Chapter 1: Pangu Opens Heaven and Changes Fate

  The words split into two paths, in the mysterious and subtle realm of Xuanwei, Kongxuan and others went out to kill those with deep guilt and accumulated karma, while Xuanwei and her three corpses were also discussing various calculations in the Xuanwei Pavilion.

  At this time, Xuan Wei, Qing Xuan Dao Ren, and Xuan Wei, who had cut off his obsession with Tian Xuan Dao Ren during the three lectures, were refining three treasures with the power of the Three Talents. The three treasures were a bow, a net, and ten white arrows. The bow was crystal clear and transparent, like a ruby, except for the two ends which were curved into a golden white color. The bowstring was yellowish in color, and the entire body was wrapped in a golden red flame. The ten long arrows were also crystal clear and transparent, like ice crystals forged together, emitting a faint cold air that rose to the sky, complementing the true appearance of the precious bow. The net in the middle of the two, however, was not as exquisite as the other two, resembling something made from tree bark. If it weren't for the subtle golden and silver light on top, one would hardly notice anything special about this object.

  "Hehe, I really don't know if Emperor Jun will go crazy when he sees these three things." Xuan Wei looked at the three treasures in front of him, which were almost complete. The treasure light was also starting to fade away, and he said jokingly to Tian Xuan Dao Ren and Qing Xuan Dao Ren.

  Tian Xuan glanced at Xuan Wei but didn't speak, while Qing Xuan Dao Ren sighed and said: "Who would have thought that we would actually be the ones to push this catastrophe forward? It's really..."

  Tian Xuan's expressionless face looked towards the direction of Kunlun Mountain and the Western Spirit Mountain, then turned to Qing Xuan and said: "Even if we don't take action, do you think the three on Kunlun Mountain and the two in the Western Spirit Mountain won't take action? We only need to give a push, and afterwards, things won't require us to take action."

  Qing Xuan heard this and fell silent. Xuan Wei saw it and asked Tian Xuan, "Fellow Taoist, what has become of Yu Qi and the others?"

  Tian Xuan heard the words and immediately closed his eyes, his body circulating with strange auras. Then he opened his eyes again, still expressionless, and said: "It's fine, I've already beheaded the Black River Old Demon. Kong Xuan has also initially cultivated the Five Elements Eternal Sand Great Thousand Secret Method. Now, the Chaos Origin is in sight."

  Qing Xuan saw it and said without any envy: "Tian Xuan Daoist's ability to calculate the heavenly machine is indeed admirable."

  "Right." Xuan Wei seemed to have suddenly thought of something and said to Tian Xuan: "I don't know if you can calculate what Nuwa has done recently without disturbing her, Fellow Daoist." As soon as Xuan Wei finished speaking, Tian Xuan nodded his head. Xuan Wei was overjoyed and said: "In that case, many of our plans can proceed. Please ask Fellow Daoist Qing Xuan to remind him at the right time."

  Qing Xuan looked at Xuan Wei and sighed: "Fellow Taoist, this matter......"

  "Haha, finally succeeded." Before Qing Xuan's words were out, a sword light flashed by, and Wan Jian Sheng was already sitting beside the three of them. At this moment, two precious swords appeared beside Wan Jian Sheng, one golden red and one silver blue. The golden red sword was about three feet six inches five parts long, with a hilt that seemed to be carved with simple banana leaf patterns. The scabbard was exquisite and beautiful, inlaid with 365 sparkling gemstones. The sword body was simple and clear, like crystal clear fire spirit red jade, with several golden threads faintly visible between them. As for the silver blue precious sword, it was also extraordinary, slightly thinner than the golden red sword, but more delicate. Its entire body was crystal clear blue, flowing with a soft light, like autumn water. The hilt was extremely luxurious and beautiful, carved with countless patterns, but there was no scabbard, and the hilt and sword body were integrated as one.

  "Have the two treasured swords of Daoist friends been cultivated?" The tone was questioning, yet affirmative. Xuanwei beckoned with one hand, and the two treasured swords were placed in his hands for close examination. After a moment, he sighed, "They are indeed both among the Thirty-six Pre-Heavenly Spirit Seals, with yin-yang flowing transformations. The twin swords can be combined into a single entity, not inferior to any top-grade pre-heavenly treasure of the Orthodox Sects. It's no wonder they were born together, sharing the same root and nurtured in the same womb." With that said, he swept his sleeve, and the two swords fell into Qingxuan's hands.

  Qing Xuan held the two swords in his hands, and with a hint of regret said: "The swords are fine, but it's a pity that the Pre-Heaven Four Symbol Banana Tree was used by Wan Jian Sheng Dao friend to nourish the Pre-Heaven Spiritual Embryo. Looking at the spiritual energy of these two swords, the Taiyin leaf and the Taiyang leaf are probably useless now. Moreover, the Pre-Heaven Four Symbol Banana Tree has likely suffered a great loss in its spirituality this time. In the future, if the Shaoyin and Shaoyang leaves can be nurtured to completion and still retain the ability to preserve the middle-grade Pre-Heaven Spiritual Root, that would be good enough." As he spoke, Qing Xuan handed the two swords back to Tian Xuan Dao person.

