Chapter 6: After Enlightenment, the Mission is Fulfilled and Reincarnation Begins; Obtaining the Opportunity of the Nine-Clawed Ancestral Dragon

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  The white-robed and barefoot woman who came to the human tribe where Hou Yi lived that day was actually the ancestral witch of Houtu. Zhang Zilong, who was cultivating at the time, knew that a great opportunity had arrived and did not dare to slack off. He walked out of Hou Yi's house door just in time to meet Houtu Zuwu who came to visit Hou Yi.

  But then, the ancestral witch Hou Tu, wore a white palace dress, extremely elegant and refined, with a face as beautiful as a 28-year-old's, exuding an inexplicable warmth that made people feel good, her beautiful eyes constantly revealing a compassionate and merciful intention, even making Zhang, who considered himself a noble, feel his heart skip a beat.

  Houtu's journey was to entrust the Houtu tribe to Houyi's care. After the witch demon slaughtered the human race, countless wronged souls wandered aimlessly in the world, crying bitterly every day, and the kind-hearted Houtu ancestor was heartbroken. She finally decided to set out on a journey to find a way of liberation on the vast continent of Honghuang.

  Zhang Zilong naturally wanted to follow, and regardless of the issue of merit, he had already made up his mind. Following Hou Tu to the Blood Sea, he would gradually point out the cycle of reincarnation to her, and then obtain the first merit after the creation of heaven. Just talking about Hou Tu herself, she was a top-notch beauty, a combination of a pure young girl and an elegant noblewoman. Following such a strong and meritorious, yet beautiful woman, wasn't it better than facing a loving couple all day?

  Houtu also felt that having one more person might allow them to discuss and verify their thoughts, and soon find a way to save all living beings, so she agreed as well.

  Chang'e heard that Zhang Zilong was going to follow Hou Tu Zu Wu to travel in the vast wilderness, and she felt reluctant and worried. In these days of getting along, she had already regarded this clever and somewhat childish Jade Dragon Daojun as her own family (younger brother?). She went back to the house and quietly prepared some small eats and dry rations for him, packing them heavily, and let Zhang Zilong take them with him.

  Feeling the care of his dry sister (when did you know her?), he also felt warmth in his heart, and made a promise to return soon to see her. Zhang Zilong left the human tribe.

  It wasn't until they were on the road that things didn't turn out as good as he thought. Firstly, Hou Tu, this beautiful woman, although very gentle and kind, didn't like to talk. Along the way, Yu Long Dao Jun seized the rare opportunity to chat up the beauty while also seeking advice from this Refining Body expert. Who knew that Hou Tu would only answer when asked, but apart from that, she wouldn't say a word of nonsense? Yu Long Dao Jun was hurt twice in a row (did Chang'e count...), his heart couldn't take it anymore, and he often found himself alone in the corner, drawing circles with a cow full of face.

  Enough idle chatter, both of them were highly accomplished individuals, and traveling through the vast expanse of the Desolate Lands wasn't anything that could shock them. They finally arrived at the edge of the Desolate Lands, above the endless Blood Sea.

  Zhang Zilong had always been full of curiosity about the Blood Sea, this place transformed from Pangu's navel, the most polluted place in the world. Today, he finally saw it, and indeed, it was extremely evil and vicious! The vast Blood Sea stretched out endlessly, with countless souls of ancient creatures drifting into it, being contaminated and swallowed by the sea. The stench of blood was so overwhelming that even Zhang Zilong, a Taiyi Golden Immortal, couldn't bear it.

  Houtu saw the endless blood sea devouring souls, and that sense of mission seemed to grow stronger. Zhang Zilong knew that Houtu was about to gain insight, so he paid his respects: "Houtu Niangniang, you see the endless blood sea swallowing the world's living beings, but I think that under the heavenly way, there is always a thread of life, and all living things should not die in vain."

  Houtu was shocked by the words, and the heavenly mechanism pulled down. In the obscureness, that strong feeling was getting closer and closer. "Fellow Taoist, please protect me for a moment, I want to comprehend my own mission." Then Houtu landed on a piece of land in the sea of blood.

