The Witch Clan Emerges!

Deep within Pangu Hall, all was silent.

Di Jiang sat motionless in meditation, wholly focused on comprehending the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror.

The vast Dao power of Sage Seventh Heaven slowly circulated through his body, smoothing away the post-battle turbulence bit by bit and stabilizing the foundation of his Sage position.

Neither hurried nor impatient, he carefully tempered every inch of Dao resonance, thoroughly digesting the cultivation that had surged after the recent battle and making it wholly his own.

After a long while, the surging Sage power within him finally settled completely. His cultivation was stable and perfected, without the slightest trace of hollowness.

Di Jiang slowly withdrew his cultivation, opened his eyes, and murmured to himself.

"My cultivation has now been fully consolidated. The foundation of Sage Seventh Heaven is firm."

"But the situation before us is perilous. I cannot stop here."

"The Heavenly Dao has been wounded and will surely plot a counterattack in secret. The tribulation is approaching, and too little time remains. I must strengthen myself as quickly as possible and secure the Witch Clan's great momentum."

Di Jiang focused his thoughts and began sorting through the ultimate plan he had laid down over his long journey.

He gazed into the void, his tone steady as he silently deduced his supreme Dao path.

"My ultimate goal is to fuse the powers of the Heavenly Dao, the Earthly Dao, and the Human Dao, shatter the shackles of Sagehood, ascend to the true Great Dao Realm, and completely transcend the myriad Daos of the Primordial World!"

"This is the foundation of every scheme I have made, and the sole path for me to transcend endless eras."

"My true body has merged with the Earthly Dao. I command the Earthly Dao's origin, hold the Earthly Dao Treasured Mirror, suppress the authority of the Earthly Dao, and sit firmly as the master of the Earthly Dao."

"My first incarnation walks the path of a Heavenly Dao Sage, comprehending the rules of the Heavenly Dao and checking Hongjun's Dao lineage."

"My second incarnation specializes in the laws of the physical body, steadily cultivating into a Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal, tempering Pangu's foundational Dao base to the utmost limit—unbeaten and unbreakable."

"As for the third incarnation, its foundation has long been sufficient. I have merely kept it suppressed and not allowed it to take form, reserving it for the day the Human Race emerges."

Having sorted out the arrangement of his three incarnations, Di Jiang continued to ponder.

"Though my current combat strength is enough to protect myself, the Earthly Dao has yet to awaken fully and reach completion. Its foundation remains far too lacking."

"If the Earthly Dao is to truly take form and firmly suppress the Heavenly Dao, the first step must be to completely establish and perfect the Six Paths of Reincarnation, take root in the Netherworld, and stabilize the Earthly Dao's foundation."

"Beyond that, I still possess six strands of Netherworld Primordial Purple Qi. I must confer six Netherworld Sages to help me guard the Earthly Dao, share its authority, and perfect the order of the Netherworld."

"Only when the Six Paths of Reincarnation, a complete Netherworld, and six Netherworld Sages become one can the Earthly Dao awaken in full and truly stand toe-to-toe with the complete Heavenly Dao."

Di Jiang's thoughts continued to spread, his plans growing ever clearer as he murmured on.

"Dao lineage and order alone are not enough. Once the Earthly Dao is established and the Netherworld appears, vast numbers of people will be needed to wield the Netherworld's authority."

"Therefore, the Witch Clan must now be established to fill the Netherworld's ranks."

"In the future, the Netherworld's judges, ghost envoys, and Netherworld generals can all be held by descendants of the Witch Clan, forming their own system and remaining free of the Heavenly Dao's restraints."

Having thought through every link in the chain, Di Jiang had already settled every aspect of his plan.

"My own transcendence through the three Daos will be the root, the Six Paths of Reincarnation the foundation, the Netherworld Sages the support, and the Witch Clan's people the basis of fortune."

"Only when all four are complete can we withstand the Heavenly Dao's hidden moves!"

With his mind made up, Di Jiang no longer remained in secluded meditation. He rose directly and stepped out of his cultivation chamber.

He passed through Pangu Hall and went straight to the deepest part of the great hall, arriving before the Pangu Blood Pool that the Witch Clan had inherited since antiquity.

This blood pool gathered the residual essence blood left behind when Pangu opened the heavens, along with the origin blood qi of the Witch Clan through the generations.

