Primordial Era: Becoming the Great Emperor of Humanity from the Start

Chapter 258 Heavenly Dao Makes a Move!

Boundless malevolent energy gathered towards the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the imprints of the ten fallen Ancestral Witches scattered throughout the world began to converge.

Deep within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the figures of the ten Ancestral Witches became increasingly realistic, almost indistinguishable from real living beings.

Having finally calmed down, the Xuanming Ancestral Witch felt an overwhelming surge of excitement upon sensing that familiar aura.

The twelve Ancestral Witches originated from the same source and had a deep bond with each other, like siblings. It was normal for the Xuanming Ancestral Witch to be excited.

The commotion within the Six Paths of Reincarnation quickly attracted the attention of some powerful beings in the primordial world, but that was all they did.

Anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows exactly what the Six Paths of Reincarnation are. Who would dare to act recklessly within the Six Paths of Reincarnation?

The Sage Taiqing, the Master of Tongtian, and the Sage Nuwa merely observed; they showed no intention of intervening.

If they were needed to take action, Jiang Heng would definitely have told them in advance, but since Jiang Heng didn't say anything, it means that they don't need to take action.

In fact, Jiang Heng knew very well that, apart from Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, no one else could make a move at this time.

That is why Jiang Heng chose the Six Paths of Reincarnation as the location for the resurrection of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, precisely to guard against this event.

If it were within the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao had to choose to intervene, then apart from the Supreme Saint, no other saint could interfere.

If things really come to that, the fact that the Supreme Saint of Taiqing doesn't intervene will only make Dao Ancestor Hongjun even more wary.

As time passed, deep within the cycle of reincarnation, the marks of the ten ancestral witches became increasingly complete.

At a certain moment, the ten ancestral witches trembled all at once, and roared silently to the sky, as if endless resentment was erupting at this moment.

"Using the essence and blood of the Ancestral Witches as a guide, call upon the names of the ten Ancestral Witches to revive their consciousness!" Jiang Heng said solemnly.

Xuanming Ancestral Witch dared not delay and quickly followed Jiang Heng's instructions, forcing out a drop of Ancestral Witch essence blood and throwing it into the middle of the twelve bronze figures.

The Xuanming Ancestral Witch instantly revealed his true form and rushed into the twelve demon gods, merging with the bronze figure representing himself.

In an instant, the voice of the Xuanming Ancestral Witch shook the heavens and earth, filled with endless longing, and began to call out the name of the Ancestral Witch.

Dijiang, Jumang, Zhurong, Gonggong, Rushou, Qiangliang, Zhujiuyin, Xizi, Shebishi, Tianwu.

The names of the ten Ancestral Witches appeared one by one from the mouth of the Xuanming Ancestral Witch, and the drop of essence blood belonging to the Xuanming Ancestral Witch began to shimmer with an unusual light.

The ten Ancestral Witches, who were roaring to the sky, turned around at the same time, their gazes converging on the Xuanming Ancestral Witch, as if they were having a silent exchange.

Jiang Heng could sense that a hazy aura was beginning to condense on the ten Ancestral Witches, which meant that the consciousness of the ten Ancestral Witches was being revived.

Jiang Heng's guess was indeed correct. Relying on the connection between the Ancestral Witches, the Xuanming Ancestral Witch was fully capable of awakening the consciousness of the ten Ancestral Witches.

As the consciousness of the ten Ancestral Witches was gradually recovering, Jiang Heng suddenly frowned and looked towards the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

In the primordial world, all was peaceful and serene, yet the malevolent energy of heaven and earth continued to converge towards the six realms of reincarnation.

But at this moment, Jiang Heng could clearly feel that the Ancestral Witch Mark that was originally gathering had suddenly stopped.

Now, the marks of the ten ancestral witches are already incredibly complete; they are just a little short of forming a complete mark.

By this point, the seals of the ten Ancestral Witches should be fully formed, and there shouldn't be any further problems, unless someone intervenes.

Jiang Heng was not surprised at all by this situation. It would be strange if Dao Ancestor Hongjun didn't intervene at such a crucial moment.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao went through many schemes to finally cause ten of the Twelve Ancestral Witches to perish.

Now, the ten fallen Ancestral Witches are to be resurrected. If Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao were to allow such a thing to happen, there would be no way they would allow it.

With the methods of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, severing the marks of the ten Ancestral Witches scattered throughout the world was naturally not a difficult task.

