Once he had figured it out, Guiyuan felt no joy. Instead, his heart tightened with alarm.
For Nuwa Creates Humans was not as simple as directly using the Dao Body to create the human race.
Whether it was Nuwa's eighty-one transformations or her creating humans over seven days, both showed that Nüwa had gone through many attempts.
"So Nüwa was able to create a human race with Pangu's form only because she used this treasure to perceive the origins of all living beings and comprehend the mysteries of creation?"
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He seemed to have gained a treasure and increased his strength.
Yet, without realizing it, he might have cut off a crucial source of help that would have allowed Nüwa to attain the Dao in the future, drawing himself into an extremely troublesome karmic entanglement.
His gaze swept over Nüwa beside him, then he looked inward at the Human Yuan Pearl floating within his True Spirit.
At worst, I'll help her when the time comes. With this karmic bond between us, Nüwa won't kill me afterward, will she?
Since Guiyuan intended to gather merit, he naturally couldn't miss any major events. Now that the Human Yuan Pearl had tied him to Nüwa through karma, he had a good reason to get involved.
Though he intended to attain the Primordial Unity, he needed a fallback plan at the very least. If he could get on Nüwa's good side...
Among the many Saints, Nüwa was one of the least embroiled in conflict. It wouldn't be so bad to spend the rest of his days in Wa Palace.
Guiyuan had long since worked out his future strategy. In short, he had an upper, middle, and lower plan.
The upper plan was to draw on what he had accumulated in the Eternal Life Great World, his own Origin Foundation, and his knowledge of the Primordial World's original course of fate to transcend it—so that even if the Primordial World perished, he would not.
The middle plan was to gather merit and accumulate fortune, represent the North in vying for a Saint's seat, and then become a Saint. But that would be difficult, too.
After all, Luo Hou had blown himself up in the West, not the North.
The lower plan was as he'd said: find someone powerful to cling to, then slowly figure out some other way.
The closer they got to the main body of Mount Buzhou, the more terrifying the pressure originating from Pangu became.
When the three of them finally stepped onto the mountain itself, whose base towered like a mountain range, the pressure surged.
They braced themselves against the immense pressure and slowly crossed into Mount Buzhou.
The deeper they went, the heavier the pressure around them became.
It wasn't merely the mountain itself bearing down on them.
There was also an exalted will from the dawn of primordial chaos, from Great God Pangu. It surged toward them in waves, pressing not only upon their bodies but also through their magic power and against their souls.
Fuxi and Nüwa grew increasingly solemn. Every step felt like a struggle against the weight of the entire world.
Their magic power flowed sluggishly, and their souls seemed gripped by an invisible hand. Even their breathing grew heavier.
Guiyuan, by contrast, remained calm, his steps unhurried, as if the pressure around him did not exist.
After all, even Taowu couldn't match his physical body.
For an entire kalpa, he had been strengthening his body.
Though he had spent a whole kalpa doing nothing else, who was to say the timing hadn't been just right?
Seeing how easily Guiyuan bore the pressure, Fuxi couldn't help asking, "Fellow Daoist Guiyuan... what exactly is the Origin Foundation of your physical body? You seem completely unaffected by Mount Buzhou's pressure."
Guiyuan did not hide the truth. He replied evenly, "I was born in the era when Ferocious Beasts rampaged across the Primordial World. In terms of seniority, I stand alongside the ancestors of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans.
"For certain reasons, though, I was confined to the North Sea and never emerged."
Fuxi and Nüwa were both shaken by his words. They had realized that Guiyuan was extraordinary, but they hadn't expected his origins to be so ancient. He was a first-generation Innate Sacred, on the same level as the ancestors of the Three Clans!
Guiyuan paid no mind to their astonishment, still pondering to himself.
He had noticed that the earliest Innate Sacred beings to take form—such as himself, Zulong, Yuanfeng, and Shi Qilin—seemed to have exceptionally powerful physical foundations.
