Chapter 61

As the head of the Three Pure Ones, Laojun made a decisive decision, directly setting the major trends for the future development of the Daoist sects. The position of the Heavenly Emperor is something that the Three Pure Ones of the Daoist sects must obtain.

Laojun said to Yuanshi, "Junior Brother, how are those candidates? We need to make sure the divine tribes can't find any faults with the candidates for the Heavenly Emperor!"

"Senior Brother, rest assured. The Jade Emperor has been reincarnated in the mortal world for tens of thousands of years and is about to complete his virtue, so he can naturally take the position of Heavenly Emperor. The reincarnated spirit of the Green Mystery Emperor has also been taken under my tutelage. He has connections with the Eastern Emperor and can also reside in the Heavenly Palace."

Laojun nodded in satisfaction, "The primordial spirit of the Eastern Emperor has also been completed by me. In the future, he can also compete. Junior Brother Tongtian, what about your candidate?"

"It should be fine," Tongtian replied uncertainly.

Yuanshi frowned and looked at Tongtian, "What do you mean by 'it should be fine'? Is there a problem with your candidate?"

"It's nothing serious! Really!" Tongtian mumbled.

"Never mind, three candidates are enough. The divine tribes may not be able to directly produce a successor for the Heavenly Emperor!" Laojun said, trying to defuse the situation.

Yuanshi originally wanted to say more, but seeing his senior brother's attitude, he didn't press the issue. The three of them continued to refine the spiritual treasures in the furnace.

Speaking of which, when Yuankui received the Fire Drill Lamp, he pointed at the broken hole and called out to the various water deities, who immediately began to break the witch spell seal.

As a result, Gonggong and the others on the altar suffered greatly. The backlash from the broken witch spell caused the altar, which was the core of the spell, to collapse. This delayed the new Gonggong's process of absorbing the essence of the water deities to refine the black banner.

"Hmph! A bunch of useless scum!" A voice that couldn't be identified as male or female echoed from afar, and a cold wind rushed over, followed by snowflakes that turned into sharp blades, piercing all the deities except the witch tribe.

Xuanming! Xuanming has arrived, so that elder must be... Thinking of this, Ao Yu's face changed, his expression uncertain. Xuanming, holding a dragon corpse, stepped through the waves, and wherever he went, the area turned into a block of ice.

Xuanming walked over and said to the new Gonggong, "You stay here and gather the essence of Gonggong. Xiangliu, take a few great witches to deal with those troublesome water deities. Fuyou, take the remaining witch deities to kill the ordinary water deities and the dragon palace lineage. As for Ao Yu, I will handle him."

However, Xuanming is not directly subordinate to Xiangliu and Fuyou, so the two great witches looked at Gonggong. Gonggong gave them a nod, and they followed Xuanming's instructions.

Then, Xuanming stared at Ao Yu, "Your elder is already dead, and you will join him!" Saying this, he threw the dragon corpse at Ao Yu and attacked with his bone spear.

Xiangliu led the great witches to Yuankui and the others.

Seeing this, the Huai River water deity sighed, "It seems we cannot leave in peace!" Without hesitation, he picked up his divine staff and attacked a great witch.

The great witches are indeed very powerful, and the water deities, who have lived in luxury, are no match for them. Moreover, many of the water deities were promoted after the sky was mended, so their foundations are even weaker. The weaker water deities are no match for the great witches.

Fortunately, the great witches have been punished by heaven, and their powers, which rely on the forces of heaven and earth, have been reduced by a third. Otherwise, the water deities would be even less of a match for them.

However, without the witch spell seal, the water deities can communicate with the outside world. They each used their powers to summon the projections of the waters they govern, using the projections to control the forces of heaven and earth to hold off the great witches.

Yuankui signaled to the water deities of the Yangtze River, Huai River, and Jichuan River to summon the power of the four major rivers. Since these four rivers all flow into the sea, they are not far from here.

Four river projections appeared, with surging waters rushing from afar. Yuankui, as the Yellow River deity, summoned a yellow projection; the Yangtze River deity summoned a red one; the Huai River deity a blue one; and the Jichuan River deity a white one.

The four water deities stood on the projections, and Yuankui and the other two deities immediately helped the Huai River deity deal with the great witch he was fighting.

Standing on their river projections, the three deities received the power of heaven and earth, enhancing their strength. With the four deities working together, they could handle a great witch who had been punished by heaven.

Yuankui's Dragon Ascending Sword, the Huai River deity's divine staff, the Yangtze River deity's Water Dividing Flag, and the Jichuan River deity's spear all attacked the great witch. The great witch was not particularly strong, or the Huai River deity wouldn't have chosen him. With four deities of the same level working together, the great witch could only meet his end.

After that, the four deities decided to target another great witch. After all, compared to the great witches, the water deities were more numerous, at least twice as many.

At this moment, Yuankui noticed that his subordinate deities were being killed by the witch deities, and several of them had already died. However, Yuankui had no sympathy for them. Even if they survived here, they wouldn't be able to return to the Yellow River alive. Just for their connection with the dragon palace, Yuankui would have to eliminate them, and he would just replace them with new deities. These deities were originally left by Fengyi, and Yuankui had not done much to them since he took over, just ensuring they paid their annual tribute. They thought he was a good person, but did they really think he couldn't deal with them?

Yuankui used the River Map to directly absorb the deities into it. After they had killed another great witch, they immediately prepared to leave.

However, how could the witch tribe let them go so easily? Especially Xiangliu, who had originally targeted these water deities. Now that they had killed two great witches and taken many deities, he couldn't let them leave without a fight.

Xiangliu, ignoring the water deity he was fighting, directly attacked the four deities. The water deity of Cangwu, seeing this, hesitated and then used water to escape. With Xuanming present, it would be troublesome to provoke him, so it was better to leave and find his own support.

