Hou Yi Shoots the Suns!
A piece of information came from the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book.
Divine ability—Sky Splitting Cloud Piercing! (Perfected)!
Jiang Haofeng glanced at it without much concern. He already possessed this divine ability, and it was no weaker than Hou Yi's.
If Jiang Haofeng had been the one shooting down the suns back then, he could have brought them down as well.
The ten Golden Crows were ultimately just little fellows in the Golden Immortal Realm. Even with Di Jun's protective measures, True Sun Fire excelled at offense and killing, not defense.
With Jiang Haofeng's current late-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal strength, coupled with perfected Sky Splitting Cloud Piercing, shooting down ten Golden Crows would not have been difficult at all.
Whoever could shoot down Di Jun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, those two Golden Crows, would be truly capable!
Although Jiang Haofeng had already learned Hou Yi's divine ability, it was not as though he had gained nothing.
Low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure—the Heaven Shaking Bow!
Low-grade Innate Spirit Treasure—the Cloud Piercing Arrow!
After ten consecutive arrows, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book had finished simulating the spiritual essence of both Magic Treasures. From then on, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book within his mind could completely transform into the Low-grade Innate Spirit Treasures, the Heaven Shaking Bow and Cloud Piercing Arrow!
That was another great gain!
Then, mysterious light flashed across the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book once more, and Eastern Emperor Taiyi, with the Chaos Bell above his head, appeared within it as well.
However, the Chaos Bell above Eastern Emperor Taiyi's head was extremely blurry and impossible to make out clearly. At a glance, one could tell it was the Chaos Bell, but its precise appearance could not be seen.
There were three divine abilities. Two were exactly the same as those of the little Golden Crows, but both True Sun Fire and the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Method were perfected, on a completely different level from the little Golden Crows.
There was also the divine ability—Great Sun Golden Flame (Incomplete)!
Jiang Haofeng's eyes brightened slightly. One of the Four Great Chaos Primal Spirits, the Great Sun Golden Flame was the source of all fires!
Even incomplete, that divine ability could not be underestimated.
Perhaps it was useless for defense, but flames had never been meant for defense in the first place!
After that came the Chaos Bell, of which three percent of its spiritual essence had been simulated.
Yes, after such a fierce battle, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book had only simulated three percent of the Chaos Bell's spiritual essence.
Jiang Haofeng had long expected this. The Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book was merely an Innate Supreme Treasure. It could imitate Magic Treasures and divine abilities beneath the Sage level at astonishing speed, but for things above the Sage level, its speed was truly slow to the extreme.
Aside from the Chaos Bell, there was also the Emerald Light Two Principles Lamp, of which ten percent of its spiritual essence had been simulated. The Emerald Light Two Principles Lamp had only attacked once. Though it had gone all out and displayed all its mysteries, the time had still been too short, resulting in only ten percent being simulated.
Next, one mirror image after another appeared upon the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book: Di Jun, the twelve Witch Clan tribes, Kunpeng, Xi He, and so on...
All kinds of divine abilities appeared in Jiang Haofeng's mind.
After a moment, once he had examined all the spiritual essences, Jiang Haofeng roughly counted his gains. His greatest harvest from the Witch Clan was the seventh and eighth levels of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art. In other words, with his current cultivation method, Jiang Haofeng could already cultivate to the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm.
Besides that, there was the Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array. It was a Sage-level grand array, making it somewhat difficult for the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book to simulate. However, the Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array had existed for a long time, and in the end, it simulated twenty percent of its spiritual essence.
Still, this only served as a reference for Jiang Haofeng, allowing him to deduce other arrays from it. No matter how profound the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book was, Jiang Haofeng could not conjure twelve ancestral witches to form the array.
Even so, it was still immensely useful. If he had possessed the Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array as a reference when deducing the Myriad Fiends Slaughtering God Formation, the time required would have been greatly shortened.
There was also the divine ability Heaven Opening Earth Splitting. This strongest of the nine great martial arts divine abilities had been completely updated.
The divine ability was still Heaven Opening Earth Splitting, but it was no longer the Heaven Opening Earth Splitting of before. The strongest divine ability had become even stronger, advancing from the beginner stage to the major accomplishment stage!
Heaven Opening Earth Splitting was a genuine Sage divine ability!
Since it involved the Sage level, deducing it was somewhat troublesome. It had not yet reached perfection. Heaven Opening Earth Splitting at the major accomplishment stage could barely be considered Half-Saint level, but the Witch-Demon War would happen again. There would be opportunities to complete the divine ability.
