Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation

Above the East Sea, after a ripple of spatial disturbance, Bai Jing appeared.

Bai Jing swept his gaze over the sea below, casually seized a Golden Immortal aquatic being, and questioned it about the major events that had taken place in the Primordial World.

From the aquatic being, Bai Jing confirmed that fusing his origin had taken nearly twenty thousand years.

Over those twenty thousand years, quite a few mighty quasi-saints had emerged in the Primordial World.

Ever since Zixiao Palace's third lecture and the distribution of treasures, several hundred of the three thousand listeners had obtained innate spiritual treasures. For a time, countless people severed their corpses and achieved quasi-sainthood.

Half of the Demon Race's Ten Great Demon Saints, for instance, had severed their corpses and become quasi-saints. Later, Dijun and Taiyi personally visited Fuxi and Nuwa. No one knew what means they used, but they finally persuaded the two to join the Heavenly Court as well.

Fuxi was titled the Sovereign Xi, while Nuwa was titled the Sovereign Wa. They stood on equal footing with Dijun and Taiyi. With Nuwa, a personal disciple of the Dao Ancestor and a saint ordained by Heaven, joining them, the Demon Race's fame had become known to all, and the Demon Race Heavenly Court had grown ever more powerful.

Around three thousand years ago, Dijun and Taiyi had gone together to Mount Buzhou to speak with the Witch Clan. In the end, the talks broke down, and both sides parted on bad terms.

From then on, the Demon Race began targeting the Witch Clan's tribes beyond Mount Buzhou, while accelerating their annexation of the Primordial World's other great powers.

Bai Jing sighed upon hearing this. From the sound of it, the Witch and Demon Clans were still destined to go to war.

Once the Demon Race had cleared away those great powers that refused to submit to them, they would turn their hand against the Witch Clan.

The Witch Clan now had sufficient food and no longer needed to hunt the Demon Race for blood food merely to survive. In other words, there was no enmity between the two sides.

But the Demon Race wanted to unify the Primordial World, and the Witch Clan was an obstacle they could not possibly bypass. And since the Witch Clan revered neither Heaven nor Earth, nor saints, how could they possibly bow beneath the Demon Race?

With that in mind, Bai Jing decided to visit the Witch Clan first. At the very least, he needed to determine how they intended to deal with the Demon Race.

When Bai Jing arrived at the Witch Clan's ancestral land at the foot of Mount Buzhou, just as he was about to enter, he happened to encounter Xuanming returning from outside.

"Hm? Bai Jing? You've finished your seclusion?" Xuanming asked after looking him up and down.

"Yes, I just emerged from seclusion. Fellow Daoist Xuanming, these past years—"

"Stop calling me Fellow Daoist. It sounds awkward. Just call me by my name," Xuanming interrupted.

Bai Jing froze for a moment, then smiled and nodded. "Xuanming, you haven't been slacking these past years either! Your physical body's strength has reached the middle stage of the Golden Immortal of the Primordial Unity, hasn't it?"

Xuanming did not answer Bai Jing's question directly. She led him back to Pangu Hall before replying, "I didn't cultivate diligently. When we repaired the earth veins of the western lands, the Earth Dao gave us a little feedback."

"The Earth Dao?"

"That's right. When our Witch Clan had repaired around one-tenth of the western earth veins, the Earth Dao bestowed a great amount of Earth Dao merit upon us. After refining that merit, both Zhu Jiuyin and I broke through to the middle stage of the Golden Immortal of the Primordial Unity in physical strength.

"Eldest Brother and Jumang, who had helped repair the earth veins before, also gained quite a bit of Earth Dao merit. Eldest Brother is now at the late stage of the Golden Immortal of the Primordial Unity, while Jumang is only one step away from the middle stage."

"Then the Earth Dao has already begun to revive," Bai Jing said with a smile.

"That should be the case. According to Eldest Brother's estimation, once the western earth veins are fully repaired, the Earth Dao should more or less revive."