  Zhang Zilong took out the Ziwei Xingchen fan, and endless purple silk fell down, enveloping Hou Tu. The pollution of the bloody sea could not get close to her body at all. Then she also sat cross-legged, quietly waiting for Hou Tu's body to transform into a cycle, obtaining infinite merits.

  A hundred years later, Zhang Zilong's mind stirred and he opened his eyes to see Hou Tu staring at him, her beautiful eyes revealing a thousand emotions. Seeing that Zhang Zilong had awakened, Hou Tu smiled sweetly: "Thank you for the kindness of pointing me in the right direction back then, I have now understood my own mission. Today is the day of my reincarnation, and in these final moments, I am accompanied by a friend, so I am not lonely." As she spoke, she let out a faint sigh.

  After hearing what Hou Tu said, Xiao Zhang's heart was a mixed bag of emotions. Although he had been planning for this moment all along, but when it came down to it, he had to watch as the beautiful woman disappeared before his very eyes, which wasn't exactly pleasant. He had always doubted the credibility of the legend about Hou Tu's resurrection after being beheaded.

  Seeing his complex expression, Hou Tu comforted him with a smile and immediately squeezed out two clusters of pure blood from the palm of his hand. The golden light was dazzling, filled with Pangu's merit of opening up the sky. "Fellow Taoist, after I reincarnate, I will no longer exist. Please take one cluster of pure blood to the Wu tribe and let my elder brother recreate a new Ancestor Wu of the Earth. The other cluster of pure blood is to thank you for your companionship over the centuries."

  With that, Hou Tu was no longer entangled and his body shone with golden light, for the moment of reincarnation had arrived. In the sky, a gigantic eye appeared out of nowhere, casting an endless pressure over the bloody sea. Zhang Zilong leaned against his protective treasure, desperately resisting the eye, his heart filled with terror: "The Heavenly Dao Law Wheel! It's actually summoning the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel! It seems that the Heavenly Dao will not allow Hou Tu's reincarnation to be disturbed in any way, and is protecting her!"

  The earth rose higher and higher, the white palace dress fluttered in the wind, and the cherry lips opened lightly: "I want to sacrifice my body to reincarnate, to complete the Heavenly Way. I want to sacrifice my body to reincarnate, to give rebirth to all living beings. I want to sacrifice my body to reincarnate, from now on the earth will no longer be bewitched." A clear and crisp yet desolate voice came out of Hou Tu's mouth.

  Zhang Zilong only felt that the aura of Hou Tu's continuous emission of light was getting heavier and heavier, and finally almost on par with the Heavenly Dao Law Wheel in the sky!

  When the aura of Hou Tu reached its peak, she suddenly opened her beautiful eyes and lightly shouted: "The six paths of reincarnation, life and death are endless, all living beings suffer, I am for all living beings. The six paths of reincarnation appear now!" Only to see that Hou Tu in the midst of the boundless light was slowly being swallowed by the void, a huge wheel platform emerged from the light. The Heavenly Way, Human Way, Asura Way, Hungry Ghost Way, Hell Way, and Animal Way, according to the mysterious rules, kept rotating non-stop. The hearts of all living beings in the vast wilderness suddenly seemed to have realized something, and they all knelt down towards the Blood Sea, calling out " Hou Tu Niang Niang is merciful!" Even the saints of the heavens rose up, bowed their heads and paid respects to Hou Tu's transformed reincarnation, while the Western Pure Land Guide was filled with sorrow: "Hou Tu Niang Niang's great virtue, I am not worthy!" The nearby Zhuanti also had a face full of emotion. And among the Wu tribe, all eleven ancestral witches were crying, including the only female Xuanming Ancestral Witch, who muttered to herself: "Sister, you go well..."

  Zhang Zilong's eyes unexpectedly shed a tear, "Faint, Master Dao how could I possibly be moved, how could I bear to part with you, uh, it's too hateful!"

  The Dharma Wheel of the Heavenly Way appeared in the sky, and after the Earth had transformed into a wheel of reincarnation, a pair of huge eyes revealed a hint of comfort. Immediately, countless merits poured down, eight layers fell into the six paths of reincarnation, and two layers flew towards Zhang Zilong who was standing still on one side.

