"Buzz!"
Suddenly, before the disbelieving eyes of all living beings in Hong Huang, a faint Primordial Spirit emerged from the Six Paths of Reincarnation. She looked impossibly frail and utterly alone, as though the slightest breeze might scatter her.
Empress Houtu—hadn't she died? What was going on?
"Buzz!"
A pale green drop of blood radiating immense pressure appeared from the Void and swiftly entered Houtu's weakened Primordial Spirit. Her spirit gradually grew solid. New flesh began forming at her head and spread downward until it covered her completely, giving her a new body.
Though the body was still weak, its potential was immense. The green drop had been Pangu's Essence Blood.
At the same time, the boundless golden light of merit gathered above the Nine Heavens seemed to find its owner and flew toward Houtu. One tenth fell into Styx's hands; the remaining nine tenths entered Houtu's Primordial Spirit.
"Rumble!"
With a thunderous roar, Houtu's new body rapidly took shape and became incomparably strong. Her aura soared through the Da Luo Golden Immortal realm, the middle stage of Quasi-Saint... all the way to Quasi-Saint perfection. There, it briefly stalled.
"Boom!"
Under the tense gaze of Hong Huang's Saints and every great cultivator, celestial music gradually rang out across heaven and earth. Rosy light filled the sky, auspicious rays streamed in their thousands, Golden Lotuses Sprang from the Earth, golden flowers fell from above, purple qi rolled across the heavens, and spiritual energy took form.
With the boundless merit from establishing reincarnation, Houtu broke through in one stroke and attained what they knew as Hunyuan Da Luo Golden Immortal.
Establishing reincarnation was a great act that reshaped heaven and earth, earning boundless merit for ages to come. It could be called the greatest merit since the Heaven-Opening, surpassing even the merit