No way. Despite returning to the Heavenly Court as the lofty Emperor of the Yao Clan, Dijun was consumed by a burning rage at the mere thought of how nearly Dijiang had killed him. He longed to tear Dijiang's flesh and drink his blood, but alas, his power fell short!
Under such circumstances, how could Dijun not rejoice to see Dijiang covered by the Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds?
Not only him, but even Eastern Emperor Taiyi, Demon Master Kunpeng, Fuxi, and those rescued Yao Clan sages felt the exact same way!
Naturally, Yuanshi, Laizi, and Dao Ancestor Hongjun felt the same!
"Granted!"
Yet, the very next moment, just as they all held this thought, a cold, seemingly emotionless voice suddenly rang out through the void!
Boom!
Everyone froze, staring in utter disbelief toward Mount Buzhou!
"Impossible, this is impossible! Hasn't the Great Dao withdrawn? Why has it appeared again? And over such a trivial matter as founding a clan?!"
In Zixiao Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun roared with an extremely grim and furious expression!
The Great Dao had actually appeared!
And it had genuinely approved the founding of the Wu Clan!
How could this be?!
It was utterly impossible!
At that moment, he truly could not accept this reality!
Of course, he wasn't the only one.
Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi felt the same way right now, and Dijun roared aloud, "Why is this happening? Why?!"
At this moment, Dijun's state of mind completely shattered!
Just a moment ago, he had been planning to use Dijiang's idea for himself once Dijiang was blasted to death by the wrath of the Heavenly Dao. But now, that opportunity was gone!
The same went for Demon Master Kunpeng, Fuxi, and the various Yao Clan sages.
Even Mother Nuwa, the Sanqing, and other mighty figures felt the same!
"This... the Great Dao actually appeared, and it approved! How did they pull that off?"
Mother Nuwa asked in utter perplexity!
"Why must it be like this? Why?!"
Yuanshi roared even louder!
Even Laizi shared this sentiment.
Yet it was completely useless!
Because right as they reacted this way—
Above Mount Buzhou, a boundless sea of Great Dao Merit suddenly materialized. The moment it appeared, it immediately suppressed and completely dispersed the Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds that had been gathering there!
Of course, this was only natural.
Are you kidding me?
Father Great Dao had given His approval!
How could the Heavenly Dao, mere son that it was, dare to defy its father's will?
Naturally, it had to scatter right then and there!
And the moment the Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds dispersed, that Great Dao Merit began to distribute itself automatically!
In mere moments, nearly fifty percent of the Great Dao Merit flew straight toward Dijiang!
Another thirty percent flew toward the other Ancestral Witches!
And naturally, the remaining twenty percent was divided among the Great Witches and Lesser Witches!
"Great Dao Merit! That's actual Great Dao Merit!"
Everyone looked upon the Wu Clan with eyes burning with envy!
Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun was no exception right now!
He was tempted!
Naturally, Dijun and the others felt the same!
One by one, they looked at Dijiang with eyes tinged with jealousy!
"You lot can have these!"
Yet Dijiang merely waved his hand dismissively at the sight of the merit, directly thrusting it all toward the other eleven Ancestral Witches!
Come on, he himself still had hundreds of millions of points of Great Dao Merit!
How could he possibly lack such things?
The other Ancestral Witches were a different story, however!
With this Great Dao Merit, Dijiang did not know what breakthroughs awaited Houtu and Goumang, who were already Quasi-Saints!
But for Zhurong, Gonggong, and the others, using it to break through would certainly be effortless!
Sure enough, Dijiang's guess proved correct!
The moment the thought crossed his mind—
A powerful aura suddenly erupted from Mount Buzhou!
Immediately afterward, he saw that hothead Zhurong make a breakthrough, attaining the early stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal!
Boom, boom, boom!
Then came Gonggong, Shebishi, Xuanming, and the rest!
The Ancestral Witches broke through one after another!
In just a brief moment, every single one of them broke through to the early stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal!
Houtu and Goumang even took an extra step forward within the early stage of the Hunyuan Golden Immortal, aided by the merit!
Although they still hadn't reached the mid stage, they were certainly no longer ordinary early-stage Hunyuan Golden Immortals like before!
"These Ancestral Witches have got to be the luckiest bastards alive! Just founding a clan was enough to commune with the Great Dao and summon Great Dao Merit, and now they've all broken through. Are they the biological sons of the Great Dao or something?"
All the onlookers were shocked, speaking with a bitter, sour tone!
"The gap just got even wider!"
