Chapter 691

"Oh? Fellow Daoist, your Divine Abilities are vast, but thank you for your kind intentions!" Cheng Qin said.

He did not know this celestial deity very well, but their cultivation levels were roughly equal.

If even the Qilin King cannot handle it, what greater Divine Ability could I possibly have compared to the Qilin King?

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However, the loose cultivators wanted to avoid the Wu tribe and join the Qilin King's faction, but the Wu tribe had no intention of letting it rest there.

Now Zhu Rong displayed powerful Wu tribe battle techniques, already exposing the Wu tribe's greatest secret before everyone's eyes. The Twelve Ancestral Witches' faces were solemn, exchanging glances.

"Elder brother, what should we do now? Zhu Rong fights fiercely yet does not know how to restrain himself, alas!" Hou Tu said anxiously.

"Only by making their souls fly and spirits scatter can we utterly silence them!" Di Jiang said coldly.

"That is all we can do. Although they only know we possess powerful battle techniques, the Patriarchs might perhaps infer that we have obtained the Father God's Palace." Hou Tu said worriedly.

After the Twelve Ancestral Witches found the Pangu Palace, they obtained all of Pangu's inheritance, and even more, Pangu's heart, which in the future can nurture countless Wu tribe members, and will surely become a great clan contending for supremacy in Honghuang. But the timing is not yet ripe; they have not yet fully mastered the Pangu Palace. Hou Tu's greatest worry is that all forces are now targeting the Wu tribe.

If those Patriarchs learned that the Wu tribe had obtained the Pangu Palace, would they not go mad? Even if Pangu's will envelops, the Land of Divine Grace would become the greatest battlefield, and the calamity of destroying heaven and earth will inevitably descend.

A mere lair of a Chaos Demon God can arouse the covetousness of countless forces, let alone the inheritance of Pangu, the strongest of heaven and earth? Would they not stop at nothing for this?

"Never mind so much, elder brother. Later I will display the Candle Dragon Eye, making time here stand still for ten breaths. You display the Spatial Speed Divine Ability, and slaughter all living beings." Candle Dragon said.

Candle Dragon, the Time Ancestral Witch among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, is the most mysterious. Even the other Ancestral Witches have never seen him display temporal Divine Abilities.

The Candle Dragon Eye is the third eye on Candle Dragon's forehead, extremely powerful. But this eye is too heaven-defying; once opened, it must invert time and cause changes in heaven and earth. Using it once will inevitably cause massive depletion of the Candle Dragon's essence and qi.

Essence and qi may not be too important for cultivators of the Primordial Spirit, but for the Wu tribe who focus on body cultivation, it is utterly crucial. It corresponds to the primordial spirit power of Qi refiners, and is a symbol of lifespan.

"Good! Return to the ancestral land, then you shall enter the Father God's Palace to cultivate! Even so, I can only guarantee that most living beings will have their souls fly and spirits scatter. Like the Qilin King, celestial deities, Beast Kings, Bai Qi, and the strong ones of the Dragon Court, I can only make their physical bodies destroyed and souls severely wounded, but cannot make them utterly have their souls fly and spirits scatter. After that, it will be up to you." Di Jiang said.

Although Di Jiang is the Spatial Speed Ancestral Witch, with speed extremely fast and unmatched, he also cannot guarantee slaughtering all strong beings within ten breaths.

"Good! I control the earth's soil, Buxu controls the earth's gold, Jumang controls the forest's wood, Gonggong controls the rivers' water, Tianwu controls the sky's wind, Qiangliang controls the sky's thunder, Yue Zhi controls the sky's lightning, She Bi Shi controls the sky's air, Xuanming controls the sky's rain. We cannot let even a trace of remnant soul escape!" Hou Tu said.

Hou Tu is the most benevolent of the Ancestral Witches, but when it comes to the rise and fall of the tribe, she also has no choice but to become ruthless.

This is the Honghuang world, where the weak are meat and the strong eat. You are kind, others will just swallow you up.

Here there is no distinction of good and evil, only naked struggle. For survival, for the Dao, for treasures, for everything.

