A Million Years Pass! The Second Witch-Demon War
Time flew, like a white horse glimpsed through a crack.
Ever since the Witch Race had been confined to Mount Buzhou by Dao Ancestor Hongjun,
the Demon Race's Quasi-Sage mighty figures, including Dijun, Taiyi, Fuxi, and Nüwa, along with its many Demon Gods, had traveled across the Primordial World.
They had done everything they could to help the living beings of the Primordial World recover their vitality.
Xihe, the Sun Goddess, had even gone to the Supreme Yin Star in person.
She had asked the Supreme Yin Goddesses Changxi and Wangshu to scatter Imperial Flow Essence over the Primordial World every sixty years, helping demon creatures cultivate.
Over the course of a million years, the lands of the Primordial World, whose inhabitants had been nearly slaughtered to extinction by the Witch Race, began to teem with life again.
And just as Ao Changsheng had expected, the Demon Race had contributed both people and effort over those million years.
As a result, the myriad races of the Primordial World had all given it their allegiance, with nearly all of them choosing to join the Demon Race and the Heavenly Court.
By the end of those million years, the Demon Race's strength had also recovered to its former level and even advanced further, surpassing the peak it had reached before the Witch Race's slaughter.
The moment the million years were up, the barrier Dao Ancestor Hongjun had set around Mount Buzhou silently dissipated.
In the next instant, the Witch Race, which had chafed under confinement in Mount Buzhou for a million years, charged straight at the Heavenly Court under the Twelve Ancestral Witches' leadership.
The Witch Race had been waiting for the million years to end so it could break free of the seal.
But on the other side, the Demon Race had been just as eager for the million-year term to end, hoping to wash away its past humiliation with the Witch Race's blood.
"Kill!"
"Kill these demon brats!"
The Great Witches, whose strength rivaled that of Daluo, led hundreds of millions of Witch clanspeople in a frenzied charge toward the Heavenly Court, shouting as they went.
At the very front of the Witch army, the Twelve Ancestral Witches stood in the air, gazing from afar at the magnificent heavenly palace atop Mount Buzhou.
And at the battle formation of hundreds of millions of demons arrayed before it in the sky.
"Sure enough, those demons have had a million years to catch their breath." Dijiang's face darkened as he looked at the hundreds of millions of demons in the formation.
At the same time, he grew even more resentful of Hongjun, who had imprisoned them for a million years.
"Form the formation!" Dijiang roared at once.
There was no need to exchange a single insult. The Witch Race and the Demon Race were already mortal enemies who would never rest until one side was dead.
Without the slightest pause, the Twelve Ancestral Witches formed their formation. The Great Dao trembled, and all manner of awe-inspiring phenomena blotted out the heavens and the sun.
Once again, that majestic giant appeared in the Primordial World, the stars above his head, standing tall between heaven and earth.
"Ha!"
With an enraged roar, the majestic giant planted his feet on the earth. Without any other movement, he raised a hand and sent his fist crashing toward the demons of the Heavenly Court.
"Hmph!"
"Do you think this is still a million years ago?"
Before the hundreds of millions of demons of the Heavenly Court, Dijun stared coldly at 'Pangu' and growled, "Set up the Zhoutian Star Formation!"
"Yes!"
Hundreds of millions of demons shouted as one, their voices shaking the heavens.
Banner after banner waved in the hands of the demons, while ten-thousand-zhang star banners flew out above the heads of the Daluo Demon Gods.
A full three hundred and sixty-five enormous ten-thousand-zhang star banners blotted out the heavens and the sun, while hundreds of millions of star banners waved, sweeping across the vast void.
Countless silver runes poured from the star banners, forming one profound array after another in the surrounding void.
Great arrays enclosed smaller ones, each linked to the next, until they formed a single enormous formation diagram.
At the very center of the diagram stood none other than the two Quasi-Sages, Fuxi and Kunpeng. Holding Dijun's spiritual treasures, the River Diagram and Luo Book, they jointly directed the entire formation.
Boom!
A tremendous beam of light suddenly shot straight from the array into the sky, piercing through boundless space and entering the starry sky of the Primordial World.
In the next instant, Xihe waved a great sun banner on the Sun Star, and boundless power burst forth from the eternally unchanging star.
Meanwhile, on the Supreme Yin Star, Nüwa waved a Supreme Yin banner, controlling the star's power.
The powers of the two supreme stars, the sun and the supreme yin, shone together in answer to one another. In an instant, countless stars in the Primordial World's sky blazed with immeasurable starlight.
The radiance of the two supreme stars carried with it the immeasurable starlight of three hundred and sixty-five primordial stars, as well as hundreds of millions of stars.
A pillar of light containing the power of the Primordial World's starry sky descended from the heavens and intertwined with the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation before the Heavenly Court, merging into it.
