Chapter 001: Pangu Opens the Sky and Changes Fate

  Before the catastrophe of the witch, the innate spiritual energy was abundant, and all living things had their own magical powers. There was no distinction between day and night in the world, and the starlight formed by the celestial bodies had not been sealed off yet. Therefore, only half of the sky could be seen, with the sun radiating golden light, and the moon sprinkling down silvery light. The 365 gigantic ancient stars were also suspended high in the air, quietly protecting the sun and the moon. The starlight from outside the world descended, and some of the postnatal living things in the mountains, unable to control themselves, were affected by the calamity and evil energy, and could not help but open their mouths wide, spewing out the starlight. As a result, the fierce fire energy entered their bodies, making them even more violent. In the mountains and forests, only giant trees could be seen, with branches swaying in the wind, and the sun's spiritual energy and the ancient stars' power being absorbed by the leaves, making the greenery even denser.

  The valley outside, which was originally protected by the Innate Formation, had also been shrouded in a faint bloody mist for who knows how long. Even with Xuan Wei Dao Ren sitting under the Innate Five Needle Pine, he could still hear the sounds of slaughter, curses, and mournful wails ringing in his ears.

  Xuanwei felt a sudden surge of ominous energy, and hastily lowered his head to calm his mind. His heart was filled with great alarm: "Could it be that the calamitous aura produced by the Dragon and Phoenix Great Calamity has already reached such an intense level?" As he thought this, Xuanwei's heart couldn't help but feel a chill.

  During this period, the Xuan Wei Dao person has been alone in the mountain valley, practicing sitting meditation and internal energy, taking pine fruit spiritual spring water, cleansing his primordial spirit, and tightly cultivating his practice. In a short time, the Golden Immortal Dao fruit had already ripened, and he faintly sensed the great Luo boundary. However, during these days, although he felt that the Luo fruit position was becoming increasingly clear, the resulting magical powers were also increasingly restless and uncontrolled. Today, he almost fell into demonic madness.

  It turned out that the mysterious and subtle Daoist was just going out for a look, only to discover that it was all in his own mind. At this time, outside the Primordial Great Array, there were dragon tribe cultivators surrounding and killing a group of flying bird cultivators. Both sides were engaged in a fierce battle, and in an instant, the area outside the Primordial Great Array was filled with blood flowing like rivers and bones piled up like mountains. Naturally, under the cover of bloody and murderous energy, the calamitous and evil energies around them were even more overwhelming, making it difficult for the mysterious and subtle Daoist to remain unaffected.

  Moreover, looking at the two sides of the battle, it's clear why today was almost disastrous. Before the start of the Heavenly Tribulation, the leader of the Tongtian Sect left a message to warn his disciples: "Close the cave entrance, quietly recite the Huangting Scripture in two volumes; throw yourself into the Western Land, and there will be a name on the list of those who have been sealed as gods." The idea is simple: if you stay in the cave and quietly recite the Huangting Scripture, then the tribulation won't affect you much. But once you go out and get tainted by the tribulation energy, then under the entanglement of cause and effect, you might become one of those who have been sealed as gods.

  Think about it, the Tongtian Sect Master can't even interfere with his disciples who are affected by the robbery, let alone Xuanwei at this time. Looking at the party being attacked, Xuanwei sighed and indeed, even if he wanted to be idle for a moment, under the influence of the robbery, he would eventually have to understand the cause and effect in order to return to the six roots clear body.

  The leader of the group of flying bird cultivators who were being besieged at this time was actually an old acquaintance of Xuanwei, a pre-heavenly deity who had truly been reborn after receiving Xuanwei's enlightenment. This pre-heavenly deity was born from a wisp of pre-heavenly wind spirit in the world and took shape as a cyan sparrow-like spiritual beast due to being invaded by a bit of evil energy during the process of taking shape. If not for Xuanwei's enlightenment, it would probably have been no different from the five-colored divine deer, with extraordinary spirituality but forever lacking intelligence.