As long as the marks of the ten ancestral witches are not complete, their will cannot be fully restored.

But if the marks of the ten Ancestral Witches could be severed so easily, Dao Ancestor Hongjun would have made his move long ago, so why wait until now?

Even when the Lich War ends, Dao Ancestor Hongjun can take action to completely seal the marks of the ten Ancestral Witches.

In this way, even if Jiang Heng had great abilities, it would be impossible for him to slowly collect the marks that the Ancestral Witches had scattered throughout the world and revive the ten Ancestral Witches.

There is a reason why the marks of the Ancestral Witches still exist in the primordial world after their fall, and they have not completely disappeared.

According to Jiang Heng's analysis, perhaps because of the great god Pangu, the marks of the ten ancestral witches have become part of the primordial world after their fall.

Simply put, the marks of the ten Ancestral Witches became part of the rules of the primordial world, and even the Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao could not make these rules disappear completely.

Even the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, being part of the rules of Heaven and Earth, were unable to completely seal this part of the rules of Heaven and Earth.

Cutting off the marks of the Ancestral Witches now is merely delaying their revival; it does not solve the problem at its root.

Jiang Heng didn't care about Guan Zu Hongjun's purpose in doing so, and poured his own power into the twelve bronze men, instantly activating the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation.

The Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation was deployed, and the twelve Ancestral Witches were connected by their auras, instantly increasing their speed of absorbing demonic energy by a level.

Pangu's true form then appeared, and within the imprints formed by the ten fallen ancestral witches, a faint consciousness began to emerge.

In the primordial world, those marks that were originally severed by Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao were summoned from the darkness and once again converged towards the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

It was precisely because Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, was absent that, although the Twelve Bronze Men replaced her, it was still not as effective as Houtu herself taking action.

Otherwise, even if Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao possessed immense abilities, they would not be able to sever the marks of the ten Ancestral Witches.

This is, after all, the primordial world created by the Great God Pangu, not the world created by Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao. They are not omnipotent.

A stalemate has formed between the two sides. The condensation speed of the ten Ancestral Witch Marks has slowed down, but it has not stopped completely.

It's just a matter of taking a little more time, so Jiang Heng isn't in a hurry. He wants to see how Dao Ancestor Hongjun plans to make his move this time.

As time slowly passed, Jiang Heng was puzzled by the fact that Dao Ancestor Hongjun had not made a move, as if he had run out of tricks.

Finally, at a certain moment, the ten ancestral witches roared to the sky in unison, and a faint consciousness was born.

The marks of the ten Ancestral Witches were completely completed at this moment, and under the summoning of the Xuanming Ancestral Witch, the consciousness of the ten Ancestral Witches has begun to recover.

However, at this time, although the consciousness of the ten ancestral witches had begun to recover, they were still extremely weak, like newborn babies.

However, as the malevolent energy of heaven and earth continued to gather, the consciousness of the ten ancestral witches was constantly growing stronger.

That alone was not enough. Jiang Heng opened his palm, and a ball of crimson light appeared, which was the essence of the flesh and blood of the Great Dao Demon God.

With a flick of his wrist, a crimson light instantly surged into the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, splitting into ten parts that headed towards the ten Ancestral Witches.

In an instant, the essence of the Great Dao Demon God's flesh and blood began to condense on the bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches, transforming into their newborn bodies.

To ensure the successful revival of the ten Ancestral Witches, the Great Dao Demon Gods that Jiang Heng hunted down in the Chaos Sea were all quite powerful.

They can rival quasi-saints simply by relying on their physical strength. Such Great Dao Demon Gods naturally possess incredibly powerful essence of flesh and blood.

Even compared to the original Ancestral Witches of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the physical bodies of these Great Dao Demon Gods are not much weaker.

With the essence of the flesh and blood of these Great Dao Demon Gods, the ten Ancestral Witches would face no further obstacles in their revival.

Xuanming Ancestral Witch looked excitedly at the ten tall figures before him, who were now very similar to the ten Ancestral Witches of the past.

With the same appearance and the same aura, except that the true form of the Ancestral Witch has not yet been formed, it is almost identical to the ten Witch Clan members of the past.

Jiang Heng's power has been concentrated in the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, and he is using astonishing methods to help the ten Ancestral Witches reshape their physical bodies.

