The Witch-Demon Era, the Shore of the East Sea.
Across an endless plain, a group of people in tattered clothes appeared one after another.
"What? Where am I?"
The dull eyes of the person at the front suddenly came alive.
As far as he could see, the land was covered in exotic immortal flowers and plants, all brimming with spiritual energy. Beyond them stood endless mountain ranges, shrouded in Immortal Mist and so tall their peaks vanished from sight.
"Who is that? She feels like something out of a dream."
A dreamlike figure suddenly came into view, and Huang Tian couldn't help but stare in astonishment.
As a fine young man from the 21st Century, he had seen every kind of woman.
But the woman before him, so sacred in bearing and breathtakingly beautiful, struck him with a force unlike anything he had ever felt.
"Why can't I move?"
He instinctively reached out toward the dreamlike woman, only to realize in shock that he was made of clay.
"I, Nuwa, hereby proclaim to Heaven and Earth!"
"Seeing the countless races of the Prehistoric World at war, with killing everywhere and living beings suffering, I cannot bear it."
"Today, I shall take the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil as my foundation, the Three Lights Divine Water as my spirit, and Creation Dao Rhyme as my aid, and create a new race."
"I name them—humans!"
Before Huang Tian could investigate further, a gentle yet unquestionable female voice rang in his ears.
"Rumble!"
In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color. Nine Sounds of Heavenly Thunder rang out, signaling that Heaven and Earth had acknowledged Nuwa's proclamation.
"Gasp! What is Nuwa doing?"
The terrifying, irresistible power stirred the Great Divine Powers of the Prehistoric World. One after another, they turned their gazes toward the Shore of the East Sea.
"Nuwa? Creating humans? Am I one of the three thousand Innate Humans?"
At last, Huang Tian understood what was happening, and cried out in astonishment.
High above, a peerlessly graceful figure hovered in the sky. She had a Human Body, Snake Tail, and flowing robes. Creation Spiritual Light swirled around her endlessly. Her eyes and brows radiated sacred authority, yet held a trace of compassion.
Nuwa gathered the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil and Three Lights Divine Water in her palm.
"Humans, emerge!"
Her hands moved swiftly as she cried out. Spiritual light burst from her palm, turning into countless streaks that fell upon Huang Tian and the other clay figures.
"Whoosh!"
A gale roared. Boundless spiritual energy gathered in the heavens, forming a storm that swept down and gave every clay figure a flesh-and-blood body—the Innate Dao Body!
"We pay our respects to the Holy Mother!"
Without hesitation, the three thousand Innate Humans knelt before Nuwa.
"Hum!"
But Nuwa had no time to pay attention to the three thousand Innate Humans. She turned in surprise toward a distant point in the East Sea.
From beyond the endless distance, a Seven-Colored Rosy Cloud shot toward the plain on the Shore of the East Sea, its light reaching from earth to sky.
Across a territory millions of miles wide, the Seven-Colored Rosy Cloud spread overhead. Exotic flowers rained from the sky, and Golden Lotuses sprang from the earth.
"How could this be?"
"Is that... a Racial Supreme Treasure?"
Nuwa watched the approaching Seven-Colored Rosy Cloud, her eyes trembling with astonishment.
She had never expected a Racial Supreme Treasure to appear alongside the birth of the Human Race.
After all, a Racial Supreme Treasure could suppress a race's fortune and grow over time. It might even become an Innate Supreme Treasure—or a Chaos Supreme Treasure.
Later, when the Sage Sects began the Investiture of the Gods War, Sect Master Tongtian had lacked a spiritual treasure capable of suppressing his sect's fortune. That single disadvantage had cost him the battle. He was imprisoned in Zixiao Palace and forced to swallow the Saint-Slaying Pill.
Nuwa reached out, attempting to claim the Human Race's Racial Supreme Treasure.
After all, in her eyes, she had created the Human Race. As its Holy Mother, it was only reasonable that she hold its Racial Supreme Treasure.
"Hum."
As Nuwa reached out, an inexplicable force comparable to the power of the Heavenly Dao erupted and repelled her.
In an instant, the Seven-Colored Rosy Cloud sank into Huang Tian's brow.
"Rumble!"
The next moment, Heaven and Earth shook. The winds and clouds shifted, and thunderclouds gathered.
Violet Qi came from the east, stretching for countless miles and covering the Shore of the East Sea.
Boundless Mysterious Yellow Qi converged, forming a vast Merit Golden Cloud filled with an aura of peace. It streamed into Nuwa's brow.
Nuwa's aura surged, and she grew ever more sacred. To Huang Tian, she became a hazy, indistinct figure.
"Is this a joke? How could such an immense amount of merit descend?"
"Even Dao Ancestor Hongjun didn't receive this much merit when he became a Sage."
"What did Nuwa do to deserve such an enormous amount of merit?"
In Kunlun Mountain, Laozi stared in shock, Yuanshi seethed with jealousy, and Tongtian brimmed with fighting spirit.