  After Qing Que transformed, he called himself Qing Yu. Xuan Wei had once reminded him not to have too much contact with the Feng Huang flying birds, but obviously, Qing Yu didn't take it seriously. At this time, what he was protecting were the flying birds of the Feng Huang clan, the disciples of the Qing Que sect.

  At this time, the state of the Qingque clan was clearly not good. Although Qing Yu joined forces with Jin Xianxiu, constantly stirring up the feather fan in his hand, the Daoist wind blew up, blowing the cold and desolate sky to change, the yellow sand swirled without shape or form, and countless unfinished Tianxian scalers were blown apart, their bodies and spirits destroyed. Unfortunately, even so, the disadvantage of the Qingque clan was still extremely obvious. The dark eyes of Qing Que had a crimson glow from time to time, and his clear face also appeared ferocious.

  Qing Yu gripped his feather fan tightly, gritting his teeth and saying: "Crab King, you really don't plan to give Qing Yu any face, do you? You want to exterminate the Qing Que clan, aren't you afraid that this will lead to an all-out war between the Avian and Scaled tribes? Are you tired of living?????" Qing Yu glared at the leader of the scaled tribe's cultivators who were fighting against him, Crab King.

  The Crab King slammed his dual hammers onto the ground, causing a shockwave to erupt. His face was filled with disdain as he sneered, "Heh heh, Qingyu, you're quite the big shot, but what's the point of having the Qingque clan represent all the avian cultivators of the Phoenix lineage? In my opinion, the Phoenix lineage is nothing special either. If they were truly powerful, they wouldn't be oppressed by our Ancestral Dragon Emperor. Qingyu, I can see that you have achieved Golden Immortal cultivation and are a Primordial Spirit, so why not let me introduce you to the Ancestral Dragon Emperor? You could become one of his subordinates and gain control over something. It's much better than being a loser and becoming a stray dog after the Phoenix lineage loses the war. Ahahahaha!"

  Qing Yu was so enraged that he almost went mad, his two dark eyes suddenly filled with crimson blood, and he roared: "Crab King, you deserve to die!!!!!! Since you're looking for death, I, Qing Yu, will fulfill your wish." Suddenly, Qing Yu let out a long howl towards the sky, and behind him, the figure of a cyan phoenix appeared. Along with the virtual shadow of the cyan phoenix, he let out another long cry, and from the sun in the sky, a scorching ray of starlight descended, igniting the phoenix's virtual shadow on Qing Yu's back.

  The Crab King was shocked and lost his color; "Solar Star Force? Phoenix Nirvana decided to burn the body of Taiyi, Qingyu, you're crazy!!!!!!"

  The Xuanwei Daoist hiding behind the boulder was also shocked. The Phoenix Nirvana Decision was created by the Phoenix Clan's Ancestral God, the Primordial Phoenix. It only required a Primordial Spiritual Fire in the heavens and earth to undergo nirvana. Any flying bird clan cultivator had the possibility of undergoing nirvana in the Primordial Spiritual Fire to become a Primordial Phoenix. Although the phoenix that emerged from nirvana was not of high quality, it had ultimately shed its mortal body, earning the name "feathered, horned, born from eggs and transformed". This was why the flying bird clan revered the phoenix as the master of flying birds. The Great Sun's Body Refining Divine Ability was precisely summoning the Primordial Great Sun True Fire to undergo nirvana.

  But this Phoenix Nirvana Decision is the supreme wonderful method for the acquired spirits, but for the mysterious and subtle, Qingyu and other congenital divine beings, it is no different from the self-mutilation method of Tianmo's disintegration. You should know that every congenital divine being is not favored by the laws, such as Qingyu who was born as a congenital wind god, now wants to occupy the fire rules, the outcome can be imagined. Xuanwei also shouted loudly: "Supreme Heavenly Lord!!!! Why must Qingyu Daoist do this?????"

