The First Demon of the Chan Sect

"Ah...you old bull, I will never let you go!" Under the clear starry sky, the pitiful scream of Man Niu cut through the heavenly vault.

Mang Niu, excitedly clapping his hands next to a large group of flames, said, "Keep screaming! Even if you scream until your throat is hoarse, no one will come to save you..."

Li Qingming and the others felt a chill, thinking, "Who taught him this!"

A moment later, after a quarter of an hour finally passed, Mang Niu dispelled his Ancestor Witch body, and the magnificent Leaving Fire also extinguished along with the disappearance of his Ancestor Witch body.

"Old bull, I'm going to kill you!" Just as everyone wanted to see what Man Niu looked like at that moment, a pitch-black figure burst out from the still lingering flames,

That was entirely a three-zhang-tall black monster, with an indistinguishable face and an invisible body. If not for the familiar voice, everyone would have thought it was a wild beast jumping out from some corner.

He strode through the void, emanating green smoke from his body, continuously spewing foul language from his mouth, vowing to kill Mang Niu right there.

"You little rascal, I already spared you yet you're still relentless! Be quiet!" Mang Niu, somewhat annoyed, looked at the hurriedly approaching Man Niu and slapped him down.

"Bang!"

Mang Niu's blood churned, the power of the Leaving Fire Law transformed into Nine-Turned Power, gathered in his right hand without hesitation and slammed it onto the top of Man Niu's skull.

This heavy and powerful slap directly knocked down Man Niu, who had lost his senses due to rage.

"Boom boom boom!"

Man Niu's massive body simply couldn't resist Mang Niu's attack. If not for his strong physical body, this strike might have severely injured him.

"Phew! The world is finally quiet!" Having retracted the True Yuan that was dispersing from his body, Mang Niu sat back on his cushion and breathed a sigh of relief, his words carrying a rare sense of satisfaction.

"Whoosh!"

Lying motionlessly on a nearby White Jade Platform, after being silent for a long while, Man Niu finally reverted to his original form. But his current appearance was somewhat difficult for everyone to compliment:

The long shoulder-length black hair had all disappeared, even his eyebrows became as bald as Shakyamuni's head, not a single hair left.

Yang Jian approached and gently shook the still unconscious Man Niu, saying, "Uncle Master Man Niu, wake up..."

"Hmm?" Only feeling sore all over, Man Niu hazily opened his eyes. When he noticed his entirely bare body, lacking a single hair, he exploded in anger again, glaring viciously at Mang Niu and said, "Old bull, Daoist me will never coexist with you!"

Mang Niu drained the Jade Liquid in front of him in one gulp, laughing heartily, "Alright, you little rascal! I'm waiting anytime for you to seek revenge!"

At this point, Mang Niu paused, reached into his sleeve and fumbled around for a while, then threw a seven-colored sparkling basin toward Man Niu, saying, "This thing is called the Seven-Colored Exquisite Basin; all the exotic treasures stored in Golden Bull City by Lord Jin Zhou are in this basin. Since you held out for a quarter of an hour in my hands, these treasures are all yours now!"

The Seven-Colored Exquisite Basin emitted a seven-colored glow, and with a "thud," it landed on the White Jade Platform, the massive force causing the polished surface to crack like a spiderweb.

Li Qingming peered over and saw divine light flowing inside the basin, shrouded in mist, full of many things. He could clearly see the Spiritual Treasures inside; each was extraordinary, alongside Divine Elixirs and Spiritual Medicines.

It appeared that the Seven-Colored Exquisite Basin indeed encompassed many exotic treasures.

...

Sitting upon the throne, looking at the broken White Jade floor, Golden Sun's forehead showed lines of frustration as he glared at Mang Niu, "Old bull, can't you be a bit gentler? This White Jade floor was not easy for me to get Lion Brother to make for me, you owe me!"

"This... Haha! Old Sheep, who are we kidding here! I'll have someone send you a vast area of Fire Element Stones later, perfectly to replace this chilly broken stone, how good!" Mang Niu shrank his neck slightly, swiftly changing the topic, "That little rascal, now that you have the items, shouldn't you also make a gesture?"

Long Xu, the least scheming, hearing Mang Niu's words, was a bit confused and said, "What gesture? Weren't these items won by Uncle Master Man Niu in a bet with Lord Mang Niu of the city?"

Li Qingming somewhat guessed what they wanted to know, but deliberately pretended to be confused, tacitly agreeing with Long Xu's reaction.

Mang Niu glanced at Golden Sun, noticing the eagerness flashing in his eyes, and thought he finally dodged a bullet. However, he was not pleased with Long Xu's words, frowning and said, "Boy, do you know what we want to know?"

"Nonsense, if we knew what you wanted to know, why would we even fight you?" Man Niu grumbled, rubbing his smooth head as he spoke.

Jinyang glanced at Long Xuhu and the two, noticing the confusion in their eyes, felt speechless and thought, "These two are really foolish!"

Suddenly, Jinyang caught a twitch at the corner of Li Qingming's mouth from the corner of his eye, his mind stirred, he said, "You speak!"

Seeing Jinyang's eager expression, Li Qingming decided not to beat around the bush and said, "Before asking about the specific situation of Pangu's Great Thousand World, shouldn't you two city lords first explain your origins?"

Jinyang was silent for a long while before saying, "Forget it! Actually, these are not secrets, especially since you are also from Pangu's Great Thousand World, then I'll tell you!"

