After leaving the Purple Cloud Palace, Nuwa headed straight for Xu Tong's cultivation grounds on Kunlun Mountain.
She now held the position of Teacher of the Heavenly Sovereign.
But she had no disciples under her, so naturally, she would give the position to Xu Tong to repay a karmic debt.
Nuwa also wanted to ask about her elder brother.
Although Old Ancestor Hongjun had said her brother could become the Heavenly Sovereign of the Human Race, with a status comparable to a Sage's.
Nuwa felt that the matter was probably not so simple.
After the previous incident with the Heavenly Pillar, Nuwa felt that Hongjun seemed to have been scheming against the Sages all along.
Thus, Nuwa no longer quite trusted Hongjun.
Xu Tong, on the other hand, had helped her time and again. Perhaps he could offer her some guidance.
At least she could learn whether the position of Heavenly Sovereign would ultimately be good or bad for her brother.
When visiting Xu Tong, she found Black Tortoise still sitting outside in meditation.
Seeing a streak of light shoot across the horizon, Black Tortoise immediately opened his eyes and watched it.
After ten thousand years of steady cultivation, Black Tortoise's cultivation had firmly reached the peak of Mid-Quasi-Sage.
In the Primordial World, he now ranked among the greatest mighty beings below the Sages.
Apart from a handful of individuals, there really was no one who could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.
Seeing that streak of light, Black Tortoise initially thought someone ignorant of the rules was trespassing on Xu Tong's cultivation grounds.
But once he saw who had come, Black Tortoise relaxed.
"Black Tortoise pays his respects to Empress Nuwa."
The visitor was none other than Nuwa.
Nuwa was also taken aback to see Black Tortoise still guarding