Once he cultivated this divine ability to perfection, even without Sage-level power, he would be able to fight those above his realm. If his cultivation reached the peak of the Quasi-Saint Realm, this divine ability alone would let him contend for the position of the strongest beneath the Sages!
Aside from these, there were also the Primordial River-Luo Great Array and the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array. He had comprehended ten percent of each array's spiritual essence, greatly enriching Jiang Haofeng's foundation in arrays.
With that ten percent of spiritual essence, he could deduce quite a few corresponding battle arrays. They could not compare with Primordial Era killing arrays such as the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array and Primordial River-Luo Great Array, but they would still be first-rate grand arrays!
The supreme treasure River Diagram and Luo Book had each yielded ten percent of their spiritual essence as well.
In short, any methods displayed by the Witch and Demon Tribes, as well as any Spirit Treasures they had used, had been partially recorded to varying degrees.
One battle between the Witch and Demon Tribes had multiplied Jiang Haofeng's reserves several times over. With these spiritual essences, the Human Clan would only grow stronger in the future.
The Witch-Demon War was not a good thing for either the Witch or Demon Tribes, but for the Human Clan alone, it was a great blessing. Jiang Haofeng had already begun looking forward to the second battle between the two tribes.
Jiang Haofeng immediately began cultivating in seclusion, digesting the gains from this battle. Of course, it was not a death seclusion. He continuously kept a strand of divine sense focused on the Human Clan's situation.
At the same time, at Mount Sumeru in the west, the place where Spirit Mountain would stand in the future!
Daoist Jieyin and Daoist Zhunti sat facing each other, gazing at the Primordial Era World before them.
Daoist Zhunti said with some emotion, "The Witch and Demon Tribes actually possess such foundations. Fortunately, they were forced to reveal them this time. Otherwise, if you and I encountered them, we would likely have to spend some effort dealing with them."
Jieyin nodded slightly. Both the Witch and Demon Tribes had successively unleashed Sage-level power, which had truly startled him.
"The two of us made forty-eight great vows to become Sages. We must make the Western Teaching flourish, and only by fulfilling all forty-eight great vows can we secure our Sage positions."
"If the Western Teaching is to flourish, the Witch and Demon Tribes cannot remain. Their strength is too great, and the Witch Clan worships Great God Pangu, respecting no one else!"
"The Demon Clan worships heaven and earth, mountains and rivers, and the stars of Zhou Tian. Neither tribe will ever believe in the great path of our Western Teaching. If the two tribes are not destroyed, the west cannot prosper!"
Zhunti raised his head to look toward the Primordial Era World. The situations of the Witch and Demon Tribes entered his eyes, which were filled with indifference.
"Junior Brother has already provoked a war between the two tribes. The Demon Emperor lost his sons, and the great witch shed blood. Their enmity is irreconcilable. If we simply watch the situation unfold, both tribes will surely perish!" Jieyin said from the side.
"We must abolish the Sage-level methods of the two tribes. Otherwise, if they go to war, the damage to the Primordial Era World will be too great. The Primordial Era World is the foundation of the Western Teaching's development. We absolutely cannot allow the two tribes to ruin it."
"Neither tribe possesses actual Sages. They merely rely on the might of their arrays. It will not be difficult to break them!"
Zhunti's gaze flickered. An array was ultimately just an array. For the Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array, killing a single ancestral witch would cause the grand array to collapse on its own.
As for the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array, it drew upon the power of the Zhou Tian stars. As long as the starlight was cut off, it could be broken. There was no need to isolate all the stars; cutting off only a portion would leave the Zhou Tian stars incomplete and the grand array imperfect.
However, the Demon Clan also had Eastern Emperor Taiyi and the Primordial River-Luo Great Array. If the Twelve Capital Celestial Gods Array was incomplete, the Witch Clan would likely be no match for the Demon Clan.
Both grand arrays used the River Diagram and Luo Book as their foundation. The Primordial River-Luo Great Array required the River Diagram and Luo Book to evolve space and time, while the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array required them to draw upon the Zhou Tian stars. Without the River Diagram and Luo Book, both Demon Clan arrays would be crippled!
"Junior Brother may act as he pleases. If you need anything, simply inform your senior brother," Jieyin said from the side.
"It is only a small matter. Senior Brother can remain at Mount Sumeru and teach the disciples in peace. I alone will suffice!" Zhunti said with a smile.
"Good!"
After a while, Zhunti spoke again. "Senior Brother, after the Witch and Demon Tribes are destroyed, the protagonist of the Primordial Era World should be the Human Clan created by Nuwa."
