Chapter 17: Primordial Gods and Fiendish Beasts

A yuan of time passed in an instant; at this moment, Yunmeng Ze was shrouded by the barrier formed from the great array.

Outside, fiendish beasts ceaselessly bombarded the great array with divine abilities; at this moment, the great array was powered by the spiritual energy of Yunmeng Ze's water veins.

Even if the fiendish beasts attacked for several yuan meetings, it had no effect on everyone.

At that time, one only needed to release a batch of fiendish beasts inside, slay and purify them to fill the water veins.

It could be said to be inexhaustible and endless in use.

Moreover, the primordial gods outside the fiendish tide also noticed that the great array was blocking the fiendish beasts, and thus they attacked the fiendish beasts' main force with even greater vigor.

Furthermore, the fiendish beasts could not stop attacking the great array; as long as they ceased their assault, Qi would accumulate power and manipulate the great array to strike the dense areas of the fiendish tide.

This was unlike the primordial gods' attacks—although the distance was limited, the power was immense! After a stalemate of a thousand years, the fiendish beasts finally began to detour around Yunmeng Ze.

However, because Yunmeng Ze was too vast, the incessant fiendish tide was ultimately blocked by Yunmeng Ze.

At this moment, Yunmeng Ze was like a heavenly moat, cutting off the fiendish tide and impossible to cross.

This also caused a huge gap to appear in the fiendish tide continually gathering toward the north.

And this gap allowed countless living beings to thrive and prosper, preserving the sacred mountains and marvelous lands.

At this moment, the entrance to the Northern Continent.

Almost all the primordial gods present wore grim faces, watching endless fiendish beasts shore up from the sea mouth, when one could not help but say: 'Are we just going to watch like this?'

'What else can we do?' another primordial god replied.

'This is our home!' that person could not help but exclaim, voice filled with anger.

'Yes, this is our home!' a primordial god responded.

The one who answered had a gloomy countenance and a very dark expression; he was the outstanding among the Northern primordial gods, Kunpeng.

'But what can we do? Compared to the other continents, the Northern Continent is too barren.'

'There are too few powerhouses capable of deciding the outcome with a single blow, spiritual treasures are scarce, and we lack great methods.'

'The only race that could make a move in the primordial wilderness, the Xuanwu clan, has also suffered heavy losses.'

'Everyone, we are now powerless.'

Kunpeng's words were calm, but the pain within them was felt by all.

Precisely because the north is barren, spiritual opportunities are many, but most lie beneath ice and snow, in the deep sea.

It has never been a particularly habitable continent, yet those primordial gods who have managed to stay on this land all harbor deep affection for the earth beneath their feet.

'Everyone, since we have made up our minds, we should cut ties decisively; we will surely return in the end!'

Upon hearing Kunpeng's words, everyone fell silent and left the Northern Continent without further speech.

Kunpeng was right; they would eventually return, bringing back the fruits of their travels! Most of them entered the Eastern Continent, while only a few went to the Western Continent.

After all, the Eastern Continent has the most abundant spiritual opportunities.

They will go there to seize opportunities, accumulate strength, and leave behind a lineage of the Dao.

Then, they will embark on the journey home.

Yunmeng Ze

'Qi, when do you think we can get out? I always feel our current life is too decadent.'

Nüwa sighed.

Qi was also pondering this question; he too felt that the current life was too comfortable.

Since the great array was completed, there has been nothing to worry about; one only needs to proceed step by step.

Nowadays, she is either on the way to a banquet or playing in the marsh.

Nowadays, the world is not really suited for discussing the Dao in seclusion; she does not want to engage in those administrative chores, and she has no other hobbies.

Therefore, among the current five-person group, Nüwa is the most idle. The five-person group now: Di Jun is immersed in managing tribal affairs, vigorously developing water and wood, and planning the development of each tribe.

Taiyi is obsessed with creating techniques; wanting to move about, he takes the Chaos Bell out to slay some fiendish beasts, test its power, and improve the direction.

Fuxi and Qi are now close friends, spending all day together discussing arrays, music, and chess.

Fuxi often neglects sleep and food when researching array difficulties encountered in communication.

This often causes him to forget the outing invitation he promised Nüwa, resulting in her nagging him.

Qi is still alright, after all, his Dao Chang is under attack, so he still has to worry a bit.

Today's outing only involves the two of them.

Fuxi is researching arrays, while Taiyi went to test techniques.

Di Jun was supposed to come, but he was called away by the chief of a small tribe.

They said they had discovered some spiritual ore, and then they dragged Di Jun along for an enthusiastic field inspection.

Nüwa sat at the bow of the small boat, her idle fingers plucking lotus leaves.

Qi stood at the stern, answering Nüwa's previous question.

'At most one yuan meeting, anyway; the beast tide is already accelerating its movements.'

'In one yuan meeting, the fiendish beasts of the south should have all crossed Yunmeng Ze.'

Nüwa pondered a moment and said: 'In this calamity, the ground of the calamity is the Northern Continent; after this yuan meeting passes, the calamity of the Southern Continent will most likely be safely survived.'

'According to your earlier speculation, the fiendish beasts of the east and west continents will all enter the north within three yuan meetings.'

'Now the location of the calamity is clear; one side of the calamity is the God Rebels and the fiendish beasts; what about the other side? Has it not appeared yet?'

Faced with Nüwa's question, Qi felt somewhat helpless, but upon reflection, he realized he was an clear-eyed outsider, while they did not know those inner details.

Qi then explained: 'The other side has long revealed itself—it is us primordial gods.'

Nüwa was somewhat doubtful.

Seeing this, Qi added: 'Now, only we primordial gods can match the fiendish beasts' strength; the various tribes still lack this ability and are unfit to bear the calamity.'

'The myriad beings of the primordial wilderness are many, but most are vulgar commoners, unfit for great use.'

And the ferocious beasts and we innate divine sages are naturally opposed; their survival and evolution consume too much.

Furthermore, lacking spiritual intelligence, they know no restraint; their divine sense is obscured, they are out of tune with heavenly timing, and they cause excessive destruction to the primordial wilderness.

And we innate divine sages, born of heaven and nourished by earth, naturally owe a karmic debt to the primordial wilderness and heaven and earth.

Moreover, we also carry the qi of heaven and earth; when ferocious beasts destroy the primordial wilderness, it is destroying our cultivation.

Such things are useless to all beings of heaven and earth, and they ruin your cultivation; why keep them?

Furthermore, only the innate divine sages have the ability to resolve this disaster.

Facing Qi's explanation, Nüwa asked, 'Is there no way for them to coexist?'

Hearing this question, Qi felt that Nüwa was somewhat overly naive.

Of course there is, as long as the ferocious beasts behave themselves and reach a certain strength, sacrificing themselves a little to replenish heaven and earth, I would still be happy to see their presence.

Facing Qi's answer, Nüwa somewhat found it hard to believe the way:

Isn't this just livestock?

Yes, it's livestock; for these creatures lacking spiritual intelligence, except for being used to replenish the various qi of heaven and earth, they have no use to heaven and earth, so they can only be livestock, right?

And this is the fundamental contradiction between the innate divine sages and the ferocious beasts.

Upon hearing these words, Nüwa looked at Qi with an extremely unfamiliar gaze.

And Qi didn't care, continuing to drift on the water.

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