"You two wish to establish the Earth Immortal Church and earn the merit of founding a church, but you must also have doctrines of your own that the Heavenly Dao recognizes. That should not be difficult, though it would be improper for me to take any further part. I shall take my leave."
Dao Xuan spoke to the two of them again.
Hearing this, Zhen Yuanzi and Hong Yun hurriedly rose and escorted Dao Xuan out of the Five Villages Temple.
Zhen Yuanzi said, "Dao brother, you have already helped us a great deal. Hong Yun and I can discuss the matter of doctrine ourselves."
Hong Yun nodded as well.
Dao Xuan said no more. Taking Xuanming with him, he returned to Chaos Island.
Meanwhile, after Nuwa created humans and became a Saint, she entrusted the Human Tribe she had created to Linghu's care.
Although Linghu had been a Daluo Golden Immortal from the moment she assumed human form, her magical power and divine abilities alone were enough to let her roam the Primordial World unhindered, even without her status as Dao Xuan's disciple.
But when Nuwa entrusted the Human Tribe to her, she had imposed a condition: Linghu could not use any spells or divine abilities to help them. The humans had to overcome their various difficulties themselves and thereby survive in the Primordial World.
At most, Linghu could guide and advise the Human Tribe at critical moments.
At first, Linghu had thought little of this. Yet as the days passed, she watched the Human Tribe struggle for survival in the Primordial World, clad in rags as they blazed their trail.
In particular, of the original hundred and twenty thousand or so humans, more than ten thousand had died in just over a century.
Linghu's heart ached with