Without Innate Breathing Soil, after failing to prove the Dao, it would be hard to say whether he could even leave behind a complete corpse.
As long as the other party could successfully prove the Dao, if he had the guts, he could come and take the life of Great God Bai Chen.
"Good, good, good!"
The Innate Gourd Vine was enraged by his words and shouted "good" three times in a row.
"Bai Chen, I can give you the Innate Breathing Soil, but I want you all to swear that you must not tell anyone else where I am."
Although the Innate Gourd Vine was furious, it had not completely lost its reason and knew the pros and cons.
Between the safety of its life and the opportunity to prove the Dao, it chose to give up the Innate Breathing Soil.
Although without the Innate Breathing Soil, the chances of successfully proving the Dao would decrease,
the Innate Gourd Vine believed that with its own innate foundation, proving the Dao should not be a problem. At most, it would have to suffer a little more.
The Innate Gourd Vine swore that after successfully proving the Dao, it would make Bai Chen wish he were dead and exterminate the Pangu Descendants.
"Good!"
Bai Chen agreed. He then led all the Ancestral Witches in swearing a Great Dao Oath, and the Innate Gourd Vine handed over the Innate Breathing Soil.
Bai Chen looked at the soil in his hand as it released nine-colored divine light and Innate Dao Charm, and his heart filled with delight.
That was right. This was the Innate Breathing Soil, the primary material Nuwa used to create humans from clay.
He would keep it safe for Nuwa first. When Nuwa created humans from clay, he would lend it to her.
Just as Bai Chen was leaving the Secret Realm to look for the Hong Meng Liang Tian Chi, Xuanming grabbed its tail and poked its back, signaling for it to fulfill its promise.
Bai Chen brought out the Innate Breathing Soil, split off half of it, and handed it to Houtu.
"Houtu, this Great God always keeps his word. This is yours."
The Innate Breathing Soil was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, but it was different from ordinary Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.
As long as the Innate Origin of the Innate Breathing Soil remained, it would be inexhaustible.
The portion Bai Chen kept for himself contained the Innate Origin. Even after giving half to Houtu, it could still nourish itself and recover.
The portion Bai Chen gave Houtu did not contain the Innate Origin. Once used, it would be gone and could not recover.
Chapter 17: I Beg Great God Pangu to Distinguish the Loyal from the Treacherous!
Bai Chen felt that this could not really be blamed on him. After all, Houtu had no primordial spirit and could not activate the Innate Breathing Soil, this Top-grade Spiritual Treasure.
Even if he gave Houtu the portion of the Innate Breathing Soil that contained the Innate Origin, she still could not use it.
Houtu could only refine and devour the Innate Breathing Soil to strengthen her Law of Earth. This was simply a waste of a heavenly treasure.
"Houtu, you must not tell anyone else about the Innate Breathing Soil, especially Nuwa!"
"Take the Innate Breathing Soil I gave you and refine and devour it at once."
After handing that portion of the Innate Breathing Soil to Houtu, Bai Chen did not forget to remind her.
"Mm!"
Although Houtu did not understand why Bai Chen wanted her to keep it secret, she still nodded in agreement.
Seeing that everything had been settled, Bai Chen was about to leave.
However, Xuanming still did not let go of its little tail and did not want it to leave.
"Lazy cat, you promised us earlier that you would tell us a secret about proving the Dao, didn't you?"
Bai Chen had promised Xuanming two things in total, and he had only fulfilled one of them. How could she possibly let him run away?
If this had been before, Xuanming definitely would not have believed that Bai Chen knew any secrets about proving the Dao. But after witnessing Bai Chen confront the Innate Gourd Vine, she had begun to believe him.
What if this lazy cat really knew a secret about proving the Dao?
If she and her siblings did not ask, would they not miss a great opportunity?
"Little Sisters, I must remind you of something: this Fat Cat's cultivation is not even as high as yours."
After Ancestral Witch Zhurong heard what Xuanming said, he could not help but speak up.
In his view, this Fat Cat's cultivation was so weak. How could it possibly know about the opportunity to prove the Dao?
Only his two foolish little sisters could have been deceived so thoroughly by this Fat Cat. As their elder brother, he had to warn them.
Although Ancestral Witch Zhurong had not said it outright, Bai Chen was not stupid and naturally understood what he meant.
"Zhurong, get lost. You are not allowed to listen."
Bai Chen raised his little paw and gestured for Ancestral Witch Zhurong to leave, the farther away the better.
"Heh!"
"I, an Ancestral Witch, am of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage. Who would care to listen to your lies?"
Ancestral Witch Zhurong said coldly. After leaving those words behind, he departed for Pangu Hall.
The other Ancestral Witches did not leave. It was not that they believed Bai Chen knew any secret about proving the Dao.
