Primordial Era: With unparalleled comprehension, I am the Ancestor of Stars.

Chapter 81 Taiyi: Houtu? Half-step Hunyuan?

Once the Ancestral Witch takes human form, it is accompanied by laws, and its realm is not just the initial stage, but the middle stage!

In a way, this can be considered a unique advantage.

Or perhaps it's a special legacy left by Pangu.

Just as Taihao could amplify the Law of Force by mastering other laws, so too could Pangu.

After all, the Law of Force is itself a collection of three thousand laws.

Therefore, it is not surprising that the Ancestral Witches, who were formed from the essence of Pangu's blood, mastered other laws rather than the Law of Power.

However, the transformation process is accompanied by laws, and these laws are all beneficial.

Especially for ancestral witches whose primordial spirit is incomplete, because their symbiotic laws are too compatible, it is difficult for them to comprehend other laws, and they can only follow one law to the end!

They want to attain enlightenment, and there is no other way but through the laws of the Way.

That is, after the Great Perfection of the Laws, continue to break through to the next level!

This method is very difficult because the perfection of the laws is already the ultimate limit of the primordial world. If you want to break through to the next level, there is no inheritance to learn from, and you can only rely on yourself!

So in a sense, this is also a way of proving the Way through force.

The so-called "proving the Way through force" does not refer to physical strength or great power.

It means not relying on external forces!

For example, merit, or auspicious purple aura...

Although opening up the outer world is even more difficult than breaking through to perfection in the laws, even Taihao in his current state has not been able to take another step forward and break through to a higher realm after perfecting the laws.

Hongjun was the same in this respect.

His destiny was simply a matter of fulfillment.

Although the reason why top-level laws are harder to break through is one of the reasons, it also illustrates how difficult this method is.

Looking across the entire prehistoric world, the only one who could prove the Dao through this method, or who had the hope of proving the Dao, was Huo Ling'er, whose innate spiritual root had taken human form.

Her fire magic is slightly higher than perfect!

If she can truly take that step, break through to perfection in the laws, and continue to transform upwards, then she can directly attain the Primordial Chaos!

Besides them, there was no one else in the entire primordial world.

This includes the Three Pure Ones, and also the Ancestral Witches!

However, at this moment, it seems that the Ancestral Witches, who should only be able to prove their Dao through the laws, have become an exception.

When the person who used the supernatural power appeared before Di Jun, his expression became even more horrified, and he looked at the beautiful woman not far away with suspicion and uncertainty.

He even shouted it out, disregarding all decorum.

"You are Houtu!"

It wasn't that Di Jun wanted it to be this way, but he couldn't help being surprised; he simply couldn't suppress his emotions.

The highest-level rules are another matter.

More importantly, there was the oppressive aura emanating from Houtu!

"I am already at the peak of Quasi-Saint, so why is her aura still above mine? Doesn't that mean she is... a half-step Primordial Chaos cultivator?"

At this moment, Di Jun was utterly horrified.

Di Jun saw Hou Tu, and Hou Tu naturally saw Di Jun as well.

But unlike Di Jun's shock, Hou Tu's eyes were filled with killing intent!

It wasn't that Di Jun did anything to the human race that angered Hou Tu.

Instead, it was Di Jun who, by relying on the souls of the human race, caused the Wu clan to suffer enormous losses. Even the eleven Ancestral Witches, including Di Jiang, were harmed as a result!

The body is no longer perfect!

Houtu, who emerged from seclusion in Taihaotian, did not go directly to the main battlefield between the Wu and Yao tribes. This was partly to rescue Huo Ling'er and the other two girls, but also to prevent Dijiang from slaughtering the human race and then relying on the human souls to deal with the Wu tribe.

As she spoke, the divine light of reincarnation emanated from Houtu, and a huge wheel appeared in the center of the battlefield.

With each spin of this wheel, the wronged souls of the dead are sucked into it.

After the roulette wheel spun around once, all the remnant souls in the arena were collected, and the roulette wheel itself shone brightly, with the divine light of reincarnation suddenly increasing tenfold!

At the same time, a mysterious and strange fluctuation began to spread along with the divine light.

In an instant, Di Jun was enveloped in divine light.

Then he was horrified to discover that his physical body, primordial spirit, and vital energy had all become out of his control.

It is sometimes vigorous, sometimes weak, in a recurring cycle.

Di Jun was taken aback, wondering what the divine light was and what its purpose was.

But the next moment, his expression turned terrified.

Because he discovered that something within him was being erased during the cyclical process!

What was erased was not magical power, but...

It works wonders!

Can the divine light of reincarnation erode one's true spirit?

Doesn't that mean that if this continues, Di Jun will not only perish in body and soul, but he won't even be able to be reborn?

At this moment, Houtu spoke.

The voice remained cold and clear, as if announcing Di Jun's fate.

"Di Jun! Since you instigated this great calamity, let peace return with your demise!"

As Houtu said, whether it was the battle of Hunyuan, the war between witches and demons near Buzhou Mountain, or the tragedy of the human race, they were all part of the great calamity.

This is the Lich Cataclysm, where the final battle has broken out ahead of schedule!

The primordial order has ultimately changed.

However, the outcome was not entirely as Taihao had hoped.

