Nuwa

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Nuwa (女娲)
Alias(es)	Lady Nuwa; Holy Mother of the Human Race; Lord/Mistress of the Human Dao; “Nuwa of the Human Race.” Formerly called Wa Emperor, Empress Wa, and Wa Sovereign 450 457 461 462 512.
Species/Race	Innate deity; later identifies exclusively with the Human Race after severing her Demon Race ties 380 406 462.
Gender	Female 380.
Affiliation	Human Race; Human Sect; Human Dao. Formerly associated with the Demon Race 456 457 462.
Occupation/Role	Creator and protector of humanity; founder and Sect Master of the Human Sect; Ling Feng’s master 409 450 458.
Cultivation	Peak fifth level of Primordial Unity—the latest explicitly stated realm in the provided chapters 466.
Constitution	Innate divine spirit body 406.
Residence	Originally a cave abode near Mount Buzhou; later Wa Emperor Palace in Wa Emperor Heaven, beyond the Thirty-Three Heavens 381 450 451.
Status	Alive and active 516.
First Appearance	Chapter 379 379.

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Daluo Golden Immortal / Great Luo	379 380	Her realm at her first meeting with Ling Feng. Her innate divine spirit constitution allowed her to reach this level with almost no obstacles 406.
Peak early Quasi-Saint	444	Benefits from Hongjun’s three Dao lectures and severs her good corpse. Her true body spends a thousand years contemplating the Dao while that corpse searches for Ling Feng.
Peak Quasi-Saint	449	The Primordial Unity Creation method accelerates her cultivation. She severs her evil and self corpses, completing the Three Corpses, but intends to attain Primordial Unity rather than Heavenly Dao sainthood.
Golden Immortal of the Primordial Origin — second realm of Primordial Unity	450	Creating humanity completes her Creation Law. She attains Primordial Unity, then absorbs creation merit and passes through the first realm directly into the second.
Approaching the third level of Primordial Unity	452	Refines humanity’s faith and fortune for more than a decade after granting cultivation methods. The chapter describes her nearing the third level, not completing that breakthrough.
Fourth realm of Primordial Unity	457	Establishing the Human Sect and receiving the Human Dao’s recognition grants merit, faith, and fortune sufficient for a direct breakthrough. She also gains access to the Human Dao’s power.
Peak fifth level of Primordial Unity	466	Hongjun explicitly identifies her new cultivation. She is catching up to him, though he remains stronger through his own realm and the Heavenly Dao’s support.

Background / History

Nuwa grew up with her elder brother, Fuxi. Although they eventually established separate cultivation abodes, she had never left Mount Buzhou before meeting Ling Feng. Her early life left her unfamiliar with romantic attention despite her immense age and cultivation 379 383.

A cultivation mishap caused her to cough up Heart Blood, from which a fruit tree grew. She nurtured it for years beside her cave abode. Ling Feng’s consumption of its fruit created the one-way mental connection that became central to their relationship 379.

Her original Way of Creation represented hundreds of millions of years of comprehension and contained her understanding of the Creation Law. Ling Feng’s concealed knowledge later revealed both higher cultivation realms and a future in which she would create humanity—knowledge that redirected her pursuit of the Dao 382 383 418.

Appearance

Nuwa is depicted as exceptionally beautiful, with fair skin, phoenix eyes, and an imposing divine presence. Her appearance carries a visible resonance of the Dao, which becomes still more profound after she attains Primordial Unity 379 450.

• Phoenix eyes: Express both commanding authority and her frequently concealed amusement or embarrassment 379 380.
• Human-shaped appearance: Ling Feng observes long legs rather than the snake-bodied form he expected 380.
• Slender waist and graceful posture: Described alongside a jade-white, swanlike neck 453.
• Dao resonance: After her breakthrough, she appears detached from worldly things and surrounded by an unmistakably sacred presence 450.

