Fusion into One, the Birth of a Supreme Treasure

Next, Minghe repeated the process, fusing four of the remaining five Sea-Calming Divine Pearls together to form another Sea-Calming Divine Pearl at the grade of a top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasure.

That left three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls: two at the grade of top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures, and one at the grade of a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure.

Minghe chose to rest for a while, recovering his mind and magic power and bringing himself to his best condition before taking the final step.

What came next was the final step: the ultimate fusion of the three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

Once it succeeded, they would fuse into a Sea-Calming Divine Pearl at the level of an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Naturally, Minghe would not be careless. He had to get himself into peak condition first.

However, at that very moment, Minghe's heart stirred. A vague feeling came over him, as though something momentous was about to happen.

The next moment, Minghe looked beyond Mount Fangzhang and saw countless strange phenomena appearing throughout heaven and earth, while boundless Merit descended from the skies.

A vast and terrifying aura suddenly erupted, sweeping in every direction until it enveloped the entire Primordial World. Wherever it passed, countless living beings were forced to their knees.

Someone had attained the Dao and become a Saint. And there was no need to think about who it was.

It was—Nuwa.

Nuwa had finally succeeded in creating humanity and attained the Dao to become a Saint. After Hongjun, she was the second Saint of the Primordial World.

Without question, Nuwa had proven the Dao through Merit. She had refined the Hongmeng Purple Qi, entrusted her primordial spirit to the Heavenly Dao, and become a Saint.

From then on, as long as the Heavenly Dao remained undying, Saints would remain undying as well.

Watching the phenomena that filled the skies and the vast, endless aura that lingered for so long, Minghe could not help but lose himself in thought.

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

Very soon, after Nuwa, Laozi, Yuanshi, Tongtian, Jieyin, and Zhunti would also become Saints one after another.

This new era would be the Era of Saints! Once the Era of Saints arrived, it was easy to imagine just how greatly the existing order of the Primordial World would be shaken!

Thinking of this, Minghe secretly rejoiced that he had chosen the right path.

Since he had never gone to Zixiao Palace to hear the Dao, no one would keep an eye on him. Even when the Six Saints emerged and the Era of Saints arrived, he could continue to develop quietly as long as he maintained his low-profile principles.

Until he, too, attained the Dao.

Moreover, the path Minghe had chosen was Dao Proving Through Laws, the most orthodox method of proving the Dao.

Once he succeeded, his strength would absolutely surpass that of All Sages by far.

At that time, All Sages would not be his match, while Hongjun had merged himself with the Dao and was restricted by the Heavenly Dao, unable to do much to him.

Then he would truly be free and unfettered in this Primordial World.

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

At this moment, compared to Nuwa becoming a Saint and the coming of a new era, what Minghe cared about more was the birth of the Human Race.

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

Minghe thought it over again and again, hesitated for a while, and finally shook his head.

He decided not to think about it for now.

Though he had been human in his previous life, even he himself did not yet possess the ability to fully protect himself.

There was no need for him to rush over and support the Human Race like some nanny.

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

Minghe had seen plenty of cases where a small favor earned gratitude, while a great one bred resentment.

Sometimes, when you rushed to treat someone well, they might even think you had ulterior motives.

"Ding."

At that moment, the system notification sounded in Minghe's mind.

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

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

"Choice Two: Travel to the Primordial World and care for the newly born 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 notification, Minghe shook his head and silently said to the system, I choose three.

There was absolutely no need to watch Nuwa establish her Dao Field. There was basically no chance that doing so would benefit him.

Why else would the other great powers go watch Nuwa establish her Dao Field if not to curry favor with her?

After all, Nuwa was the first among them to become a Saint. Shouldn't they go flatter her?

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

Though Nuwa had departed, she had left behind power to protect the Human Race.

No one would be foolish enough at this time to touch the race Nuwa had molded when she became a Saint.

That would be slapping a Saint in the face. Who would dare?

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

He could not possibly stop now.

After Minghe made his choice, the system's reward was quickly issued.

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

At this rate, his goal of gathering enough fragments and refining a small Jade Disc of Creation might truly be achievable.

After accepting the reward, Minghe ignored everything else, closed his eyes to rest, and adjusted his condition.

A full hundred years passed before Minghe finally brought himself to his peak state.

He then began the final step, taking out the remaining three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls at once.

At the same time, he formed hand seals and drove the three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls to gradually fuse together.

This process was extremely slow.

The three Sea-Calming Divine Pearls stuck together and spun without pause, forming an enormous vortex.

Surging spiritual energy swept in continuously from every direction, pouring into the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls.

Yet the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls remained like bottomless pits, accepting all comers and endlessly devouring spiritual energy.

If not for being inside Mount Fangzhang, Minghe did not know how much heavenly lightning he would have suffered.

Still, as he persevered, the Sea-Calming Divine Pearl that was merely a high-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure was the first to fuse after three thousand years.

After absorbing that Sea-Calming Divine Pearl, the remaining two Sea-Calming Divine Pearls also grew larger.

Still stuck together, they spun rapidly.

Minghe could sense that these two Sea-Calming Divine Pearls had nearly reached the limit of top-tier Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Once they successfully fused together, they would become an Innate Supreme Treasure.

Minghe waited patiently.

Finally, after another full ten thousand years, accompanied by a muffled boom, the last two Sea-Calming Divine Pearls finally fused together.

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

An Innate Supreme Treasure was born at this very moment!