Simultaneous travel: I am proving the great way in the heavens.

Chapter 567 Defying the Heavens! I, Luo Fu, will become the Thirteenth Ancestral Witch! What divine position will I be granted?
Although I understand that strength is the foundation of everything.

But Luo Fu also had some concerns at this moment and had to figure things out first.

Although the Witch Clan is very powerful, it is undeniable that they are a race destined to decline under the general trend of Heaven.

This is even less than that of the demon race, after all, the bloodline of the witch race can be said to be directly inherited from the great god Pangu.

If Luo Fu were to actually agree to Haotian's request and collect the fragments of the Ancestral Witch's spirit from the ruins deep within the Heavenly Court, then he would become the new Witch Clan after the end of the Lich Calamity, a Witch Clan that could be considered the thirteenth Ancestral Witch.

Things are different now than before. The tribulations of Journey to the West have, to some extent, already marked the beginning of the Dharma-ending Age.

Even if Luo Fu possesses principles and truths that do not belong to the Three Realms, if he were to assume the identity of the Witch Clan, who knows if he would be discarded after being used?
Even if not now, what about in the future?
Even with the backing of shared spaces, Luofu can't just become a mere appendage that benefits from the shared spaces while hindering their progress, can it?

At least until he truly finds himself, has the opportunity to prove himself and become a saint, and has little room to utilize the Three Realms and even the Heavenly Dao, Luo Fu does not want to become a pawn.

After she frankly expressed her concerns to Haotian, Haotian unexpectedly showed a surprised expression, with a profound and unfathomable look in his eyes.

"Since the True Buddha has already established the True Wonderful Dharma Heaven and become the master of a world, enjoying great freedom and joy, why would he have such doubts?" Haotian smiled and said, "The Great Tribulation of the Witch and Demon is a great trend destined by the Heavenly Dao. The decline of the Witch Clan is not the Heavenly Dao's reckoning. It's just that the Witch Clan has repeatedly become a force that hinders the rise of the human race, the protagonist of the world, which is why they have fallen into such a miserable state. As for the True Buddha, he doesn't need to have such doubts."

Luo Fu suddenly realized.

The decline of the Witch Clan was indeed driven by the forces of Heaven, but it was also partly due to the Witch Clan's own actions.

If the Lich Tribulation was a passive event, caused by the calamity's influence clouding the mind and robbing rationality, leading to the final, devastating battle, then the subsequent decline of the Lich Clan truly had little to do with the subjective influence of the Heavenly Dao.

The demon race was also one of the main protagonists of the Lich War, but afterwards, the demon race never suffered such a tragic end as the Lich race.

The reason is that the demon race did not actually defy the heavens afterward.

The Wu tribe is a case of incorrigible behavior. Even figures like Chi You from the Battle of Zhuolu, and even the First Emperor of the Qin Dynasty, all dreamed of revitalizing the Wu tribe.

It's no wonder that the Wu Clan has been repeatedly struck down by the forces of Heaven.

Even so, the Wu tribe has actually become closely integrated with the human tribe.

The existence of Chi You, the First Emperor, and even Luofu is enough to prove that the Wu tribe did not actually disappear completely.

Even if Luo Fu truly became the thirteenth Ancestral Witch, he would still be a Middle-level Buddha who opened up the Real Wonderful Dharma Heaven. Unless he had a sudden change of heart and, like Chi You and the First Emperor, attempted to revitalize the Witch Clan and defy the heavens, Luo Fu would not become a target of the Heavenly Dao.

In reality, whether or not one becomes a target of Heaven's will is not a matter of subjective choice.

During the Investiture of the Gods, the Tongtian Sect Leader never intended for his Jie Sect to be involved in such a divine calamity. However, under the impetus of the Heavenly Dao, the entire Jie Sect was swept away by the calamity.

Everything is destined, no one can help.

If Luo Fu truly collected the spiritual fragments of the seven Ancestral Witches and condensed them into seven Ancestral Witch incarnations, then even if he hid in the Real Wonderful Dharma Heaven, he would still be unable to escape being drawn into the calamity.

Since the beginning of time, the arrival of a great calamity has never meant certain death.

The Great Way is fifty, the Heavenly Evolution is forty-nine, and all things have a glimmer of hope.

Even in a great calamity like the Investiture of the Gods, as long as one can grasp the general trend of the Heavenly Dao, one can still escape the calamity even if one is in the midst of it.

In this respect, the Twelve Golden Immortals of the Chan Sect did a very good job.

The Investiture of the Gods is a calamity that kills gods and immortals, and even the Great Luo Golden Immortals cannot escape it. The only way is to actively accept the calamity.

However, the disciples of the Chan Sect found another way: to stop killing with killing, and to push their disciples into the calamity as well. As long as they survived their own calamity, they could send others to face their own and still pass through the calamity unscathed.

