Primordial Era: I am a treasure trove, full of magical treasures.

Before the tragic scene of Kuafu transforming into a vast peach forest could fully settle in the sky, a roar, a mixture of endless sorrow, rage, and icy killing intent, exploded like a blood-red thunderbolt tearing the heavens apart, instantly sweeping across a radius of ten thousand miles at a speed exceeding the speed of sound!

"You beasts! You all deserve to die—!!!"

Before the sound waves even arrived, a dark red light, as blazing as a meteor yet carrying a chilling killing intent, pierced through the layers of space distorted by the Ten Suns True Fire and descended fiercely between the Ten Golden Crows and the newly formed peach forest! The light faded, revealing a figure as majestic as a mountain.

It was none other than the great shaman, Hou Yi!

He too was a thousand feet tall, but unlike Kuafu's imposing and robust physique, Houyi's figure was more lean and agile. Every muscle seemed to have been forged through countless trials, brimming with explosive power and perfect streamlined form. He was shirtless, his bronze skin covered with various hideous scars, like the most glorious medals. His face was resolute, as if carved by a knife and axe, and his eyes had now transformed into two abysses burning with ghostly blue soul fire, fixedly locked on the ten little golden crows in the air. The chill in his gaze even made the surrounding scorching air freeze.

Most striking was the bow in his hand. The bow was neither made of metal nor divine wood, but rather a strange bone, dark as congealed blood yet faintly shimmering with starlight. The bowstring was a strand of dark golden sinew, refined to its utmost, constantly emitting faint sounds like dragon's roar and phoenix's cry. This bow had no arrows, yet the naturally flowing aura of malevolence and Daoist principles caused subtle ripples to spread through the surrounding space, as if it could unleash a fatal blow that could pierce the universe at any moment. This was Hou Yi's natal magical treasure—the "Sun-Shooting Divine Bow"! Similar to Xing Tian's axe and shield.

"Another Great Shaman!" The Crown Prince's golden eyes narrowed sharply as he sensed the dangerous aura emanating from the strange bow and the terrifying killing intent emanating from Hou Yi, a peak Grand Luo Golden Immortal. For the first time, a strong sense of alarm and chill ran through him. This Great Shaman of the Witch Clan was different from the reckless barbarian from before; he was a true hunter, a formidable enemy with clear killing intent and a sufficient threat!

"You killed my brothers Kuafu, burned my Wu clan's homeland, and poisoned all the spirits of the primordial world... You feathered beasts deserve to die a thousand deaths, may your souls be scattered!" Hou Yi's voice was as cold as ancient ice, every word seemingly carrying a tangible killing intent. He slowly raised the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, his right hand lightly touching the bowstring. The powerful earth, metal, and a trace of strange "arrow" law's baleful aura around him gathered wildly, and the dark red bow suddenly lit up, like a ferocious beast awakening and opening its blood-red eyes.

"Arrogant! A mere Grand Shaman dares to utter such boastful words! Brothers, form the battle array and kill him!" The eldest prince roared, suppressing his unease. The ten brothers shifted their positions once more, and the "Ten Suns Across the Sky" formation instantly materialized. Dark golden pillars of destruction condensed again, even larger than before, and slammed into Hou Yi! They intended to take advantage of Hou Yi's unstable footing and use their strongest attack to completely annihilate this dangerous hunter!

However, Hou Yi made a move.

He didn't dodge, didn't parry, and didn't even look at the devastating pillar of fire. His entire being seemed to have merged with the bow in his hand and the ten blinding "targets" in the sky. Just as the pillar of fire was about to strike him—

"Buzz—!"

A strange, trembling sound, like the vibration of a bowstring yet also like a mournful cry from the void, resounded throughout heaven and earth! Hou Yi's figure blurred; his drawing of the bow was both incredibly fast and seemingly slow, as if imprinted on time itself. There was no physical arrow on the bowstring, but ten condensed arrows, each only as thick as a hair, yet containing Hou Yi's lifelong cultivation, the malevolent energy of the Wu tribe, and the full ferocity of the Sun-Shooting Divine Bow, vanished the instant the bowstring vibrated!

