Chapter 001: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate
The Great War of the Sorcerers and Demons ended in such a strange state. The twelve ancestral witches, Donghuang Taiyi, Tian Emperor Jun, and the demon master Kunpeng, all suffered heavy injuries in this battle. As for the witch tribe, it's not too bad, but the twelve ancestral witches consumed too much of their essence and blood, and without a thousand or eight hundred years of rest, they would not be able to engage in high-intensity battles again.
The demon clan was in trouble, the Eastern Emperor's Bell, which was already incomplete due to the war, suffered another heavy blow. Although the bell itself was not damaged as a pre-heavenly treasure, the divine thought left by the Eastern Emperor was severely damaged and would take thousands of years to recover if not nurtured in the yuan god. As for the Heavenly Emperor, Emperor Jun, his primordial river chart, Luoshu, which was part of the Zhou Tian Star Array, was severely damaged during the war, causing a significant decline in his spiritual energy, requiring years of nurturing to repair. Moreover, Emperor Jun himself, as the master of the Sun Star, one of the two main array eyes of the Zhou Tian Star Array, also suffered severe shock and needed thousands of years of rest.
Two great emperors are already like this, and the 365 star masters and demon masters Kunpeng can't be better off, after the war is over, a group of Honghuang's powerful people scattered out their own divine thoughts to observe the entire witch-demon battlefield, wanting to glimpse a hint of the great Tao's mystery from the remaining aura of the witch-demon war, able to inspire and make their own path even further, touching each other and then leaving, although they are familiar with each other's breath, but they all secretly peek at what kind of earth-shaking divine law these two dominant tribes in Honghuang have.
As a result, the divine thoughts and breaths of various stocks were wandering horizontally in the air above the battlefield, feeling the terrifying aura left behind by the Twelve Heavenly Gods' Great Array. Some secondary-level divine communicators had not even approached the remaining aura of the Twelve Heavenly Gods' Great Array, yet they felt their own divine thoughts trembling, on the verge of being swallowed up by the aura at any moment. If they forcibly approached, they would only end up with a backlash of their divine thoughts, spitting out three liters of blood. Therefore, the surrounding divine thoughts hastily retreated and turned towards the demon tribe's side. The demon tribe was withdrawing, sensing the divine thoughts of many powerful beings. Emperor Jun then issued an order to set up the Zhou Tian Star Battle Array to cover the demon tribe, preventing them from being spied upon. At this time, although the Zhou Tian Star Battle Array had already become incomplete, few divine communicators could further penetrate it. Those who managed to sneak in through a small gap would only feel as if they had entered the vast starry expanse of the Hong Huang Xing Yu, looking at flowers in the fog, dazed and confused, unable to discern directions, and ultimately disappearing into the starlight aura.
Many powerful beings in the vast expanse felt that the two great array methods that appeared in this world were boundless, and even the remaining aura or incomplete arrays made people dare not to investigate lightly. Unconsciously, they ranked the two array methods of the Witch and Demon tribes alongside the Exterminating Immortal Sword Array, sending out one of the three greatest absolute arrays of pre-heaven and post-heaven.
The Xiantian Sword Array was naturally formed before the heavens and earth, responding to the killing fate of the times. The greater the calamity, the more terrifying its power. During the Dragon and Phoenix Grand Calamity, it even accepted the spiritual energy and essence of the entire Western Continent, allowing it to advance and become a Xiantian Treasure. After that, if one were to hang the four swords of this array horizontally across the four extremes of the Hongyuan, covering the land with its diagram, using this array as an offering, it would not be impossible to make the heavens return to their original state of earth, water, fire, and wind. As such, one can imagine the sharpness of this object and the unparalleled killing power of this array. Therefore, among the three ultimate arrays, this one is considered the most powerful. The Patriarch of the Hongyuan also once said that unless the Four Saints gather together, it would be impossible to break through this array. Later on, the Master of the Tongtian Sect laid out this array during the Great War of the Gods, causing countless immortal families to fall within it, including even the Supreme Being, who was humbled by it and earned the name "Xiantian". In later generations, cultivators would often name their refined treasures with words like "Destroying Heaven", "Exterminating Gods", or "Swallowing Heaven", which although sounded majestic and awe-inspiring, were actually easy to attract karma. If not careful, one would end up being disdainful of the Heavenly Way, and the treasure would be sullied, while the person holding it would be entangled by countless karmic consequences.
The day after tomorrow, the Great Heavenly Star Array is a large array of stars and constellations. This array was not present from the beginning, but was created by Emperor Jun and others through their comprehension. To set up this array, one needs to refine 365 great heavenly star flags, 365 great Luo demon immortals, and transform them into star masters corresponding to the 365 ancient stars in the sky. Additionally, one needs 14,480 small heavenly star flags, 14,480 golden immortal demons, and correspond them to 14,480 secondary stars. Furthermore, one needs to add the power of millions of demon immortals and heavenly immortals. Anyone can transform into a star within the array, holding the Great Heavenly Star Array with the 365 great heavenly star flags as the foundation, the 14,480 small heavenly star flags as the trunk, and the millions of demon immortals as branches, all connected by the power of the heavenly stars. The might and majesty are unimaginable. No matter who enters the array, it is like entering an endless starry sky, with infinite starlight, condensing countless killing instruments, destroying without awareness, and annihilating without end. The person setting up the array can also move freely within the array, hiding among the gathered starlight, and carrying out stealthy attacks. To break this array, one must either possess unparalleled magical powers and moral integrity to directly break through the array, or destroy the ancient star array led by the sun and moon, in order to escape.
