Within the Earth Sovereign Dao Palace, Zhang Jian sat high upon the Earth Sovereign divine throne.
As an honored guest, Nuwa sat below him.
She looked at Zhang Jian with slight surprise, astonishment flickering in her eyes.
In truth, she had made arrangements for Zhang Jian long ago.
She had deduced that an innate sacred being bearing immense fortune would cultivate the Diagram of Mountains, Rivers, and the State, and embark upon a path of earth entirely different from her own. Thus, many cosmic eras in advance, she had made certain arrangements.
She had intended to form a good bond with him.
She had also intended to nurture this extraordinarily gifted junior. Thus, she had driven a wedge into the river of fate, lending him some aid when Zhang Jian underwent his first great tribulation of destruction.
The outcome proved that her deduction had not been mistaken.
Yet everything that followed lay entirely beyond her expectations.
This junior had performed far more brilliantly than her deductions had suggested. Not only had he attained Primordial Origin, he had also influenced the overall situation across the heavens and the void.
At that moment, Zhang Jian's clear voice reached her ears.
"Your Ladyship's presence in the Earth Sovereign Dao Palace truly makes this humble place shine!"
"Now that Your Ladyship has returned, as a junior, I should have taken the initiative to visit you!"
Nuwa glanced at him and smiled.
"You flatter me, Fellow Daoist!"
"You too are now a Saint. Your status and cultivation are no less than mine, and may even surpass them. Why need you be so courteous?"
She looked at Zhang Jian again and smiled.
"Still, I never expected that only one cosmic era had passed since our parting upon the river of time, and your cultivation would already