Chapter 343: The Greatest Asset of the Witch God

“Little Dongbo,” Xiwei also looked at Dongbo Xueying, shaking her head. “Let me speak plainly to you. Originally, your Xia Clan had absolutely no chance of victory! But now, you should have hope of defending your Spark World. This is still because of your help. Without your appearance, even the Spark World could not have been defended.”

“Exactly. As for that Witch God and the Great Demon God, they don’t actually care about your Xia Clan. What they truly fear is the Earth Temple,” Redstone added. “Otherwise, why would they need to prepare for so long?”

Dongbo Xueying’s expression slightly changed as he listened: “Senior Xiwei, Senior Redstone, my strength has greatly increased now. Could I still not withstand them?”

“Do you know what the Witch God and the Great Demon God rely on the most?” Xiwei inquired.

“The divine avatar?” Dongbo Xueying asked.

“Hmph, that is indeed a significant reliance, but not the greatest one,” Xiwei remarked. “The Earth Temple is also capable of forging divine avatars. Had the Blood Blade Tavern desired, they could have manifested a divine avatar within your Xia Clan’s realm. Yet why do they not dare to proclaim dominion over the Xia Clan’s world and monopolize the Redstone Mountain? Why do the Witch God and the Great Demon God dare to act so boldly?”

Dongbo Xueying frowned.

“You must know, once a divine avatar awakens, it can stay in a mortal world for at most three thousand years,” Xiwei explained. “After three thousand years, the divine avatar will naturally die. Without the divine avatar, the entire Xia Clan’s world cannot be defended. Are you going to create a new divine avatar every three thousand years? The cost is too great.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded.

Indeed.

It is relatively easy to temporarily occupy the Xia Clan’s world, but to occupy it permanently is difficult!

“Senior, what is their greatest reliance?” Dongbo Xueying urgently asked.

“If I’m not mistaken, the greatest reliance of the Witch God and the Great Demon God can only be one thing,” Xiwei said. “The Witch God is the lord of the Material World. He has completely refined a mortal realm! That mortal realm is like his private domain, where he can freely come and go, travel to the Divine Realm, and return to his homeland without any hindrance.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded. He already knew this.

“And some lords of the Material World often do one thing,” Xiwei continued. “They search for a nearby mortal world and open a stable spatial channel. Then they continuously send their subordinates through to conquer and occupy that mortal world. They are usually World Lords, who can easily bring resources from the Divine Realm to their homeland. Then these resources can be transported through the stable spatial channel to attack other mortal worlds.”

Dongbo Xueying began to understand faintly, his expression involuntarily changing.

“Attacking one mortal world after another, although their true selves cannot enter other mortal worlds, their subordinates can. Once completely conquered, they can spread their faith,” Xiwei said. “However, the only problem is building a stable spatial channel.”

“Because the distances between mortal worlds are vast, and their spatial positions are not fixed, building a stable spatial channel is extremely difficult.”

The descent of Redstone Mountain into the Xia Clan’s realm has spanned over a million years! That Witch God must have begun his schemes long ago. Throughout this vast stretch of time, he likely subjugated one or two mortal worlds—realms relatively close to your Xia Clan’s domain. Then, using those conquered worlds as footholds, he forged a stable spatial conduit linking your Xia Clan’s world with his newly dominated territories.

“In this way.”

“As soon as the channel is established, he can prepare massive resources and numerous war fortresses, which will continuously pour through the fixed spatial channel and instantly enter your Xia Clan’s world. He can easily establish a stable foothold!” Xiwei said. “Then, from this foothold, he can rapidly occupy the Xia Clan’s world and sweep away all opposition.”

“His resources don’t need to be transported through the Temple of Time and Space because he is a lord of the Material World, capable of bringing resources from the Divine Realm into the Material World himself. Through a series of spatial channels and the mortal worlds he has conquered, he can deliver these resources into your Xia Clan’s world.”

“He has endured for so long… all for this day.”

Xiwei explained, “He disseminated his faith among the beast clans, compelling them to craft rudimentary artifacts necessary for temporarily establishing the fixed channel. Once successfully constructed, the resources he dispatches can instantly solidify the channel entirely.”

