Just This? Just This?

Look at that, becoming her disciple isn't so bad after all. You rebellious disciple who defies your master, I'm in!

What a rebellious disciple who defies his master. He had only just become her disciple, and he was already thinking about defying his master?

Nuwa was furious.

But then she thought about it. Since she could hear Qingxuan's thoughts, she was completely invincible. She wanted to see what Qingxuan could possibly do.

Qingxuan, meanwhile, was in a rather bad mood.

With his innate foundation and the system's assistance, he could simply hide away for a few epochs. By then, wouldn't the Primordial World be his to rule?

But just as he had exhausted all his cultivation to transform, he had run into Nuwa.

That little vixen was even coveting his looks—at least, that was what Qingxuan thought—and had forcibly taken him as her disciple.

The Primordial World was incomparable to other worlds. Here, karma mattered.

Whether they were Dao Companions or master and disciple, once the relationship was acknowledged, the karma and fortune of the two people would become tightly entangled.

When one prospered, both prospered; when one suffered, both suffered.

When Qingxuan had called her "Master" just now, he had already sensed that his and Nuwa's auras had become connected.

That meant Qingxuan would inevitably have to involve himself in whatever happened to Nuwa in the future. Even for his own sake, he could not allow her to be plotted against and trapped inside Wa Huang Palace.

Forget it, forget it. Since our fortunes are already linked, I should still make some plans for Nuwa. At the very least, I can't let her end up like she did in the original timeline.

She was clearly the first Saint after Hongjun. If things were handled well, she could even become the Lord of Humanity, with a status one level higher than Hongjun, the representative of the Heavenly Dao.

Yet in later generations, she actually vanished without a trace. She didn't even leave behind a lineage.

Hearing Qingxuan's thoughts, Nuwa widened her eyes in disbelief.

Was she really that amazing in the future?

Lord of Humanity?

What was humanity?

Suddenly, fluctuations in the surrounding aura jolted Nuwa out of her thoughts.

The phenomenon here had still alarmed several Great Powers, who had come to investigate.

Nuwa stretched out her fair, jade-like hands, pulled Qingxuan up, and transformed into a streak of escaping light.

Hundreds of millions upon hundreds of millions of li away.

Inside a cloud tower.

Nuwa leaned lightly against the seat of honor and asked Qingxuan, "Qingxuan, I still don't know what your true form is."

Although she already knew from Qingxuan's thoughts that he was Jianmu, transformed from one of the Ten Great Innate Spiritual Roots, she still had to go through the proper motions.

Heh, you can't tell, can you? The concealment technique given to me by the system can even block the Heavenly Dao.

You're only a Grand Unity Golden Immortal. You actually think you can see through my true form?

Do you think I'd tell you that I was transformed from the Supreme Innate Spiritual Root, Jianmu?

I'm on the same level as Ancestor Yang Mei's Hollow Willow Tree, Zhenyuanzi's Ginseng Fruit Tree, and Zhunti's Bodhi Tree.

Sob, everyone, this is too hard. We were all Innate Spiritual Roots, so why did they all become Great Powers while I ended up in this little vixen's hands?

No, for the sake of my future plan to laze around, I have to keep a low profile and make my foundation sound more ordinary.

Qingxuan's thoughts flashed by in an instant. On the surface, he respectfully cupped his hands toward Nuwa.

"Please allow me to explain, Master. I was transformed from an ordinary Innate Willow Tree."

"Although I have cultivated diligently, my foundation is ordinary. After cultivating for countless years, I only barely managed to transform."

A smile gleamed in Nuwa's phoenix eyes.

She watched with great interest as Qingxuan acted out a performance before her.

"It doesn't matter. Although your foundation is poor and your cultivation speed is slow, reaching only the Heavenly Immortal realm after countless years, you are good-looking. Taking you out won't make your master lose face."

Just as I thought. I knew she coveted my looks.

Who would have thought that the famous Empress Nuwa, the first Female Saint between Heaven and Earth, would actually be a hopeless pretty-face addict?

Nuwa flared up inside. Damn this fellow. She had merely followed Qingxuan's thoughts when she spoke, yet he had actually called her a pretty-face addict.

It was true that she was somewhat one, since who wouldn't like someone good-looking?

But he couldn't say that about her! Didn't Empress Nuwa care about her reputation?

This rebellious disciple.