  A five-line extinction divine light shot towards the void, where the Primordial Great Sun True Fire had been guided to appear. At the same time, a lantern emitting soft, ethereal blue light slowly descended onto Qing Yu's head. As the five-line extinction divine light and the Primordial Great Sun True Fire entwined and struggled with each other, the blue lantern scattered droplets of emerald flames that enveloped the Phoenix illusory shadow burning behind Qing Yu's back. The Phoenix illusory shadow let out a mournful cry as it burned in the emerald fire, eventually retransforming into the primordial energy of heaven and earth. Without the guidance of the Phoenix illusory shadow, the strands of Primordial Great Sun True Fire in the void were like withered lotus flowers, without roots or source, being ground down by the five-line extinction divine light.

  "Is that the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, Brother Xuānwēi?" Qingyu was originally shocked at who had launched a sneak attack on him, but upon seeing the five-colored swirling Five Elements Extinction Divine Light in mid-air, he couldn't help but shout with great joy towards the empty space.

  "Haha, if it's not the poor Taoist, then who is it?" Xuan Wei burst out laughing and revealed his figure, with one hand holding a clear and elegant lantern, and the other slightly bowing to Qing Yu.

  "Have you seen Brother Xuanwei?????" Qingyu hadn't finished speaking when he saw a fierce glint flash across the eyes of Crab King on the other side. He then took out a conch spirit treasure and threw it into the air, blowing out a series of sonic booms that shook one's soul. Meanwhile, Qingyu, who had already been injured by the Phoenix Nirvana Decree's Great Sun Incineration Technique and was feeling somewhat relaxed after seeing Xuanwei, suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented after being hit with a blast of sound. At the same time, Crab King took out two pairs of scissors and threw them into the air, cutting towards Xuanwei and Qingyu.

  "Despicable!!!!!!" The plump and round Sky Fairy cultivator behind Qing Yu suddenly came back to his senses and loudly shouted.

  Ps1: Innate Divine Spirits are predetermined: they belong to the self-generated existence of heaven and earth, and some spirits respond to the innate energy between heaven and earth to give birth to them [Best example: Kong Xuan]. Usually, innate divine spirits have a certain level of cultivation at birth, which varies depending on their origin. Some innate divine spirits are born with a high level of cultivation, such as those who reach the Golden Immortal realm at birth, approaching the Great Luo's cultivation. They are favored by special laws and have great potential to achieve Great Luo [Example: San Qing, Xuan Wei Dao Ren]. If Xuan Wei were not an anomaly, it would be reasonable to assume that his birth time would not be much earlier than that of San Qing Xuan Wei Dao Ren, nor would he be involved in the Dragon Phoenix Great Calamity.

  PS2: Postnatal Spirit Setting: The birth of postnatal spirits is divided into three methods. One is the result of the entanglement and conception of prenatal gods, which can initially maintain their prenatal bodies but will gradually transform into postnatal bodies after multiple transmissions. The second type is created by prenatal gods, such as the Phoenix Clan, Dragon Clan, and Qilin Clan, which were created by the ancestral phoenix, dragon, and qilin using their own essence and blood or the essence of heaven and earth. The third type is the spirit that is reborn from the flesh and blood of a prenatal god after they die and lose their prenatal energy, also known as postnatal spirits.

  PS3: The Twelve Ancestral Witches' Setting: In this book, the Twelve Ancestral Witches also belong to the Pre-Heavenly Divine Beings. However, they are more special than normal Pre-Heavenly Divine Beings. They are transformed from Pangu's essence and blood, and their connection with the Heavenly Laws is too deep, making it impossible for them to form a divine soul or transcend their primordial spirit. In other words, they cannot cultivate the Dao of Immortals or Buddhas that require a divine soul or primordial spirit. Normally, witches who are not Great Witches belong to the Pre-Heavenly Divine Beings, but most of them are Post-Heavenly Born Spirits. However, there is a difference between witches and Post-Heavenly Born Spirits: although they are not divine beings, due to their bloodline inheritance, their divine soul and laws are entangled, making it impossible for them to separate. Therefore, they also possess spiritual powers but cannot cultivate.