nownovels Chapter 21 The Task Xuan Chu Gave to the Witch Clan
Chapter 21 The Task Xuan Chu Gave to the Witch Clan
Chapter Twenty-One: The Task Xuan Chu Gave to the Witch Clan
The twelve Ancestral Witches cultivated the complete version of the "Nine Revolutions Profound Technique" within the secret realm of Pangu's Blood Pool. Tens of thousands of years later, they finally all advanced to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
After learning that the Twelve Ancestral Witches had emerged from seclusion, Xuan Chu left the shores of the East Sea and returned to the Pangu Palace.
After advancing to the level of a Primordial Golden Immortal, the warlike Zhu Rong immediately asked Xuan Chu when he would lead them to attack the Thirty-Three Heavens.
Upon hearing this, Xuan Chu shook his head and said, "It's too early to discuss this. While you were in seclusion, Nuwa, the Queen of the Demon Clan, had already attained the Heavenly Dao Sainthood. Although all twelve of you have advanced to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm and your Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation is enough to rival a Heavenly Dao Saint, the Demon Clan still has Di Jun, Tai Yi, Fu Xi, Kun Peng, and the Ten Great Demon Saints. Do you really think that the strength of our Great Witches can contend with Di Jun and Tai Yi?"
Leaving aside the high-end combat power of the Heavenly Saints, the Wu Clan is definitely stronger than the Demon Clan. However, once the Wu Clan unleashes the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, not to mention Nuwa, even Hongjun might be uneasy. Hongjun has Xuan Chu to restrain him, but if the phantom of Pangu goes to resist Nuwa, who will deal with the high-ranking members of the Demon Clan like Di Jun and Taiyi? Are they really going to rely on the Great Witches like Xing Tian and Hou Yi? Obviously, that's impossible.
After careful consideration, the Twelve Ancestral Witches realized that Nuwa's ascension to sainthood was indeed a major problem. Regardless of Nuwa's strength before becoming a saint, once she became a saint, it meant that Nuwa was now second only to Xuan Chu and Hong Jun in the entire prehistoric world. To deal with Nuwa, they would have to set up the Twelve Capital Gods and Demons Formation.
"Then, Uncle, when will be a good time?" asked Gonggong, the Ancestral Shaman of Water.
Xuan Chu smiled and said, "When my Wu Clan produces its first Grand Luo Golden Immortal, it will be time to attack the Thirty-Three Heavens."
According to Xuan Chu's conjecture, the Wu Clan camp would need at least two Grand Luo Golden Immortals to deal with the Heavenly Dao Saints in the future. Moreover, Xuan Chu already had candidates in mind. One was Tong Tian, who held the Zhuxian Sword Formation and was enough to restrain four Heavenly Dao Saints. The second was Hou Tu. When Hou Tu transformed into a reincarnation, Xuan Chu would naturally have a way to make Hou Tu a Grand Luo Golden Immortal. At that time, Hou Tu would deal with Nuwa, and the other Ancestral Witches would set up the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation to crush the Demon Clan. It was perfect. As for the position vacated by Hou Tu, there was a way to solve it in the previous life. That was to create another Ancestral Witch with Hou Tu's original essence blood.
"That will take a long time." The Twelve Ancestral Witches were very disappointed. They were only at the early stage of Hunyuan Golden Immortal, and were still far from Hunyuan Daluo Golden Immortal. It was impossible for them to achieve that in a short time.
"Alright, let's put this matter aside for now. I've called you here today because there's something I need you to do," Xuan Chu said.
"What is it? Please give us your instructions, Uncle!" The Twelve Ancestral Witches perked up immediately when they heard that Xuan Chu had something to entrust to them. Xuan Chu had always been the one to plan for them, and now they finally had a way to help him.
Xuan Chu said, "On the shores of the East Sea, there is a race called the Human Race. Have you heard of them?"
After hearing this, most of the twelve Ancestral Witches shook their heads. They had been in seclusion for tens of thousands of years, and with the Pangu Palace blocking their way, they had not received any information from the outside world. They were truly unaware of the emergence of the human race.
