Ascending the Sun Star

"Can you... really stabilize the earth veins?!"

A fierce desire to survive erupted in Primordial Qilin's eyes.

"Houtu, Jumang, it's up to you." Dijiang did not answer, directly issuing an order to the two behind him.

"Yes, Big Brother!"

Houtu and Jumang accepted the order. With a flash, they landed directly atop Qilin Cliff.

"Great virtue bears all things, earth veins, condense!"

Houtu gave a clear cry, and the Earth Law erupted with a thunderous roar, transforming into countless heavy chains of dark yellow that followed the cracks in Qilin Cliff and plunged deep into the violent earth veins.

"Yi Wood brings forth life, creation never ceases!"

Jumang followed closely behind, his Wood Law transforming into a sky full of azure rain that scattered across Qilin Cliff.

The once bottomless fissures began healing at a visible rate beneath the nourishment of the azure rain.

Earth gave rise to wood, and wood secured earth.

Through the seamless cooperation of Houtu and Jumang, the earth vein qi, once violent and chaotic and capable of breaking through its seal at any moment, miraculously began to settle.

"This..."

The Kirinkind elders stared at the scene, so stunned that their eyes went wide and their tongues fell silent.

Primordial Qilin trembled from head to toe with excitement.

He could clearly feel the terrifying pressure that had nearly torn him apart rapidly weakening.

In merely a few years, the earth veins of Qilin Cliff had been completely sorted out.

Not only had the danger of another eruption been eliminated, even the backlash afflicting Primordial Qilin had been reduced by more than half.

"Buzz—"

From above the nine heavens, Heaven's Way once more bestowed merit, which entered Houtu and Jumang's bodies.

"Thank you, fellow Daoists, for saving my life! Thank you all for saving my Qilin Clan!"

Primordial Qilin's illusory figure became somewhat more solid once again. He deeply bowed to Dijiang and the others, his voice filled with endless gratitude and reverence.

"Fellow Daoist Primordial Qilin, you are too polite. It was merely a transaction."

Dijiang smiled faintly. "Now, it is time for you to fulfill your promise."

"Of course!"

Without hesitation, Primordial Qilin opened the Qilin Clan treasury.

Dijiang carefully searched through the treasury.

He chose a Supreme-Grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the Wind Spirit Pearl, for Tian Wu; a high-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the Violet Lightning Hammer, for Qiang Liang; and a high-grade Innate Spirit Treasure, the Lightning Radiance Mirror, for Xi Zi.

As for the other spirit roots and divine gold, Dijiang likewise swept up a great batch without the slightest restraint.

"Fellow Daoist Primordial Qilin, the transaction is complete. We shall take our leave."

Dijiang put away the treasures he had selected and clasped his hands slightly toward Primordial Qilin.

"Farewell, Fellow Daoist Dijiang. Should you have leisure in the future, you may visit my Qilin Cliff as a guest. The promise of my Qilin Clan shall forever remain valid!" Primordial Qilin said solemnly.

"Certainly."

Dijiang smiled, swept his sleeve, and led the Eleven Ancestral Witches in tearing through space once more, vanishing above the Northern Continent.

Thus, the Twelve Ancestral Witches not only made a fortune from the War of Dao and Demons, but also seized the opportunity presented by the seclusion of the three clans to strip their treasuries clean. Every one of them obtained a top-tier Spirit Treasure suited to their own laws.

"Big Brother, are we going back to Pangu Hall now?" Zhu Rong played with the Eight-Scenery Palace Lamp in his hand, his face full of excitement.

"No rush."

Dijiang gazed deeply into the Primordial World's starry sky. "There is still one most important matter we have yet to handle."

"What matter?" The Ancestral Witches all wore puzzled expressions.

"We are going to the Sun Star."

A meaningful smile curved Dijiang's lips. "By my reckoning, those two brothers should have already taken form."

"The Sun Star?"