Afraid Qingxuan would think of something worse, Nuwa hurriedly changed the subject.

"Since you have entered my sect and become my first disciple, your master naturally cannot mistreat you."

As she spoke, Nuwa gently waved her sleeve.

A pearl flashing with five-colored radiance flew before Qingxuan.

"This is a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, the Saint Spirit Pearl. It contains the Five Elements and can both attack and defend. I bestow it upon you today to protect yourself and guard your Dao."

Qingxuan pretended to look delighted, like someone who had never seen the world.

"Qingxuan thanks Master for the treasure."

It's only a mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. It isn't even as good as the Jianmu Divine Spear refined from my true form. Besides, I also have the Companion Supreme Treasure, the Hongmeng Cauldron.

Hearing Qingxuan's thoughts, Nuwa kept her expression calm, but her heart exploded.

This rebellious disciple actually had a Companion Supreme Treasure?

One had to know that the supreme treasures of the Primordial World had basically all originated from the Chaos Spiritual Treasures shattered when Great God Pangu slew the Chaos Demon Gods during the creation of the world.

When Great God Pangu vanished and the Heavenly Dao was born, aside from the Three Treasures of Creation transformed from the Pangu Axe—the Taiji Diagram, Pangu Banner, and Chaos Bell—the others had been destroyed by the Heavenly Dao. Only those three survived because of the Heaven Opening Merit.

The treasures transformed from the spiritual treasures of the other Chaos Demon Gods had all been suppressed and destroyed by the Heavenly Dao.

Yet Qingxuan actually had a Companion Supreme Treasure, and had even managed to preserve it.

Damn it! She, Nuwa, a dignified Grand Unity Golden Immortal, the first Female Saint of the Primordial World in Qingxuan's heart and the Holy Mother of the Human Race, did not possess a single supreme treasure. She did not even have a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure.

She, a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, actually couldn't compare to this rebellious disciple.

At this moment, Nuwa even wanted to snatch the treasure from this rebellious disciple.

But then Nuwa's heart suddenly panicked.

This rebellious disciple had an extraordinary foundation and an Innate Supreme Treasure at his side.

Could he really surpass her one day?

Could it be that this rebellious disciple would truly succeed in defying his master?

She imagined Qingxuan's cultivation surpassing hers one day, then bullying her in every possible way.

Nuwa's face instantly flushed bright red.

No!

Absolutely not!

She absolutely could not let this rebellious disciple succeed.

Hadn't Qingxuan's thoughts said that she was destined to become a Saint in the future? As long as she became a Saint first, this rebellious disciple wouldn't be able to bully her!

Yes, that was it!

Since this rebellious disciple looked down on the treasure, Nuwa lightly tapped her fingertip.

A streak of light entered Qingxuan's mind.

The Heavenly Creation Merit!

This was the cultivation technique contained in Nuwa's inheritance.

For cultivators who primarily cultivated the Law of Creation, it was an unparalleled heavenly scripture.

"This is the method I cultivate. After countless epochs of improvement and verification, it can lead directly to the Grand Unity Dao Fruit."

Speaking of cultivation techniques, Nuwa could not help feeling somewhat proud.

The Primordial World was currently still in the midst of the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation. Hongjun had not yet become a Saint, nor had he begun the three lectures on the Dao at Zixiao Palace to preach to all living beings.

At this stage, aside from the Great Powers who possessed great fortune or inherited cultivation methods, the living beings of the Primordial World could only instinctively absorb the spiritual energy of Heaven and Earth or cultivate by devouring one another.

Well, this is indeed a good cultivation technique. For someone who cultivates the Law of Creation, it can even be used to cultivate the law exclusively, without having to listen to that old bastard Hongjun's method of Slaying Three Corpses.

But I don't cultivate the Law of Creation, and I already have the Nine Revolutions Profound Origin Technique.

This was the technique cultivated by Pangu himself, and it points directly to the Great Dao. The Three Pure Ones and the Twelve Ancestral Witches only obtained the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique for body cultivation.

Hearing Qingxuan's thoughts, Nuwa fell into despair.

She had accepted a disciple on a whim, wanting to nurture him properly.

But when she gave him a treasure, he already had a supreme treasure.

When she gave him a cultivation technique, he had an even better one.

This rebellious disciple was simply her nemesis.

At this moment, Nuwa's urge to cry reached its peak.