I'm Revealing Myself, Empress, I'm Living Inside Your Belly

Appointing the Three Sovereigns and seizing the dominance of the Human Dao.

This series of actions made Nuwa's status in the hearts of all Saints become increasingly mysterious and unattainable.

As for herself, the doubts in her heart reached their peak.

After sending away several senior brothers who came to offer congratulations but were actually probing her, Nuwa returned alone to the quiet room of the Wa Empress Palace.

She did not meditate, nor did she cultivate.

She simply sat quietly, her divine sense completely immersed within her Saint Body.

This time, her target was very clear.

It was the mysterious source hidden in the deepest part of her body, the one that brought about all the changes in her.

"Who exactly are you?"

"Why do you help me? Why do you help the Human Race?"

"What is the relationship between us?"

Nuwa asked three questions in a row.

Her voice was no longer tentative, but carried the majesty of a Saint and the determination to explore the origin.

She knew that the other party could definitely hear her.

If she didn't get an answer this time, she might even be willing to expend her origin to strip this "secret" from her body.

Having an unknown existence residing within her, even if it brought great benefits, was ultimately a hidden danger.

Chen Ran's ball of consciousness vibrated gently.

He knew that the moment of truth had arrived.

After ten thousand years of symbiosis, and after cooperating in events like mending the heavens and appointing the Three Sovereigns, a preliminary trust based on common interests had been established between him and Nuwa.

Most importantly, Nuwa's current strength was already sufficient.

She was strong enough to protect his secret.

Continuing to hide it would only lead to unnecessary suspicion and estrangement.

"Empress, please do not be alarmed."

A gentle and clear consciousness, for the first time, proactively sounded within Nuwa's Primordial Spirit.

This voice was no longer the grand and vague "Divine Revelation" from before, but carried a clear individual will.

Nuwa's Saint Heart trembled violently.

Found it!

It was this voice!

"You... can communicate with me?"

"Naturally, I can."

Chen Ran's consciousness organized its words, knowing that the following conversation would determine his future fate.

"First, please allow me to introduce myself."

"My name is Chen Ran."

"My origin... is somewhat complicated. You can understand me as a wisp of a soul from another world and time, which, by chance, merged with the first 'flame of civilization' born from the Human Race, becoming what I am now."

Nuwa listened quietly, without interrupting.

A soul from another world and time?

The flame of civilization?

These concepts were all extremely novel to her.

"As for why I am inside your body..."

A hint of awkwardness emanated from Chen Ran's consciousness.

"It's because, after you created humans, your body was depleted, and you treated me like a 'small energy snack,' swallowing me in one gulp..."

Nuwa: "..."

On her Saintly face, which had been calm for eternity, appeared an extremely rare expression of "astonishment."

She remembered.

After creating humans back then, she did feel a wave of weakness. Then, at the foot of Mount Buzhou, she saw a flame full of vitality and spirituality. Without thinking, she inhaled it to replenish her energy.

So... that was him?

For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat subtle.

"Therefore, I did not intend to offend, but was passively residing within your body."

Chen Ran quickly explained.

"And the accompanying item I brought with me is something called the [Civilization Parasite System]. Its rules are everything we have experienced all these years."

"I guide the Human Race in developing civilization and obtain 'Civilization Power.' Most of this power will then feed back to you, strengthening your cultivation."

"Between us, we have a symbiotic relationship. When one prospers, both prosper; when one suffers, both suffer."

Chen Ran concisely explained the core mechanics of the System.

He didn't hide anything, because at a time like this, honesty was the best approach.

Nuwa absorbed the massive amount of information, a tempest raging within her heart.

Parasite System?

Civilization Power?

Strengthening the Host?

All of this perfectly explained the doubts she had harbored for ten thousand years.

Why had her strength increased so wildly without her doing anything?

Why had such inconceivable knowledge, from artifact refining to "patching the sky with cement," appeared in her mind out of nowhere?

Why did she have such a clear sense of the Human Race's development?

So, the root of it all lay here.

Inside her body resided a "transmigrator," and he brought a "System"!

"So, guiding the Human Race to migrate and avoid the Witch-Demon tribulation was your doing."

"When patching the sky, you taught me 'architecture'."

"Just now, you were the one who told me to preempt the Dao Ancestor and enfeign the Three Sovereigns."

Nuwa's tone had returned to calm, but each word carried a tone of confirmation.

"Yes," Chen Ran admitted frankly.

"What is your goal?" Nuwa asked the most crucial question.

"My goal is the same as yours, Empress, and the same as the Human Race's."

Chen Ran's consciousness became incredibly solemn.

"My short-term goal is to ensure the Human Race survives in this perilous Primordial Era, to grow and become the protagonists of heaven and earth. This way, I can obtain a continuous stream of Civilization Power."

"My mid-term goal is to make you the most powerful being in the Primordial World. Your safety is my safety. The more robust your 'shelter' is, the more secure I, the 'parasite,' will be."

"As for the long-term goal..."

Chen Ran paused. A magnificent and epic picture appeared within his consciousness orb, which he simultaneously projected to Nuwa.

It was a blueprint of the Human Race's civilization developed to its absolute peak.

No longer primitive tribes.

Instead, there were city-states flourishing, strict systems in place, written traditions passed down, and a hundred schools of thought contending.

Even...

The scene shifted.

Giant steel ships, driven by runes, traversed the river of stars.

Human warriors clad in "psionic mechs," wielding weapons capable of tearing space, battled demons in the chaos.

The Human Race's civilization was no longer confined to the Primordial World but had expanded to the myriad worlds of the heavens.

And Nuwa, as the creator and guardian deity of all this, her divine throne hung high above all civilizations, revered by billions of living beings. Her power had long surpassed that of a Heavenly Dao Saint, reaching an unimaginable realm.

"My ultimate goal is to prove the Dao through 'Civilization,' to help you, Empress, and the entire Human Race transcend this Heavenly Dao and attain true freedom and unfettered existence!"

Looking at the magnificent blueprint, even Nuwa's Saint heart felt an unprecedented shock.

Technological Cultivation?

Proving Dao through Civilization?

Transcendence of the Heavenly Dao?

This "Chen Ran" residing within her had a vision and scope that far exceeded the boundaries of the Primordial World.

After a long while, Nuwa finally recovered from her shock.

She felt no anger, no rejection. Instead, a peculiar sense of closeness arose...

This partner who had "coexisted" with her for ten thousand years, though of peculiar origin, shared the same goal as her.

Moreover, he had charted a path for her and the Human Race that was even more glorious than she had ever imagined.

"I understand,"

Nuwa spoke slowly.

"From this day forward, you and I will no longer be 'parasite' and 'host'."

"We are... allies."

Chen Ran's consciousness orb pulsed with joy.

"Pleasure cooperating with you, Empress."

The greatest hidden danger was finally resolved.

It had transformed from one-sided "covert operations" to two-sided "cooperative win-win."

This meant the resources and energy he could mobilize would increase exponentially.