Do You Really Want to Come Back to Kunlun Mountain with Me!?

"What do you mean?"

Hearing Dijun's words, Taiyi could not help frowning again. His doubts remained.

Demon God Qijing had been struck down by Lin Yunji, his body and soul destroyed. How could that become a reason for the Demon Race to attack the Witch Clan?

"Second brother, think about it. If you and I join forces to cover this up and keep the truth from leaking out, who will know that Demon God Qijing was killed by Lin Yunji?"

"Then what if we make a great fuss over the matter and announce to all the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness that Demon God Qijing was killed by Ancestral Witch Houtu?"

With his hands behind his back, Dijun walked away from Taiyi, slowly returned to his throne, and lowered himself onto it.

He rested his head on his right hand, making no attempt to conceal the ambition and desire flickering in his eyes. Then the corners of his lips curled slightly, drawing a cold smile across his face.

Taiyi was taken aback for a moment. Then he clapped his hands and burst out laughing, his eyes shining. "Hahahaha! As expected of my elder brother! This plan is truly marvelous, marvelous indeed! In that case, if our Demon Race attacks the Witch Clan, we'll have a just cause for war!"

"Besides, if word of this gets out, the people of our Demon Race will surely hate the Witch Clan to the bone! When war breaks out, they'll fight all the more fiercely. You've thought of everything, brother. With you and me joining forces to hide the truth, who but Teacher Hongjun could possibly know that Demon God Qijing wasn't killed by Ancestral Witch Houtu?"

After hearing Dijun out, Taiyi's anger gradually faded.

It was not that he was no longer angry. He simply felt that there was a great deal they could make of this matter, and that using it might produce a marvelous effect instead. He could not help looking forward to it.

"Second brother, you're right. The Witch Clan knows nothing of heavenly principles and understands nothing of the Great Dao. They spend their days cultivating their own strength, so how could they part the mists and discern the heavenly secrets to discover that Demon God Qijing wasn't killed by Ancestral Witch Houtu? Even if they're falsely accused, they'll have no way to refute it!" Dijun could not help sneering repeatedly.

"Besides, there's no need to worry about Nüwa and Lin Yunji! They'd prefer to keep themselves out of this matter. Why would they say anything?"

At the mention of this, a sharp, cold light flashed in the depths of Heavenly Emperor Dijun's eyes, like a keen sword.

"As for the real killer, we naturally won't let him go!"

And so Dijun and Taiyi acted according to plan, joining forces to cover up the truth and obscure the heavenly secrets.

Then they summoned the beings of the Demon Race to prepare for war and launch a campaign against the Witch Clan.

A great war was about to erupt!

Meanwhile!

In the Primordial World, there was a lake beneath a mountain range.

Beside that lake, Lin Yunji and Lady Nüwa were walking side by side.

A gentle breeze blew across the lake and brushed their faces, making them feel wonderfully at ease. The lake's surface shimmered, and carp occasionally leaped from the water, their golden scales reflecting the sunlight-a sight of exquisite beauty.

"Little Jade Bamboo, you've been to my Mount Buzhou before, but I haven't visited the Kunlun Mountain where you live. Why don't you take me there for a look around?"

All of a sudden, Lady Nüwa stopped in her tracks, as though something had occurred to her. She turned and gave Lin Yunji a radiant smile, her tone almost coquettish.

"Hmm? Lady Nüwa, why do you suddenly want to visit my Kunlun Mountain?" Lin Yunji looked at Nüwa with a teasing glint in his eyes, but did not give her a direct answer.

Lady Nüwa's gaze wandered away from Lin Yunji. "I... I only... only heard that Kunlun Mountain has beautiful scenery, blessings everywhere, and abundant Spiritual Qi! You can even catch sight of immortal cranes there. It's truly a renowned grotto-heaven and blessed land of the Primordial Wilderness!"

As she said this, however, she seemed to be thinking about something else, her mind wandering slightly. Ling Yunji caught it in an instant.

How could Lin Yunji not know what Lady Nüwa was thinking?

She must have been worried that Heavenly Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi would attack him! And how could he possibly be a match for them? Nüwa was simply afraid that something would happen to Lin Yunji! That was why she wanted to stay with him all the way back to Kunlun Mountain. Once they arrived, the Three Pure Ones would protect him, and Dijun and Taiyi would naturally be wary of the Three Pure Ones and not attack him lightly.

"I'm not taking you!" Unexpectedly, Lin Yunji suddenly refused with a smile.

"Y-you... why won't you take me to Kunlun Mountain? I only want to have a look around!" Lady Nüwa stamped her foot in anger and gave a cold snort through gritted teeth, but still asked anxiously.

