The First Demon of the Chan Sect-Chapter 277 - 223: Essence Blood and Soul of the Human Clan

Chapter 277: Chapter 223: Essence Blood and Soul of the Human Clan

Now, centuries have passed since the battle in the Western Desert. At this moment, the Primordial Heaven and Earth have fallen into a mysterious calm.

Many great powers within the Primordial Heaven and Earth are still discussing the so-called Chasing Daoist, and that exquisitely crafted stone artifact destroyed by Hong Jun has also become a topic of conversation after meals.

Pingyu Jia Yitian, Demon Emperor Palace.

"Big brother, are you really going to do this?" Taiyi, with a worried expression on his face, asked as he sat on the throne.

"This Witch Tribe killed my child, severing the lineage of my Golden Crow, this hatred is as deep as the sea, as vast as the sky! How can I not seek revenge?" Di Jun’s face remained calm, his words were cold but contained a bone-chilling eeriness.

"But this matter is too significant, although it will cause heavy losses to the Witch Tribe, even our Demon Race will suffer more than half casualties!" Taiyi’s face showed hesitation, he could hardly believe that his brother, who always prioritized the interests of the Demon Race, would come up with such a crazy revenge plan.

"Hou Yi must die, the Witch Tribe must die, Zhunti must die too!" Di Jun coldly smiled and said: "Even if our Demon Race has to step down from the struggle for dominance in the Primordial, I will make Zhunti and the Witch Tribe pay a bloody price!"

"But isn’t this price too cruel?" Taiyi shook his head and said: "The Witch Tribe has always lived in Mount Buzhou, the Ancestral Witch Hall is like an impregnable fortress, even Saints find it hard to break through. Can we really be victorious?"

"When the time comes, brother has his own plans!" A divine light flashed in Di Jun’s eyes, and suddenly a thick killing intent surged from his body, reaching the heavens.

"Your Majesties, joyous news, truly joyous news!" Just as Di Jun had just retracted his aura, Bai Ze entered with a fan in his hand and a relaxed smile on his face.

Although ten of Di Jun’s children had perished, he always maintained a stern demeanor in front of the Heavenly Court’s subordinates. Seeing Bai Ze’s cheerful expression now, Di Jun forcibly suppressed his sorrowful mood and squeezed out a smile, saying: "Oh? Fellow Daoist Bai Ze, what good news do you bring?"

Bai Ze folded his fan and said: "A few days ago, my subordinate Demon Secret Agents went to the territory of the Witch Tribe to hunt. By chance, they discovered that the essence blood of wrongfully dead humans did not disperse, possessing an extremely powerful corrosive force. Furthermore, the more tragically they died, the stronger the essence blood’s power contained. These few Demon Secret Agents suddenly had a bizarre idea to refine all the collected human essence blood into several magic treasures."

"Oh? The human essence blood can actually be refined into magic treasures?" Taiyi’s expression moved slightly as he asked.

Bai Ze nodded and said: "Just as these youngsters were about to return to the Heavenly Court, they unexpectedly encountered some Earth Witches! Normally, these youngsters of the Demon Race, merely at the Heavenly Immortal Level, definitely wouldn’t be a match for those Earth Witches. So, when a group of Earth Witches revealed their true Witch bodies wanting to kill them, these youngsters, I don’t know where they got the courage from, chose to fight back. And believe it or not, they actually managed to break the true Witch bodies with the magic treasures refined from human essence blood and escaped to heaven! This is certainly something worth pondering!"

Hearing this, Di Jun excitedly slammed the throne, stood up, and said: "Is that really true?"

As everyone knows, the Demon Race does not possess the robust physical strength of the Witch Tribe. They can only rely on spells or controlling magic treasures from a distance to fight the Witch Tribe. However, the Witch Tribe’s physical bodies are strong, and ordinary spells and magic treasures find it hard to harm their bodies. If Bai Ze’s words are true, then the Demon Race has a weapon capable of securing victory.

