Protecting You Completely

Just as Nuwa was on the verge of tears and sinking into despair, Qing Xuan's inner thoughts sounded again.

[Speaking of which, Nuwa has been really good to me.]

[Hongjun is still fighting Luohu for the Heavenly Dao's spokesperson, and Hongjun hasn't distributed treasures at the Treasure Distribution Cliff yet. The powerful beings in the Great Desolation now are probably all paupers, except for Old Ancestor Styx and those two birds on the Sun Star.]

[She probably doesn't even have many Mid-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures herself.]

[Not to mention she even gave me her inherited cultivation technique.]

Nuwa haughtily lifted her head.

Good that you know. At least this rebellious disciple has some conscience.

Who knew Qing Xuan's next sentence would shatter her composure.

[Sigh, it's so hard to bear a beauty's kindness!]

Veins throbbed on Nuwa's forehead.

It's master's kindness, master's kindness!

Bastard!

[Alas, who told me you were the first being I met after my birth.]

[From now on, I will protect you completely and will never let you be schemed against again.]

Hearing this, Nuwa's Dao heart trembled slightly.

Looking at Qing Xuan's handsome face and gentle eyes, she unconsciously tensed her body.

She subconsciously averted her gaze, not daring to meet Qing Xuan's eyes again.

Rebellious disciple, always bragging.

Just a Heavenly Immortal, and you want to protect me completely.

[What the heck, why is Master blushing? So cute.]

[You're completely going against your image as Empress Nuwa like this.]

Nuwa pursed her lips.

"I'm tired, you can cultivate here well."

With that, Nuwa's figure disappeared before Qing Xuan's eyes.

"Farewell, Master."

Qing Xuan sat cross-legged on the cloud, his eyes tightly closed.

He looked like he was cultivating, but in reality, he couldn't concentrate.

This was normal.

After all, Qing Xuan, as the Tongtian Jianmu, had been in the Grand Formation since Pangu's creation. Qing Xuan had no idea how much time had passed since he transmigrated.

For such a long time, with no one to talk to, no companionship, and being trapped alone in the Grand Formation.

It was a miracle Qing Xuan hadn't gone mad.

That's why his inner thoughts were so active; he had been holding it in for too long.

After an unknown amount of time, he finally saw a living being, and it was the peerlessly beautiful Empress Nuwa.

If Qing Xuan could remain calm, it would be truly bizarre.

As Qing Xuan's thoughts drifted, The Primordial Slacker System's voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[Host, Nuwa's troubles are more than ordinary. With your current strength, protecting her completely is far from enough.]

Qing Xuan curled his lips.

"Of course I know. Several Sages are plotting together, and that old fellow Hongjun is behind it all."

The System continued.

[Host is mistaken. Actually, the one truly trying to scheme against Nuwa is the Heavenly Dao.]

"Heavenly Dao?"

Qing Xuan was stunned for a moment.

He quickly understood.

"Because of the Human Dao."

Although it was a question, Qing Xuan was almost certain this was the reason.

The System's answer confirmed his guess.

[That's right, Host. When the Heavenly Dao was born, due to Great God Pangu's oversight and the unwillingness of the Chaos Demon Gods who perished during creation, they gathered together and contaminated the Heavenly Dao with their lingering resentment. This caused the Heavenly Dao to be incomplete and develop self-awareness.]

[It wants to devour the other two Daos to complete itself.]

[In the Great Desolation, only Nuwa cultivates the Law of Creation, making it possible to awaken the Human Dao and become its Lord.]

[Therefore, the Heavenly Dao allowed Nuwa to become a Heavenly Dao Sage. Once she became a Heavenly Dao Sage, she would forever be unable to control the Human Dao.]

After listening to the System's explanation, Qing Xuan nodded in understanding.

That made sense now.

In the original timeline, the Human Race was massacred by the Demon Race and used to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword.

Out of billions of humans, less than one in ten survived.

Nuwa couldn't possibly have been unaware of such a major event; by then, she was already a Heavenly Dao Sage.

Thus, the Heavenly Dao forbade her from interfering.

Otherwise, how could Nuwa, who knew her own sainthood was achieved by creating the Human Race, and whose Dao foundation was built upon them, allow the Demon Race to slaughter humans so wantonly?

Because of this incident, Nuwa's faith among the Human Race significantly decreased.

With a decrease in human faith, the fortune she gained naturally lowered, and the possibility of awakening the Human Dao became even smaller.

Perhaps, Nuwa had already discovered the Heavenly Dao's scheme at that time.

That's why she arranged for Fuxi to be reincarnated as the Human Emperor.

Alas, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were jointly imprisoned in the Fire Cloud Cave by the Five Sages.

The subsequent Investiture of the Gods calamity further depleted the Human Race's fortune.

The Nine-Nine Human Emperor was reduced to the Nine-Five Son of Heaven.

The Human Race bowed their heads to the heavens.

From then on, the Human Dao had no hope of resurgence.

Therefore, despite Nuwa being the second Sage after Hongjun, holding the fortune of the entire Human Race, she later became the weakest among the Six Sages.

That's why she confined herself to Wa Huang Palace and refused to emerge.

Having figured all this out, Qing Xuan's gaze deepened.

[Don't worry, I'm here this time. I will definitely not let the Heavenly Dao's scheme succeed. I will protect you and prevent you from ending up in that situation.]

Nuwa, overhearing Qing Xuan's thoughts in secret, felt ripples in her heart.

This rebellious disciple was quite reassuring when it came to important matters.

Qing Xuan continued to ponder how to resolve the Heavenly Dao's scheme.

After much thought, the simplest solution was to prevent Nuwa from occupying one of the six destined futons.

As long as she didn't become a Sage controlled by the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao couldn't control the Human Dao.

However, doing so would likely result in Hongjun directly eliminating him.

Secondly, during the process of creating humans and becoming a Sage, he could bypass the Heavenly Dao and directly summon the Great Dao.

The Great Dao was impartial and selfless, which would also allow them to escape the Heavenly Dao's control.

But how could that be easy? The Great Dao was immensely profound; it couldn't be summoned just because one wished it.

As Qing Xuan was worrying, the Primordial Slacker System spoke again.

[Host, I do have a method. The Tongtian Jianmu already has a slight connection to the Great Dao. You can use your own faint connection to the Great Dao to try and draw the power of the Great Dao to descend at the crucial moment when Nuwa creates humans and becomes a Sage.]

Qing Xuan's eyes lit up. This might work.

But he also understood the immense risks involved. A slight misstep could lead to his and Nuwa's eternal damnation.

However, to protect Nuwa and shatter the Heavenly Dao's scheme, he decided to give it a try.

With the plan decided, Qing Xuan's mood relaxed.

[Master, if your disciple plans this much for you, you'll have to repay me handsomely in the future.]

[Giving me ten or eight children wouldn't be too much, right? Di Jun on the Sun Star has ten at a time.]

Nuwa lightly spat, "Ten or eight? That's too many."

Wait, who was going to have children with him?

This rebellious disciple.

Despite cursing him inwardly, Nuwa couldn't help but imagine her and Qing Xuan's children.

She thought they would surely be extremely adorable.

Time quietly slipped away as the master and disciple lost themselves in their thoughts.

Soon.

They arrived at Nuwa's dojo.