bookbashuk Chapter 148: Defeating the Sky
Chapter 148: Defeating the Sky
Chapter 148 Defeating the Sky (1)
Hongyun felt bitter, but she couldn't say it. If she did, she would not only offend the other powerful beings at the Quasi-Saint level in the Heavenly Court, but also betray Zhen Yuanzi's good intentions.
Hongyun harbored no resentment towards Zhen Yuanzi, who had dragged him into the Heavenly Court. He reasoned that if he were in Zhen Yuanzi's shoes, he would probably make the same choice. Zhen Yuanzi had done it for his own good, and in the prehistoric world, having a friend who still thought of you in a critical moment was a rare and precious thing.
Hongyun had her own little schemes, and so did everyone else.
Take, for example, the two celestial queens of the Heavenly Court today.
The two current Heavenly Queens are not like the two Heavenly Queens from the original Lich War, who had extremely deep feelings for Di Jun and Tai Yi, and were even buried together after death.
There's practically no affection between the two current divas and Di Jun.
They joined the Heavenly Court and married the current Emperor Ziwei, Di Jun, becoming the Heavenly Empresses of the Heavenly Court. For them, this was one of the destined paths. Moreover, when they joined the Heavenly Court, the four disciples of the Dao Ancestor were all in the Heavenly Court, and in the future, the Heavenly Court will have four saints in charge!
Moreover, the Heavenly Court is preparing the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array. When they joined the Heavenly Court, they joined a Heavenly Court with a promising future, just waiting for their fortunes to rise.
But now?
The Heavenly Court suffered a crushing defeat, and its fortune and morale plummeted. The powerful figures of the Heavenly Court were utterly humiliated in the single battle. It was as if they had invested all their savings, even taking out loans, to buy a stock, only to have the price plummet immediately after the purchase.
Moreover, this is not the end. The deadline set by the Dao Ancestor for a ceasefire is fast approaching. Once the deadline is over, the Wu Clan will likely launch an attack on the Thirty-Third Heaven, which will then lead to another extremely fierce and brutal war.
What if the Styx River intervenes again?
Meanwhile, the Three Pure Ones, who had suffered an unprecedented humiliation and rage since their birth, were constantly reviewing the battle outside the Netherworld Blood Sea.
The Three Pure Ones had no intention of letting the Styx go. The self-reproach edict they issued in the Purple Cloud Palace was not the end of one war, but the beginning of another.
This hatred and resentment stemmed from both the turbulent and boiling calamity between heaven and earth, and from their own arrogance!
They and the Styx are mortal enemies, and it would be difficult for them to defeat the Styx with their individual abilities. To kill the Styx and "eliminate demons and protect the righteous path" for the prehistoric world, they would ultimately have to rely on the Zhou Tian Star Array.
The good news is that the Zhou Tian Star Array can be further improved. As a master of array formations, Tongtian keenly sensed that the Zhou Tian Star Array, which was destroyed by the Styx River outside the Netherworld Blood Sea, was not complete. The Zhou Tian Star Array can be further improved by practicing it more and having more Great Luo Golden Immortals guard the Zhou Tian Star Banner within the array.
If the Zhou Tian Star Array is in its complete form, then the outcome is still uncertain!
Meanwhile, Fuxi and Dijun were secretly communicating, discussing the future of the demon race and the Heavenly Court.
The consequences of this defeat at the Netherworld Blood Sea were extremely dire.
One of the most important things is that the image of the Heavenly Court has plummeted among the beings of the prehistoric world. When faced with the choice between the Heavenly Court and the Celestial Court, many creatures on the prehistoric land no longer choose the Heavenly Court without hesitation as they did when it was at its peak. Instead, they weigh their options and may even choose the Celestial Court.
Choosing the Celestial Court carries a great risk of being used as food by the Witch Clan, but compared to joining the Heavenly Court and being targeted by a powerful being about to become a saint, the price of sacrificing some of one's clansmen as food seems—not unacceptable.
At this moment, the Heavenly Court Quasi-Saints, each with their own thoughts and discussing how to stabilize the hearts of the people and enhance the fortune of the Heavenly Court in preparation for the battle, were unaware that the Twelve Ancestral Witches had prepared an unprecedented "gift" for them.
At the foot of Mount Buzhou, inside the Pangu Temple, the twelve Ancestral Witches gathered once again.
In fact, at this moment, the Wu Clan was not taken seriously by the Quasi-Saints of the Heavenly Court. This was not because the Wu Clan was not strong enough, but because the Styx River was too strong, the Eastern King Duke's hatred towards the Celestial Court was too great, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches' Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation was not exposed to the world.
To the Heavenly Court, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were nothing more than twelve troublesome adversaries.
However, the Twelve Ancestral Witches are of great importance to the Heavenly Court. Because of this importance, the Witch Clan has chosen to exterminate all living beings in the Heavenly Court and kill all the powerful beings.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches are ready. As soon as the cessation of war set by the Dao Ancestor ends, the Witch Clan will immediately launch an attack on the Heavenly Court and completely eliminate this threat.
What? You mean the disciple of the Dao Ancestor, the future sage?
Aren't they saints yet? If we don't eliminate them before they become saints, are we going to wait until they become saints and then come after us?
As for whether it will offend the Dao Ancestor?
When Styx captured the Quasi-Saint of Heaven and brought him to Zixiao Palace for questioning, Dao Ancestor did not appear. Why would he appear again for the sake of Heaven now?
As for the Heavenly Court—go talk to our Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation. What you're talking about—cause and effect, karma, and the like—the ancestral witches don't have primordial spirits, so they won't understand.
Meanwhile, the ancestral witches gathered in the Pangu Temple were not idle. Instead, they were practicing the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation within the temple, improving their "proficiency" with it.
Compared to the Heavenly Court's development of the Zhou Tian Xing Dou Grand Array, the Twelve Ancestral Witches undoubtedly had a higher level of mastery over the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Array. The battle between the Heavenly Court and the Styx River also allowed the Twelve Ancestral Witches to successfully learn enough experience, namely, that the more proficient they are with such a trump card as the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Grand Array, the better.
At this moment, as the Twelve Ancestral Witches broke open the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation, within the Pangu Temple, which seemed to have an infinitely vast space, twelve pillars of malevolent energy rose from the ground, reaching to the heavens and the earth. Twelve phantom images of demon gods stood tall and upright, and the malevolent energy vortex spun like a millstone. The power of the Twelve Ancestral Witches was linked together, summoning the phantom image of Pangu's true body. The malevolent energy soared to the heavens, and gods and demons suppressed the eight wastelands. It was an indescribable "weight" and "malevolence." Space twisted and collapsed beneath it, and time flowed chaotically beside it.
"Brother, you are too cautious. With this great formation, destroying the Heavenly Court would be as easy as turning your hand." Zhu Rong laughed loudly from within the Twelve Capital Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation.
Every time Zhu Rong and his brothers set up this grand formation and summoned the phantom of the Father God, his heart would surge with emotion.
Faced with grand formations of the level of the Twelve Heavenly Gods and Demons Formation and the complete Zhou Tian Star Formation, unless one is a saint, individual ability has little impact on the battle. Moreover, the Heavenly Court's current strength makes it impossible to confront the Witch Clan. Furthermore, due to the battle with the Styx River, the Heavenly Court has suffered heavy losses and may not be able to recover to the level it was at during the battle with the Styx River until the end of the cessation of war set by the Dao Ancestor.