Chapter Sixteen: The Cause and Effect Not Yet Ended, Plotting Again

  Di Jun and Dong Huang Tai Yi established the Heavenly Court, which controlled the power of the stars in the sky. The strength of the demon clan increased rapidly, with some able to grow ten or even a hundred times stronger. Di Jun and Tai Yi were confident that after a period of recovery, the demon clan's strength would be boosted again, and then they could engage in another great war with the witch clan, with the outcome still uncertain. With the establishment of the Heavenly Court, the demon clan's fortune greatly increased, and the momentum for their rise to power was already underway.

  The Witch tribe has not responded to the Demon tribe's actions, and now the Witch tribe is only focused on recuperation. In the first war between the Witches and Demons, although the Witch tribe also suffered heavy losses, they were ultimately the victors of this great war, and they drove the Demon tribe out of the vast wilderness, becoming the rulers of the vast wilderness. Later, they issued a kill order, making it rare to see a single member of the Demon tribe in the entire vast wilderness. If Tongtian hadn't told Emperor Jun that the land of Tianyi existed, even with the vastness of the world, there might not have been any place for the Demon tribe to stand. As for the Demon tribe now causing trouble in Tianyi, the Witch tribe has shown a completely indifferent attitude, ignoring them.

  In fact, with the original intention of the Wu tribe, they would naturally launch another attack when the Yao tribe was not yet stable, even if it meant sacrificing countless tribesmen. This one battle would decide the overlord of the Hongyuan continent. However, after the last incident with Hou Tu, the Ancestor Wus not only obtained Pan Gu's body refinement method and many epiphanies from Hou Tu, but also learned some secrets.

  For example, Hou Tu told them that the Heavenly Way would not allow any one of the two tribes of witches and demons to dominate, and although the eleventh ancestor witch was extremely arrogant, she still had a reverent heart for the Heavenly Way. After learning this news, the eleventh ancestor witch discussed it with others and thought that since this is the case, it's better not to fight at all, but rather quietly cultivate, as fighting would not yield any results anyway. That's why they didn't take any action against the demon tribe.

  Thus, the Witch tribe, due to Hou Tu's reason, began to neglect the Demon tribe, while the Demon tribe was accumulating strength in preparation for another confrontation with the Witch tribe. Both tribes did not make any major moves, and the Primordial Chaos returned to calm once again.

  But after returning to Penglai Island, he handed over everything on Penglai Island to Hou Tu. Tongtian immediately closed his door and connected his heart with the Heavenly Way, constantly sensing his own situation and checking whether the cause and effect of the Hunyuan Bell had been settled.

  "What the hell is going on? Why hasn't it ended yet?! I've been planning and scheming for so long, why hasn't this damn cause-and-effect chain ended yet?! Tian checked again and found that the cause-and-effect of the Hunyuan Bell still existed, only feeling a bit smaller. This result was far from what he had expected. He had thought things through carefully, made meticulous plans, everything was going smoothly, all under his control, and he had even been gloating for a long time, thinking he would succeed, but in the end, it turned out to be such a terrible outcome, making him feel stifled and wanting to vent his anger, he couldn't help but curse loudly."

  "Could it be that I've gained some merit, so the cause and effect haven't been settled? But this doesn't seem right either. The merit I've gained is only this little bit, even if Emperor Jun had a little less of this merit, it shouldn't have a big impact. Clearly, it's not this reason, what could be the reason?" Tongtian's mind turned a hundred times, his brain constantly flashing with various possibilities, but in the end, he ruled them out one by one.

  "Brother, what's wrong? Is anything the matter?" At this time, Hou Tu asked from outside the door. She had heard Tong Tian's loud shout and thought something had happened, so she hurried over to take a look. Tong Tian heard Hou Tu's voice and immediately came back to his senses, composed himself, then got up and walked out.

  "Hehe, it's nothing, just some problems with my cultivation, I've encountered some difficulties, no big deal." Of course, Tongtian wouldn't tell Houtu about this, as it involved his biggest secret, "crossing over". Even to Houtu, he didn't dare speak clearly, and he also didn't want Houtu to worry about him.

