Chapter 001: Pangu Opens the Sky and Changes Fate
The Azure Mystic suddenly lifted the Six Yang's head, looking at the originally cloudless sky, which was already rumbling with thunder, shaking the vast expanse, and the deafening sound resonated throughout the 99 layers of heaven, proclaiming that a cultivator had attained the Mixed Yuan. The sun returned to the middle of the sky, radiating brilliant light, illuminating the boundless void world. A purple aura emerged from the void, coming from the east, three million miles away, dyeing a piece of the sky a noble purple color, appearing resplendent and dazzling! Countless golden flowers materialized in the void, drifting down, countless Daoist fairy maidens held various musical instruments, playing heavenly music chapters, softly humming, ethereal and clear sounds floating in the air. Countless Gandharva and Kinnara transformed into flying heavens, holding silk ribbons that fluttered and danced in the clouds, following the celestial music of the heavenly maidens, performing a wondrous dance!
The boundless and profound aura of merits and virtues poured down like a waterfall, rolling and flowing downwards, with fragrant flowers blooming amidst the waves. The aura converged into a mighty river of golden light that flowed towards Nüwa Niangniang. As she was born, she responded to the aura, and her three flowers and five energies were fully displayed. Three pink lotus flowers floated within the aura, and a woman with a human head and snake tail stood upon them, her hands clasped together in prayer, her eyes solemn, as if praying to heaven. Her sacred presence was awe-inspiring and not to be interrupted! As the golden light soaked into her true form, the snake tail and scales slowly receded, revealing an even more intricate pattern of white scales that shone like silver, with golden light following closely behind. The aura shimmered and flashed, with clouds gathering around her, and a auspicious cloud enveloping her body. The great wheel of merits and virtues also rose slowly, absorbing the endless golden waterfall from the heavens. As time passed, the wheel of light became increasingly refined, its radiance increasingly warm and gentle, illuminating the hearts of all people!
Nüwa closed her eyes and meditated, using the Hongmeng purple energy in her hand as a foundation. She carefully sensed the clear and unparalleled Heavenly Way that was revealed by the Heavenly Dao. Nüwa felt this way growing rapidly, like a noble gentleman who had never experienced anything else. Her expression was calm and joyful, with rosy cheeks like flying clouds, yet she also appeared sacred and dignified, elegant and refined, truly worthy of being the Primordial Saint Mother Nüwa, the embodiment of infinite merit and virtue!
In the matter of Nüwa absorbing merits, Qingxuan was also struck by a slightly smaller Xuanhuang light pillar. The Xuanhuang light pillar poured into Qingxuan's top door and entered his sea of consciousness with a loud crash. Suddenly, the Qīng Cloud appeared, and three flowers bloomed together. The Qinghua world seemed to be hidden in the Qīng Cloud, and at the same time, ten nine-colored immortal airs containing the mysteries of life and death were floating and changing within the cloud. Suddenly, ten palaces rose up in the Qinghua world: Xuānmíng Palace, where the Eastern Nine-Colored Immortal Air transformed into the Eastern Jade Treasure Emperor Tianzun resided; Pǔmíng Palace, where the Southern Nine-Colored Immortal Air transformed into the Southern Mysterious and Auspicious Tianzun resided; Jiǎojí Palace, where the Western Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Western Extremely Wonderful Tianzun resided; Tàihé Palace, where the Northern Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Northern Mysterious and Supreme Tianzun resided; Jiǎolóng Palace, where the Northeastern Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Northeastern Ascended Immortal Tianzun resided; Míngchén Palace, where the Southeastern Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Southeastern Auspicious Life and Destiny Tianzun resided; Shénhuá Palace, where the Southwestern Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Southwestern Extremely Spiritual Tianzun resided; Bìzhēn Palace, where the Northwestern Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Northwestern Infinite Great Tianzun resided; Qīfēi Palace, where the Upper Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Upper Jade Void and Bright Tianzun resided; Sùyīng Palace, where the Lower Nine-Coloured Immortal Air transformed into the Lower True Emperor and Cavernous Tianzun resided. As the Ten Directions' Taiyi Rescuing Suffering Tianzun took shape, Qingxuan felt his cultivation rise sharply, not only that, but his body also rose from forty-seven pre-heavenly divine seals to forty-eight pre-heavenly divine seals, and his power greatly increased.
