Hongjun Daozu's figure vanished completely from Kunlun Mountain Peak.
Yet the shock he had brought lingered for a long time.
Tongtian Jiaozhu held Lin Shen in his arms, still relishing the thrilling scene from moments ago as he kept muttering:
"Good heavens, a Quasi-Saint!"
"He said he'd achieve it, and then he did!"
"And it was all thanks to a single piece of Popping Candy from our Beloved Disciple!"
The more he thought about it, the prouder he became. The more he thought about it, the more he felt his disciple was simply the most incredible child in all the primordial world. Unable to resist, he planted another loud kiss on Lin Shen's chubby little cheek.
Lin Shen's face was covered in saliva from the kiss. He wiped it off with a tiny hand in disgust, still chewing on the Phoenix Wing bone he had gnawed clean as he babbled an indistinct protest.
He looked unbearably adorable.
Yuanshi Tianzun looked at his third brother's utterly undignified behavior. Though he was just as excited inside, he still maintained the majesty of a Primordial Golden Immortal on the surface.
He cleared his throat and said solemnly, "Fellow Daoist Hongjun received enlightenment from my disciple and glimpsed the path to Sagehood. This is the greater trend of the Heavenly Dao."
"When he merges with the Dao in the future, it will also be a good thing for us."
"At the very least, someone will be holding up the sky of the primordial world."
His words carried the unmistakable meaning of, "What do the great affairs of the world have to do with me? I only care about my disciple."
Taiqing Laozi stroked his beard and nodded with a smile.
"Second Brother is correct."
"When Hongjun merges with the Dao, the Mystic Sect will be established, and order in the primordial world will begin to settle."
"We too can enjoy some peace and focus on teaching Lin Shen."
The three brothers spoke one after another.
Not a single sentence strayed from their precious disciple.
In their eyes, neither the struggle between Dao and demon nor the emergence of a Sage mattered as much as deciding what delicious food to make for their disciple tonight.
They were happily planning how to feed Lin Shen even better in the future and how to turn the treasures sent by the three clans into more entertaining toys.
Then Taiqing Laozi's calm, ancient-well-like eyes suddenly stirred. He raised his head, his deep gaze once again turning beyond Kunlun Mountain.
"Hm?" He let out a soft sound of surprise.
"Big Brother, what is it?" Tongtian Jiaozhu immediately became alert. "Could it be that Luohu still refuses to give up and has come back?" As he spoke, a flash of sword intent flickered across Tongtian's body.
Yuanshi Tianzun also frowned, his divine sense sweeping outward in an instant.
"It is not Luohu." Taiqing Laozi shook his head, his expression somewhat strange. "Kunlun Mountain is truly lively today. Another guest has arrived."
Tongtian Jiaozhu and Yuanshi Tianzun were both stunned.
Someone else was coming? What kind of day was this?
Had Kunlun Mountain turned into a marketplace? Did everyone want to come take a stroll?
"Who is it?"
Tongtian Jiaozhu curled his lip, clearly impatient.
"Could those three loaches, the big bird, and the mutt have come back?"
"Did they forget to deliver something?"
"The aura is different."
Yuanshi Tianzun shook his head gravely.
"This aura... is very gentle, very holy."
"It is filled with the intent of creation."
"It is completely different from the domineering auras of the three clans."
"The intent of creation?" Tongtian Jiaozhu carefully sensed it as well, then widened his eyes.
"This aura... seems somewhat familiar."
"When I traveled through Buzhou Mountain back then, I believe I felt it before."
Lin Shen had finished gnawing the bone and was beginning to feel bored in Tongtian Jiaozhu's arms.
Hearing his Masters discussing another "guest," his little ears immediately perked up.
Another guest? Would there be more tasty food and fun toys?
He curiously poked out his little head and looked in the direction his Masters were staring.
At the horizon beyond Kunlun Mountain, a cluster of Colorful Auspicious Clouds slowly drifted over.
Upon the clouds stood a peerlessly beautiful woman dressed in palace robes.
Her figure was graceful, and her beauty unmatched.
A vermilion beauty mark between her brows added several touches of holiness and nobility.
Within her eyes lay the birth and destruction of all living things.
They were filled with compassion and pity.
She merely stood there quietly.
Yet the entire heaven and earth seemed to lose their splendor before her.
All things felt inferior in her presence.
"It is Fellow Daoist Nuwa."
Taiqing Laozi slowly spoke, revealing the visitor's identity.
"Nuwa?"
Tongtian Jiaozhu and Yuanshi Tianzun were both startled.
They held this female immortal, who possessed profound origins and was born with control over the laws of creation, in high regard.
Nuwa had a gentle temperament and never fought with the world.
She had always cultivated quietly in her own dojo and rarely traveled through the primordial world.
Why had she suddenly come to Kunlun Mountain today?
