Dao Ancestor, the Era Has Changed!

After laying everything on the table, Chen Ran and Nuwa's cooperation entered its honeymoon phase.

With Nuwa, the strongest Saint in the Primordial World, actively cooperating, Chen Ran's "Human Development Plan" progressed exceptionally smoothly.

He no longer needed to use such an inefficient method as dream messages.

Instead, he directly packaged and transmitted a massive amount of "civilization technology" optimized and simulated by the system to Nuwa.

Nuwa then bestowed it directly upon humanity in the form of Divine Revelation from the Holy Mother.

For a time, humanity's development entered an era of explosive growth.

[ Ding! Humanity created 'Oracle Bone Script,' and civilization entered the Historical Era. Civilization Power +! Host Nuwa gained enlightenment in the great divine ability 'Word of Law'!]

[ Ding! Humanity established its first city-state, 'Chen Capital,' and instituted the 'Five Emperors Succession' system. Civilization Power +! Host Nuwa unlocked the structure 'Human Way Canopy,' immune to all laws and blessed with fortune!]

[ Ding! Humanity developed 'Psionic Rune Technology' and created the first-generation 'Farming Puppet.' Productivity was greatly liberated. Civilization Power +! Host Nuwa comprehended a new Great Dao, 'Mechanical Ascension' (Primordial World version)!]

In just a few thousand years,

the human valley had undergone tremendous changes.

The towering city walls were no longer made of earth and wood, but alloy gleaming with rune light.

Within the city, rune-powered vehicles that needed no oxen or horses traveled along neatly planned streets.

In the fields, crude-looking "Farming Puppets" toiled tirelessly.

Humanity had already taken its first steps onto the path of Technological Cultivation.

Though their individual strength still could not compare to those great demons and Great Shamans who cultivated for tens of thousands of years,

relying on the power of civilization and technology, they had gained the ability to protect themselves and even strike back.

As the direct beneficiary of all this,

Nuwa's strength had swelled to a level that frightened even her.

The other Saints were still openly and secretly fighting over scraps of merit and fortune.

Meanwhile, she stayed in the Wa Empress Palace every day, drinking tea and watching livestreams of humanity's development, while her strength soared like a rocket.

She now felt that a single finger would be enough to crush her former self to death.

The feeling of growing stronger while lying down was simply incredible.

She became increasingly convinced that swallowing Chen Ran in one bite back then had been the wisest decision made since the Creation of Heaven and Earth.

One day,

the bells of the Purple Heaven Palace rang.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun summoned the Six Saints once more.

When Nuwa arrived at the Purple Heaven Palace, the eyes of the other five Saints were already filled with awe and confusion.

They simply could not understand how their junior sister had cultivated.

Hongjun's figure appeared upon the high platform.

His gaze swept across the Six Saints before finally settling on Nuwa, lingering noticeably longer than usual.

"There are two matters for which I have summoned you."

Hongjun's voice remained indifferent, yet it carried an unquestionable majesty.

"First, the Investiture of the Gods Calamity is about to begin. The Heavenly Court has no ruler and must select three hundred and sixty-five proper gods from the Chan, Jie, and Human Sects to complete the heavenly order."

"Second, humanity is flourishing, but its path of development has deviated from the proper course of the Heavenly Way, breeding many variables. This is heresy and must be corrected to restore order."

Hongjun's words shook the hearts of the Three Pure Ones and the others.

The Investiture of the Gods Calamity!

This was another earth-shattering karmic tribulation!

Yet what shocked them even more was Hongjun's assessment of humanity.

Heresy?

Restore order?

Was he going to... make a move against humanity?

They instinctively looked toward Nuwa.

Nuwa merely sat still, her expression cool and detached, as though Hongjun's words had nothing to do with her.

But Chen Ran, within her body, had already exploded.

"Well, well! I hadn't even gone looking for trouble with you, yet you came looking for me first!"