"Blessed by the fortune of heaven and earth, the Human Clan will surely flourish and rapidly increase in strength. The Dragon, Phoenix, and Kirin Clans were once like this, and now the Witch and Demon Tribes are the same. If the Human Clan becomes too strong, it may become an obstacle to the Western Teaching's prosperity, just like the Witch and Demon Tribes today. Better to destroy the Human Clan's foundation while it is still weak and curb its development."
Upon hearing this, Jieyin looked toward the Human Clan's territory. In the south of the Primordial Era World, within a vast region, Human Clans stood one after another. At the very center was Central Phoenix Mountain, where the Human Ancestral Land was located.
Protected by the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array, currents of life, death, and creation surged within the array, while dense light of merit illuminated all directions. Even though the two were Sages, they could not see through it completely and could only vaguely sense some heavenly secrets.
The closer they approached the center, the more obscure the heavenly secrets became. As for the Human Ancestral Pavilion at the very center, it was shrouded in the light of merit and utterly impossible to investigate.
Jiang Haofeng had always believed that the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array of the Human Ancestral Land could not block a Sage's investigation, only that of Quasi-Saints. In truth, the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array also had an excellent obstructing effect against Sages, preventing even them from seeing clearly.
The Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array was, after all, Humanity Teaching's protective grand array, one of the most renowned grand arrays in the Primordial Era World. It had been personally laid down by the Grand Pure Sage, with the Creation Sacred Spring serving as its array core. Its power was naturally extraordinary.
Only Hongjun, Grand Pure, and Nuwa could see through the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array. The Grand Pure Sage was familiar with the array, while Sage Nuwa was familiar with the Creation Sacred Spring. The power of creation could not block Nuwa, and without that power, the array alone could not prevent her investigation.
As for Hongjun, it was purely because of his overwhelming strength.
The remaining four Sages were like viewing flowers through mist. They could see a little, but not clearly. In a sense, those four Sages had already been shut out.
As for the Human Ancestral Pavilion atop Central Phoenix Mountain, only Hongjun could see through it in the entire Primordial Era World. Once inside the Human Clan's barriers, merit blocked all observation. Even Sage Nuwa and the Grand Pure Sage could not investigate it.
Of course, Jiang Haofeng knew none of this. No Sage had personally told him whether they could clearly investigate the Human Ancestral Land.
"I fear Grand Pure Senior Brother may intervene," Jieyin said after pondering for a moment.
As soon as those words fell, Zhunti fell silent as well. The Human Clan was different from the Witch and Demon Tribes. There were no Sages behind them, and Nuwa's relationship with the Demon Clan was not particularly deep. Nuwa and Fuxi had originally been Innate Great Gods. Whether they were Demon Clan members depended entirely on whether Nuwa acknowledged it. Now that Nuwa resided high in Wa Huang Heaven, she clearly had no intention of involving herself in the Demon Clan's affairs.
But the Human Clan was different. Grand Pure Senior Brother had established Humanity Teaching to enlighten the Human Clan and had personally set up the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array to conceal the Human Clan's heavenly secrets. Taking action against the Human Clan would inevitably offend Grand Pure Senior Brother.
After pondering for a moment, Zhunti said, "The calamity is approaching. When it arrives, heavenly secrets will become chaotic, and even Sages will be unable to deduce them. At that time, I will make some arrangements and use the Demon Clan's hand to destroy the Human Clan's foundation."
"Once the Demon Clan is destroyed, Grand Pure Senior Brother will have nothing to say."
Time was not counted in the Primordial Era World. It flowed on endlessly, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand years passed.
A vast and ancient aura erupted from Jiang Haofeng's wooden hut. In an instant, the immense aura swept across all of Central Phoenix Mountain, and the phantom of a towering giant appeared in the void, its face identical to Jiang Haofeng's.
Zhisheng, who had been quietly cultivating nearby, froze. This was... the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm?
Immediately afterward, wild joy appeared on Zhisheng's face. Haofeng had broken through, becoming the Human Clan's first peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal!
A streak of golden light flashed, and Zhisheng appeared before Jiang Haofeng's wooden hut, waiting for him to emerge from seclusion.
Inside the wooden hut, Jiang Haofeng slowly opened his eyes. Mysterious light rose around him, and an unprecedented sense of power surged through his body. Every movement carried vast might.
Not bad!
As his comprehension of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art reached the eighth level, he gained a new understanding of the profound art and directly cultivated its sixth level to perfection, advancing to the peak of the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
Next came the seventh level of the profound art. Once he succeeded, his physical strength would rival that of a Quasi-Saint. He would become a Quasi-Saint mighty expert, honored by others as one of the Great Divine Powers.
By then, he would finally count as someone of note in the Primordial Era World.
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