Chapter Eighty-One: Witch's Reckoning

  "I am just the third corpse of Ben Zun, and I don't deserve to be called Wu Di. Nüwa Niangniang can call me Lian Tai Dao Ren." Seeing Nüwa suddenly appear, Lian Tai Dao Ren said calmly, but his footsteps didn't stop, continuing to move forward. However, after just a few steps, a painting scroll suddenly unfolded before him - it was the extremely precious pre-heavenly spiritual treasure map of Shan He She Ji.

  Lotus Platform's human form furrowed his brow, it seemed that things couldn't be settled amicably after all. However, this Nüwa was a sage, while he himself was just an incarnation of the Three Corpses, not her match by any means. After a moment's thought, he had an idea and didn't dodge or evade, allowing the Mountain and River Map to take him in instead. In an instant, the surrounding scenery changed, transforming into a battlefield of Asura and Rakshasa hells, with the two tribes' armies clashing at the edges, temporarily unable to be distinguished from one another.

  Lotus Platform Cultivator closed his eyes, knowing that all of this was an illusion created by the Mountain and River Map. This map had infinite wonders, and those trapped within it would see mountains when they thought of mountains, water when they thought of water, the past when they thought of the past, and the future when they thought of the future. Now, with Lotus Platform Cultivator's heart worried about the great war between the Witch and Demon tribes, it was only natural that the scene from earlier would appear.

  "This time I went, just to stop the war between the two tribes. You are also a saint of the demon tribe, how can you bear to see the demon cultivators being slaughtered and dying unjustly?" Lian Tai Dao Ren suddenly asked.

  At this time, the voice of Nüwa came from the void.

  "Needless to say, the great war between the two tribes of witches and demons is a trend of heaven, how can it be stopped."

  "Heaven's great trend, what a wonderful phrase Heaven's great trend! I'm afraid it was Hong Jun who told you that, and you were deceived without knowing it, causing countless lives to die in vain. Not to mention the demon tribe, just the human tribe alone suffered more than 10 billion casualties from the war. To the demons, you are a false saint of the demon tribe; to humans, you are a false holy mother of the human tribe!"

  Lotus Platform cultivator was originally the evil corpse of Emperor Jiang, now being enraged by Nüwa's sentence about the great trend of heaven, he scolded loudly at the empty space. After finishing his scolding, he thought that Nüwa would be furious, but found that there was a dead silence around him, and Nüwa's voice did not sound for a long time.

  Seeing this, Lian Tai Dao's heart was filled with joy. According to Nüwa's temperament, it was impossible for her not to get angry unless she also acknowledged his words. Thinking of this, Lian Tai Dao's confidence grew even greater, and he couldn't help but continue speaking:

  "Let's not discuss whether this war is the will of heaven or not, I only know that as long as we two go to stop it, this war will end immediately." Lian Tai Dao Ren said seriously.

  Nüwa heard this, her heart trembled. Ah, indeed, the so-called great war this time was actually formed by her own induction. If she hadn't agreed to Emperor Jun's deception of heaven's will, Emperor Jun wouldn't have made such a move. Naturally, there wouldn't be this great war either. As for what Master Hongjun said about the trend of heaven's way, as a saint of heaven's way herself, why didn't she feel it at all?

  Nüwa fell into deep thought, originally having some doubts about Hongjun's words regarding the witch and demon calamity. It was possible that it existed, but it absolutely wouldn't arrive so quickly. After all, although the two tribes of witches and demons currently had karma between them, they didn't have a great deal of influence on heaven and earth. Especially the witch tribe, many of its people were reincarnated to serve in various positions, which also contributed greatly to heaven and earth. Why would the calamity arrive so quickly? Could it be that Master Hongjun was deceiving himself?

  Although she had all sorts of doubts in her mind, Nüwa couldn't confirm them for the time being. However, a thought occurred to her, thinking about the war between the two tribes of witches and demons at this moment, she really couldn't bear it, so she didn't say much, put away the map of mountains and rivers, and left with only one light sentence, "Don't kill the demon tribe's cultivators."

  Lotus Platform cultivator came out, pinched his fingers to calculate, and actually stayed in the Mountain River Sheji Map for nearly 10,000 years. He didn't dare to delay any longer, so he immediately flew towards the battlefield of the Great War.