However, among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, there were some observant individuals. Houtu asked, "Uncle, could it be the human race that Nuwa of the demon race created ten thousand years ago in order to achieve sainthood?"
"Not bad," Xuan Chu nodded and said.
"So they were created by Nuwa. Then they must be the demon race. Uncle, do you want us to lead people to wipe out that human race? Don't worry, Uncle, we'll take people to the East Sea right now. With us brothers here, we can easily destroy those mere humans!" After hearing that the humans were created by Nuwa, the others instinctively felt that these humans were allies with the demon race. Xuan Chu's mention of these humans meant he wanted them to wipe out the humans and weaken the demon race's strength. After saying that, they immediately wanted to set off.
"Nonsense!" Xuan Chu was startled when he heard this group of reckless fools want to exterminate the human race. He immediately stopped them and scolded, "Do you all think you're irredeemable demons? You're always talking about annihilating the entire human race. When did I ever tell you to go and wipe out humanity?"
"Isn't that right?" The Twelve Ancestral Witches were very disappointed when they heard that Xuan Chu hadn't ordered them to exterminate the human race.
After pausing for a moment, Xuan Chu said, "You're all overthinking it. Although the human race was created by Nuwa, it has nothing to do with the demon race."
"I see! Then what does Uncle mean by mentioning the human race?" the Twelve Ancestral Witches asked.
Xuan Chu first recounted the history of the human race over the past ten thousand years to the twelve Ancestral Witches, and then said to them, "The fact that the human race can receive merit from Heaven for just a few insignificant little things is enough to demonstrate the extraordinary nature of the human race. Although our Witch Clan is at odds with Heaven, it is undeniable that Heaven's judgment is quite good. Therefore, I believe that our Witch Clan can appropriately communicate with the human race, and it would be best to strive to form an alliance with the human race to advance and retreat together."
Xuan Chu had been pondering this matter for a long time. The reason why the Witch Clan was able to become a force to be reckoned with in a great calamity alongside the Demon Clan was not because the Twelve Ancestral Witches were so powerful, but because the Witch Clan possessed immense fortune. Therefore, in order to resolve the Witch Clan issue, the Heavenly Dao initiated the Witch-Demon Great Calamity, making the Witch Clan one of the main protagonists of the calamity. At the same time, it supported the Demon Clan to fight against the Witch Clan, using the calamity to deplete the Witch Clan's fortune. So from the very beginning, the Demon Clan was a pawn arranged by the Heavenly Dao to deal with the Witch Clan, and also a discarded pawn.
In fact, from the very beginning, Heaven had bet on the human race. Otherwise, how could Nuwa have become a saint? Among the six saints of Heaven, the Three Pure Ones possessed the fortune of Pangu and the merit of creation. Jieyin and Zhunti were the lords of the West, carrying the fortune of a continent. In addition, during the war between Dao and Demon, Hongjun owed the West a huge karmic debt. Therefore, Jieyin and Zhunti were granted sainthood. Compared to them, what did Nuwa have? All the talk of deep blessings is just a way to fool people. Merit is managed by Heaven. Heaven can grant whoever it wants deep blessings. The reason Nuwa was able to become a saint is that she possessed the laws of creation. Heaven needed her to create a protagonist for the prehistoric world.
Whoever obtains more of the human race's fortune will gain the upper hand in future struggles. In fact, if given a choice, Xuan Chu certainly wouldn't want the Heavenly Dao to decide the protagonist of the world. However, Xuan Chu had no other cards to play. The Witch Clan was out of the question, so for the sake of the future, Xuan Chu thought of contacting the human race through the Witch Clan. Ideally, the fortunes of the Witch Clan and the human race could be bound together. If the Heavenly Dao wanted to attack the Witch Clan in the future, it would have to abandon the human race as well. In fact, by then, the Heavenly Dao would probably have no chance to support a new protagonist of the world.