Chapter 8

Nuwa's visit this time was because Li Er had gained a tenth of the Human Race Destiny through simple preaching and establishing his Daoist Lineage.

Such gains had clearly exceeded Nuwa's expectations.

Thus, Nuwa personally visited Eight Sceneries Palace, her purpose being no more than to hope that Li Er would establish the Human Sect.

Although Nuwa was a Saint, and by custom Li Er should have personally welcomed her, Li Er had long since seen through Nuwa's intentions and therefore did not appear in person.

Because no matter what words were exchanged, the matter would ultimately return to the establishment of the Human Sect.

Li Er showed no interest in this.

Therefore, although he knew he might have to refuse her and potentially cause displeasure, Li Er still decided to meet her personally.

He had Xuandu receive her. On one hand, Xuandu was human; on the other, Li Er was using this to make his attitude clear.

If Nuwa knew what was good for her, she would naturally choose to leave quietly.

Every action taken by a Saint carried profound meaning behind it.

At this moment, outside Eight Sceneries Palace, Xuandu waited quietly beyond the mountain gate. Though no one had appeared, he maintained his respectful posture throughout.

Although Xuandu possessed only Golden Immortal cultivation, after cultivating the Grand Pure Immortal Method, he exuded an otherworldly air.

Having listened to the Classic of Morality for three thousand years, Xuandu could not compare to Li Er, but the steadiness of his temperament was plain to see.

He had inherited Li Er's immortal, detached, tranquil, and carefree bearing.

Suddenly, Xuandu seemed to sense something and spoke. "An honored guest has arrived. By my teacher's order, I am to lead the guest inside."

As if responding to Xuandu's words, the void outside Eight Sceneries Palace rippled slightly, and a dignified, graceful figure of peerless bearing appeared.

Seeing this, Xuandu knelt and bowed. "Greetings, Holy Mother Nuwa. May Your Majesty's sacred life know no bounds."

Nuwa had originally been somewhat angered that Li Er had sent only Xuandu, a junior, to receive her.

Yet she and Li Er were both Saints who had attained sainthood under the Dao Ancestor, and their status was equal.

Upon seeing Xuandu, the anger in her heart diminished somewhat.

As she examined Xuandu, approval appeared in her eyes.

As a Saint, Nuwa could naturally see Xuandu's extraordinariness, as well as the otherworldly bearing he had inherited from Li Er.

Although Xuandu's cultivation was only at the Golden Immortal realm and appeared **ordinary, the aura around him was exceptionally solid.

Moreover, an indescribable Daoist Sect aura surrounded his entire body.

All of this showed that Xuandu possessed immense potential, perhaps even no less than the Three Ancestors of Humanity.

Most importantly, Xuandu possessed both Daoist Sect Destiny and Human Race Destiny.

Xuandu was destined to surpass the Three Ancestors of Humanity by far, and the road he walked would be broader and smoother.

Xuandu had been born from the human race Nuwa had personally created.

Therefore, Nuwa would not vent her anger upon this junior.

As thoughts surged through her mind, Nuwa's gaze passed Xuandu and turned toward Eight Sceneries Palace.

After calling out to Senior Brother Li Er, Nuwa frankly stated the purpose of her visit today.

Given the current situation of Human Race Destiny leaking away on its own, she could not avoid this matter.

To prevent others from taking away Human Race Destiny from her for no reason, she had to firmly demand that Li Er establish the Human Sect today, regardless of his attitude.

Nuwa emphasized, "You and I are both Saints, bearing the grave responsibility of enlightening all living beings.

Senior Brother, I beg you, for the primordial world, for humanity, and for the Saints to attain the Dao, establish the Human Sect."

As Nuwa's words fell, the Human Race Destiny behind her began to emerge and slowly revive, while a powerful human-path aura spread in all directions.

She seemed willing to use twenty percent of Human Race Destiny as the price for asking Li Er to establish the Human Sect.

What followed was like Nuwa's plea, staking human-path destiny itself, and it shook the entire primordial world.

"Establish the Human Sect now!"

She pleaded with Li Er once again.

As Nuwa's plea spread in every direction, the human-path aura behind her completely boiled over.

The sight of a Saint making such a plea was almost unprecedented, for Saints were the supreme existences between Heaven and Earth.

