Just as Chen Ran had expected.
The clash between mythology and technology that took place beyond the Primordial World's crystal wall system had been brief, but the two utterly different yet equally terrifying auras it leaked had already alarmed the entire Primordial World.
Especially its most powerful great cultivators.
Mount Kunlun, Jade Void Palace.
Primordial Heavenly Venerate abruptly rose from his meditation cushion, his usually impassive face filled with uncertainty and shock.
"What was that aura just now...?"
One of them belonged to Junior Sister Nuwa. He could not possibly mistake it. That vast aura of creation was stronger and more unfathomable than ever before.
But what about the other one?
Cold, lifeless, and filled with the meaning of destruction and finality. It was a pure "foreign" aura utterly incompatible with every known Great Dao of the Primordial World.
It belonged neither to immortals, demons, yao, nor shamans.
It was an entirely new kind of "Dao," one he had never encountered before.
"What domineering power. It seems... even chaos was torn apart."
Shouyang Mountain, Eight Sceneries Palace.
The whisk in Grand Supreme Elder's hand moved without wind. His eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through the ages, gazed into the depths of chaos, and his brows furrowed slightly in rare concern.
As the foremost of the Three Pure Ones, with the highest cultivation, his perception was also the clearest.
He could sense that Junior Sister Nuwa's aura had briefly but violently collided with that unfamiliar aura.
The result was that the unfamiliar aura had fled in panic.
What did that mean?
It meant that Junior Sister Nuwa had single-handedly driven back a mysterious and formidable enemy from beyond the Primordial World, one at least on her level!
How was that possible?!
How long had it been since Junior Sister Nuwa became a Saint? How had she grown so powerful?
Could it be that after repairing the heavens, she had encountered some tremendous opportunity?
Golden Ao Island, Biyou Palace.
The Four Immortal Slaying Swords behind Lord of the Heavens rang repeatedly, as though they had sensed a threat—or perhaps... were thrilled.
"Interesting, interesting!"
"So there truly are other worlds beyond the Primordial World!"
Unlike the other Saints' astonishment, Lord of the Heavens' eyes burned with surging Fighting Spirit.
Like a shark that had caught the scent of blood, he wished he could charge out of the Primordial World right then and meet that unfamiliar powerhouse.
Meanwhile, in the west, Mount Sumeru.
The two Saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, exchanged looks, their faces full of bitterness.
"Senior Brother, this Senior Sister Nuwa... is becoming harder and harder to understand," Zhunti sighed.
The sorrow on Jieyin's suffering-worn face deepened.
They had believed that, as fellow Saints, even if there were differences between them, they could not be too great.
But now, it seemed that the gap between them and Nuwa had become so vast that they could barely even summon the thought of catching up.
She had already begun fighting "aliens," while they were still worrying over the west's meager land and scarce talent.
Comparisons really did drive people mad!
Thirty-Third Heaven, Purple Heaven Palace.
Within that palace unchanged through countless ages, a pair of indifferent eyes slowly opened.
Hongjun's gaze pierced through endless Spacetime. He saw the diamond-shaped warship fleeing in disarray, and he also saw Nuwa standing quietly amid chaos.
For the first time, an emotion called "surprise" appeared in his eyes.
Even he, one who had merged with the Heavenly Dao, could not fully analyze what that "iron can" truly was.
He could only sense that its laws did not fall under the Heavenly Dao's jurisdiction.
Yet Nuwa had driven it back.
This showed that Nuwa's power had, to a certain extent, begun to transcend the Heavenly Dao's restraints.
"A variable..."
Hongjun softly uttered those two words.
He looked toward the human race, toward that rising new civilization.
He seemed to understand something.
The root of Nuwa's transformation lay with the human race.
That race, which cultivated no Nascent Soul and comprehended no Heavenly Dao yet could unleash terrifying power, was influencing the future of the entire Primordial World in a way he could not understand.
"Will the Human Dao contend with the Heavenly Dao?"
No joy or anger could be seen on Hongjun's face.
He slowly closed his eyes.
It seemed as though everything had become unrelated to him once more.
Yet all the Saints knew that the Dao Ancestor had taken notice of this matter.
An even greater storm was brewing.
And Chen Ran, standing at the center of that storm, had expected this all along.
Aboard the flagship Civilization.
As he watched the overt and covert divine-sense probes from the various Saints' sacred grounds after their return to the Primordial World, a faint smile appeared on his face.
He knew that the days of secretly pursuing development were gone forever.
Because of this "alien invasion," the human race and Empress Nuwa had been completely pushed into the eye of the Primordial World's storm.
There was no hiding anymore.
Since that was the case, there was no need to hide.
"What should we do now, sir?" The Three Sovereigns came to Chen Ran's side. They too had sensed the pressure from the Saints.
"What should we do?"
Chen Ran's gaze swept over Mount Kunlun, Golden Ao Island, and Mount Sumeru.
"If they want to know, then we'll let them know."
"If they want to see, then we'll let them see."
"Pass on my order." Chen Ran's voice became firm and resounding.
"In the name of Human Civilization and Empress Nuwa, the Human Mother Saint, extend an invitation to all great cultivators of the Primordial World at the Quasi-Saint level and above."
"Three months from now, the first Primordial Safety and Development Conference shall be held at the human race's ancestral homeland!"
"There is only one topic for the conference."
Chen Ran looked at the familiar heavens and earth of the Primordial World beyond the window and spoke each word distinctly.
"To discuss the future of the Primordial World in the face of the threat of Extraterrestrial Civilization."
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