The Battle Ends in a Stalemate! Yaochi Travels the Primordial Wilderness!

"Rumble!"

High above in the ancient starry sky, once the Twelve Ancestral Witches had set up the Twelve Heavenly Gods Grand Formation, Dijun and the other experts gave them no time to catch their breath. Leading over three hundred Demon Race experts, they activated the Zhou Heavenly Star Grand Formation and launched an attack.

Both grand formations possessed terrifying might, and now they clashed without holding anything back.

Countless stars were reduced to ash in an instant, and the endless void across hundreds of millions upon millions of miles shattered and split apart.

Even the mere aftershocks of the two ancient formations reduced countless beings from both races beneath the void to dust before they could even scream, leaving not a bone behind.

That was what made the two ancient formations so terrifying.

After all, either one on its own possessed destructive power comparable to a Peak Quasi-Sage, and unleashed at full force, it was even more formidable.

The two ancient formations gathered their might again and crashed fiercely into each other once more!

Two dazzling beams of light collided with a thunderous crash in the void, neither giving way!

Beneath the radiance of those brilliant stars, boundless light burst forth, nearly blinding everyone.

Suddenly, the whole world fell silent.

It was a deathly silence, oppressive and crushingly heavy!

There was no thunderous rumble or loud explosion as imagined. They simply froze in place, then, as if the two forces had canceled each other out, everything returned to calm without warning.

No one had expected the three hundred and sixty-five stars to return once more to the depths of the starry sky.

And before that happened, Pangu's physical body, standing in the void with its feet planted on the earth and the heavens upon its back, also cracked apart inch by inch, dissolving into specks of starlight that scattered away.

The entire Primordial World seemed stunned.

The experts who had witnessed the entire battle all gaped, staring open-mouthed at the changes taking place above the starry sky.

"Pfft!"

"Cough, cough, cough!"

The sudden sounds broke the world's silence and pulled them back to their senses.

Dijun, Taiyi, and the other Demon Race experts, as well as the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the other Witch Clan experts, had all suffered grievous injuries. When the formations dissipated, they suffered the backlash and were sent flying backward, each spitting out a mouthful of Essence Blood in midair. Coughs and ragged gasps rang out, and the experts' spirits flagged.

The clash between the two great ancient formations had ended in an even match, with neither able to claim victory.

Although the two races had lost the support of the ancient formations, their struggle did not stop.

The very next moment, they forcibly suppressed their injuries and looked up at one another. Forming Hand Seals with both hands, they prepared to fly forward and fight again!

They would not stop until one side was dead!

"Boom!"

At that very moment, a spatial rift suddenly appeared in the void, high above the endless starry sky.

Two small figures were the first to step out of the rift.

Lin Yunji recognized them at once. They were none other than Haotian and Yaochi, the boy and girl who had guarded the entrance to the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall in the chaos!

As soon as Haotian and Yaochi appeared, they declared, "By order of our teacher Hongjun, from this day forth, the Demon Race shall govern the heavens of the Primordial Wilderness, and the Witch Clan shall govern its earth. Neither side may lightly provoke a conflict!"

Their voices were not loud, but they awed everyone into silence!

They had actually alarmed Sage Hongjun!

A Sage was actually going to intervene and put a stop to the dispute between the two races!

"..." Eastern Emperor Taiyi held the Eastern Emperor Bell aloft and raised his head slightly, his expression shifting. He opened his mouth as if to say something, looking unwilling to accept it, but Dijun, standing beside him, caught his arm.

He turned to look at his elder brother, and Dijun gave him an almost imperceptible shake of the head.

Seemingly to stop Taiyi from saying more, Dijun hurriedly stepped forward and bowed toward Haotian and Yaochi. "We shall obey the decree!"

His words naturally represented the entire Demon Race!

On the other side, the Twelve Ancestral Witches' killing intent still burned fiercely.