On this side, Qing Xuan gained a lot, and at the same time, in the distant Jade Flower Immortal Mountain, Xuan Wei felt a subtle heavenly rhythm flowing into his body from the top of his head, and his own cultivation of the Nine Heavens of Hunyuan also became more stable and advanced. Knowing that Qing Xuan's purpose had been achieved, he was relieved and only needed to take care of one last thing, after which he would have no more worries, and his Dao could progress even further. Even though Xuan Wei's current Dao was already remarkable, he couldn't help but feel overjoyed and his mind was hard to calm down. He could only silently recite scriptures, feeling the clear and refreshing energy flowing through his body, and slowly, his Dao heart and state of mind became stable!
The Azure Mystic gazed out at Nüwa, and behind her head, a boundless golden light transformed into a golden wheel, radiating immense splendor that illuminated the universe. In an instant, all living beings within the vast expanse could see it. Although his own recent breakthrough was quite magnificent, it couldn't compare to Nüwa's extraordinary phenomenon, which completely overshadowed it. At this moment, Nüwa's aura was rising steadily, and in the end, she merged with the heavens, combining her personal power with the might of the Heavenly Way. The living beings of the vast expanse felt as if Mount Tai was pressing down on them. Even the nearby Azure Mystic, who had cultivated the Sevenfold Heaven of the Primordial Chaos to perfection, couldn't resist and could only sit in a daze, almost prostrating himself in worship!
When the aura of heaven and earth reached its peak, the Goddess Nuwa opened her eyes. Her divine eyes were expressionless, with threads of twelve-colored crystal light flowing within, observing all things in the universe, gazing up at the thirty-three heavens beyond the primordial chaos, shining down on the nine abyssal seas of blood in the desolate wilderness, her Dharma eye was like a torch, and no matter how powerful you gods were, you couldn't escape even slightly.
At the same time, in the thirty-third heaven outside the fate of the long river, a great wave was set off, and the mysterious yellow air wrapped around the millions of mixed yuan mysteries, with the help of the heavenly way, it transformed into a mixed yuan saint fruit falling into the vast wilderness. As soon as the mixed yuan saint fruit appeared, it was protected by the nine-clawed divine dragon, carried by the seven-colored rainbow phoenix, and accompanied by the auspicious clouds of the vast wilderness, scattered and fluttering, with sacred light protecting the law.
Nüwa saw that it was like a daze, and then her lips slightly opened, the illusory sound suddenly resonated throughout the vast expanse: "I, Nüwa, once heard of the Purple Mist Palace, fortunately obtained the compassion of the Daoist Patriarch Hongjun, learned the great method of creation, today using the method of creation, created a species, named 'human', this species is modeled after Pangu, in response to the heavenly mechanism, now completed the Great Way, achieved the Mixed Yuan, this is the great achievement of the Mixed Yuan Dao fruit, from now on became the Mixed Yuan Holy Person, divine name called 'Pre-Heavenly Creation Infinite Merit True Saint Human Mother Nüwa Niangniang'!"
Myriads of people all prostrated themselves on the ground, offering the highest courtesy to the Holy Mother, shouting loudly: "Congratulations to the Holy Mother, congratulations to the Primordial Chaos Saintly Mother Nüwa for achieving the Great Way of the Universe! Congratulations to the Holy Mother for her boundless longevity and serene joy!" The multitude of living beings in the vast wilderness all kowtowed to the ground, knocking their heads repeatedly on Mount Zhou, expressing gratitude to Mother Nüwa and celebrating the birth of the Primordial Chaos Saint. At the same time, the Primordial Chaos Saintly Fruit that was originally suspended before Nüwa's face transformed back into strands of mysterious yellow energy and merged into her body, making her aura even more ethereal. Suddenly, a clear and melodious phoenix cry pierced through the nine heavens, and it turned out that the boundless auspicious energy beside Nüwa had absorbed the strands of mysterious yellow energy and transformed into a golden phoenix, which landed at Nüwa's feet, lowered its head and eyes, and cried out in joy, revealing infinite delight!
The goddess was overjoyed, and with a wave of her hand, a wisp of auspicious cloud flew out from her fingertips and landed on the Golden Phoenix's body. Only to see the misty aura swirling around, rolling ceaselessly, the clouds dispersed, revealing a golden hairpin slanted into her high coiffure, a young woman in her 20s with golden feathers on her body. The goddess saw this and happily said: "You have obtained my mysterious power of creation, I grant you - the name Golden Phoenix, as my mount, also as my maid, to attend me by my side, are you willing?"
