This was destined to be a farce. After all, the Three Pure Ones had already displayed formidable strength. Though the ancestral witches had numbers on their side, if they truly fought to a conclusion, they would surely pay an extremely heavy price.
It was not even certain who would win or lose!
In the Thirty-three Heavens, the divine senses of Dijun, Taiyi, Fuxi, Nuwa, and Kunpeng converged as the five discussed matters.
At that moment, Fuxi asked, "Brother Dijun, could the Three Pure Ones also be brought into our Heavenly Court?"
He had clearly set his sights on the Three Pure Ones' strength. If they joined the Heavenly Court, then the Heavenly Court would truly be invincible.
At the very least, the Witch Clan would no longer be an obstacle.
However, Fuxi regretted saying it as soon as the words left his mouth. The Three Pure Ones were all Quasi-Saints, and all three were so powerful.
If they joined the Heavenly Court, their status would at least be equal to theirs. In other words, the Heavenly Court would gain three more sovereigns.
Yet Dijun and Taiyi, as the original founders, were only two brothers. In terms of numbers, they would be one fewer than the Three Pure Ones.
Would that not greatly weaken Dijun's authority?
Fortunately, Dijun did not seem to have considered so much. He quickly replied, "That will likely be difficult. That Jade Pure Primordial Beginning is proud and arrogant, and he has always looked down on our Demon Race."
"He even disparages our Demon Race as creatures born damp and hatched from eggs, covered in fur and bearing horns. How could we possibly bring him into the Heavenly Court?"
The moment Dijun said this, Kunpeng immediately agreed.
It reminded Kunpeng of his first visit to Zixiao Palace. Jade Pure Primordial Beginning had acted as Zhunti's accomplice and driven him from his seat.
He still remembered that grudge.
"Yes, that makes sense. I was rash," Fuxi quickly said.
Dijun smiled. "It is nothing. Fellow Daoist Xi Huang was merely making plans for our Heavenly Court."
"By the way, Fellow Daoist Xi Huang, I have recently been comprehending an array formation and encountered some problems. Do you have the time to help me deduce it?" Dijun suddenly asked.
"Oh?"
Fuxi was somewhat surprised, but also interested. Smiling, he said, "Of course I have time."
"I will go find you at once, Brother."
Fuxi was not only skilled at deducing array formations, but also obsessed with them. After withdrawing his divine sense, he immediately headed to Dijun's place of seclusion.
There, he deduced the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array together with Dijun.
With Fuxi's help, along with the River Diagram and the Magic Square of Lo Shu, deducing the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array this time was undoubtedly much easier.
Fuxi was also astounded and full of praise for the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array Dijun was deducing.
This was absolutely a major breakthrough in the history of array formations. In Dijun's design, the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array actually used the entire heaven and earth of the Primordial World as its array space.
In other words, once the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array was activated, it could encompass the entire Primordial World and attack any existence between heaven and earth.
That was terrifying.
Fuxi eagerly threw himself into the massive undertaking of deducing the array.
And in the blink of an eye, many more years passed.
On this day, Minghe was refining the Blood Sea when he suddenly seemed to sense something.
Minghe's eyes abruptly opened, and his divine sense burst outward, probing layer by layer toward a certain place within the Blood Sea.
Strangely, he had clearly sensed something unusual just now, yet when he searched with his divine sense, he could no longer find it.
"Ding."
At that moment, the system's notification sounded in Minghe's mind. "Detected a Primordial Insect Egg hatching within the Blood Sea. The host may make one of the following choices."
"Choice one: Destroy this hatching Primordial Insect Egg. Reward: one drop of Primordial Blood. (Primordial Blood purified by the system can be directly absorbed. It can greatly strengthen one's bloodline and has a certain chance of transforming and elevating one's innate foundation.)"
"Choice two: Allow this Primordial Insect Egg to absorb the Blood Sea's origin and hatch. Reward: one Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation."
"Choice three: Perform Body Seizure on this Primordial Insect Egg. This will create a special incarnation and shield it from the Heavenly Dao, which will be unable to distinguish the connection between you and this incarnation."
Upon hearing the system notification, an existence immediately appeared in Minghe's mind.
Daoist Mosquito.
It was the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito. This thing was a Primordial Fierce Insect, bred within his Blood Sea.
During the Tribulation of Calamity of Investiture of the Gods, it had been ferociously notorious. Not only had it devoured Tongtian's direct disciple, Turtle Spirit Holy Mother.
It had even flown to the west and sucked away three grades of Jieyin's Twelve-Grade Merit Golden Lotus.
He had not expected this fellow to begin hatching and forming now, and to even be absorbing the origin of the Blood Sea.
A trace of killing intent surfaced in Minghe's eyes. The Blood Sea was now his possession.
He was the master of the Blood Sea, yet this Daoist Mosquito dared to touch what was his. Was it not courting death?
Therefore, Minghe did not consider choice two at all.
Minghe was only considering whether to choose option one or option three.
Killing it outright was the simplest way to deal with it, and he could also obtain system-purified Primordial Blood.
This Primordial Blood could strengthen his bloodline, even raising his innate foundation along with it.
This was excellent stuff!
Yet the system had also given a third option: to perform Body Seizure on this Primordial Insect Egg and turn it into one of his incarnations.
This incarnation could even deceive the Heavenly Dao. To the Heavenly Dao's perception, it would be a completely separate living being.
There was no question that this appealed to Minghe.
I am walking the path of Dao Proving Through Laws. Who knows how long it will take before I can achieve it? Before then, the Six Saints—the Three Pure Ones, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti—will surely attain Dao soon enough.
Minghe frowned slightly as he considered that once the Six Saints attained Dao, the great calamity between the witches and demons would accelerate.
Moreover, he still had a role to play in it. For example, creating the Asura Clan and establishing the Asura Religion.
Of course, he had not yet decided whether he would actually do that.
What Minghe feared most was Houtu transforming into reincarnation. The cycle of reincarnation would be opened beneath his Netherworld Blood Sea.
When Houtu came to the Blood Sea, should he stop her or tolerate her?
Or perhaps he should make some preparations, or simply join forces with Houtu.
Minghe thought it over again and again. In the end, he silently said to the system in his heart, System, I choose option three.
Although the Primordial Blood was tempting, this third option would give him an additional special incarnation, which was undoubtedly of greater use to Minghe.
Minghe even felt that whether he could break the deadlock might depend on this incarnation.
"Phew!"
Minghe slowly exhaled. As he made his choice, a secret art specifically meant for performing Body Seizure on a Primordial Fierce Insect suddenly appeared in his mind.
After receiving the secret art, Minghe could not help but smile. It seemed this system truly was professional!
Not only that, after Minghe tried cultivating the secret art, he actually sensed the location of the Primordial Insect Egg.
Within his divine sense, at a certain place in the Blood Sea, the Primordial Insect Egg that had originally concealed itself now revealed itself, with nowhere left to hide.
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