The Holy Path of the Primordial World Shines Brightly

Chapter 86 Houtu sets an ambush, using a tiger to devour a wolf.

There are always treacherous subjects trying to harm me!

This is the truest reflection of Houtu, the ancestral witch.

It's so hard for her!

According to various legends, as one of the most powerful beings in the primordial world, she had an unknown superior above her—the Yellow Emperor, which was already quite something.

There are also Taiyi and Dizang, one representing the Xuanmen (Taoist school) and the other representing the Buddhist school, who have extended their claws into her own private plot of Houtu—the cycle of reincarnation!

How can one word describe how tragic it was?

"Really, I am very, very rational and calm right now."

Houtu patted Xuanming's hand intermittently, meeting her worried gaze, and reassured her, "We will never lose sight of the bigger picture for the sake of small things, nor will we settle scores because of any possible personal grudges."

"After all..." A mocking glint flashed across her face, the anxious eagerness she had shown before other ancestral witches—like Dijiang—to find the Yellow Emperor immediately, completely gone. "Who can guarantee that this information is true?"

"If that's really the case, then so be it."

"What if it's those powerful, shady figures spreading rumors in the shadows? Are they trying to sow discord between the human and witch races?"

Houtu's eyes were deep, a cold smile playing on her lips. "That's highly possible!"

"Is it a rumor?" Xuanming pondered. "Indeed... there's too much information about the future circulating in this era, making it hard to distinguish between truth and falsehood."

"The Three Pure Ones are embroiled in internal strife, and all brotherly affection has vanished."

"Nuwa was ruthless and heartless, while Fuxi was a freeloader."

There are hundreds of different accounts of Hongjun, ranging from a conspiracy incarnation to a ruthless Heavenly Dao.

……

Xuanming pondered, listing all sorts of gossip and rumors.

The Great Luo is a testament to eternal existence, an innate and indestructible spiritual light that illuminates the river of time, past, present, and future... They have countless means to obtain information about the future.

Of course, the veracity of this information is highly debatable.

If there is only one Great Luo Immortal, then the information must be true.

But when there are two or more powerful figures, the power struggle between them, the authority of the privileged and the administrator, the alteration of history and the reversal of cause and effect, and all sorts of things that refresh the past are minor matters, let alone spreading rumors.

It's hard to tell what's real and what's fake.

"Yes...it's hard to tell the truth from the falsehood!" Houtu sneered. "That's the most terrifying thing...you can't pretend it doesn't exist, but if you treat everything as fact and guard against it...the truth and falsehood are reversed, and it's easy to be distracted and led by the nose without realizing it."

"Regarding the matter of the Yellow Emperor... some treacherous individuals were lurking among them, wanting me to lead the charge. But little did they know, I had already seen through their cunning."

"These days, I may seem anxious and impulsive, but I've actually been quite clear-headed. I'm just playing along with their act, while secretly confirming some facts."

This ancestral witch's eyes shone brightly. "I calmed it down and watched the storm unfold... Indeed, I have already discerned many clues!"

Houtu's tone exuded confidence and assurance, which piqued Xuanming's curiosity. "Sister Houtu, what did you discover?"

"The existence of the Five Heavenly Emperors should be beyond doubt. Although it's still unclear whether they are absolute enemies of us Ancestral Witches," Houtu squeezed Xuanming's little hand, "I have to thank someone for this... his jumping around and acting initially caused me to suffer a loss, but it also made me understand a lot... Heh, the Great Fuxi Alliance!"

"So, after confirming the facts about the Five Emperors, you launched a powerful attack, introducing the Yanhuang Alliance, in order to draw out the two Emperors, Yanhuang and Yanhuang?" Xuanming asked.

"Yes and no." Houtu smiled faintly. "Can you believe it? This strategy of using the name of Yan and Huang was actually told to me by the Green Emperor Fuxi... I appreciate this person's hard work, laying out the plan step by step, performing all sorts of tricks and performances in front of me, and even offering genuinely useful strategies. It seems like he wants to help me solve the problems caused by the existence of the Yellow Emperor."

"But what he didn't know was that in recent years, I had been collecting books on conspiracies and deceptions from various time periods, striving to improve myself, and had already achieved a qualitative leap in this area, exceeding his imagination!"

"Therefore, I suspect that the Azure Emperor Fuxi and the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan have secretly formed an alliance, but are pretending to be completely unrelated in order to deceive everyone. They even pretend to be considering my interests and offering me genuine and useful strategies... But they would never have imagined that I have already seen through all of this!"

The Green Emperor and the Yellow Emperor form an alliance!

This is absolutely earth-shattering information!

But when Houtu spoke these words, she was so calm.

"From the birth to the demise of the Great Fuxi Alliance, it was just a pawn... After that, they wanted to have the Shun Alliance and the Zhuanxu Alliance. It seemed like they were unwilling to accept the defeat in the so-called struggle between male and female witches, but it was all a facade."

"The person behind the scenes just wants to force me to take the initiative... and then, at this crucial moment, offer a brilliant plan to make me establish the Yellow Emperor's reputation." Houtu smiled wryly, revealing a hint of sarcasm. "They even thoughtfully suggested finding one or two completely innocent pawns under their control to vie for the Yellow Emperor's throne!"