  "Brother, cultivation is not something that can be rushed. If your mind is restless and anxious, it will be even harder to make progress. Why don't you take a break and rest for a while? Don't overexert yourself." Hou Tu comforted him and advised. Tong Tian listened, feeling extremely puzzled in his heart, as if last time he was the one being persuaded by Hou Tu, now the situation had turned around and it was Hou Tu persuading him. He thought to himself, but said with his mouth:

  "Alright, little sister, don't worry about it either. Big brother is really fine, just give me a moment." And so the two of them went to the grand hall together, sat facing each other and started discussing various matters of the Primordial Chaos.

  Suddenly, Hou Tu said: "Brother, actually little sister has been hiding something from you, hoping it won't ruin brother's big deal, please forgive me." Hou Tu said with some seriousness. Tong Tian heard this and found it strange, asking: "What big deal? Why are you speaking so seriously, little sister?"

  "Sister secretly gave the Pan Gu body refining method to the Wu tribe, as well as some of my own insights. I hope brother will forgive me." The Earth Mother spoke slowly with her head bowed, her tone filled with apology. Tongtian listened and realized it was this matter after all. Without saying that he had already known about it and hadn't stopped the Earth Mother, even if he really didn't know, he wouldn't blame the Earth Mother. To him, this wasn't a big deal at all. He immediately comforted her:

  "Hehe, it's nothing, little sister doesn't need to worry about it." Hou Tu looked at Tong Tian with confusion, knowing that he had been planning to help the demon tribe resist the witch tribe for days. Although she didn't know what kind of help Tong Tian had given the demon tribe, now Hou Tu was going to help the witch tribe, wasn't this directly opposing Tong Tian? It made her feel a little guilty and sorry to her brother, while also worrying that she would ruin Tong Tian's plan. Now Tong Tian said it was nothing, Hou Tu felt some doubt, but looking at Tong Tian's expression, he didn't seem to be pretending, so she relaxed.

  "Brother, don't worry, little sister won't do this again. As for the affairs of the Wu tribe, unless it's absolutely necessary, I won't interfere anymore. Besides, the Wu tribe may not need my help anyway, brother, you don't know, even I didn't expect that the Wu tribe would have such a treasure." Hou Tu saw that Tong Tian wasn't paying attention and immediately guaranteed, then excitedly said. After hearing Hou Tu's words, Tong Tian looked at her strangely, Treasure? The Wu tribe's treasure?

  "What treasure could it be? Let me ask my sister." He asked casually, but in his heart, Tong Tian really hadn't thought that the Witch Clan could have any treasures. After all, the Witch Clan didn't cultivate their yuan Shen and couldn't use spiritual treasures - this was a well-known fact in the Hong Huang world. How could they possibly have any treasures? Even if they did, they wouldn't be able to use them, so it would be pointless.

  "Wow, I didn't expect that the Witch tribe actually has a Pangu Heart, and this Pangu Heart can even create new Witches. It's the treasure of the Witch tribe that suppresses the aura, with this treasure, the Witch tribe is worry-free!" Hou Tu said excitedly. Upon hearing these words, Tong Tian was immediately stunned, his heart churning with huge waves. How could it be the Pangu Heart? Didn't the Pangu Heart disappear after Pangu opened up the sky and got injured? How did it end up in the hands of the Witch tribe?

  The Witch tribe didn't only have the method of creating witches with pure blood, otherwise during the times when the Witch tribe's population was scarce and they experienced many great wars, the Witch tribe would have been extinct long ago. This method of reproduction is actually the Pangu Heart, within which exists a large amount of Pangu Blood. Although it isn't pure Pangu Pure Blood, it can still give rise to many powerful witches, the true backbone of the Witch tribe's strength lies here. The witches created with the pure blood of powerful witches are at best just filling in numbers, their combat power is ordinary. However, the blood within the Pangu Heart is after all limited, and the time needed to create a powerful witch from it is too long, so the Eleventh Ancestor Witch thought of using the pure blood of powerful witches to create witches, thereby solving the disadvantage of the Witch tribe's population.

