The Heavenly Dao Becomes Aware

Qing Xuanzi's premonition was accurate; something was wrong with the Demon Clan, something seriously wrong.

"Qing Xuanzi, half of the Demon Clan's primordial spirits in the Demon Refining Pot are gone."

"Hmm, what do you mean half are gone?"

"It means exactly what it says. Besides Master, the only one who could do this is..." Nüwa's eyes glanced upwards.

Hearing this, Qing Xuanzi quickly summoned the Chaos Clock and pulled both Nüwa and himself into its inner world.

"Senior Sister, you mean the Heavenly Dao made a move?"

"Yes, it's very likely that the Heavenly Dao tampered with those Star Officials."

"Can you tell?"

"That's the problem. See for yourself." Nüwa handed the Demon Refining Pot to Qing Xuanzi.

Qing Xuanzi's primordial spirit probed it. Good heavens, it wasn't that half were gone; there was clearly only one giant primordial spirit.

This had been fused together by the Heavenly Dao. It would be difficult to distinguish them now.

Qing Xuanzi's expression was extremely grim as he said, "This is the Heavenly Demon Curse, the signature technique of the Chaos Demon God Heavenly Demon. How could the Heavenly Dao get involved with it?"

"Oh, you recognize this technique? Is there a solution?" Nüwa was quite surprised that Qing Xuanzi had such knowledge.

Qing Xuanzi nodded and said, "There is a solution, but it's a bit difficult. To break this curse, you need the caster's essence blood."

Hearing this, Nüwa chuckled and said, "You're silly. Where would the Heavenly Dao get essence blood? It's just the Heavenly Dao Source. We can ask Master about this."

Qing Xuanzi's eyes lit up. Isn't that right? Where would the Heavenly Dao have essence blood now? It's just the Heavenly Dao Source.

With just a tiny bit of the Heavenly Dao Source, Qing Xuanzi would have a way to solve this matter.

"Good, without further ado, I'll go find Master now."

"Don't rush. First, tell me about the difficulties you encountered."

Qing Xuanzi thought about it. Yes, Nüwa's knowledge was not necessarily less than his, especially her knowledge about the Primordial Era, which was much greater than his.

"Senior Sister, I'm afraid the Heavenly Dao has truly become aware. The Four Sacred Beasts guarding the Primordial Membrane have very likely become puppets of the Heavenly Dao."

"What makes you say that?"

"The aura of the Heavenly Dao is too strong. Which living being has such a strong Heavenly Dao aura? They aren't the Heavenly Dao's offspring."

Furthermore, Qing Xuanzi recounted how as soon as he arrived, the White Tiger immediately attacked.

This was even more abnormal. He and the White Tiger had absolutely no interaction.

They hadn't even met before.

How could it possibly try to kill him right away?

Nüwa pondered for a moment and slowly said, "The Four Sacred Beasts guard the Primordial Membrane. Senior Brother Laozi and I once discussed how to break the Four Symbols Grand Formation. Now it seems, it's perfectly feasible."

"Senior Sister, this isn't..."

"What are you rushing for? Let me finish." Nüwa's beautiful eyes glared, cutting off Qing Xuanzi's words.

Qing Xuanzi muttered to himself, This is about how to subdue the Four Sacred Beasts, not breaking a formation. After being glared at by Nüwa, he shut up.

"The Four Symbols Grand Formation actually aligns with the Five Elements, lacking one. The Eastern Azure Dragon belongs to Wood, the Southern Vermilion Bird belongs to Fire, the Western White Tiger belongs to Metal, and the Northern Black Tortoise belongs to Water. It only lacks Earth. Its power lies in the absence of one of the Five Elements, and its weakness is also here."

"If there is a corresponding Earth element, the Four Symbols Grand Formation can be broken immediately. More importantly, controlling the Four Symbols can be used for ourselves."

Nüwa's last sentence was spoken word by word: "Controlling the Four Symbols can be used for ourselves."

