Traveling the Great Desolation

Peaceful time flowed by slowly.

Ten thousand years later, a powerful aura suddenly erupted from the palace where Qing Xuan resided.

Qing Xuan opened his eyes, an aura unique to a Primordial Golden Immortal filling his body.

Mysterious Art, sixth turn, Primordial Golden Immortal!

[Finally, I've integrated the opportunities obtained from Great God Pangu.]

[I skipped directly from the early to the middle stage of Primordial Golden Immortal. The Law of Strength truly is the general outline of the Three Thousand Great Daos.]

[Now, I can be considered the foremost person beneath the Sages.]

Sensing the aura emanating from Qing Xuan's secluded cultivation area and hearing his thoughts, Nuwa knew Qing Xuan had finished his seclusion. A slight smile curved her lips.

Over the past ten thousand years, as her Law of Creation grew more refined, she had begun to vaguely grasp her own path.

However, with Qing Xuan continuously in seclusion, Nuwa dared not act rashly, fearing she would fall into the schemes of the Heavenly Dao and Hongjun.

Now that Qing Xuan was out of seclusion, she felt relieved. Unconsciously, Qing Xuan had become Nuwa's pillar of support.

Qing Xuan slowly retracted his Primordial Golden Immortal aura, opened the palace doors, and walked out.

Zhi Tong stood waiting outside the door. Seeing Qing Xuan emerge, a smile immediately appeared on his chubby little face.

"Young Master, you're out of seclusion! Master is waiting for you in the main hall."

The owner of Fengqi Mountain was Nuwa and Fuxi. Qing Xuan was Nuwa's only disciple, so all beings living on Fengqi Mountain under Nuwa and Fuxi's protection called Qing Xuan "Young Master."

Qing Xuan pinched Zhi Tong's chubby little face and casually sent out a strand of Wood Essence energy.

Zhi Tong's true form was a spirit horse. Nuwa had used her great magic to enlighten him into an attendant. He was originally a spirit of plants and trees. The Wood Essence energy Qing Xuan casually sent out was condensed from the Law of Wood, which was greatly beneficial to spirits of plants and trees.

As the Wood Essence energy entered his body, Zhi Tong's eyes narrowed comfortably, and he grew a little taller.

"Thank you, Young Master, thank you, Young Master."

Qing Xuan smiled and nodded, no longer paying attention to Zhi Tong, who was happily beaming, and walked towards the main hall.

In the main hall, Nuwa and Fuxi were seated opposite each other.

"Master, Martial Uncle."

Qing Xuan greeted them and casually found a seat.

Fuxi looked at Qing Xuan and secretly clicked his tongue. He already knew from his junior sister about Qing Xuan's Grand Unity flower blooming with twelve petals. After ten thousand years of seclusion, Fuxi could no longer see through Qing Xuan's cultivation. Clearly, Qing Xuan's current realm was no longer below his, and might even be higher.

Although he addressed them as Master and Martial Uncle, Fuxi did not truly regard Qing Xuan as a junior. Instead, he treated him as a true Dao Companion.

As a Great Power who had mastered the Innate Eight Trigrams and the art of divination, he had long seen the stirrings of his junior sister's Red Phoenix, which was bound to the "Martial Nephew" Qing Xuan before him.

In this Primordial World, the three unions of Heaven, Earth, and Man had not yet been established, and marriage was not yet clearly defined. It was not uncommon for masters and disciples to become Dao Companions.

Qing Xuan looked at Nuwa and Fuxi.

As fellow Primordial Golden Immortals, they could naturally see more.

Nuwa was surrounded by the aura of creation, indicating that her Law of Creation had reached perfection. She only needed to complete the final step—creating humans—to achieve Dao.

Fuxi, relying on the Innate Eight Trigrams and the "heavenly secrets" revealed by Nuwa, which were Qing Xuan's thoughts, had also made rapid progress in the art of divination, reaching the middle stage of Primordial Golden Immortal.

Nuwa looked at Qing Xuan and spoke, initiating the conversation.

"I've had a premonition recently. The opportunity to achieve Dao is near, as if only a little is missing."

Although Nuwa knew that she would succeed in achieving Dao by creating humans, she could not reveal that she knew this. Otherwise, Qing Xuan would surely become suspicious.

