At Kunlun Mountain Peak, all was peaceful and serene.
Ever since Nuwa, a future Sage, had "moved in," the atmosphere throughout Kunlun Mountain had become even more... fiercely competitive.
The Three Pure Ones reflected painfully on their shortcomings in the path of "raising children."
They unanimously decided—to learn from Nuwa, a natural "childcare expert"!
Thus, an epic "childcare war" played out atop Kunlun Mountain every single day.
Early in the morning, before Lin Shen had even woken up, he heard a fierce argument outside.
"Third Brother! You put Solar True Fire and Nine Nether Spring into this bowl of porridge? Are you trying to give your disciple Ice and Fire Double Heaven and kill him on the spot?"
"What do you know, Second Brother? This is called balancing Yin Yang, the harmonious union of water and fire!"
Tongtian Jiaozhu argued righteously, "One mouthful of my Chaos Primordial Hundred Treasures Soup will let him comprehend the Dao of ice and fire! It's far better than your useless statue that can only be looked at, not eaten!"
"What utter nonsense! Food must be refined, meat must be finely sliced! You dare call that pig slop Dao?"
Yuanshi Tianzun was so furious that his beard stood on end.
Rubbing his eyes, Lin Shen was drowsily lifted into Taiqing Laozi's arms.
Looking at the two Masters outside, arguing until their faces were red, as well as the two strangely presented "loving breakfasts" before them, three question marks slowly appeared over his little head.
Were his Masters... researching dark cuisine again?
"Little Lin Shen, you're awake?"
A voice as gentle as dripping honey drifted over.
Lin Shen turned his head, and his eyes instantly lit up.
Nuwa was smiling warmly at him. Today, she wore a light green palace gown, making her appear even more holy and ethereal.
She held no strange food in her hands, only that snow-white little kitten.
"Meow~"
The little kitten immediately leaped from Nuwa's arms when it saw Lin Shen, then ran to his feet and acted cute.
Its fluffy little head kept rubbing against his leg.
Lin Shen's eyes immediately glittered like little stars!
He instantly tossed the two Masters still arguing Beyond the Ninth Heaven, crouching down to pick up the kitten.
"Kitty!"
He happily rubbed his face against the kitten's soft fur without stopping.
It felt like his mood for the whole day had become wonderful!
Seeing his adorable, satisfied expression, Nuwa's smile grew even gentler.
She crouched down as well and extended her delicate jade fingers to stroke the kitten's fur.
"Little Lin Shen, did you sleep well yesterday?"
"Yah! Good!" Lin Shen hugged the cat and nodded hard.
"Then what do you want to play today?"
A trace of mischief flashed through Nuwa's eyes. "How about Sister helps you make little clay figures? We can make one of you, one of me, and then three... hmm, three bearded old grandpas."
As she spoke, she meaningfully glanced at the Three Pure Ones, who were still bickering nearby.
The Three Pure Ones: "..."
Bearded old grandpas?
They were the dignified Pangu's True Lineage, Primordial Golden Immortals, yet that was how she saw them?
Tongtian Jiaozhu nearly crushed the bowl in his hand.
Taiqing Laozi let out a long sigh, feeling utterly exhausted.
Ever since Nuwa arrived, even the white beard he had always been so proud of no longer seemed appealing.
"Sister... okay..."
Lin Shen's eyes brightened another degree when he heard they would be making clay figures.
He loved playing with mud the most!
Seeing how happy he was, Nuwa's heart softened.
She realized that accompanying this little fellow felt more fulfilling and joyful than sitting in meditation for hundreds of millions of years.
She reached out to pat Lin Shen's head, but her movement paused slightly when she touched that emerald-green little ginseng leaf.
With her understanding of the Creation Great Dao, she could clearly sense just how terrifying the origin of creation contained within Lin Shen's true-form ginseng leaf was.
Yet at the same time, she could sense that although this source power was vast, it seemed to lack a final kind of "perfect harmony."
It was like the finest uncut jade—flawless in quality, yet still uncarved.
Nuwa's heart stirred.
She remembered that the breakthroughs of the Three Pure Ones and Hongjun had all come from this little fellow before her, granting them heaven-shaking opportunities.
Though she had been born with profound foundations and carried the Dao of Creation, she had always remained separated from the Hunyuan Realm by a thin sheet of paper.
Perhaps...
Looking into Lin Shen's clear, innocent eyes, a bold thought arose in Nuwa's heart.
She asked tentatively, "Little Lin Shen, Sister wants to ask you something."