Personality

Initially curious and playful, Nuwa enjoys teasing Ling Feng rather than insisting on strict seniority. His poetic praise delights her, while his romantic fantasies repeatedly leave her blushing and flustered. She conceals these reactions—and her access to his thoughts—to continue investigating his origins 379 380 382.

Her generosity coexists with pride and possessiveness. She gives Ling Feng treasures and her hard-earned cultivation method, but also uses overwhelming force to make him her attendant and later invokes a master–disciple relationship to prevent him from leaving. As her affection deepens, his growing strength and relationships with other women unsettle her 380 383 409 516.

Nuwa is intensely devoted to cultivation and increasingly values independence over status. Once she understands Hongjun’s intentions, she rejects his prescribed route to sainthood. Her commitment to humanity likewise develops from concern for her creations into a public willingness to share their survival and destruction, even at the cost of her Demon Race ties 386 444 456 462.

Despite her earlier controlling behavior toward Ling Feng, she eventually respects the secrecy of his cultivation. She chooses not to question his unusual methods or suppressed realm unless he seeks her advice 471.

Abilities & Skills

Creation Law and the Way of Creation

Nuwa’s principal cultivation specialty is creation. Her original method can lead a sufficiently talented practitioner to the Great Luo realm; the later Primordial Unity Creation Dao provides a route to Golden Immortal of the Primordial Origin 383 444.

• Creates humanity using three lights divine water, nine heavens breath soil, and the Gourd Vine 450.
• Models the first human figures on herself and Ling Feng, then uses the vine to produce hundreds of thousands more 450.
• Completes her Creation Law through humanity’s birth 450.
• Creates Wa Emperor Heaven within Chaos and causes its golden palace to form 451.
• Deepens her comprehension of the creation Great Dao through Ling Feng’s Enlightenment Tea 453.

One-Way Mental Connection

Nuwa hears Ling Feng’s thoughts because he consumed fruit containing the essence of her Heart Blood. He cannot hear her thoughts in return 379.

• Learns about future tribulations, higher realms, treasures, and Hongjun’s schemes from his inner monologue 382 384 444.
• Keeps the connection secret to obtain information he would otherwise conceal 380 382.
• After attaining Primordial Unity, can hear him more clearly, at least anywhere within her cave abode 450.
• Allows him to believe that her perception comes through the Human Dao 474.
• Cannot hear the thoughts of the clone presented to her in Chapter 514; this discrepancy exposes the substitution 514.

Human Dao Authority

As the Human Dao’s recognized mistress, Nuwa can draw upon its power. Her relationship with it strengthens as humanity prospers and offers faith, fortune, and merit 457 471.

• Receives eighty-one dragons of fortune and vast Human Dao merit when her authority is recognized 457.
• Uses that empowerment to reach the fourth realm of Primordial Unity 457.
• Gains clearer access to the Great Dao and sufficient support to confront Hongjun, though not to exceed him 457.
• Receives worship through her Holy Mother statue and returns blessings to humanity 471.
• Her power remains tied to a Human Dao that is still weaker than the Heavenly Dao 457.

Divine Power and Dharma Manifestation

Nuwa’s strength vastly exceeds that of ordinary immortals and Quasi-Saints 380 457 461.

• Demonstrates her early power by slicing through the heavens and destroying stars 380.
• Grievously injures Laozi’s divine body with a single glance 457.
• Manifests an immense cloud-and-mist Dharma body to suppress Ji Meng and an invading Demon army 460.
• Overpowers Di Jun in his Three-Legged Golden Crow form 461.
• Contains the resulting battle energy to prevent damage to Human territory 461.
• Expels Demon invaders and seals Human territory against them 462.

Dharma Sight, Formations, and Divination

Discussions with Fuxi give Nuwa considerable formation expertise. She combines it with magical sight and divination 382 388.

• Uses Dharma Sight to identify a concealed formation, then breaks it with ease 388.
• Spends several months deciphering the innate grand array concealing the Heavenly Court 392.
• Confirms through divination that realms exist above Daluo Golden Immortal 382.
• Uses Holy Light Illumination to expose the Lunar Star’s formations 516.
• Shields a conversation from heavenly divination 516.
• Her scrutiny does not immediately expose the impostors posing as Di Jun and Taiyi 512 514.

