Houtu Offers Underworld Deity Positions, the Witch-Humans as Protagonists? (Two Chapters Combined into One...

The Netherworld Realm, on the banks of the River of Forgetfulness.

Houtu and the Saints who had come at her invitation sat around a small table, discussing matters. Gungun, meanwhile, hugged a bucket of beast milk and sat alone beneath a large tree nearby, quietly admiring the scenery within Reincarnation.

The River of Forgetfulness and the Flowers of the Other Shore before it had been immensely famous in the world it had lived in before transmigrating, but it had never seen them since its arrival here. Now, it finally had. As scenery went... not bad!

"Slurp~" With that thought, Gungun took another sip of beast milk and swallowed it, a contented look spreading across its face.

Unlike that thoroughly relaxed fat bear, the Saints discussing matters nearby all wore grave expressions.

"Junior sister, congratulations on attaining primordial unity. But you openly defied the Dao Ancestor's decree. This... may well invite disaster!" As the foremost of the Three Pure Ones and, like Houtu, a descendant of Pangu, Laozi spoke with some concern.

Yuanshi and Tongtian both nodded. Indeed, openly defying the Dao Ancestor's decree was no small matter. Although none of the brothers wanted to see the Witch Race become the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, the witches were descendants of Pangu, after all, sharing the same origin as the Three Pure Ones. If possible, they did not want to see Houtu punished or the Witch Race suffer.

"Heh." Hearing Laozi's words and seeing Yuanshi and Tongtian nod, Houtu smiled and bowed her head slightly to them. "Thank you for your concern, senior brothers. But if I did not defy the decree, I fear I would be unable to leave even when the Witch Race faced trouble. Imagine being asked to remain imprisoned in your own Daoist Abodes forever, unable