Yet Nuwa was now using Human Race Destiny as a bargaining chip to plead with Li Er, displaying Li Er's lofty standing in the primordial world.

At the same time, it foreshadowed that such a scene might never appear again in the future.

Meanwhile, the two future Saints of Kunlun Mountain and Western Mount Sumeru were also watching this matter.

Their voices resonated together as Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti pleaded in unison.

"Eldest Brother, establishing the Human Sect is the shared wish of us all. We hope Senior Brother will grant it!"

Their voices converged from Kunlun Mountain and Mount Sumeru, pressing directly toward Li Er's Eight Sceneries Palace.

The longing in their eyes revealed helplessness and despair, because they knew that only Li Er could bring them hope of becoming Saints.

That powerful desire was like an enormous storm sweeping across all of Mount Daluo.

The wishes, obsessions, and hearts seeking the Dao of five beings—one Saint who had already attained the Dao and four future Saints—all merged into the human-path aura, placing immense pressure upon Li Er.

Yet Li Er did not panic in the face of this scene.

He lightly brushed his fingers, and an unhurried aura flowed from within Eight Sceneries Palace.

His eyes were as deep as the sea, as if he had already seen through everything.

A tranquil air detached from worldly affairs swept past, yet terror was deeply concealed within it.

At this moment, above Eight Sceneries Palace, a surge of purple qi came rushing from the east.

At Li Er's gesture, the purple qi rose like dragons and condensed into rune characters of "Dao" that radiated divine light.

In an instant, those runes shot toward the human-path aura and formed a confrontation.

This confrontation was not a world-shattering battle, but a strange clash of auras.

Thus, the entire atmosphere of Mount Daluo became blurred.

Although the Human Race Destiny Nuwa had offered was another tenth greater than before, it remained limited.

Facing the grand momentum of Li Er's sixty percent Daoist Sect Destiny, Nuwa's Human Race Destiny trembled in the void before returning to her body.

Only a strand of purple qi remained above Eight Sceneries Palace for a long time, a shocking phenomenon of the Daoist Sect Grand Momentum.

At this moment, Li Er's calm voice sounded. "If you wish to establish the Human Sect, then go ahead and establish it. I have no intention of taking part."

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Heavenly Dao shook violently, as though an imperceptible crack had appeared.

Although this crack was extremely shallow, it truly existed.

Since Hongjun had merged with the Dao, the Heavenly Dao had become complete and autonomous, and such trembling could recover in an instant.

However, this was a phenomenon that had never occurred since Hongjun merged with the Dao, immediately drawing the Heavenly Dao's attention.

Beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens, the Heavenly Dao released powerful fluctuations of aura. Through the unseen threads of karma, Hongjun perceived the scene at Eight Sceneries Palace.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun was enraged.

At this moment, his fury was even more violent than it had been at the Violet Sky Palace.

Nuwa, Li Er, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the other Saints were all key figures in his eyes at this moment.

This chain of events filled Heavenly Dao Hongjun with dissatisfaction and anger.

Nuwa's failure in particular disappointed him over the emergence of the Human Sect.

Yuanshi, Tongtian, and the others being unable to establish a sect also dissatisfied him.

Li Er's refusal to establish a sect enraged him beyond measure.

At this moment, he had already left the depths of chaos and descended above the Xuandu Purple Mansion, Eight Sceneries Palace of the primordial world.

All of Mount Daluo became abnormally silent, as though shrouded by invisible oppression.

Although Nuwa felt uneasy at this moment, it also revealed the terror of Li Er's strength and the majesty of the Daoist Sect Grand Momentum.

Facing this scene, Nuwa chose to speak bluntly, reminding Li Er of the importance of establishing a sect and warning him that Heavenly Dao Hongjun's anger had reached an uncontrollable level.

Though she had returned disappointed today, the next time, Heavenly Dao Hongjun himself would likely come.

Before her words had faded, Li Er, the young Daoist in the void, revealed himself. Facing the coming challenge of Heavenly Dao Hongjun, he showed neither joy nor sorrow, as if everything lay within his control.

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Although Li Er and Nuwa each held something back in their exchange of auras, both sensed the other's strength and attitude.

