But the demon and the witch had far more combat methods than Jiang Haofeng. At present, Jiang Haofeng had no divine abilities worth showing off. If he went up against them, they would probably tear him apart within ten moves.
Jiang Haofeng descended from the clouds. With a flicker of his body, he transformed into a boulder and stared fervently at the two combatants.
At the same time, the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book in Jiang Haofeng's mind lit up with mysterious radiance. The Heavenly Book slowly opened, its surface rippling with mystical light as the power of laws spread out. As time passed bit by bit, two blurry figures appeared within the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book.
One was a burly giant, while the other was a majestic male lion. They were precisely the witch and demon battling ahead!
The two fought for three months straight, the booms never ceasing. Distinct claw marks covered the Witch Clan warrior's body, while blood seeped from the lion's nose and mouth. Clearly, the witch's fists were not so easy to endure either.
Boom!
Battle intent surged in the burly witch's eyes. An indomitable will to stand beneath the heavens, to battle heaven and earth, swept forth. The witch's aura climbed higher and higher. With one punch, he sent the Golden Immortal Realm lion demon flying a thousand miles before it crashed heavily into the ground, making the entire earth tremble!
Roar!
A scorching aura spread out. A strange purple flame rose into the air and, in an instant, transformed into a raging inferno that swept across a hundred-mile radius centered on the Purple Lion. The blazing purple demonic fire formed a sea of flames over the ground.
It forced the charging witch back. Within the sea of fire, a streak of purple light cut through the void and fled into the distance!
"Don't run!"
The witch's eyes snapped open, and he immediately gave chase. With one stride, ten thousand miles of earth shrank to inches. Though the witch ran upon the ground, he moved as swiftly as lightning. One pursued while the other fled, and in the blink of an eye, both vanished from Jiang Haofeng's sight.
Jiang Haofeng looked at the devastated land before him, his heart filled with shock. As expected of the protagonists of this tribulation, the Witch and Demon Tribes were truly powerful. Though they were both Golden Immortals, they were not even on the same level!
Fortunately, he had the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book. Otherwise, rising to prominence would truly have been far too difficult!
At that moment, a clear image had already appeared in the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book within his mind. The witch and demon who had fought earlier were clearly visible in the image.
The witch held up the heavens with his head and stood upon the earth with his feet. His muscles bulged, and his surging blood and qi displayed the formidable strength of his physical body. His eyes were blood-red, and his earth-shaking battle intent to battle heaven and earth seemed ready to leap out of the image!
The purple lion demon's eyes were wide open, its bloody maw gaping as though it wished to swallow the witch before it whole. Its sharp claws glinted coldly beneath the sunlight, while purple flames rose around its body like a suit of flaming armor.
Jiang Haofeng's consciousness entered the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book. In an instant, several pieces of information flooded into his mind.
Witch Clan Nine Revolutions Profound Art, first four levels (simplified version)! (Note: the first level is complete, while the latter three are simplified versions.)
Witch Clan True Meaning of Battling Heaven and Earth (beginner)!
Divine ability: Heaven and Earth Manifestation (early stage)!
Divine ability: Star Chasing Moon Catching (beginner)!
Divine ability: Purple Crystal Demonic Fire!
Jiang Haofeng looked at the various methods before him, and his eyes immediately gleamed. As expected of the Witch Clan. They were truly wealthy and possessed so many divine abilities.
Jiang Haofeng immediately found a nearby cave, entered it, and began secluded cultivation to practice his newly acquired divine abilities.
One cultivation technique and four divine abilities. Other than the incomplete, simplified version of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art passed down by Great God Pangu, the rest were all formidable divine abilities. Once Jiang Haofeng mastered them, his combat strength would instantly soar severalfold. Among the Golden Immortals of the prehistoric world, he would be considered among the stronger ranks.
The Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book was an Innate Supreme Treasure that contained the Great Dao of Wisdom and could easily deduce cultivation methods. Jiang Haofeng was currently only a minor Golden Immortal, unable even to comprehend the laws of wisdom. If he wanted to learn cultivation techniques and divine abilities, he still needed the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book's help.
Without delay, Jiang Haofeng immediately began comprehending and cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
The Nine Revolutions Profound Art was the supreme mystical art passed down by Great God Pangu. It primarily cultivated the physical body and advocated breaking all techniques with a single force!
