Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, Violet Firmament Palace.
Patriarch Hongjun sat cross-legged beneath the Jade Disc of Creation, his eyes slightly closed, as though he had merged with Heaven's Way itself.
Yet the ancient stillness that had remained unchanged upon him for countless years now rippled with the faintest disturbance.
"Heavenly Court's Fortune has risen again?"
Hongjun opened his eyes, his gaze piercing through endless chaos and falling upon the skies above the Primordial Wilderness Continent.
The Fortune Golden Dragons representing the Witch Cult and the Heavenly Court had become even larger and more solid than before, faintly exuding an imperial might capable of sweeping aside all opposition.
"One hundred and twenty Great Witches at the Peak Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm, occupying the core positions of the Heavenly Court. Dijiang truly has some skill."
Hongjun snorted coldly to himself.
He had originally believed that although Dijiang and the others had seized the Heavenly Court, they would have no capable subordinates. Sooner or later, the Heavenly Court's operations would run into trouble.
Yet he had never expected Dijiang to use origin blood essence to nurture so many Great Witches, forcibly propping up the entire framework of the Heavenly Court!
However, this had originally been the prototype of the Witch Clan in the original trajectory of Heaven's Way. Hongjun had thought the Twelve Ancestral Witches, who had thoroughly strayed from that path, would never take this route again. Unexpectedly, Dijiang and the others had chosen to nurture their own clansmen.
Still, after seeing Dijiang and the others give birth to one hundred and twenty Great Witches, with no new Witch Clan members emerging for so long and no further actions from them either, Hongjun understood that these Great Witches were likely their limit.
"If they are allowed to continue developing like this,