Houtu had been worried that, now that Nine Li could no longer contend for the Human Emperor's Position, Chi You—with his fierce appearance and lack of popularity among the Human Race—might not be able to gather enough protagonist's fortune to become Human Emperor.
Yet now, Fuxi had delivered himself right to her door.
This really was... how had Gungun put it?
Just when you wanted to sleep, someone brought you a pillow!
"Heh." Houtu chuckled softly at the thought. The next moment, Fuxi, who had entered the Reincarnation Tunnel, was enveloped by the power of the law of reincarnation and sent into the world.
Thunder Marsh, in the Eastern Wastes.
This had originally been the territory of the tribe of Qiang Liang, the Ancestral Witch of Thunder. Ever since Qiang Liang had been... by Dijun during the War of the Liches...
Alas, after that, Qiang Liang's tribe had migrated with the other Witch Race tribes to the Ten Thousand Great Mountains in the Southern Wastes, leaving this place empty. Still, his tribe had occupied it for many years, so considerable traces of the Witch Race remained here, and even... blood.
Houtu had never reclaimed that blood. She had wanted to wait until Qiang Liang returned one day and could personally gather what his tribesmen had left behind. Now, however, it seemed to have another use.
On this day.
The Huayang Tribe of the Human Race.
"Hurry, work faster! The Youxiong Tribe in Zheng Land built a statue for His Majesty the Heavenly Emperor ages ago. They've been offering sacrifices for hundreds of thousands of years, while we're still dawdling here! You brats, haven't you eaten your fill or what? Do you want to suffer Heaven's punishment?!"
Leaning on a cane with one hand, the chief of the Huayang