Chapter 84

In the 373rd year, 7th meeting, 17th cycle of the Demon Calendar, the Demon Emperor Jin Bing, representing the Equal Heavenly Court, made an agreement with the forefather witch Hou Tu.

One, Hou Tu will no longer participate in the alliances among the twelve forefather witches, and the many great witch tribes under Hou Tu's tribe will not go easy on the battlefield; from now on the entire tribe will start acting……

Two, after the Equal Heavenly Court defeats the Supreme Heavenly Court, Hou Tu will jointly establish the Cycle of Reincarnation Underworld with the Demon Emperor, overseeing the reincarnation of all spirits in the Primordial Wilderness, and by doing so weaken the uniqueness of the heaven-ordained human protagonist.

Three, Hou Tu promises to win over the Wu Clan in each forefather witch tribe whose thoughts are not yet completely twisted, in order to weaken the Wu Clan's strength and strengthen the Equal Heavenly Court.

As the price for agreeing to these conditions, the Demon Emperor also needs to preserve the lives of the eleven forefather witches and promise to treat the Wu Clan impartially as well.

Neither may they take revenge on innocent Wu Clan members, nor may they excessively oppress the Wu Clan populace as Di Jun's Heavenly Court once did.

But our current disadvantage is real; objectively acknowledging that the enemy's strength surpasses ours is necessary.

"Give you two cycles time to rest and recuperate; after two cycles I will personally oversee the battle—this fight, we must ruthlessly kill several Golden Immortals of Shouyang Mountain!"

"Since the enemy is strong and we are weak, we cannot harbor a 'quick victory' theory; we should engage in protracted warfare as much as possible, dragging out time, dragging out development—anyway the enemy uses the 'Heavenly Devil Self-Destruction' tactic of blowing themselves up; the longer we drag it out, the weaker they become, while we grow stronger."

Hou Tu's heart was fluttering with gossip, but even though she could hardly keep a straight face, she still agreed to your request, planning to return and do her best to win over her younger sister.

"But you hesitated a moment, then asked Hou Tu to also bring Xuan Ming over to our side."

"And you quickly returned to the Demon Emperor's Palace, found the celestial officials still criticizing Xuan Du for accepting the Wu Clan's local specialties, and announced to them your alliance with Hou Tu."

Di Jiang sat in the middle, while the other eleven forefather witches stood to his left and right.

"I don't care what ulterior motives you have, but now our Wu Clan faces a life-or-death danger; in this battle we have no retreat."

"When the balance of strength flips, that will be the time for us to launch a strategic counteroffensive—the Solar Star Lord will die, and the eleven forefather witches will be captured."

"The new Wu Clan will abolish the original tribal independence system, pursue equality together with all races, and faithfully obey every command of the Equal Heavenly Court!"

Under the twelve forefather witches are the many great witches of the twelve tribes, heads hung low, spiritless—why? Simply because we've been losing badly……

"The celestial officials' faces instantly lit up with joy—if we could really recruit some Wu Clan members as actors and spies, the pressure on the front lines would be much lighter!"

You recall that when the human court of your past life was about to collapse, you clearly had her and Fuxi take refuge in Nüwa's Heaven, but the stubborn Xuan Ming refused to leave, and only after Fuxi begged a sage to intervene was she forcibly taken away.

In the 374th year, 2nd meeting, 4th cycle of the Demon Calendar, the Great Witch Hou Yi and the Taiyi Star Lord joined forces with 100,000 troops to attack the Western Wilderness, while the Demon Emperor countered with the True Phoenix King and many Demon Race Golden Immortals.

The forefather witches were instantly speechless, and the great witches below lowered their heads even further……

"The celestial officials nodded firmly; they had absolute confidence in victory—this confidence came both from their strategic analysis and from their faith in you……As long as you stand with them, even if there is no place to bury the dead, they will never waver."

"Great Chief, ten thousand victories!"

……

As time passed bit by bit, the war between the two heavenly courts was constantly ongoing.

All crimes will be thoroughly settled!

"Big brother, look what you're saying! It can't be me, can it?"

Another faction, led by Hou Tu, advocates equality for all races; although they cannot yet defect, as soon as the Equal Heavenly Court gains any advantage over the Supreme Heavenly Court on the battlefield, Hou Tu will immediately lead her people to defect!