The final one is even more mysterious. If the power of the Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation comes from the four swords, and the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Array becomes stronger with more people, then the last ultimate array, the Twelve Heavenly God Slaughter Great Array, gets its power from bloodline inheritance. The purer the bloodline inheritance is, the thicker the spiritual energy of the law is. So, the Twelve Heavenly God Slaughter Great Array laid down can make the Pan Gu flesh body transformed even more powerful. In theory, the twelve ancestral witches are infinitely close to Pan Gu, and the power of this array can exceed that of the Exterminating Immortal Sword Formation, and even achieve the feat of opening up the sky and earth! However, unfortunately, with the last stop of the witch tribe, almost all the great gods of the two tribes fell. The strongest bloodline inheritors of the witch tribe either died or disappeared, and the pure bloodline of the twelve ancestral witches could not be found. Therefore, it was impossible to lay down the Twelve Heavenly God Slaughter Great Array again. Nevertheless, even if only using the residual soul gathering and refining method to refine the Twelve Heavenly God Slaughter flags, the Twelve Heavenly King flags, and other relic treasures, re-evolving the twelve ancestral witches, transforming into a small Pan Gu, it could still preserve the witch tribe's survival in the Desolate Expanse, and ensure their legacy would not be extinguished! This shows how powerful this array is, and its remaining power is so strong that even saints must be extremely cautious.
Xuanwei's divine thoughts were also wandering on the battlefield of witches and demons, this time the war was different from before, not only did the starlight and evil energy condense, but the heavenly evil energy permeated everywhere. Under such circumstances, few residual souls remained, those who survived were all accomplished practitioners who had long been returned to the demon clan and reborn. Xuanwei's attempt to redeem the vengeful spirits also came to nothing.
As the crowd was affected by the evil energy and starlight, Bagua arranged a prior heaven three major absolute array, couldn't help but laugh, thinking that this thing is quite interesting for many great gods to do. Speaking of it, the power of the Wanxian Array of the later teaching of the Intercepting Sect is also not ordinary, gathering the power of all immortals in one body, if there were no four great saints to share the pressure, even if the Intercepting Sect's Immortal-Slaying Sword Array was broken, it would be unclear who won or lost between the Expounding and Intercepting Sects.
There are rumors that when the Five Elemental Treasure Flags gather, they can even surpass the Primordial Five Elements Great Array, with boundless power. The cycle of mutual generation and restriction is so strong that it can block the Mixed Yuan Holy Man. Although it's unclear whether this is true or not, the power is undoubtedly extraordinary. If these two were to appear in the world, then the Three Ultimate Arrays of Heaven and Earth would have to be increased by two more. Xuan Wei shook his head and was the first to withdraw his divine thoughts.
It's said that this time, the great war between witches and demons left behind a sequelae. Many late-born innate gods or some scattered cultivators without a backing began to get anxious and started to seek refuge with various powerful beings in the vast wilderness. Among them were many who came to the Jade Flower Mountain, and although Xuanwei didn't explicitly express his stance, he also didn't stop them from staying around the mountain gate. On ordinary days, they could come to listen to his lectures.
Compared to the coldness of Xuanwei, Sanqing is much more lively. With many scattered cultivators and pre-heavenly gods gathering, Sanqing was overjoyed, after all, this means that the Dao lineage has someone to pass it down to, and there are successors for himself. The prestige of Sanqing will be widely known through his disciples.
However, although that's the case, my calm and tranquil personality has destined me to have very few visitors. Under the watchful eyes of the heavens, not a single person who came to seek refuge with me was worthy in my eyes. Silently calculating the workings of heaven, I realized that among those who came this time, there is indeed one person with whom I share a master-disciple bond, but the timing has not yet arrived, so I did not force it and instead closed my eyes to meditate and ignore them.
Compared to Lao Jun, the founder of the Primordial Origin Sect was much more selective. His habit of emphasizing the importance of one's roots and foundation predetermined that all scattered cultivators who relied on mortal bodies would be rejected outright. As for the remaining pre-heavenly divine spirits, they had to pass through the formation he set up in front of the mountain gate before they could become his disciples. Only those who passed the test were qualified to do so. However, the formation was extremely abstruse, and only those with unshakeable determination or profound cultivation could pass it. In the end, only a dozen or so people managed to barely pass, leaving the rest of the crowd greatly disappointed.
It's just as well that the Upper Clear and Heavenly Pass didn't follow Laozi and Yuanshi in being meticulous and selective, taking on disciples without discernment. They welcomed everyone, regardless of their worthiness, which resulted in a motley crew under their tutelage. Although they did gather many talented individuals, there were even more mediocre and inferior ones, making it seem like the good and bad were all mixed together.
Can't help but say that Tongtian Daoren's original intention was good, wanting to inherit the virtues of Daozu's lectures and open up convenient doors for all living beings to have the opportunity to hear the Dao. However, he didn't think that even if Daozu lectured, there were 3,000 pre-heavenly gods as his audience, and only Sanqing entered his door. At this time, how many of the original 3,000 pre-heavenly gods remained when he first lectured on the Dao? As a result, Jie Jiao was eventually calculated by others, Tongtian fell into the situation of being cut off from the orthodox Dao, and Biyou closed his doors to cultivation, never to reappear.