The Ancestral Witches were all taken aback.

The Sun Star had formed from Pangu's left eye. It hung above the nine heavens, radiating Solar True Fire capable of incinerating the heavens and boiling the seas. Even an ordinary Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal would instantly be burned to ashes upon approaching it.

"Big Brother, what are we going to that scorching place for?"

Gonggong frowned. He cultivated the Water Law and instinctively felt repulsed by a place of extreme yang like the Sun Star.

"To meet some future old friends, and while we are at it... find some fortuitous opportunity for Zhu Rong."

Dijiang did not explain further. He merely gave a mysterious smile, then swept his sleeve. The Space Law flowed, and he led the Eleven Ancestral Witches in transforming into a streak of silver light that shot straight toward the nine heavens.

The boundless starry sky was vast and profound.

The closer they came to the Sun Star, the more terrifying the surrounding temperature became.

Golden Solar True Fire rolled and roared through the void like a tangible sea of flames, burning even space into violent distortion.

"What domineering flames!"

Other than Zhu Rong, whose face was full of excitement as though he were a fish returned to water, the remaining Ancestral Witches frowned slightly and circulated their law powers to protect themselves.

Whoosh!

Dijiang led the group through layer upon layer of fire seas and landed steadily upon the surface of the Sun Star.

Before their eyes stretched a golden world of glazed crystal.

The ground had condensed from pure Solar Divine Gold. The Fusang Tree, a supreme-grade innate spirit root that blotted out the sky and covered the earth, stood quietly at the center of the Sun Star, exuding an ancient and desolate aura.

"Huh? Why is no one here?"

Zhu Rong looked around. Aside from the Fusang Tree, the entire Sun Star was empty, without even a ghostly shadow in sight.

"It seems they have already descended to travel the world."

Dijiang gazed deeply at the two empty Sun God Palaces beneath the Fusang Tree, understanding dawning in his heart.

Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, the two future Heavenly Emperors of the Demon Race, had clearly already taken form and been born, and had left the Sun Star.

"It is perfect that no one is home!"

Zhu Rong grinned and sat down cross-legged beneath the Fusang Tree. "Big Brother, the Flame Origin in this place is far too pure. It is practically tailor-made for me! I want to enter seclusion here for a while!"

"Very well. Cultivate without worry."

Dijiang nodded. "This Solar True Fire is supremely firm and supremely yang. If you can fuse it with your Southern Bright Flame, your Flame Law will surely advance another step."

Zhu Rong spoke no further and immediately closed his eyes, circulating his Flame Law with all his strength.

Boom!

As he inhaled and exhaled, the violent Solar True Fire around him surged crazily into his body like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

The embryonic Flame Dao Fruit above his head became ever more resplendent under the tempering of the Solar True Fire, faintly radiating a pressure that could burn all things to nothing.

"Since Zhu Rong is entering seclusion here, we cannot remain idle either."

Dijiang turned toward the remaining Ancestral Witches. "This boundless starry sky was formed from Father God's hair and contains endless mysteries of the stars. Let us take this chance to travel among the stars and see whether we can find some opportunities."

"Good!"

The Ancestral Witches all nodded in agreement.

Over the following several thousand years, aside from Zhu Rong remaining on the Sun Star in seclusion, Dijiang led the other ten Ancestral Witches in roaming the vast starry sky.

They passed the Lunar Star and experienced its ultimate Lunar True Water. They traveled by the Big Dipper and witnessed its chilling stellar Sword Qi.

On this day, they arrived at the Purple Star in the center of the starry sky.

The Purple Star was the lord of all stars, the star of emperors.

The power of the stars here was dense to the extreme, transforming into purple mist that slowly flowed through the void.

"What dense imperial qi."

Dijiang stepped onto the Purple Star, his brows lifting slightly.

He could sense that somewhere deep within this star seemed to lie an exceedingly powerful innate restriction.

"Big Brother, there seems to be a treasure here!"