Ripple Effects

Within Pangu Hall, Dijiang, deep in the blood pool, had completely entered a profound seclusion.

Outside the main hall, the eleven Ancestral Witches sat around in the spiritual rain descending from the Creation Jade Disk, yet none of them immediately began cultivating.

Having endured the cruel baptism of the outside world, their states of mind had undergone earth-shaking changes.

"Big Brother was right. The waters of this Primordial World run far too deep."

Zhu Jiuyin sighed and was the first to break the silence, recounting in detail how they had encountered a Late Great Principal elder of the Phoenix Clan in the Southern Continent and had nearly lost their lives.

Hearing of that heart-stopping moment between life and death, and of their eldest brother's resolve in burning his essence blood without hesitation to save them, the other Ancestral Witches all sucked in sharp breaths. The atmosphere grew somewhat heavy.

"Hmph, those feathered beasts of the Phoenix Clan were only throwing their weight around because they had numbers!"

Qiang Liang snorted coldly, lightning flickering all over his body. "We also ran into scum from the Qilin Clan in the northern Thunder Marsh."

"Oh? You ran into people from the three clans as well?" Gonggong raised a brow.

"Indeed," Xi Zi continued. "We discovered a Primordial Lightning-Attracting Bamboo on the verge of maturing at the edge of Thunder Marsh. Just as we were about to collect it, we ran into a Qilin Clan patrol."

"Leading them was an Ink Jade Qilin at the Early Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage, along with four subordinates at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm. They were arrogant as hell and immediately told us to get out of the Northern Continent."

She Bishi, the weather Ancestral Witch, sneered. "Naturally, we didn't indulge them. Qiang Liang directly summoned countless Purple Firmament Divine Thunders and smashed that Great Principal Qilin's head apart with one punch. As for the remaining Primordial Unity Golden Immortals, my poisonous rain and Xi Zi's electric net shredded them together. Not even their Primordial Spirits escaped."

"Excellent!" Zhu Rong slapped his thigh. "That's exactly how they should be killed!"

Gonggong grinned as well, idly playing with the three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls in his hand. "We also slaughtered a Dragon Clan sea-patrol squad along the shores of the Eastern Sea. There were two Early Great Principal experts and over a dozen Primordial Unity Golden Immortals. Ru Shou, Jumang, and I chopped every last one of them into pieces."

The group looked at one another, then all fell silent.

After a moment, Zhu Rong rubbed his chin and said with an odd expression, "By that count... didn't us brothers offend every last one of the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans on this trip?"

"So what if we offended them? Are we, the Pangu Orthodox Lineage, supposed to fear them?" Ru Shou's gaze was icy, and a murderous aura of Geng Metal radiated from his body.

"We do not fear them. But if they invade with their entire clans, the twelve of us alone may find it difficult to withstand them." Zhu Jiuyin frowned slightly. He controlled the Time Law, and his vision had always extended farther than the others'.

"The three clans are currently at war. Because Mount Buzhou bears Father God's pressure, ordinary cultivators find it difficult to approach, so it has remained relatively peaceful."

Zhu Jiuyin's eyes were profound. "But once the three clans determine a victor, no matter which clan becomes the sovereign of Heaven and Earth, their next target will certainly be Mount Buzhou. When that time comes, our Pangu Hall will be the first to bear the brunt."

At those words, all the Ancestral Witches' faces darkened.

How terrifying was the foundation of the three clans?

Before, they had only occasionally heard of it within Pangu Hall. But having personally traveled through the Primordial World, they had gained a firsthand understanding of just how terrifying the three clans were.

Armies numbering in the hundreds of millions, Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals appearing one after another, and it was said that the three clan leaders stood above even Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals. They were absolutely not something the current group could contend against.

"Since they have armies numbering in the hundreds of millions, why can't we?"

Zhu Rong, who had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke. Excitement gleamed in his eyes. "Our bloodline carries an inheritance. By combining our essence blood with the blood pool, we can create clansmen. Since dragons, phoenixes, and qilins can establish clans and contend for supremacy over Heaven and Earth, why can't we establish a clan of our own to guard Mount Buzhou?!"

"Establish a clan?"

"Zhu Rong's idea isn't bad!"

Jumang clapped his hands in agreement. "We have the blood pool left behind by Father God. As long as we supplement it with our essence blood and the Killing Intent between Heaven and Earth, we can nurture clansmen who possess our bloodline. They can then serve as the force guarding Mount Buzhou!"

Zhu Jiuyin pondered for a moment before nodding heavily. "This plan is feasible. With a clan, we will no longer be fighting alone. Moreover, although most of the Killing Intent within Pangu Hall has been purified by Big Brother, an enormous amount of World-Opening Turbid Qi remains settled at the bottom of the blood pool. It can be used to nurture our clansmen."

"However, this matter is of great importance. We must wait until Big Brother emerges from seclusion and let him make the final decision," Zhu Jiuyin added.

"Of course!" the Ancestral Witches answered in unison.

Having tentatively decided to establish a clan, a fire was lit within the hearts of the eleven Ancestral Witches.

They delayed no longer, scattering through Pangu Hall to find excellent positions of their own.

With this vast amount of resources and the pure spiritual qi transformed by the Creation Jade Disk, they were confident they would undergo tremendous transformations in a short time.

The hall returned to deathly silence, broken only by the hum of the rotating Creation Jade Disk and the occasional popping of bubbles from the blood pool.

Just as the Twelve Ancestral Witches sealed off Pangu Hall and entered profound seclusion, the outside Primordial World was thrown into no small uproar by their earlier deeds. It even became the fuse that ignited conflict among the three clans.

Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals, even during the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans' heyday, were unquestionably the pillars of their clans—top-tier combatants capable of suppressing an entire region.

The deaths of hundreds or even thousands of ordinary Golden Immortals would not make the three clans bat an eye, but the fall of a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal caused a massive upheaval within a clan every single time.

Yet this time, in an extremely short span of time, elders at the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal level from all three clans had their life tablets shatter one after another!

The first to fly into a rage was Ancestral Dragon of the Eastern Sea Dragon Palace.

Looking at the two shattered life tablets belonging to Early Great Principal elders in the Life Tablet Hall, he laughed from sheer fury. "Good! Very good! Who would dare kill Dragon Clan elders along the shores of the Eastern Sea, other than those motley-feathered birds of the Phoenix Clan and the beasts of the Qilin Clan?!"

Almost at the same time, Primordial Qilin let out an earth-shaking roar atop Qilin Cliff in the Northern Continent.

"Investigate! Investigate this for me! An Early Great Principal Ink Jade Qilin died in Thunder Marsh without a sound, not even its Primordial Spirit escaping. Other than those loaches of the Dragon Clan and the Phoenix Clan, who could possess such methods?!"

Yet the one who was most enraged, most frenzied, was Origin Phoenix.

The terrifying Southern Bright Flame nearly set the void ablaze.

Origin Phoenix wore a crimson imperial robe. Her breathtakingly beautiful face was now twisted like that of a vengeful ghost as she stared fixedly at the two dim life tablets in her hand.

"Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortals... two whole elders at the Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal stage actually died in an instant within the Ten Thousand Mountains!"

Origin Phoenix's voice carried bone-piercing chill and madness.

Those were Late Great Principals!

Looking across the entire Primordial World, apart from old ancestors like them, who could kill them so cleanly and decisively?

They had not even had time to send out a plea for help!