Chapter 2

After settling the little fellow in, Nuwa looked toward the nine leaves. The leaves were crystalline and translucent, their veins containing the principles of creation, even more profound than they had been a thousand years ago. After looking at them for only a moment, many of the confusions she had once had about the Great Dao of Creation were answered. These leaves actually recorded the supreme Way of Creation. It was truly unbelievable.

A voice as gentle as a spring breeze rang out: "Little Brother, would you be willing to give these leaves to Sister?"

Nuwa forced down her pounding heart, her fingertips trembling slightly as she accepted the leaves.

"If Sister does not disdain them, then feel free to take them," Lin Fan replied warmly.

These nine crystalline leaves had originally been derivatives from when he attained the Dao. To others, they might be rare treasures, but to him they were already of little use.

Though he felt this Sister's behavior was strange, judging by the sincerity with which she had gifted him five Innate Spiritual Treasures, she truly did not seem to harbor any ill will.

Joy bloomed between Nuwa's brows, and her delicate fair hands gathered the leaves into her sleeve. "My little brother really is the most thoughtful." As she spoke, she suddenly pulled him into her arms and planted two loud kisses on the Youth's face.

Caught off guard, Lin Fan's jade-white cheeks instantly flushed crimson. Just as he was about to struggle free, he realized Sister's arm strength was astonishing. In his panic, he grabbed that snow-white wrist and only then barely steadied himself.

After Nuwa released him in great satisfaction, she turned and looked toward the divine tree. Seeing that the spiritual energy in its trunk had dispersed, she still cast a spell and stored it away in her pouch.

The instant the ancient tree left the ground, spiritual light suddenly appeared in the soil.

"This soil..."

"This is Chaos Fertile Soil," Lin Fan softly reminded her.

Nuwa's eyes shone brilliantly as she formed hand seals and drew over streams of clear creation qi. The fertile soil rose up in a hazy chaos mist, stirring the spiritual energy in all directions into turmoil.

After collecting the supreme treasure, she smiled and lightly tapped the Youth's nose. "You really are Sister's little lucky star." After confirming there was nothing left behind, she took Lin Fan's arm and drifted gracefully away.

"Little Brother, it's so boring here. How about Sister takes you to look for treasures?"

"Okay!"

Lin Fan nodded happily. Ever since coming to this world, he had been trapped here the whole time and had long since grown stifled enough to panic.

It was perfect to go out for a walk, and with such a formidable Sister protecting him, he would be very safe.

Nuwa picked him up in one arm, turned into a streak of flowing light, and flew toward that towering divine mountain in the distance.

What unfolded before his eyes was a wondrous and magnificent scene: rolling immortal mountains stretched on and on with majestic grandeur, while brilliant immortal rivers surged into the sea, joining with the sky.

Lin Fan was dazzled by the sight.

So this is the legendary Primordial World? It really is grand and majestic.

Just one divine mountain alone seemed like a boundless immortal realm, vast and endless, stretching for who knew how many tens of thousands of li.

Although Sister could use spatial divine abilities, even after traveling for half a day, they still had not managed to see its full appearance—

Mainly because they had been searching for all kinds of treasures along the way.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully taking form. The Hongmeng Creation System has been activated."

"This system is designed to Nurture All Things and accomplish the strongest Great Dao of Creation."

Lin Fan suddenly froze.

What was that sound?

He closed his eyes and looked inward, discovering that a clear panel had appeared in his sea of consciousness:

[Host: Lin Fan

Realm: Golden Immortal Realm

Origin: Nine-Leaf Immortal Fate Fruit (top-grade Chaos Spirit Fruit, immature)

Magic Treasures: Primordial Pearl (Companion Supreme Treasure), Five Elements Spirit Pearls (water, thunder, fire, wind, earth)

**: Primordial Creation Scripture (companion **, Great Dao-level)

Divine Abilities: Nurture All Things, Space-Time Annihilation]

"Is this my golden finger?"

Lin Fan's eyes lit up.

As expected, it really is the standard equipment for transmigrators. The saying did not deceive me.

"This system can enlighten spiritual roots, reverse their origin, make the acquired return to the innate, the innate return to chaos, and chaos transform into Hongmeng."

"Spiritual roots that have been enlightened will receive the blessing of the Great Dao of Creation, greatly increasing their quality, shortening their maturation cycle, and deriving many profound and marvelous effects."

Listening to the system's explanation, Lin Fan gradually understood just how powerful this golden finger was.

This ability complemented his companion ** quite well. Both could cause spiritual objects to undergo an origin-level transformation.

One had to know that in this Primordial World, once any Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures took shape, their origin would be extremely difficult to alter.

