In truth, Lan Biwang had also seen the immense karmic burden Nuwa carried and had concluded that she would not dare act rashly.
That was why he had so brazenly lashed out at Nuwa.
"Hmph, you don't know the meaning of death!"
Nuwa rebuked him, finally unable to suppress the anger in her heart.
Then, she lightly waved her jade-like hand.
In an instant, vast and boundless power surged forth explosively.
With a Saint's cultivation, words became law and actions became Dao!
In but a moment, Nuwa casually created a confined space.
With a thought, she directly suppressed Great Emperor Yuanshi, Lan Biwang, Zhongshan Shi, and the others.
"I am the mother of humanity. Humanity should revere and respect me!"
Nuwa declared, her voice of the Great Dao sweeping through the nine heavens and ten lands!
This scene threw all living beings into an uproar, leaving them utterly shocked!
Could it be that the Saint was finally going to act, determined to completely annihilate Great Emperor Yuanshi and the others even at the cost of bearing the karma of slaughter?
So that she could once again control humanity and hold all living beings in her grasp?
The myriad beings looked at one another, their expressions indescribable.
Across the endless heavens and worlds, the gazes of great powers, mighty experts, and even the Saints all converged upon Nuwa alone.
Nuwa's Might, Forcing the Human Ancestor to Appear!
Within the Witch Race.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches watched the scene unfolding in Huoyun Palace.
"Can humanity rise to prominence and thereby suppress the flourishing momentum of the demon race?"
Dijiang, foremost among the Twelve Ancestral Witches, spoke thus.
After all, the demon race's slaughter of humanity was intended to refine the Witch-Slaying Sword.
This treasure posed an enormous threat to the Witch Race.
If humanity could rise, preventing the demon race from refining the Witch-Slaying Sword, it would also be good news for the Witch Race.
Hearing Dijiang's words, the other Ancestral Witches remained silent.
Saint Nuwa had already appeared, and she was now directly interrogating humanity, clearly standing on the same side as the demon race.
Thus, under such overwhelming suppression, it would be exceedingly difficult for humanity to rise.
Little did they know that even Lan Biwang, Great Emperor Yuanshi, and the others—the strongest among them—were now completely suppressed by Nuwa.
Elsewhere, on Shouyang Mountain!
Watching Nuwa oppress humanity, Laozi likewise fell silent.
"Junior Sister, today concerns your Saint's Dao Fruit!"
Laozi murmured to himself, a sly smile appearing on his face.
In truth, Laozi also hoped that Nuwa would act and thoroughly kill Lan Biwang, Great Emperor Yuanshi, and the others.
Everyone knew that Nuwa had created humanity and was humanity's mother.
Laozi, meanwhile, had founded the Human Religion by relying on humanity's fortune.
Humanity's attack on Fuxi today had also given Laozi an uneasy feeling.
If humanity truly became powerful, then after eliminating the Heavenly Sovereign, it would likely sever its relationship with the Human Religion in the future as well.
After all, Laozi knew perfectly well that although he was the Sect Master of the Human Religion, his concern for humanity throughout the endless ages had been negligible.
After casually leaving behind the insignificant Golden Core Great Dao in the past, he had never again cared about humanity's survival or prosperity.
Therefore, if Nuwa truly acted today and killed Great Emperor Yuanshi and the others,
humanity would no longer have any foundation with which to challenge the Saints and could only be manipulated at their whim!
Moreover, Nuwa's actions would not taint him with karma.
It was killing two birds with one stone.
Golden Ao Island!
This was the sacred ground of the Severing Sect.
Tongtian watched the scene in Huoyun Palace with a grave expression.
In truth, among the Six Saints of this age, Tongtian could perhaps be called the most compassionate toward all living beings.
Otherwise, Tongtian would not have defied the world and proposed the doctrine that all could receive teachings without distinction.
Thus, seeing Nuwa oppress humanity now, Tongtian also felt some sorrow for humanity.
Nuwa, whom humanity had always revered as its Human Mother Saint, was now so ruthlessly assisting the demon race.
One could imagine the sorrow and resentment this brought.
After a long while, Tongtian merely sighed wistfully and said nothing.
Meanwhile, in Huoyun Palace!
"I am the mother of humanity. Humanity should revere and respect me!"
Nuwa's mighty Heavenly Sound continued to resound through the heavens.
Her gaze swept coldly over humanity, her pressure surging outward.
Yet humanity made no response. There was still no sign of them bowing before the Saint.
On the contrary, humanity's people erupted in rage.
"Nuwa, if you call yourself humanity's mother, why do you aid the demon race?"
"You let them slaughter humanity, yet you neither intervene nor care?"
"When have you ever cared whether humanity lived or died?"
Among humanity, a white-haired elder angrily questioned her, directly calling Nuwa by name.
Hearing the elder's furious shout, Nuwa's expression remained calm as she merely said softly:
"In the unseen realm, everything is predestined by the Heavenly Mandate!"
"Minor trends may be changed, but the greater trend cannot!"
After a brief pause, Nuwa turned to Great Emperor Yuanshi and the others.
"What you are doing is nothing more than meaningless, stubborn resistance!"
As soon as she said this, humanity was thrown into an even greater uproar!
Nuwa's implication was that, under the Heavenly Mandate, humanity was meant to be slaughtered by the demon race!
For the Human Mother Saint to utter such words was no different from plunging a sharp blade into the hearts of all humanity!
"Hmph, nonsense! Utter nonsense!"
"Everything in the world is born under the providence of Heaven."
"Tell me, without humanity, where would your position as a Saint have come from?"
Great Emperor Yuanshi flew into a rage, his eyes flashing with cold lightning as he glared at Nuwa.
Humanity was what he would protect unto death, and he would not allow anyone to profane or look down upon it.
Thus, Nuwa's words made even the normally composed Yuanshi unable to remain calm.
At his side, Lan Biwang also shouted angrily:
"Exactly! Humanity's fate is for humanity to decide!"
"Since you are unworthy, we will no longer revere or respect you!"
"From this day onward, humanity will honor only the Human Ancestor. There is no so-called Human Mother Saint!"
Although Lan Biwang himself was an Immortal King of the Foreign Realm, he was deeply disgusted by someone like Nuwa, who burned bridges and repaid kindness with ingratitude.
His words were like a thunderclap, exploding in the hearts of humanity's people.
"That's right, the Human Mother Saint is unworthy of her position!"
"The Human Ancestor is the one who truly has humanity's interests at heart!"
"We honor only the Human Ancestor, not the Human Mother Saint!"
Humanity shouted in unison, responding to Lan Biwang's words.
Nuwa looked grimly at the impassioned people of humanity.
She could sense that, along with humanity's shouts, the fortune of humanity she had once controlled was slowly slipping away.
Humanity might be weak, but enough quantity could bring about qualitative change!
Just imagine it—countless billions upon billions of human beings shouting as one. Even the Heavenly Dao could not forcibly suppress such power.
This left Nuwa both alarmed and furious!
"Saint Nuwa, humanity is so rebellious and heretical. They should be executed!"
At the side, Fuxi's face was filled with terror!
He had not expected that humanity did not merely intend to depose him as the Heavenly Sovereign.
They even dared to defy Nuwa so brazenly.
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