Minghe appeared somewhere within the Blood Sea, where he saw the so-called Primordial Insect Egg.
At this moment, the Primordial Insect Egg had nowhere to hide and was firmly locked onto by Minghe.
The insect egg resembled a massive cocoon, floating and sinking within the Blood Sea, wrapped in a dense current of chaotic energy.
Within the insect egg, some strange lifeform seemed to be gestating. Minghe could sense an incomparably rich aura of life from it.
However, the life within the egg had not yet fully taken shape. It seemed to have only recently awakened.
It was still being nurtured, yet even so, it was extraordinarily miraculous.
One could only imagine how ferocious and powerful it would be once it was born!
"Good. I'll use you as my avatar to help me accomplish certain things!"
Minghe's gaze was filled with cold, merciless indifference.
At the same time, the Primordial Insect Egg seemed to sense his killing intent. The chaotic currents surged, vaguely forming a grand array to protect itself.
But to Minghe, this formation was utterly useless. With a flick of his finger, he shattered the grand array.
The Primordial Insect Egg immediately tried to flee, but even the void had been locked down by Minghe.
Minghe reached out and grabbed, and in an instant, the Primordial Insect Egg flew toward him.
It shrank smaller and smaller until it finally landed in Minghe's palm.
Grasping the Primordial Insect Egg, Minghe moved and returned once more to the Blood God Palace.
Sitting cross-legged beneath the Enlightenment Tea Tree, Minghe faced the Primordial Insect Egg, which floated in midair after being sealed by countless restrictions.
At this point, the Primordial Insect Egg could be said to have fallen completely under Minghe's control.
"Phew!"
Minghe took a deep breath, then slowly exhaled. After adjusting himself, he began forming hand seals and refining the Primordial Insect Egg through Body Seizure.
As streams of magic power seeped into the egg, it trembled continuously.
It was instinctively resisting and rejecting Minghe.
But it was useless. As Minghe's magic power penetrated the egg, he discovered that it had not yet produced a true consciousness.
Its true consciousness had yet to condense and take form, so at most, this insect egg could only be considered half a life.
Minghe also discovered that what the egg was nurturing was indeed the Blood-Winged Black Mosquito.
Having realized this, Minghe changed his hand seals again. This time, along with his surging magic power came Minghe's divine sense.
Minghe sent his divine sense into the insect egg, imprinting it layer upon layer.
He branded every aspect of the egg with his own mark, thoroughly transforming it into a part of himself.
Even its consciousness was occupied by Minghe's divine sense—or rather, his primordial spirit.
This way, once the insect egg hatched, the life it birthed would become one of his avatars.
Minghe silently refined the Primordial Insect Egg.
Thus, time flowed on, and in the blink of an eye, an unknown amount of time had passed.
The time for Zixiao Palace's second lecture was drawing ever closer.
Minghe had successfully refined the Primordial Insect Egg, replacing the consciousness within it with his own.
Once the egg hatched, it would become one of Minghe's avatars.
Meanwhile, Minghe continued refining the Blood Sea.
And while Minghe was refining the Blood Sea, the system's notification suddenly rang out in his mind one day.
"Ding! It has been detected that Dijun has successfully deduced the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array. The second great war between the Witch Clan and Demon Race is about to erupt. The host may make one of the following choices."
"Choice One: Assist the Demon Race. Reward: one drop of Three-legged Golden Crow Essence Blood."
"Choice Two: Assist the Witch Clan. Reward: one drop of Pangu's Essence Blood."
"Choice Three: Take this opportunity to sneak into Pangu Hall and steal the Heart of Pangu. Reward: the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Technique."
"Choice Four: Ignore this matter. Reward: one Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation."
Hearing the system offer an unprecedented four choices, Minghe could not help but feel tempted.
Enter Pangu Hall and steal the Heart of Pangu. This choice had appeared twice already.
Could it really succeed?
Calm down. Analyze it calmly.
Minghe's expression twisted with hesitation. After a while, he still shook his head.
The Heart of Pangu.
Pangu's heart was simply too high-level. With his current strength, even if he brought it back, he probably would not be able to use it.
After all, a single drop of Pangu's Essence Blood could nurture an ancestral witch.
Then how terrifying would Pangu's heart be?
Minghe doubted whether he could even make it before the Heart of Pangu.
"Alas."
Minghe sighed and silently said to the system, "System, I choose Four."
There was no way he could participate in the war between the Witch and Demon Races.
What was more, this battle between the two races would likely feature a clash between the Great Zhou Heavenly Stars Array and the Great All-Heavenly Evil Spirits Array.
How could Minghe's little body dare to go there?
What if Pangu's True Body appeared and split him in half with a single axe strike?
That would truly mean body and soul alike being destroyed.
The Witch and Demon Races were now the overlords of the era. Let alone himself, even the Three Pure Ones, three brothers who were all Quasi-Saints, would absolutely not dare involve themselves in the war between the two races at this time.
As Minghe made his choice, the reward was quickly issued.
It was another Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation. With this one included, Minghe had now collected two fragments.
Like the previous fragment, this one was merely a fragment. It contained no laws and could only assist cultivation.
Minghe merely glanced at the fragment before putting it away as well.
Minghe continued refining the Blood Sea.
After some more time passed, the great battle between the two sides that Minghe had long awaited finally erupted.
Taiyi rang the Chaos Bell again and again. To Minghe, its chimes sounded like funeral bells.
No one knew how many members of the Witch Clan and Demon Race would die in this battle, or how many innocent beings of other races would be dragged into it.
It would also inflict enormous destruction upon heaven and earth.
No wonder Hongjun would come out to rig things at the final moment.
For one thing, Hongjun wanted to control this Tribulation of Calamity, ensuring that the Witch and Demon Races both suffered losses and fell from the stage together.
Rather than allowing one side to win and truly become the sole overlord of heaven and earth.
For another, Hongjun intended to achieve Merger with the Heavenly Dao. Naturally, he had to handle such matters as maintaining the order of heaven and earth.
Minghe did not care about any of that. Whoever had the bigger fist had the final say.
Wasn't he also hiding in the Blood Sea instead of going out?
That was because his fist was not big enough. He could not defeat Hongjun, much less the Heavenly Dao.
Otherwise, would he endure this humiliation?
The Witch and Demon Races were the same. Though they were the protagonists of the Tribulation of Calamity, they still could not defeat Hongjun.
Whatever Hongjun told them to do, they could only do.
This was the most fundamental and most brutally real law of the Primordial World: survival of the fittest!
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