Who knew how many years had passed since Rita entered the cryogenic pod.
Fuxi and Nuwa, the sisters, had also vanished as if they had evaporated from the world, never appearing before Feng Chen and Chiyuan again.
Most of the things they had protected were either hidden away, waiting for future generations to unearth them, or entrusted to Chiyuan.
Day after day, year after year, countless changes took place across the Divine Land.
For example, people began gathering in tribes and honoring the most talented among them as their leaders.
Yet even among the many leaders, none had ever entered one particular place. It was located atop a small mountain in the southern Divine Land.
There were no weeds along the mountain path, only vivid flowers and towering trees. Even the tribespeople, who understood little about [science], [Honkai], and many other things, knew that someone lived here.
In the past, a few bold leaders had entered, but they fled after reaching halfway up the mountain, screaming as they went. Words like "monster" and "immortal" were repeated over and over.
Thus, a saying began to spread: The immortal on the mountain possessed boundless power and raised a monster.
"The immortal who raises monsters"—that was the name people gave the unknown existence on the mountain.
However, when the "immortal" on the mountain heard this title, she was nearly angered into vomiting blood.
Raises monsters? Did they think she had learned all those things for nothing? After tens of thousands of years, it was impossible to say who had raised whom. And there wasn't just one immortal either. Why was this title aimed specifically at her, the useless shut-in being raised by a maid?
Even the many rumors could not make people give up their curiosity.
The two figures from the legends of