Houtu's determination to seek the Dao was unshakable. No wonder she was the only one among the Witch Clan with an opportunity to become a Saint. Her mission was of great importance and would affect the Primordial World, reaching even further than Nuwa Creates Humans.
East King Duke knew what merit Houtu needed to perform to succeed, but living beings had to comprehend the Dao for themselves. This was especially true when it came to the Saint Position of the Primordial Origin—he could not reveal it outright. He could only offer guidance, not spell it out.
So he said, "Proving the Dao is a matter of refining the heart. Follow the feeling within you, and you'll be on the right path. This Sea of Blood is where the living beings of the Primordial World end up, a place where departed souls gather and disperse. If you truly feel a connection to it, then the Saint Opportunity must lie here. You could study these departed souls, life and death, and reincarnation more closely. Perhaps your opportunity will come of its own accord!"
"Life, death, departed souls, reincarnation!"
As East King Duke guided her, Houtu suddenly trembled from head to toe. Those words echoed endlessly in her mind. Life and death governed the endless cycles of all things in the Primordial World. The Witch Clan had no primordial spirits by nature; when their bodies perished, their souls returned to the earth, and it was said they had merged into the embrace of Pangu Father God.
Other living beings were different from the Witch Clan. Those with primordial spirits could reincarnate as long as even a wisp of their remnant soul remained.
But most remnant souls were too weak to endure in the world for long. Without a mighty being to protect and