"Other than that old bastard Ancestral Dragon or that hypocrite Primordial Qilin, who else could possess such strength?!"
She had searched for a full thousand years. Apart from sensing several extremely faint yet chaotic unfamiliar auras at the scene, she had found nothing!
Not only did this fail to calm Yuanfeng down, it instead made her even more certain of her suspicions.
"What an ingenious method of concealment. To erase karma so thoroughly—who else could it be besides Ancestral Dragon and Primordial Qilin?!"
"Since you want to play dirty, don't blame me for showing no mercy!"
Yuanfeng completely flew into a rage and returned to Undying Volcano filled with fury.
"Deliver my decree!"
Yuanfeng's voice spread across the entire Southern Continent. "Mobilize all subordinate Birdkind forces. From this day onward, advance fully into the Four Seas and Central Continent! Kill every dragon you see, and slaughter every kirin you encounter! Fight to the death!"
With Yuanfeng's command, the already incomparably brutal battlefield between the three races instantly escalated.
The vast Birdkind army blotted out the sky like a crimson tsunami, charging madly toward the territories of the Dragon Clan and Kirinkind.
Above the Eastern Sea, Ancestral Dragon looked at the urgent reports sent from the front lines and cursed furiously. "That madwoman Yuanfeng! I haven't even settled the score with her, yet she's the one going crazy first! Does she really think I'm afraid of her?!"
"Pass on the order to the dragons of the Four Seas: activate the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation! Strip every feather off those mongrel birds!"
At Northern Kirin Cliffs, Primordial Qilin's expression was equally dark.
"Yuanfeng has truly lost her mind."
Primordial Qilin snorted coldly, a trace of ruthlessness flashing through his eyes. "Since you want a fight, then let's fight to our hearts' content! Order Beastkind to mobilize in full!"
The war between the three races, which had originally maintained a delicate balance due to their mutual wariness, gradually spiraled out of control because of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
Across the Primordial Wilderness, Baleful Energy soared into the heavens and blood flowed like rivers.
Countless living beings wailed and perished amid the flames of war. The tribulation clouds hanging between heaven and earth had grown so dense that they seemed ready to drip black blood.
And deep within those endless tribulation clouds, beneath Western Mount Sumeru.
Luo Hou, dressed in black robes, sat cross-legged atop the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. Watching the endless Baleful Energy and resentment frantically gather between heaven and earth, he let out a bone-chilling laugh.
"Kill... kill! The more who die, the better!"
"Once the Baleful Energy of heaven and earth reaches its peak, my Sword Formation of Immortal Execution will truly reach completion! Hahaha!"
Meanwhile, within Pangu Hall.
While the outside world was being torn apart by battle, this place remained so quiet that only the dripping of liquefied spiritual energy could be heard.
Time passed like a white colt flashing by. In the blink of an eye, three Yuanhuis had gone by.
Deep within the Blood Pool, the formerly tranquil bloodwater suddenly began to churn violently.
"Glug... glug..."
At the bottom of the Blood Pool, Pangu Essence Blood, thick as mercury, seemed to have been boiled by some terrifying force, rolling up enormous bubbles of blood.
The Creation Jade Disk floating above the Blood Pool spun wildly. Purple-golden light of creation nearly condensed into substance, pouring into the deepest part of the Blood Pool like an inverted funnel.
Boom!
A muffled explosion erupted within Pangu Hall, causing the twelve sky-supporting stone pillars carved with ancient totems to tremble slightly.
Outside the great hall, the eleven Ancestral Witches who had been in seclusion were simultaneously awakened by the terrifying disturbance.
They opened their eyes one after another, their gazes turning toward the Blood Pool in unison, their eyes filled with shock and wild delight.
"This aura... it's Big Brother!"
Zhu Rong jumped up excitedly. The Southern Bright Flame around him surged violently from his excitement. After three Yuanhuis of arduous cultivation and refining the Seven-Colored Fire Li Stone, his cultivation had already risen steadily from Early Zenith Heaven to Mid Zenith Heaven.
It was not just him. Houtu, Xuanming, Zhu Jiuyin, and the others had all successfully broken through to Mid Zenith Heaven under the accumulation of such vast resources, and each of their understandings of the laws had reached a higher level.
"Big Brother's aura is far stronger than before he entered seclusion!"
The phantom of the River of Time flowed through Zhu Jiuyin's eyes, and his expression was agitated.
Splash!
Amid the sound of water, a tall, slender figure slowly rose from the Blood Pool.
Dijiang wore azure robes, his black hair dark as ink. Not a trace of magical power leaked from his body; even the silver Space Law that had once lingered around his surface had been restrained to the utmost.
He seemed like an ordinary mortal without any cultivation, standing quietly above the Blood Pool.
Yet when the eleven Ancestral Witches' gazes fell upon him, they felt a trembling and submission that came from the depths of their souls.
It was an absolute suppression on the level of life itself!
"Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal...?!"
Houtu's red lips parted slightly, her stunning face filled with disbelief.
In merely three Yuanhuis, he had crossed from Early Zenith Heaven through Mid Zenith Heaven and directly reached the realm of Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!
Dijiang slowly opened his eyes. Within his profound gaze seemed to lie an endless starry sky and folded dimensions.
He raised a hand and lightly clenched it.
"Crack, crack..."
The surrounding void shattered inch by inch like fragile glass under his seemingly casual movement, exposing deep-black spatial turbulence. Yet the instant he released his fist, it healed as if nothing had happened.
"Destruction followed by rebirth. This Pangu Blood Pool, combined with the Creation Jade Disk, truly is wondrous."
A satisfied smile appeared at the corner of Dijiang's lips.
Not only had the depletion caused by burning his essence blood been completely replenished, but the reborn origin following that destruction had also brought his body and primordial spirit through an unprecedented transformation.
He took a step forward. Without using any Space Law, he instantly crossed the distance of space and appeared before the eleven Ancestral Witches.
"Congratulations, Big Brother, on emerging from seclusion with greatly improved cultivation!"
The Ancestral Witches all bowed, cheering from the bottom of their hearts.
Dijiang swept his gaze over everyone, sensing the solid Mid Zenith Heaven auras around them. He nodded approvingly. "Not bad. You did not slack off during these three Yuanhuis."
"Big Brother, you finally came out!"
Zhu Rong was impatient by nature. Seeing that Dijiang was in a good mood, he immediately stepped forward and eagerly told him about their previous discussion of establishing a clan.
"Using our essence blood together with the turbid energy at the bottom of the Blood Pool to nurture clansmen and establish a clan?"
A solemn look flashed through Dijiang's eyes.
"Once this step is taken, there will be no turning back. This matter must be considered carefully."
As his words fell, Pangu Hall fell silent in an instant.
Zhu Jiuyin and the others looked at one another. The anticipation and excitement in their eyes were extinguished as if by cold water.
Though their Big Brother had not said it outright, his words clearly showed that he did not favor nurturing clansmen and establishing a clan.
"Big Brother, why?"
Zhu Rong was straightforward by nature and immediately asked.
"Nurturing clansmen and establishing a clan may now seem intended to protect Mount Buzhou from being occupied by outsiders, but what about in the long run?"
"Have you truly considered it?"
"In the long run..."
Zhu Rong said nothing. Zhu Jiuyin and the others also lowered their heads and began to think.
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