"Are the Three Pure Ones also uncle, father, brother, and nephew to one another?" Di Jiang frowned. "Then aren't they our brothers too?"
"Mm, judging by your origins, you can indeed call one another brothers," Chu Yi replied with a smile. "The Three Pure Ones were formed from the clear qi of Big Brother's primordial spirit, while you were formed from his blood essence.
"Still, there's no need to be so formal. We can each address one another as we see fit."
The Twelve Ancestral Witches were stunned, their faces filled with disbelief.
Indeed, by that logic, the Three Pure Ones really were their brothers!
"Uncle, how can we each address them as we see fit? If they're our brothers, then they're our brothers! Brothers should stand by each other through thick and thin."
Zhu Rong stepped forward and declared this with righteous conviction.
Then the corner of his eye caught sight of Gong Gong.
That brat Gong Gong and I are the only ones who don't get along.
"Do as you see fit. There's nothing wrong with treating them as brothers."
Then Chu Yi looked toward Zhu Rong and Gong Gong. "You two, come here."
Zhu Rong and Gong Gong were natural enemies, like fire and water.
Those two would fight a great battle in the future, causing the pillar of heaven, Buzhou Mountain, to collapse... and becoming entangled in karma as a result.
"Uncle, what is it?"
Zhu Rong grinned as he spoke. In front of their uncle, he even shoved Gong Gong aside with his backside.
"How dare you be so rude in front of Uncle? Zhu Rong, you've gone too far!" Gong Gong was clearly indignant.
"Gong Gong, how dare you shout in front of Uncle? You're the rude one!" Zhu Rong turned the accusation right back on him.
The two went back and forth, neither willing to yield.
If Chu Yi hadn't been there, they would probably have come to blows already.
"That's enough." Chu Yi spoke up. "You two are natural enemies, like water and fire. You'll cause a great calamity in the future."
"As the saying goes, the five elements generate and overcome one another..."
"Ju Mang's innate divine ability is to command wood, Hou Tu commands earth, and Ru Shou commands metal. From now on, whenever you act together, take your positions according to the order in which the five elements generate one another!"
Chu Yi explained patiently:
"Wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood... Ju Mang, Zhu Rong, Hou Tu, Ru Shou, Gong Gong. From now on, stand in the order I've named you!"
That way, two people would always stand between Zhu Rong and Gong Gong, keeping their clashing natures from opposing each other so fiercely.
Ju Mang and the others followed his instructions. Once they took their positions, Zhu Rong and Gong Gong immediately felt calmer.
"Mm, I created a formation in Heaven Beyond Heaven earlier called the Primordial Five-Element Formation. It suits the five of you, so you must practice diligently."
Since Chu Yi had fully comprehended the Innate Law of Five Elements, creating a formation had come naturally.
"Remember, the greatest taboo in a five-element formation is losing your formation's order! In proper sequence, the five elements generate one another; in reverse, they overcome one another!"
After speaking, Chu Yi condensed information about the Primordial Five-Element Formation into a pulse of primordial spirit energy and sent it into the minds of the five.
"Good. There's one more thing! Does your inherited memory contain the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation?"
Chu Yi's expression turned serious as he asked.
The Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation was jointly activated by the Twelve Ancestral Witches of the Witch Clan, or could be deployed by refining the Twelve Capital Gods and Fiends Banners. It could summon Pangu's True Body or an Ancestral Witch True Body!
It was the foremost killing formation in the Primordial World!
This formation stood opposed to the future Heavenly Stellar Constellation Formation.
It was also the foundation on which the Ancestral Witches stood.
He simply didn't know whether the formation appeared in the Twelve Ancestral Witches' inherited memories.
If it wasn't a formation born from the memories passed down by Great God Pangu, then the Twelve Ancestral Witches must have devised it themselves later.
"Uncle, how do you know about this formation?" Di Jiang was greatly shocked. "A few days ago, something suddenly appeared in my mind.
"It was roughly about combining a formation with the power of the twelve of us!
"At the time, I named it the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation!"
Hearing Di Jiang's words, Chu Yi was able to confirm it.
The foremost killing formation in the Primordial World did exist in their inherited memories, but those memories hadn't fully awakened yet!
"Good, I understand." Chu Yi smiled and offered his guidance. "Don't rush, and don't try to do everything at once. Start with a small formation, then work from simple to complex and improve it bit by bit."
Di Jiang suddenly felt enlightened. "Thank you for your guidance, Uncle."
"Mm. Once you've mastered the basics of the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation, go to Kunlun Mountain and answer the Three Pure Ones' call." Chu Yi smiled as he spoke.
Then he took out twelve talismans.
"I made these talismans with the laws of space and time. They contain my power of law. You can use them to attack, or as treasures to contact me."
Chu Yi left the twelve talismans with the Ancestral Witches, then vanished from where he stood.
"That settles things here. I'll be going first. If you run into trouble, use a talisman to contact me."
The Twelve Ancestral Witches looked at one another.
Their uncle really was... a dragon whose head appeared but whose tail was nowhere to be seen!
"We respectfully see Uncle off."
The Twelve Ancestral Witches bowed reverently.
"Brothers, let's first study the Twelve Capitals Divine Baleful Formation. Once we've mastered the basics, we'll go visit our brothers, the Three Pure Ones."
Di Jiang issued the order.
"Yes, Big Brother."
Time flashed by, and tens of thousands of years passed.
In the beginning, heaven and earth had just opened, and the five elements circulated without end.
Beyond the lands of the Primordial World lay a vast sea!
An innate divine beast had been born in that sea: the Ancestral Dragon.
The Ancestral Dragon multiplied in the sea, and the Dragon Race grew stronger with each passing day.
He led the Dragon Race in ruling the sea, becoming its overlord.
Meanwhile, two other mighty divine beasts had been born in the sky and on land.
They were...
Yuanfeng!
The Primordial Qilin!
In the newly formed Primordial World, several kinds of intelligent beings with all manner of forms had also naturally emerged!
They were called beasts, winged creatures, or aquatic creatures!
In later generations, they would become famous throughout the Three Realms under the name of the Demon Race.
But at this time, they were being ravaged by the ferocious beasts. They lacked formidable strength, so they had each joined the factions ruled by the Ancestral Dragon, Yuanfeng, and the Primordial Qilin.
The Ancestral Dragon ruled the aquatic creatures.
Yuanfeng ruled the winged creatures.
The Primordial Qilin ruled the beasts.
Thus began the long struggle between the ferocious beasts and the Divine Beast Alliance!
Western Kunlun.
After that scoundrel Hongjun had swept through the Primordial World, ransacking it for treasures... he had also found a few old friends.
Those old fellows were Daoist Yang Mei, Qiankun Ancestor, and Yin-Yang Ancestor.
The old friends gathered and began plotting against the ferocious beasts.
The ferocious beasts were ravaging the Primordial World, so defeating them could earn Xuanhuang Merit.
Hongjun had obtained a fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation and comprehended a few things. To raise his cultivation further, he needed to obtain Xuanhuang Merit.
Knowing he couldn't take on the ferocious beasts alone, Hongjun tricked the other three old fellows into joining him.
Kunlun Mountain.
Today, the Three Pure Ones emerged from seclusion one after another.
"We've now made a start on cultivating the Profound Origin Art. It's time to sound the clarion call to wipe out the ferocious beasts."
Taiqing spoke.
"We are willing to follow Big Brother's orders,"
Yuqing and Shangqing replied.
"We, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, have come to pay a visit to Kunlun Mountain. We ask the Three Pure Ones to come out and meet us."
Just then, Di Jiang's voice rang out from the foot of Kunlun Mountain.
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