"What is she here for?"
Tongtian Jiaozhu scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.
"The three of us brothers have attained the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, while Fellow Daoist Hongjun has glimpsed the path to Sagehood."
Yuanshi Tianzun analyzed.
"Such an earth-shattering event naturally cannot be concealed from all the great powers of the primordial world."
"Fellow Daoist Nuwa bears the Dao of Creation and is the most sensitive to changes in the heavenly currents."
"She has likely come to investigate the matter."
"Oh, so she came to watch the excitement."
Tongtian Jiaozhu suddenly understood.
Yet Taiqing Laozi shook his head.
A strange gleam flashed through his deep eyes.
"No, perhaps... she too has come in response to fate."
His gaze unconsciously fell upon the child in his arms.
Lin Shen, who was curiously studying the beautiful "big sister" in the distance.
Ever since this little disciple had appeared.
The heavenly secrets of the primordial world had become increasingly unfathomable.
The Dragon-Phoenix Calamity had ended ahead of time.
The conflict between Dao and demon had concluded hastily.
The three brothers had attained the Primordial Golden Immortal realm, and Hongjun was about to become a Sage.
Now, even Nuwa, who had always lived in seclusion, had come to Kunlun Mountain of her own accord.
It all seemed as if an invisible hand were pushing everything from behind.
And the owner of that hand.
Seemed to be the precious disciple in his arms, who knew only how to eat and sleep.
"Big Brother, should we let her in?"
Tongtian Jiaozhu asked.
"Fellow Daoist Nuwa has no karmic ties with us, nor has she come to provoke us."
Taiqing Laozi nodded.
"Naturally, we cannot neglect proper etiquette."
"Let her enter."
"It will also be a good chance for her to meet our little disciple."
When he said this, his tone carried a hint of pride that even he himself failed to notice.
Like an elementary school student who had earned full marks.
He could not wait to show his treasured report card to the neighbor's child.
Yuanshi Tianzun said nothing.
Yet the slight straightening of his back made his stance clear.
Thus, Taiqing Laozi sent a stream of divine sense to Daoist Duobao outside the Mountain Gate.
Daoist Duobao was still at the gate, reliving the shocking scenes from earlier.
He felt as though his Dao Heart was about to ascend.
He jolted.
Then he hurriedly opened the Mountain Gate again with utmost respect.
He looked at the peerlessly radiant goddess standing upon the auspicious clouds.
Another storm surged through his heart.
Good heavens!
What kind of day was this?
First, the Three Clan Ancestors had knelt before the Mountain Gate. Then Dao Ancestor Hongjun had arrived in person.
And now even Empress Nuwa had come!
Was Kunlun Mountain about to become the political center of the primordial world?
Daoist Duobao suppressed his excitement.
He respectfully bowed to Nuwa.
"Empress Nuwa, my Master invites you in."
Nuwa gave Duobao a slight nod in return.
Then, with graceful steps, she entered Kunlun Mountain through the Mountain Gate.
The moment she entered the gate.
Even with Nuwa's peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, her heart and mind trembled.
What terrifying Dao resonance!
She could clearly sense that all of Kunlun Mountain was permeated by a Primordial Dao resonance that transcended the Heavenly Dao while remaining self-contained.
Before that Dao resonance, she felt like a lone boat upon a vast ocean.
"The Three Pure Ones have indeed already walked ahead of us."
Nuwa sighed inwardly, and her respect for the Three Pure Ones deepened by several degrees.
With a trace of unease and curiosity.
She slowly walked before the Three Pure Ones' dojo.
When she saw the three Daoists whose auras were as deep and unfathomable as the sea.
Her pupils contracted slightly.
They seemed incompatible with heaven and earth, yet perfectly fused with them.
Was this the realm of the Primordial Golden Immortal?
But in the next instant.
All her attention was drawn to the baby in Tongtian Jiaozhu's arms.
What an adorable child he was!
Delicate as carved jade, fair and plump.
His pair of pitch-black eyes resembled the purest black gemstones.
The small emerald leaf atop his head swayed gently with his breathing.
It brimmed with boundless vitality.
Nuwa was born with control over the Dao of Creation and was especially sensitive to the aura of life.
She could sense it.
What radiated from that baby was an incomparably pure, incomparably vast Life Origin!
That aura.
Even made her, a great master of creation, feel an urge to draw close and embrace him.
What shocked her even more was.
She could not see through this child's origins at all!
With her peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation.
Within the primordial world, aside from a handful of Quasi-Saint great powers, who else could hide from her discerning eyes?
Yet this baby before her clearly looked like nothing more than an ordinary child, but in her perception, he was shrouded in mist.
"What an adorable child..."
Nuwa's voice carried heartfelt affection.
In that instant, her heart was completely melted by his cuteness.
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