The technique had nine levels. The first corresponded to the mortal realm, the second to the True Immortal Realm, the third to the Xuan Immortal Realm, and the fourth to the Golden Immortal Realm.
Once members of the Witch Clan were born, their cultivation was already above the True Immortal Realm. They were innately blessed with top-tier foundations, so all witches could cultivate the complete first level of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art.
However, upon reaching the second level, the witches needed to comprehend it themselves. Unless one possessed exceptional talent, it was impossible to comprehend the complete mystical art, and one could only cultivate the simplified version. Yet even the simplified version was one of the finest mystical arts in the prehistoric world. Once mastered, it allowed one to dominate others of the same realm and left few opponents!
No more words were needed. He practiced as soon as he said he would. Under the guidance of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book, he began cultivating at once. Bolstered by the book's Dao essence, Jiang Haofeng learned at an astonishing pace.
In the blink of an eye, a hundred years drifted by. Endless spiritual qi poured into Jiang Haofeng's body. Tempered by the spiritual qi of heaven and earth, every muscle in his body became filled with power, while streams of crimson baleful qi gathered within him.
Jiang Haofeng opened his eyes and clenched his hand. The air in his palm instantly exploded, and invisible shockwaves echoed through the cave.
With his Golden Immortal cultivation as a foundation, as well as the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book, which excelled at imitation and learning more than anything else in the prehistoric world, Jiang Haofeng completed the first four levels of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art in merely a hundred years—the equivalent of over thirty thousand years in later generations. His body was now no weaker than that of an ordinary Golden Immortal Realm witch!
After cultivating the mystical art, Jiang Haofeng began comprehending the divine abilities once more. The Great Dao was difficult to cultivate, but methods were easy to master. With the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book's assistance, in less than a year, the Heaven-Battling Earth-Fighting Battle Intent had reached the beginner stage, Heaven and Earth Manifestation had reached minor mastery, Star Chasing Moon Catching had reached the beginner stage, and Purple Crystal Demonic Fire had been successfully condensed.
With these divine abilities to protect himself, Jiang Haofeng could now be said to possess a trace of self-preservation ability in the prehistoric world.
A hundred years later, Jiang Haofeng stepped out of the cave and entered the prehistoric world once more. His cultivation had not changed and remained at the early Golden Immortal stage, but his strength was now utterly different!
Jiang Haofeng looked at the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book in his mind, and lofty ambition flashed through his eyes. What a fine treasure! It truly deserved to be called an Innate Supreme Treasure capable of rivaling the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, Chaos Bell, and Immortal Slaying Sword Formation. Moreover, it was a support-type treasure. With it protecting him, he was bound to rewrite humanity's fate!
Gazing out across the vast, boundless prehistoric world, Jiang Haofeng's heart brimmed with ambition.
With one step, he instantly crossed ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers.
His speed far surpassed the escape technique he had comprehended from the goshawk.
Five Yuan passed in a hurry.
In the central region of the prehistoric world, a thousand heaven-measuring rulers south of Buzhou Mountain, a massive Witch Clan tribe was situated there.
Near the center of the tribe, Jiang Haofeng wore animal hides and bared his arms as he drank in a large tent alongside a group of Golden Immortal witches.
"Brother Jinlun, let me offer you a bowl. This is Dragon Blood Wine I have treasured for a hundred Yuan. It contains the blood of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal True Dragon. Drinking it will greatly benefit our witch bodies!"
A sturdy Witch Clan man held a large bowl and smiled at Jiang Haofeng.
"Cheers!"
Jiang Haofeng, using the alias Jinlun, did not hesitate. He clinked bowls with the man and immediately drained the Dragon Blood Wine in one gulp, drawing loud cheers from the Golden Immortal lesser witches throughout the tent.
The Dragon Blood Wine slid down his throat like scorching flames pouring into his stomach. Its blazing power instantly surged through Jiang Haofeng's limbs and bones, nourishing his body.
Jiang Haofeng had traveled north, walking and observing as he went. Along the way, he collected all manner of innate objects and learned various divine abilities and techniques. His gains had multiplied countless times over. He had encountered tens of thousands of innate living beings, and the breadth of his knowledge had increased by who knew how many times.
He had learned many things he had never heard before. For instance, the prehistoric world currently spanned thirty million heaven-measuring rulers in both length and width, with one heaven-measuring ruler equaling a total of six hundred and forty trillion miles.
