Houtu is infatuated with me, so I made her lean against the wall.

Watching the Chaotic Crystal Spider depart, Qin Ming smiled gently: "Let's go, we should also hurry on our way."

With that, Qin Ming took Hou Tu's soft hand, flashed onto the back of the Fire Scale, and sped off into the depths of chaos once more, following the map given to him by the Chaotic Crystal Spider.

They have already wasted too much time, and if they continue to delay, they may miss the opportunity for Houtu to obtain it.

As Qin Ming and Hou Tu continued their journey, in the prehistoric world, at the Temple of the Sun God.

Di Jun and Tai Yi slowly opened their eyes, withdrew their magical power, and the originally dense solar true fire gradually dissipated.

"After three cycles, the origin of the Sun Star has finally been completely restored."

"We respectfully welcome His Majesty the Demon Emperor and His Majesty the Eastern Emperor upon their return from seclusion!"

When Bai Ze and the others saw that Di Jun and Tai Yi had awakened, they immediately bowed in respect.

During the last Lich War, in order to unleash the full power of the Zhou Tian Star Array, Di Jun and Tai Yi did not hesitate to consume the essence of the Sun Star in order to withstand the attack of Pangu's physical body condensed by the Twelve Ancestral Witches' Du Tian Shen Sha Array.

Similarly, Qin Ming punished them by making them secluded themselves in the Temple of the Sun for three Yuanhui (a unit of time) to replenish the origin of the Sun Star.

After all, the Sun Star is one of the three ancestral stars of the primordial world. If the Sun Star is missing, the origin of the primordial world will be greatly damaged.

This would be detrimental to the development of the primordial world.

Now, after three cycles of repair, the original essence of the sun has finally been completely restored.

"Brother, should we immediately order an attack on the human race, to plunder their flesh and blood and their vengeful spirits?"

Last time, when the human race was engulfed in a zombie apocalypse, some demon warriors discovered that devouring the flesh and blood of humans could greatly enhance their own cultivation.

At the same time, the primordial spirits of the unjustly deceased humans transformed into vengeful ghosts, filled with a dense aura of malevolence.

Using the vengeful spirit of this human race to refine magical artifacts has an extremely strong effect on the powerful physical bodies of the witch race.

Therefore, they planned to kill the human hunters in order to obtain human flesh and blood and improve the overall strength of the demon race.

Secondly, he wanted to obtain the vengeful spirits of humans to forge a witch-slaying sword, which would then be used to break through the powerful physical bodies of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.

Once the twelve Ancestral Witches die, the Witch Clan will be leaderless and unable to stop the Demon Clan's invasion.

At that time, they will be able to gather most of the primordial fortune and rapidly enhance their own strength.

And the demon race will be able to become the leader of all races in the primordial world and dominate it.

At that time, they will not need to care about anyone's opinion.

If they hadn't been in seclusion at the time, and if the human race hadn't had the support of Patriarch Bodhi and others, they would have temporarily held back to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, only collecting the vengeful souls of the humans killed by the zombie race.

However, although the zombie outbreak brought enormous losses to the human race, it was far from enough to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.

Now that they have emerged from seclusion, it is natural for them to begin forging the Witch-Slaying Sword.

"This matter will probably have to wait!"

Di Jun's expression kept changing.

Five new saints of humanity have been added to the human race.

Emperor Jun wasn't particularly wary of the three Suirenshi and Huang Yun, the first of the twelve zodiac animals.

Qin Yu, the Holy Emperor of the Human Race, who was at the peak of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal realm, defeated Jiang Chen, who was at the fifth level of the Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal realm. Now, he has attained sainthood and is even suspected of subduing Jiang Chen.

How could he not be wary of such a person?

Although their cultivation has improved rapidly over the past three eras, it would be extremely difficult for them to completely suppress Qin Yu.

The most urgent task is to find a way to quickly improve one's cultivation level.

"Judging from the previous situation, whether it was Huang Yun, the three ancestors of the human race proving the Dao, or the holy emperor of the human race Qin Yu proving the Dao, only the goddess Nuwa appeared, and the Pure World Dao Venerable only sent a statue to appear in the world."

