Simulating the primordial era? That's way too extreme.

Chapter 78 The Great War Between the Lich and the Demon at Shouyang Mountain!

Why?! Why is the Witch Clan able to stand with the Heavenly Court?!

You are both confused and terrified, because you know perfectly well what the witch clan represents.

[In your past life, you were the Heavenly Emperor, ruling over the three ancient races as well as the human and witch races. You used witch soldiers and generals; no one knows better than you just how powerful they are.]

The Wu tribe are descendants of Pangu. Although nominally a branch of the demon race, they differ greatly from other demon races: the Wu tribe lacks a primordial spirit and cannot cultivate immortality!

[But the inability to cultivate immortality doesn't mean they are weak. In fact, the Witch Clan is ridiculously strong. Ordinary Witch Clan members, once they reach adulthood, can easily slaughter ordinary Celestial Immortals. With further effort and cultivation over several dozen or even hundreds of eons, they can rival Golden Immortals!]

[And the Great Witches, born directly from the essence and blood of the Ancestral Witches, are all born as Taiyi Golden Immortals. After much refinement, it is not an exaggeration to say that they can tear apart Daluo cultivators with their bare hands.]

As for the Ancestral Witches, that's even more outrageous. All twelve daughters of Pangu are at the Quasi-Saint level. Although their abilities aren't as comprehensive as those of Immortal Quasi-Saints, and their strengths and weaknesses are very obvious, with extremely extreme biases in their abilities... their strength is so great they can send bricks flying!

[And what's most incredible is their "Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation," which can transform into the avatar of Pangu, capable of defeating Di Jun with one punch, knocking down Kunpeng with two punches, and forcing Donghuang Taiyi, who carries the Chaos Bell, to his knees with three punches.]

The Heavenly Court was able to suppress the Twelve Ancestral Witches not only because of its sufficient military threat, but also primarily because it recognized their semi-independence and brought them into the Heavenly Court's system, so that they could all oppress the myriad races together...

[How did such an incredibly powerful force end up fighting against Shouyang Mountain?!]

[You don't understand. In your past life, the Wu tribe could even fight alongside you to conquer the world. In this life, there's no enmity between them, yet you're still thinking of pulling them into the Shouyang Mountain camp to rebel against Heaven together...]

Where did the problem lie?

Sitting in the Great Chief's Hut, perplexed by the many mysteries of recent times, you begin a brainstorming session...

[First, there was the strange suggestion from Qinglong. Qinglong, a quasi-saint, was willing to be close to you and even offered to single-handedly take on the Heavenly Court. After you cautiously refused, he generously gifted you a primordial spiritual treasure.]

Aside from his overflowing compassion and genuine desire for revenge against the Heavenly Court, the most plausible explanation is... self-interest?

[You seemed to grasp something, and your brow furrowed: Does the Azure Dragon truly desire equality with all races?]

[Obviously not. Don't be fooled by his yearning for equality; a person's values ​​can't change drastically overnight. Take Ao Guang, for example. Even Ao Guang couldn't change his mind in a short time, let alone the Azure Dragon Ancestor.]

The reason why the Azure Dragon is so actively involved in the "equality of all races" cause is most likely not because it wants to achieve equality with all races, but because it wants to increase its influence among the human race as much as possible, and thus bind itself to the human race.

[Equal to all races? The Azure Dragon has no interest.]

[Equal to the protagonist destined by fate? Qinglong is very interested!]

In short, the dragons will follow the same path as humans. If humans consistently uphold equality, then the dragons will truly dare to be equal!

[But if humanity were to take... another path, then out of consideration for the Azure Dragon's great contributions, it would likely lead the True Dragons to oppress the myriad races below.]

If the three races share the credit, then when the human race takes a different path later, the likelihood of them recruiting the true dragon will decrease, and they will most likely oppress it as well...

As for the idea that Qinglong wanted to use this to seize your power... you never even considered that, because you are actually the representative of the Six Saints. No matter how ambitious Qinglong is, he wouldn't be so unwise.

Looking back now, you realize your attitude towards the Azure Dragon was far too harsh. He wasn't a bad person at heart; at least until humanity embarked on a different path, it was truly a good thing.

If we have to pinpoint any conspiracy, it's probably that the Azure Dragon Ancestor genuinely dislikes the Phoenix and the Qilin, and therefore doesn't want to be on equal footing with them...

【you:……】

"ah?!"

Zhao Si was completely stunned when she saw this:

"So, I just... chose the wrong option?"

