Primordial Era: I rule the great sect and command all immortals.

Chapter 40: The Cruelty of the Witch Clan and the Misfortunes of Humanity

Just as Laozi moved to Shouyang Mountain to establish his Daoist temple, and Tongtian Jiaozhu was preaching at Biyou Palace, the news of the Three Pure Ones splitting up finally spread throughout the prehistoric world.

Many powerful beings were initially surprised, then overjoyed. The separation of the Three Pure Ones was the best news for the Witches, the Demon Clan, and the Western Sect.

Pangu's primordial spirit transformed into the Three Pure Ones. Above the innate level, the Three Pure Ones possessed the best aptitude in the primordial world. Having gained merit from the creation of the world, they were capable of ruling half of the primordial world. Each of the three also had innate treasures protecting them. In a one-on-one fight, neither the two leaders of the Western Sect nor the Goddess Nuwa could defeat the Three Pure Ones.

Originally, these people had given up their ambition to dominate the prehistoric world, but now that the Three Pure Ones have separated, the opportunity has naturally come. It is not impossible to compete for the destiny of the prehistoric world!

"Haha, the Three Pure Ones have separated! That's wonderful! This is truly great news for our Heavenly Court!"

In the Heavenly Court of the Thirty-Three Heavens, the five Quasi-Saints—Di Jun, Xi He, Fu Xi, Tai Yi, and Kun Peng—gathered together, each overjoyed, and simultaneously plotted new actions.

In recent years, although the human race has often been oppressed by the witch race and devoured by the demon race, its numbers have continued to grow. The rulers of the Heavenly Court have naturally seen this phenomenon and believe that the human race must be curbed.

On the other side, in the "Ancestral Witch Hall" on the primordial land, the twelve Ancestral Witches also gathered together to talk about the major event of the Three Pure Ones' separation.

"Hmph, the Three Pure Ones have separated and are no longer qualified to represent the Father God. We, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, are the true continuation of the Father God."

The Wu Clan was also very excited about this. With the Three Pure Ones no longer weighing on them, all the powerful figures felt as if the mountains on their shoulders had disappeared. They were all extremely relieved and accelerated their respective plans to prepare for the final battle.

Meanwhile, in the Western Continent, in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the two Western Saints were equally overjoyed. The two Saints owed the Heavenly Dao a massive amount of karma, and the Western Dao had to grow stronger in order to fulfill their vows and repay their karmic debts. This gave them hope of transcending the control of the Heavenly Dao.

In the primordial land, Lao Tzu established the teachings of humanity, and the human race spread out in all directions, making the place much more lively.

Numerous human tribes, like locusts, swiftly occupied the areas vacated by the demon and witch tribes.

With the guidance of Li Yunjing, the teacher of the human race, the various tribes enclosed land for farming, cleared mountains and felled trees, built bridges over rivers, constructed roads and houses. The creativity and enormous potential of the human race were now being revealed.

Although the human race had lost the protection of the goddess Nuwa and suffered many hardships, the newly born human race was almost wiped out.

However, with Lao Tzu's attainment of sainthood, the human race once again had a saint to rely on.

Over the years, the human race has occupied the wilderness on a large scale, cultivated the mountains and forests, and carried out large-scale construction projects, which has attracted many monsters and beasts that have been cultivating in seclusion in the deep mountains and forests.

Although there are some powerful individuals among the human race, they are still at a disadvantage when dealing with such demons. Many humans are either devoured or torn apart by the demons, and the race is constantly in a state of balance between birth and death.

The Wu tribe watched coldly from the sidelines, but they noticed something strange about the demons' slaughter of humans. Some wise members of the Wu tribe had a vague inspiration: a way to use the deaths of humans to severely damage the demons.

Those among the Witch Clan who were observant discovered, through witnessing the gruesome deaths of humans, that after death, people would transform into a wisp of eerie, bluish mist. The mist would surge and churn, faintly emitting violent roars, and baring its fangs and claws as it charged towards the demon race.

Gradually, the witch and demon races discovered that even humans who did not practice magic, possessed a malevolent aura after death, which was unique to humans: the three souls and seven spirits. After a human dies, the three souls and seven spirits transform into ghosts. The more tragic the death, the more powerful the vengeful ghost that becomes, which does not use magic but only harms the primordial spirit.

While the power of one or two ghosts may be weak, the power of thousands upon thousands of vengeful ghosts is terrifying.

Soon, through the research of the wise men of various ancestral witch tribes, one evil secret technique after another was developed to use the three souls and seven spirits of humans to harm enemies. In addition to being used as food by the demon race, humans were also used as a vessel for testing evil techniques by the witch race.

After the twelve ancestral witches confirmed that human souls were useful, the twelve tribes gathered many witches to conduct research in this area.

The shaman holds a pivotal position in the shamanic tribe, and his duties include devising strategies, healing the tribespeople, and performing sacrifices to heaven and earth.

The Wu tribe does not worship Hongjun or respect sages; they worship only Heaven and Earth and revere only Pangu. Since ancient times, sacrifices have always been of paramount importance, which shows that the shaman holds an extraordinary position within the Wu tribe.

Thousands of years have passed, and the Wu tribe has finally made great progress in its research on the human soul. On this day, the twelve Ancestral Witches gathered again in the Ancestral Witch Hall to discuss this important matter.

Zhu Jiuyin looked at the other eleven Ancestral Witches and spoke in a cold voice, "The race created by Nuwa, after death, their vengeful spirits do not dissipate, transforming into fierce ghosts and spirits, often extremely ferocious. They all attack together, devouring the primordial spirits of their enemies and absorbing their essence. In my observation, although their individual power is weak and insignificant, if they were to gather billions of souls, they would probably be able to shake the heavens and earth, and destroy gods and demons with a flick of their wrist."

"Indeed! Our tribe's shamans have conducted research and found that most demons are cultivators of the primordial spirit. They would find it extremely difficult to resist such evil beings. In the future great war, we can use the souls of hundreds of millions of humans to launch a surprise attack and defeat the demons." Another ancestral shaman, Gonggong, agreed.

"I observe that the human ghosts are violent. If we were to use the secret methods of the Witch Clan to create a Soul-Gathering Banner, using the banner as a guide to collect the souls of thousands of fierce ghosts, and release it into the air during the battle between the Witch and the Demon, it would likely cause widespread destruction. These fierce ghosts are formless and colorless, and cannot be destroyed by ordinary spells. Moreover, with so many ghosts, how could the Demon Clan possibly retaliate?" The eldest brother, Di Jiang, revealed a sinister smile, clearly indicating that his tribe had achieved some success in their research over the years.

Zhu Rong burst into laughter: "Hahaha! Since that's the case, then issue an order for a large-scale capture of humans to be used in the refining of the Soul Gathering Banner!!"

The thought of being able to use the "Soul Gathering Banner" to release the souls of vengeful spirits to assist their people in killing demons filled some of the ancestral witches with immense joy, and they burst into laughter.

Houtu, seeing that the ancestral witches intended to exterminate the human race, felt reluctant and wanted to reject the plan, but also felt it was inappropriate. So, she subtly tried to persuade them, saying, "The human race's souls are weak. They are enough to deal with ordinary demons, but they are probably insufficient to deal with the demon gods, demon saints, Di Jun, and Donghuang. Let's practice the grand formation and think of other methods. Our witch race has no need for the human race at all."

Hearing Houtu's words, the other Ancestral Witches were taken aback. However, what their sister said was not wrong. The final battle between the Witch and Demon races depended on the outcome of the great battle between the twelve Ancestral Witches and Dijun, Taiyi, and Fuxi.

(End of this chapter)