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Chapter 22 - The Lich War (2 in 1)

While Feng Lou was talking with the Chaos Bell, his father Feng Wei, standing nearby, interjected, "I believe we've been manipulated."

Hearing that, Feng Lou and the group's attention shifted back to his father. Feng Wei continued, "I haven't told you guys this yet, but Goddess Nuwa is a part of the monster race and By extension, we are also considered part of the Monster Race. Since the Lich War, the Monster and Witch Races have been archenemies. I suspect Zhurong's arrival was intended to sow discord between Goddess Nuwa and the Monster Race."

Feng Yi and the others were surprised. Feng Yi asked, "What's the Lich War?" Feng Lou knew the answer, but he kept quiet, waiting for his father to explain.

Feng Wei began to explain, "Let me tell you about the Lich War. But before that, ensure that everything I've said about us being manipulated remains a secret."

Everyone agreed to keep the information confidential. Satisfied, Feng Wei proceeded to explain the Lich War.

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Millions of Years Ago

Before humanity was created, the Prehistoric World was divided into two major camps, The Witch race, and The Monster Race. One rules the Prehistoric land and the other rules the thirty-three heavens. As for other forces, such as "Kunlun Mountain" Three Pure Ones, and the "Sea of Blood" Styx have kept a much lower profile.

While there wasn't a significant conflict between the Witch Race and the human race, minor tensions and clashes between them were quite common. Slowly the friction and the hatred between the two tribes became deeper and deeper.

When Pangu died, his pure blood essence gave birth to the twelve ancestral witches, These witches were extremely powerful, some could swallow the whole sky, some could summon wind and rain which could engulf the entire prehistoric world in flood, and some could move mountains and seas, each of them had the cultivation of semi-saint, right below the saint realm.

The leader of the ancestral witches is Emperor Jiang, also known as Di Jiang. He's the ancestral witch of space and some say he could zip across the entire prehistoric world in seconds. Jumang is the ancestral witch of wood, with the power to turn the world into a forest. Zhurong, the fiery ancestral witch, is famous for his hot temper. Gonggong rules over water, while Lingshou's domain is gold. Xuan Ming commands ice, and Houtu presides over earth. Qiangliang, or Leigong, is the master of thunder. Zhu Jianyi controls time, Tianwu manipulates wind, and Xihe shines as the ancestral witch of light. Lastly, Chi You reigns as the ancestral witch of poison.

Whenever they attack together, the combat prowess of the witch race skyrockets by hundreds of times. Facing the Twelve Ancestral Witches, the majority of the monster races were unable to compete. some weaker monster race groups even became the food of the Witch race and were hunted and killed without mercy.

In response to the relentless assaults by the witch race, the strongest of the monster race, the Eastern Emperor and Emperor Jun, joined forces to establish the Thirty-Three Heavens within the supreme sun, creating a formidable stronghold known as the Heavenly Court. soon all of the monster races in the prehistoric world merged into the heavenly court. However Di jun ambitions grew, he wanted to kill the witch race so that he could control the prehistoric world too. 

Nuwa, also joined the heavenly court, due to her impressive strength as semi-saint, The eastern emperor gave her the esteemed title of Empress Nuwa of Heaven. Following her lead, her brother Fuxi also joined the Heavenly Court, assuming the prestigious role of Emperor of Heaven. Alongside these revered figures, Kunpeng, also a semi-saint born from the blood of a chaos demon god, also joined their ranks.

Under these five semi-saints, were ten generals who were known as the 10 great saints of the monster race, all of these saints are in the realm of Supreme Unity Golden immortal. they are just one step away from reaching the realm of semi-saint.

Below these Ten Great Saints, many strong monster groups existed, with members in the millions and billions.

With these millions of monster clan members, the war between the witch race and the monster race became more and more intense. 

The situation escalated into a full-scale conflict when Bai Ze, a general serving under the emperors of heaven, seized control of Buzhou Mountain, also known as the spine of the great god Pangu. Bai Ze expelled all monsters and immortals from the mountain, declaring, "Only those belonging to the monster race may set foot here." This action greatly incensed the witch race, as they believed that, aside from themselves and the descendants of the great god Pangu, no one else should have the authority to impose such a ban on Buzhou Mountain.

The emperors of heaven, headed by Di Jun created a "Zhou Tian Star Formation" as a secret weapon to deal with the witch race; on the other hand, the witch race hearing this news from their spies developed a "Capital Heaven Divine Sand Formation". This formation developed by the witch race can be called the most powerful in the prehistoric world because when used to the extreme it can summon the true form of Pangu.

These actions of the monster clan brought the conflict between the two sides to its highest point, making it impossible for the races to coexist peacefully due to their deep-seated hatred.

On some day, the ancestral witches gathered together in the Pangu Temple.

"Eastern emperor and Kunpeng are starting to set a base on the Buzhou mountain," Emperor Jiang said with some anger

"These beasts daring to occupy our sacred grounds, Big Brother, send out the troops with me! I shall slaughter every one of these beasts," Zhurong declared, his anger evident.

"Calm down, Zhurong! Of course, we have to fight, but that doesn't mean we should rush into battle recklessly. We need a proper plan of attack to retake Buzhou Mountain in one single swoop," Houtu urged, attempting to soothe Zhurong's rage.

