Chapter 9: Nüwa Creates Humans, All People Become Saints

  Hongmeng purple energy is the foundation of becoming a saint, containing the ultimate principle of the Tao, and enlightenment can achieve the accomplishment of the Supreme Saint. Therefore, after returning to Kunlun Mountain, he closed his door to comprehend the Hongmeng purple energy he had obtained, hoping to enlighten the Great Way as soon as possible.

  Inside the quiet room, Hong Xuan was seen entering a meditative state to comprehend the Hong Meng purple energy bestowed upon him by Hong Jun. His entire body was enveloped in a cluster of purple energy, faintly visible. The purple energy gradually converged and merged into Hong Xuan's body. A flash of purple light flickered across his face before disappearing, restoring its original appearance.

  Hong Xuan opened his eyes, counted with his fingers, and found that a million years had passed. After a million years of closed-door meditation to comprehend the Hong Meng purple energy, he gained nothing, only feeling that there was a thin layer of paper covering up the Heavenly Way, unable to see or touch it. He sighed, having gained nothing, Hong Xuan stopped meditating, knowing that the opportunity had not yet arrived and could not be forced.

  Just as he came out of the cave, he saw Kong Xuan already waiting outside the entrance. Hong Xuan asked him: "Have you finished refining the spiritual treasure given by the founder?"

  Kong Xuan first bowed to Hongyuan and said with shame: "I have returned to report to the teacher, the disciple is incompetent, and until now, he has not yet completely refined the Northern Profound Yuan Controlling Water Flag."

  Hong Xuan smiled faintly and said, "You don't have to worry about it. This treasure is after all a top-grade pre-heavenly spiritual treasure, which is hard to find in the three realms. Although you have now achieved the Great Luo Golden Immortal, but wanting to completely refine it in a short period of time is impossible. You need to refine it day by day, and as long as you continue like this, you will eventually succeed!"

  Kong Xuan's face changed instantly and he bowed to Hongyuan again, saying: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance!"

  Hong Xuan waved his hand and said, "Never mind! Kong Xuan, you go strike the golden bell. It's been many years since I've lectured on the Tao. Today, let's gather all the spirits!"

  Kong Xuan knew that Hongyuan was going to preach to the spirits of Kunlun Mountain, and he happily said: "Disciple obeys orders!" After finishing speaking, he hurriedly went to strike the golden bell.

  Before long, a clear and crisp bell sound spread throughout the Kunlun Mountains. A group of spiritual beings who had opened their spiritual wisdom suddenly rushed towards the Hongyuan Cave Mansion. When they got closer, they all held their breath, walked quietly to Hongyuan's side, paid their respects one by one, and then found a place to sit down and wait for Hongyuan to preach.

  Hongyuan waited for the spirits of all living beings to settle, and then he manifested twelve grades of green lotus. On his head appeared a cloud of celebration, half an acre in size, clear as water. He began to expound the true words of the Great Way.

  Having preached for a thousand years, not only did the listeners benefit greatly from the teachings, but Hongyuan's own understanding of the Tao also deepened.

  Hong Xuan stopped talking, pinched his fingers to calculate, and ignored the crowd who were still immersed in the enlightenment of the Great Way. He took a step forward, and when he reappeared, he was already on Mount Buzhou.

  Nüwa returned to her own cave after obtaining the Hongmeng purple energy in the Purple Mansion, but she still had no gain after a million years. She was so frustrated that she left her cave and wandered around the world of Honghuang. Today, she came to Mount Buzhou, where her Dao heart was shocked, and the Hongmeng purple energy in her primordial spirit also jumped restlessly. Nüwa vaguely felt that her chance of becoming a deity was on Mount Buzhou, but that thread of heavenly opportunity flashed by and was hard to grasp. Suddenly, she sensed a wave of fluctuations coming from the space behind her, and when she turned around, it was Hongyuan who appeared out of thin air.

  Nüwa was surprised by Hongyuan's sudden arrival at Buzhou Mountain, but she didn't want to lose her manners, so she stepped forward and bowed, saying: "So it's Fourth Brother, Nüwa greets you!"

  Hongyuan also returned a courtesy and said: "I have paid my respects! Junior sister is well!"

  Nüwa nodded and said, "After parting with Zixuan Palace, Nüwa returned to Dongfu to fully comprehend the Hongmeng Purple Qi bestowed by Master. Alas, Nüwa is dull-witted and has yet to grasp even a bit of it until now, hence her irritable mood. She came out for a walk but didn't expect to meet Shixiong here; she wonders what brought Fourth Shixiong here?"