The four water deities, seeing this, connected their river projections to better deal with the peak great witch. Although the great witch's power had been reduced due to the heavenly punishment, he was still not something four ordinary water deities could handle.

At this moment, a water deity appeared, saying, "Don't panic, I'm here!" He then threw a treasure bead at Xiangliu.

Was there really such a selfless deity? Even the water deity of Cangwu had run away. After all, the witch ancestor was present, and if Xuanming got involved, everyone would be in trouble! Yuankui felt something was wrong and secretly activated the Fire Drill Lamp to protect himself.

The treasure bead emitted a dazzling light, blinding the water deities. Just as it was about to hit Xiangliu, it suddenly changed direction and hit the Jichuan River deity, causing his brain to splatter, and only a divine soul floated out.

The water deity who had come to help grabbed the Jichuan River deity's divine soul and crushed it.

"What are you doing!" The Huai River deity reacted and wanted to confront him.

"Be careful!" The Yangtze River deity pulled the Huai River deity back, using the Water Dividing Flag to block a sneak attack from the great witch, saving the Huai River deity.

The Yangtze River deity then pulled the Huai River deity to Yuankui's side, and Yuankui used the Fire Drill Lamp to protect the three deities, starting to think. Indeed, some of the water deities had already joined the witch tribe. This made it hard to trust the water deities.

However, at least the Huai River and Yangtze River deities should still be trustworthy. After all, they had worked together to kill two great witches, and a spy wouldn't risk the lives of the great witches, as there are only a few of them in the witch tribe.

Without the Jichuan River deity, the power of the four major rivers could not last, and the projection of the Jichuan River disappeared. The remaining three deities were no match for Xiangliu. Thinking of this, Yuankui considered the deities in the River Map.

Counting them, there were nine, just right! Yuankui was secretly pleased. With a determined heart, he shook the River Map, turning the nine deities into ashes. Then, Yuankui transformed into his nine-headed dragon form and sacrificed the essence of the nine deities to the heavens, gaining the power of a Great Luo deity.

However, this was only temporary. Using the ancient secret method of the divine tribe, sacrificing the essence of deities for temporary power, would cause future losses. Therefore, Yuankui used the essence of the nine deities to avoid damaging his own essence, which would make it difficult to advance in the future. Moreover, these deities were from the Yellow River lineage, so he could gain more power from the heavens.

With the power of a Great Luo deity, as the nine-headed human emperor, Yuankui could use the power of a Great Luo deity without losing control, unlike those who would lose control after advancing.

As a Great Luo deity, Yuankui summoned the essence of the Yellow River and set up a great array called the "Nine-Bend Yellow River Array."

This array contains the Confusion Talisman, the Bewitching Spell, which can confuse the essence of deities, weaken their powers, trap their forms, damage their essence, and destroy their bodies. Deities entering this array become mortals, and mortals entering it die. The nine bends are full of twists, with yellow sand everywhere, making it impossible to see the true nature of the array.

This Nine-Bend Yellow River Array is not a secret of the Three Pure Ones. Since it is called the Yellow River Array, it is related to the Yellow River. If the Three Pure Ones could understand the Yellow River to create this array, why couldn't the Yellow River deity? Moreover, Fengye had added many of his own secret talismans and spells to the array, such as the Confusion Talisman, the Binding Spell, the Heaven Locking Spell, the Essence Transforming Spell, and so on. Fengye was confident that his array was no less powerful than the Three Pure Ones' array.

As for the object to suppress the array, Yuankui did not have the Three Pure Ones' Primordial Golden Basin, but he could still weaken the three flowers and five qi of deities using the power of the array. To increase its power, Yuankui prepared another method.

Yuankui brought the Yangtze River and Huai River deities to the array platform and took out a conch shell from his sleeve. The conch shell contained "Muddy Black Sand," which is the black mud and yellow sand that had accumulated at the bottom of the Yellow River for countless years, refined by Yuankui's secret method to defile the essence and spirits of deities. If hit by this filth, the mud pill palace would be sealed, and the power would be polluted and weakened. Even if one was a Great Luo deity, they would not escape this fate.

"Sir Xiangliu, as a disciple of the witch ancestor, can you break this array?" Yuankui called out from the array platform.

The witch tribe is indeed skilled in witch spells and witchcraft, but not in array formations. Apart from the Great Array of All Heavens, there are few powerful arrays. The Great Array of All Heavens was learned from the imprint of Pangu, not created by the witch ancestors.

The witch ancestor Gonggong, who believed in brute force, despised array formations, and Xiangliu inherited this attitude.

However, provoked by Yuankui, Xiangliu's head heated up, and he charged into the array. The traitorous water deity hesitated, bit his lip, and followed. Originally, he had joined the witch tribe to gain support, which was better than solitary cultivation. Helping the great witch Xiangliu would be a great achievement, and even if the witch tribe didn't recognize it, making Xiangliu owe him a favor would be beneficial.

Yuankui felt the water deity follow and sneered, instructing the Yangtze River and Huai River deities to assist him in attacking the two. At this critical moment, the two deities naturally put aside their pride and agreed.

Yuankui saw the two enter the array, activated it, and the yellow sand spread, separating them. For Xiangliu, the water deity was easier to handle, and the treasure bead in his hand was very familiar to Yuankui.

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Bookworm's Tea Room:

He actually let Ao Yu live! As a dragon king who should have died long ago, if you don't die, how can your sons become dragon kings? Everyone, stay calm, I will definitely write about Nüwa tomorrow! The Dragon River Conference has been dragging on for a few chapters, and I know everyone is getting annoyed.

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