Nüwa Becomes a Sage! The Human Race Is Born

The war above the East Sea came to an end.

On the Supreme Yin Star.

"Whew!"

Changxi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sister, you can finally put your mind at ease," Wangshu said resentfully beside her, watching her reaction.

"Sorry, it was an emergency, so I didn't discuss it with you, little sister." Changxi looked a little embarrassed.

After all, the Supreme Yin Star did not belong to her alone.

But if she had not sent over some of the Supreme Yin Star's source in time to harmonize its yin with the yang of the Sun Star's source,

then although the Sun Star's power alone could have replenished the Law Power of the billions of demons within the Zhou Tian Star Dou Great Formation,

a great many demons would surely have died unnatural deaths afterward.

Even Dijun and Taiyi, though they were Great Sun Golden Crows, would have suffered damage to their foundations.

"It was only a portion of the Supreme Yin Star's source. In a million years, the Supreme Yin Star will be as good as new."

"But Sister, you've even given him some of the Supreme Yin Star's source. Why not just agree to Dijun's proposal?" Wangshu teased.

"Hmph. Unless he captures that dragon and brings him to me, I won't agree!" Changxi replied with a soft snort.

"Then there's no hope for you and Dijun!" Wangshu said bluntly.

Changxi fell silent. She could not help recalling the great battle above the East Sea just now, when the Demon Race led by Dijun had fought Ao Changsheng.

She naturally knew why Dijun had gone to the East Sea and started that battle. That was also why she had chosen to intervene.

But...

"Perhaps we really weren't destined to be together!" Changxi said with a wistful sigh.

Watching Changxi, Wangshu silently mourned for Dijun.

But deep down, she was much happier that her sister would not marry Dijun and leave the Supreme Yin Star. After all, the Supreme Yin Star was a lonely and desolate place to begin with.

If Changxi left, leaving her all alone, how terribly dull it would be.

"The Demon Race really made the tortoise shell around their base hard!"

At the summit of Mount Buzhou, before the Heavenly Court, the towering 'Pangu' hacked at the Heavenly Court's formation with one swing of his axe after another.

Though the Heavenly Court's great formation shook constantly, it held firm. Even when a crack occasionally appeared, it was swiftly repaired.

Within 'Pangu', Zhurong could not help complaining.

"Fuxi should be the one guarding the Heavenly Court. That fellow's mastery of formations was already the best in the Demon Race, and he has the support of the sources of the Heavenly Realm's thirty-three heavens and the stars throughout the heavens."

"With our current strength, it would still be a little difficult to break this formation in a short time," Zhu Jiuyin said.

"All right, let's withdraw!" Dijiang said, shaking his head.

"We didn't come here to break this tortoise shell in the first place. Now that the battle at the East Sea is over, there's no point wasting time here."

"That Eastern King Duke was really useless. We clearly stopped the Heavenly Court's reinforcements for him, yet he still let Dijun and the others hold out until Kunpeng arrived," Qiangliang said with a curl of his lip.

"If it weren't so far from here to the East Sea, we could have gone ourselves and made Dijun and Taiyi stay there," Gonggong added.

The Ancestral Witches chatted back and forth as they delivered one final axe blow to the Heavenly Court's formation, then controlled 'Pangu' to turn and leave.

Within the Heavenly Court.

Fuxi watched 'Pangu' depart and let out a long breath.

"The Twelve Ancestral Witches have finally left... It seems the Heavenly Emperor and the others should be safe too," Fuxi said.

"The Heavenly Emperor is safe?" Jimeng, one of the Demon Race's demon commanders, stared in surprise.

Seeing the Witch Race withdraw just now, he had been preparing to lead the demon army to the East Sea to rescue the Heavenly Emperor!

"Of course. The Twelve Ancestral Witches blocked our Heavenly Court to stop us from supporting the Heavenly Emperor. If the battle on his side had not been decided, they would not have withdrawn."

"If the Heavenly Emperor had lost, they certainly would not have withdrawn. Instead, they would have attacked even more fiercely."

"Since they withdrew, the Heavenly Emperor must have won at the East Sea," Fuxi explained softly.

"The Demon Master's reinforcements must have reached the East Sea!" the demon commander Bai Ze added.

"The Demon Master's speed is unmatched throughout the Primordial World. Even though the North Sea is some distance from the East Sea, if he set out early, he should have arrived by now."

"That's wonderful!" Quite a few of the demon commanders and demon gods present who had not figured it out breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Fuxi's explanation.