  Zhang Zilong felt the wonderful use of merit and virtue for the first time, he only felt that the nine-turns Xuan Gong was like a machine with nuclear power added, frantically rotating, how great is the merit and virtue? Compared to Nüwa creating humans, it's many times more. If Hou Tu didn't have a primordial spirit, just the merit and virtue of her own transformation could make her become a saint on the spot. For hundreds of years, Zhang Zilong has been constantly enlightening Hou Tu, accompanying her travels in the vast wilderness, later reminding her of her mission and guarding her for a hundred years. All these things added up, and he actually gained two layers of merit and virtue!

  Six turns quickly reached the peak, and then broke through without any hindrance, reaching the seventh turn of Daluo Jinxian level, and stopped only after reaching the late stage of Daluo Jinxian. However, Zhang Zilong's body could no longer withstand this great merit.

  At this moment, the purple divine dragon that had been silent since its birth suddenly reacted. Zhang Zilong felt as if his soul was being pulled by something and a part of it entered the purple divine dragon. Suddenly, countless merits seemed to have found an outlet and poured into the divine dragon with a whooshing sound.

  A massive purple-golden light flashed by, and the divine dragon's virtual shadow appeared in the sky above the bloody sea, its mighty roar causing the heavens and earth to change color.

  Zhang Zilong felt very lucky, but at this moment he didn't feel so lucky anymore. He had obtained so much merit, yet it was snatched away by this guy more than half of it. Whoever came would not be happy about it!

  However, after absorbing all the merits and transforming into a physical entity, the purple gold giant dragon suddenly transformed into a 27- or 28-year-old man who looked very similar to Zhang Zilong, but was ten years older, with purple hair. After the giant dragon transformed, Zhang Zilong felt a strange feeling that this dragon was him, and he was also the dragon! It wasn't a severed corpse, nor an external incarnation, but a kind of mysterious and profound feeling.

  "The poor Taoist ancestor dragon, has seen the true body!" At the same time, a piece of information also transmitted to Zhang Zilong's mind. This purple giant dragon turned out to be the ancestral dragon, the leader of the three ancient dragon tribes!

  In the ancient times, when the great calamity occurred, the Ancestral Dragon's body fell, and its soul should have dispersed. However, the Great Way had 50 chapters, and the Heavenly Evolution had 49 chapters, always leaving a thread of life for all living beings. The Ancestral Dragon's residual soul was absorbed by the Emperor Star, Zi Wei Xing. When Zhang Zi Long was born, he possessed the destiny of Zi Wei, and the Ancestral Dragon's residual soul naturally drew into his body, merging with Zhang Zi Long's soul. Now, relying on the merits of reincarnation, the Ancestral Dragon is reborn, but the Ancestral Dragon is a Jade Dragon, and the Jade Dragon is not the Ancestral Dragon - the connection between them is complicated.

  "Hmm... so, this Ancestral Dragon is just like my congenital spiritual body, haha, I've made a fortune! After receiving the information, Zhang Zilong smiled complacently. This time, he had indeed made a fortune, not only had his own cultivation reached the late stage of Daluo Jinxian, but he had also obtained an Ancestral Dragon, a quasi-saint level split body, what a fortune!"

  Zulong and he exchanged a glance, understanding each other tacitly. He took the Dragon-Slaying Sword from Zhang Zilong and the Ziwei Star Fan, then tore through the void and left.

  In this cycle of reincarnation, even a saint cannot calculate the events within. The Ancestral Dragon is an ancient great being, with cultivation nearing quasi-sainthood (invincible without being a saint). Moreover, it has countless enemies. Although it has undergone rebirth through merit and become the Meritorious Purple Gold Dragon, its strength has recovered to the mid-quasi-saint stage. However, the enormous dragon aura on its body will still raise suspicions. It's better to leave and find a place to slowly recover its strength.

  Just then, the construction of the reincarnation platform was finally completed, and Zhang Zilong also anxiously looked at the reincarnation platform, expecting that the gentle Hou Tu Niang would be revived.