Praise born naturally from boundless merit echoed between heaven and earth. Lady Nuwa, supremely benevolent and holy, stepped out of the painting. The pressure of her presence alone transformed the world, restoring the frozen space to normal and forcing Demon Ancestor Mingye's power to disperse completely!
"Nuwa..."
The Savior of the World and the other True Demons stared almost blankly at Lady Nuwa high above them. Feeling a pressure even more terrifying than that of the great Ancestor, she dared not move a single finger, let alone continue breaking the formation.
"Lady Nuwa!"
The golden crow girl gazed at Lady Nuwa in delighted surprise, her eyes filled with reverence.
When she had followed her imperial father in the past, she had been a junior, but she had still seen Lady Nuwa's revered face from afar. Lady Nuwa was also on good terms with her father. Now, she was as excited as a child meeting an elder's close friend.
"Lady Nuwa..." She Xilu froze.
During her first ritual at the Heaven-Praying Altar, she had seen Lady Nuwa's projection, but that had merely been an unconscious phantom whose features she could not make out.
Now Lady Nuwa had appeared before her so vividly that it felt unreal, like a dream.
"How is this possible? The real Nuwa? And an avatar, at that?"
Youchan's stunned voice rang out in She Xilu's mind. "Given her connection to Lin Zhishui, I could understand Nuwa sending down a strand of divine awareness, but... this painting could actually form a real avatar across realms?"
"What's so unusual about an avatar?" She Xilu asked, puzzled.
She knew about them too.
To use a technique like an external avatar, one had to at least cultivate a Primordial Spirit and cross the threshold of a particular "Way." Only then could