Fuxi nodded, but a trace of sorrow appeared on his face. "I just don't know how many demons have fallen in the East Sea this time!"

"Since the danger to the Demon Race has passed, I'll take my leave."

Suddenly, Nüwa spoke up at an inopportune moment. Without waiting for the demon gods and demon sages to react, she rose and left the Heavenly Court.

"Emperor Xi, what's wrong with Emperor Wa?" the demon commander Guiche asked in puzzlement.

"I don't know either," Fuxi said with a slight shake of his head. Watching Nüwa leave, he too had traces of confusion in his eyes.

She had been like this ever since she returned from a trip alone last time. She no longer even attended to the Demon Race's affairs.

She often left the Heavenly Court and the Heavenly Realm to wander aimlessly about Mount Buzhou.

Little sister, what on earth is wrong with you? Fuxi wondered, a little worried.

She walked out of the Heavenly Court, with its splendid, imposing palaces, and out of the Heavenly Realm, where immortal mist swirled.

The moment she set foot on Mount Buzhou and gazed upon the green mountains and clear waters before her, Nüwa felt much more at ease.

Glancing back toward the Heavenly Court, she seemed to see her brother's worried, bewildered gaze.

I'm not the one who changed. You are, Brother-

Nüwa sighed inwardly.

She had tried to persuade her brother, but sadly... it had done no good. Instead, he had lectured her several times.

Shaking her head, Nüwa put the matter behind her. As one of the Innate Divine Beings, she had plenty of patience, and there would be plenty of time to persuade her brother in the future.

By comparison...

A trace of eagerness appeared in Nüwa's eyes as she looked toward Mount Buzhou.

"The time has finally come, my fortuitous opportunity!"

Feeling the Primordial purple qi pulsing in her sea of consciousness, Nüwa stepped into Mount Buzhou without the slightest hesitation.

Time flew!

In the blink of an eye, a hundred thousand years had passed since those great battles on the East Sea that had shaken the Primordial World.

On Mount Buzhou.

With a serene expression, Nüwa walked barefoot through the Mount Buzhou Mountain Range, her gentle gaze sweeping over every blade of grass and every tree on the mountain.

For a full hundred thousand years, Nüwa had searched Mount Buzhou for that so-called fortuitous opportunity.

But for some unknown reason, although the Primordial purple qi had pulsed constantly throughout those hundred thousand years, signaling that the time had come,

she had been unable to find any trace of the so-called fortuitous opportunity.

Even so, with her previous experience, Nüwa was in no hurry.

Besides, Mount Buzhou was so vast that after searching for a hundred thousand years, she had covered only a corner of it.

"This is..."

Suddenly, Nüwa looked at the familiar sight before her, a trace of surprise appearing in her eyes.

"Without realizing it, I've come all the way here."

Nüwa gazed into the lush forest ahead, where a withered yellow vine wound its way for ten thousand li.

She stepped forward and laid a hand on the withered gourd vine, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

It was here that she had obtained her first Innate Spirit Treasure. Although it was only of high grade, Nüwa was very fond of it.

That had been after the first lecture at the Purple Firmament Palace.

Back then, she and Fuxi had not yet joined the Demon Race. Returning to their cultivation abode after the lecture, they had happened upon the Innate Gourd Vine as it ripened.

It had produced seven Innate Spirit Treasure gourds.

Six of them had gone to Laozi, Yuanshi and Tongtian of the Three Purities, as well as Dijun, Hongyun and her.

The remaining gourd had lacked sufficient nourishment. Even after absorbing all the spiritual essence and vitality of the Innate Gourd Vine, it had failed to ripen.

In the end, it had fallen to the ground and turned to ash.

The Innate Gourd Vine, having lost all its vitality, had withered as well. None of the great experts had taken it, and they had each gone their separate ways.

Looking at the withered gourd vine, Nüwa suddenly felt a flicker of interest.

"I wonder if I can bring you back to life now!"

The Dao she cultivated was the Dao of Creation. Back then, she had been only a Daluo Golden Immortal, without the ability to revive this Innate Gourd Vine after its vitality had been exhausted.

But now she was a Quasi-Sage who had severed both her good and evil corpses. Her mastery of the Dao of Creation had long surpassed what it had been when she was a Daluo Golden Immortal.

Acting on the thought, Nüwa circulated her Law Power and pulled the withered gourd vine out, roots and all.

She planned to find her fortuitous opportunity, then try to revive it after returning to her cultivation abode.