However, spiritual roots enlightened by the system could directly cross grades and produce a qualitative leap.

Such an effect could be called heaven-defying.

Although his Companion Supreme Treasure, the Primordial Creation Scripture, also had a similar effect, because his current cultivation was still shallow, its influence on spiritual objects was minuscule—often requiring millions of years to raise a spiritual object by one small level, far inferior to the system's power.

Just as he was deep in thought, a system notification suddenly rang in his mind in a voice exactly identical to his own. Lin Fan could not help rolling his eyes. "Host, the novice gift pack has been delivered. Would you like to open it?"

But he did not respond immediately. Instead, he turned his gaze toward Nuwa. At that moment, this Sister was displaying a **-like talent for sweeping things clean. Wherever she passed, not even a blade of grass remained. As long as the exotic flowers and rare herbs on the entire immortal island contained spiritual energy, they all fell into her sleeve pouch in an instant.

If those rocks and soil had not been beneath notice, Lin Fan even suspected she would have stuffed the entire island into her storage bag. The more he watched, the more suspicious she seemed—this style of plucking feathers from a passing goose, paired with that excited look of someone stepping into a treasure mountain for the first time, was simply the difference between clouds and mud compared to his own calm bearing.

Thinking of that suspicious snake tail and her over-the-top acting, Lin Fan suddenly jolted awake: could it be that he had run into the real deal?

Then this Sister was no soft persimmon—

"We're done here. Time to head back." Nuwa's cheerful announcement suddenly rang out.

The gains from this trip had far exceeded expectations: over a thousand Innate Spiritual Roots, tens of thousands of Acquired Spiritual Roots, the legendary Chaos Fertile Soil, and, even more unexpectedly, a cheap little brother she had picked up.

Lin Fan feigned innocence and lifted his face. "Sister, why is your tail especially long?"

Nuwa's expression instantly stiffened. This brat had to tear down her stage, did he?

She ground her back teeth and squeezed out a smile. "I told you, it's a transformed shape." As she spoke, she smoothly rubbed the top of his head.

"Oh—" Lin Fan dragged out the syllable, then suddenly reached out. "Then can I touch it?"

"Don't even think about it." A restriction sprang from Nuwa's fingertip, blocking the brat's outstretched paw in midair.

Nuwa clenched her silver teeth and laughed softly, her delicate fair hands cupping Lin Fan's cheeks as she rubbed them with a little force.

Inwardly, she was secretly astonished—

Could it be that this little imp had seen through the clue?

No, this was someone she had gone to such great pains to... cough, picked up by fortunate coincidence. She absolutely could not let him slip away again.

Thinking of this, Nuwa said nothing more and pulled Lin Fan into her arms. Her arms tightened, and she turned to head back.

"Let go!"

Once again smothered by that warm jade and fragrant softness until his head spun, Lin Fan flailed hard with his short arms and legs.

"Be good. Sister will take you back to the Immortal Mansion."

Nuwa raised a hand and patted his little bottom, then broke through the void and sped straight east.

Before long, the two landed on an immortal island in the East Sea.

Auspicious Cloud coiled around the island, spiritual energy turned to mist, and countless strands of Dao rhythm flowed without cease.

In her early years, Nuwa had lived with her elder brother Fuxi on Buzhou Mountain, and her bond with Houtu had been closer than flesh and blood.

After Fuxi threw himself in with the Demon Race, a rift gradually grew between the siblings, and she came to this immortal island overseas to open up a Grotto-Heaven.

Lin Fan squirmed in Nuwa's arms like a loach.

"Put me down."

After returning to the cave residence protected by restrictions, Nuwa relaxed slightly and loosened her hold, saying, "Let's make this clear first. You're not allowed to leave Sister's sight."

"Fine, I promise."

Lin Fan answered briskly and cleanly—

Smart people knew how to judge the hour and size up the situation.

Only then did Nuwa withdraw the confinement in satisfaction.

Lin Fan's eyes darted, and he turned and ran.

Nuwa had long been on guard. The instant she Perceived the fluctuation of magical power, she scooped him back into her arms.

Her arms tightened even more. "Are you still going to run?"

"No running, no running!"

Lin Fan was squeezed until his eyes rolled back.

He immediately raised both hands in surrender—

With these skinny arms and skinny legs of his, how could he withstand Nuwa's torment?

Nuwa pinched the boy's soft cheeks, the feel so good that her eyes narrowed.

"You little slippery-head!"

"I only wanted to test Sister's vigilance just now. Heaven and earth can bear witness!"

Lin Fan blinked his big innocent eyes.

"Truly?"