Qing Xuanzi instantly understood. This meant controlling the direction.

"Is it really that useful?"

"Don't you believe in your Senior Brother's formation cultivation? His One Qi Taiji Micro Dust Grand Formation was formed based on this principle. Why don't you go into the formation and see someday?"

"No need." Qing Xuanzi wasn't a masochist. As long as there was a finished product, it meant this plan was feasible.

As for the master of the Earth Dao, he already had someone in mind.

It had to be Houtu, the Ancestral Witch of Earth.

He now also understood that the Pangu Hall was not just for generating the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

It had another function: as long as Houtu was stationed within it, connected to the Primordial Membrane, the Four Sacred Beasts would just be decorations.

Qing Xuanzi secretly marveled at Pangu's calculations, which were linked one after another, completely dominating the Heavenly Dao.

Qing Xuanzi couldn't help but mourn for the Heavenly Dao for three minutes, as it had actually calculated against the Primordial Era.

"What? You should have someone in mind for the master of Earth, right?"

"Yes."

"Actually, our plan should be slightly modified. Let's first implement the matter of the Nine Hells."

"Right, we can first implement the matter of the Nine Hells. This should be much easier."

"Good. In that case, go to Master's place to get the Heavenly Dao Source, break this curse, and then go busy yourself with the Nine Hells."

"Hehe, Senior Sister, there's no need to go to the Purple Cloud Palace. Have you forgotten about that Creation Jade Plate Fragment?"

Nüwa's eyes lit up. She said, "Is there Heavenly Dao Source there?"

"Yes, although not much, it's still very simple to extract a tiny bit."

Without further ado, Qing Xuanzi raised his hand, and a green spiritual light appeared in his palm.

Qing Xuanzi directly planned to use brute force to break the restriction on the Creation Jade Plate Fragment and obtain the Heavenly Dao Source within.

Seeing this, Nüwa shook her head and stopped him with a pained expression:

"Qing Xuanzi, your nouveau riche look is too disgusting. Can't you use some skill? It's a fragment of a Chaos Supreme Treasure after all. There should be some Great Dao Law fragments or something, it's too wasteful."

After saying that, Nüwa grabbed the green light from Qing Xuanzi's hand and began to carefully grind it.

"Well, Senior Sister, then you do it. I'll go to the Witch Race side."

"Go, go. You really don't know the cost of firewood and rice until you manage a household. Those are Great Dao Law fragments, it's such a waste to just destroy them with brute force."

After a scolding, Nüwa calmed down and began to focus on stripping the Great Dao Law fragments.

Lift the restriction and obtain the source.

Qing Xuanzi smiled and didn't say anything. Anyway, he didn't want that thing.

He just needed to go up step by step, and the Great Dao laws and such would automatically enter.

Qing Xuanzi arrived at the Ancestral Witch ancestral land and was warmly welcomed.

The ceremony was a grand free-for-all.

After a bunch of Ancestral Witches were beaten black and blue, they finally quieted down.

"Brother Dijiang, where's Sister Houtu?"

"I don't know. I haven't seen her much lately. She seems to be busy with something. You can ask Sister Xuan Ming."

Qing Xuanzi turned to look at Xuan Ming.

Xuan Ming said, "Houtu has indeed been quite strange lately. She always likes to wander around the Primordial Era alone. I don't know what she's thinking. She's probably wandering somewhere right now."

When Qing Xuanzi heard this, he vaguely felt something was wrong.

Damn it, Heavenly Dao, you wouldn't start scheming this early, would you?

The Witch-Demon War is still a long way off, tens of thousands of years from now.

"Nether River, I'm just looking. You won't lose a piece of flesh. What are you doing? Looking for death." Just as Qing Xuanzi was wondering.

Houtu's loud shout echoed through the Primordial Era.

Qing Xuanzi shivered. Damn it, it's true. What he feared came to pass.