"Whoever jumps out, whoever is a suspect, find them out; if no one jumps out, then make the fake one look real... With my backup plan in hand, this hand is a sure win."

"A very good plan," Xuanming commented after careful consideration.

This kind of scheme, relying on overwhelming power, to smother those with ulterior motives, seems so perfect.

At least, she didn't find any flaws.

"Yes, it was a very good plan." Houtu sighed, "but I was extremely wary of people, thinking that there was no good in this, and I began to associate the person who gave me the advice with the worst possible intentions... So, I found a place where I was in the dark."

"What if... the chess piece I put forward to compete for the title of Yellow Emperor is actually the real Yellow Emperor?"

"Won't I become a laughingstock?" Houtu sighed. "I'm going to have a mental breakdown!"

"Is there anyone who can deceive you?" Xuanming hesitated. "Your attainments in the True Spirit Path are unparalleled in the world. Even the Great Luo of Taiyi cannot hide it from you."

"That's correct." Houtu nodded, a strange smile appearing on her face. "But what if the real Yellow Emperor wasn't some great supernatural being reincarnated as an actor?"

"Is it truly about being completely innocent, rising from a state of utter ignorance, and achieving that level of success entirely on your own?"

"He himself had no extraordinary hidden power deep within his true spirit; he carved out a path from the most ordinary of circumstances!"

"That's impossible!" Xuanming exclaimed decisively. "Such a person...it's too incredible!"

"Nothing is absolutely impossible." Houtu's expression calmed down. "If there really is such a person, who rises up alone without any external help, and in the end leaves the deepest mark on the human race, suppressing one great supernatural being after another, becoming the ancestral lineage of the spiritual source... I might really misjudge such a person."

"Then perhaps we shouldn't establish the Yanhuang Alliance?" Xuanming suggested hesitantly.

"Build it!" Houtu sneered. "Why not build it?"

"I'm not just going to build! I'm going to build on a massive scale... to give this fellow Daoist Huangdi a hand in the early stages!"

"Huh?" Xuanming asked blankly.

"Why let go of such a powerful ally?" Houtu waved her hand. "I've calculated the current strength of both the Lich and Demon factions, and I've found that we've still suffered a slight loss."

"In that case, we must increase financing to attract some of the hidden players who have wandered off—even if they have malicious intentions."

"However, despite their malicious intentions... well, who can blame them for their grand schemes?" Houtu revealed a sly smile. "A group with grand schemes, repeatedly deceiving me, Houtu, using all sorts of tricks and deceptions... they seem to be enjoying themselves immensely. They're a bunch of incredibly cunning swindlers with grand ambitions, trying to trick me into losing everything!"

"In the art of deception, there are big scams and small scams, and depending on how difficult the target is, there are even more sophisticated methods..." Houtu hummed. "Without a doubt, I am the most difficult to deceive, the kind that requires a lot of investment to deal with..."

"If they want to fool someone like me, they have to invest a lot of money... otherwise, how can they gain the trust of someone who is currently 'completely unaware' of the situation?"

"Especially since they ultimately tried to swindle me out of everything, and then came here to bully me... that must have involved an even bigger investment!" Houtu whispered to Xuanming, "I'm just waiting!"

"We'll wait for them to pour money in, then in the end, we'll cut off their resources and abandon them after they've served their purpose!"

Xuanming's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Houtu with a strange and admiring gaze.

Then, she racked her brains and helped Houtu fill in the gaps.

"But what if things go wrong?" Xuanming muttered. "I suspect that among the Ancestral Witches, there might be someone from the Yellow Emperor's faction hiding!"

"It's alright!" Houtu chuckled. "Although I may allow the Yellow Emperor to infiltrate my inner circle and manipulate things within the Yanhuang Alliance... I will not select anyone to vie for the Yellow Emperor's throne!"

"I'll keep that position hanging, just hanging there, openly using the slogan of winning battle merits to drive that hidden person to exert themselves, to the death!"

"Our current situation is like that of a dynasty, which is at a disadvantage when faced with foreign invasion... Our ancestral witches are emperors, while the Yellow Emperor is a very capable general."

"When foreign enemies invade, we have no choice but to rely on this general... However, this general harbors treacherous intentions... The day we defeat the foreign enemies will be the day he seizes the throne!"

"How should we deal with people like this?"

"Ordinary imperial edicts, with their grand principles and justifications, are probably of no use to such a ruthless person... but we need his wisdom."

"Therefore, the right way is to seize their wisdom, strip them of their official duties, and gradually erode their power!" Houtu waved her hand sharply, "Let the Yellow Emperor rise and fall because of the Yanhuang!"

"That's why I'm forming the Yanhuang Alliance, gathering people, compiling the Yanhuang ideology, directly seizing the final interpretation rights, and setting up a seemingly simple but practically impossible obstacle for the Yellow Emperor's future ascension to the throne!"

"That requires truly impeccable virtue, absolute saintliness and wisdom, absolute indifference to fame and fortune, and absolute selflessness for the sake of humanity... With so many hurdles, how can he possibly rise to power?"

"Overthrow our ancestral witches?"

"It's impossible!"

(End of this chapter)