No, it didn't disappear, it was too fast! Faster than light, faster than thought, even... faster than the speed at which the "Ten Suns Across the Sky" formation spewed flames!

"Pfft!" "Pfft!" "Pfft!"...

A series of faint, almost negligible yet incredibly clear sounds, as if something was being forcibly pierced and annihilated, rang out almost simultaneously within the Ten Golden Crows formation!

"Ugh—!"

A piercing, sharp scream filled with endless pain and disbelief instantly replaced the previous arrogant cry, resounding throughout the universe!

The ten golden crows, which had been so arrogant just moments before, radiating terrifying heat, were now as if struck simultaneously by an invisible giant hammer, their massive bodies trembling violently! Then, a scene that would be unforgettable for all the onlookers unfolded:

From left to right, from the second prince to the youngest tenth prince, a transparent hole the size of a bowl, with smooth, mirror-like edges, instantly spread with countless cracks, exploded in the center of the chest of all nine golden crows! No blood splattered, because the flesh, bones, and even the core essence of the sun at the wound site were completely annihilated and disintegrated at the most microscopic level by the extreme baleful energy, law-breaking power, and soul-chasing characteristics contained within the "invisible arrow intent" the moment it entered!

The true solar fire surrounding them suddenly dimmed and became chaotic, like candles flickering in the wind. Those golden eyes, once reflecting destruction and arrogance, instantly lost all their luster, leaving only boundless pain, bewilderment, and… the ultimate fear of death. Their massive bodies froze in mid-air, and then, like shattered porcelain, began to crack and disintegrate inch by inch from the transparent hole, transforming into the purest points of light and scorching solar essence, mixed with wisps of lingering, mournful cries of departed souls, scattering across the primordial earth…

Nine days... and they all perished!

Only the eldest prince, positioned on the far left of the formation and the first to be "targeted," managed to, at the critical moment, rely on a sliver of his elder brother's awareness and instinct. Just as the arrow was about to strike, he frantically burned a portion of his Sun Star Lord's essence, condensing a dark golden natal protective mirror forged from fragments of the Sun Star Core at his chest! However, even so—

"Snap!"

The protective mirror only blocked the invisible arrow's intent for less than a fraction of a second before shattering! The arrow's momentum, still strong, pierced the Crown Prince's chest! However, due to the mirror's protection and a slight shift in angle, the arrow failed to obliterate his core, instead completely piercing and shattering his left chest and a small portion of his wing! The Crown Prince let out a deafening scream. His massive golden crow form instantly collapsed, barely maintaining its human shape. A terrifying, gaping hole in his chest allowed golden blood to gush out like a waterfall. His aura instantly weakened to its lowest point, like a spark in a storm, ready to be extinguished at any moment. His eyes were filled with boundless fear and lingering dread as he watched his brothers transform into a rain of light, his heart breaking with terror!

Silence! A deathly silence enveloped the airspace that had just experienced a series of explosions and the fall of the Golden Crow, seemingly even overwhelming the clamor that had arisen throughout the primordial world due to the ten suns appearing in the sky.

Below, the Wu tribe, humans, and other creatures, who were frantically fleeing, stared blankly at the sky, at the suddenly appearing peach forest that exuded cool moisture and vibrant life, at the nine "suns" that fell like dumplings and dissipated into a rain of light, at the only survivor, the Golden Crow Crown Prince, who was severely injured and on the verge of death, and... at the Wu tribe figure holding a strange bow, standing tall, and who shot an arrow that shocked the heavens.

Shock, disbelief, ecstasy, sorrow, awe… a complex mix of emotions surged within countless beings. Kuafu, exhausted from chasing the suns, perished and transformed into a peach forest; Houyi, filled with rage, arrived, drew his bow, and shot down all nine suns! This tragic, heroic, and supremely majestic scene is destined to be forever etched into the history of the primordial world and into the souls of every witness.

"No—!! My son—!!!"