"Restore order? Put bluntly, you saw that humanity's 'Technological Cultivation' path had slipped beyond your control, so you want to forcibly drag humanity back onto the 'Mystic Gate Immortal Way' and make them work for you!"

"In your dreams!"

Chen Ran's will instantly connected with Nuwa's.

"My lady, it's time for us to put on a show!"

Nuwa understood at once. She slowly rose to her feet and faced the Dao Ancestor upon the high platform.

"Nuwa cannot agree with the Dao Ancestor's words."

Her voice echoed throughout the Purple Heaven Palace.

"What path humanity takes is humanity's own choice. The Heavenly Way has no right to interfere."

"As for the Investiture of the Gods..."

A faint curve touched Nuwa's lips.

"My humanity has its own divine system and has no need for the Heavenly Court's appointment. If the Heavenly Court lacks people, Dao Ancestor may select from the remnants of the Witch and Demon Races. Or the disciples of the Chan and Jie Sects can simply fill more positions on the list."

With those words, she directly kicked the ball to Yuanshi and Tongtian.

Yuanshi and Tongtian's faces darkened, but they did not dare refute her.

Because Nuwa was truly beyond their ability to provoke now.

"Impudent!"

For the first time, anger appeared on Hongjun's face.

An immeasurable Heavenly Way Pressure descended upon Nuwa!

This was power beyond a Saint, the will of the entire Primordial World's Heavenly Way!

Under this pressure, the Nascent Souls of the other five Saints trembled, and they nearly fell to their knees.

Yet Nuwa remained where she stood, utterly unmoving.

Above her head rose a canopy formed from the Human Way Merit of countless humans.

Upon the canopy, the Fire of Civilization blazed fiercely.

No matter how the Heavenly Way Pressure surged against it, it could not shake her in the slightest.

"Dao Ancestor, the era has changed."

Nuwa looked calmly at Hongjun and spoke each word distinctly.

Just then, a sudden change occurred!

Outside the Purple Heaven Palace, within the chaos,

space was torn open by a massive rift.

Enormous fleets gleaming with metallic luster, their hulls carved with energy runes, slowly sailed out from the spatial rift!

The flagship at their head was as large as a star.

Upon its deck stood densely packed figures.

They were humanity's newest elite force—the Human Expeditionary Force!

At their head stood the Three Sovereigns, who had already attained the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm!

Behind them stood rows of human soldiers clad in silver-white Psionic Mecha.

Though these mecha were only first-generation models, each one possessed destructive power comparable to a Golden Immortal!

The appearance of this fleet plunged the entire Purple Heaven Palace into deathly silence.

The Three Pure Ones, Jieyin, and Zhunti stared dumbfoundedly at the fleet outside the window, its style a blend of "science fiction" and "fantasy," feeling their entire worldview collapse.

This... was humanity?

That weak race which, in their memories, had still been stuck in the tribal era?

How had they reached the chaos?

And what were all those things?

Hongjun's gaze also turned toward the window.

For the first time, an emotion called "shock" appeared in his eyes.

He could sense that while the fleet and its tens of thousands of mecha warriors were not individually strong, the power they could unleash together was enough to threaten Saints!

And this was clearly only the tip of humanity's power.

Just then,

a figure slowly emerged from Nuwa's body.

He was a handsome young man dressed in white.

His aura was ethereal and profound, as though he did not belong to this spacetime.

It was Chen Ran, who could now temporarily take form through the immense Civilization Power.

Chen Ran walked to Nuwa's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with her.

He raised his head and looked toward Dao Ancestor Hongjun on the high platform, the representative of the old era's order.

The corners of his lips also curved into a smile.

Pointing behind him at the civilization fleet belonging to humanity that had crossed through the chaos, he repeated Nuwa's earlier words in a calm yet resolute voice.

"Dao Ancestor, the era has changed."

"In the Primordial World now, we humans have the final say!"