Jiang Heng already possessed profound insights into the Great Dao of Life, and with his advancement to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, his methods were naturally extraordinary.

Even though the physical bodies of the Ancestral Witches were incredibly powerful, arguably the strongest in the primordial world, reshaping them would naturally be extremely difficult.

However, under Jiang Heng's astonishing methods, the physical bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches continued to take shape, perfectly merging with their own imprints.

This is the union of spirit and flesh, and for the ten ancestral witches, it is the most crucial step in their resurrection process.

Just as the physical bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches continued to coalesce and their consciousness grew stronger, ten drops of essence blood emerged from among the twelve bronze figures.

These ten drops of essence blood originated from the ten ancestral witches. Jiang Heng specifically asked the ten ancestral witches for them before the war between the witches and demons.

While the essence of the flesh and blood of the Great Dao Demon God could reshape the physical bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches, it would be very difficult to condense their true forms.

The Ancestral Witches' true form is impervious to all magic and incomparably powerful, but to put it bluntly, it is just a weakened version of Pangu's true form.

This is an innate ability derived from the bloodline of Pangu. Only the essence and blood of the Ancestral Witch can make it possible to re-form the true body of the Ancestral Witch.

Jiang Heng had planned everything long ago, but now, in this era, the ten fallen Ancestral Witches have finally ushered in an opportunity for revival.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

Just then, a deafening roar resounded throughout the entire primordial world, and a colossal creature appeared in the Earthly Immortal Realm.

This was a demon god tens of thousands of feet tall. As soon as it appeared in the Immortal Realm, boundless malevolent energy converged upon it.

Many powerful figures in the Earthly Immortal Realm felt endless anger, resentment, and unwillingness just from glancing at this demon god.

Those with weaker cultivation levels instantly fell into a frenzy, with boundless killing intent constantly growing within their hearts.

"This? This is the obsession of the Great Dao Demon God? How could it appear at this time?"

Ordinary beings might not know what this enormous demon god is, but sages can tell at a glance that it is clearly the obsession of the Great Dao Demon God.

When the great god Pangu created the world, three thousand great demon gods attacked, but were almost all wiped out by the great god Pangu.

These Great Dao Demon Gods were born from the Great Dao itself. Even though they were destroyed by the Pangu Formation, their endless resentment and unwillingness still remain.

It was this endless resentment and anger that formed the obsession of the Great Dao Demon God, which has always existed in the primordial world.

Jiang Heng was naturally no stranger to the obsession of the Great Dao Demon God. He had witnessed it both in the East Sea Eye and in his dream of the Dragon Han Great Tribulation.

Furthermore, Jiang Heng even refined the obsession of the Great Dao Demon God, thus obtaining the supreme fortune of the Creation Mark.

The obsessions of the Great Dao Demon Gods that Jiang Heng encountered in the past were at most comparable to Quasi-Saints, and were naturally insignificant to Jiang Heng now.

However, the obsession of this Great Dao Demon God that has now appeared in the Earthly Immortal Realm is excessively powerful.

At this moment, Nuwa and the other saints looked at this suddenly appearing Great Dao Demon God's obsession and felt a sense of dread.

Even the sages, when gazing upon this Great Dao Demon God's obsession, were affected by the resentment and unwillingness it evoked.

Such a powerful obsession with the Great Dao Demon God has even surpassed that of the original three thousand Great Dao Demon Gods, which is almost impossible.

As soon as this Great Dao Demon God's obsession appeared in the Earthly Immortal Realm, it quickly took a step and arrived outside the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Under the watchful eyes of countless powerful beings, this Great Dao Demon God, driven by an obsession, stretched out its massive, sky-covering hand and reached into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

In an instant, the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation trembled, and an invisible force emerged, resisting the pair of sky-covering hands that reached into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"Dao Ancestor Hongjun, is this your method?" Jiang Heng muttered to himself.

The appearance of this Great Dao Demon God's obsession at such a crucial moment was not without reason; it was clearly the work of Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

In Jiang Heng's view, the power of this Great Dao Demon God's obsession has surpassed that of an ordinary saint, reaching the level of a half-step Heavenly Dao Realm.

Even Jiang Heng and the Sage Taiqing dared not be careless in the slightest when facing this Great Dao Demon God's obsession.

The reason is simple: the resentment and unwillingness condensed in the obsession of the Great Dao Demon God are simply too terrifying.

