Nuwa's mind was clear and empty, her entire will immersed in that supreme creation.
She mixed Nine Heavens Breathing Soil with Three Lights Divine Water, her delicate hands moving like the most exquisite brush of creation, following the form of Pangu's Great Dao as she shaped and molded.
The first clay figure took shape, its form unlike any race in the Primordial World—upright and straight, limbs well-proportioned, its face vague yet already brimming with boundless spirit and potential.
Empress Nuwa gazed at this first creation, and with a flash of divine inspiration, she gently breathed a mouthful of Essence Vitality onto it—vitality imbued with her Primordial Saint's Creation Origin and her infinite hopes for this newborn race!
Hum!
That clay figure instantly came to life! Flesh and blood formed, skin took on a healthy hue, and its eyes opened, filled with curiosity and confusion about this world, along with a trace of innate intelligence!
The first "human" was born!
Then, Empress Nuwa's hands moved faster and faster. One clay figure after another came to life in her hands, each breathed into with vitality, transforming into living beings.
They gathered around Nuwa, making innocent, joyful cries, instinctively drawn to the Holy Mother who had created them.
As the number of creations grew, Nuwa's understanding of the Dao of Creation soared to an unprecedented peak!
She felt the connection between her Primordial Spirit and the Heavenly Dao of the Primordial World tighter than ever before!
When the last human was created, they gathered in the valley, a dense crowd—though weak at birth, they were full of life, their spiritual light converging, and this actually triggered a resonance of the laws of the entire Primordial World!
The Heavenly Dao responded!
Boom! Rumble!!!
Above the nine heavens, an immeasurable torrent of Mysterious Yellow Merit Qi surged down like a vast ocean! Its scale was far greater than any merit that had descended before!
Golden light illuminated the entire Primordial World. No matter where they were or what their cultivation level, all living beings felt it in their hearts and instinctively looked toward Buzhou Mountain!
Of that boundless golden light of merit, seventy percent fell upon Empress Nuwa, while thirty percent scattered down to the newborn Human Race, laying the foundation for their fortune.
And a thin but crucial thread of golden merit crossed space, landing precisely on Ming Xin, who stood guard nearby and had played a role in enlightening them!
As the merit entered her body, Empress Nuwa's aura surged wildly like a volcanic eruption!
The barrier of the perfected Golden Immortal of the Origin shattered instantly! A supreme state of being, above all things, in harmony with the Heavenly Dao, and imperishable through countless kalpas, erupted from the depths of her Primordial Spirit!
"Today, I, Nuwa, create living beings, complete the Heavenly Dao, achieve perfect merit, and attain the Dao as a Heavenly Dao Saint! From now on, I am imperishable through countless kalpas, eternally free!"
A grand and solemn Dao Sound, accompanied by the supreme pressure of the newly ascended Saint, instantly spread to every corner of the Primordial World, ringing clearly in the souls of billions of living beings!
Heavenly flowers rained down, Golden Lotuses Erupted from the Ground, and purple qi came from the east for thirty thousand miles! Endless auspicious signs filled heaven and earth, the laws celebrated, and the Great Dao sang!
The Primordial World shook! All beings prostrated themselves!
Every great power—whether the Three Pure Ones on Kunlun Mountain, Di Jun and Tai Yi on the Sun Star, Jieyin and Zhunti in the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss, Old Ancestor Ming He in the Blood Sea, or Zhen Yuan Zi at Wuzhuang Temple...
All living beings were shaken by this sudden Saintly pressure, their minds wavering, unable to control themselves!
"A Saint! So it was Junior Sister Nuwa who attained the Dao first!" On Kunlun Mountain, Laozi's usually calm face showed emotion for the first time. "A Heavenly Dao Saint..." Primordial Lord of Heaven's eyes were complex, with envy and even more determination. "Good! Good! Good!" Lord of the Heavens clapped and laughed, his battle intent blazing.
On the Sun Star, Di Jun and Tai Yi's faces showed immense joy—a Saint had emerged, and the landscape would change completely!
In the Western lands, Jieyin and Zhunti were first shocked, then showed great joy and intense longing: "The path of the Saint is indeed achievable! Senior Brother, we too must hasten!"
