Chapter 343: Zhunti repaid his karmic debt, and Nuwa took the blame
Above Chen Capital, Gungun still had no idea what Ao Yue had just done. It was still watching the situation in the city below.
After accepting the decree Yinglong handed him, Shennong asked Zhunti, "May I ask, Saint, is my daughter still alive?"
At this question, Zhunti shook his head.
Seeing this, Shennong trembled and nearly fell.
Although he had already braced himself, receiving a definitive answer from a Saint still left Shennong in agony. He wept bitterly. "My daughter!"
Seeing Shennong in such anguish, Zhunti said to him from the sky, "There is no need to grieve. Although Nuwa has fallen, she has an extraordinary affinity with Heaven. She will become a Divine Bird and remain in this world forever."
Hum! As he spoke, Zhunti flicked a finger. In the distant Demon Emperor Palace, Nuwa's imprisoned primordial spirit suddenly stirred violently, beyond her control. Then she actually forced her way through the restrictive formation Lu Ya had laid down, flew out of the northern lands, and headed toward Chen Capital.
Along the way, she burst into dazzling light. Within that radiance, she transformed into a Divine Bird, spread her wings, and let out a long cry toward the heavens. Lu Ya, who had discovered that his restrictive formation had been broken and chased her out of the Demon Emperor Palace, looked utterly livid.
Soon, under Zhunti's control, the Divine Bird crossed mountains and seas at an inconceivable speed, arriving above Chen Capital before Shennong and the others.
"She, she is... Nuwa?"
"Father!" the Divine Bird cried joyfully.
Hearing that familiar voice, tears streamed down Shennong's aged face. This time, they were tears of joy rather than sorrow. He laughed. "Good, good, my child,
Father is here!"
"Father!"