The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 503 The Future Calamity of Extraterrestrials, the Lich War Begins

If we turn back time by a moment, the time in the Nine Heavens cannot be the same as that in the primordial world for some special reason. Sometimes it is fast, sometimes it is slow, sometimes it is tens of millions of years ago, and sometimes it falls into a future tributary.

But time in the Heavenly Court remains unchanged, and the sound of bells, inaudible even to golden immortals, echoes continuously within it.

That was the sound of the Eastern Emperor Bell.

Since Donghuang used the great battle with Dongwanggong to thoroughly refine the Chaos Bell into the foundation of his own primordial chaos, this Donghuang Bell has been completely dominated by his will, and nothing else can interfere with it.

At this moment, the Eastern Emperor sat in the Lingxiao Palace in the center of the Heavenly Court, holding the Eastern Emperor Bell.

However, the Heavenly Emperor was not among them; his whereabouts were nowhere to be seen, he was invisible in all directions, and he was not among the Five Elements.

But within the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array that supports the Heavenly Court, there was auspicious light that even the Great Luo Immortals could not see floating about.

Such fleeting glimpses swept across the celestial sphere, illuminating the star gods and demons, leaving none untouched.

Only the Ziwei star, the main star of the Zhou Tian constellation, could not be seen shining, as if it were shrouded in a shadow.

Just as the starlight became increasingly dazzling, suddenly the magnanimous three-legged golden crow of the Eastern Emperor exhaled layers of auspicious clouds, transforming into a vast world where two suns shared the same sky.

"My brother Taiyi, Heaven's will is discerning, time does not change, and the secrets of Heaven are difficult to fathom." A melodious voice echoed from this vast world.

The Eastern Emperor then fell into this world and transformed into one of the two suns.

"Brother, have you foreseen the future from the Hetu and Luoshu?" Donghuang asked.

"The Dao Ancestor confused the secrets of Heaven. If I hadn't reenacted the Primordial River Luo Formation, I probably wouldn't have been able to detect even a fraction of the future." One of those two was the Heavenly Emperor Di Jun.

Donghuang said, "The future is uncertain and the secrets of heaven are unpredictable. Even if I refine the Hunyuan realm with the Donghuang Bell, I cannot see even a fraction of it. Moreover, that Dao Ancestor has already surpassed the Hunyuan realm and reached an indescribable realm. Even Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones cannot glimpse a fraction of it. It is not easy for my brother to be able to see a bit of the future with the Innate Heluo Great Array. There is no need to be unhappy."

"The Six Sons plotted against the Human Ancestor Luo, but were also plotted against by Ziwei. Now the Human Ancestor Luo has escaped the scheme and is about to reveal the plan to use the Slaughtering Witch Sword. At this moment, I am in the Primordial River Luo Formation and will be performing the Hunyuan Method. I am afraid I will not be able to escape. My brother, you must be careful of the Ancestral Witch's attack on Heaven," said Emperor Dijun.

Upon hearing this, Donghuang was not surprised: "There must be Hunyuan plotting this, otherwise even Ziwei Star and Doumu Yuanjun would not be able to see through this scheme."

"Does my brother think this is a three-way purge?" the Heavenly Emperor said.

"Besides the Three Pure Ones, there are only Jieyin and Zhunti, but the Buddhist sect is currently preoccupied with its own problems. Their own grand vows have caused the Heavenly Dao to predict future external demonic calamities, so only the Three Pure Ones remain." Donghuang revealed a secret from the primordial era.

"To possess all the good things in the world, one must have great supernatural powers and great wisdom. The two Western Saints possess their own wisdom, and my brother should not speak recklessly," the Heavenly Emperor then advised.

Upon hearing this, Donghuang immediately asked, "Brother, do you mean that this was done by Jieyin and Zhunti?"

"Perhaps," the Heavenly Emperor replied.

"But the two Western Saints often talked about cause and effect. After they achieved Hunyuan, they used a method to reverse cause and effect, placing the Great Dao of Cause and Effect before the creation of heaven and earth. Fortunately, the Great God Pangu and the Heavenly Emperor were magnanimous and allowed them to cross that period of time and change the past. Otherwise, their method of achieving Hunyuan would have been destroyed." The Heavenly Emperor leisurely recounted the past.

But why did He bring up the old matter again?

It was only because the Eastern Emperor intended to belittle and look down on the two saints that this matter was brought up, so that the Eastern Emperor would pay more attention to them.

"The Primordial Chaos has entered the realm of the truly inconceivable, a state of true omniscience and omnipotence. If they were to make a move, I would be able to detect it. Only the Supreme Purity has accumulated great strength and is likely to surpass this realm and even reach the level of the Dao Ancestor. However, I did not detect any signs of scheming just now, which is why I suspected the Three Pure Ones," the Eastern Emperor then explained.

Upon seeing this, the Heavenly Emperor knew that what the Eastern Emperor said was true. After all, the Eastern Emperor had already entered the Hunyuan realm with the help of the Eastern Emperor Bell. Although he could not complete his work, he was already at the Hunyuan realm, and it would not be an exaggeration to call him a sage.

Therefore, it must be true that Donghuang said he did not see anyone plotting against him.

However, the Heavenly Emperor remembered something else: "I am currently deducing the Primordial Chaos, which has caused errors in the Zhou Tian Star Array and disrupted the time in the Nine Heavens. If you want to maintain order in the Heavenly Court and stabilize the Primordial World, you will have to go to great lengths. If they take the opportunity to cause chaos and plot against the demon race, you will probably find it difficult to protect them completely."