The Blood Sea churned, and Old Ancestor Ming He was almost mad with jealousy: "Creating life can lead to Sainthood?! Why did I receive no such merit for creating the Asura Race?!"
The entire Primordial World was thrown into immense shock and uproar by the birth of the first Saint!
And at that moment, in the valley of Buzhou Mountain. Empress Nuwa was enveloped in endless Saintly radiance and a golden sea of merit, her aura vast and boundless, as she stabilized the supreme Saint Realm.
Ming Xin received that thread of golden merit, feeling his Dao Cultivation advance further, while the system rapidly absorbed and converted this merit energy, pushing its computational and deductive abilities to a new level.
But what he focused on more was the newborn Human Race below!
In this moment of supreme glory—when all spirits were shaken, the Heavenly Dao celebrated, and Nuwa became a Saint—Ming Xin's eyes flashed with sharp light. He knew this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
He quietly took a step forward, and his Future Self and Past Self manifested simultaneously!
The Future Self held the Fate Compass, drawing upon the Heavenly Dao laws and Threads of Karma that were violently fluctuating due to Nuwa's Sainthood; the Past Self radiated boundless Red Dust aura, enveloping the newborn Human Race.
Ming Xin's Main Body then spoke aloud. His voice was not loud, but it clearly reached the depths of every newborn human's soul, cleverly leveraging the Heavenly Dao resonance of Nuwa's Sainthood.
Like seeds, he quietly implanted certain concepts into the core inherited consciousness of this new race:
"You are newborn, born of creation, the spiritual leaders of all things!" "Born with emotions, the Seven Emotions and Six Desires are the root of living beings—not sin, not crime, but the path to perceive the world and experience creation!"
"Walk in the Red Dust, and you will form karma. Good causes bring good results, evil causes bring evil results—this is the Heavenly Dao's eternal order, and also the rule by which you act!"
"Never forget the Holy Mother's grace of creation, remember to temper your heart in the Red Dust, and revere the cycle of karma..."
His words contained his own profound understanding of the Red Dust Great Dao and the laws of karma, and carried a trace of the system's power, barely perceptible, along with the supreme Heavenly Dao might and vast merit qi of Nuwa's Sainthood.
They were deeply imprinted into the collective consciousness of the Human Race, becoming one of the earliest and most fundamental imprints in their souls!
From then on, the two great principles—valuing emotional ethics and revering karmic retribution—would accompany the reproduction and growth of this race.
They would become one of the core cornerstones of their culture, morality, and even their civilization!
After doing all this, Ming Xin's Three Bodies quietly merged, and he stood silently to the side, as if nothing had happened.
At this moment, the Saintly light around Empress Nuwa gradually receded, and her vast Saintly might became harmonious and restrained.
She slowly opened her eyes, revealing the eyes of a Saint—indifferent to the Heavenly Dao, yet filled with boundless compassion.
She first looked at the thousands of humans surrounding her, ignorant and adoring, her gaze filled with maternal love. Then, she looked at Ming Xin, and a trace of understanding and complexity flickered in her Saintly eyes.
She had already become a saint; how could what Ming Xin had just done possibly escape her notice? Yet the principles of "mortal world" and "karma" that had been woven into the Human Race's core philosophy were not malicious intent.
On the contrary, they aided the stability and development of this newborn race, posing no conflict with the Way of Creation—indeed, they even complemented it.
Moreover, since Ming Xin had contributed to their enlightenment and received a share of the merit, she chose not to pursue the matter further, merely nodding slightly.
"Thank you, fellow Daoist, for your protection." Empress Nuwa's saintly voice drifted ethereally.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on attaining sainthood and becoming imperishable through countless kalpas!"
Ming Xin bowed with reverence, his heart churning with turmoil. He had succeeded in imprinting the mark of the West upon the Human Race at the very dawn of their existence.
This move, perhaps in an infinitely distant future, would yield incalculable consequences.
Nuwa Becomes a Saint, and the landscape of the Primordial World underwent a dramatic shift. And within this upheaval, Ming Xin had buried a seed of utmost importance—for himself, and for the West.
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