Before Houtu Hall.
Houtu stood before the hall doors with her hands behind her back, her goose-yellow robes fluttering gently in the wind.
She raised her eyes toward the two golden pillars of light above the underworld.
Sensing Zhen Yuanzi and Nether River's steadily growing auras.
The corners of her lips slowly curved into a smile.
The smile was faint, yet it carried the relieved ease of a burden finally lifted.
"It's done."
The two words fell like a spring breeze brushing across one's face.
"Zhen Yuanzi has attained the Dao. Nether River has attained the Dao."
"Two Earth Dao Sages."
"With me included, the Great Earth finally has Three Sages."
"Though we are still far inferior to the Heavenly Dao, we are no longer lone figures with no companions."
Zhen Yuanzi and Nether River hovered beneath the Samsara Seal.
One in azure, one in crimson.
The pressure of two Earth Dao Sages intertwined like a net.
It echoed the radiance of the Six Paths Samsara and resonated with the roaring waters of the River of Forgetfulness.
At this moment, the entire Netherworld Underworld trembled faintly.
The tremor was exceedingly slight.
So slight that it was almost impossible to detect.
Yet Houtu sensed it.
It was the jubilant cry of the Great Earth Origin.
After slumbering for hundreds of millions of yuanhui, after being suppressed for hundreds of millions of yuanhui, it was now rejoicing at the arrival of newborn power.
"Come in."
Houtu spoke, her voice not loud.
Yet it reached Zhen Yuanzi and Nether River's ears with perfect clarity.
The two exchanged a glance, then turned around together.
Took a step.
The next second.
In Houtu Hall.
The void rippled faintly.
Two figures slowly materialized.
Zhen Yuanzi's azure robes snapped in the wind, his long beard drifting.
Nether