At this moment, Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi felt incomparably depressed!
"Ahem!"
Yet the next instant, before they had even recovered from this blow, the sound of a dragon's roar rang out from the Pangu Temple above Mount Buzhou!
Following that, everyone saw that the racial luck—which previously had existed only among all members of the Wu Clan and their respective tribes—now converged entirely into the Pangu Temple. A moment later, a Golden Dragon of Luck manifested!
"This... is this the Golden Dragon of Luck for the Wu Clan? It feels so immensely powerful!"
The onlookers exclaimed in awe!
"Why is this happening? Why?!"
Dijun muttered to himself, looking as if his own father had just died!
The others felt much the same.
"Ha! Why else? Our Wu Clan is favored by the Great Dao, that's why!"
Dijiang responded with a loud, hearty laugh!
Damn it!
When the Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds had appeared just now, how joyfully those fellows had shouted!
Now it was finally time for him to slap them across the face!
"That's right! Dijun, hurry up and dissolve that pathetic little Heavenly Court of yours, and go find some deserted place to cultivate! Otherwise, ten thousand years from now, we'll beat you so hard your own mother won't recognize you!"
That hothead Zhurong chimed in with a roar of laughter!
"Hahaha, exactly, exactly!"
The other Ancestral Witches joined in, overflowing with genuine joy at that moment!
"Hmph, what's there to be so smug about? It's just founding a clan, others can do it too!" Dijun muttered indignantly, glaring at the scene.
The next moment, he raised his voice and shouted aloud: "O Great Dao above! I, Dijun, observing the vast multitude of living beings in Honghuang and the scarcity of established tribes, hereby found a clan named the Yao! All plants, trees, beasts, and birds in the Honghuang land that attain human form shall belong to the Yao Clan! The Yao Clan takes the Thirty-Three Heavens as its foundation, and uses the supreme-grade innate spiritual treasure, the Hetu Luoshu, to suppress its luck. The Yao Clan is hereby established!"
Dijun's voice instantly echoed through the heavens!
Even though the primary merit for founding a clan had been snatched away by the Wu Clan, they could still lap up some broth, which would at least help narrow the gap between the two sides!
"Haha, His Majesty the Eastern Emperor is truly wise! We'll just follow their lead directly!"
The mighty figures of the Heavenly Court burst into hearty laughter as well!
"This Dijun is actually quite clever!"
Even Hongjun, Nuwa, and the Sanqing shared this thought.
"Huh?"
Yet, a short while later—
Everyone froze!
They were utterly dumbfounded!
Because Dijun had recited his Great Dao oath for quite a while now!
Yet there was still no reaction whatsoever from the Great Dao!
"What is going on?"
"Could it be that my Yao Clan is truly unwelcome to the Great Dao?"
Such thoughts stirred in the minds of everyone in the Yao Clan!
"What is the meaning of this?"
Even Dijun, Eastern Emperor Taiyi, and the others were baffled!
"Why is this happening? The Wu Clan could commune with the Great Dao, so why can't the Yao Clan?"
In Zixiao Palace, Dao Ancestor Hongjun furrowed his brow deeply!
"What has happened?"
Nuwa, the Sanqing, and the rest were similarly at a loss!
None of them had the slightest clue what was going on!
"Hahaha! Dijun, see that? I told you long ago, our Wu Clan is blessed by the Great Dao, but your Yao Clan is not!" Dijiang laughed aloud at that moment.
He watched Dijun's bewildered expression as if looking at an absolute fool. What on earth was Dijun imagining? He, Dijiang, had been able to invoke the Great Dao precisely because he had just expended five million points of Great Dao Merit. The Yao Clan didn't even possess a single shred of Great Dao Merit, yet they expected to invoke the Great Dao? In their dreams!
"Hmph, you think I'll believe that?"
Dijun said with disdain, preparing to try again!
"Ha! Believe it or not, you'd better look up and figure out how you're going to deal with what's hanging over your head!"
Dijiang laughed heartily instead, speaking up.
"I... The Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds!"
In an instant, Dijun trembled, staring in sheer disbelief right above his Heavenly Court!
The other mighty figures reacted in the exact same way!
Boom!
As they stared upward at the Heavenly Dao tribulation clouds, a terrifying, world-destroying force slammed directly down toward the Heavenly Court!
"Oh no! It's the Heavenly Dao Thunder Punishment! Quick, activate the Heavenly Court's grand defensive formation to block it!"
Dijun's complexion changed drastically as he roared at the top of his lungs!