The Solar Star Lord also blames me for eating from both sides, taking Zhongzhou yet still unsatisfied, and demanding fifty bags of heavenly treasures and earthly riches from Shouyang Mountain……

So far, over three hundred Golden Immortals of the Heavenly Court have been captured, nearly fifty already—no wonder the Solar Lord curses……

You smiled to soothe them, then grew solemn and announced the future strategic direction: Our Equal Heavenly Court is now thriving, while the Solar Star Lord and the Wu Clan's misguided actions are gradually undermining their foundations—one wanes, the other waxes, and our army will surely prevail.

At the foot of Mount Buzhou, inside Pangu's Hall.

In your gratitude, Hou Tu left the territory of Shouyang Mountain……

Great Chief……no, Long Live the Demon Emperor's Majesty!

The great witches always run away fast each time, suffering no losses, but the star lords and demon commanders sent by the Heavenly Court, who get dragged in and captured, are many more!

The eleven forefather witches looked at each other……

In the 373rd year, 9th meeting, 2nd cycle of the Demon Calendar, the Great Witch Hou Yi and Xiang Liu led 100,000 troops to attack the Eastern Wilderness, while the Demon Emperor opposed them with the Kirin King and many human Golden Immortals.

In this battle Hou Yi suffered a crushing defeat, dragging Xiang Liu down with him, and the 100,000 Wu troops were captured again……

Impulsive? Indeed.

In this battle Hou Yi fled after defeat, while the Taiyi Star Lord was unfortunately captured, and the 100,000 Wu-Demon allied forces were captured again……

After the pact was sealed, Hou Tu prepared to leave.

Di Jiang looked at them with a grim face and spoke solemnly:

Shebi Shi, Jumang, Rushou and the other forefather witches all thumped their chests, expressing loyalty to elder brother Di Jiang:

Loyal! Faithful!

Di Jiang, however, sneered:

"Is that so? Then how come your underlings, the great witches, suffer defeat every time? Losses of troops and generals each round have left our twelve tribes' Wu populace with nine out of ten homes empty—all captured by that little flood dragon!"

In the 373rd year, 7th meeting, 20th cycle of the Demon Calendar, Xuan Du, acting on the Demon Emperor's orders, confronted Great Witch Hou Yi; after a fierce battle, Xuan Du defeated Hou Yi, captured 100,000 Wu troops, and the Equal Heavenly Court's morale soared!

The witches all trembled, quickly sat upright and shouted:

"Yes!"

"Someone among you has betrayed me."

Di Jiang gazed at his eleven brothers and sisters with a dark look, and after a long while spoke:

Now that the pact is sealed, the Wu Clan formally splits into two factions: one led by Di Jiang and the eleven forefather witches dreams of enslaving all races by force, dominating the Primordial Wilderness, and recreating the scene of a single clan's supremacy from the primordial three‑clan era.

What's more absurd is that every time the Wu Clan joins the Heavenly Court in a joint attack, they are the first to collapse, and when the Wu Clan falls, the heavenly troops can only follow suit.

Indeed, since the campaign to seize a third of the Northern Wilderness, the Wu Clan's battle record has worsened, great witches defeated and fleeing, Wu troops captured repeatedly, sent off in batches of 100,000, until each tribe is nearly emptied!

People gave them the nickname: 'Wu Hundred Thousand'.

Red‑haired Zhurong burst out laughing at the time:

Blue‑haired Gonggong also laughed, saying:

"Big brother, you know me—if I were to defect, I'd have already gone to Shouyang Mountain!"

So, our strategy henceforth should focus on defense, avoiding large‑scale battles with the enemy as much as possible so as not to waste our manpower pointlessly—our main tactic is to drag things out!

And you at most have only seven or eight yuan hui of seniority, whereas someone like Xuan Ming has hundreds or thousands of yuan hui—uh……

But... after all, we were husband and wife; in this life you really don't want to let her be humiliated by being captured, even though in this life she doesn't recognize you, nor does she like you...

Houtu stared, shook her head, indicating that her younger sister was always prone to impulsiveness, completely unlike herself who is easy to talk to, every day excitedly discussing with her brothers how to divide the land of Central Province...

You repeatedly asked Houtu to sway Xuanming; after a while, Houtu's gaze toward you changed, she seems quite curious what mental state this demon emperor of yours is in.

And Houtu's gaze was obscure.

(End of chapter)