However... the instant Nüwa pulled the withered gourd vine out by its roots, a dense surge of Wu Earth Qi burst forth.

"This is... Nine Heavens Breathing Soil!"

Nüwa looked with pleasant surprise at the soil that had come up with the gourd vine's roots.

She circulated her Law Power, probing downward and extracting all the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil below. A smile appeared on her face.

"What wonderful luck!"

Even among the countless earth-attribute spiritual materials in the Primordial World, Nine Heavens Breathing Soil was undoubtedly one of the finest spiritual soils.

Nüwa held the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil in her hand, but the bright smile on her face suddenly froze as she looked at the withered gourd vine in her hand.

"The Dao of Creation? Creation..." Nüwa could not help recalling the guidance Ao Changsheng had given her before.

"The time hadn't come? My cultivation wasn't high enough? It didn't need to be found? It had to be comprehended..." Nüwa murmured.

Gazing at the gourd vine and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil in her hands, she felt the light in her eyes grow brighter and brighter.

Looking at the countless figures packed together before her, Nüwa could not help breaking into a radiant smile.

"I finally succeeded!" Nüwa smiled.

"A race born with Dao Bodies-I really did create one."

"Mother Goddess! Mother Goddess!"

The newly born members of the Human Race gazed at Nüwa with pure eyes, all calling out to her as Mother Goddess.

Looking at the little figures below, Nüwa smiled. After a moment's thought, she said, "From today onward, you shall be called humans!"

"Yes, Mother Goddess."

"We are humans."

"We're called humans."

Facing Nüwa, the Mother Goddess who had created them, the figures called out the name of their race without the slightest hesitation.

Hearing the little figures calling out around her, Nüwa fell into a daze, and an indescribable understanding welled up in her heart.

Above her head, a pure white figure silently appeared. This was...

Her Self Corpse!

"I've severed all three corpses!"

Feeling the power within her, as different from before as heaven from earth, Nüwa's eyes flashed with understanding.

And at that very instant.

Above the Primordial World, endless merit Qi spread out from the void, leaving countless great experts throughout the Primordial World dumbstruck.

"This is...?"

Nüwa gazed at the boundless merit in the sky, traces of surprise appearing in her eyes as well. She could feel that all this merit had come for her.

The appearance of the endless merit Qi shocked the entire Primordial World. Even the oldest great experts in the Primordial World had never seen so much merit!

At that moment, endless merit poured into Nüwa's body, and her Law Power and attainment in the Dao rose rapidly.

The increase was so great that even Nüwa, who had severed all three corpses and made great strides in the Dao, faintly felt unable to control it.

For the first time in her life, Nüwa experienced the troubles of good fortune.

Boom-

After all the boundless merit had entered Nüwa's body, that wisp of Primordial purple qi within her Primordial Spirit merged completely with it.

In an instant, purple qi filled the skies of the Primordial World. Countless streams of Spiritual Qi condensed into golden flowers that fell, transforming into immortal cranes and auspicious beasts that flew and raced about. Waves of mysterious Qi filled heaven and earth.

In the sky, all manner of strange phenomena descended without cease. Boundless sage's might spread from Nüwa's body, enveloping the entire Primordial World.

Throughout the Primordial World, countless great experts sensed the familiar phenomena and oppressive might, and their eyes widened.

Then...

"Today, I, Nüwa, in accordance with the Heavenly Dao, have created a race called humans. Humans are born with Innate Dao Bodies!"

"Through this, I have attained Sagehood. Let the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"

Nüwa's voice spread throughout the Primordial World, instantly stirring up an enormous commotion.

"Nüwa has become a Sage."

"The first to become a Sage wasn't Laozi of the Three Purities, who had the deepest cultivation, but Nüwa!"

Countless Daluo were utterly astonished.

At the same time, they grew quite curious about the Human Race Nüwa had mentioned.

What kind of race could have drawn such an immense amount of merit, allowing Nüwa to take the first step and attain the Dao to become a Sage?

Meanwhile, on Mount Kunlun, Nüwa, who had attained the Dao and become a Sage, looked down at the humans with their innocent, bewildered eyes, a smile appearing on her lips.

With a wave of her hand, she used a Sage's Law Power to lay a restriction over a vast area of Mount Buzhou.

"From this day forth, you shall multiply and live here on Mount Buzhou by yourselves," Nüwa said.

"Yes, Mother Goddess!"

The humans answered in bewilderment.