Ling Shou also added and said, "The Monster clan is very powerful right now, both of the demon emperors have reached the late stage of the semi-saint realm. Furthermore, Nuwa, Fuxi, and Kunpeng are also not weak,"

"Monster clan also has three things that make me a little worried, Eastern Emperor's 'Donghuang Bell', Di Jun's 'Hetu Luoshou', and the 'Zhou Tian Star Formation', we still need to find a way to deal with those," Zhu Jiuyin added.

"That's a valid point," Di Jiang concurred. After a brief pause, he proposed, "Here's the plan: we'll send one person to divert Kunpeng's attention while the rest of us launch an attack on the Eastern Emperor. By the time Di Jun arrives, it'll be too late for them."

As long as the Eastern Emperor dies, the Heavenly Court will not be able to compete with the Witch Clan.

After creating this plan, The Witch Clan mobilized its troops and sent them out to Buzhou Mountain. Soon, The twelve main tribes of the witch race, along with their millions of troops, assembled near the Buzhou mountain. The twelve ancestral witches were personally leading this charge.

Finally Two Years later, one of the biggest wars on prehistoric land broke out.

Facing the witch clan attack, All of the monster race saints and The Eastern Emperor looked stern and immediately deployed millions of their troops to fight off the attack.

The Eastern Emperor swiftly took to the forefront of his army, declaring, "You Witch Clan have committed grave sins, slaughtered countless innocents, and defied the will of the Heavenly Court which rules The Prehistoric World. This time, I will demonstrate that the will of heaven cannot be defied."

"Don't talk nonsense Taiyi! We, descendants of the Great God Pangu, were destined to rule this world. How can you beasts even think of challenging us for this right?" Gonggong rebuked

"Yes, Buzhou Mountain was left by our father god, and we honor it by not trespassing. You shameless beasts dared to occupy it without our permission. You deserve death for your disrespect," Zhurong exclaimed angrily. 

Eastern Emperor ignored those words and quickly summoned the Donghuang Bell and struck the witch army with a Boom and exclaimed loudly, "ATTACK"

Right as he said that all of the monster army started rushing forward.

With a simple gesture from Di Jiang, the Witch army also started rushing forward.

And soon, in an instant, the whole prehistoric sky was stained with a layer of blood.

All of the supernatural powers like the three pure ones and the Styx were looking towards the Buzhou mountain and using their spiritual thoughts to watch the battle unfold.

A total of eleven witches rushed towards the eastern emperor, where Houtu the ancestral witch of earth attacked Kunpeng alone.

The entire battlefield spanned millions of miles in radius, in the battle no major world-destroying spells could be used by the soldiers due to space restrictions set by the Zhu Jiuyin. Soon the blood stained the earth red, Countless corpses were piling up and creating a hill of corpses.

The eleven Ancestral witches knew that time was short, They had to defeat the Eastern Emperor before Di Jun arrived as backup. Without hesitation, they revealed their true forms, each growing as large as the Buzhou mountain. Some sprouted six arms, while others manifested multiple eyes. Using their true form they quickly started to attack the eastern emperor, seeing their attacks, the Eastern emperor summoned the Donghuang Bell and started using it as a shield. 

One by one, attacks bombarded the Donghuang Bell, causing ripples to spread through the void, as if the very fabric of the world was on the verge of shattering.

Suddenly, the Eastern Emperor let out a thunderous roar, and the Donghuang Bell emitted strange, eerie sounds. As these sounds echoed, a river emerged—the River of Time. From its depths emerged two figures, both of them wore the same clothes as the eastern emperor but they had no facial features. right as they came they started attacking the ancestral witches.

Their attacks quickly nullified all the various law attacks of the ancestral witches. 

"No! He sacrificed the essence of his weapon to summon two Time Clones," Zhurong exclaimed in alarm.

The twelve people alongside the eastern emperor's two Time Clones were constantly fighting, hurling spells at each other incessantly. Within a radius of hundreds of thousands of miles, members of both races steered clear. the terrifying attacks started to destroy the world. the world seemed it was unable to bear the weight of these attacks.

Soon spatial cracks started to appear one after another like broken mirrors.

Seeing the cracks, The easter emperor started making his way toward the Ninth Heaven. The Ancestral Witches pursued, continuing their barrage of spells.

On the earth, Houtu was still fighting with Kunpeng, No matter how much Kunpeng tried he couldn't break the defense of the ancestral witch of the earth.

Soon, at the foot of the Buzhou mountain, rivers and trees were destroyed. Mountains of corpses gathered in the radius of the millions of miles. The blood of two races turned into a river of blood. 

Suddenly, there was a loud shout, it was the two semi-saints Fuxi and Di Jun, they both saw the situation and quickly went up to the ninth heaven to help the eastern emperor. 

Seeing the situation, Di Jiang used the space law and started to attack the incoming Di Jun and Fuxi. 

As the conflict escalated, a barrage of world-destroying spells was unleashed by the Witches, Di Jiang, and Fuxi.

Before the spells could collide, a resounding shout echoed, extinguishing them in an instant. It was Taoist Ancestor Hong Jun.

"Stop these attacks, From now on, the demon clan reigns over the sky and the witch race over the earth. No one is permitted to engage in combat for five divine years," declared the Taoist Ancestor, and with a wave of his hand, all people in the war were swept back into their respective territories. 

  1. Only some of the names are accurate ;-; couldn't find many of them so I went to some Chinese mythos novels and copied those names there.
  2. literally the edge of the sky