“Free from the suppression of the Temple of Time and Space, he and the Great Demon God can unleash their full might! A lord of the Material World fears no peril above all. Their avatars may brave the dangers of the Divine Realm—should one perish, another can be cultivated anew. Thus, the lords of the Material World are often exceedingly wealthy.”

“He can freely dispatch countless war machines to attack.”

“With the aid of some precious artifacts, divine avatars can also display even more terrifying power,” Xiwei said. “As long as they wish, they can turn the entire Xia Clan’s world into a massive fortress, where no one else can intervene anymore.”

Xiwei said, “I can only think of this one possibility that could absolutely and permanently occupy the Xia Clan’s world.”

Dongbo Xueying listened with a chill in his heart.

This…

It’s unimaginable to think that one day a fixed channel would connect the Xia Clan’s world with another mortal world, pouring in an endless stream of terrifying resources. Hundreds or even thousands of divine warships would invade, along with even more terrifying war machines.

“Do you understand now? The only thing they truly fear is the Earth Temple,” Xiwei smiled. “The faith in your Xia Clan’s world belongs to the Earth Temple. To occupy it would be to snatch the Earth Temple’s meat! Would the Earth Temple easily agree? The Earth Temple should have a dormant physical body that can be used for a World God’s descent for a long time! When the Earth Temple descends, it will definitely be a very powerful World God, perhaps even a terrifying Third Heaven World God. Such a divine avatar has the real hope of destroying the stable spatial channel at the first opportunity.”

“So the Witch God and the Great Demon God must make their preparations.”

“Prepare sufficiently! Then strike decisively and crush everything,” Xiwei said. “In fact, to be safe, they might even reach an agreement with the Earth Temple.”

Dongbo Xueying couldn’t help but ask, “Would the Earth Temple help them?”

“That’s almost impossible,” Xiwei shook her head. “After all, the Earth Temple spreads its faith in your Xia Clan’s world. They dare not openly betray their followers. However, it is possible that they might choose to watch from the sidelines and not intervene.”

“What should our Xia Clan do then?” Dongbo Xueying asked.

“They didn’t expect that at the critical moment, the Xia Clan would produce someone extraordinary like you,” Xiwei shook her head. “If they fail, the biggest reason will be that they let you go.”

Dongbo Xueying felt helpless.

They had already paid a great price to deal with him, even making him suffer the curse of the Sixfold Witchcraft.

Before a stable spatial passage could be established, the Witch God and the Great Demon God had no effective means to counter him. After all, any forces they dispatched were ruthlessly exploited by the Temple of Time and Space.

“Your Xia Clan can defend the Spark World,” Xiwei declared. “Abandon the Xia Clan’s realm, take refuge in the Spark World, and stand firm! This offers you a greater opportunity. You may exchange ten thousand divine crystals from the list—these can be used to acquire numerous treasures to fortify the Spark World. With your aid… even if the Witch God and the Great Demon God unleash their full assault, there remains a strong chance of holding our ground.”

“Hold the Spark World, cultivate in peace, wait until you become a deity, and grow even stronger! You are a native of the Xia Clan. Once you become a deity, as long as you can still enter the Xia Clan’s world within your ten-thousand-year lifespan… you can completely destroy them!”

“Even if they turn the Xia Clan’s world into an impregnable fortress, as long as you refine the world core within ten thousand years and become its lord! They will surely be defeated,” Xiwei said.

Dongbo Xueying frowned.

Abandon the entire Xia Clan’s world?

Wait until his strength is powerful enough to counterattack?

If there’s no other way, this would be the only path. In the history of the Xia Clan, they had been forced to retreat to the Spark World more than once.

“Defending the Spark World, there’s no absolute certainty, right?” Dongbo Xueying asked.

“There’s no absolute certainty in war, after all, your opponents have far more resources than you,” Xiwei said. “The only advantage your Xia Clan has is you personally.”

Dongbo Xueying nodded.

He had already understood the predicament.

“But what about the countless humans in the entire Xia Clan’s world? Will they just be slaughtered? Is there a way to defend and drive them back?” Dongbo Xueying asked.

“Holding the Spark World will already require you to fight desperately. To completely drive them back? That is even harder,” Xiwei said. “You need to become even stronger! Have more resources!”

“Is there a way?” Dongbo Xueying’s eyes lit up.

“By becoming an inner disciple of Redstone Mountain,” Xiwei said.