Establishing the Witch Clan?

"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 utterly chaotic unfamiliar auras at the scene, she had found nothing!

Not only did this fail to calm Origin Phoenix, it instead made her even more certain of her suspicions.

"What brilliant concealment methods—to erase karma so completely, 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!"

Origin Phoenix completely flew into a rage and returned to Undying Volcano with a bellyful of fury.

"Convey my decree!"

Origin Phoenix's voice rang across the entire Southern Continent. "Mobilize every subordinate Birdkind force. From this day onward, advance on the Four Seas and the Central Continent in full force! Kill every dragon you see, slay every kirin you encounter! Until death!"

With Origin Phoenix's command, the already incomparably brutal battlefield of the three clans instantly escalated.

The vast Birdkind army, blotting out the sky and covering the earth, was like a crimson tsunami as it crazily surged toward the territories of the Dragon Clan and Kirinkind.

Above the Eastern Sea, Ancestral Dragon read the urgent reports from the front lines and cursed furiously. "That madwoman Origin Phoenix! I haven't even settled accounts with her, yet she's the one who went mad first! Does she really think I'm afraid of her?!"

"Order the dragons of the Four Seas to activate the Ten Thousand Dragons Formation! Pluck every feather off those mongrel birds!"

At Northern Kirin Cliffs, Primordial Qilin's face was equally grim.

"Origin Phoenix has truly lost her mind."

Primordial Qilin snorted coldly, a vicious glint flashing through his eyes. "Since you want to fight, then let us fight to our hearts' content! Order Beastkind to emerge in full force!"

The war between the three clans, which had maintained a delicate balance because each side feared the others, gradually spiraled out of control because of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Across the Primordial Wilderness, Killing Intent shot into the heavens, and blood flowed into rivers.

Countless living beings wailed and fell amid the flames of war. The tribulation clouds between heaven and earth had grown so dense they seemed ready to drip black blood.

And deep within those endless tribulation clouds, beneath Western Mount Sumeru.

Luo Hou, clad in black robes, sat cross-legged atop the Twelfth-Grade World-Destroying Black Lotus. Watching the endless Killing Intent and resentment wildly gather between heaven and earth, he let out a spine-chilling howl of laughter.

"Kill... kill! The more that die, the better!"

"Once the Killing Intent between heaven and earth reaches its peak, my Sword Formation of Immortal Execution will truly reach completion! Hahaha!"

At the same time, within Pangu Hall.

While the outside world was being torn apart by war, this place remained so quiet that only the drip-drip of liquefying spiritual energy could be heard.

Time passed like a white colt flashing through a crevice. In the blink of an eye, three yuanhui had gone by.

Deep within the blood pool, the once-still blood suddenly began to churn violently.

"Gurgle... gurgle..."

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 bloody bubbles.

The Creation Jade Disk floating above the blood pool spun madly. Its violet-gold light of creation nearly condensed into substance, pouring like a funnel into the deepest part of the pool.

Boom!

A muffled explosion erupted within Pangu Hall, making the twelve sky-supporting stone pillars carved with ancient totems tremble faintly.

Outside the great hall, the eleven Ancestral Witches in seclusion were simultaneously awakened by this terrifying fluctuation.

They opened their eyes one after another, their gazes turning in unison toward the blood pool, their eyes filled with shock and wild delight.

"This aura... it's Big Brother!"

Zhu Rong leaped up excitedly. The Southern Bright Flame around him surged violently from his agitation. His cultivation, originally at Early Zenith Heaven, had steadily entered Mid Zenith Heaven after three yuanhui of arduous cultivation and refining the Seven-Colored Fire Li Stone.

It was not only him. Houtu, Xuanming, Zhu Jiuyin, and the others had all successfully broken through to Mid Zenith Heaven under the piling-up of vast resources, each of their comprehensions of law rising to a new level.

"Big Brother's aura is far stronger than before he entered seclusion!"

The phantom of the River of Time flowed within Zhu Jiuyin's eyes, and his expression was filled with excitement.

Splash!

Amid the sound of water, a tall, upright figure slowly rose from the blood pool.

Dijiang wore a robe of azure, his black hair like ink. Not a trace of mana leaked from his body; even the silver Space Law that had once lingered around his form had been restrained to the utmost limit.

He looked like an ordinary mortal with no cultivation at all, standing silently above the blood pool.

Yet when the eleven Ancestral Witches' gazes fell upon him, they felt trembling and submission rising from the depths of their souls.

It was an absolute suppression at the level of life itself!

"Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal...?!"

Houtu's red lips parted slightly, her peerlessly beautiful face filled with disbelief.

In merely three yuanhui, he had crossed from Early Zenith Heaven through the middle stage and directly reached the realm of Late Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal!

Dijiang slowly opened his eyes. Within those profound eyes seemed to lie endless starry skies and folded dimensions.

He raised a hand and lightly clenched his fist.

"Crack... crack..."

The surrounding void shattered inch by inch like fragile glazed glass beneath that seemingly casual motion, exposing deep, pitch-black spatial turbulence. Yet the instant he loosened his fist, it healed back to normal.

"Breaking and then standing anew—the Pangu Blood Pool, combined with the Creation Jade Disk, truly is wondrous."

A satisfied smile curved across Dijiang's lips.

Not only had the deficit caused by burning his essence blood been completely replenished, but the source that had been destroyed and rebuilt had brought an unprecedented transformation to both his body and Primordial Spirit.

He took one 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 leaving seclusion with greatly advanced cultivation!"

The Ancestral Witches all bowed together, cheering from the bottom of their hearts.

Dijiang swept his gaze across them, sensing the solid Mid Zenith Heaven auras on their bodies. He nodded approvingly. "Not bad. You did not slack off during these three yuanhui."

"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 qi at the bottom of the blood pool to nurture clansmen and establish a clan?"

A grave look flashed through Dijiang's eyes.

"Once this step is taken, there will be no turning back. This matter must be considered carefully."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pangu Hall fell silent in an instant.

Zhu Jiuyin and the others looked at one another. The anticipation and excitement in their eyes were doused as though by cold water.

Though their Big Brother had not said it outright, his words clearly showed that he did not think highly of nurturing clansmen and establishing a clan.

"Big Brother, why?"

Zhu Rong was straightforward by nature and directly voiced the question.

"Nurturing clansmen and establishing a clan may now be for the sake of protecting Mount Buzhou from occupation by outsiders, but what about in the long run?"

"Have you truly thought it through?"

"In the long run..."

Zhu Rong said nothing. Zhu Jiuyin and the others lowered their heads and began to think.