All the calculations, in the process of execution, eventually changed.

After all, he was only at the late stage of Hunyuan.

It's impossible to account for every possible situation.

Before this battle, he was only at the mid-stage of the Hunyuan realm...

The mid-stage Hunyuan realm is very strong, but compared to the entire prehistoric world, it is still not enough.

Especially when there is interference from Hongjun.

The Lich Calamity erupted ahead of schedule, which was somewhat unexpected by Taihao, let alone the Lich War.

Because the overall situation has changed, a great calamity has suddenly arrived.

Has the Lich War broken out ahead of schedule?

Even more unexpectedly, Di Jun's true spirit was being worn down by the divine light of reincarnation! Facing Hou Tu, who was half a step into the Primordial Chaos realm and controlled top-level laws, Di Jun had no power to fight back at all!

Even if he possessed a top-grade innate spiritual treasure, even if he was at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, even if he was blessed with the fortune of the Heavenly Court, he could not change the current situation.

The ruler of the Heavenly Court, the first Heavenly Emperor of the Primordial World...

Is he about to perish?

"His Majesty!"

Countless demon soldiers and generals hurriedly shouted.

Many more fearless individuals attempted to rush forward to protect him.

But before they could even get close to Di Jun, they were completely consumed by the lingering power of the Samsara Divine Light.

Even after his death, his remnant soul was collected by the wheel behind Houtu, which not only did not provide any help to Dijun, but also made the divine light stronger!

This is the law of reincarnation, which has a natural deterrent effect on low-level cultivators.

Under such a deterrent, no matter how many demon soldiers or generals come, they will only be sent to their deaths!

Although quantity can bring about change, it is not them that change, but the cycle of reincarnation itself!

The more souls you have, the stronger your cycle of reincarnation becomes!

However, Di Jun was, after all, the Heavenly Emperor.

Even though Houtu was determined to annihilate him, it wasn't so easy to achieve. In the end, she only managed to wear down a small portion of Dijun's true spirit before being defeated by the main force of the demon race who had rushed over.

This is not a force of ten thousand or twenty thousand demons.

Instead, they are hundreds of millions of elite demons!

If we were to count all the demon races, the number would be in the trillions.

With so many demon cultivators, even Houtu, who was only half a step into the Primordial Chaos Realm, had to temporarily give way, since she had not yet taken that step and was not a true Primordial Chaos Realm cultivator.

Moreover, among the main force of the demon race, there are five demon saints at the early stage of quasi-saint, and three demon emperors and demon masters at the late stage of quasi-saint!

"Big brother!"

Taiyi summoned the supreme innate spiritual treasure, the Eastern Emperor Bell, and rushed to Dijun's side, looking flustered.

He found this bell in the East Sea. It was an opportunity that Heaven gave him as compensation, or rather, a bargaining chip that Heavenly Lord Hongjun added to the Heavenly Court.

However, it wasn't originally called Donghuang Zhong. Taiyi gave it a new name after he obtained it.

Just like in the primordial history, he renamed Chaos Bell.

With the strength of Donghuang Zhong and Taiyi in the Heavenly Court, second only to Dijun, they were even able to fight to a draw with Dijiang, the leader of the Ancestral Witches, on the main battlefield of the Witch Clan.

However, just as the main battlefield was at a stalemate, Taiyi's heart skipped a beat as he sensed that Dijun was in danger of falling. So he quickly mobilized all the demons to help Dijun escape danger.

As a result, many skilled members of the demon race perished in the process, as they were relentlessly pursued by the witch race.

Before arriving here, Taiyi was very puzzled.

I wonder how Di Jun could be in such danger if he couldn't even defeat Huo Ling'er and the other two girls.

But after arriving, Taichi understood.

The moment his divine sense detected Houtu, his pupils contracted sharply.

Clearly, no one expected that Houtu's cultivation level was even higher than that of a peak Quasi-Saint!

What Taiyi could notice, the other demon emperors and demon saints could naturally notice as well.

"Is this Houtu? She disappeared for over ten eons, yet she has such an opportunity?" Fuxi was greatly shocked.

"Peak Quasi-Saint... no, it should be half-step Primordial Chaos! Otherwise, I could not possibly be completely unable to see through her cultivation level!" Kunpeng's expression was one of utter shock, and he even had second thoughts.

"Half-step into the Primordial Chaos realm?"

The Demon Saint Bai Ze's heart skipped a beat. He quickly looked at all the demon soldiers and generals, who seemed to be counting something. In the blink of an eye, he counted them all, but his humanoid body's face turned deathly pale with a "ah".

Thirty-six or fifty demon generals, one hundred are missing!

They perished in the battle just now, and during the relocation of their positions!

This is precisely why Bai Ze felt a chill run down his spine.

Even fear!

Why?

Because 365 is the number of the Great Heavenly Cycle.

Only when the Great Circulation of Heaven is complete can the Great Circulation of Heavenly Stars and Dippers unleash its full power!

But right now there are a hundred fewer!

Although the Zhou Tian Star Array can still be used, its power will drop sharply, possibly only to one-tenth of its full potential!

Of course, even with all the demon generals present, a perfect formation cannot be unleashed.

Because they only have one of the two key points of the great formation!

(End of this chapter)