[It seems Master's opportunity to achieve Dao is indeed near. The Human Race should also emerge.]

[I wonder how Houtu's progress is. If both the Human Dao and the Earth Dao awaken, the Heavenly Dao certainly won't be able to tolerate it.]

Qing Xuan looked at Nuwa and suggested, "Since that's the case, why don't I accompany Master on a journey through the Primordial World to seek the opportunity to achieve Dao?"

Nuwa nodded.

"That would be good. Perhaps traveling outside will make it easier to comprehend that sliver of opportunity."

They decided to leave immediately. Qing Xuan and Nuwa were both top-tier Great Powers in the Primordial World, so they didn't need much preparation for their journey.

The master and disciple pair left the Dao Field of Fengqi Mountain together.

Both of them knew what the so-called opportunity to achieve Dao was, so they were not in a hurry. Nuwa waved her hand and summoned the Cloud Tower palace, and the master and disciple began their journey through the Primordial World.

Inside the Cloud Tower, Qing Xuan lay comfortably on Nuwa's fair and jade-like legs, letting out a long breath.

Nuwa's pretty face flushed slightly, and she shot a glance at this impudent disciple.

As a top-tier Great Power on the verge of becoming a Sage, and holding the Red Gauze Ball that controlled destiny, she was naturally aware of her own Red Phoenix stirrings.

The man was willing, and the woman was willing. The way they interacted was increasingly resembling a Dao Companion couple.

Although they said they were out to seek the opportunity to achieve Dao, it seemed more like a young couple on their honeymoon.

In the blink of an eye, a thousand years passed.

Along the way, the pair gained many fortuitous encounters, spiritual treasures, spiritual roots, and materials for refining artifacts and alchemy.

Along the way, Qing Xuan would also step in to teach a lesson when he encountered those who bullied the spirits of plants and trees. Because of this, with the promotion from the many plant and tree spirits, the title of Azure Emperor spread like wildfire, gradually gaining fame throughout the Great Desolation.

Qing Xuan and Nuwa traveled like this, stopping and going, constantly experiencing the customs and traditions of the Great Desolation.

Nuwa had traveled the Great Desolation before, but perhaps because Qing Xuan accompanied her this time, she had some different feelings seeing the Primordial World again.

In the Great Desolation, time was the least valuable. Tens of thousands of years, hundreds of thousands of years, the two had traveled through many places in the Great Desolation.

Kunlun Mountain, Wuzhuang Temple, the Western Lands, the Sea of Blood, the Primordial Starry Sky, Buzhou Mountain...

When they passed by the Witch Race, they were enthusiastically pulled in to set up a banquet, leaving Qing Xuan and Nuwa no choice but to participate.

Houtu was still in seclusion. The remaining eleven Ancestral Witches kept them company. Upon learning that Nuwa was Qing Xuan's Master and future Dao Companion, the Witch Race's attitude towards Nuwa became even more enthusiastic.

Only Xuanming Ancestral Witch looked at Qing Xuan with a strange gaze, as if she were looking at a scumbag, yet there was also a hint of hidden joy.

After promising the Ancestral Witches that he would return to the Witch Race after he was done with his business, Qing Xuan and Nuwa were finally able to leave.

"Thirteen Ancestral Witches, the Ancestral Witch of Strength, not bad."

Nuwa teased. After this trip to the Witch Race, Nuwa realized how high her rebellious disciple's status was among the Witches. Whether it was the common Witches, the Great Witches, or even the Ancestral Witches, they all showed extreme respect and admiration for Qing Xuan. Consequently, their attitude towards her was also extremely good, not at all as ferocious as the rumors in the Great Desolation suggested.

"Actually, the Witch Race is quite good. They are single-minded. Once they consider you one of their own, they will trust you completely."

Qing Xuan explained to Nuwa.

Nuwa nodded. After this interaction, she also discovered that the Witch Race was not as they were rumored to be in the Great Desolation. Although they had fiery tempers, they were straightforward and generous. From this, it could be seen that rumors should not be fully believed.

Finally, during the leisurely travels of the master and disciple, the Cloud Tower slowly arrived at a certain place.

The shore of the East Sea!