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

Chapter 84 Enemy, Friend

[In the 373rd year of the Demon Calendar, the 7th cycle and 17th period, the Demon Emperor Jin Bing, representing the "Equal Heavenly Court," made a pact with the Ancestral Witch Houtu.]

[First, Houtu will no longer participate in the alliance among the twelve ancestral witches, and the many great witch tribes under Houtu's tribe will not use heavy force on the battlefield. From now on, the entire tribe will become an actor...]

[Second, after the Equal Heavenly Court defeats the Supreme Heavenly Court, Houtu will work with the Demon Emperor to build the "Reincarnation Underworld," which will be in charge of the reincarnation of all beings in the primordial world, thereby weakening the uniqueness of the human race as the destined protagonist.]

[Thirdly, Houtu agreed to win over those members of the Wu tribe whose ideology was not yet completely distorted within the various Ancestral Wu tribes, in order to weaken the power of the Wu tribes and strengthen the Heavenly Court of Equality.]

In return for agreeing to the above conditions, the Demon Emperor must spare the lives of the eleven Ancestral Witches and promise to treat the Witch Clan equally.

[We must neither seek revenge against innocent witches, nor continue to excessively oppress the witch people as Emperor Jun's Heavenly Court did.]

The new Witch Clan will abolish the original tribal system and pursue equality alongside all races, faithfully obeying all commands of the Equal Heavenly Court!

With the alliance established, the Wu tribe officially split into two factions. One faction, led by eleven ancestral Wu including Dijiang, attempted to enslave all races by force, dominate the primordial world, and recreate the era of the three ancient races where one race reigned supreme.

[The other faction, led by Houtu, advocates equality among all races. Although they cannot defect for the time being, as long as the Equal Heavenly Court gains a certain advantage over the Supreme Heavenly Court on the front lines, Houtu will immediately lead her people to defect!]

After the alliance was concluded, Houtu prepared to depart.

[But you hesitated for a moment, and then asked Houtu to bring Xuanming to your side as well.]

Houtu paused for a moment, then shook her head, indicating that her younger sister was always impulsive and hot-headed, unlike herself who was easy to talk to and would excitedly discuss with her brothers every day which piece of land in Zhongzhou they should divide up...

[Impulsive and headstrong? Certainly.]

[You recall that in your past life, when the Human Court was on the verge of collapse, you clearly told her to go to Nuwa's Heaven for refuge with Fuxi, but the stubborn Xuanming refused to leave no matter what. In the end, Fuxi had to ask a sage to intervene, and only then was she forcibly dragged away.]

But... after all, you were husband and wife. In this life, you really don't want her to be embarrassed because of being captured, even though she doesn't know you in this life, and doesn't like you...

[You repeatedly asked Houtu to persuade Xuanming to defect. After a while, Houtu's gaze towards you changed. She seemed very curious about your mental state as the Demon Emperor.]

[And you're only at most seven or eight Yuanhui in strength, compared to an Ancestral Witch like Xuanming, who is at the level of hundreds or thousands of Yuanhui, uh...]

Houtu's heart was churning with gossip, but even though she couldn't keep a straight face, she still agreed to your request and planned to go back and try her best to win over her younger sister.

With your gratitude, Houtu left the territory of Shouyang Mountain...

[And you quickly returned to the "Demon Emperor's Palace," found the celestial officials who were still criticizing Xuandu for accepting local specialties from the witch tribe, and announced your alliance with Houtu to them.]

The celestial officials were immediately overjoyed. If they could really recruit some members of the Witch Clan as actors and spies, the pressure on the front lines would be much less!

【Great Chieftain... no, Your Majesty the Demon Emperor, may you triumph!】

[You smiled and reassured them, then became serious and announced the future strategic direction: Our Equal Heavenly Court is currently thriving, while the perverse actions of the Sun Star Lord and the Witch Clan are gradually eroding their foundations. With one side gaining and the other losing, our army will surely be victorious.]

However, our current disadvantages are real, and it is necessary to objectively acknowledge that the enemy is stronger than us.

Therefore, our strategy going forward should be primarily defensive, minimizing large-scale battles with the enemy to avoid needlessly losing manpower. The key is to stall for time!

[If the enemy is strong and we are weak, then we cannot be optimistic about a quick victory. We should engage in a protracted war with the enemy, stalling for time and hindering our development. After all, the enemy's strategy is a self-destructive approach called "Heavenly Demon Disintegration." The longer we drag it out, the weaker they become, while we grow stronger.]

