Primordial Era: If I remain in Longevity Mountain, I will steadily attain sainthood.

Chapter 90 An Irresistible Force

The ten little golden crows that flew across the sky were Di Jun's offspring. Originally, Di Jun had sealed these ten little golden crows with a restriction and placed them on a Fusang tree in Tang Valley of the East Sea, so that they could learn to control their own solar true fire.

However, Zhunti seized the opportunity, blinded the ten little golden crows, and released them, thus creating the scene of ten suns in the sky.

Countless living beings were burned to ashes and their souls were destroyed by the true fire of the sun showered down by the ten golden crows.

This naturally created immense karma. However, the calculation of cause and effect karma in the primordial world does not fall on Zhunti.

Although it was Zhunti who deceived the ten little golden crows, this was the final result.

However, the way Heaven calculates karma is based on the karma created by the ten little golden crows, so the karma will only fall on the ten little golden crows.

And the demon race's heavenly court, which is closer to these ten little golden crows, thereby diminishing the demon race's heavenly court's fortune.

Furthermore, since Zhunti himself is a sage, he is not bound by karma and is also skilled in the art of karma.

The cause and effect of these ten sudden events were even less related to them; everything was to be borne by the ten little golden crows and the demon race's heavenly court.

However, Zhunti would not allow all ten little golden crows to perish, otherwise, the karma of the ten suns appearing in the sky would not be able to fully affect the demon race's heavenly court.

Therefore, he will leave one or two golden crows alive. If Di Jun wants to protect his son, he will have to exchange the fortune of the demon race's heavenly court for it.

It can be said that the ten suns that appeared out of nowhere, as well as the subsequent events of Kuafu chasing the sun and Yi shooting down the sun, were all filled with Zhunti's scheming.

Otherwise, with the strength of Kuafu and Da Yi, dealing with these ten little golden crows would have been a piece of cake.

How could Kuafu possibly be burned to death by ten little golden crows when Yi shot down ten little golden crows?

All of this was precisely what the sage had calculated without omission.

No matter how deep your cultivation is, if you don't reach the Hunyuan realm, you are ultimately just an ant.

And everything that followed was exactly as the script had predicted. Kuafu made the first move, but the damage caused by the ten little golden crows did not meet Zhunti's expectations.

Therefore, Kuafu was killed by the ten little golden crows.

In the end, when Da Yi finally took action, he could only shoot down nine of the little golden crows. When it came to the last one, Di Jun and Tai Yi arrived in time to stop him.

Unlike before, Da Yi was also killed, and Taiyi absorbed the essence of him and Kuafu into the innate gourd he obtained from the gourd vine.

Later, this gourd became the Immortal-Slaying Gourd, and it displayed its power during the Investiture of the Gods, but that's another story.

Although Zhunti orchestrated all of this, he was unaware that a pair of eyes had been silently watching him from beginning to end.

In the Netherworld, within the Palace of Reincarnation.

This is Houtu's Daoist temple. Although Houtu has become a Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal, she is not invincible in the prehistoric world.

After an agreement with the sages, a rule was established that neither the sages nor the Primordial Golden Immortal, Houtu, could personally participate in this great calamity.

Houtu then established a Daoist temple in this Netherworld to cultivate, while also guarding the Six Paths of Reincarnation and presiding over this realm.

In this Netherworld, her strength will be even greater. Apart from Hongyun, no other saint who enters the Netherworld will be her match.

The one secretly watching Zhunti's actions was Houtu, and beside her was another person, Zhen Yuanzi.

At this moment, Houtu stared at Zhenyuanzi speechlessly.

Zhen Yuanzi was somewhat embarrassed and put away the Hunyuan Gourd in his hand. This Hunyuan Gourd was Hongyun's second treasure for proving his Dao.

It was lent to Zhen Yuanzi for use.

Houtu shook her head and said, "So, even taking away the true spirits of those nine little golden crows was something Hongyun asked you to do?"

It turns out that Hongyun gave Zhenyuanzi this gourd so that he could use it to collect the true spirits of Kuafu and Da Yi.

For the witch clan, when they perish, their true spirit dissipates, meaning they are annihilated in both body and soul.

Unlike other living beings, they do not have a soul or spirit, nor can they be reincarnated.

For the Wu tribe, death is truly death.

However, this is only the general case. Hongyun has studied this aspect and understands that the true spirit of the Witch Clan can dissipate.

However, if their true spirits are collected within a very short period of time after the fall of the Witch Clan, it is possible.

And to preserve their true spirits forever.

That's why Hongyun told Zhenyuanzi to bring the Hunyuan Gourd to Houtu in order to collect the true spirits of Kuafu and Da Yi.

However, besides that, Hongyun also managed to get Zhen Yuanzi to collect the true spirits of the nine little golden crows.

Upon hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi smiled and said, "It was just something I did on the spur of the moment."

Houtu listened but said nothing more, only sighed and said, "After this ordeal, the Great Tribulation is even closer."

Zhen Yuanzi nodded, echoing the sentiment, "It's good that it's closer; the sooner we get there, the sooner we can have some peace and quiet."

The two exchanged a glance, and Houtu nodded, saying, "Yes, it's better to get there sooner."

"However, Zhunti dared to break the agreement and harm my great shaman of the Wu tribe. I cannot let this go unpunished."

Zhen Yuanzi asked, "What do you want to do?"

Houtu's eyes flashed, but she shook her head and said, "It's not the right time yet. Let's wait until the great calamity is over before we deal with him."

"Um."

Zhen Yuanzi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Tell me what you want to do first."

Houtu paused for a moment upon hearing this, then nodded slightly.

As expected, the fortune of the demon race's heavenly court was ruined after this incident. Nine out of ten sons died, and Di Jun could not bear to let the last one die.

The only solution is to transfer the karma on his body to the entire Demon Clan Heavenly Court, using the fortune of the Demon Clan Heavenly Court to offset it.

However, this leaves Di Jun and Tai Yi, who originally had some hope of reaching the Hunyuan realm, with only one path left.

That is to fight the Witch Clan. Only by defeating the Witch Clan and becoming the sole overlord of heaven and earth can we regroup our immense fortune and help them break through to the next level.

But is this really possible?

Both Dijun and Taiyi seemed to have foreseen the outcome; the situation they feared most had come to pass.

A sage has intervened in the great calamity.

The purpose is obvious: to kill them! Not only them, but probably the twelve ancestral witches of the witch clan as well.

In this great calamity, what the saints want is not for the demon race to win, nor for the witch race to win, but for both to lose.

But even knowing this, what could they do?

If one cannot become a unified whole, then one is but an ant.

How can ants have a choice?

Di Jun sighed again, closed his eyes, and said to Taiyi, "Let's go see the Empress."

"Your Majesty?" Taiyi asked in confusion.

"Although Her Majesty won't help us, she is still the saint closest to us. Our chances of winning this battle are probably very slim, so..."

Di Jun paused for a moment, then said, "I'd like to send Xiao Shi to the Empress, so that at least some of our clan's bloodline can be preserved?"

"Big brother."

Taiyi was surprised to hear Dijun say such a thing, but he clenched his fists and didn't know what to say.

Could it be that with the Chaos Bell and the Zhou Tian Star Array, I am certain to win this great battle?

That's something only the ignorant and fearless could say.

On the contrary, the higher their cultivation level, the more they know that sometimes the trend of the times is irresistible!

Under the grand scheme orchestrated by this sage, they were utterly powerless to resist.

(End of this chapter)