It was said that this unit of measurement originated from an Ultimate Innate Spirit Treasure called the Heaven Measuring Ruler. The length of the prehistoric world had been measured using that ruler.
When Jiang Haofeng first heard this news, he was stunned speechless. Six hundred and forty trillion miles was equivalent to 3.2 light-years in later generations.
Jiang Haofeng had traveled for five Yuan, heading north all the way. He was still a thousand heaven-measuring rulers away from the place where he had first come into being.
He had known in his previous life that the prehistoric world was vast and boundless, but only now did Jiang Haofeng truly witness its immensity.
Unless one's cultivation reached the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm, it was best not to even speak of traveling the prehistoric world. It was simply too vast to traverse completely.
Only after truly understanding the prehistoric world's vastness could one appreciate just how powerful it was for a saint's single thought to reach every corner of it!
Before a saint, he did not even count as an ant.
Jiang Haofeng was currently in a tribe under the Houtu Tribe, governed by a Battle Witch. A Battle Witch was what they called a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.
This tribe had one Grand Unity Golden Immortal Battle Witch, over two hundred Golden Immortal lesser witches, two thousand Xuan Immortal witch soldiers, and five thousand True Immortal witch footmen.
It was an inconspicuous small Witch Clan tribe in the prehistoric world. Let alone the Twelve Ancestral Witches, even beneath a single great witch, there were nearly a hundred such small tribes.
Only after traveling the prehistoric world and witnessing the splendor of the Witch and Demon Tribes did Jiang Haofeng understand humanity's weakness.
If not for Nuwa, the saint, humanity as it currently existed could not stir even the slightest ripple in the prehistoric world.
"Brother Jinlun, I heard you defeated Brother Tianliang with a single punch. I want to spar with you!"
A Witch Clan man walked up to Jiang Haofeng and spoke with battle intent written all over his face.
"Sure!"
Jiang Haofeng did not refuse and immediately agreed.
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
"Fight!"
The surrounding Golden Immortal lesser witches immediately began jeering, and shouts rang out without end.
Jiang Haofeng had not spent these five Yuan wandering for nothing. At this time, the Demon Clan ruled the heavens while the Witch Clan ruled the earth. Witches were everywhere across the land. Over these five Yuan, Jiang Haofeng had encountered the Witch Clan more than any other race. He was more proficient in Witch Clan divine abilities than even orthodox witches.
That was how Jiang Haofeng had managed to fit in so well among the Witch Clan and mingle with the Golden Immortal lesser witches.
The two immediately went outside to an open area. The burly Witch Clan man raised a hand and said, "Brother Jinlun, my cultivation is one realm above yours. You make the first move!"
"Alright!"
Jiang Haofeng nodded at once. During his five Yuan of travel through the prehistoric world, his cultivation had improved considerably, advancing from the early Golden Immortal stage to the late Golden Immortal stage.
It sounded like only two minor stages, but at the Golden Immortal Realm, every minor stage was a new world. Two minor stages already represented a tremendous improvement.
After all, with the strength of a Golden Immortal, as long as one did not court calamity, one's lifespan was essentially limitless. Living through an entire tribulation was easy. A single tribulation lasted fifty thousand Yuan. Compared to such a long lifespan, these mere five Yuan truly were not long.
Furthermore, Jiang Haofeng's Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book had remarkable effects when it came to cultivating divine abilities and techniques. However, one's cultivation realm was the foundation of the Great Dao. The Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book could not do much there, and he could only cultivate step by step.
"Brother Wuliang, be careful."
Jiang Haofeng gave a warning, then activated Heaven and Earth Manifestation. His body instantly grew to ten thousand zhang tall, and a vast, ancient aura swept forth. Streams of blood-colored baleful qi gathered around Jiang Haofeng. This was the Witch Clan's strongest cultivation technique, the Nine Revolutions Profound Art!
By then, the Nine Revolutions Profound Art cultivated by Jiang Haofeng had already been completed. Over those five Yuan, Jiang Haofeng had seen countless witches. Among them were two who cultivated the complete Nine Revolutions Profound Art, and the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book had recorded it.
The stronger of the two was a Grand Luo Golden Immortal great witch. His mystical art was profoundly cultivated, having already reached the sixth level. At present, the complete cultivation methods for the first six levels of the Nine Revolutions Profound Art had all been recorded by the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book.
It was enough for Jiang Haofeng to cultivate all the way to the Grand Luo Golden Immortal Realm.
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