It was the Witch Clan's most sacred place of origin, nurturing boundless vitality and the Dao resonance of bloodlines.

Di Jiang stood before the blood pool, his expression solemn.

He raised his hand and formed a gesture, circulating the ultimate power of his bloodline before forcing out a single drop of his origin essence blood.

This drop of essence blood carried Di Jiang's complete Pangu Dao foundation, Earthly Dao Sage power, and Sage Seventh Heaven foundation. It was precious beyond measure and contained boundless vitality of the Great Dao.

"Buzz!"

A brilliant crimson drop of essence blood floated in the void, its Dao resonance towering and its blood qi vast.

Di Jiang's gaze remained calm as he spoke softly.

"With my, Di Jiang's, origin essence blood, and the power of the Pangu Blood Pool, I shall evolve a newborn Witch Clan and strengthen the clan's Dao lineage!"

As his words fell, he flicked a finger and sent the drop of origin essence blood directly into the rolling blood pool.

The instant the essence blood entered the pool, the entire Pangu Blood Pool began to boil violently.

Endless dark-red bloody light shot into the heavens as enormous amounts of pure blood qi madly gathered, layer upon layer wrapping around that drop of origin essence blood.

At the center of the blood pool, the essence blood rapidly contracted, condensed, and evolved. In an instant, it formed a round, heavy blood-colored cocoon covered in ancient Pangu patterns.

The blood cocoon quietly floated at the center of the pool, constantly drawing in and exhaling the pool's origin energy, nourishing, transforming, and giving birth bit by bit to a new life bearing the Witch Clan's bloodline.

Watching the blood cocoon slowly gestate in the pool, Di Jiang nodded slightly, satisfaction appearing in his eyes.

"This will do."

"This blood cocoon has been born from my Sage origin essence blood. The purity of its bloodline is no less than that of the Twelve Ancestral Witches."

"Once it breaks free of the cocoon and enters the world, it will be able to give rise to generation after generation of pure-blooded Witch Clan members."

"They will endlessly replenish the Witch Clan's combat power and expand the clan's fortune. In the future, the best among them can be sent into the Netherworld to take office and complete the manpower arrangement for the Six Paths of Reincarnation."

"With an endless stream of new Witch Clan strength to support it, the Earthly Dao will only grow steadier and stronger."

"But the current speed is far too slow!"

Di Jiang stood at the edge of the Pangu Blood Pool, deep in thought.

Immediately afterward, he circulated the immense Sage power of Sage Seventh Heaven. Strands of warm, heavy Earthly Dao power slowly poured into the pool, specifically catalyzing the blood-colored cocoon.

The blood-colored cocoon began to shine brilliantly!

The surrounding power surged mightily toward the blood-colored cocoon.

Terrifying energy began to pulse within it!

Boom!

A thunderous explosion shook the entire Pangu Hall!

The blood-colored cocoon shattered with a bang, and a towering Great Witch clad in dark-red scales stepped out through the blood.

Laws circulated around him, and from the moment of his birth, he possessed the cultivation of an early Primordial Golden Immortal.

This Witch had inherited Di Jiang's origin bloodline.

At birth, he already possessed the cultivation of an early Primordial Golden Immortal.

It was truly terrifying beyond measure!

The Great Witch before him dropped to one knee, his back straight and his expression reverent.

"Great Witch Di Shitian pays respects to Ancestral Witch Di Jiang!"

Di Jiang looked at the younger generation member before him, whose aura was steady, and approval showed on his face.

"Very good. Your foundation is solid, and your future is promising."

Upon hearing this, Great Witch Di Shitian became even more respectful.

Di Jiang nodded and raised his hand, forcing out eight drops of origin essence blood.

Just as he was about to continue using the blood pool to gestate more Great Witches, his thoughts abruptly paused. He stopped and murmured to himself.

"The origin energy contained within the Pangu Blood Pool is ultimately limited. We absolutely cannot endlessly force the birth of clan members.

"If every Great Witch is gestated from my essence blood alone, their bloodlines will be overly uniform, which will instead restrict the Witch Clan's overall development.

"The Twelve Ancestral Witches each possess their own exclusive law and Dao path. They should each give rise to a lineage of descendants who guard different domains. Only then can the Witch Clan flourish with luxuriant branches and abundant leaves."

Having made his decision, Di Jiang activated the Law of Space and sent a voice transmission directly to the places where the other Ancestral Witches were in seclusion.