In the thirty-third heaven, within the Demon Court, Demon Emperor Dijun and Eastern Emperor Taiyi were both startled and delighted.
Beside Mount Zhou, in the Endless Abyss and inside Pangu Temple, the Twelve Ancestral Witches grew solemn.
Zhenyuanzi, Minghe, Jieyin, Zhunti, and the other top Great Divine Powers who had emerged by the End of the Ancient Era all stared at the Shore of the East Sea in utter shock.
No one could have guessed that among the five direct disciples and two named disciples of Xuanmen, Nuwa would become the second Heavenly Dao Saint after Dao Ancestor Hongjun, before even the Sanqing.
"I thought this was the worst possible timeline. It seems Heaven hasn't doomed the Human Race after all!"
Huang Tian's gaze burned with resolve.
During the Witch-Demon Era, Nuwa created humans. A million years later, the Human Race would face its darkest hour.
The Sage's Barrier would shatter, and the Ten Thousand Races would prey upon humans as Blood Food.
In the first war between the Wu and Yao, the Demon Clan would lose to the Witch Clan. By chance, they would discover that sacrificing human flesh and blood to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword could injure the bodies of the Ancestral Witches.
Afterward, the Demon Clan would carry out a Blood Sacrifice of trillions upon trillions of humans, leaving only a million survivors to struggle on.
At this time, every race in the Prehistoric World was an Innate Being, and Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had yet to decline.
Thus, the Ten Thousand Races were rich in Grand Luo Golden Immortals. Only Quasi-Saints Who Sliced the Corpse could claim dominion over a territory.
The strongest among the newly born Human Race, the Three Ancestors of the Human Race, were only Profound Immortals.
Even the weakest of the Ten Thousand Races could crush the Human Race without the slightest resistance.
But now, the Kongtong Seal had recognized its master from the very start. The Human Race's fate would change!
"Absorb! Everything!"
Now that the Kongtong Seal had recognized him, Huang Tian understood how to use it.
Amid the violet and Mysterious Yellow Qi filling Heaven and Earth, a tiny point of white light flickered.
Huang Tian was using the Kongtong Seal to continuously absorb the spiritual energy, violet qi, and Mysterious Yellow Qi all around him.
Nuwa's ascension to Sainthood had caused such a commotion that no living being noticed the Lapis Lazuli Color spreading across Huang Tian's body or the mysterious Dao Rhyme swirling around him.
"So this is the Opportunity to Become a Sage. Merge!"
As boundless Mysterious Yellow Qi streamed into her brow and fused with the Primordial Violet Qi, Nuwa grasped the secret of becoming a Sage.
Empowered by merit, the Primordial Violet Qi transformed into countless Vast Dao Script characters. They illuminated Heaven and Earth and joined Nuwa's soul and body together.
Boom!
The Primordial Violet Qi carried part of Nuwa's Nascent Soul, entrusting it to Heaven and Earth.
In an instant, Heaven and Earth roared. A vast pressure erupted and swept into every corner of the Prehistoric World, stunning countless living beings.
"We pay our respects to the supreme Sage Nuwa!"
The countless living beings of Heaven and Earth immediately turned toward the Shore of the East Sea and called out in reverence.
Only top Great Divine Powers like Laozi, Tongtian, and Minghe managed to remain standing, relying on their supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures to withstand Nuwa's Sage's Might.
"Damn it!"
Yuanshi looked the most displeased. He had always claimed to be of Pangu's Orthodox Lineage, yet Nuwa had become a Sage before him.
"Caw!"
Suddenly, a Five-Colored Phoenix cried out in the sky.
"We are fated to meet. You shall be my mount. I grant you the name Golden Phoenix."
Nuwa smiled faintly and pointed a finger. Spiritual light blossomed from its tip, transforming the Five-Colored Phoenix.
"Golden Phoenix pays her respects to the supreme Sage Nuwa!"
The Five-Colored Phoenix transformed into a beautiful Innate Dao Body dressed in robes of five-colored clouds. She knelt before Nuwa in reverence.
"Now that I have become a Sage, I shall open a dojo Beyond the Heavens and expound the Path of a Sage for nine thousand years!"
"I created the Human Race. For a million years, no one may disturb them. Those who disobey will be executed!"
With a wave of her hand, Nuwa cast a Sage's Barrier over the Shore of the East Sea. Her words rang out like rolling thunder, reaching the ears of every living being in the Prehistoric World.
"I, Di Jun, shall heed the command of Sage Nuwa!"
"I, Minghe, shall heed the command of Sage Nuwa!"
The top Great Divine Powers led the way, and all the living beings of the Prehistoric World obeyed.
Those among the Ten Thousand Races who had coveted the Human Race quickly withdrew their gazes.
Seeing this, Huang Tian breathed a sigh of relief.
Even with the Kongtong Seal recognizing its master at the outset, he still needed time to lead the Human Race to grow stronger.
A million years of breathing room would be enough!
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