In the next instant, the great formation formed by the entire Demon Race transformed into a world, enveloping 'Pangu' and the whole Witch Race.
"Where is this?"
"Where are those demon brats?"
The hundreds of millions of Witch clanspeople seemed to be standing amid the stars of the cosmos, surrounded by countless glittering stars, yet not a single demon could be seen.
"Hahaha, Dijiang, surely you didn't think the Witch Race was the only one in the Primordial World skilled at formations! When it comes to formations, my Demon Race surpasses your Witch Race a thousand, ten thousand times over."
"Today, I'll show you the Demon Race's Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation, and avenge the slaughter of my race a million years ago."
Dijun's voice echoed through the vast starry sky. The deep hatred in it threw many of the Witch clanspeople into a panic.
"Die!"
As Dijun's murderous shout rang out,
the hundreds of millions of stars in the endless sky around them began to move. Trailing long tails behind them, the stars resumed revolving around the Witch Race.
A splendid, magnificent scene slowly unfolded before the Witch clanspeople, but not one of them could appreciate it now.
Endless pressure bore down on them from the surrounding stars, squeezing the countless Witch clanspeople until they could barely move.
Hundreds of millions of brilliant rays of starlight burst forth at once, shooting out from the starry sky like a painted scroll.
Every ray that landed among the Witch Race was accompanied by a savage roar, and as hundreds of millions of rays rained down, the Witch Race suffered devastating casualties.
"You're courting death!"
The Twelve Ancestral Witches, who had transformed into 'Pangu's' true body, flew into a rage at the sight.
They immediately swung a fist capable of destroying everything at the starry tableau, tearing apart the starry sky along its path.
The entire star-filled space shook, and the hundreds of millions of stars trembled, looking as though they might shatter at any moment.
But then, an incomparably majestic sun slowly emerged from the enormous tableau.
Its immense size rivaled 'Pangu.' True Sun Fire blazed fiercely around it, and at its center, the illusory figure of an enormous three-legged golden crow roared.
The golden crow cried out, and the turbulent star-filled space immediately stabilized.
"Twelve Ancestral Witches, today is the day you fall." Dijun's domineering voice rang out from the center of the enormous Sun Star, and the blazing sun crashed toward 'Pangu.'
"Ha-!"
As though sensing the Twelve Ancestral Witches' fury, 'Pangu's' face twisted savagely. Two beams of blood-red light shot from his eyes, and his enormous body suddenly moved.
He stamped his foot, and the newly stabilized star-filled space shook again. Dense cracks appeared in the void with 'Pangu's' movement.
His fist, capable of destroying everything, struck the enormous Sun Star, sending it flying hundreds of millions of li away and covering it in a web of cracks.
But in the next instant, a bell rang.
Eastern Emperor Taiyi had appeared at 'Pangu's' side at some unknown point, the Chaos Bell in hand.
With the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation's inexhaustible spiritual power supporting him, Eastern Emperor Taiyi drove the Chaos Bell with all his might.
One peal of the bell after another smashed into 'Pangu.'
Though they vanished in an instant, cracks appeared all over 'Pangu's' body.
Meanwhile, Dijun, who had been sent flying by 'Pangu,' also had the support of the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation.
He swiftly recovered and continued to charge at 'Pangu.'
Within the brilliant starry tableau around them, primordial stars emerged one after another.
Under the control of the Daluo Demon Gods, they plummeted toward the Witch Race's formation.
"Die!"
Among the Witch Race, a savage-looking Great Witch wielding a shield and battle-axe stepped forward, meeting the falling primordial stars head-on.
With an enraged roar from Xingtian, the descending primordial stars were split in two one after another, dissolving into specks of starlight.
Nine savage snake heads shot out in succession from the Witch formation, growing rapidly until each was nearly as large as a primordial star.
They crushed and tore apart nine primordial stars in succession, specks of starlight spilling from the corners of Great Witch Xiangliu's savage snake heads' mouths.
At the same time, arrows streaked past at his side, more dazzling than the stars in the sky, piercing and shattering the primordial stars.
In the Witch battle formation, the resolute-faced Great Witch Hou Yi held a ten-thousand-zhang bow. The arrows that pierced the primordial stars had been fired by him.
Those conspicuous feats also made him a thorn in the side of the surrounding demons, and primordial stars came crashing down toward him one after another.
Boom!
A wooden staff swept past the Great Witch, smashing an approaching primordial star to pieces. Great Witch Kuafu drew back his peachwood staff and stood guard at Hou Yi's side.
One Great Witch after another stepped forward among the Witch Race, displaying their unparalleled combat strength as they smashed and destroyed the primordial stars.
But...
The scattered specks of starlight gathered and took shape again within the distant starry tableau. Almost instantly, the destroyed primordial stars were restored one after another and came crashing down again.