Nuwa arched a brow.

"Truer than real gold."

Lin Fan blinked, his gaze clear and bright, looking especially sincere.

"Fine then. Sister will believe you one more time."

Faced with Lin Fan's adorable expression, Nuwa's heart softened in the end, and she decided to give him one more chance.

After acting spoiled and playing cute for a long while longer, Lin Fan finally shook off that Sister who loved teasing people and was at last able to be alone.

He drew in a deep breath, savoring the long-lost feeling of freedom.

His palm turned upward, and a dull gray bead quietly appeared.

This was the treasure he had been born with—the Primordial Pearl.

This pearl was a wondrous object of the Great Dao, transcending the Rules of heaven and earth, with a complete primordial world hidden inside it.

Its mysteries could not be exhausted in words; merely concealing the secrets of heaven was only its shallowest ability.

It was precisely because of this that the heaven and earth where he resided had been able to avoid the Heavenly Dao's probing all along, allowing all spiritual things to grow as they pleased.

Unfortunately, there were three thousand layers of restrictions set within the pearl, abstruse and obscure, and even now he had only refined the barest surface of them.

At the start of his transmigration, his consciousness had sunk into a state where chaos had yet to open, dazed and muddled as though he had returned to The Beginning of Primordial Chaos.

By the time he awakened, he had already become one with the Chaos Spirit Fruit.

This Primordial Pearl had always hovered deep within his sea of consciousness.

According to the long destiny he should have had, he was still far from the time to take form, and would have had to wait at least immeasurable kalpas more.

Only then would his birth have been considered complete.

He could have directly achieved the realm of Hunyuan Wuji.

But an external object had intruded, and the Primordial Pearl had sensed the threat, only then catalyzing his form ahead of time.

At the thought that he had just taken form only to be abducted by Nuwa from the South Sea to the East Sea, And that now he could only rely on pretending to be cute to get by, Lin Fan trembled all over with anger.

Carrying this indignation, he opened the novice gift pack.

"Ding! Obtained Primordial Great Dao True Explanation, Supreme Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, one wisp of Chaos Creation Origin, awakened innate divine ability: Void-Piercing Divine Eyes."

Before the voice had faded, a ** containing the true meaning of the Great Dao had already been branded into his mind—it was none other than the Primordial Great Dao True Explanation.

This **, which surpassed the mysteries of the Heavenly Dao, expounded the ultimate principles of the Three Thousand Great Daos, each of which could lead to Hunyuan Wuji.

If one could thoroughly integrate and master them, one could even stand above the Great Dao, reverse cause and effect, become eternal and undying, and with a mere turn of thought give rise to countless universes.

It was merely an imaginary number, implying the meaning of boundless infinity.

At first glance, this Great Dao divine script seemed to have boundaries.

Yet whenever Lin Fan's gaze touched the end, new Dao rhythms would naturally arise, and its length would extend without limit.

A flash of understanding suddenly appeared in Lin Fan's Spiritual Platform—

Perhaps this was the profound secret that the Dao could never be exhausted.

This method could not only help one comprehend the Great Dao more easily, It could also make the various Daos converge, Erupting with heaven-shaking might.

Although this ** encompassed all methods, the Primordial Creation Scripture was likewise a fundamental method that pointed directly to the Great Dao, and was moreover his innate **, making it far more compatible with him.

Just as Lin Fan was considering whether to cultivate both or specialize in one, His eyes were suddenly steeped in abstruse Dao rhythms, And everywhere his gaze reached, the essence of all things was fully revealed, All appearances of past and future revolved like a revolving lantern, as though he could peer through to their truest nature.

Lin Fan sighed in inward amazement:

The power of piercing the void truly lived up to its name.

This divine ability would awaken even more mysteries as his realm rose.

As for the Chaos Creation Origin, its preciousness surpassed even Hongmeng Purple Qi.

Aside from increasing cultivation and aiding comprehension of the Great Dao, Its greatest divine effect was none other than transforming one's origin.

As a Chaos Spirit Fruit, Lin Fan's Fate Wheel measured the years by Hunyuan Kalpas, And at this moment, he was still in the growth stage.

This origin could precisely stimulate his potential and accelerate the completion of his Fate Wheel.

His gaze turned toward the Twelve-Petal Pure World White Lotus—

This lotus had been formed from an unripe lotus seed of the Chaos Green Lotus, And contained the purest divine light of world purification, able to cleanse all things and dissolve killing and conflict.

Even a saint would find it hard to withstand this treasure's **.

Lin Fan put it away into his robes, then turned to gaze at that wisp of Chaos Creation Origin.

He immediately resolved to refine it: