They Finally Had a Name

Nuwa created a new race not because she wanted this race to be powerful, but because she wanted to become a saint.

As for whether this race was strong or weak, that was of no importance.

Thus, Nuwa began gathering a handful of ordinary soil and continued creating humans.

However, Nuwa soon discovered that ordinary soil still would not do.

After several experiments, she found that only a kind of yellow soil could create these new living beings.

Meanwhile, atop Shouyang Mountain, Hong Yun curled his lips.

Nuwa really was a cold and ungrateful person. Not only had she forcibly taken his Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil earlier,

but now, even after he had given her such an important hint, she had not even thanked him.

"Forget it. I'll be taking advantage of her soon anyway!"

Hong Yun felt much less psychological burden now.

Nuwa had first seized his Gourd Vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, and was now being so cold and ungrateful. Even if he took advantage of her, it was only right.

Smack, smack, smack...

Countless blows struck the yellow soil, sending mud splattering in all directions.

Nuwa created new living beings again and again.

Although the beings she created were only acquired living beings, Nuwa's creation speed was far faster than before.

The Nine Heavens Breathing Soil had been incredibly precious, so Nuwa had naturally proceeded with extreme caution.

But things were different now. It was only ordinary yellow soil—there was plenty of it!

Time passed, and another three hundred years went by in the blink of an eye.

By now, the living beings Nuwa had created had already reached a full eighty million.

At this moment, Nuwa finally stopped.

She felt that it should be enough!

Even if a race did not number in the hundreds of millions, eighty million was by no means a small number. It was at least enough for them to multiply and continue forever.

Buzz!

The moment Nuwa stopped, it seemed to confirm that her creation was complete. A tremendous amount of Heavenly Dao Merit descended.

"Heavenly Dao Merit! I didn't expect it to be Heavenly Dao Merit!"

Delight flashed through Nuwa's eyes.

At this moment, she understood!

By creating a new race, she could obtain Heavenly Dao Merit.

Then, she could prove the Dao through merit and attain the Saint Position.

All the places she had previously been unable to comprehend became clear to Nuwa at this moment.

Then, an incomparably immense amount of Heavenly Dao Merit descended toward Nuwa.

But...

Immediately afterward, all the Heavenly Dao Merit entered the Gourd Vine.

"This...?"

Nuwa was dumbfounded when she saw this.

What was going on?

Had she not created this entirely new race? Should all the Heavenly Dao Merit not have descended upon her?

How had it all been absorbed by the Gourd Vine in her hand?

Nuwa was extremely puzzled.

Fortunately, the Gourd Vine was still in her hand. At worst, she could simply absorb all the Heavenly Dao Merit back out of it.

Whoosh!

Just as Nuwa thought this, the Gourd Vine in her hand suddenly trembled lightly and broke free from her grasp.

Then, it transformed into a streak of light and flew into the void.

In the blink of an eye, the Gourd Vine had arrived before Hong Yun.

This was the brilliance of the Mythical Grand Unity Method.

Even if he were countless billions of miles away, Hong Yun could instantly retrieve his own treasure.

Not to mention, the distance between them was less than a thousand miles.

With the Gourd Vine in hand, and the Heavenly Dao Merit in hand as well, a cold, mechanical voice rang out in Hong Yun's mind.

Ding! Congratulations, host. You have successfully caused trouble and received the system reward: one Jade Disc of Creation fragment!

The system's voice rang out.

"A Jade Disc of Creation fragment? It's another Jade Disc of Creation fragment!"

Hearing the system's voice, delight appeared in Hong Yun's eyes.

What did he lack most right now?

The Great Dao laws!

Of the three thousand Great Dao laws, he only possessed four.

But now, he had obtained another Jade Disc of Creation fragment. It certainly contained Great Dao laws within it.

This was exactly like having a pillow delivered when one was sleepy!

Not only had he obtained Heavenly Dao Merit, but he had also obtained a Jade Disc of Creation fragment. Hong Yun felt that causing trouble this time had been absolutely worthwhile.

At the same time, Hong Yun used his divine sense to investigate the Heavenly Dao Merit within the Gourd Vine.

Hiss!

After investigating it, Hong Yun could not help drawing in a sharp breath.

If the Heavenly Dao Merit reward he had received for completing the Heavenly Marriage earlier had been a bowl of water, then the Heavenly Dao Merit within the Gourd Vine was equivalent to an entire vat of water.

One had to know that he had received Heavenly Dao Merit twice for completing the Heavenly Marriage.

Yet compared with the Heavenly Dao Merit within the Gourd Vine now, that amount was pitifully small.

"With this much Heavenly Dao Merit, I won't even be able to use it all after cultivating my four laws to perfection!"

Hong Yun thought to himself.

This was an absolutely tremendous surprise.

At the same time,

Nuwa, beneath Shouyang Mountain, finally recovered from her daze.

Her gaze turned toward Hong Yun atop the mountain.

She saw that Hong Yun's face was filled with delight.

"Hong Yun! It really was Hong Yun!"

Nuwa instantly understood that Hong Yun had retrieved the Gourd Vine from her hands.

As for how Hong Yun had done it, Nuwa had no time to think about it.

The Gourd Vine contained the Heavenly Dao Merit she needed to become a saint.

Whoosh!

Nuwa's figure flashed, and she instantly arrived before Hong Yun.

"Hong Yun, return my Gourd Vine!"

Nuwa spoke coldly, her eyes filled with killing intent.

"Your Gourd Vine? Are you sure this Gourd Vine is yours?"

Hong Yun retorted.

She had been so overbearing when she seized his Gourd Vine earlier, and now she was actually claiming that it belonged to her. She was utterly shameless.

"Are you giving me the Gourd Vine or not?"

Nuwa's patience had reached its limit.

This concerned whether she could become a saint.

Becoming a saint was the ultimate pursuit of every powerful expert in the Great Desolation.

If Hong Yun refused to hand over the Gourd Vine, then Nuwa would slaughter without restraint today.

"What? You want to take it by force?"

Hong Yun gave a cold laugh.

By now, he no longer intended to keep playing around with Nuwa.

After all, his plan had already succeeded, and he had obtained the Heavenly Dao Merit.

There was no need to keep pretending.

It was time to reveal the truth...

"Take it by force? No. I'm going to kill you!"

Nuwa was enraged. Her eyes widened like copper bells, and the killing intent in them was no longer concealed.

Whoosh!

In an instant, Nuwa brought out her Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure, sending it sweeping toward Hong Yun.

She was a Quasi-Saint Peak expert. Killing a mere Great Unity Peak living being would be no more difficult than crushing an ant.

Nuwa could not be bothered to waste any more words with Hong Yun.

Killing Hong Yun, reclaiming the Heavenly Dao Merit, and attaining the Saint Position were what she needed to do.

Boom!

However, at that moment, Hong Yun not only failed to dodge the attack from her Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure,

but instead drove a fist straight into it.

Then, a deafening explosion rang out.

Crack!

The Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure Nuwa had brought out shattered under Hong Yun's punch.

"This... How is this possible!"

Nuwa was stunned.

Even the physical bodies of the Twelve Ancestral Witches could only withstand her Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. They could not shatter it.

Yet Hong Yun had actually destroyed a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure with a single punch.

But after only a moment of shock, killing intent surged through Nuwa once more.

She had no time to think carefully now. She only wanted to kill Hong Yun as quickly as possible.

Buzz!

Nuwa unleashed the aura of a Quasi-Saint Peak expert. With a wave of both hands, powerful law energy tore toward Hong Yun.

This time, Nuwa displayed all of her strength.

She held nothing back.

Seeing this, Hong Yun still looked calm and unruffled.

"Nuwa, remember this: there is always someone stronger, and there is always a heaven beyond the heavens. Don't act so arrogantly and tyrannically in the future!"

