Chapter 4: Witch and Warlock's Strife

  Nüwa's ascension to sainthood shocked the entire Primordial Chaos, and the Three Pure Ones, Zhunti, Jiāo Yù, Donghuang Taiyi, Youhuang Emperor Jun, and Zhenyuanzi, the ancestor of the Earth Immortals, all went to the Primordial Chaos to congratulate her.

  Kun Peng knew that the human race was favored by heaven, and at this time he vowed to protect the human race and gain great merit. He said: "From now on, I, Kun Peng, will be the guardian of the human race. For 500 years, no one can disturb the human race."

  Kunpeng then wholeheartedly stayed on Mount Buzhou to take care of the human tribe, teaching them basic survival skills. The human tribe was grateful for Kunpeng's protection and respectfully referred to him as the Holy Master.

  One day, Kunpeng was under the Mountain of No End when he met a monkey. The monkey seemed to recognize him and upon seeing Kunpeng, it knelt down on the ground and kept kowtowing to him.

  Kunpeng understood that the gibbon wanted to worship him as a teacher. Kunpeng took a closer look at the gibbon and found that it was no ordinary creature, but rather the Six Eared Macaque, one of the Four Great Spiritual Gibbons.

  The primordial spirits, all originated from the two tribes of witches and demons. The witch tribe possesses the Pangu bloodline, although their forms are different, they are all rooted in the fundamental nature of witches; the demon tribe is divided into five insects: scaly, hairy, feathered, and armored, and all demons in the world are among these five categories. This thing is neither heaven nor earth, nor god nor human nor ghost, nor scaly nor hairy nor feathered nor armored. There are also four monkeys that mix with the world, not entering the ten categories of species. The first is the Lingming Stone Monkey, who can transform, recognize heavenly timing, and know earthly benefits, moving stars and changing fate; the second is the Red-buttocked Horse Monkey, who understands yin and yang, knows human affairs, is skilled at entering and exiting, avoiding death and prolonging life; the third is the Tongbi Ape Monkey, who can grasp the sun and moon, capture a thousand mountains, debate fortune and misfortune, and manipulate the universe. The last one is the Liuer Mi Monkey, this monkey was born with the creation of heaven and earth, extremely intelligent, good at listening, able to discern reason, knowing past and present, all things are clear for thousands of generations, born with six ears, naturally possessing spiritual powers.

  The Roc was quite familiar with these four monkeys, so he opened his mouth and asked: "Monkey, are you going to make me your master?"

  The six-eared macaque stopped kowtowing and looked up to respond to Kunpeng, "Exactly, I hope the demon master will accept me as his apprentice."

  It turned out that the six-eared macaques had always wanted to find a master with higher cultivation than themselves, but after listening to Daozu's lecture, all the powerful beings retreated to closed-door cultivation, and for a time, there were no more powerful beings on the vast earth except for the witch tribe.

  He didn't know if he was stronger or not. So, he came up with a solution, waiting on the road and hitting anyone who passed by. If he could beat them, he would ask them to be his master. However, this unreasonable behavior of attacking people without cause made even those with higher cultivation than him unwilling to take him as an apprentice. Liu Er was determined and had a strong will, able to listen to heaven and earth. After learning that the demon master Kun Peng left the heavenly court, he paid attention to his whereabouts, wanting to ask him to be his master, until today when he finally met Kun Peng.

  Kunpeng thought for a moment, this six-eared macaque has good roots and feet, excellent innate quality, and firm wisdom. He decided to take him as an apprentice. So he said: "Since that's the case, I'll accept you from now on. From now on, you are my eldest disciple, and your Dharma name will be Wudao, do you understand?"

  Six Ears Macaque heard that Kunpeng accepted him as a disciple, he was overjoyed and immediately performed the ritual of bowing to his master. After three kneels and nine knocks, he flipped backwards and said: "The disciple has realized the Tao and pays respects to the revered master, from now on the disciple will definitely cultivate diligently."

  Seeing Wudao's appearance, Kunpeng also didn't mind, the monkey's nature is hard to change, if he could be honest, that would be strange.