Bai Qi is still locked in fierce battle with Zhu Rong, all loose cultivators and beast clans are waiting for the Qilin King's awakening.

Everything seemed to have strangely quieted down.

On the Dragon Court's side, seeing Zhu Rong's powerful battle techniques, they fell into thought. The Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon had eyes shining, the remaining eleven Divine Kings were eager to try, and the Thirty-Six Killing Generals awaited orders in silence.

Just as the Twelve Ancestral Witches prepared to display their Origin Divine Abilities, burying all strong beings in this land, the situation on the scene suddenly changed.

"Roar! Mere demon, you also want to devour my Qilin King? Earth, water, fire, wind, the Qilin Dao!" The Qilin King roared loudly, his aura surging violently. Earth, fire, water, wind surged and rolled, forming a four-colored auspicious cloud that enveloped him.

A Qilin jade seal appeared in his hand, emitting profound Dao aura. One by one, four-colored runes flew from the Qilin seal, entering the Qilin King's skull.

Heng heng heng heng! As if the sound of burning rang out, three strands of black qi flew out in disarray from within the Qilin King's body, transforming into three illusory human shapes.

"Damn! Could this be the aura of the Ancestral Dragon? Are you perhaps the Ancestral Dragon's avatars?" The Qilin King roared angrily, but immediately denied his own thought, "Chaos Heart Demon, you are the heart-demons of the Chaos Heavenly Dragon, awakened in Honghuang! I never expected you to have such fortune, not dying in the Great Calamity of Opening Heaven!"

"Not bad, I did not expect you to still have some insight, not unworthy of being the King of Primeval Beasts. Surely you also obtained the inheritance of a demon god, otherwise how could you be so strong?" Among the three illusory shapes, the one in the middle spoke.

Heart-demons of the Chaos Heavenly Dragon? Could it be people from the Dragon Court? Are there still such strong ones in the Dragon Court? All Dragon Court strong ones felt doubtful. But thinking of the Dragon Emperor's schemes, they then felt relieved. Without the Ancestral Dragon's means, how could the Dragon Emperor dare to scheme against the Ancestral Dragon?

"Indeed it is you, hehe, the world all thinks the Primeval Qilin Cliff is the burial place of the Chaos Jade Qilin, but they do not know there is another place. I have searched for millions of years, and finally found it. Coincidentally, I need to refine the Four Cloud Avatars, lacking four demon heads, so I will take you to refine them! Qiankun Ding, gather!" As the Qilin King's words fell, he waved his big hand, and appeared beside the three illusory shapes, intending to seize them.

"Heart-demon Dao, formless and traceless!" The three illusory shapes instantly became formless, drifting to a distant place, escaping the Qilin King's control.

"Want to escape? I searched for so long, there is no heart-demon stronger than you, hehe!" The Qilin King coldly laughed, and suddenly behind the three illusory shapes appeared a vortex, inside the vortex was a world, the vortex's suction extremely strong, instantly sucking the three illusory shapes into it.

"Ah! Why is the Qilin King so powerful? What exactly is his Qiankun Ding, that supreme treasure? Why can it shatter space? Quickly flee, return to report to Your Majesty, this place is already beyond our control!" The eldest of the Nine Sons of the Heavenly Dragon, Qiu Niu, exclaimed in alarm.

The Dragon Court people felt fear in their hearts, secretly lamenting their ill fortune. First, the Carefree Wanderer Demon General threw the Dragon Court into heaven-shaking and earth-shaking turmoil, now another figure contemporary with the Ancestral Dragon has appeared.

Although the Qilin King is powerful, almost achieving Patriarch-level cultivation, compared to the Ancestral Dragon he is still not in the same league. A hair's breadth apart, yet like heaven and earth. Moreover, now the Patriarch strong ones are all hidden away, the Qilin King has become a figure who can dominate a region, and moreover he still holds the mysterious innate supreme treasure Qiankun Ding.

The Dragon Court people could not help but nostalgically recall the days when the Ancestral Dragon was present, when wherever the Ancestral Dragon's banner passed, none did not submit.

