Fusion into One, Supreme Treasure Born

Next, Minghe repeated the process, fusing four of the remaining five Sea-Calming Divine Pearls together once more, producing another top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure-grade Sea-Calming Divine Pearl.

Thus, only three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls remained: two of top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure quality, and one of supreme-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure quality.

Minghe chose to rest for a while, recovering his spirit and magic power, adjusting his state to its peak before proceeding with the final step.

This next step was the last: the ultimate fusion of the three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

If successful, it would yield an Innate Supreme Treasure-grade Sea-Calming Divine Pearl.

Minghe naturally would not be careless; he had to ensure his condition was optimal first.

But just then, suddenly, Minghe's heart stirred. An inexplicable feeling arose within him, as if something momentous was about to happen.

The next moment, Minghe looked out beyond Mount Fangzhang and saw countless celestial omens appearing across heaven and earth, along with rolling waves of merit descending from the sky.

An awe-inspiring, terrifying aura erupted violently, sweeping in all directions until it enveloped the entire Primordial World. Wherever it passed, countless beings were crushed to their knees.

Someone had proven the Dao and become a saint. And there was no need to guess who.

It was—Nuwa.

Nuwa had finally succeeded in creating humanity and proven the Dao to become a saint. She was the second saint of the Primordial World, after Hongjun.

And without a doubt, Nuwa had proven the Dao through merit, refining the Hongmeng Purple Qi and entrusting her Primordial Spirit to the Heavenly Dao, becoming a saint.

From then on, as long as the Heavenly Dao endured, the saint would never perish.

Minghe gazed at the boundless omens and the vast, lingering aura, momentarily lost in thought.

He knew that a brand-new era was about to begin.

Soon, aside from Nuwa, the remaining five—Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti—would all become saints in succession.

This new era was the Age of Saints! Once the Age of Saints arrived, it was easy to imagine what impact it would have on the existing structure of the Primordial World!

Thinking this, Minghe secretly felt relieved that the path he had chosen was the right one.

Having never attended the lectures at Zixiao Palace, he would not be targeted by anyone. Even if the Six Saints emerged and the Age of Saints came, as long as he continued to uphold his principle of keeping a low profile, he could quietly develop.

Until he himself proved the Dao.

Moreover, the method Minghe had chosen to prove the Dao was through Laws—the most orthodox path.

If successful, his strength would absolutely far surpass that of All Sages.

By then, the Sages would be no match for him, and Hongjun, having merged with the Heavenly Dao, would be bound by its restrictions and unable to do anything to him.

Thus, he would truly be free and unfettered in the Primordial World.

Endure for a moment, and the wind and waves calm; step back one pace, and the sky and sea open wide. That was the principle.

At this moment, compared to Nuwa becoming a saint and the imminent arrival of a new era, Minghe was more concerned about the birth of the Human Race.

After all, in his past life, Minghe had been human.

Minghe thought it over and over, feeling conflicted, and finally shook his head.

He chose to set this aside for now.

Though he had been human in a past life, even he himself did not yet have the full ability to protect himself.

There was no need to rush forward like a nanny to uplift the Human Race.

Besides, the Human Race might not even be willing to accept his help.

A favor of a peck of rice breeds gratitude; a favor of a bushel breeds enmity—Minghe had seen such things before.

Sometimes, when you rush to be kind to someone, they might suspect you have ulterior motives.

"Ding."

Just then, the system's prompt sounded in Minghe's mind.

"Detected that Nuwa has successfully created humanity and become a Heavenly Dao Saint. She will soon open a Dao Field in the chaos beyond the Thirty-three Heavens. The host may make the following choices."

"Choice One: Go to the chaos beyond the Thirty-three Heavens to watch Nuwa open her Dao Field. Reward: one portion of Innate Yin-Yang Origin."

"Choice Two: Go to the Primordial World to care for the newborn Human Race. Reward: one portion of Innate Origin of Creation."

"Choice Three: Continue fusing the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls. Reward: one Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation."

After hearing the system's prompts, Minghe shook his head and silently said to the system in his mind: "I choose three."

Going to watch Nuwa open her Dao Field was completely unnecessary. After all, what benefit could it possibly bring him?

The reason other great powers went to watch Nuwa open her Dao Field was simply to curry favor with her, wasn't it?

After all, Nuwa was the first among them to become a saint—of course they would flock to ingratiate themselves.

As for caring for the newborn Human Race, that was also unnecessary.

Though Nuwa had left, she had also left behind power to protect humanity.

No one would be foolish enough at this time to provoke the race Nuwa had created upon becoming a saint.

After all, that would be slapping a saint in the face—who would dare?

Thus, Minghe chose the third option. It was also the most fitting choice. After all, the fusion of the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls was already at its final stage.

He couldn't stop now.

As Minghe made his choice, the system's reward was soon dispensed.

This was also the fifth Fragment of the Jade Disc of Creation that Minghe had obtained.

At this rate, the goal of gathering enough fragments to refine a Lesser Jade Disc of Creation might actually be achievable.

After accepting the reward, Minghe paid no further attention to anything else, closing his eyes to rest and adjust his state.

Thus, a full century passed before Minghe finally brought his condition to its peak.

Then, Minghe began the final step, offering up the remaining three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls together.

At the same time, he formed hand seals, channeling his power to drive these three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to gradually merge into one.

This process was extremely slow.

The three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls clung together, spinning continuously, forming a massive vortex.

Rolling tides of spiritual energy surged in from all directions, pouring into the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

Yet the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls remained like bottomless pits, accepting everything without refusal, ceaselessly devouring the spiritual energy.

If not for being on Mount Fangzhang, Minghe would have suffered who knows how many heavenly strikes.

But by persisting without pause, finally, in the third millennium, the pearl among the three that was merely a top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure was the first to merge.

The remaining two Sea-Calming Divine Pearls, having absorbed this one, grew even larger.

They clung together, spinning rapidly.

It could be felt that these two Sea-Calming Divine Pearls had also nearly reached the limit of top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Once they successfully merged, they would become an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Minghe waited patiently.

Finally, after another full ten thousand years, with a muffled boom, the last two Sea-Calming Divine Pearls at last merged together.

Forming a single Sea-Calming Divine Pearl—or rather, this was the "Chaos Pearl" that Minghe had refined.

An Innate Supreme Treasure was born in that moment!