Later beings like Fuxi and Nüwa, as well as the Three Pure Ones and Kunpeng, who had yet to be born, tended to focus more on comprehending and wielding the laws of Heaven and Earth.
Could there be some reason for this?
Was it the difference in when they were born that led to different innate endowments?
Or was it... connected to the evolution of the Primordial World?
The many questions arising in Guiyuan's mind, while he seemed to be thinking about two things at once, only made Fuxi and Nüwa feel even more discouraged.
Fuxi paused before speaking. The pressure made it difficult for him to spare the attention to talk. "Fellow Daoist Guiyuan, you really do make it look... easy!"
A trace of strain crossed Nüwa's beautiful face as she silently followed behind Fuxi.
Fuxi's words brought Guiyuan back to himself. He said, "I have some insights into body-tempering techniques. Your Origin Foundation is rooted in innate Yin and Yang.
"As long as you can draw on the Yin and Yang of Heaven and Earth, you won't lack resources to strengthen your bodies."
"You can use the pressure here to temper yourselves. What do you think?"
Fuxi and Nüwa exchanged a glance. Fuxi said, "This is your own insight, Fellow Daoist Guiyuan. We..."
"It's all right. They're just a few insights. It's good if they can help you." Guiyuan didn't mind. He had planned from the start to build a good relationship with the siblings.
Compared with the Three Pure Ones and the Wu Clan, Fuxi and Nüwa were among the more even-tempered beings in the Primordial World.
Aside from the great karmic debt of severing his limbs, Guiyuan had no other conflicts with them.
Guiyuan stopped and looked at Fuxi and Nüwa, who were clearly struggling against the pressure.
Fuxi said gratefully, "Please tell us, Fellow Daoist. We're all ears."
Guiyuan didn't hold back and began at once.
He explained his Innate Inheritance, "Mysterious Turtle Supporting the Heavens," drawing parallels with the body-tempering system of the Eternal Life Great World.
"Do you know of the Wu Clan?" Guiyuan asked as he spoke.
Fuxi and Nüwa nodded. "We've seen them. Uh... they seem somewhat different from us."
After all, they had also been born on Mount Buzhou, so Fuxi and Nüwa had seen members of the Wu Clan before.
"The Wu Clan has powerful bodies, and their essence is also Innate Sacred.
"You wield the Great Dao through your souls, manifesting divine abilities. They wield the Great Dao through their bodies; every gesture contains the might of the laws."
He pointed to himself. "In other words, the physical body can also serve as a vessel for the Great Dao."
Fuxi asked in confusion, "But our Origin Foundations are different. The Ancestral Wu seem to temper their bodies with Earthly Turbid Qi and baleful energy."
"That's because those are their Origin Foundations. You two were born from innate Yin and Yang. Naturally, you can draw on the Yin and Yang Qi of Heaven and Earth to temper your Dao Bodies and inscribe Dao Scripts upon them."
His voice was steady, but his words made Fuxi's and Nüwa's eyes light up.
Fuxi and Nüwa were exceptionally perceptive. In an instant, they grasped the key.
Fuxi clapped his hands, the light of deduction flowing through his eyes. "Brilliant! To inscribe the innate Dao Scripts with one's own Great Dao—this is a grand and righteous path!"
Following Guiyuan's guidance, Fuxi and Nüwa's eyes brightened.
Instead of forcibly using their magic power to resist the vast pressure of Pangu around them, they began to treat it as a whetstone.
Their forms shifted. Their Innate Dao Bodies faded away, revealing their original forms, born in accordance with the Dao.
Fuxi's lower body became a long, winding dragon's tail, its scales gleaming with mysterious symbols.
Nüwa revealed a slender serpent's tail, her skin smooth and lustrous as she naturally resonated with the Yin Qi of Heaven and Earth.
This method focused on tempering their foundational Origin Foundations; their Innate Dao Bodies were secondary.
In an instant,
the Yin and Yang Qi throughout the surrounding world responded to their summons, flowing into the two of them like streams returning to the sea and nourishing their bodies.
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