After learning the causes and consequences of all this, Houtu could not help gaping in shock.
"So, as long as no one wants the Primordial World to be utterly destroyed, no one can possibly lay a hand on me!"
Houtu had truly never imagined that she would be so special.
She did not know whether to laugh or cry at this revelation.
"However, now that you have successfully achieved Dao Integration, Daoist Companion, there are still some matters with which I need your help."
Houtu grew serious as she spoke to Xu Tong.
Now, Xu Tong was a true Dao Integrator and no longer needed to worry about Hongjun.
Likewise, Houtu could now ask Xu Tong to help her.
"Is this about those Ancestral Witches?"
Xu Tong hardly needed to think before he guessed what was on Houtu's mind.
Houtu made no attempt to conceal it and simply nodded.
"Over all this time, I have gained a thorough understanding of the Six Paths of Reincarnation."
"But those elder brothers of mine lost their true spirits long ago. Under these circumstances, I wonder whether you could help me bring all of them back to life, Daoist Companion?"
A glimmer of hope involuntarily appeared in Houtu's eyes.
To Houtu, those Ancestral Witches were what mattered most.
If she had not wanted to revive them, why would she have remained alone in the Underworld for so long?
"All I can say is that I will do my best."
Xu Tong nodded, but he offered no guarantees.
Xu Tong knew full well that, as he was now, he simply could not accomplish such a thing.
After all, those Ancestral Witches had left no traces behind whatsoever. Under these circumstances, only Hongjun-or rather, the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World-would have the power to accomplish