"Considering all factors, it is very likely that the Pure World Daoist is no longer in the prehistoric world."

"The Pure World Daoist and the Empress Houtu have only recently married, so they will certainly not separate."

"With the loss of these two powerful figures behind them, the human race is much weaker."

"If we were to attack the human race now, we would surely reap great rewards."

"Otherwise, once the human race increases its strength again, it will be even more difficult for us to deal with them in the future."

After a pause, Donghuang Taiyi said with a worried expression, "Besides, the human race has always been close to the witch race."

"With the rapid development in recent years, five saints have attained enlightenment. If this continues, I'm afraid the human race will become a new great enemy of our demon race."

"At that time, if the human race and the witch race unite, how will our demon race resist?"

Di Jun's expression kept changing.

Donghuang Taiyi is right.

Although the human race was once numerous, they were generally acquired humans with weak cultivation and low talent.

However, since Qin Ming founded martial arts, a large number of geniuses have emerged among the human race.

They cultivate rapidly; as long as their blood and energy are sufficient, they can quickly improve their cultivation level.

The last zombie outbreak caused enormous losses to the human race.

Similarly, amidst such chaotic disasters, the human race, under extreme pressure, unleashed its potential and its cultivation level skyrocketed.

With the successive attainment of enlightenment by the three ancestors of the human race, Huang Yun and Qin Yu, the Holy Emperor of the human race, the fortune of the human race has surged and the merits of the human race have descended upon them, making the overall strength of the human race increase rather than decrease.

Since these two multiverses, the human race, under the leadership of Empress Xuanjun, has been thriving.

Furthermore, it has established close exchanges and strategic cooperation with the Wu tribe.

The witch clan protects human villages, while humans intermarry with the witch clan and produce weapons, elixirs, and so on.

This has led to a recent surge in the number of members in the Wu tribe.

Although most of them are witch soldiers, with their large numbers and the blessing of the witch god's magic created by Houtu, many new great witches have recently emerged in the witch clan.

The most terrifying were the ancestral witches like Dijiang.

For so many years, they have stayed in the Pangu Temple, and no one knows what level they have reached.

Although no unusual phenomena have recently occurred in the prehistoric world, who can know that none of Dijiang and others have attained enlightenment?

You should know that the Pangu Temple is a powerful spiritual treasure that can shield the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and even the Great Dao itself.

If Dijiang and others were to attain enlightenment, how terrifying would their Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation be?

But if they attack the human race at this time, and anger Qin Yu and the others, will their demon race be able to withstand it?

"Strategist, Demon Master, what do you think?"

After much deliberation, Di Jun still couldn't make up his mind and could only look at Bai Ze and Kunpeng.

As for Fuxi, he is currently presiding over the Heavenly Court.

Moreover, Fuxi was Nuwa's brother, and the human race was created by Nuwa. It was not good to let Fuxi know about the massacre of the human race, lest it cause unnecessary trouble.

"I believe that the slaughter of humans should be dealt with gradually."

"The human race is now incredibly powerful and closely united with the witch race."

"If we were to deal with the human race, the witch race would certainly not stand idly by, which would likely trigger the third war between the witches and demons."

"We are not fully prepared. If we rashly start the third war, it may be detrimental to our demon race."

"After all, the human saints and the lineage of the Three Immortal Islands of Chaos are simply too powerful."

"To deal with the human race, we need to find a suitable opportunity and not rush things."

Kunpeng spoke first.

He was forced to join the demon race by Donghuang Taiyi.

Now, however, he has to deal with the human race, which has a powerful background. How could Kunpeng be willing to do that?

"snort."

"A coward who clings to life and fears death."

"The Pure World Daoist and the Empress Houtu are not in the prehistoric world. The five saints of the human race have been sealed in the Fire Cloud Cave by the Goddess Nuwa to suppress the human way."

"As long as we do not exterminate the human race, they will not easily come out, lest humanity become unstable."

