"We greet Heavenly Venerable Dao Xuan." Suddenly, several mighty figures of the Primordial World rose and bowed to Dao Xuan.
Seeing this, many more followed suit.
Dao Xuan nodded. "Please, sit. I came to hear Fellow Daoist Nuwa speak on the Great Dao of Creation."
Only then did everyone sit down again.
Nuwa smiled. "I'm delighted that you've come to hear me preach, fellow daoist. But I did not attain the Dao through the Law-Proving Dao, and my understanding of the Creation Dao is far from complete. I hope you won't laugh at me later."
"Of course not."
Dao Xuan waved a hand. "When it comes to the Creation Dao, you are the foremost in the Primordial World. How could I laugh? I should learn from you with an open mind!"
Nuwa nodded, then addressed the gathering. "This sermon will last only eight hundred years. You may contemplate it as you wish."
Without waiting for a response, Nuwa began to preach.
At once, wondrous phenomena appeared throughout the palace. The sound of the Dao thundered, celestial maidens scattered flowers, Golden Lotuses Sprang from the Earth, and rosy light and auspicious colors bloomed without end.
The hazy tones of the Dao left everyone below the dais entranced.
Dao Xuan listened closely too. As he did, he could not help but marvel: Nuwa might not have attained the Dao through the Law-Proving Dao, but in the Creation Dao, she truly was the foremost in the Primordial World.
Even though he had a world of his own unfolding, with limitless creation within it, his grasp of the Creation Law was still far behind hers.
And so eight hundred years slipped by. When the time was up, Nuwa stopped preaching.
Everyone below the dais gradually came to their senses.
"I have finished speaking on