After all this, it turns out that the Azure Dragon really doesn't have any bad intentions. If we had the Azure Dragon as a henchman, we could not only take down the Heavenly Court on our own, but we might even be able to take down the Witch Clan as well.

My own excessive suspicion, coupled with the game's usual misleading tactics, led me to choose the option that increased the difficulty...

Zhao Si stared at her phone with a tense expression:

"No...why are you misleading me?!"

Those descriptive words clearly portray Qinglong as a scheming villain. With such misleading language, I was bound to choose the wrong answer!

[Ding! This game is completely fair and transparent, without any misleading elements. The choices given by the characters are entirely their own ideas. Players chose the option that increased the difficulty, so don't blame the game.]

"So, what about before...?"

The past is the past, the present is the present.

Zhao Si: ...

What a dog game! So you're the one who calls the shots!

Enraged, Zhao Si could only remain angry for another minute... before reluctantly choosing to forgive.

"Keep going! So be it, let's just die!"

However, if we calculate it this way, then both options are actually viable, the only difference being the level of difficulty.

If you choose to ask Qinglong for help, the difficulty level will decrease; otherwise, it will increase.

I'm fine, I can just go back in time, but Jin Bing could really die if things go wrong...

"What a sin! What a sin!"

Since things have come to this, let's play the game first.

[Upon realizing your mistake, you were filled with regret. If you could do it all over again, you would choose Li Bai... choose the Azure Dragon!]

However, you weren't too worried, because you knew you could start over. At least you could gather some information in this life, and pay more attention in the next...

[And who says you can't win without the Azure Dragon?]

The Great Chief will prevail!

After trying to console yourself for a while, you thought of the Witch Clan again: the Dragon Clan got on board for their own benefit, so the Witch Clan probably rebelled for the same reason...

But where exactly do the benefits lie? Why did the witch clan side with humanity against heaven in their past life, but now side with heaven against humanity?

[You begin to analyze carefully: If you had to say something, it would probably only be because the nature of Shouyang Mountain is completely opposite in the two lifetimes!]

[In its previous life, Shouyang Mountain was actually an illegal regime ruled by human supremacy. The reason why humans and demons slaughtered each other was to rise above the vast majority of demons.]

The reason the Witch Clan allied with the Human Clan, besides some secret about the Humans, was largely due to mutual interests: if they helped the Humans win the war against the Demons, Emperor Jun's "Equal Heavenly Court" would go bankrupt, and it would be replaced by the "Human Sovereign Court."

At that time, the witch race could enjoy the wonderful feeling of enslaving all races alongside the human race...

And what about Shouyang Mountain today?

[It no longer represents human supremacy, but a complete egalitarianism among all races. Therefore, if Shouyang Mountain wins after declaring its rebellion against the emperor by "purging the court of corrupt officials," then your strength as one of the Six Chosen Ones is far greater than that of Emperor Jun!]

[Emperor Jun wanted equality, but he was hampered by various forces, and his equality policy could not be implemented at all. It was called "equality," but in reality, the major clans were semi-independent entities. How could there be true equality within a clan? Just like a true dragon oppressing a second-class dragon, the ancestral witches were above the great witches, and the great witches were above ordinary witches...]

[Layer upon layer, like a pyramid—no wonder this is a system of hierarchical oppression!]

Could such a feudal and even primitive shamanistic tribe truly be a loving family...?

Therefore, if Shouyang Mountain wins, equality will be even more thorough than with Dijun, and the ancient hierarchy of the Wu tribe will completely disintegrate... This is absolutely not in the interest of the ruling class of the Wu tribe!

Between two evils, they chose the lesser, so the Witch Clan chose the Heavenly Court, embarking on a path opposite to their previous one...

No! Not the opposite; the two choices made by the Witch Clan were essentially the same.

This choice is called self-interest!

[However, this time, Shouyang Mountain is on the opposing side to the interests of the Wu Clan!]

Having figured everything out, you know things are really bad...

However, the attack on Shouyang Mountain by the Witch Clan and the Heavenly Court has already begun!

[In the 373rd year of the Demon Calendar, the Seventh Cycle and the Eighth Period, the Witch Clan declares war on Shouyang Mountain!]

[The next event: Hou Yi, the great shaman of the Hou Tu tribe of the Wu clan, led his army to sweep across the Central Plains, capturing and killing all the vanguards of the human race in various places!]

[It is fate that Jin Bing of Shouyang Mountain has ordered Xuan Du to lead a coalition of demons to confront the sorcerer army!]

[It is destiny that the battle will be fought in the Central Plains!]

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(End of this chapter)