"Speaking of which..."
Youchan suddenly asked through a mental transmission within She Xilu's mind, "Venerable Dongyan, which powerhouse gave you that Mother-Child Seal?"
"It was bestowed upon me by His Highness the Crown Prince of the Primordial Celestial Palace, the eldest prince," Venerable Dongyan replied telepathically. "Six thousand years ago, before I reincarnated into the mortal world as a representative of one of the Six Dao Traditions, the eldest prince suddenly descended and handed me that Mother-Child Seal. At the time, though, he only told me to crush it when the mortal world faced a crisis. I didn't even know it was a Mother-Child Seal until now."
"Oh, so it was the little princess's eldest brother." Youchan understood.
In ancient times, the Primordial Heavenly Emperor had ten children-the ten Three-Legged Golden Crows. The ancient divine archer Da Yi had shot down nine of them. Only the eldest prince, whose cultivation was the highest, had escaped. The enraged Primordial Heavenly Emperor had then slain Da Yi, who subsequently reincarnated as Hou Yi of the human race.
During the Primordial Cataclysm, when the Heavenly Dao became incomplete, that eldest prince had also seized the opportunity to ascend in a single leap, becoming one of the Heavenly Dao Powerhouses of the Primordial Celestial Palace.
"But it was the Primordial Heavenly Emperor who sealed Little Eleven in the mortal world back then. The eldest prince must have obtained his approval before giving Venerable Dongyan the Mother-Child Seal..."
Youchan said softly within She Xilu's mind, "The Primordial Heavenly Emperor deliberately sealed her in the mortal world toward the end of the Primordial Cataclysm. It feels more like he was protecting her. Nuwa also said earlier that 'it' is omnipotent, but sometimes, when someone is a mortal, 'it' turns a blind eye to them instead. Perhaps...