However, this silence lasted less than a breath before a shrill, frenzied roar, filled with heart-wrenching pain and the rage to burn the heavens, violently tore through the void from beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens and crashed down! The fury of the True Fire of the Sun and the madness of losing a child caused the entire primordial sky to change color, the stars to dim, and all spirits to prostrate themselves!

With this roar, a phantom of an ancient, dark yellow bell, its surface engraved with the sun, moon, stars, earth, water, fire, and wind, and swirling with endless chaotic energy, disregarded the distance of space and time and instantly appeared above the head of the critically injured and dying Golden Crow Crown Prince! Before the bell even rang, an unparalleled power that suppressed the primordial chaos, stabilized the earth, water, fire, and wind, and reversed time and space had already spread out, enveloping, solidifying, and protecting the Crown Prince along with the remaining solar essence and shattered fragments of his soul! It was none other than the Primordial Treasure—the Chaos Bell!

Immediately afterward, Donghuang Taiyi's figure, enveloped in towering golden flames and almost tangible killing intent, stepped out from the void! His eyes were bloodshot, with cracks at the corners of his eyes, from which golden tears of blood flowed. He stared intently at Hou Yi, then looked down at the vast peach forest and the dissipating brotherhood of Guangyu. Boundless pain and rage caused the Chaos Bell around his body to vibrate wildly, emitting terrifying waves of destruction.

"The Witch Clan... how dare you... how dare you kill my nine nephews!!! I will annihilate you, body and soul, and make your entire Witch Clan pay with their lives!!!"

Taiyi's voice was distorted, devoid of any of the usual majesty of the Eastern Emperor, replaced only by the purest, most primal madness and vengeful roar. He didn't ask for any reason, nor did he care about right or wrong; at this moment, all he saw was the blood feud of his nine nephews' deaths, and the boundless hatred to tear the murderer before him, and even the entire Wu clan, to shreds!

"Taiyi!" Hou Yi stood with his bow in hand, his expression as cold as iron as he faced the raging Donghuang and the oppressive power of the Chaos Bell. Only the ghostly blue soul fire in his eyes burned even more fiercely. "You demons, who have committed heinous acts and wreaked havoc on the primordial world, deserve this retribution! The hatred for the brothers Kuafu, the sorrow for the suffering of all living beings—today, let the lives of these nine hairy beasts serve as interest!"

"Interest?! I'll take your life! I'll take the lives of your entire clan to pay for it!!!" Taiyi went completely mad, uttering no more words, and the Chaos Bell above his head suddenly trembled—

"Thump—!!!"

A deafening roar, like the tolling of a bell at the dawn of creation, erupted! Indescribable chaotic sound waves, mingled with Taiyi's raging solar fire and killing intent, transformed into a visible, twisting, and shattering gray ripple that swept indiscriminately towards Hou Yi, towards the vast peach forest below, and towards the faintly visible Wu tribe in the distance! Wherever it passed, space shattered like a mirror, the flow of time became chaotic, earth, water, fire, and wind were recreated, and all things were reduced to nothingness! This was a near-full-force strike from the Chaos Bell, unleashed in fury! It intended to completely erase this region, along with everything within it related to Hou Yi and the Wu tribe, from the primordial spacetime!

"Taiichi! How dare you——!!!"

Almost at the same moment Taiyi appeared and the Chaos Bell resounded, from the direction of Buzhou Mountain, twelve roars of ancestral witches, a mixture of shock, anger, anxiety, and overwhelming battle intent, shook the primordial world! Space was forcibly torn apart, and the true forms of the twelve towering ancestral witches—Dijiang, Zhujiuyin, Qiangliang, Xizi, Tianwu, Xuanming, Jumang, Rushou, Gonggong, Zhurong, Shebishi, plus Xingtian, who had been promoted to the main body—carried the immense baleful aura of the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Banners, and fiercely descended upon the battlefield! They had just witnessed the final scene of Houyi shooting down the nine suns with nine arrows and Taiyi angrily activating the Chaos Bell.

"The stars of the heavens, rise—!!!"