The Eastern Emperor naturally understood that the Heavenly Emperor's words were correct.

After all, He was not the only Primordial Being; there were five other Sages residing in the world. Sometimes He would encounter obstacles in his cultivation and affairs. However, the Three Pure Ones remained at Kunlun Mountain and never appeared. Apart from taking in a group of wandering immortals from the Immortal Sect last time, they had not made any further moves.

The two Western Saints were even more honest, cultivating only in the barren lands of the far west and taking on disciples, intending to resolve the future calamities caused by external demons.

As for Nuwa, the second saint of the prehistoric world, she was tricked by them and, by order of the Dao Ancestor, sealed herself in the Nuwa Palace in the outer heaven, and could no longer interfere with the prehistoric world.

Finally, there were the Twelve Ancestral Witches, among whom the Eastern Emperor was wary of: Zhu Jiuyin and Houtu Niangniang.

Zhu Jiuyin is quite mysterious among the Twelve Ancestral Witches. Legend has it that he is related to the Great God Zhulong, who presided over the division of light and darkness in the world when yin and yang were not yet fully separated at the beginning of the creation of heaven and earth.

It can be said that the primitive era before the Three Sovereigns was led by the great god Zhulong.

However, the God of Candle Dragon also disappeared without a trace. Some say that he transformed into the long river of time in the primordial world, while others say that he was one of the eighty-one incarnations of the God of Pangu, and returned to the world after the separation of Yin and Yang.

Zhu Jiuyin is associated with time, and his ancestral witch form is quite similar to the legendary Zhulong God, making it easy for people to make such connections.

As for Houtu Niangniang, she holds the power over the earth, including the primordial land and the depths beneath it. The unknown depths of the earth are all under Houtu Niangniang's jurisdiction, which is why her cultivation of Taoist arts has always been the most profound among the twelve ancestral witches of the primordial world.

If the Eastern Emperor had not first used the Eastern Emperor Bell to prove the Primordial Chaos, all the great supernatural beings in the world would have believed that the Earth Goddess would have been the seventh saint in the world.

Unfortunately, Houtu Niangniang has never achieved this.

"If you suspect Jieyin and Zhunti, perhaps you can test them," Donghuang said immediately.

"How should we test them?" the Heavenly Emperor asked.

The Eastern Emperor replied, "It is a calamity caused by external demons in the future."

"Yes, that's fine," the Heavenly Emperor agreed.

However, after both parties reached an agreement, unexpected changes suddenly occurred.

The Zhou Tian Star Array was instantly dispersed by a layer of golden-red light.

It cannot be sustained for even a moment.

Donghuang Taiyi immediately withdrew the Two Suns in the Same Heaven Realm that he had spat out. At the same time, he ordered the various departments of the Zhou Tian Star Array to be informed and used his great magic power to maintain the Zhou Tian Star Array. Otherwise, the array would really collapse, and the Heavenly Court would not be able to maintain the supreme state of the prehistoric world, which would also ruin the evolution of the prehistoric world.

Of course, He already knew who was making such a big fuss beforehand.

These are His "old friends".

The Twelve Ancestral Witches!

The only power capable of shattering the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array in one strike is probably the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Array.

They left no room for negotiation; they used their strongest methods to overturn the Heavenly Court.

Donghuang immediately realized that the demon race's plan to use the witch-slaying sword had been discovered by the ancestral witches.

"Ancestral Witches, do not go too far in bullying demons!!" The twelve ancient demon gods first attacked Donghuang.

They are all of the Great Luo level, and they are further supported by the Zhou Tian Star Array, so their Daoist power is already approaching the Great Luo Limitless.

However, the Zhou Tian Star Array had already been scattered by the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons. When the starlight dispersed, the entire world seemed to have been hit hard by the main beam of the house, and it was about to collapse. Moreover, the "bricks and tiles" had already fallen down first.

Some stars that were born in modern times were shaken down to earth at this moment, falling into the seas and onto the ground.

"You demon race have broken your promise and disregarded the agreement, actually trying to harm my witch race. Now you're turning the tables on us. It's truly despicable and laughable." The twelve ancestral witches came together, and the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation they activated had completely torn apart the Zhou Tian Star Formation, turning the Nine Heavens into chaos. Even if the Heavenly Court were to hide in a certain layer of void space, it would be difficult to conceal itself at this moment.

Clang!

As the bell rang, a majestic figure emerged from the shimmering, multi-tiered palaces of the Heavenly Court.

It was none other than Donghuang Taiyi!

In an instant, He stabilized the future starry sky, and then gradually turned time forward.

After the three chimes, the starry sky reappeared, and the twelve ancient demon gods, along with the three hundred and sixty-five main star demon gods, returned to their positions.

Rumble!!

The Zhou Tian Star Array was then rearranged.

Just as the Star Array was set up, the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Array crashed directly into the Heavenly Court, regardless of the state of the array.

The demon gods naturally couldn't allow the twelve ancestral witches to offend Donghuang Taiyi, so they wanted to use the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Great Array to stop them.

But the next moment, a towering figure rose from the earth, directly spanning the heavens, and broke into the Zhou Tian Star Array, forcibly blocking the group of demon gods.

"You shall fight us with your magic!"

(End of this chapter)