"Stop cultivating and come to the blood pool at once!"

Upon receiving the summons, the Ancestral Witches gradually stopped cultivating and headed together toward the hall containing the Pangu Blood Pool.

Zhurong strode in with light steps and a booming voice, shouting as soon as he entered.

"Big Brother, you called us here in such a rush. Is there some urgent matter?"

Gong Gong followed close behind. With a frown, he immediately snapped back.

"Shut up. You shout and make a racket all day long. You do not have the slightest bit of composure."

Zhurong's eyes widened at once, fire rising in his temper.

"I've endured you for a long time. Stop targeting me at every turn!"

"I have endured you for even longer!"

Before their words had even faded, the laws of water and fire surged around them simultaneously. They raised their hands, ready to fight on the spot.

Di Jiang frowned slightly, his expression darkening as a massive hand suddenly formed in the void.

It directly seized Gong Gong and Zhurong in its palm. After several disciplinary knocks, both of them gasped repeatedly in pain.

"You gather people to quarrel and fight all day long. What kind of conduct is this!"

The other Ancestral Witches at the side pursed their lips and snickered. Everyone knew that these two had always been at each other's throats.

Once Di Jiang released his hand, Hou Tu stepped forward slowly and asked with some curiosity.

"Eldest Brother, why have you summoned us here?"

Di Jiang did not answer immediately. With a raise of his hand, he used spatial power to suspend Gong Gong and Zhurong in midair.

With a light flick of his fingertip, he directly extracted a small amount of their natal essence blood.

Two clusters of essence blood, one red and one blue, fell into the blood pool, each condensing into a blood cocoon.

The two blood cocoons possessed dense auras, though their foundations were somewhat inferior to those of Di Shitian at his birth.

Zhurong clutched the shoulder from which essence blood had been drawn, baring his teeth and sucking in a breath of cold air.

"Big Brother, if you wanted our essence blood, you only had to say so. We could have offered it willingly ourselves. Why did you have to be so swift and decisive!"

Gong Gong hurriedly chimed in.

"That's right, that's right. Big Brother, just give the order!"

Several Ancestral Witches nearby exchanged glances and smiled quietly. It was rare indeed to see the two Ancestral Witches of water and fire standing on the same side.

Di Jiang swept them a glance, his tone indifferent.

"You two have the most to say."

After speaking, he looked toward the other Ancestral Witches present and slowly said,

"I summoned you here today so that each of you may draw out your natal essence blood and gestate Great Witch descendants who carry your own bloodline inheritances.

"In the future, the descendants of each lineage will guard their respective directions and perform their respective duties. This is a crucial step in our arrangement of the Six Paths of Reincarnation and in filling the Netherworld's ranks. It concerns the Witch Clan's long-term rise and decline."

The many Ancestral Witches all looked curious.

Then, upon hearing his words, the Ancestral Witches stopped their antics and grew solemn. Each circulated their bloodline power and carefully forced out nine drops of natal essence blood.

They sent them one by one into the Pangu Blood Pool.

At once, blood cocoons of various attributes formed in succession.

The auras of different laws—fire, water, space, time, wind, rain, and more—interwove and circulated through the pool.

Seeing that everyone had finished placing their essence blood, Di Jiang raised a hand, signaling them to stop.

"Enough. Nine drops per person will do. Natal essence blood is deeply tied to one's cultivation.

"If too much is extracted, it will surely damage the foundation of your origins and slow your cultivation progress. The loss would outweigh the gain."

Zhurong rubbed his shoulder and looked at the more than ten blood cocoons arranged neatly in the pool, his expression gradually turning serious.

"So Eldest Brother had been planning this for a long time. Once these younger generations are born, our Witch Clan's power will surely grow steadily."

Gong Gong also put away his usual restlessness and nodded in agreement.

Di Jiang's gaze fell upon the many blood cocoons quietly gestating in the blood pool.

"Once this batch of Great Witches is born one after another, their duties will be assigned according to their bloodline attributes. Some will remain to guard Pangu Hall."

The Ancestral Witches answered loudly, "Yes, Eldest Brother!"

Immediately afterward, the other Ancestral Witches no longer hesitated. Each activated their origin laws and poured them all into the blood pool, silently catalyzing the blood cocoons that bore their own bloodlines.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand years went by.

Within the silent blood pool.

One blood cocoon after another began to tremble and crack.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!