Dao Instruction and Protection

Nuwa teaches both Ling Feng and the Human Race, while providing magical protection against dangers they cannot withstand alone 387 452.

• Her instruction helps Ling Feng reach middle-stage True Immortal and, later, Golden Immortal 387 410.
• Channels power into him to shield him from Pangu’s pressure on Mount Buzhou 387.
• Creates human cultivation methods and a spirit stele containing her divine essence and protective power 452.
• Reinforces the barrier around Human lands while guarding Ling Feng’s breakthrough 472.
• Issues emergency contact items that allow recipients to summon her assistance 460 505.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Cloud River Carriage — Transports Nuwa and her companions while protecting Ling Feng from Pangu’s pressure 387 390 417.
• Heaven-Determining Hairpin — Becomes a sky-supporting pillar and barrier that keeps Chaos qi outside Wa Emperor Heaven 451.
• Ethereal Sky-Sweeping Sash — A treasure associated with Nuwa and paired with the Nine-Colored Rainbow Garment 390.
• Nine-Colored Rainbow Garment — Claimed by Nuwa in the Thirty-Three Heavens 390.
• Twenty-four Sea-Calming Divine Pearls — A high-grade Innate Spirit Treasure she subdues at the Southern Heavenly Gate. Ling Feng returns them to her to preserve their agreed division of treasures 392.
• Kongtong Seal — Secured with Ling Feng’s guidance; helps bind her to humanity and supports the establishment of the Human Sect 456 457.
• Transparent Pearl — Ling Feng’s gift containing the Primordial Unity Creation Dao, which enables her to abandon Heavenly Dao sainthood 444 451.
• Human-creation materials — Three lights divine water, nine heavens breath soil, and the Gourd Vine. The vine receives part of humanity’s creation merit and becomes an acquired spiritual treasure of merit 450.
• Five Elements Spirit Beads — Water, fire, lightning, wind, and earth beads gifted to Ling Feng. Each is a low-grade acquired supreme treasure; together they form a high-grade acquired supreme treasure 382.
• Spirit stele — Bestows cultivation methods upon humanity and allows Nuwa to sense crises through the divine essence placed within it 452.

Relationships

• Ling Feng — Initially her compelled attendant, later her eldest disciple and the Human Sect’s eldest disciple. His thoughts and gifts reshape her Dao and political choices. Their bond develops into trust and romantic attraction; she kisses his cheek, guards his breakthrough, and becomes jealous of his relationship with the Lunar Goddesses. No formal marriage is established in the provided chapters 380 409 453 458 472 516.
• Fuxi — Elder brother and longtime companion. His loyalty to Di Jun strains their relationship, but Nuwa secures a wisp of his soul after learning of his destined death and future reincarnation as the Human Celestial Sovereign 379 461 463 464.
• Hongjun — Her master in name and principal political adversary. Nuwa comes to believe he seeks to control her through the Heavenly Dao; her independent cultivation and awakening of the Human Dao undermine his plans 444 451 457 466.
• Human Race — Her creations, whom she protects, teaches, and binds her fate to. Their faith and fortune strengthen her cultivation and Human Dao authority 450 452 456 457.
• Di Jun — Imposes the Wa Sovereign title and draws political benefit from her prestige. She repudiates that position, injures him while defending humanity, and later works against his proposed Heavenly Marriage 461 462 504.
• Laozi — Rival over humanity’s teaching and fortune. Nuwa blocks his first attempt to establish a sect among humans and later sends Ling Feng to teach rites, music, and Human Sect doctrine to reduce his influence 456 457 468.
• Tongtian — Regarded more favorably than his brothers for his straightforward conduct. Nuwa receives him warmly when he apologizes for Laozi’s dispute with her 454 464.
• Xihe and Changxi — Close friends who address her as an elder sister. She supports their refusal of Di Jun’s proposal and promises protection, but their love for Ling Feng provokes jealousy 504 505 516.
• Suirenshi, Youchao, and Ziyi — Human ancestors who credit her teaching and protection for their advancement. Nuwa praises their hard work when they become Quasi-Saints 510.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Meeting Ling Feng and Making Him an Attendant