  Nüwa became a saint and merged with the demon tribe, causing their luck to surge greatly. This made the witch tribe feel unprecedented pressure. Kunpeng was guarding the human tribe and not in the heavenly court, so the heavenly court's power was greatly reduced. The witch tribe then prepared to rise up and attack the heavenly court.

  The Witch tribe quickly gathered a large army, and under the leadership of the Twelve Ancestors, they marched triumphantly, with no one able to resist them wherever they went. The Demon tribe did not expect the Witch tribe to arrive so suddenly, and was caught off guard by the Witch tribe's attack. Emperor Jun hastily organized his troops to defend the Heavenly Court, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle at the South Heaven Gate.

  Di Jun had the pre-heavenly spiritual treasure 'River Chart' and 'Luo Book' to protect himself, while Dong Huang Tai Yi had the pre-heavenly ultimate treasure 'Hun Dun Bell'. The two of them joined forces to block the twelve Ancestral Witches, but despite having the pre-heavenly ultimate treasures in hand, they were greatly outnumbered by the twelve Ancestral Witches and soon fell at a disadvantage. Meanwhile, the demon clan was also at a disadvantage due to their hasty response to battle and lack of preparation.

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi understood the situation and knew that if he couldn't immediately drive back the Twelve Ancestral Witches and support the demon tribe's army, the demon tribe would surely be defeated by the witch tribe. So, he exerted his magical powers to strike the "Hunyuan Bell", and after a loud noise, the Twelve Ancestral Witches were no match for the might of the "Hunyuan Bell" and were forced back by Eastern Emperor Taiyi. Upon seeing this, Emperor Jun immediately set up the "He Luo Great Array" to protect the demon tribe within the array.

  The twelve ancestor witches were struck back by the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and they immediately became furious. They roared in unison and flew up again, under the leadership of Zu Wu Di Jiang, they set up the "Twelve Capital Heavenly God Killing Great Formation", trapping the Eastern Emperor Taiyi within the formation.

  Dong Huang Tai Yi is the strongest fighter of the demon clan, and the Twelve Ancestors trapped him in an array. They immediately activated the array to its extreme, but Dong Huang Tai Yi had the innate treasure 'Hunyuan Bell' protecting his body, so for a time, even the Twelve Ancestors couldn't do anything to him.

  Zu Wu Emperor Jiang saw that he couldn't take down Dong Huang Tai Yi, so he immediately shouted: "Everyone get ready to summon the true body of Pangu."

  As the voice of Di Jiang fell, Pangu's true body appeared in the void. He saw that with a wave of his right hand, a Heavenly Thunderbolt struck Dong Huang Tai Yi. The Heavenly Thunderbolt had the power to open up the sky, and although Dong Huang Tai Yi had the Pre-Heavenly Treasure "Hunyuan Bell" protecting him, he was still severely injured under its might. The "Hunyuan Bell" was a Pre-Heavenly Treasure, and with only Quasi-Saint cultivation, Dong Huang Tai Yi could not fully grasp this treasure. Otherwise, how could the fake Pangu true body summoned by the Twelve Ancestral Shamans break through the defense of the Pre-Heavenly Treasure "Hunyuan Bell"?

  Dong Huang Taiyi was injured, and the demon clan could no longer resist the attack of the Wu clan's army. At this time, Daozu Hongjun appeared and stopped the fighting between the two sides. Although the Wu clan was very dissatisfied with Hongjun's approach, they were also powerless to resist him and had to follow his arrangements.

  The Ancestor Hong Jun knew that the Wu tribe was dissatisfied with his intervention, but he also ignored them and said: "From now on, the demon will dominate the sky and the Wu will control the earth. The two tribes are not allowed to fight for 2,000 years."

  Kunpeng did not participate in the Witch War to protect the human race, but he secretly collected the killing energy generated by the Witch War and once again gave the innate treasure obtained from Taiyin Star to evolution. Now it is only one step away from complete formation.

  Di Jun and Tai Yi, the two of them in this great war between witches and demons, felt the powerful strength of the witch tribe. If it wasn't for the ancestor Hong Jun intervening to stop them, perhaps the entire demon tribe would have been destroyed due to their short-sightedness. Only now did they understand that the demon teacher Kun Peng had not exaggerated the strength of the witch tribe. They wanted to go and ask the demon teacher Kun Peng for guidance on how to resist the witch tribe, but it was somewhat embarrassing for them to do so, so they could only go to the palace of Nuwa to seek guidance from the goddess Nuwa.