"Still want to leave? Kill! The Ancestral Dragon of antiquity letting me go was his greatest mistake!" The Qilin King roared angrily, and behind him the beast clans and all loose cultivators surged forward to slaughter the Dragon Court.

The Qilin King could have used Divine Abilities to slaughter all Dragon Court people in one fell swoop, but now he has captured the three Chaos Heart-demons and is fully focused on suppressing them, with no spare attention.

The great battle erupted again, the scene chaotic to the extreme.

"How... how did this happen?" Gonggong asked in astonishment.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches originally intended to display great Divine Abilities to slaughter all living beings, but the Qilin King suddenly awoke, erupted with divine might, and wanted to keep all Dragon Court people behind.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches also secretly rejoiced at this, waiting for them to suffer mutual losses, then it would be easier to clean up.

"Kill!"

Just as the Dragon Court people wanted to flee back to the Tianlong Mountain Range, the Qilin King led all strong beings in pursuit, launching a massacre against the Dragon Court's living beings.

The Dragon Court is also not easy to deal with; instantly blood flowed like rivers, corpses lay scattered across the wild, fighting until heaven collapsed and earth split. But among the Dragon Court there is no strong being able to contend with the Qilin King, gradually falling into disadvantage.

For a time, the living beings of the Dragon Court side died more and more, some had both form and spirit destroyed, some only left with souls, but all were taken by the Qilin King into the Qiankun Ding.

"Hahaha, excellent! So many souls, can refine a powerful demon-head. This time the Four Cloud Avatars will surely succeed, earth, water, fire, wind gathered together, my world can evolve into a complete heaven and earth. By then, I will be able to use worldly power to refine the Qiankun Ding, completely master it!" The Qilin King secretly rejoiced in his heart, seeing hope of attaining the Dao.

Four Cloud Avatars, namely refining four powerful demon-heads into avatars, each cultivating the Dao of earth, water, fire, wind. Four Clouds united, opening heaven and earth, this is the strongest Dao of the Chaos Jade Qilin, also the great Dao that failed to be cultivated in chaos back then.

The Twelve Ancestral Witches silently watched the battlefield, watching living beings fall one by one, watching Bai Qi and Zhu Rong locked in stalemate.

All living beings of the Dragon Court died completely, souls and flesh all taken by the Qilin King.

"Your Majesty's might! Your Majesty eternal, blessings myriad generations!" Cheng Qin knelt and said.

Cheng Qin knew the Qilin King's ambition. During the ancient three-tribe war, the Qilin King witnessed the Dragon Emperor's boundless might when establishing the Dragon Court, these years he also witnessed the Dragon Court's fortune, his heart surged long ago, also wanting to establish a Qilin state, seize Honghuang's fortune to achieve the position of innate sage.

All beast clans witnessed the Qilin King's divine might, and all followed Cheng Qin in kneeling, loudly singing praises of merit and virtue.

"Hahaha, please rise. Now is not the time to establish the Qilin state. When I accomplish that matter, we can then sweep across Honghuang Dadi, first exterminating the Dragon Court!" The Qilin King said. Then he looked at the still-standing loose cultivators, "Fellow Daoists, how about joining my Qilin state? You were previously in Honghuang Dadi with no foothold before coming here, why not unite as one, together avenge the extermination of your clan?"

The Qilin King is no longer the rough brute of ancient times.

After the three-tribe war, he learned the way of scheming, very good at grasping the hearts of living beings. He knows what the Beast King and celestial deity have in mind, after all they are kings of their forces, how could they easily consent to be inferior to others?

"Good! Rather than timid and fearful, better to be grand and magnificent!"

"Hahaha, two more mighty generals added! Now the Dragon Court only has the Dragon Emperor left with any fighting strength, but we cannot be careless. After establishing the Kirin State, refining the qi fortune supreme treasure, we began sweeping across the Honghuang Dadi." The Kirin King said. Suddenly, his eyes turned toward the distance, "Who is that? Able to oppose the Zu Wu?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty..." Cheng Qin told the Kirin King everything that happened after the Kirin King was invaded by heart demons and his soul corrupted, in detail, making the Kirin King solemn.