Bai Ze understood why Di Jun was so excited: in the struggle between the Demon and Witch tribes, among the high-level powers, aside from the mysterious metal plate, River Diagram and Luo Book in Di Jun’s hands, and the Chaos Bell in Taiyi’s hands, there were no Spiritual Treasures that could harm the true bodies of the Ancestor Witches. Now, having discovered this method, if a large amount of human essence blood could be used to refine some Spiritual Treasures, then breaking the Ancestor Witch’s body would no longer be a dream.

Thinking of this, Bai Ze smiled and said: "If Your Majesty doubts, you are free to try the human essence blood yourself!"

Di Jun nodded in agreement. After several verifications, it was indeed discovered that human essence blood could restrain the true bodies of the Witch Tribe; of course, the amount of human essence blood needed to restrain the Ancestor Witch’s true body was astonishing. Di Jun was extremely excited. However, upon reconsideration of the relationship between the human race and various Saints, a chill couldn’t help but rise in Di Jun’s heart.

Lady Nuwa created humans and became a Saint, among The Three Pure Ones, Laozi established his teachings by relying on humans, even Northern Emperor Li Qingming was known as the Holy Father among humans. If he rashly acted against humans, not only would it anger all Saints, but even Northern Emperor Li Qingming would turn against him.

With this thought, Di Jun’s freshly excited face suddenly fell, and he sighed heavily: "Even so, what can be done, we can’t touch the human race!"

Bai Ze heard this and smiled lightly: "Your Majesty’s concern makes some sense, but isn’t this also an opportunity. All living beings in the Primordial believe that between our Demon and Witch tribes, either one will emerge victorious, or both will be hurt! Therefore, they all watch eagerly for us to undermine each other like Zhunti and the other! Moreover, as the main characters of the Calamity, as long as we agree to leave the lineage of the human race, surely Taiching Saint and Lady Nuwa will not stop our actions! Thus, great things are to be expected!"

Di Jun and Taiyi’s eyes lit up, they both nodded, Di Jun said: "If that’s the case, we still need to visit Nuwa Palace, and inform Lady Nuwa of this matter. It would be improper to act without considering the Saints!"

Bai Ze nodded and said: "Indeed, it should be so!"

There is no time to delay, Di Jun and his brother felt an urgency and without any delay, they headed straight to the Nuwa Palace in Chaos Outer Heaven. When they reached the archway, they found the door tightly shut, with no Immortal Child to receive them.

Di Jun and Taiyi looked at each other, bowed towards the palace gate, and said respectfully, "Di Jun and Taiyi have come to pay respects to the Saint, hoping for an audience with Lady Nuwa!"

As soon as they finished speaking, the palace gate creaked open. From inside, a charming woman dressed in colorful silk fairy clothes emerged, who turned out to be Jin Feng’er, a maid of Lady Nuwa herself.

Jin Feng’er bowed to the two Demon Race emperors and said, "Feng’er greets Your Majesties! Lady Nuwa is aware of what you seek. The Holy Mother said, ’The Human Clan is ultimately my creation; they should not be exterminated from Heaven and Earth!’ Please consider your actions carefully, Your Majesties."

After speaking, Jin Feng’er bowed again and returned inside, closing the palace gate behind her.

Taiyi, somewhat confused, was about to step forward to knock on the door and inquire again when Di Jun hurriedly stopped him and said, "After all, Nuwa Palace is the arena of the Saint. We should not act impulsively here. Let us return to Heavenly Court and discuss this matter in detail." With that, he led Taiyi away from Chaos, heading back to Heavenly Court.

Meanwhile, inside the Nuwa Palace on the Cloud Bed, Nuwa was shedding tears, weeping, "Oh Human Clan, I hope you can forgive me!"

