At that moment, Houtu recalled Lin Tian's complaints about Nuwa refining stones to mend the heavens.
She immediately made the Pangu True Body Phantom lower its head and look at Primordial Heavenly Venerable, then said in an even tone:
"You caused such a disaster, and you think you can settle it by dying?"
"It won't be that easy."
The three Heavenly Dao Saints-Crown Prince Lord Lao, the incarnation of the Crown Prince Good Corpse who had already reached the Kunlun Mountain Domain, and Cult Leader Tongtian and Lady Nuwa, who were in the Thirty-Three Heavens-
Together with the mighty figures of the Primordial World who had been watching the battle all along, they all froze upon hearing Ancestral Witch Houtu's words.
What?
The Ancestral Witches weren't going to slaughter Primordial Heavenly Venerable outright this time?
Just as they had hacked apart the two Heavenly Dao Saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, last time.
Could it be...
That the Twelve Ancestral Witches wanted to suppress Primordial Heavenly Venerable instead?
That was clearly impossible.
As a Heavenly Dao Saint, Primordial Heavenly Venerable exercised the Dao on Heaven's behalf.
His divine status was incomparably exalted.
No seal could possibly seal away an existence like him.
Surely the Twelve Ancestral Witches couldn't maintain the Twelve-All-Heaven Baleful God Formation at every moment and use the Pangu True Body Phantom to seal and suppress Primordial Heavenly Venerable.
That was clearly impossible.
Besides, Primordial Heavenly Venerable wasn't alone.
He had his elder brother, Crown Prince Laozi, and his third brother, Cult Leader Tongtian, both of whom were also Heavenly Dao Saints.
Whether out of affection or reason, those two Heavenly Dao Saints would never stand by and watch the Twelve Ancestral Witches seal Primordial Heavenly Venerable away.
If the Twelve Ancestral Witches joined forces to kill Primordial Heavenly Venerable,