  Nüwa gazed at the back of Lian Tai Dao Ren in the void, her mind constantly pondering his words, and couldn't help but raise a question: what's the point of having Hong Jun interfere with the development of the vast expanse? The Heavenly Way has its own system of reward and punishment, where good deeds are rewarded and bad deeds are punished. Why is there still a need for an existence like Hong Jun to intervene everywhere? Unbeknownst to her, Nüwa had begun to harbor some doubts about Hong Jun, but she didn't know if the other saints shared similar misgivings.

  Lotus Platform Daoist suddenly appeared on the battlefield, and this place was already completely shrouded in killing intent. Even Lotus Platform Daoist, who had reached the peak of quasi-sainthood, felt a chill run down his spine. The corpses were piled up like mountains, and many had already turned into white bones. At this time, the 100 billion-strong demon army had less than 50 billion left, while the nearly 800 million-strong witch tribe that participated in the war was now reduced to just over 400 million. After millions of years of great war, both sides were exhausted. Lotus Platform Daoist no longer hesitated and transformed into a huge four-colored lotus platform, hanging down billions of rays of light, each ray enveloping one person. Suddenly, his magical powers surged, and he removed the weaker ones from both sides, ending the struggle.

  Only a dozen or so people were not dispelled by the light, either the great witch of the Wu tribe or the demon commander of the Yao tribe. These people were filled with the light of the lotus platform, and their minds suddenly cleared up, and they all stopped fighting, staring blankly at the surroundings like a purgatory scene.

  Bai Ze, covered in wounds, suddenly knelt on the ground, his eyes filled with pain. As the Grand Marshal of the demon tribe's army, he felt deeply guilty for the heavy losses they had suffered, with over half of their forces defeated, and was filled with regret for not fulfilling the Demon Emperor's entrustment.

  The four-colored lotus platform transformed back into a human figure, and the lotus platform daoist looked at this scene with a heart that also rose with raging flames. This time, the great war not only killed or injured five-tenths of the witch and demon tribes' armies, but also implicated three-tenths of all living beings in the vast wilderness. The momentum of the two tribes' great war was so great that even without the participation of Emperor Jun Taiyi and the ancestral witches, it would still be a shocking and earth-shattering spectacle. Especially for the physically weak human tribe, those implicated in deaths and injuries reached as many as half.

  So many lives lost and injured, how much karma to bear. Lian Tai Dao Ren thought in his heart that perhaps this great war was not the result of the opening of the cycle of fate, but with so much karma accumulated, the two tribes of witches and demons were already abandoned by the Heavenly Way.

  A loud rumble was heard, and dark clouds emerged in the sky. Suddenly, countless black lights descended, which were the karma generated by this great war. Nearly 80% of them went towards Qingqiu Mountain. Emperor Jun, as the initiator of this war, obtained 30% of the karma alone. The remaining 50% scattered and fell on Ta Yi, Fu Xi, Xihe, Emperor Jiang, Gonggong, Zhu Rong, Zhen Shou, Ju Meng, and Zhu Jiuyin, nine people in total. As leaders of the two tribes, they naturally had to bear most of the karma. What was strange was that a faint black light also appeared on the bodies of the Five Saints, although the amount of karma was small, it was indeed present. Laozi Jieying and others furrowed their brows, raising many questions in their minds.

  Another nearly 20% of the industry's power fell, scattered among the two tribes of witches and demons on the battlefield. However, the majority was still obtained by those demon commanders and great witches. Among them, the one with the most industry power was actually an unremarkable great witch named Bai Qi. His strength ranked at the bottom among the 12 great witches, but in this great war, he suddenly rose from the late stage of Daluo Jinxian to the quasi-saint realm, with his law power second only to Xing Tian. At the same time, a weapon appeared out of thin air, called the "Killing God Sword", which was because he was good at using the aura of killing and slaughter to temper his body. Now, in this battlefield, the killing intent was like a substance, which allowed him to break through to the quasi-saint realm in one go.

  At this time, there was still a little bit of residual energy in the air, and with a whoosh, it entered the Nuwa Daoist temple thirty-three days away.

  But the Sixth Ancestor Wu, who fought against Xue Hai and Hong Jun, did not have any karma to descend, the six people were reincarnated as officials of the Earth Department, only responsible for the Wu clan in the underworld.

  The Heavenly Dao once again emitted a loud rumbling sound, and the heavenly mechanism was instantly thrown into chaos. All causes and effects were obscured, and even saints could no longer calculate anything. The crowd of saints was shocked, and only then did they clearly feel the arrival of the Kalpa of Decline. But wasn't Master Hongyuan saying that the Kalpa of Decline had already arrived? Why did he still let them wait here, trapping Emperor Jun and Emperor Jiang? The doubts in their hearts grew even heavier.