"Thus, two of humanity's greatest fighting forces have been lost."

"As for the Witch Clan, as long as we are fast enough to collect enough human vengeful spirits before they come to our aid, will the Witch Clan still wage a third war against our demon race for the sake of some humans?"

"Brother, why don't I personally lead the team to invade human territory and plunder human flesh and souls?"

Donghuang Taiyi glanced at Kunpeng with disdain, then gave a powerful and forceful analysis of the pros and cons.

Upon hearing this, Kunpeng's expression turned extremely gloomy.

Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi robbed him of the opportunity that originally belonged to him.

They then forced him to join the demon race.

How could he not be furious when they continue to mock him like this?

However, Di Jun and Donghuang Taiyi have already attained sainthood, while he himself only has the cultivation of a quasi-saint at the peak. He is not Qin Yu, who can defy saints.

Therefore, even though he felt extremely frustrated at this moment, Kunpeng could only endure it.

As for Di Jun, after pondering for a while, he looked at Bai Ze and asked, "Strategist, what do you think of what my second brother said?"

Bai Ze waved his goose feather fan, his eyes gleaming as he carefully analyzed the pros and cons that Donghuang Taiyi and Kunpeng had just mentioned.

After a long silence, Bai Ze made a decision: "Your Majesty, what His Majesty the Eastern Emperor and the Demon Master said makes sense."

"We can prepare for both possibilities."

"Firstly, although His Majesty and the Demon Queen have been married by heaven, they have never consummated their marriage due to the witch clan."

"As the saying goes, yin cannot grow alone, and yang cannot be born alone."

"If Your Majesty and the Demon Queen unite in yin and yang, they will surely be able to enhance each other's cultivation in a short period of time."

"At the same time, if a bloodline is formed, it can greatly enhance the fortune of our demon race."

"Secondly, we will go to Zixiao Palace and inform the Ancestor of our needs."

"If we obtain the Dao Ancestor's consent, we can conceal the secrets of Heaven when we deal with the human race."

"At that time, as long as we are fast enough, we can gather enough human vengeful spirits to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword."

"Of course, to avoid any unforeseen circumstances, His Majesty the Eastern Emperor will need to go to the Three Pure Ones and seek their consent."

Hearing Bai Ze's words, Di Jun nodded in satisfaction: "Alright, this matter will be handled according to the strategist's wishes."

"All demons must obey the strategist's orders."

"Second brother, I will go to welcome Xihe. As for you, go to Zixiao Palace and Dongkunlun Mountain to seek the opinions of our teacher and the Three Pure Ones. What do you think?"

Upon seeing this, Donghuang Taiyi naturally had no objections. After nodding in agreement, he transformed into a stream of light and sped towards the Outer Heaven.

Outside the Purple Cloud Palace.

Donghuang Taiyi arrived at this place and knelt down on both knees: "Disciple Taiyi requests an audience with Master. I hope Master will show himself to me."

After a long time, the gates of Zixiao Palace still remained closed.

This situation made Donghuang Taiyi feel uneasy.

Does Hongjun not agree with their slaughter of humans?

Just as Donghuang Taiyi was lost in thought, a vast and ancient voice rang out: "I already know why you have come."

"When you take action, I will personally intervene to conceal the secrets of heaven."

"At the same time, the Three Corpses will descend to assist you."

"As for you three senior brothers, I have already informed them that as long as you do not annihilate the human race, they will not take action."

After he finished speaking, the room fell silent for a moment.

Donghuang Taiyi was overjoyed.

He never expected that Hongjun would be so generous, not only agreeing to shield them from the secrets of heaven, but also sending down the Three Corpses to help them. How could he not be overjoyed?

It should be noted that Hongjun, as the first Dao Ancestor to attain sainthood, had three corpses that were different from those of the saints who attained sainthood later.

Hongjun's three corpses each possessed cultivation levels above the fifth level of the Saint Realm.

This is especially true for the self-corpse.

With the intervention of Hongjun's three corpses, their chances of winning are even greater.

As for not being able to wipe out the human race, that's fine too.

