As the Witch Race's situation worsened, its hopes became centered on Chiyou, the Witch-Human leader of the Jiuli Tribe. Houtu and Zhurong treated Chiyou's struggle against Xuanyuan as an all-or-nothing gamble: victory could allow the race to return to the Primordial World, while defeat would cause its fortune to vanish and its members to merge permanently into the Underworld as wandering spirits. 582 607

Yellow Dragon eventually offered another solution. With Houtu's assistance, he created a separate underworld and independent Six Paths of Reincarnation within a world formed from another Sea-Calming Pearl. The Witch Race moved into the Crimson Blood World, which Zhurong renamed the Witch World, establishing a new refuge beyond the direct reach of the Primordial World's Heavenly Dao. 607 631

Appearance

Ordinary Witch Race warriors are commonly depicted as towering giants with exceptionally dense muscles, vigorous blood qi, and baleful qi surrounding their bodies. Their appearances vary greatly by bloodline, particularly among the Ancestral Witches. 47 59 216

• Many warriors stand several zhang tall, with muscles compared to red-bronze blocks. 47
• Their blood qi and baleful qi can condense into dark-red armor around the body. 47 76
• Ancestral Witches manifest vastly different true forms connected to their origin laws, including bestial, serpentine, elemental, and humanoid traits. 59 216
• Great Witches commonly wear garments made from beast hides and carry oversized weapons suited to their physical strength. 30
• Witch-Human descendants are generally taller and more physically powerful than ordinary humans, and some display inherited Witch Race markings or bloodline runes. 355 367 606
• Witch Race survivors living beneath the Six Paths Samsara Disk became visibly weaker over time because the Underworld was unsuitable for living beings to thrive. 539

Culture and Society

Witch society is organized into tribes led by powerful warriors and Great Witches. Smaller southern settlements contain several thousand members, while larger tribes contain tens of thousands and may have Golden Immortal-level defenders. 96

The race values strength, bloodline, hunting, and direct combat. Their early understanding of resources is largely practical: materials are judged by whether they can be eaten, strengthen the body, or be made into crude weapons. Valuable spirit roots, herbs, and ores are often discarded or consumed without regard for their use in immortal cultivation. 49 196

Despite their reputation for brute force, the Witch Race can act strategically. The Ancestral Witches coordinated a two-sided spatial breach to escape the Heavenly Realm, expanded their population through ancestral blood, and later cultivated ties with the Human Race to preserve their lineage. 65 110 355

The Witch Race traditionally organizes itself around tribal settlements and bloodline identity. Its later-born members were weaker than the first generation, but their greater numbers allowed the race to occupy wide territories. The major southern tribes were led by Great Witches such as Houyi and Kua Fu, while patrols and organized hunting parties protected Witch-Human settlements from Demon Race attacks. 96 97 367

After migration to the Underworld, the surviving race developed a more restricted society beneath the Six Paths Samsara Disk. Zhurong summoned the remaining Great Witches and assigned them roles supporting Houtu's administration of the Underworld, including the operation of reincarnation and the management of its officials and wardens. 457 459

The Underworld sanctuary could not sustain the Witch Race indefinitely. Its inhabitants multiplied and survived under Zhurong's aura, but their strength and numbers declined. The creation of the Witch World allowed them to preserve a distinct society while gaining a functioning, independent cycle of reincarnation. 539 631

Abilities & Skills

Body Tempering and Bloodline Cultivation

The Witch Race cultivates its physical body rather than a Primordial Spirit, excavating power from its bloodline and tempering flesh, bones, blood, and qi. 47 195

• Absorbs turbid earth qi to strengthen the body and blood qi. 49
• Hunts demon beasts and Demon Race members as nourishment for cultivation. 61 96
• Can awaken bloodline runes and inherited power within the body. 367
• Later-born witches possess weaker origin and aptitude than first-generation witches. 97
• Can use purified blood qi and Pangu-derived Blood Essence to further temper the flesh and refine the Witch bloodline. 289
• Witch-Human descendants can cultivate Witch Race body-tempering methods despite possessing Primordial Spirits, and some inherit the ability to control the Killing Intent of heaven and earth. 355

Exceptional Physical Combat

Witch warriors rely on overwhelming brute strength, resilience, and close-quarters fighting.

