Mu Jizi pondered for a moment and glanced at Empress Nuwa, then suddenly said in a grave voice, "I know what you want. You merely covet the boundless merit of the Reincarnation Netherworld!"
Empress Nuwa was instantly angered. She was about to argue with Mu Jizi, but before she could speak, he continued, "Yet the witches' dominion over Reincarnation was ordained by unseen forces. If you insist on this, the Witch-Demon Clans must settle it through battle!"
Empress Nuwa thought, Just what I wanted! Suppressing her anger, she said coldly, "That is only right!"
Mu Jizi rose and laughed heartily. "Think carefully before the Witch-Demon Race goes to war again. Do not let your selfish desires provoke our teacher's wrath!"
Empress Nuwa understood the meaning behind his words and thought, Our teacher said the Witch-Demon Race must not fight again for three thousand years merely because he feared their battles would damage the Primordial Wilderness. If I can persuade the leader of the All Beings Sect to speak with the Witch Race and keep Quasi-Sages out of the fighting, surely our teacher will not blame us!
Having reached this conclusion, Empress Nuwa said, "This is the heavenly mandate. You need only speak to those Ancestral Shamans and keep the Eleven Ancestral Witches out of the fighting, lest I lose my temper and kill them!"
Mu Jizi continued laughing after hearing her words. "I know your intent, so do not try to deceive me. As long as the demon sovereigns stay out of the battle, I guarantee that the eleven Ancestral Shamans will not intervene!"
Angered once more by Mu Jizi's disrespectful tone, Empress Nuwa nevertheless found it inconvenient to lash out. Her face darkened as she said, "Precisely!"
Mu Jizi acted as though he had not noticed. With the matter