"If you truly wanted to come back to Kunlun Mountain with me and have a look around, of course I'd be willing! But how could I fail to see it, Lady Nüwa? You're just worried about me and want to escort me all the way back to the Kunlun Mountains and place me in Master and the others' care!"

Hearing Lin Yunji say this, Lady Nüwa knew he had seen through her thoughts, so she stopped concealing them.

She was truly worried, though, and sighed without trying to hide it. "Little Jade Bamboo, I am worried. Dijun and Taiyi are too powerful, and you're not their match yet. I can't stay by your side and keep you safe all the time. If something happened to you while I was away... I... I..."

Lady Nüwa stopped there, unable to go on for a moment.

"Lady Nüwa, why worry?" Lin Yunji smiled as well. His expression remained as serene as drifting clouds and a gentle breeze, without the slightest tension or a trace of fear. He even said confidently, "Just wait and see. Dijun and Taiyi have their hands full with the Demon Race's affairs right now. How would they have time to come looking for trouble with me? They'd be better off spending that time thinking about how to deal with the Witch Clan!"

He winked at Lady Nüwa and said rather playfully, "After all, don't I still have you behind me?"

"Even if you can't follow me everywhere, so what? If I invoke your name, Lady Nüwa, who wouldn't be wary?"

Hearing how much Lin Yunji trusted her, Lady Nüwa felt warmth fill her heart, and a smile appeared on her face as a faint sweetness spread through her. She stopped insisting, and her willow brows relaxed.

"Come on, I've thought of a place you're sure to like!" Lin Yunji suddenly said.

"Where are you taking me?"

"Somewhere very lively. You'll know when we get there!" Lin Yunzhi said no more, keeping her in suspense instead.

He beckoned to Lady Nüwa, and the two of them became a streak of rainbow light and sped toward the horizon.

This day was like any other.

Throughout the Primordial World, countless living beings were cultivating diligently, greedily absorbing the Innate Spiritual Qi of heaven and earth.

"Rumble!"

With a tremendous crash, the land of the Primordial Wilderness shook violently. Dark clouds churned overhead, as though doomsday had arrived. An immense pressure, seemingly from beyond ancient times, spread out and poured down from the void, bearing an overwhelming weight as it pressed fiercely upon the land of the Primordial Wilderness.

Countless beings between heaven and earth in the Primordial Wilderness, weak and strong alike, sensed it. They felt that all was fated in the Unseen, as though a great calamity were about to descend. Fear rose unbidden from the depths of their hearts, and for a time they were utterly panic-stricken.

They then formed Method Formulas and divined the heavenly secrets, only to find them vast and indistinct, impossible to see. All they could sense within them was a chilling, razor-sharp killing intent.

"Dong!"

A deep, ancient bell suddenly resounded between heaven and earth.

The bell's toll contained boundless heavenly might. It was as though that single peal alone had subdued heaven and earth, steadying the heavens and suppressing the land with an innate divine might.

"Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong! Dong!"

The bell rang out without pause, tolling nine times in succession.

Then a voice carrying boundless heavenly might came from the void.

"I am the Eastern Emperor of the Demon Race, and my name is Taiyi. My elder brother Dijun and I established the Heavenly Court together to command the Primordial Wilderness!"

"Yet now the Witch Clan, bloodthirsty, cruel, and tyrannical, not only drinks the blood and devours the flesh of our people, but has also slain Demon God Qijing, one of the ten great demon gods of our Demon Race, for no reason, destroying his body and soul!"

"Their evil deeds are boundless. Today we proclaim them to the world and call upon all living beings to join us in punishing them!"

"The cycle of cause and effect turns, and retribution never fails! Our Demon Race's Heavenly Court can no longer endure this, and will soon raise an army against them!"

Eastern Emperor Taiyi struck the Eastern Emperor Bell. Its sound was like thunder, shaking the world's living beings, its force like the might of heaven.

His words, fierce, forceful, and domineering, rolled down from the void and reached the ears of countless beings in the Primordial Wilderness, making their hearts tremble.

"Did I hear that right? The Heavenly Court is sending troops against the Witch Clan?"

"The Witch Clan and the Demon Race have been fighting nonstop for a long time. A bitter war was bound to come sooner or later, but now that it's broken out in full, we're the ones who'll suffer!"

"This is disastrous! All cause and effect in the world is fated. Could this be an Immeasurable Calamity? We shouldn't get entangled in the karma of those two races. We should enter seclusion at once!"

"..."

Hearing Eastern Emperor Taiyi's proclamation, the living beings of the Primordial Wilderness fell into a panic. Countless beings turned back to their cultivation grounds and hid to avoid being caught up in it.

"Rumble!"

No sooner had Taiyi's words faded between heaven and earth than twelve powerful presences suddenly surged forth, carrying boundless murderous intent as they rolled toward the Heavenly Court.