  Hong Xuan replied calmly: "There's nothing much, I haven't yet grasped the Hongmeng Purple Qi, and I feel ashamed in front of my teacher and sister. Feeling frustrated, I came to this Not-Week Mountain for a walk." This remark was utterly shameless - he actually came to enlighten Nüwa to gain some merit, but instead of speaking the truth, he dragged the Heavenly Way Hong Jun into it, which was extremely bold!

  Nüwa smiled and said: "Since that's the case, why don't you, elder brother, go with me to Mount Buzhou instead?"

  Hong Xuan nodded and said "good", then went to play with Nüwa on Mount Buzhou. As the pillar that holds up the sky, most of the spiritual energy in the world converges on Mount Buzhou, giving birth to countless spiritual roots, strange flowers, and exotic rocks, making it the number one fairy mountain in the world! However, today the two had their own thoughts, although they were playing, they didn't have the heart to appreciate the scenery.

  After a while, Hong Xuan seemed to say casually: "Since the creation of heaven and earth, living beings have emerged, bustling and vast, although there are thousands of tribes, but upon closer inspection, they can be summarized as only two tribes, namely witches and demons. It is said that 'the Tao gives birth to one, one gives birth to two, two gives birth to three, and three gives birth to all things', but I don't know where this 'three' comes from."

  Nüwa's primordial spirit suddenly trembled upon hearing the words, as if a layer of paper had been pierced, and the clouds parted to reveal the bright moon. The heavenly mechanism appeared, and she had already grasped that thread of opportunity for achieving enlightenment.

  Hong Xuan gazed calmly at Nüwa, who was closing her eyes, but his heart was already turbulent: The human race, is it finally going to descend into the world?

  But then Nüwa took out an object, which was the Nine Heavens Breath Soil bestowed by the Taoist ancestor. With a few pinches of her hands, Nüwa created a mud figure with a head, face, arms and legs, resembling a human body.

  But at this time Hong Xuan took out an object and handed it over to Nüwa: "Junior sister use this object."

  Nüwa took a look and found it was a gourd vine, which was exactly the one Hongyuan had pulled down from Mount Kunlun. Nüwa took it over, thanked him, and with a wave of her jade hand, countless mud pellets transformed into individual mud objects like before. Nüwa then pinched out some of her own blood essence onto the mud objects, and after a flash of clear light, those mud objects suddenly came to life, having flesh and blood, able to walk and speak.

  Nüwa, overjoyed at this sight, shouted towards the sky: "Now I, Nüwa, have used the nine heavens' essence to create a new tribe. Let them be called 'humans'! Heaven will witness it!" As soon as she finished speaking, a five-colored auspicious light descended from the horizon, splitting into three parts. One part fell into Hongyuan's sleeve, one part entered the calabaza vine but was picked up by Hongyuan, and eight-tenths of the remaining part instantly merged into Nüwa's body. Suddenly, Nüwa's body emitted a brilliant light that dazzled the eyes, and countless pre-heavenly spiritual energies rushed in from all directions. The wind started to howl, clouds gathered, lightning flashed, thunder rumbled, and an extraordinary phenomenon appeared in the sky. A faint heavenly music echoed, and golden lotus flowers bloomed as Nüwa's body emitted an endless aura of majesty that spread throughout the entire Honghuang world in an instant. Hongyuan could only barely withstand this pressure by using his twelve-petaled green lotus, while billions of spiritual beasts crawled towards Mount Buzhou, kowtowing and cheering, as if congratulating the birth of a new sage!

  The great gods of the vast wilderness cast their eyes on Mount Buzhou, filled with admiration, excitement, and jealousy. When that oppressive aura dissipated, the current Nüwa was different from before, mysterious and unfathomable. Hongyuan put away Qinglian and stepped forward to congratulate: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for attaining the Supreme Tao of the Infinite and Eternal Origin, henceforth imperishable and indestructible for all eternity!"

  Nüwa smiled and said: "Nüwa was just about to thank her elder brother for his enlightenment!"

  Hong Xuan heard this and shook his head repeatedly, saying: "Your Majesty is joking, I'm just a temporary feeling of speech, coincidental opportunity! It's rather that I'm ashamed, I actually got a successful virtue and the treasure of this virtue, how can I still bear Your Majesty's thanks?" This guy is going to be shameless to the end.

  Nüwa also nodded, she didn't think that Hongyuan would know her ascension opportunity, and thought that Hongyuan was just coincidental.

  At this time, the newly born human tribes also stood up and saw Nüwa and Hongyuan kneel down again, shouting: "Long live the Holy Father and Holy Mother!"

  Nüwa raised her hand and exerted a gentle force to lift up the crowd, then turned to Hongyuan and asked: "Fourth Brother, I want to open up a Daoist temple outside of the Thirty-Three Heavens. These newly-born humans will need your care!"