However, while the Witch Clan reacted quickly, the Demon Clan's killing move was even faster! Almost the instant the twelve Ancestral Witches appeared, above the nine heavens, Di Jun's cold, hoarse voice, filled with boundless hatred and determination, resounded like a decree from the Heavenly Dao, echoing throughout the starry sky! Accompanying his voice, three hundred and sixty-five main stars and forty-eight thousand other stars simultaneously erupted with unprecedented brilliance! The vast and boundless power of the stars was forcibly drawn in and gathered, evolving above the Heavenly Court into a massive, slowly rotating array composed of countless illusory star formations—the Zhou Tian Star Array—covering nearly half of the primordial sky, fully activated! At the center of the array, the Sun and Moon shone most intensely, and the figures of Di Jun and Wang Shu were faintly visible. Furthermore, a chaotic and peculiar array formation, composed of countless mixed energies, faintly emerged on the flanks of the Zhou Tian Star Array—the nascent Myriad Immortals Array!

Di Jun stood at the position of the sun, his face as pale as gold paper, yet his eyes burned with a cold flame and a mad hatred a billion times more intense than the true fire of the sun. He too had witnessed the fall of the nine sons, and felt the extreme pain of bloodline severance and shattered hope. But unlike Taiyi's outward display of madness, Di Jun's hatred and anger had settled into the coldest, most resolute will to destroy.

"The Witch Clan killed my beloved son! This hatred is irreconcilable! Celestial spheres, heed my command—fall of stars, purify the primordial world!"

"All immortals in chaos, heed my command—evolve into nothingness, and annihilate the witches and barbarians!"

With two decrees from Di Jun, filled with boundless hatred, the Zhou Tian Star Array roared into action. Within the array, tens of thousands of illusory stars began to solidify and blaze with heat. Then… like a real meteor shower, trailing long, destructive tails of light, they indiscriminately and overwhelmingly crashed down upon Buzhou Mountain, upon all the known large tribes and settlements of the Wu Clan, and upon the area where the Eleven Ancestral Witches and Hou Yi resided! The power of each "star" was enough to easily destroy a vast world! Simultaneously, within the Ten Thousand Immortals Array on the flank, chaotic energy surged, evolving into layers of illusory spacetime and inverted cause and effect, enveloping the Wu Clan army, interfering with divine sense, confusing orientation, and creating internal strife!

"Di Jun! Tai Yi! You're all courting death—!!!"

The eleven ancestral witches' eyes were bloodshot with rage. The full activation of the Zhou Tian Star Array and the fall of stars meant that the demon race had gone completely mad and no longer had any scruples. This was going to set off a real war of annihilation that would sweep across the entire prehistoric world!

"The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons, gather! The true form of the Father God, manifest in the world—!!!"

Dijiang roared, and he and the other ten Ancestral Witches instantly teleported. The twelve Heavenly Divine Banners, which had long been united with their minds and whose murderous aura soared to the heavens, flew out from their bodies, hovering in the twelve directions, spewing out endless Pangu's murderous aura and their respective laws of origin! Twelve thick pillars of murderous aura shot into the sky, and in the horrified gazes of all living beings in the primordial world, they rapidly condensed in the void, outlining a towering figure, with muscles bulging like dragon veins, a blurred face, yet radiating supreme majesty and power—the true form of Pangu! Although it was only a phantom, the moment it appeared, the entire primordial world resonated, Mount Buzhou emitted a joyful hum, and the world-destroying rain of falling stars was slightly slowed down by the pressure naturally emanating from this phantom!

"war--!!!"

The phantom of Pangu let out a faint yet eternally resounding roar, wielding a giant axe formed from the same malevolent energy. It cleaved fiercely towards the falling stars, towards the core of the Zhou Tian Star Array, towards the Chaos Bell and Donghuang Taiyi! Where the axe light passed, chaos parted, stars vanished, and spacetime shattered! This was the ultimate display of power, a challenge from Pangu's will to "Heaven"!

"Thump—!!!"

The Chaos Bell resounded, and Taiyi, filled with boundless hatred, poured all his magic power and madness into the bell, unleashing a strike beyond his own limits towards the phantom of Pangu, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and Houyi! The chaotic sound waves and the light of the Heaven-Opening Axe collided fiercely!

"BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM—!!!"