  When they arrived at the Palace of Nüwa, Fuxi happened to be in the palace discussing Tao with Nüwa. Nüwa invited Donghuang Taiyi and You Huang Emperor Jun into the palace and asked: "I don't know what important business the two emperors have come for?"

  Di Jun said: "We two are for the future of the demon clan, and I would like to ask the empress to guide us."

  Nüwa said with some helplessness: "The Taoist ancestors have a saying, those of us who have sacred positions are not allowed to intervene in the struggle between the Wu and Yao tribes. I am willing but unable, the demon master Kunpeng is wise, if you two can ask him to lend a hand, it may be possible to help the Yao tribe get through the current crisis."

  The Eastern Emperor Taiyi bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty is unaware that before the great war, Kunpeng told us that the Wu tribe was very powerful. At the time, I thought he was boasting, and my words offended him. The demon master left Tian Ting in anger, and I'm afraid he won't pay attention to me again, so I came to ask for your advice."

  Fuxi disagreed and said, "Since Kunpeng has accepted the position of Demon Master, he should do his best for the future of the demon tribe. Even if he has grievances with the two emperors, he will not ignore the life and death of the demon tribe. The two emperors are too embarrassed to go in person, I, Fuxi, am willing to go and ask him."

  Di Jun was delighted to see Fu Xi willing to show up and hastily expressed his gratitude, saying: "Then I'll have to trouble the great sage Fu Xi."

  Fuxi said: "As a member of the demon clan, it is only natural for me to contribute to the demon clan. Your Majesties don't need to thank me."

  Nüwa said, "Brother, this matter is not urgent. The demon master has made a vow to protect the human race for 500 years and may not be able to leave the human race easily. Moreover, the Taoist ancestor will soon preach again in the Purple Cloud Palace, so we might as well discuss with the demon master during the sermon."

  Di Jun sank into thought for a moment, then said: "Alright, this way we can also reduce the witch tribe's vigilance towards us. However, the demon master had once taken action to seize Hongyun's great opportunity, I don't know if the ancestors will severely punish Kunpeng because of this matter."

  Nüwa smiled and said, "This matter does not require the worry of the Demon Emperor. The demon master Kunpeng lost his seat in the Zixiao Palace due to Hongyun, so he has a great fate with her. Therefore, the Daozu will not punish him for this matter."

  Di Jun said: "This is for the best. Otherwise, our demon clan will lose a powerful expert and it will be even harder for us to resist the witch clan in the future."

  Five hundred years passed in the blink of an eye, and Tian Dao was moved by Kun Peng's meritorious service to the human tribe. He bestowed upon Kun Peng a great merit, which Kun Peng absorbed and took the opportunity to behead Shan Nian with the twelve-grade Xuan Water Black Lotus. Shan Shi leapt out from Kun Peng's head and bowed to him, saying: "This humble monk Black Lotus pays respects to his true self."

  "Both you and I are one entity, no need for excessive courtesy. The Heavenly Court is not a place where we can stay for long, and my cave in the North Sea has no one to guard it, which is our foundation and cannot be lost. Coincidentally, the time when the Dao Ancestor Hongjun will give another lecture is also approaching, so I can only ask you to take the 'North Pole Xuan Yuan Water Control Flag' to manage it."

  Xian Shi Hei Lian said, "What I have said is indeed true. As long as I am in the Beiming Dongfu, there will be no loss." After finishing speaking, he took over the 'North Profound Yuan Controlling Water Flag' and flew away.

  Five hundred years have passed, but Kunpeng has not left the human race and is still teaching humans survival skills. After several hundred years, the Zixiao Palace will once again open its doors to welcome those who are destined. The time for Daozu Hongjun's third lecture is approaching, and he reluctantly leaves the human race to go to Zixiao to listen to Daozu Hongjun's lecture. However, before leaving, Kunpeng instructs his disciple Wudao to continue protecting the human race.

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