Just as Di Jun and Taiyi returned to the Heavenly Court and had yet not settled down, Taiyi urgently asked, "Big Brother, why did you hold me back earlier? Why not let me inquire clearly?"

Di Jun shook his head and said, "Dear brother, calm down. The Holy Mother has made herself clear, think it through and you will understand."

Hearing this, Taiyi pondered for a moment and then suddenly broke into a smile, "Indeed, we do not need to exterminate the Human Clan, just keeping their population within certain limits to prevent their extinction will be sufficient and we shall have no worries!"

Di Jun nodded and said, "It seems that Lady Nuwa ultimately still favors our Demon Race, and this certainly signifies our eventual victory. Ha, Hou Yi, Witch Tribe, Zhunti..."

As he said this, a ferocious glint flashed continuously in Di Jun’s eyes, the chilling coldness causing one’s heart to tremble.

Coincidentally, when Bai Ze reported to Di Jun that artifacts were being made using the Essence Blood of the Human Clan, the Witch Tribe also discovered a method to counter the Demon Race.

In the village governed by the Ancestor Witch Zhu Jiuyin, master of time, there was a particular Witch named Qing Tuo. Born in the same generation as Hou Yi, he emerged with the cultivation level of a Low-level Great Witch. However, since his birth, he did not cultivate his physical body or the Divine Skills of his tribe. He only studied peculiar and rare objects, especially in the field of souls, to an exasperating extent.

One day, as he passed through a small Human Clan village, he saw a group of demons brutally slaughtering the humans. The demons consumed the essence blood and flesh of humans, devouring, tearing apart, burning with real fire, or committing violent acts—all forms of brutal killing that were utterly cruel and shook Heaven and Earth.

Just as Qing Tuo was filled with righteous indignation and wanted to step forward to take down these demons, a sudden change occurred. He noticed that whenever a human was killed by these demons, a wisp of faint blue sinister smoke would rise from the corpse, fluttering upwards.

This smoke was mysterious and strange, violently swirling and ominously roaring like a ferocious beast, clawing its way towards the murderous demons. Whenever faced with this bizarre smoke, the demons would show disgust and then cast spells to dissipate the smoke. Sometimes, when the smoke was too substantial, or seemed to be condensing into a solid form, the demons were often caught off guard, becoming trapped in the smoke, and following screams, their Primordial Spirits would be annihilated, and they would die screaming.

And this smoke did not spare even the dead demons—it surged forward, encircling their bodies, and amid fierce roaring sounds, it devoured the remaining Primordial Energy on the corpses.

Seeing this fierce spectacle, Qing Tuo, while shocked, became interested in the greenish smoke-like souls.

After years of investing, Qing Tuo gradually understood the reason behind it.

Although the Human Clan was small, they were born with Innate Taoist Bodies. From birth, their Three Souls and Seven Spirits were complete entities, and upon death, they remained cohesive, forming ghosts. The more tragic their deaths, the fiercer the resulting Fierce Ghosts, which would harm the Primordial Spirit without casting any spell. The power of one or two ghosts might be weak, but the force of thousands of Fierce Ghosts was terrifying. With some ideas forming in his mind, Qing Tuo returned to the village, then went to the Witch Tribe’s Holy Land, the Ancestral Witch Hall, seeking to meet the Ancestor Witches.

Upon reaching the Ancestral Witch Hall, Qing Tuo found that Great Witch An Qi was responsible for patrol this time. An Qi was well-regarded within the Witch Tribe, though not as prominent as Kua Fu and Hou Yi, he was still considered a top-tier Great Witch.

"Brother An Qi!" Qing Tuo smiled and greeted him as he approached.

"Ahaha, it’s Brother Qing Tuo!" An Qi laughed heartily, signaled the other Great Witches to continue patrolling, stepped forward, and gave Qing Tuo a bear hug, saying, "What new invention have you come up with? Come tell your brother about it." (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to Qidian (qidian.com) to cast a vote of recommendation or monthly ticket. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)