Empress Houtu.
This title is no longer known to many of the younger generation of Immortals and Gods in the current Primal Wilderness.
But in the hearts of the old Monsters who survived the ancient Primal Wilderness, these four words represent a taboo, a legend, a supreme existence.
During the War of the Witches and Demons, Empress Houtu, one of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, saw countless beings on the Primal Wilderness land dying, their souls with nowhere to go, turning into vengeful spirits and wreaking havoc on the world.
With great compassion in her heart, she, in her capacity as an Ancestral Witch, emulated the Great God Pangu and transformed her body into the Six Paths of Reincarnation!
From then on, beings in the Primal Wilderness had a place to reincarnate, and the order of heaven and earth was perfected.
The Great Dao sensed her immense Merit, bestowing boundless Xuanhuang Merit energy to help her achieve the Hunyuan Dao fruit.
She was not a Heavenly Dao Saint, but a Merit Saint who achieved enlightenment through supreme Merit, known as "Empress Houtu."
As a price, she was forever bound within the Six Paths of Reincarnation formed by her own body, never to leave the Underworld for eternity.
It can be said that she is the Underworld, and the Underworld is her.
In this netherworld, she is the sole ruler!
As her voice echoed, the entire Underworld fell into an absolute silence.
"Oh?"
A soft exclamation echoed from the depths of all souls.
She sensed an incredibly familiar bloodline aura from that Baby.
That is...
The aura of Pangu!
Although faint and mixed, that primal aura originating from the deepest part of the bloodline, the beginning of creation and the origin of all things, could not be mistaken!
How could this be?
Empress Houtu felt unprecedented confusion.
After the Great God Pangu transformed into all things, his Primordial Spirit split into three, becoming the Three Pure Ones.
Most of his vital blood transformed into them, the Twelve Ancestral Witches, and the rest scattered across the Primal Wilderness, becoming the myriad Wu clan.
Besides these, what remained of the Great God Pangu in the world were only the Buzhou Mountain, formed from his towering spine, and the twin eyes that pierced through Chaos, which became the sun, moon, and stars.
This little girl was neither one of the Three Pure Ones nor of the Wu clan.
Where did the Pangu aura on her come from?
Moreover, this aura seemed to resonate with her own in a peculiar way.
The space around Xiruan began to ripple like water, and soft, earth-yellow halos emanated from the void.
The halos converged, outlining the figure of a woman before her.
The woman wore palace attire, appearing to be around twenty-seven or twenty-eight years old, with stunning beauty and a gentle, dignified demeanor.
A hint of unresolvable melancholy and compassion lingered between her brows, as if she carried the sorrow of the entire world.
But her eyes, the moment they saw Xiruan, revealed a trace of... indulgence and closeness.
She stood there quietly, as if she had become the center of the entire world.
Wudang Holy Mother's pupils contracted sharply the instant she saw this woman, her entire being struck as if by lightning.
Houtu!
Ancestral Witch Houtu!
She... had actually appeared!
"Who... are you?"
Xiruan looked at the beautiful aunt before her and asked curiously in a milky voice.
She felt that this aunt looked more pleasing to the eye than all the bad guys she had encountered before.
Moreover, the scent on her body was fragrant and warm, like... like Daddy's embrace.
Houtu looked at the exquisitely carved Baby before her, and a smile curved her lips.
She did not answer Xiruan's question.
She extended a slender, jade-like finger and pointed it towards Xiruan's brow.
"Be careful, Senior!"
Wudang Holy Mother exclaimed in alarm, wanting to rush forward to stop her, but found her body unable to move even an inch.
She could only watch helplessly as the finger drew closer and closer to Xiruan.
Xiruan looked curiously at the finger drawing nearer; she felt no malice.
Finally, the finger gently touched Xiruan's smooth forehead.
"Buzz--!"
The moment of contact.
A surge of ancient, vast, gray energy erupted uncontrollably from Xiruan!
A boundless, heavy, earth-yellow divine light also surged from Empress Houtu!
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Two streams of supreme power, one gray and one yellow, originating from the same source yet utterly distinct, seemed to meet across endless time and space.
They did not repel each other, nor did they devour one another.
Like long-lost relatives reunited, they merged and intertwined, emitting waves of joyful humming!
A vast and majestic aura swept through the entire Underworld, with the two of them at its center!
Under the wash of this aura.
Everyone seemed to see the colossal figure from the dawn of creation, wielding a giant axe and treading upon Chaos!
At this moment, they uncontrollably prostrated themselves before the two merging figures!
The resonance with Pangu's aura came and went as quickly as it appeared.
Empress Houtu withdrew her finger from Xiruan's forehead. Her previously calm eyes were now filled with deep shock and complexity.
An unprecedented storm raged within her heart.
She looked at the Baby before her, who was blankly touching its forehead, her gaze growing even more profound.
"Auntie, what did you just do to me?"
Xiruan felt as though she had just had a very, very long dream. In the dream, a very tall giant was constantly chopping things. It was so noisy.
"It's nothing."
Empress Houtu suppressed the myriad thoughts in her heart, revealing a gentle smile once more.
"I just thought you were very cute and wanted to touch you."
She was now basically certain that the little girl before her had an inextricable connection with the great god Pangu.
For Empress Houtu, who was also a descendant of Pangu, this sense of closeness stemming from their bloodline could not be faked.
"Oh."
Xiruan nodded. She also felt this auntie was very kind, and it was fine to be touched.
"Little one, what's your name?" Empress Houtu asked softly.
"My name is Xiruan! My daddy is Tongtian!" Xiruan puffed out her small chest, proudly announcing her lineage.
"Xiruan..." Empress Houtu murmured the name in her heart, her smile deepening. "A very beautiful name."
Then, feigning ignorance, she asked:
"So, why did you run into my Underworld and turn everything upside down?"
"You even made Ksitigarbha's Dao heart collapse. You truly are a mischievous little one."
There was no hint of blame in her tone; instead, it was like an elder affectionately teasing a naughty junior.
As soon as Xiruan heard this question, her little face immediately drooped, looking indignant.
"Auntie, you have to judge this for me!"
"My daddy is so pitiful! He's locked up in a Small Dark Room and owes so much money outside!"
"Then, this black-hearted company called the Underworld, and that bald factory manager, took advantage of the situation!"
"They captured all my daddy's employees and brought them here, forcing them to work even after death! And they don't even pay them!"
"I came here to seek justice for my daddy and to bring his employees home!"
"Auntie, don't you think they've gone too far!"
She angrily waved her little fists, her small face full of grievance.
Empress Houtu was stunned for a moment, then let out a chuckle.
Her laughter was like spring rain, like a hundred flowers blooming.
The entire gloomy Underworld seemed to brighten considerably at that moment.
"Yes, yes!" Xiruan saw her laugh and thought she didn't believe her, so she nodded frantically, "Everything I said is true! They are so wicked!"
"Okay, okay, I believe you."
Empress Houtu finally stopped laughing and affectionately flicked Xiruan's little nose.
"They are indeed very wicked. It's wrong to bully our Xiruan."
Although her words seemed to be placating a child, the weight they carried was enough to shake the entire Primal Wilderness!
"Then... can you help me, Auntie?"
Xiruan seized the opportunity, pulling on Empress Houtu's sleeve and acting spoiled.
"I still don't know where they've locked up many of my employees. You're so powerful, you must know where they are, right?"
She felt that this auntie, who was good-looking and even better when she smiled, must be a good person.
Asking her for help is definitely the right choice!
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