• Investigates Ling Feng because she cannot discern his origins, then discovers the Heart Blood connection 379.
• Learns hints of her future identity as humanity’s Holy Mother and of cultivation beyond Great Luo 380 382.
• Prevents his departure, demands repayment for saving him, and makes him her personal attendant 380.
• Gives him the Five Elements Spirit Beads and her Way of Creation; his sincere gratitude and considerate behavior soften her feelings toward him 382 383.

Mount Buzhou and the Heavenly Court

• Accepts Ling Feng’s proposal to explore Mount Buzhou and divide their finds equally 387.
• Supplies the protection and formation-breaking expertise his treasure-seeking abilities lack 387 388.
• Claims the Nine-Colored Rainbow Garment, opens the Heavenly Court’s array, and receives the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls 390 392.
• Declares Ling Feng her eldest disciple when he seeks permission to leave, keeping him close through continued Dao instruction 409 410.

Rejecting Heavenly Dao Sainthood

• Resolves not to ignore a future Demon massacre of humanity after hearing Ling Feng’s warnings 444.
• Studies the Transparent Pearl and chooses Primordial Unity as a path beyond Hongjun’s intended control 444.
• Creates humanity, completes her Creation Law, and reaches the second realm of Primordial Unity 450.
• Establishes Wa Emperor Heaven and lectures on creation for a hundred years. When Hongjun rebukes her, she maintains that she will follow her own Dao 451.

Establishing the Human Sect

• Grants humanity cultivation methods instead of leaving it defenseless, gaining a stronger bond with its faith and fortune 452.
• Secures the Kongtong Seal and establishes the Human Sect before Laozi can appropriate humanity’s fortune 456.
• Her oath and humanity’s gratitude bring forth the Human Dao’s first manifestation and recognition of her authority 457.
• Appoints Ling Feng eldest disciple and sends him to lead and teach the humans despite his objections 458.

Breaking with the Demon Race

• Answers Ling Feng’s emergency summons when Ji Meng attacks humanity 460.
• Briefly hesitates over her Demon Race karmic ties, then renews her oath to protect humans even against Di Jun 460.
• Overpowers Di Jun and publicly renounces the Wa Sovereign position, sharply reducing the Demon Race’s fortune 461.
• Spares Ji Meng only to settle her remaining karmic connection, expels the invaders, and declares herself solely Nuwa of the Human Race 462.
• Fails to persuade Fuxi to abandon the demons, but obtains a soul wisp to safeguard his future 463 464.

Defending Humanity and Opposing the Heavenly Marriage

• Responds to the emergence of Heaven-Ordained Saints by seeking a stronger defense for humanity; Ling Feng identifies Human Dao Sainthood as the remaining option 470 472.
• Supports Xihe and Changxi’s rejection of Di Jun while intentionally undermining the proposed Heavenly Marriage 504 505.
• Investigates the weakened, suspicious Demon Emperors and discovers Ling Feng has sent a clone in his place 512 514.
• At the Lunar Star, assures the sisters she will neither rescue Di Jun and Taiyi nor harm Ling Feng’s interests. Learning that both sisters love him leaves her jealous and resentful of his avoidance 516.

Notable Quotes

“Today, I swear before the Great Dao and the Primordial World's heaven and earth to establish the Human Sect, teach the Dao to humanity, personally oversee the Human Race's fortune, and share their survival and destruction!” 456

“From this moment on, I, Nuwa, have no further connection to the Demon Race. In the Primordial World, there shall only be Nuwa of the Human Race!” 462

“Now, I am only the Holy Mother of the Human Race, no longer Nuwa of the Demon Race.” 516