The Golden Phoenix transformed into a female immortal, and as soon as she took shape, she had the cultivation of a Golden Immortal. She was not inferior to most of the pre-heavenly gods. However, at this moment, upon hearing Nüwa's words, she still burst into tears of joy, bowed her head to the ground, and loudly said: "Your humble servant is willing, please let Your Majesty ascend to the divine chariot!" After finishing speaking, she rolled on the ground and transformed back into a thousand-foot Golden Phoenix. The Golden Phoenix emerged from the auspicious clouds with its wings spread wide, surrounded by a halo of light, with an iron beak and sharp claws, its golden feathers densely packed, shining brightly, luxurious and majestic!
Nüwa stepped on the golden phoenix, looked down at the millions of people crawling on the ground, and saw Qingxuan Daoist sitting quietly among them. With a flick of her sleeve, she dropped an object into Qingxuan's hand. On this object, a mysterious aura swirled, emitting brilliant light, with talismans and symbols etched onto it. It was a combination of Pre-Heavenly Divine Script and Ancient Demon Script, which meant - Human Creation Whip!
"Xuan Wei, my fellow Taoist friend, you have helped me to prove the truth of the mixed origin. Now, in this palace, I have already created a whip to repay the karma, and it has been transformed through my hands to nurture the human tribe, absorbing their merits and virtues. The mystery is endless, and it can be concluded that the karma of creating humans has been settled. As for these people, they will be handed over to you, my friend, to be taught and guided. From now on, this human tribe will respect you as their Holy Master!"
The words were spoken with an air of not allowing any discussion, firm and decisive, and also extremely overbearing. Afterwards, he sat on the Golden Phoenix and left without looking back, leaving the people present feeling very strange, and also making Qing Xuan feel a bit strange, for he had actually handed over the position of Holy Master to himself. Thinking about this, Xuan Wei shook his head and turned to look at the human tribe.
Originally, Nüwa Niangniang had achieved infinite merits due to creating humans and became the first person to attain the Mixed Yuan position in the Purple Palace. She was also granted the title of Mixed Yuan Holy Person by the Heavenly Way. Logically speaking, she should have taken good care of humanity, after all, they were created by her own hands, just like a mother!
However, Nüwa had just obtained the Mixed Yuan Dao fruit and immediately became the respected Heavenly Mixed Yuan Saint. Although she took advantage of the opportunity to become a saint when the heavenly machine was opened, the Great Way was extremely clear, grasping the opportunity, understanding the Heavenly Way, and her cultivation rose linearly, but after all, she broke through two major realms in a row, her foundation was extremely unstable, and she urgently needed to return to the cave to contemplate the heavenly machine, stabilize her realm, otherwise, if something went wrong, her Dao foundation would be damaged. Although it wouldn't fall to the Mixed Yuan realm, the outcome wouldn't be good either, and for the rest of her life, she would find it difficult to make progress. From this, we can see that Nüwa couldn't possibly stay!
Ps1: In this book, Nüwa's creation of humans is a testament to her enlightenment and merit during the process of creating humans, rather than purely a testament to her merit. The human race was not destined to be the main protagonist of heaven and earth, but because they inherited part of Pangu's primordial energy, part of the primordial divine tribe's energy, combined with part of Nüwa's energy, their racial energy is not ordinary, and there is no prior heavenly inheritance, making them suitable for teaching. Therefore, under multiple calculations, it was inevitable that humans would become the main protagonist of heaven and earth.
PS2: Here, I reiterate that the Mixed Yuan Saint is the fruit of the Honghuang Heavenly Dao bestowed upon all Honghuang cultivators when they attain Mixed Yuan. If you absorb it, it's equivalent to having the cultivation of the 11th layer of Mixed Yuan. If you don't absorb it, your breakthrough will be whatever your original cultivation was. In other words, Nüwa's cultivation was around the 10th layer of Mixed Yuan when she attained the Dao, but after absorbing the Mixed Yuan Saint's fruit, she possessed the cultivation of the 11th layer of Mixed Yuan. I've made a special note of this here, and the inadequacies of the Mixed Yuan Saint's fruit will be described in the next few chapters. That's all.