Hong Yun's voice rang out.

Immediately afterward, the phantom of a Dao Fruit appeared behind him.

It was the Mythical Grand Unity Dao Fruit.

The moment the Dao Fruit appeared, Hong Yun's aura surged explosively.

By now, Hong Yun had already reached an invincible position beneath the saints.

However, he still did not unleash his full strength this time. He displayed only one percent of his power.

Even the Mythical Grand Unity Dao Fruit merely appeared as a phantom.

Buzz!

Then, Hong Yun waved his hand, and a gigantic palm pressed toward Nuwa.

In the void, the divine arts and laws Nuwa had unleashed were crushed beneath that enormous palm, collapsing instantly like rotten wood beneath a strong wind.

At the same time, a suffocating terror rose from the soles of Nuwa's feet all the way to the back of her head.

"No, impossible... How can he be this strong!"

This thought surfaced in Nuwa's mind.

No matter what, she could not believe that Hong Yun's strength was actually so terrifying.

He gave her the feeling of facing Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

He clearly possessed only the cultivation realm of Great Unity Peak.

But the instant that thought appeared, the gigantic palm had already struck down.

Smack!

Nuwa felt as if she were a fly, instantly sent flying by the slap.

She flew for hundreds of millions of billions of miles before finally crashing to the ground.

"My... my cultivation..."

The aura within Nuwa's body was thrown into chaos by that slap.

At the same time, her cultivation realm began to fall.

Nuwa, who had originally been at the Quasi-Saint Peak, had now fallen to the Quasi-Saint Late Stage.

Beneath Shouyang Mountain.

Countless members of the human race watched Holy Mother Nuwa being slapped away by the powerful being atop the mountain, and fear appeared on every face.

Only the three thousand Innate Human Race members among them possessed a trace of magical power.

Everyone else was an ordinary acquired living being.

Without cultivation, they had no magical power at all.

Nuwa had created this race solely to become a saint, so she naturally had no intention of teaching them cultivation methods.

Hong Yun walked step by step toward the members of the human race.

" All of you..."

Seeing that group of humans who were somewhat afraid of him, Hong Yun began to speak,

"From now on, you shall be the human race!"

Hong Yun gave the human race its name.

Boom!

Just as Hong Yun's voice fell, another wave of Heavenly Dao Merit descended.

Originally, it should have been Nuwa who named the human race and obtained the Heavenly Dao Merit.

But now...

Hong Yun had done it instead.

Thus, the Heavenly Dao Merit descended upon Hong Yun.

With a wave of his hand, Hong Yun collected the Heavenly Dao Merit.

However, this time, there was not much Heavenly Dao Merit—only half as much as he had received for completing the Heavenly Marriage.

But Hong Yun did not mind.

Even a mosquito's leg was still meat.

"Human race!"

"Human race, let!"

"Human race!"

Having received their name, the humans immediately erupted in deafening cheers.

Now, they finally had a name.

"Holy Father!"

"Holy Father!"

"Holy Father!"

The eighty million humans all knelt before Hong Yun and shouted three times in unison.

Hong Yun gazed at the humans before him.

This newly born race would face endless tribulations. He knew it.

Originally, Hong Yun had planned to impart some cultivation techniques to these humans now.

But after thinking it over, he decided not to teach them any techniques.

The human race still had a heavenly mandate to fulfill.

Next, if Hong Yun's guess was correct, once Taishang Laojun comprehended his opportunity to become a Saint, he would come to the human race and teach them the Golden Core Great Dao.

Although the Golden Core Great Dao was not a true Great Dao at all,

and its name was merely intimidating—in reality, it was not even as good as the most ordinary cultivation technique in the Great Desolation—

but...

it was still the opportunity Taishang Laojun needed to obtain Heavenly Dao Merit and become a Saint.

If Hong Yun taught the human race cultivation techniques now, it would instead interfere with this process.

With that thought, Hong Yun took out the Innate Five Elements Banners he had refined over the years.