  Zhun Ti and the two of them let out a cold snort, no longer paying attention to Emperor Jun and Emperor Jiang, and flew directly west. The two of them had long since created their own eight hundred side doors, independent of the Xuanmen, and were not considered disciples of Hong Jun. Now, combining the causes and effects, although they still didn't understand Hong Jun's plan, it was clear that they had been used by Hong Jun, and had shouldered a burden in vain. It was just right to take this opportunity to break off this unclear master-disciple relationship, and from now on, the two of them would be independent. As for Hong Jun's lectures, bestowing treasures, and granting sacred positions, it would be difficult to establish their causes and effects. Hong Jun's actions were merely doing the heavens' bidding, going with the flow. Even if there were causes and effects involved, they could be resolved by the cause and effect of Hong Jun's battle with Luo Huai in the past, which had damaged the Western spiritual pulse.

  The two of them had already made up their minds and from then on no longer considered themselves disciples under the name of Hongjun.

  Laozi's primordial energy was also flowing with colorful light in the eyes of the three people. However, it didn't immediately reveal itself.

  "Now that the great war is over, we will no longer obstruct you all. Farewell." The old man looked at Emperor Jun and Emperor Jiang, and calmly said this. In the next second, he had already appeared in the Baying Temple of Mount Song. Yuantong Tian also nodded slightly to everyone, and with a whoosh, they returned to the Jade Void Palace and the Azure Travel Palace.

  "This time, the catastrophe has really begun." Emperor Jiang looked at Emperor Jun who was stunned beside him and said with profound meaning. Without waiting for his response, he led a group of ancestral witches to fly towards the Witch Tribe's village.

  Di Jun felt the thick karma on his body, but his facial expression became even more bland. He looked at Tai Yi beside him and said faintly: "A sage is a deceitful thief who steals fame from the world."

  Tai raised his head and looked up at the sky, with flames of anger dancing in his eyes.

  In the sea of blood, Minghe hid in the Blood Sea Town Soul Temple and didn't dare to come out. At the same time, he started his magical power and put millions of Xiu Luo tribe people into the temple as well. He felt the loud fighting on the surface of the sea of blood and was worried.

  "Houtu Sage, why must you persist in this?" Hongyuan said faintly as he floated above the sea of blood, with a disheveled Houtu and an unconscious Wufang Ghost Emperor before him.

  Houtu stared fiercely at Hongjun, suddenly laughing and saying: "Although I lost this time, it also made me see through some facts. The Taoist ancestor's heart is full of kindness and compassion, merging with the Tao, is just nonsense."

  Hong Jun looked at Hou Tu, his face expressionless, and said calmly: "To conform to the Tao with one's body is indeed a reality, it cannot be speculated."

  Hou Tu snorted, "Whether it's in harmony with the Tao or not I don't know, but being kind and compassionate is definitely nonsense."

  "The people of the Wu tribe are indeed difficult to educate." Hong Jun's face flashed with a hint of subtle anger, and he said calmly.

  Houtu didn't say much, grabbed the unconscious Wufang Ghost Emperor and entered the cycle of reincarnation. He said provocatively: "In the vast expanse of Honghuang, I am not as good as you, I don't know if Daozu dares to fight with me again in the cycle of reincarnation?"

  Hong Jun heard this, but did not immediately respond. If Emperor Jiang had not intervened back then, and allowed the reincarnation of Hou Tu to proceed, then the reincarnation would have been a heavenly dao reincarnation, and the earthly path that appeared would also have been under the jurisdiction of the heavenly dao. Hong Jun could have gone there. However, Emperor Jiang used the Great Dao to break through the Heavenly Dao, and Hong Jun did not detect it in time, failing to take action to stop it, resulting in the earthly path becoming independent of the heavenly dao and directly subject to the jurisdiction of the Great Dao. If he were to enter reincarnation again, he would lose the continuous supply of divine power from the heavenly dao, and would naturally be at a disadvantage in his battle with Hou Tu.

  "Reincarnation is a cycle of life and death that cannot be broken." Hong Jun said calmly, disappearing into the sea of blood.

  Houtu saw Hongjun's breath disappear, and let out a cold hum, but he didn't make another move. In his heart, he knew that as long as he made another move, Hongjun would definitely appear again to block him.