"Big Brother, Saint Qing Xuanzi has given the word. Execute the Golden Crow Plan."
"Good, excellent. Bring those Western Sect disciples up."
Exactly ten Western Sect disciples were dragged forward. Zhunti had sent them to the East to scavenge for opportunities.
"Dijun, Taiyi, if the two Western Saints learn that you have detained us here, your Demon Clan will not be able to bear the consequences. Release us at once!"
"Release you? No, no, no. You can go die now."
Ten talismans appeared in Eastern Emperor Taiyi's hand, and he pasted them onto their foreheads one by one.
Once he was done, he recited the incantation Qing Xuanzi had taught him. A miracle occurred.
They transformed into ten three-legged Golden Crows.
Dijun clicked his tongue in endless admiration. "Tsk, tsk, tsk. Qing Xuanzi's divine talismans are incredible. Even the Sun Divine Fire is exactly the same. If I had not witnessed it myself, I simply would not have believed it."
"Big Brother, stop marveling. The time is almost here. Our nephews have already set out."
Just as the ten three-legged Golden Crows were about to fly out of the starry sky and arrive on the primordial continent, a flash of azure light swept past them.
The ten Golden Crows were completely transformed.
Qing Xuanzi had made his move. After roughly a hundred thousand years, he had finished refining the stars.
Although he had not forced out the Star Demon God, Qing Xuanzi had already guessed what had happened. The stars had likely not dared return at the time and had gone straight into the Chaos to nurse their wounds.
The real Golden Crows had already returned to Dijun and Taiyi's hands.
What followed was a familiar scene: ten suns in the sky, Kua Fu Chasing the Sun.
In the end came Houyi Shooting the Sun, except this time, Houyi shot down all ten suns.
The Demon Clan showed no reaction at all, as though those ten little Golden Crows were not Dijun's children.
At the very instant the tenth Golden Crow was shot down—
Qing Xuanzi shouted, "Move!"
This time, everyone throughout the primordial world heard it.
On Mount Sumeru.
Zhunti was baffled when he heard Qing Xuanzi's shout, yet he vaguely sensed that something was wrong.
His disciple Yaoshi came running over to report, "Master, this is bad! Subhuti and the others are dead. They're all dead!"
A sense of foreboding surged within Zhunti. With another calculation, he understood everything.
Although this was the period of the calamity, making deductions impossible, he was still a Saint.
Deducing events that had already happened, especially matters directly related to himself, was still very easy.
After learning the truth, Zhunti spat out a mouthful of blood. "Qing Xuanzi, I swear I will never rest until one of us is dead!"
The ten disciples Zhunti and Jie Yin had cultivated over the years were dead.
Houyi had shot them down as Golden Crows.
Jie Yin was also consumed by fury. As the two Saints raged in succession, dark clouds immediately gathered over Mount Sumeru.
Yet at that moment, Heavenly Dao issued an order: proceed to the Nine Underworlds and seize the Nine Underworlds.
Just then, Qing Xuanzi's shout had sent a signal for the final battle to everyone involved in the plan.
Whether the layout of the past hundred thousand years would succeed depended on the outcome of this battle.
The first to act was the Stars All Over The Heavens Formation led by Nüwa, which instantly spread across the Heaven and Earth Membrane.
Even more fatal was the Twelve-Petal White Lotus of World Purification that the stars had delivered earlier. It became the final straw.
As endless starlight flooded into the Heavenly Dao Space like an ocean.
The entire Heavenly Dao Space seemed to boil. Amid the churning clouds and mist, wisps of gray aura evaporated away.
"Qing Xuanzi! Hongjun! I want you dead, dead, dead!" A shrill cry suddenly rang out from within the Heavenly Dao Space.
Heavenly Dao's consciousness had never imagined that Qing Xuanzi would use this move and directly illuminate the Heavenly Dao Space.
It was completely stunned. Where were the Four Sacred Beasts? Where were those enormous Four Sacred Beasts?
Enduring boundless pain, it desperately summoned the dead sacred beasts, but received no response whatsoever.
"Heavenly Dao, it's useless. Qing Xuanzi subdued the Four Sacred Beasts long ago. You can scream until your throat breaks, and it still won't help."