After all, annihilating the human race would not only offend the Three Pure Ones, but also incur divine punishment, which would be a losing proposition.

In any case, as long as their demon race wins, they will raise humans and use them as fodder to strengthen their demon race.

Thinking of this, Donghuang Taiyi thanked him and then soared into the sky.

East Kunlun Mountain.

The Three Pure Ones came together.

Since the Three Pure Ones attained enlightenment and began accepting disciples, the relationship between them has gradually become more subtle.

Taiqing Laozi cultivated the Dao of Supreme Ruthlessness and always preferred tranquility.

However, Shangqing Tongtian had far too many disciples.

In addition, the quality of the visitors varies, which makes East Kunlun Mountain quite noisy.

However, out of consideration for his reputation, Taiqing Laozi refrained from rebuking Shangqing Tongtian.

As for Yuqing Yuanshi, he disliked those creatures with fur and horns, born from moisture and eggs.

Now, the entire East Kunlun Mountain is in chaos because of the disciples of Shangqing Tongtian. How can Yuqing Yuanshi tolerate this?

Therefore, he often sent his disciples to bully and humiliate the disciples of Shangqing Tongtian.

Shangqing Tongtian was concerned about Yuqing Yuanshi's reputation, and Taiqing Laozi always sided with Yuqing Yuanshi during their arguments.

This situation led Shangqing Tongtian to repeatedly back down, trying to prevent his disciples from clashing with the disciples of Yuqing Yuanshi.

He himself prefers to stay out of sight and out of mind, except for the Three Religions Grand Competition held once every 100,000 years, he basically never leaves his house.

This time, the three Pure Ones reunited, all because Hongjun transmitted a message to them.

"Senior Brother, humans are the main body of humanity, why does Master allow the demon race to slaughter them?"

"If the human race suffers heavy losses, it will likely affect our cultivation progress."

Shangqing Tongtian frowned deeply.

Although the human race must go through three calamities and nine tribulations if they want to become the eternal protagonists of the primordial world.

The greatest of these disasters was the extermination of the entire clan.

But that doesn't mean they've completely abandoned humanity.

After all, Hongjun only said that the human race would not be destroyed, but once the demon race started attacking and couldn't stop, the human race would inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The sect they established was founded on the basis of the human race.

If the human race suffers heavy losses, their cultivation will also be affected.

"This is the will of Heaven."

"If the primordial human race does not perish, it will be difficult for us to spread our teachings."

"Now that the demon race is dealing with the human race, this is a perfect opportunity to annihilate the innate human race."

"Moreover, this is a disaster that humanity should accept."

Yuqing Yuanshi said calmly.

"What does it mean to say that this is a disaster that humanity should have to accept?"

"If we want to obtain the fortune of the human race, we should pass on the Daoist teachings to the human race, instead of using such despicable means."

Everything has its reason for existing.

"The Primordial Human Race is the ancestor of all humankind; their existence is the foundation of humankind."

"Only when they are strong can humanity be strong; only when humanity is strong can our sect prosper."

Shangqing Tongtian retorted.

"Hmph, nonsense."

"We are sages of the Heavenly Dao, and should naturally obey the will of Heaven!"

"Our master sacrificed himself to unite with the Dao for the sake of the primordial world. Now that our master's decree has been issued, how dare you disobey?"

Yuqing Yuanshi looked at Shangqing Tongtian with a gloomy expression.

"Second Senior Brother, I was merely stating the facts. Why are you humiliating me like this?"

An angry glint appeared in Shangqing Tongtian's eyes.

From the moment he took human form, Yuqing Yuanshi always treated him as an elder brother.

He had to get involved in everything.

Out of brotherhood, he always yielded.

But in return, they only took an inch and wanted a mile.

Just like his disciples, when facing the disciples of the Chan Sect, if they took a step back, the Chan Sect would take a step forward.

He has now reached his breaking point.

"That's enough!"

"What kind of behavior is this, making such a racket?"

Upon seeing this, Taiqing Laozi's expression changed slightly, and he hurriedly rebuked him.