When the balance of power reverses, that will be the time for us to launch a strategic counter-offensive. The Sun Star Lord will die, and the Eleven Ancestral Witches will be captured.

All crimes will be thoroughly investigated and punished!

The celestial officials nodded firmly, their absolute confidence in victory stemming from both their strategic analysis and their belief in you… As long as you stand with them, they will never waver, even if it means certain death.

[Great Chief, victory!]

……

Time passed slowly, and the war between the two heavenly courts continued unabated.

In the 373rd year of the Demon Calendar, during the 20th period of the Seven Cycles and Seven Events, Xuandu, under the command of the Demon Emperor, confronted the Great Witch Houyi. After a fierce battle, Xuandu decisively defeated Houyi, capturing 100,000 witch soldiers, greatly boosting the morale of the Heavenly Court!

[In the 373rd year of the Demon Calendar, the ninth cycle of the second period, the Great Witch Hou Yi and Xiang Liu's allied army of 100,000 attacked the Eastern Wilderness. The Demon Emperor, with the Qilin King and many human Grand Luo Immortals, met them in battle.]

[In this battle, Hou Yi suffered a crushing defeat, which dragged Xiang Liu down with him, and 100,000 of his sorcerer soldiers were captured once more...]

[In the 374th year of the Demon Calendar, the Great Witch Hou Yi and the Taiyi Star Lord jointly led an army of 100,000 to attack the Western Wilderness. The Demon Emperor, with the True Phoenix King and many other Great Luo Demons, met them in battle.]

[In this battle, Hou Yi suffered a crushing defeat and fled, while Taiyi Xingjun was unfortunately captured, and the 100,000-strong allied army of witches and demons was captured once again...]

……

At the foot of Mount Buzhou, in the Pangu Palace.

Dijiang sat in the middle, while the other eleven ancestral witches stood on his left and right.

Below the twelve ancestral witches were the great witches of the twelve tribes, all dejected. Why? Simply put, they had lost miserably…

Di Jiang looked at his eleven younger siblings with a gloomy face, and after a long while, he finally spoke:

"Some of you have betrayed me."

The eleven ancestral witches looked at each other in bewilderment...

Red-haired Zhurong burst into laughter:

"Big brother, what are you saying! It can't be me, can it?"

The blue-haired Gonggong also laughed:

"Brother, you know me. If I were going to betray you, I would have gone to Shouyang Mountain long ago!"

The ancestral witches, including Shebishi, Jumang, and Rushou, also patted their chests and pledged their loyalty to their elder brother, Dijiang.

loyalty!

Dijiang sneered:

"Really? Then why are your high priests suffering such crushing defeats every time? Each time they lose so many men and soldiers that nine out of ten of our twelve tribes' priests are practically deserted, all captured by that little dragon!"

"The Sun Star Lord also accused me of trying to have my cake and eat it too, saying that I wasn't satisfied with just taking Zhongzhou, and that I also wanted to take fifty sacks of rare and precious herbs from Shouyang Mountain..."

The ancestral witches fell silent, and the high witches below lowered their heads even further...

Indeed, ever since they conquered and slaughtered the three parts of the Northern Wilderness, the Wu tribe's record has become increasingly worse. The Great Wu was defeated and fled, and the Wu soldiers were captured one after another, hundreds of thousands of them were sent away, leaving the various tribes almost empty!

He was nicknamed "Witch of Ten Thousand".

What's even more outrageous is that every time they joined forces with the Heavenly Court to attack, the Witch Clan was always the first to collapse, and once the Witch Clan collapsed, the Heavenly Army could only follow suit.

The great shamans always escaped quickly without suffering any losses, but many of the star lords and demon generals sent by the Heavenly Court were implicated and captured!

To date, of the more than three hundred Grand Luo Immortals in Heaven, nearly fifty have been captured. No wonder the Sun Star Lord is cursing...

Dijiang looked at them with a gloomy expression and said solemnly:

"I don't care what your ulterior motives are, but now my Wu clan is facing a life-or-death crisis. In this battle, we have no way out."

"I'll give you two periods of rest. After that, I will personally oversee the battle. In this fight, we must ruthlessly kill several Grand Luo Golden Immortals from Shouyang Mountain!"

The shamans trembled, quickly sat up straight, and shouted:

"yes!"

Then Tu's gaze became veiled.

……

(End of this chapter)