That is the power originating from the Great Dao, capable of corrupting all primordial spirits and causing living beings to unknowingly fall into the desire for slaughter.

Even with Jiang Heng's current cultivation level, he would still be affected by this emotion, making it difficult for him to fully unleash his strength.

Of course, these were not what Jiang Heng cared about most. Although he was somewhat wary, he was not so helpless against the obsession of this Great Dao Demon God.

However, now is the crucial moment for Jiang Heng to reshape the physical bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches, and he has focused most of his energy on this matter.

If they were to intervene to stop this Great Dao Demon God's obsession, the ten Ancestral Witches' efforts to reshape their physical bodies would likely be in vain.

Jiang Heng knew that the methods of Heaven and Dao Ancestor Hongjun were absolutely extraordinary, and the timing of the appearance of this Great Dao Demon God's obsession was just right.

If it had been earlier, Jiang Heng could have skipped rebuilding the physical bodies of the ten witch clans and directly dealt with the obsession of this Great Dao Demon God.

If it had been a little later, Jiang Heng would have successfully reconstructed the physical bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches, and naturally he would have been free from the obsession of this Great Dao Demon God.

It was precisely at the most crucial moment when Jiang Heng was reshaping the physical bodies of the ten Ancestral Witches that Jiang Heng naturally could not be distracted by anything else.

Jiang Heng had to admire the methods of Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao, as they were able to condense even such a powerful Dao Demon God's obsession.

If such a powerful demon god had existed during the Investiture of the Gods, it wouldn't have been easy for Jiang Heng to force Dao Ancestor Hongjun to compromise.

Clearly, ever since the Investiture of the Gods, Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao have been extremely wary of Jiang Heng, which is why they specially prepared such a method.

Jiang Heng believed that with the abilities of the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun, they would definitely not have prepared just the obsession of a Great Dao Demon God.

When both sides truly break off relations and engage in a final battle, it will not only be a contest of who is stronger, but also who has more trump cards up their sleeve.

As the Great Dao Demon God's obsessive, all-encompassing hand reached into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the entire Six Paths of Reincarnation began to tremble continuously.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation are extremely important to the entire primordial world, as they contain the power of the earth's way, and naturally, not just anyone can break in.

Even the power of the Heavenly Dao could hardly reach the Six Paths of Reincarnation. But at this moment, those enormous hands that blotted out the sky were still slowly probing into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"I will immediately gather the powerful figures of the Underworld to stop those sky-covering hands!" Xuanming Ancestral Witch said in a deep voice, his expression changing.

The Xuanming Ancestral Witch understood that if those enormous, sky-covering hands were to penetrate into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, the revival of the ten Ancestral Witches would likely be in jeopardy.

With Jiang Heng unable to focus on anything else, the Xuanming Ancestral Witch could only rely on her own power to stop the enormous, sky-covering hand.

Xuanming Ancestral Witch truly refused to believe that, by gathering the power of the entire Underworld and relying on the advantages of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, they could not stop that sky-covering hand for a period of time.

Jiang Heng nodded. With the Ancestral Witch Houtu in seclusion, the Ancestral Witch Xuanming was the most suitable candidate to take charge of the Underworld.

By gathering the power of the entire underworld, even if we can't completely block those sky-covering hands, we can at least buy Jiang Heng some time.

After receiving Jiang Heng's affirmation, the Xuanming Ancestral Witch hurriedly left to summon the Ten Kings of Hell and the powerful witches of the Underworld.

Soon, the Xuanming Ancestral Witch, together with many powerful figures from the underworld, poured their own power into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, blocking the pair of sky-covering hands.

This worked as expected; the enormous hand that had been constantly probing into the Six Paths of Reincarnation could no longer advance even an inch.

However, before the Xuanming Ancestral Witch could even rejoice for a moment, an unparalleled power erupted from those two sky-covering hands.

Jiang Heng was no stranger to this power. In fact, the other sages in the primordial world were also familiar with it.

This is the power of the Heavenly Dao, representing all the rules of the primordial world, and is the most supreme power in this world.

With the emergence of the power of Heaven, the two enormous hands that blotted out the sky began to advance again, rapidly moving towards the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

At this moment, the saints who witnessed this scene all changed color, because this was the first time that the power of the Heavenly Dao had openly appeared in the primordial world.

This also means that a conventional balance has been completely broken.

(End of this chapter)