Qing Xuanzi felt uncomfortable under the gazes of The Sages. He looked around, but no one was willing to speak.
It seemed he would have to come up with a solution himself.
"Actually, it would be good for the Demon Clan to die once."
"How dare you!" Nüwa objected, her eyes widening roundly.
Qing Xuanzi felt a chill run through his body and hurriedly said, "Senior Sister Nüwa, that is not what you think."
"You had better explain yourself clearly. Although there are times when I do not think much of the Demon Clan,
I am still the Demon Clan's Sage. Since they call me Empress, I must consider matters on their behalf."
As Nüwa spoke, her tone softened. She did not want to make things difficult for Qing Xuanzi.
Yet the Demon Clan was her foundation, and even now, she still enjoyed twenty percent of the Demon Clan's providence.
"Senior Sister Nüwa, the Witch Race was born without primordial spirits. If they die, their Essence, Qi, and Spirit scatter,
then they are truly dead. To make them reappear,
is at the very least something we cannot accomplish at our current realm." Left with no choice, Qing Xuanzi could only explain.
"You mean the Demon Clan could preserve a trace of their primordial spirits and reincarnate in the future? Would they still be the Demon Clan then?"
Naturally, Nüwa knew reincarnation would appear in the future. The Heavenly Dao had already revealed as much.
Once they finished their discussion here, Qing Xuanzi could begin working on reincarnation over there.
"No, Senior Sister Nüwa, you misunderstand. Have you not noticed another use for the Myriad Dao Bodies divine ability?"
As soon as Qing Xuanzi finished speaking, Hongjun spoke up:
"Qing Xuanzi, I have vaguely sensed that this divine ability has another application and was just about to ask you about it. Why not explain it?"
"The Myriad Dao Bodies have far too many wondrous uses to explain all at once. For example, like this."
After Qing Xuanzi spoke, three figures appeared before everyone. They were unmistakably Dijun, Taiyi, and Fuxi.
Only, there was no light in their eyes; they were dull and lifeless.
"Creation?" Hongjun and Nüwa spoke at the same time.
Neither had expected the Myriad Dao Bodies to possess such a miraculous function.
If that was the case, one only needed to preserve a thread of the target's true spirit and place it within one after the target died.
Would that not allow resurrection?
This was far more powerful than entrusting one's primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao.
So long as the creator was willing and their realm was high enough, could they not have a spare body of whatever realm they wanted?
In an instant, The Sages' horizons broadened.
They all secretly resolved that they had to study the Myriad Dao Bodies divine ability thoroughly in the future.
"So this is what you meant by having the Demon Clan die once?" Hongjun asked.
"Exactly. Moreover, we must preserve the Demon Clan's strength. During my sudden enlightenment,
first the Chaos Demon Gods brought calamity upon the primordial world, and then I discovered that Heavens Chaos was fundamentally a source of disaster.
Of course, fortune and misfortune go hand in hand. It is also a blessed land; the Enlightenment Stone, for instance, came from there."
"What kind of disaster?" Hongjun was not surprised by the Chaos Demon Gods and instead focused on the latter matter.
"In ten million years, it will welcome its first group of outsiders, and the primordial world will be their target."
"How strong are they?" Hongjun frowned and asked urgently.
"I do not know."
The Sages all fell silent. This was not good news.
Unknown foreign invaders—if even one of them possessed Grand Ultimate cultivation, they would be finished.
In a few tens of thousands of years, advancing to Grand Ultimate would undoubtedly be a fool's dream.
"Actually, there is no need for everyone to be discouraged. We are not easy targets either. Even if there really is a Grand Ultimate being,
we are not without a chance of victory. If cultivation is not enough, spiritual treasures can make up for it.
Spiritual treasures have limitless potential for growth. Who knows how far they will have grown in a few tens of thousands of years?
A Chaos Treasure might even appear in a few years."
After Qing Xuanzi's encouragement, The Sages were all overjoyed. That was right, they would not be weak either.
He was right. If their cultivation was not enough, spiritual treasures could make up for it.
If they went back and nurtured them properly, perhaps they would grow into Chaos Treasures.
Most importantly, did Qing Xuanzi not have the Heaven-Opening Divine Axe's little one? That was a genuine Chaos Treasure.
"Fine, then it is settled. The Demon Clan will die once. Qing Xuanzi will handle everything, with Nüwa assisting him."
Hongjun decisively made the final decision.
"There is one more matter."
"Speak."
"The Chaos Clock originally belonged to Eastern Emperor Taiyi, but now it has been given to Tongtian. We must compensate him somehow.
Otherwise, not only will people ridicule us for being too greedy, it will also damage our reputation."
Seeing that everyone was eager to return home, Qing Xuanzi hurriedly spoke.
Tongtian was the first to offer his view. "Let him come to my place and choose for himself. Whatever he takes a liking to, I will give him."
"After all, his spiritual treasure was an innate supreme treasure. How about everyone contributes something,
and we give him two top-grade innate spiritual treasures, one for offense and one for defense?" Qing Xuanzi proposed.
Tongtian's suggestion that Taiyi simply come and take something from his place—would Taiyi really dare go?
Even if he did, he would not feel comfortable taking too much. Even taking one top-grade innate spiritual treasure would leave him at a huge loss.
With two treasures together, it should be about right.
After all, he had only refined thirty to forty percent of the Chaos Clock himself.
The power he could unleash was at most comparable to two top-grade innate spiritual treasures.
Hongjun considered it and found Qing Xuanzi's proposal quite good, so he immediately began assigning the treasures:
"Tongtian, I remember that you took the Twenty-Four Sea Stabilizing Divine Pearls. Though they are balanced in offense and defense,
they are primarily used for attack, so give them to him. Yuanshi, take out your Central Wuji Apricot Yellow Flag.
That makes one for offense and one for defense, and they suit him perfectly."
Tongtian readily took his out, but Yuanshi was somewhat unwilling.
After all, its defensive power was truly heaven-defying, practically comparable to his All Heavens Celebration Cloud.
However, since Hongjun had spoken, and it was to repay a debt for his own third brother,
he took it out no matter how reluctant he was.
"Alright, disperse. Qing Xuanzi and Nüwa, go handle the Witch and Demon Clan matters. Also, Qing Xuanzi, remember to get busy refining pills afterward. Remember that."
Hongjun began sending everyone away. He needed to digest what had been said earlier.
The Great Dao's teachings were rare indeed. Hongjun felt that after digesting them, his realm should reach the Grand Luo Peak.
He also needed to study the Myriad Dao Bodies. This divine ability actually possessed the function of creation—it was too miraculous.
The Three Pure Ones were the same. They had an additional task: nurture the medicinal pills and let them grow as quickly as possible.
After Nüwa and Qing Xuanzi left Purple Cloud Palace, Nüwa asked, "Qing Xuanzi, once the golden pill is successfully refined, give it to me first."
"Of course, Senior Sister. You will definitely be the first. Shall we go hold a meeting for the Demon Clan now? We can deliver the treasures while we are at it.
Taiyi must be frantic by now. The grand trend of the Heavenly Dao has not changed, yet he has lost contact with his spiritual treasure.
He probably feels like dying and is likely calling me a big liar."
Before Nüwa could respond,
a furious shout rang out from the primordial world: "You feathered bird, you are courting death!"
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