Even if one day Luo Fu truly becomes the protagonist of this calamity, he may still emerge as the ultimate victor.

Although supernatural powers cannot compare to destiny, the strongest method of proving the Dao among the Three Thousand Great Daos is to prove the Dao through force.

It must be admitted that even with the many blessings from Luofu in other worlds within the shared space, Luofu still lacks something in terms of temperament.

He went from being a mere ordinary person to a powerful being in the Three Realms, but in such a short time, he still hasn't been able to maintain the composure of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Now that he had realized the truth, Luo Fu immediately put his hands together in prayer, bowed, and said, "This humble monk thanks the Great Heavenly Venerable for his guidance. The Great Heavenly Venerable's words are like a wake-up call."

Changing the subject, Luo Fu said, "Great Celestial Venerable, please witness this humble monk's skills."

As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of mysterious light suddenly emanated from Luo Fu's body.

A burly figure strode out from the mysterious light.

This figure had two horns on its head, a human body with ox hooves, four eyes and six hands, with ears and temples like swords and halberds. In its six arms, it held six weapons: a halberd, a spear, a dagger, a bow, and an arrow.

How could Haotian not recognize such a figure? It was clearly Chi You, the warlord who once rivaled the Yellow Emperor.

Although Haotian knew that Luofu possessed an extremely powerful Wu clan bloodline, he never imagined that his Wu clan bloodline would reach such an unbelievable level.

To some extent, the Chi You that Luo Fu has split off at this moment is the product of the War Lord who once fought against the Yellow Emperor, whose spiritual fragments were collected by Luo Fu and resurrected once again.

He was a powerful figure from the Wu tribe who had died thousands of years ago.

The former warlord Chi You was Luofu, but the current Luofu is not the same warlord Chi You of the past.

As Luofu diverged, the incarnation of Chiyou emerged.

The next moment, it was as if the fragments of the ancestral witch's spirit within these ruins were drawn in.

One after another, illusory images of ancestral witches appeared, though they only flashed by and collapsed in an instant. However, Luo Fu was still able to discern the identities of these seven ancestral witches from them.

The ancestral witches are Jumang (wood), Rushou (metal), Qiangliang (thunder), Xizi (lightning), Tianwu (wind), Dijiang (space), Xuanming (ice), and Zhujiuyin (time).

Indeed, at this moment, the figures of eight ancestral witches have appeared here.

The images of the ancestral shamans Dijiang and Rushou are extremely incomplete, clearly indicating that not all of their spiritual fragments are present here.

The Ancestral Witches are special beings born from the combination of the Heavenly Dao's laws with the essence of Pangu's blood and the Earthly Fiend Qi. Their spiritual consciousness is inherently in a state of harmony with the Dao. It is precisely because of this that, after Hongjun Daozu preached in Zixiao Palace, countless guests in Zixiao Palace found the possibility of advancing beyond the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm. Even when some powerful cultivators advanced to the Quasi-Saint stage, the Ancestral Witches could still contend with them.

The ancestral witches, who are in harmony with the Dao to some extent, are the embodiment of the laws of Heaven.

Even if the Ancestral Witches perish, the Heavenly Laws they represent will not be damaged in any way.

At most, it simply adds another form to the Heavenly Laws symbolized by the Ancestral Witches.

But now, amidst the ruins of the Heavenly Court, the images of Dijiang and Rushou are incomplete, which is clearly not right.

Luo Fu didn't know what had caused this situation.

Regardless of whether Dijiang and Rushou perished during the attack on the Heavenly Court, since the Heavenly Court possesses fragments of their spirits after their deaths, the current situation should not have occurred.

Although Luofu did indeed know many ancient secrets due to its unique characteristics.

However, he was unaware that the reason why the spiritual fragments of Ru Shou and Di Jiang appeared so incomplete at this moment was actually due to the extremely powerful magic weapon in Lu Ya Dao Ren's hands, the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife.

After the Lich Wars ended, although both the Lich and the Lich were severely damaged and both races declined, the Lich suffered the greatest losses on the surface.

All twelve Ancestral Witches perished, and countless Great Witches also died in the Great Calamity.

On the contrary, the three-legged golden crow, the only one to escape from Hou Yi's clutches and the son of the demon Emperor Jun, gained a great advantage over the witch clan.

Not only did he use the spiritual means of witchcraft to create the Seven Arrows of Nailhead, which ranks among the Thirty-Six Heavenly Dipper Techniques, but the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife in his hand was also created entirely from the spiritual fragments left behind by Dijiang and Rushou, which made it such an incredibly powerful magic weapon.

To some extent, the so-called Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife is actually a cursed magic weapon.

Using the innate yellow gourd that grows on the innate gourd vine as a carrier, it contains the spiritual fragments of Dijiang and Rushou.

It is precisely because of the spiritual fragments of the Ancestral Witch of Space and the Ancestral Witch of Metal that the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife is so invincible, even capable of breaking through indestructible bodies.