His words piqued everyone's interest. What did he mean by "also from Pangu's Great Thousand World"? Could there be others from Pangu's Great Thousand World?

Seeing everyone's interested expressions, Jinyang slowly fell into reminiscence: "Our twelve brothers, along with Lord Jin Zhou, belong to the Witch Tribe, all hailing from the First Epoch of Pangu's Great Thousand World."

"As expected!" Li Qingming, Shakyamuni, and Yin Xi all showed expressions of realization.

However, Long Xuhu and Li Qingquan, among others, were stunned by Jinyang's words.

"You mean, you came from the First Epoch of Pangu's Great Thousand World? As members of the Witch Tribe?" Li Qingquan recalled the Ancestor Witch True Body that Mang Niu had earlier transformed into, his words carrying a hint of certainty.

Mang Niu swallowed an Immortal Peach and said, "Would I deceive you? Besides, I even used the Nine Revolutions Mystical Technique, that couldn't be fake, right?"

"So, your names, were they also changed after you came to the Central Heaven World?" Li Qingming casually asked, as he put away the Seven-Colored Exquisite Basin.

"Correct! Only too much time has passed, and we have long forgotten our original names!" the City Lord of Jinyang said with a sigh.

Hearing this, Li Qingming's eyes flashed, and he asked, "But surely you couldn't have forgotten the name of the Great Witch Hou Yi?"

"Ah?" Jinyang and Mang Niu suddenly stood up, looking incredulously at Li Qingming, "How did you know that?"

Li Qingming signaled them to calm down and said, "There is a legend in the Hua Xia Great Thousand World that the Great Witch Hou Yi once walked the Path to Heaven and ultimately obtained the Tao Origin Qi, which said to grant an instantly becoming a Saint and create an undying body. Now, Lord Jin Zhou has declared that an object with the same effects as the Tao Origin Qi is placed in the cities behind. Besides Tao Origin Qi, I can't think of anything else that could make someone instantly become a saint!"

"Ha ha ha, good! Worthy of being a creature from my Pangu's Great Thousand World!" Mang Niu burst into laughter after Li Qingming finished speaking, his eyes filled with admiration.

Jinyang also smiled and nodded, saying, "You're correct, the City Lord of Jin Zhou is indeed the Great Witch Hou Yi who had departed from the Primordial Land!"

"Oh? So it is indeed so!" Li Qingming's eyes flickered with a hint of puzzlement, "Unknown are the reasons behind this?"

Jinyang sighed, "In those days, the Demon Race Crown Prince, the Ten Golden Crows, brought calamity to the Primordial Land, poisoning our Witch Tribe's clan members. Hou Yi, to save the creatures of the Primordial Land, cultivated nine Demon Slaying Arrows with his Heart Power and killed nine Golden Crows. Enraged by this, the Demon Emperor and East Emperor mounted their forces and launched an all-out war against our Witch Tribe at the foot of Mount Buzhou!"

"That battle was a devastating loss for both clans. Six out of the Ten Great Demon Saints perished, and the East Emperor perished utterly. And our Witch Tribe suffered even heavier losses, with only five out of twelve Ancestor Witches remaining."

"I am aware of this Witch Demon War, but it differs from that of the Third Epoch," Li Qingquan interjected, frowning.

Jinyang gave Li Qingquan a blank look and continued, "After that massive battle, it seemed both the Witch and Demon Clans had forgotten the spark that prompted it, Hou Yi shooting the Golden Crow Crown Prince, and both were recuperating. However, there was one person in the Sun Palace who never forgot this deep-seated hatred!"

Yin Xi pondered and spoke, "Xi He?"

Jinyang nodded, "As the Demon Queen and a mother who lost her kin, she could hardly swallow her rage. She then had Chang'e—a stunningly beautiful palace maid—reincarnate and get close to Hou Yi to kill him! Chang'e reincarnated into the Human Clan and eventually gained Hou Yi's trust. Yet, in the process of interacting with Hou Yi, she had deeply fallen in love with this man of the Witch Tribe."

"Later, when Xi He wanted Chang'e to find an opportunity to kill Hou Yi, Chang'e was unwilling. Xi He devised a plot to imprison Chang'e on the Taiyin Star and informed Hou Yi that if he wanted to save Chang'e, he would have to go to Taiyin alone!"

"Later, did Hou Yi manage to save Chang'e?" Long Xuhu, engrossed, quickly asked.

Jinyang shook his head somewhat desolately, "Hou Yi reached the Taiyin Star and fought with Xi He for several days without conclusion. Later, Xi He threatened Hou Yi's life using Chang'e, demanding that he commit suicide. Knowing she had burdened Hou Yi, Chang'e transformed herself into a Taiyin Arrow. Seeing this, Hou Yi's expression drastically changed, and he used the arrow to kill Xi He. This was the final breakout of the ultimate battle between the Witch and Demon Clans!"

"So how did you come to the Cold Origin Realm?" Yang Jian asked the crucial question.

Jinyang fell silent for a long while, then said, "The final war was utterly tragic, all the Ancestor Witches of our Witch Tribe perished, and the Demon Emperor and Demon Saints also died out! Believing himself to be the culprit within our clan, the Great Witch Hou Yi selected twelve clan members from the twelve branches of our Witch Tribe, wandered across various Central Heaven Worlds, spreading our Witch Tribe's heritage!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendation tickets and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)