• Fight barehanded or wield massive bone clubs, ancient trees, bows, axes, and other heavy weapons. 47
• A single Taiyi Realm witch can scatter Golden Immortal Demon Race leaders and drive off larger demon forces. 47
• It often takes more than ten Demon Race warriors to seriously injure one Witch Race warrior. 93
• Their flesh can resist attacks that would overwhelm ordinary cultivators, though weapons empowered by Human Race blood and souls can bypass this advantage. 368 370
• Coordinated groups of witches can fight above their individual realms through encirclement, blood-baleful techniques, and shared combat experience. 367

Origin Laws

The Ancestral Witches command primordial origin laws through their bodies and bloodlines rather than Primordial Spirits. 216

• Dijiang commands space and can merge with spatial turbulence. 216
• Zhu Jiuyin commands time and can manifest the River of Time. 352
• Zhurong commands fire, wielding flames comparable to Solar True Fire. 216
• Gonggong commands water through countless water veins. 216
• Houtu commands earth and can draw strength from earth veins while standing upon the land. 217

All-Heaven Divine Baleful Grand Formation

The Witch Race's supreme battle formation requires the twelve Ancestral Witches to arrange themselves according to their bloodline resonance. 220 304

• Summons a phantom of Pangu capable of confronting the Demon Race's highest forces. 256 362
• Draws on the earth's origin power, allowing the Ancestral Witches to recover strength while standing on the Primordial World's land. 371
• Its original form became incomplete after Houtu merged with the Underworld. 304
• Houyi's ascension restored the formation's twelve-Ancestral-Witch structure. 353
• Houtu can still lend her power to the formation from her position as Underworld Saint, including wielding the formation's manifested axe. 398
• Yellow Dragon identified a lack of spirituality and agility in the formation and proposed a method to enhance it. 386
• It consumes immense essence blood and origin power, leaving its users vulnerable after prolonged clashes. 304 362
• It was unable to break the Demon Race's Circumstellar Star Array at the North Heavenly Gate without Houtu's full Saint-level intervention. 371

Bloodline Continuation and Witch-Human Inheritance

The Witch Race developed a long-term method of preserving its bloodline after the exhaustion of Pangu's blood pool.

• Intermarriage with humans produces Witch-Human descendants with stronger bodies, longer lifespans, and greater reproductive ability than pure-blooded witches. 355
• Witch-Humans possess Primordial Spirits and can cultivate both human and Witch Race methods. 355
• The Witch Race spread heroic narratives about Kua Fu, Houyi, and Chang'e while teaching body-tempering arts to human tribes. 355
• Witch-Human tribes became a major source of the race's population, fortune, and future warriors. 355 360
• Chiyou, a Witch-Human leader, received Great Witch blood essence and eventually reached the Great Luo Realm. 582 606

Limitations

• Without Primordial Spirits, witches generally cannot imprint, activate, or properly use conventional spirit treasures. 195
• The Witch Race is not skilled in pill refinement or refined artifact forging. 196
• Human Race blood and souls possess an unusual restraining effect on Witch Race bodies; the Demon Race exploited this weakness to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword. 369 370
• The Underworld's yin energy is unsuitable for ordinary living beings and provides little of the turbid qi or blood food needed for traditional Witch Race cultivation. 303
• The Witch Race's accumulated karmic burden threatened to cause its extinction if it remained in the Primordial World after the Witch-Demon Calamity. 413 607
• Even under Houtu's protection, the Underworld could not sustain the long-term growth of living witches and Witch-Humans. 539
• A refuge without reincarnation would leave deceased Witch Race members exposed to the Primordial World's Six Paths or without a path to rebirth; the Witch World therefore required its own independent reincarnation system. 631

Weapons and Material Culture

• Bare fists and body techniques — the primary weapons of most Witch Race warriors. 47
• Bone clubs and uprooted ancient trees — common heavy weapons used by ordinary warriors. 47
• Natal weapons — bloodline-linked weapons that function through qi, blood, baleful qi, and a connection to the wielder's body rather than a Primordial Spirit imprint. 196
• Houyi's bow and arrows — Witch Race divine weapons rather than ordinary spirit treasures. 195
• Xingtian's giant axe — a physical divine weapon used by a Great Witch. 195
• Blood Jujube Wine — highly valued in Witch tribes and traded for ores, spirit roots, herbs, and other materials the witches do not value properly. 49 98
• Bloodline runes and tattoos — manifestations of inherited power that can strengthen a warrior's body and reveal the abilities excavated from the Witch bloodline. 367
• Witch World materials and treasures — after relocating to the Witch World, the race retains authority over the world's creation materials and its independent reincarnation arrangements. 608 631