  Hong Xuan nodded and said, "It should be so!" After finishing speaking, he shook his sleeves and used the divine ability of "Sleeve Universe" to bring the newly born human tribe into it. Then, he bid farewell to Nüwa and headed east, settling the human tribe in a desolate area near the East Sea.

  Hongyuan returned to the top of Kunlun Mountain and ordered Kong Xuan to take care of the newly born human tribe, then headed towards Laozi's residence. When he arrived nearby, he found that his three senior brothers were already waiting outside the door.

  Hongyuan made his greetings: "I've seen three senior brothers."

  The three of them also returned the courtesy. Tongtian burst out laughing and said, "Nüwa created the human race and achieved the Dao, while my junior brother became the Holy Father of the human race. This is truly a joyous occasion!"

  Hong Xuan smiled faintly and said: "It's actually I who should be congratulating the three of you, my elder brothers."

  The three were shocked by his words, and Tong Tian asked urgently: "What's going on?"

  Hongyuan replied, "Just now when Nüwa was creating humans, heaven bestowed virtue to assist her in becoming a saint. At that time, my foolish younger brother caught a glimpse of the heavenly mechanism. The causal conditions for our three older brothers' enlightenment are actually on human bodies!"

  The three were shocked upon hearing this and seemed to be thinking deeply, as if they had caught onto something. They bid farewell to Hongyuan and returned to their own caves to meditate in seclusion.

  But in the Heavenly Court, Emperor Jun said to Donghuang Taiyi: "The goddess Nüwa has become a saint, which is very beneficial to our demon clan. We should go and congratulate her!" Donghuang Taiyi nodded in agreement upon hearing this, and ordered his subordinates to prepare rich gifts, then went with Emperor Jun to the newly established Wahuang Tianchao in the 33rd Heaven to offer congratulations to Goddess Nüwa.

  The Ancestral Witch Temple, where the twelve ancestral witches gathered together, had a heavy atmosphere, but they were worried about Nüwa's ascension to sainthood. This was because Nüwa was from the demon tribe, and now that she had become a saint, the demon tribe had gained a saint, which would surpass the witch tribe. If Nüwa were to take action, the consequences of the conflict between witches and demons would be difficult for the witch tribe to withstand.

  Zhurong was the most fiery, loudly saying: "What's there to fear? We have the Twelve Heavenly Spirits' Great Formation, even a sage would find it hard to break. With Nüwa taking action, what's the harm?"

  "Under the saint, all are ants. Even our Heaven-Defying Great Formation can resist the saint, but after all, the saint's power is boundless and endless. We will eventually exhaust ourselves. What should we do then?"

  Zhu Rong's face, which was originally bright red, became even redder.

  At this time, the three realms of sentient beings only heard a voice coming from Mount Kunlun: "I am Pan Gu Taicheng Laozi. Today, I will create a teaching to enlighten humanity. With the Taiji diagram, I shall suppress the flow of energy and establish my teachings!" As soon as he finished speaking, he shook the Primordial Treasure Taiji Diagram in his hand, and the Taiji Diagram instantly took on a yin-yang shape and rose into mid-air. The aura of yin and yang descended, and the Heavenly Way was moved to bestow great merit. This drew out the Open Heaven Merit from Laozi's body, and suddenly a seven-colored rainbow light illuminated the entire sky and earth. Laozi had already attained enlightenment and become a saint!

  Not yet had the multitude recovered from their fright, when another voice was heard saying: "I am Pangu's Jade Pure Origin. Today I create a religion to enlighten humanity. With Pangu's banner, I shall suppress the evil influences and establish my teachings!" Thus Yuanshi also attained enlightenment and became a saint, just like Laozi.

  Another voice was heard saying: "I am Pan Gu Shang Qing Tong Tian, today I will create a new teaching, to enlighten the human race, with the Four Swords of Zhēn Xiān to suppress the Qi Yun, cut off the teachings, and establish!" Tong Tian also became a saint.

  But it's not over yet, at this time a Bodhi tree and a golden lotus suddenly burst out of the western sky, strange phenomena followed one after another: "Good! Good! Today we establish a teaching, named Western Teaching, to enlighten all living beings with the twelve grades of Golden Lotus to suppress the air transport!" Immediately afterwards, they made forty-eight great vows, Heaven was moved, and bestowed great merit, and the two became saints!

  In just one day, six people became saints, shocking the entire Honghuang! Those who knew the machine, however, already knew that the day when the saint would dominate the world was coming!

  It is: The people of Buzhou Mountain came out, and when the sage appeared, heaven and earth were shocked.