East King Duke saw what Nuwa had done and smiled faintly.
He said, "Fellow Daoist, the Dao of Creation you cultivate is profound and wondrous, an ultimate Great Dao. But to perform an act of creation, ordinary spirit mud cannot serve as a vessel. Even if you somehow succeeded, the beings would surely lack sufficient spiritual nature. You need superior Innate Spiritual Items."
Nuwa understood at once, but then her expression turned troubled.
East King Duke smiled slightly and took out two objects—the very things that had been stirring within his primordial spirit earlier. "This is Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil. Both are the essences of water and earth. Perhaps they will be of use to you, Fellow Daoist. I'll give them to you to help you attain the Dao."
When Nuwa saw the two Spiritual Items, she was overjoyed. Her primordial spirit sensed that they were exactly what she needed. She did not refuse, but reached out and accepted them. Without another word, she mixed the two together.
The resulting mud was far more wondrous than the ordinary mud she had used before, imbued with the aura of creation. A single glance told her it was right, so she used it as a foundation and shaped another clay figure into a Dao Body. This time, the clay person was full of spiritual nature. She infused it with the Power of Creation, and it instantly became a living body of flesh and blood. It leaped about, then quickly bowed to the ground.
"Greetings, Holy Mother!"
Nuwa nodded in satisfaction and told the new being to wait nearby, then continued creating people. In just a few days, hundreds of newly born beings had appeared on the East Sea Shore.
This time, her creation had succeeded, but Nuwa