Netherworld.
Cangyuan had arrived.
He had come openly and aboveboard.
He had not used the Sky-Covering Array to conceal himself in any way.
(The Sky-Covering Array could conceal all detection at the Heavenly Dao Realm and below, sever Karma, prevent deductions, and hide one from the passage of time. It had been obtained early on, and currently, only Pangu at the Half-Step Great Dao Realm could see through it.)
For that very reason, the instant he stepped into the Netherworld, Houtu within it became aware of him.
Within Pingxin Hall.
Houtu, whose thoughts were unsettled, looked toward a certain direction. Her beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and when she saw Cangyuan—as well as Jiang Zitong at his side—she felt quite a headache coming on.
She was a reincarnated incarnation of Houtu's Primordial Spirit, utterly different in appearance yet originally one with her.
Houtu had never expected that a casual move made on a whim back then would ultimately lead to her reincarnated Primordial Spirit meeting Di Xin, Cangyuan's reincarnation, marrying him, and becoming his Dao companion.
Since they were husband and wife, they had surely already done such things as the union of Yin and Yang and the mingling of water and milk.
And more than once, at that.
Even with Houtu's temperament, she did not know how to face Cangyuan at this moment.
In the Prehistoric World, Dao companion carried two meanings.
First, it referred to like-minded friends walking the same path, cultivating together and discussing the Dao to advance. The core lay in the Dao rather than affection.
Second, it referred to lovers joined in marriage who sought the Dao side by side. They were both emotional partners and comrades in cultivation, sharing affection and commitment while helping each other cultivate, comprehend the Dao, and endure tribulations.
Clearly, her