Tongtian was genuinely a little bewildered now.
He really had not expected his second brother, the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, to choose to consult him.
But after giving it a little thought, he ultimately decided that he might as well go take a look.
One month later.
Houtu suddenly shuddered. Just as the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk completely replaced her physical body, the entire Netherworld shook with a thunderous rumble, then began to shrink slowly, merging with Houtu once more.
Boom!
Immediately afterward, Houtu's aura began to soar.
In mere moments, it rose straight to the Sage Realm.
But it did not stop there.
By the time Houtu opened her eyes again, her aura had surged all the way to the fourth heaven of Primordial Unity.
"Congratulations on becoming a Sage-and the ruler of the Earthly Dao, at that."
"Next, you just need to elevate a few more people and fill all seven Sage positions of the Earthly Dao. Once you do, even Hongjun won't be able to do anything to you."
"But you can't afford to slack off. You must race against every minute and second. After all, our enemies won't give us much time."
Tongtian smiled.
After all, starting today, he had another ally.
And Houtu was even his Dao Companion.
Now that both the Human Dao and the Earthly Dao were firmly in his hands, he only needed to give them some time to develop. They did not even need to reach full maturity-halfway would be enough for Tongtian to unite all the forces of the Primordial World. Even setting aside any campaigns against the myriad heavens and worlds, he would at least no longer have to fear people from other great worlds infiltrating the Primordial Great World.
As for the Heavenly Dao represented by Dao Ancestor Hongjun,