The next day, the Witch Race dispatched six Iron-Eating Beasts to pull the wedding carriage. Treading on auspicious clouds, they carried Quan Jiu to the Human Race Settlement to marry A Li.
Afterward, A Li joined his household, and the entire Witch Race celebrated for nine days. Rainbow divine light shone across heaven and earth, qilin appeared, and myriad beasts cried out in unison.
Nine days later, Quan Jiu and his wife were banished to the Southern Wasteland Miao Lands, accompanied by a group of Taicang Primeval Oxen and Nine-Colored Mystic Birds.
The Taicang Primeval Oxen had committed no wrong, so the Witch Race bestowed generous rewards upon them for relocating their clan territory.
As for the Nine-Colored Mystic Birds, returning to their ancestral homeland was their heart's desire. Thus, this itself was a generous reward!
After Quan Jiu and his wife were banished, the twelve Ancestral Witches set out with Witch Scribe Gungun and several Great Shamans, heading for Northern Sea Mount Youdu.
Then, through the Earth Emperor Seal, Houtu assumed the position of Earth Emperor, gained the Heavenly Dao's recognition, and took charge of the earth, enjoying its complete providence.
Boom! The sky trembled violently, and an enormous merit golden cloud appeared, drifting toward Houtu as she stood atop Mount Youdu.
Soon, the merit entered her body. In an instant, Houtu felt her formerly incomplete primordial spirit gradually becoming whole. Many things she had never understood before became clear at that moment, and she thought, No wonder Gungun advised me to let everyone rest and recuperate, accumulate virtue and do good, and govern the earth well over these million years, allowing all of Ten Thousand Clans to enjoy the blessings of our Witch Race. Without our realizing it, our Witch Race... has become entangled in so much karma?