  The Celestial Path cultivator glanced at them and didn't say much, returning the twin swords to Wan Jian Sheng. Wan Jian Sheng looked at the three of them indifferently and said: "If it weren't for this chance encounter with the twin swords, I would have cultivated the four leaves of Lesser Yin, Lesser Yang, Greater Yin, and Greater Yang, but even then, I wouldn't be able to preserve the rank of a pre-heavenly spiritual root. It's better to take advantage of this opportunity and use it to refine the twin swords." As he spoke, he put away the twin swords in his sleeve and looked at the three objects in front of him, coldly smiling: "Could it be that you used the branches of the Fu Sang tree and the Osmanthus tree to refine these things? These three things probably aren't even post-heavenly spiritual treasures."

  Qing Xuan looked at Wan Jian Sheng with a hint of disdain, but then smiled slightly and said: "Wan Jian Sheng, fellow Daoist, don't be like that. To say the least, we're refining these three objects to eventually fall into the hands of the Wu tribe. Apart from the Twelve Ancestral Wu, who else would bother using a post-heavenly spiritual treasure? Each one is a self-named Wu instrument for refining oneself. We'll suppress their power as much as possible and store it as potential within them. Once these three objects fall into someone's hands, we won't need to do anything more. Don't forget, the Wu tribe's curse techniques aren't vegetarian." Qing Xuan then put away the three objects.

  Xuanwei saw it but didn't stop him, and instead instructed Qingxuan: "Qingxuan fellow daoist, be extremely careful. These three objects are respectively a branch of the Fusang tree, a twig of the Osmanthus tree, the bark of the Osmanthus tree, and the bark of the Fusang tree that has been refined. You can hand them over to the Wu tribe when you have the opportunity in the future, after the earth wheel returns...". As he spoke, Xuanwei began to transmit his voice.

  Qing Xuan nodded and said: "These words are very good."

  Xuanwei thought for a moment and then dropped four objects from his hand, two of which were handed over to Tianxuan Daoist. They were the white jade lotus platform and the Qiankun Qingyuan mirror. He said: "Fellow daoist also needs some treasures to protect himself, these two objects are given to fellow daoist for self-defense." Tianxuan was delighted to accept them. Then Xuanwei took out a golden-yellow gourd vine and a gourd that looked like jadeite, facing Qingxuan he said: "Fellow daoist, I have been cultivating the Five Qi Hengsha Great Thousand Secret Method, now it's at a crucial moment. The matter of Nüwa creating humans is already unknown when it will begin, this gourd vine and the creation gourd are placed with fellow daoist, when the time comes, follow the plan to act."

  Qing Xuan nodded and said, "In that case, I'll take my leave first." As he spoke, Qing Xuan transformed into a green light and flew out of the Jade Flower Mountain. After leaving the mountain, Qing Xuan arrived at the place where Tian Xuan Dao Ren had calculated, quietly waiting for the arrival of Nüwa Niangniang.

  The Nüwa Empress also deeply felt the arrival of her destiny, which was to travel through the vast expanse of the universe, refine and cultivate the Way of Creation. It is said that after countless years since her birth, Nüwa obtained the assistance of Fuxi's power and refined the Way of Yin-Yang Creation. She had already become extremely well-versed in the mysteries of living beings' physical bodies and was able to transform the multitude of lives through her own creative powers, gaining insight into the wonders of life. Over these days, the Way of Creation had reached a state of great accomplishment, allowing her to achieve 70 transformations in a single day. However, this was still far from reaching the threshold of sainthood, which required 81 transformations in a single day, a feat that seemed impossibly distant. This daily number of transformations was a measure of one's physical body in the vast expanse of the universe and also a method for verifying the attainment of the Mixed Yuan Dao. In theory, if you could achieve 81 transformations in a single day, you would be able to withstand the resistance of the heavens when opening up the Great Thousand Worlds. After that, if you could open up a realm of the Great Thousand Worlds, you would have attained the Mixed Yuan Dao.

  Don't think that changing one's form is simple. Here, the change isn't just a simple transformation of one's appearance, but rather a complete transformation of one's physical body into another species. Whether it's genetic lineage or spiritual essence, everything must change. Each transformation puts immense pressure on the cultivator's physical body, and the more frequent the transformations, the greater the pressure. The more extreme the transformation, the greater the pressure. So, let alone changing 99 times in one day, even changing 80 times is something that not a single one of the current Twelve Ancestral Witches can accomplish. This is the profundity of the mysterious.

  Nüwa deeply knew that she wanted to rely on the creation and transformation of the mysterious Tao, but it was not very realistic for all living things between heaven and earth to penetrate the great Tao of creation and transformation at once. So she decided to create and transform all things in the void, thereby refining her own creative Tao, and borrowing this to become a saint.

  Ps: Special note, regarding the saying of "one day several changes", in the current Honghuang, the changes are all some divine beasts, which is far inferior to the era of Chaos. For example, Pangu in the midst of Chaos had nine changes a day, and each change was a Chaos deity, with each having the great mystery of the Tao within them, extremely powerful. If placed in the Honghuang era, it would be equivalent to about 108 changes a day. Here, the Daoist protective deity technique, Jiu Zhuan Xuan Gong (Nine Turns Mysterious Technique), is modified, which was created by the Three Pure Ones based on Pangu's legacy, so its quality is extremely high. Cultivating Jiu Zhuan Xuan Gong to the highest realm can reach a level of 81 changes a day, while Buddhism in this book leans towards the mind-cultivation school, so the protective deity technique, Ba Jiu Xuan Gong (Eight Nine Mysterious Technique), only reaches a level of 72 changes a day.