A mere collision of auras was enough for Nuwa to experience the majesty of the Daoist Sect Leader.

Li Er's appearance at this moment also showed that Nuwa's previous words had had some effect.

However, Li Er's gaze rested upon Nuwa, calm and indifferent.

He said to Nuwa, "Junior Sister Nuwa, you are the Human Ancestral Mother. Why not establish the grand momentum of a Daoist Lineage and take sole control of Human Race Destiny?"

Though his words were tactful, their meaning ran deep.

Nuwa naturally understood Li Er's meaning.

She knew that all Saints could establish sects, but she was different.

She stood alone, without the support of a group, was relatively weaker in strength, and was constrained by her identity as part of the Demon Race.

Given her nature, she was unwilling to contend with others and even less willing to risk establishing a sect.

Establishing a sect was like founding a company, and destiny was the capital.

In struggles of tribulation, sects, and Daoist Lineages, weak companies would eventually be swallowed up.

Nuwa understood her own situation. She knew she was not skilled at management, so she would rather hold capital and shares in her hand than personally establish a company.

She chose not to provoke trouble, not to contend over superiority or inferiority, and not to involve herself in conflicts over Daoist Lineages. This was the path best suited to her.

However, Li Er did not give up trying to persuade her.

He said to Nuwa, "You should know your own nature, Nuwa. The matter of establishing a sect ought to be borne by you."

But Nuwa merely remained silent.

At this moment, Li Er spoke no further. He turned to look toward another part of the void and said meaningfully, "Things never happen more than three times. It seems there is no need to wait for a third time."

Nuwa froze, just about to speak, when Li Er had already spoken first. "Has the Heavenly Dao come in person for me?"

As Li Er's words echoed, the space around Eight Sceneries Palace was suppressed, and time seemed to freeze at this moment.

Mount Daluo fell completely silent, while only Nuwa faintly formed a guess in her heart.

As the frozen space-time around Eight Sceneries Palace began flowing again, everything seemed to return to its original state.

The majesty of Heavenly Dao Hongjun descended, and the space-time of Eight Sceneries Palace was reborn.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun appeared before the Saints, causing all things to fall silent.

His first words were a stern question directed at Laozi. "Do you know what you are doing?"

As his voice fell, a storm erupted within the void.

Facing Hongjun's question, Laozi calmly replied, "Of course I know."

His voice echoed through the intersecting void, revealing his unwavering resolve.

Seeing Li Er's response, Nuwa was left speechless.

Even when facing Heavenly Dao Hongjun, Li Er's attitude remained unchanged. She truly did not know how to judge him.

In terms of wisdom, Li Er was unquestionably among the greatest of all Saints; in terms of cultivation, she likewise did not believe he was weaker than anyone.

Now that Li Er had established his Dao through the Classic of Morality, he had gained sixty percent of Daoist Sect Destiny and become the Daoist Sect Leader.

But before Hongjun, especially Hongjun after merging with the Dao, Nuwa believed Li Er's previous reliance might no longer prove effective.

After all, Hongjun was both the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao and their former master.

Laozi spoke again. "The Human Sect may be established. I will not stop it."

But he also made his own attitude clear. "But I have no interest in establishing a sect. I neither wish to nor am willing to do so."

His voice was calm, as though he had seen through all things in the world.

Hongjun's gaze turned to Li Er, his tone cold and hard. "Even if it means defying the arrangements of the Heavenly Dao?"

His relationship with Li Er had only been one of expounding the Dao, not the bond of master and disciple that Xuandu shared with Li Er.

Nominally, he had accepted Li Er into the Daoist Sect, but in truth, aside from granting Saint positions and bestowing supreme treasures, there was little emotional bond between them.

Having merged with the Dao and become the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, he felt neither the chill of being faced with a rebellious, unfilial disciple nor any such sentiment before Li Er.

Their relationship was more like a mutual exchange of benefits: Hongjun needed the Three Pure Ones' recognition to become the spokesperson of the Heavenly Dao, while Li Er obtained the Saint position and Innate Supreme Treasure granted by the Heavenly Dao.

Simple and clear.

Heavenly Dao Hongjun conveyed an order to Li Er, demanding that he establish the Human Sect and open the Daoist Lineage of the primordial world.