"I never expected this to be the true strength of the Twelve Zu Wu! Wu clan battle techniques, Pangu inheritance!" The Kirin King exclaimed. In his heart, however, he secretly thought, this battle is unavoidable.

Boom—

"Heaven Severing Fire God Whip, out!"

Accompanied by Zhurong's furious roar, the stalemate between Bai Qi and him was instantly shattered. The fire of separation surged like a tide, vast and mighty—this was the manifestation of the primordial fire Dao of Honghuang heaven and earth.

The Heaven Severing Fire God Whip is not a spirit treasure, but a primordial weapon forged by Zhurong according to Wu clan battle techniques, crafted by condensing the essence of fire's primordial source over millions of years.

He controls the primordial source of fire; his very presence with the fire of separation can already burn heaven and destroy earth. Now, wielding the Heaven Severing Fire God Whip, even the void seems about to be ignited.

Hiss—

The Heaven Severing Fire God Whip was like a fire dragon, coiling around Bai Qi's body, igniting the primordial godly qi within him. The sound of burning flesh rose and fell, and Bai Qi's great dragon-like primordial god body, eighth transformation, was also sliced by the whip's shadow.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend—save you first, then talk. Qiankun Ding, seize!" Seeing Bai Qi's formidable strength, his killing intent soaring to the heavens, actually able to contend with the Zu Wu Zhurong for a long time, the Kirin King felt a sudden urge to cherish talent. This man is undoubtedly a mighty general for conquering heaven and earth.

Just as Bai Qi was about to have his soul destroyed by the Heaven Severing Fire God Whip, a vortex suddenly appeared, and Bai Qi's figure vanished without a trace.

"Damn! You dare to be enemies with my Wu clan?" Zhurong originally intended to obey Emperor Jiang's command to slay Bai Qi, but was disrupted by the Kirin King, causing him to lose face completely, as if all his strength had been exerted into emptiness—extremely displeased.

Zhurong waved the Heaven Severing Fire God Whip, about to charge at the Kirin King.

"Hmph! I have no intention of being enemies with the Wu clan, but I suppose you won't easily let us leave either!" The Kirin King said in a deep voice, he is old and cunning, his mind clear as a mirror.

Before the Kirin King's words had finished falling, a strange aura enveloped the entire battlefield.

Only to see the Twelve Zu Wu all manifest their battle bodies, their forms flashing, and they surrounded the area from all directions.

A mighty power spread out, making all living beings feel as if facing a giant who had split heaven and earth, or as if facing the entire Honghuang heaven and earth itself.

This is the embryonic form of the Twelve Zu Wu Twelve Heavens Gods and Demons Great Array.

A monster with a human face and serpent body, entirely crimson like fire, opened one strange vertical eye on its forehead and muttered: "Eye of the Candle Dragon, inverting day and night, time stands still!"

In an instant, the entire Honghuang heaven and earth turned from daylight to darkness. During this strange transformation, Zhu Jiuyin seemed to have absorbed a mysterious force. This force overflowed from his Candle Dragon's eye, enveloping all living beings in the Kirin King's camp.

Time, strangely, came to a halt! Except for the space-speed Zu Wu Emperor Jiang and the time-stillness originator Zhu Jiuyin among the Twelve Zu Wu, everything else was frozen.

Space and time are one, indistinguishable.

Emperor Jiang appears as a yellow sack, red like cinnabar fire, with six legs and four wings, Hundun without facial features, his form strangely vanishing, leaving no trace.

In ten breaths, countless living beings had both form and spirit destroyed—Cheng Qin, the Primordial Azure Ox, the Beast King, Xique, and the heavenly gods' physical forms all perished, leaving only souls.

When Emperor Jiang sought to slay the Kirin King, the Kirin King's body actually surged forth a layer of protective power—this protective power is the power of the world, blocking Emperor Jiang's spatial blade from the outside. (End of chapter)