Relationships

• Demon Race — hereditary enemy and primary military rival; the two races repeatedly fight for control of heaven and earth. The Demon Race eventually exploits Human Race blood and souls to create weapons specifically designed to counter Witch bodies. 47 217 370 413
• Human Race — later ally and partner race; their intermingling creates the Witch-Human lineage, which becomes vital to Witch Race survival after the blood pool dries up. The Witch Race also teaches humans body-tempering arts and protects them during the Demon Race's slaughter. 304 355 370 379
• Witch-Humans — mixed descendants regarded as the continuation of the Witch Race's bloodline. They possess Witch-like physiques, Primordial Spirits, greater reproductive ability, and an important role in the race's later survival. 355 360
• Houtu — Ancestral Witch of Earth, later Saint and ruler of the Underworld; she provides the race's final refuge, protects its members, and helps establish an independent reincarnation system for its future. 299 413 607 631
• Yellow Dragon — trader, occasional ally, and adviser; he exchanges wine for Witch Race resources, teaches cultivation-related practices, helps refine weapons, and later proposes their Underworld administration roles. He also removes some ordinary witches from the declining Underworld sanctuary and ultimately helps create the Witch World and its separate reincarnation system. 49 98 386 458 607 631
• Chiyou — Witch-Human leader of the Jiuli Tribe and the race's chosen champion during its attempt to return to the Primordial World. His victory is treated by Houtu and Zhurong as the possible foundation for the Witch Race's restoration. 582 606 607
• Pangu — revered as Father God and the source of the Witch Race's bloodline, Pangu Hall, blood pool, and ancestral inheritance. 47 229 352
• Witch World — the race's later independent refuge, established through Yellow Dragon's world-building and Houtu's reincarnation authority. 631

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Witch-Demon conflicts — Witch warriors are introduced fighting the Demon Race, displaying their overwhelming physical advantage despite the demons' numerical superiority. 47
• Battle for Mount Buzhou — the Witch Race defeats the Demon Race's remaining forces and expands into the central Primordial World. 59 61
• Heavenly Realm incursion — the Ancestral Witches infiltrate the Heavenly Realm, devastate its territory, and escape by opening a passage to Mount Buzhou from both sides. 109 110
• Golden Crow crisis — Golden Crows ravage Witch tribes with Solar True Fire, leading Houyi to seek a weapon capable of killing them. 193 203 207
• Witch-Human integration — the race secretly aids Human Race tribes, teaches body-tempering methods, and establishes a lasting mixed-blood lineage. 304 355
• Final Witch-Demon Calamity — the Demon Race develops the Witch-Slaying Sword and Circumstellar Star Array, while the Witch Race counters with Pangu's phantom and the strengthened All-Heaven Divine Baleful Grand Formation. 370 371 378 398
• Underworld migration — after catastrophic losses, the surviving Witch Race leaves the Primordial World for Houtu's Underworld. 413
• Underworld administration — Zhurong gathers the surviving Great Witches to serve as officials supporting Houtu and the Six Paths of Reincarnation. 457 459
• Decline of the Underworld sanctuary — the surviving witches and Witch-Humans remain protected beneath the Six Paths Samsara Disk but continue to weaken because the Underworld cannot sustain a living Witch society. 539
• Chiyou's campaign and the Witch Race's return — Houtu opens a passage to protect Chiyou, while Xingtian briefly returns to defeat invading Great Luo enemies. Chiyou later reaches Great Luo and leads campaigns in the Southern Jambu Continent. 582 587 606
• The race's existential gamble — Houtu and Zhurong place the Witch Race's future on Chiyou's victory, while Yellow Dragon offers a way to preserve the race without relying entirely on the Human Emperor conflict. 607
• Witch World relocation — Yellow Dragon and Houtu create an independent reincarnation system inside a separate world, and Zhurong leads the Witch Race into the Crimson Blood World, renaming it the Witch World. 631