But Bai Jing said nothing. How could the Earth Dao possibly revive so easily?

To truly revive the Earth Dao, reincarnation had to manifest in the world and make up for what the Earth Dao lacked.

If the Earth Dao were regarded as a person, then repairing the earth veins merely reshaped that person's body. Reincarnation, however, was the most vital heart. Only with a heart could that person truly begin to move.

Bai Jing's arrival naturally drew the attention of the other nine Ancestral Witches who remained behind. Di Jiang was the first to approach, with the other Ancestral Witches following close behind.

"Brother Bai Jing, you gained quite a lot from this seclusion!" Di Jiang said after looking him over.

"I have Fellow Daoist Houtu to thank for helping me obtain the Eastern Green Lotus Treasure-Colored Banner."

Di Jiang smiled, then changed the subject. "I imagine Brother Bai Jing has already heard about the matter between us and the Demon Race?"

"I heard about it, but I don't know the specific details."

"There aren't really any details. The Demon Race wanted to invite our Witch Clan to join the Heavenly Court, promising to grant us the position of a Demon Emperor.

"Our Witch Clan reveres neither Heaven nor Earth; we honor only Father God Pangu. How could we possibly join some Heavenly Court? So I directly refused them.

"From that day onward, the Demon Race began suppressing Witch Clan tribes outside Mount Buzhou. Quite a few of our clansmen were injured because of it.

"I had originally intended to call all my brothers back, form up our forces, and have a battle with the Demon Race. Once we beat them badly enough to make them fear us, they would no longer dare provoke us. But just then, the repair of the western earth veins reached one-tenth completion, and the Earth Dao bestowed a great amount of merit upon our Witch Clan. My cultivation broke through as well.

"So I thought we should delay for now and wait until we had completely repaired the western earth veins.

"If repairing the western earth veins allows the Earth Dao to revive, then our Witch Clan will have a way out and have even less to fear from the Demon Race.

"Even if the Earth Dao has not revived after the western earth veins are repaired, our Witch Clan can still use the Earth Dao merit to take another step forward. When we fight the Demon Race then, our chances of victory will be greater."

After hearing Di Jiang's words, Bai Jing saw him in a new light. Who said the Witch Clan was made up entirely of reckless brutes? Di Jiang was clearly rough on the outside but meticulous within! No wonder the other Ancestral Witches were so convinced by their eldest brother.

"Fellow Daoist Di Jiang's thinking is correct. At this stage, the Demon Race still needs to destroy the other great powers of the Primordial World, so they will not confront the Witch Clan for the time being. The Witch Clan should continue building its strength. When the Demon Race truly comes calling, you can deal them a crushing blow."

Seeing that Bai Jing agreed with his view, Di Jiang nodded in satisfaction.

"Oh, right. Brother Bai Jing, Houtu told me before that she wanted you to comprehend our Witch Clan's Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation as well. I discussed it with my other brothers and sisters, and they all agreed.

"If you are interested in our Witch Clan's Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation, you may swear a Great Dao oath that you will not pass this formation on to outsiders without the consent of us Ancestral Witches. Then I will teach you the formation."

Bai Jing's eyes lit up at those words, and he immediately swore a Great Dao oath without hesitation.

Di Jiang readily passed the Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation to Bai Jing as well, and designated a small area for him within Pangu Hall so that he could comprehend the formation on his own.

Bai Jing did not stand on ceremony. He sat cross-legged in the spot Di Jiang had designated, brewed a pot of Dao Comprehension Tea, drank it in one gulp, and began trying to comprehend the Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation.

Just as Houtu had said before, Bai Jing had refined Di Jiang's blood essence and the blood from the Witch Clan's blood pool. He had also cultivated the Nine-Turn Mysterious Art, so he could be considered half a member of the Witch Clan. He truly could comprehend the Twelve Capitals Divine Fiend Formation. However, without Pangu's blood essence, he had no way to join the other Ancestral Witches in casting it.