"Yah?" Lin Shen looked up at her curiously.
"Does Little Lin Shen want Sister to become even more powerful?"
Nuwa's voice carried a hint of persuasion. "If Sister becomes stronger, she can make lots and lots of fun little animals to play with you!"
"Not just little cats—there can be little dogs, little phoenixes, and little azure dragons too. Wouldn't that be nice?"
Lin Shen's eyes instantly widened upon hearing that!
More little animals?
And little phoenixes and little azure dragons that could fly?
Wow! That would be amazing!
Without hesitation, he nodded hard, his little face full of anticipation.
"Yes! Sister... powerful!"
Nuwa was delighted, knowing that her guess might have been right.
She took a deep breath and gently placed her right palm over the emerald-green little ginseng leaf atop Lin Shen's head.
A stream of pure Qi of Creation slowly passed from her palm into him.
She did not intend to take anything from him. Rather, she wished to use her Dao of Creation to deeply commune with and verify Lin Shen's Origin Qi.
Perhaps she could help this little fellow make his vast origin more perfectly harmonious.
However, the instant her Qi of Creation touched the ginseng leaf—
A sudden change erupted!
Lin Shen only felt the ginseng leaf atop his head begin to hum joyfully, as if it had encountered some great tonic.
A powerful urge to "repay" her surged up from the depths of his origin.
He completely acted on instinct, as though enlightenment had suddenly struck, mobilizing the vast source power stored within him after he had devoured the Primordial Violet Qi.
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A stream of azure source power, even purer and more condensed than what had helped the Three Pure Ones break through before, surged like floodwaters through the tiny ginseng leaf and wildly poured into Nuwa's body!
"!"
Nuwa's expression changed drastically in an instant!
She only felt an indescribable, terrifying energy—containing the mysteries of Chaos opening and all things being born—rush into her primordial spirit's sea of consciousness!
That energy was tyrannical, yet gentle.
It directly washed the bottleneck barrier that had troubled her for countless epochs on the path to the Primordial Golden Immortal realm into scattered fragments!
"This is bad!"
Nuwa was horrified and tried to sever her connection with Lin Shen, only to discover that she could not do so at all!
That Origin Qi seemed to have locked onto her, continuously surging forth.
Her body uncontrollably sat cross-legged, and behind her, the phantom image of the Mountain and River Diagram of Social Order slowly unfurled.
The aura of a peak Grand Unity Golden Immortal began to rise madly at an inconceivable speed!
"What's going on?!"
The Three Pure Ones, who had been sulking over whose breakfast was more popular, were all stunned by the sight.
They watched helplessly as boundless auspicious clouds gathered over Nuwa's head.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth became a storm, crazily pouring back into Nuwa's body.
Golden flowers rained down from the sky, and immortal music rang out in waves.
Golden lotuses bloomed from the earth, while violet qi stretched thirty thousand miles from the east!
This was the phenomenon of someone attaining the Dao of a Primordial Golden Immortal!
Moreover, the phenomenon was grander and more exaggerated than when the three brothers had broken through!
The Three Pure Ones' gazes stiffly turned in unison toward the culprit.
Their treasured disciple was looking innocently at Nuwa, who was enveloped in endless rosy light.
One of his little hands was still pressed against Nuwa's head.
He looked just like a naughty child winding up a toy.
The Three Pure Ones: "..."
Tongtian Jiaozhu felt like his brain was not working anymore.
Rubbing his eyes, he asked with trembling divine sense, "E-Eldest Brother... Second Brother..."
"I'm not seeing things, am I?"
"Our disciple... did it... did it again?"
Yuanshi Tianzun swallowed with difficulty, his voice dry. "N-No... not blowing..."
"This time... it was... a touch..."
Taiqing Laozi raised his head to the sky and let out a long breath.
He felt that Dao Heart, which had only just been soothed, had cracked once again...
Why?!
The three of them had worked so hard—cooking, making toys, playing with him, sleeping beside him—and had only barely managed to "trick" a little Origin Qi out of their disciple. They had struggled so much just to break through to the mid-stage Primordial Golden Immortal realm.
But this woman?
She had only been here for two days!
She made a cat, told a few stories, and kissed their disciple once!
And their disciple directly gave her an "instant enlightenment," about to make her ascend on the spot?
Was there no Heavenly Principle left at all?!
At that moment, the Three Pure Ones had only one thought in their hearts—
Jealous!
So jealous their teeth hurt!
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