Hongjun's primordial spirit spoke calmly within the Heavenly Dao Space.
"Hongjun, die for me!"
Heavenly Dao endured the soul-rending agony and unleashed Heavenly Thunder Descent, striking at Hongjun's primordial spirit.
Though Heavenly Thunder Descent appeared ordinary in the primordial world, this was the Heavenly Dao Space.
Its power was amplified without limit. Lightning flashed and thunder roared throughout the entire space as countless bolts of lightning assaulted Hongjun.
"Ha ha ha, that's it?"
Hongjun laughed loudly and unleashed the exact same Heavenly Thunder Descent as Heavenly Dao.
Now it became lively. The Heavenly Dao Space turned into an ocean of lightning, as the two waves of thunderclaps collided and canceled each other out.
"Impossible! This is an attack effect only a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal can possess. How can you use it?"
Heavenly Dao was utterly dumbfounded. Wasn't Hongjun only at the Quasi-Saint Peak?
Although his physical body had become a primordial Saint through Hongmeng Purple Qi, his mana was merely comparable to that of a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal.
As for its quality, it should still only possess the quality of the Quasi-Saint Peak.
Why did Hongjun's attack possess the quality of a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal?
"Is a Mixed Origin Great Luo Golden Immortal so difficult to achieve?"
"Qing Xuanzi—it must have been Qing Xuanzi. I should have thought of it long ago. His purpose in going to the Heavens Chaos was the Enlightenment Stone."
Heavenly Dao regretted it. Why had it not thought of this back then?
Why had it not considered Qing Xuanzi's purpose for going there more carefully?
"Too slow. Too late. Everything has already been decided."
"Hongjun, do you think I, Heavenly Dao, would not have left myself a way out? Just wait. Neither you nor Qing Xuanzi will escape."
"Oh, if your backup plan was to send those two useless fools, Jie Yin and Zhunti, to seize the Nine Underworlds, then you need not hold out any hope."
Heavenly Dao was startled and inwardly cried that things were bad. Had they anticipated this?
Upon checking again, it found the answer. Fine, very powerful—those two really were useless. They had been tied into humiliating figure-eight knots and tossed aside like dead fish.
"Tongtian, you're courting death!"
It was as though Tongtian had heard Heavenly Dao's roar. He looked up into the sky.
Then he opened his mouth and said, "Heavenly Dao, whether I die or not is probably something you will never get to see."
"Rebellion! Utter rebellion! Hongjun, look at the fine disciple you taught. He actually dares rebel against Heavenly Dao!"
Hongjun looked at Heavenly Dao as if it were an idiot. We were already at war—was that not rebellion? Were we supposed to celebrate your birthday instead?
Heavenly Dao understood that look. Seeing that it could do nothing to Hongjun, it could only personally descend upon the Nine Underworlds.
"Tongtian, die!"
"No, no, no, Heavenly Dao. Your opponent isn't me. It's him." Tongtian pointed at Qing Xuanzi, who was smiling at Heavenly Dao.
"It's all the same. I'll deal with all of you together anyway."
"Twelve Divine Demonic Array, rise!"
Qing Xuanzi shouted, and Pangu Hall came whistling over, directly blocking the passage to the Nine Underworlds.
Twelve banners appeared, along with the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
"Impossible! Ah! Witch Race, Demon Clan, you all deserve to die!"
When Heavenly Dao saw the grand formation activate instantly, it knew it had been deceived—deceived completely. What Witch-Demon War?
It was all fake. All of it had been an act put on for it.
Only now did Heavenly Dao realize how deep Qing Xuanzi's schemes ran. Though he had sat motionless in the starry sky.
He had controlled everything from within his grasp.
Seeing that matters had reached this point, Heavenly Dao had no other choice. It could only fight to the death.
"Qing Xuanzi, you forced me to this! Why? Why? Ah! Moon Worship Sect, destroy everything for me!"
Heavenly Dao had already grown much weaker and no longer had the confidence to fight Qing Xuanzi.
So it retreated directly into the Heavenly Dao Space and struggled to condense a portion of its consciousness.
It prepared to fight until both sides were destroyed.
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