However, Lu Ya Dao Ren was, after all, a demon. For him, although the Immortal-Slaying Flying Knife was incredibly powerful, each use of it came at a price.

Apart from Lu Ya Dao Ren, there are almost no magical treasures that require their owners to bow respectfully and offer a polite "please."

It's either "Please turn around, baby" or "Please turn around, baby."

This isn't using a magic weapon; it's clearly trying to curry favor with it.

Unfortunately, Lu Ya Dao Ren has now entered the Buddhist order, and his status within the Buddhist community is extremely special.

In a short time, Luo Fu had no opportunity to see the innate yellow gourd, and naturally he would never have guessed that the spiritual fragments of Di Jiang and Ru Shou would be taken away by the tenth prince of the demon race.

As for Luofu now, it can only collect the spiritual fragments of six Ancestral Witches, plus some incomplete spiritual fragments of Ancestral Witch Dijiang and Ancestral Witch Rushou.

But it was enough for Luo Fu to become an incarnation whose achievements surpassed those of the Great Witch, yet were not necessarily inferior to those of the Ancestral Witch.

As Luo Fu's Chi You incarnation let out a hearty laugh, the illusory image of the Ancestral Witch began to converge toward the Chi You incarnation as if being sucked into a black hole.

A fierce mental storm instantly swept across the ruins.

Sensing the speed at which Luo Fu's Chi You incarnation was collecting fragments of the Ancestral Witch's spirit, Haotian silently calculated and found the answer in his heart.

Based on the current speed at which the incarnations of Chi You are gathering information, it is estimated that within a few months at most, a great shaman comparable to Xing Tian will reappear in the world.

Among the Wu tribe, there is only one Great Wu whose strength is closest to that of the Ancestral Wu. That is Xing Tian, ​​who took on the responsibility of setting up the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation during the Wu-Demon Great Tribulation, replacing the Ancestral Wu Houtu who transformed into reincarnation.

Xing Tian, ​​as a great shaman, obtained the essence and blood of other ancestral shamans, becoming a terrifying being who was not an ancestral shaman but was comparable to one.

During the Lich War, Xing Tian was a terrifying being who could withstand Di Jun, and even after Di Jun cut off his head, he was still full of fighting spirit and launched a relentless attack on Di Jun.

This is not something that can be faked, like the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques such as head-repairing.

The "Head Regeneration" technique among the Seventy-Two Earthly Fiends can indeed prevent death even after the head is cut off, and may even allow a new head to grow, but that depends on who cut off the head.

Before a Great Luo Golden Immortal like Di Jun, or even a Quasi-Saint who surpasses the Great Luo Golden Immortal, his attack was not just about severing a head; it was about causing irreparable damage to the very foundation of a cultivator.

Even so, Xing Tian was still able to use his eyes and navel as his mouth.

Even if this happened to an Ancestral Witch, it would be quite explosive.

Now, if Luo Fu's incarnation of Chi You can truly collect the fragments of the Ancestral Witches' spirit here, he could even become an existence surpassing Xing Tian.

Even Chi You, who once rivaled the Yellow Emperor, was considered one of the best among the Wu tribes, but at best he was only a Great Wu, and even among the Great Wu, he was not considered one of the top.

Even with Chi You's strength back then, he would be considered top-tier in the current Heavenly Court.

Not to mention, Chi You, who is currently collecting the spiritual fragments of the eight Ancestral Witches, is merely an incarnation of Luo Fu.

As the Great Celestial Venerable of the Three Realms, Haotian now has to start thinking about what position to assign to Luofu in the Heavenly Court.

Luofu is, after all, a mid-level Buddha of the Western Paradise. If his rank in the Heavenly Court were too low, it would certainly not work, but if it were too high, it would be difficult to manage.

The Heavenly Court of today is not the makeshift organization it was before the end of the Investiture of the Gods. Some low-ranking positions are fine, but the high-ranking positions are filled by a specific person for each position.

Luo Fu's sudden emergence, whether due to his own strength, his status in Western Buddhism, or his special nature, meant that the position the Heavenly Court would assign to Luo Fu could not be something that a third or fourth-rank deity like a Star Lord could easily dismiss.

At the very least, Luo Fu should be given an honorary title that sounds prestigious and powerful.

The True Lord is clearly not suitable; he is too low-ranking.

Don't think that "True Lord" sounds impressive at first glance. In reality, this position in the Heavenly Court is almost equivalent to a third or fourth-rank Star Lord. The most typical example is Erlang Shen, whose title "Qingyuan Miaodao True Lord" is a third-rank position, but he doesn't have much real power. It's just a third-rank official position that sounds good. Even those of a lower rank can get the title of True Lord.

To bestow this title upon Luofu would be an insult to Luofu's strength.

(End of this chapter)