Rather, they wanted to keep an eye on Xuanming and Houtu, lest those two foolish little sisters be fooled silly by Bai Chen.
Bai Chen flew onto Houtu's shoulder, took out a Huai Wood Fruit, and said while gnawing on it:
"Xuanming, Houtu, actually, this secret about proving the Dao isn't much of a secret.
Great God Pangu told all the living beings of the Primordial World long ago. It's just that no one understood it."
"???"
As soon as Bai Chen said this, all the Ancestral Witches stared blankly at him.
When had their Father God Pangu told the Primordial World the secret of proving the Dao? Why had they, his children, known nothing about it?
Seeing the blank looks on the faces of the Ancestral Witches, Bai Chen was not surprised. He continued explaining:
"Buzhou Mountain!"
"Buzhou! Buzhou!"
"Buzhou means both incomplete and imperfect!"
"Buzhou Mountain supports the heavens and shakes the earth. What is incomplete, naturally, is the separation between heaven and earth~"
The name Buzhou Mountain had never meant that Buzhou Mountain itself was incomplete. It meant that the entire Primordial World was incomplete and imperfect.
"Little White, stop! What you're saying is far too disrespectful to Father God!"
Bai Chen had barely reached this point when Houtu and Xuanming hurriedly covered its mouth, stopping it from continuing.
At the same time, Houtu and Xuanming shielded Bai Chen to prevent the other enraged Ancestral Witches from attacking it.
"Bai Chen, how dare you!"
"Outrageous!"
"..."
Ancestral Witch Dijiang and the other sister-protecting fanatics were furious and sternly rebuked Bai Chen.
To Ancestral Witch Dijiang and the others, Bai Chen saying that the Primordial World was incomplete was tantamount to blaspheming the merits of their Father God Pangu in creating the Primordial World. It was saying that Pangu had done a poor job and left behind a mess.
This was something Dijiang and the others absolutely could not tolerate!
If Xuanming and Houtu had not protected Bai Chen, they would have attacked and killed it already.
Bai Chen was furious as well. He had kindly offered to reveal this secret, so how had it become his fault?
Since when was telling the truth wrong?
The angrier Bai Chen became, the harder it struggled free from Xuanming and Houtu's protection. It bowed toward the pillar of heaven that was Buzhou Mountain and said:
"Great God Pangu above, this little beast has been wronged! I beg Great God Pangu to distinguish the loyal from the treacherous!"
Bai Chen did not know whether Great God Pangu had perished, so it decided to take a gamble.
It believed that if Great God Pangu, who loved all the living beings of the Primordial World, had not completely perished, he would surely stand up for it.
As Bai Chen prayed, five rays of divine light flew over from different parts of Buzhou Mountain and transformed into five jade fragments that appeared before Bai Chen.
"Are these fragments of the Jade Disk of Creation?"
Bai Chen looked at the five fragments of the jade disk and was immediately startled.
Although the five fragments varied in size, Bai Chen recognized their origin at a glance.
That was because the aura released by these five fragments was identical to that of the fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation on its body.
To confirm the origin of the five fragments, Bai Chen opened its mouth and spat out its own fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation.
The five fragments of the Jade Disk of Creation seemed to be drawn toward it and merged with the fragment in Bai Chen's hand.
Bai Chen looked at the fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation, now several times larger, and was overjoyed.
Heh heh, the Jade Disk of Creation in the hands of Great God Bai Chen was now much larger. It should be even more powerful.
At the same time, it was somewhat curious about how many pieces the Chaos Supreme Treasure, the Jade Disk of Creation, had shattered into.
Where were the other fragments of the Jade Disk of Creation?
How many fragments of the Jade Disk of Creation had Ancestor Hongjun collected?
"This little beast thanks Great God Pangu for the reward!"
Coming back to his senses, Bai Chen held the fragment of the Jade Disk of Creation and bowed toward Buzhou Mountain in thanks.
After this incident, Bai Chen could roughly confirm that perhaps Great God Pangu had not completely perished.
Bai Chen had wondered before: if Chaos Demon Gods such as Ancestor Hongjun, whose strength was inferior to Great God Pangu's, had not died completely, how could Great God Pangu, who was stronger than the Three Thousand Chaos Demon Gods, have perished?
Why was it that in later generations, the Witch Clan revered neither the Heavenly Dao nor anything else, but only Great God Pangu and the Great Dao? Why had the Witch Clan been able to successfully pray to Great God Pangu?
And after Ancestor Hongjun proved the Dao in later generations and the Heavenly Dao awakened, why could the Heavenly Dao govern every part of the Primordial World except Buzhou Mountain?
Bai Chen now guessed that Great God Pangu's lingering will might be inside Buzhou Mountain's pillar of heaven, supporting heaven and earth while protecting all living beings of the Primordial World.
"This is Father God's will. Father God has not perished!"
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