  Suddenly, a flash of insight struck Tongtian's mind, and he finally understood why the cause and effect of the Hunyuan Bell had not been resolved. The problem lay in the fact that the Witch tribe possessed the Pangu Heart, a treasure that suppressed the flow of air, allowing them to maintain their power for millions of years despite killing countless people and accumulating endless karma. However, the current Demon tribe did not have such a treasure to suppress the flow of air. Originally, the Demon tribe had relied on the Hunyuan Bell to suppress the flow of air, but unfortunately, the bell had been stolen by Tongtian during the Chaos Era, causing the Demon tribe to lose its top-level combat strength and struggle to keep up with the Witch tribe in their great war. Moreover, without the Hunyuan Bell, the Demon tribe's air flow was lost at an alarming rate. Although Emperor Jun possessed the Hetu Luoshu to suppress the Demon tribe's air flow, it was clear that the two were of different levels, and the Hetu Luoshu could not compare to the Hunyuan Bell's effect in suppressing the flow of air.

  Under the circumstances, as time went on, the demon tribe would never be able to rival the witch tribe again. In this way, the cause and effect of this matter could not be resolved. Although the demon tribe had established the Heavenly Court and its aura had increased significantly, without the treasure to suppress it, coupled with the constant wars, the slaughter was endless, and the loss of aura was even faster. In this way, let alone resolving the cause and effect, the trend of the heavenly way might also change due to this, and at that time, the heavenly punishment might come to summon Tongtian.

  Tongtian was deep in thought, his face constantly changing color. Hou Tu looked at him with a puzzled expression, not understanding why Tongtian would have such a big reaction after learning that the Witch tribe had Pangu's heart, and couldn't help but ask:

  "Brother, is something wrong?" Being asked by Hou Tu, Tong Tian came back to his senses and smiled: "Nothing's wrong, I just didn't expect that the Wu tribe would have such a precious treasure. Now, little sister should be at ease, right."

  "En, now I have nothing to worry about, brother can rest assured, I won't care about the witch tribe's affairs anymore."

  "Heh heh, that's good then. I'll take care of the matters of the Wu tribe myself. You should focus on your cultivation instead, becoming a saint as soon as possible is what's most important. Don't bother with these things for now."

  "Alright, I'll go now. Brother, you should also go cultivate." After saying that, Hou Tu left to close his doors and cultivate without mentioning it again. After Hou Tu left, Tong Tian's face suddenly became extremely ugly. He didn't expect there was this kind of relationship; it seemed the many gods of the Primordial Chaos had underestimated the Wu Tribe. Such a precious treasure, yet no one in the Primordial Chaos knew about it. His original plan was almost perfect, but he didn't expect Pan Gu's heart to suddenly appear and ruin his carefully laid plans. Tong Tian took a deep breath and suppressed these thoughts; now that he mentioned them, it was already too late. Since the cause and effect of the Chaotic Bell had not yet been resolved, he could only think of other methods.

  Tongtian began to think carefully, wanting him to return the Hunyuan Bell was obviously impossible. Not only had he already refined the Hunyuan Bell for 40 Dao prohibitions, but the bell had also merged with his own life clock, becoming inseparable. Even if he were to really return the Hunyuan Bell to Ta Yi, Ta Yi would not be able to refine it to 30 Dao prohibitions, and the bell would not have the effect of suppressing the air transport. This was clearly not feasible. Thus, giving the demon tribe's spiritual treasure to suppress the air transport method was ruled out, and he could only think of other ways. After thinking repeatedly, he still couldn't come up with a solution. The only things related to air transport were spiritual treasures and merit. With spiritual treasures excluded, only merit remained. However, merit wasn't something that could be easily obtained; it wasn't like picking vegetables by the side of the road. Where would he go to find so much merit for the demon tribe? In the end, he could only take things one step at a time, accumulating bit by bit.

  Thinking of this, Tongtian sighed, "The cause and effect of the Chaos Bell is indeed complicated, it's really troublesome to settle it, it seems that I still need to spend some effort on it!" Tongtian understood that the cause and effect of the Chaos Bell would be a protracted war from now on, so he didn't think much about it and started making plans immediately.

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  (Chapter 2 is online, with some reference to book friend Xiao Yao's review, but I absolutely won't give away the Chaos Bell. If I were to give it away, I wouldn't have taken it in the first place. Like what was written in one of them, leaving behind a Yuanshen, and then taking it back after the Great War of Witch and Demon, I would never write something like that. ———————————————————————————————————. Please vote, please recommend, please collect, please evaluate.)