But Dijiang's gaze swept over the Witch Clan soldiers who had suffered such terrible casualties on the battlefield. He could not help sighing, and he too bowed. "The Witch Clan shall obey Teacher's decree."

With that, he waved to the Witch Clan warriors. "Warriors, come back to the tribe with me!"

And so, the great battle between the Witch Clan and the Demon Race, which everyone had thought would continue until one side was dead, began with the head of a tiger but ended with the tail of a snake when Sage Hongjun put a stop to it.

Dijun and Dijiang swiftly led their respective races away, bringing the great battle between witches and demons to a close.

The battle had been brutal, yet neither side had won.

The beings who had watched the battle could not help sighing with emotion, but they did not linger. Seeing the two races disperse, they too departed.

Lin Yunji stopped concealing himself and flew straight out of the shadows, landing before Haotian and Yaochi.

Lady Nüwa followed close behind, coming after him.

"Lin Yunji, fellow Daoist Lin! Lady Nüwa!" Haotian and Yaochi exclaimed together.

They had not expected to run into Lin Yunji here, and their faces were filled with excitement.

They were brimming with the joy of meeting an old acquaintance!

"Greetings, fellow Daoists!" Lady Nüwa naturally recognized them as well and nodded in greeting.

"Congratulations on the great progress in your cultivation!" Lin Yunji said after looking at Haotian and Yaochi.

When Lin Yunji had met Haotian and Yaochi during Sage Hongjun's first sermon, the two had only been Late-stage Mystic Immortals. Now, after tens of thousands of years, they had leaped into the Mid-stage Golden Immortal realm!

Though their progress could not compare to Lin Yunji's astonishing speed, it was still quite impressive!

Hearing Lin Yunji's congratulations, Haotian hurriedly said, "We must thank you for the Purple Heart Azure Firmament Fruit you gave us, fellow Daoist Lin! My sister and I could only make such progress because of it!"

"That's right!" Yaochi nodded repeatedly and said in a soft voice, "Ever since we took that divine fruit, we haven't needed to cultivate deliberately. We can feel our cultivation growing rapidly at every moment!"

"Purple Heart Azure Firmament Fruit?"

Hearing Haotian and Yaochi, Lady Nüwa could not help raising her brows in slight surprise. "The fruit borne by the Yellow Springs Azure Firmament Tree when the purple clouds dispersed?"

"According to legend, that divine tree stood between heaven and earth when Pangu created the world, reaching up to the azure firmament and down to the Yellow Springs. Through all the ages, there has only ever been one! An Innate Spirit Root! But it disappeared during the Dragon-Han Calamity in High Antiquity!"

"Its fruit is exceptionally rare. Not only can it increase one's cultivation, it can also make up for innate deficiencies in one's bloodline and origins!"

"Little Jade Bamboo, how did you get the fruit?"

"I picked it up!" Lin Yunji shrugged.

Lady Nüwa: "..."

Haotian and Yaochi: "..."

He picked it up... ah!

Could someone really pick up a divine fruit that was almost impossible to come across?

That joke was not funny at all!

It sounded completely fake, all right!

Still, everyone could tell that Lin Yunji was merely fobbing them off. He had no intention of revealing the fruit's true origins.

Since the person in question did not wish to speak, they did not intend to press him.

Yaochi changed the subject. "Fellow Daoist Lin Yunji, this is my first time leaving the chaos and coming down to the Primordial Wilderness. May I travel the Primordial Wilderness with you?"

Yaochi blinked her large, sparkling eyes, her gaze full of hope.

"Sure, of course you can!" Lin Yunji said with a smile.

"Little sister, if you want to travel the Primordial Wilderness, go and enjoy yourself! With fellow Daoist Lin accompanying you, I can rest easy! When the time comes, you can return to the Purple Treasure Firmament Hall with him!" Seeing Yaochi like that, Haotian knew there was no use saying more. After another thought, he agreed to her suggestion.

"Brother, what about you?"

"I must return first and report the battle between the witches and demons to Teacher!"