Chapter 1733: Nüwa

With mixed thoughts, Nüwa followed Daji into the Luo Fu Cave Heaven.

Within the cave heaven, surges of the four primordial qi rose skyward without concealment.

"I never noticed before?"

Nüwa was stunned.

How had she failed to detect so many Holy Ones arriving?

Had all the Xuánmen Holy Ones come?

That couldn't be right.

The Xuánmen had only three Holy Ones.

Could a Western Holy One have come too?

That still made no sense.

The two Western Holy Ones always moved together; it was impossible for one to arrive while the other vanished.

"Oh, right—perhaps it's the three Xuánmen Holy Ones and Master Taixuan."

She suddenly understood, thinking she now knew everything.

But when she saw the masters of the four primordial qi, she froze.

That's impossible!

How could Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming also be Luo Jinxian?

That doesn't make sense.

Is primordial cultivation so easy to achieve?

Long ago, she too had sought to attain primordial cultivation and claim the Holy One's throne.

Yet after years of effort, she understood the key to breakthrough—and ultimately gave up.

After all, Hongjun would never lend her the Creation Jade Disc.

So she created humanity and became a Holy One.

Now, Yunxiao and Zhao Gongming had achieved primordial cultivation—it was a slap in the face.

"Could there truly be a shortcut to primordial cultivation, without the Creation Jade Disc?"

Nüwa felt ashamed.

She was the first Holy One after Hongjun, convinced her talent was peerless, unmatched through all ages.

Yet now, she had been surpassed.

Nüwa replied: "I calculated that there is a way to break this deadlock here, so I came specifically. I never expected that the Jie Sect now has three Hunyuan experts. Could this be the breakthrough the Heavenly Mechanism hinted at?"

Tongtian laughed heartily and shook his head: "Friend, you overstate it. If a breakthrough is needed, it must be Master Taixuan who acts."

Nüwa replied: "I divined that a way to break the deadlock lies here, so I came specifically. I never expected Jie Jiao to have three Luo Jinxian. Could this be the breakthrough the heavenly fate foretold?"

Tongtian laughed heartily and shook his head: "Daoist, you overstate it. If a breakthrough is needed, it must come from Master Taixuan."

Hearing this, Nüwa was startled.

One Holy One, stronger than Jie Jiao's three?

Nüwa's gaze settled on Zhang Taixuan, studying him closely—her heart tightened.

His cultivation was unimaginably profound.

Merely one glance, and it was as if she saw the Dao itself.

Even Hongjun, whom she knew well, had never possessed such grandeur, such nobility.

"Nüwa greets Master Taixuan!"

Zhang Taixuan nodded slightly: "No need for formalities. Daoist, you sensed the heavenly fate—clearly, the Heavenly Dao still favors humanity and does not wish its Holy One to stand against it. Now, choose: will you side with Hongjun against the Heavenly Dao, or with us against Hongjun?"

"Against the Ancestor?" Nüwa gasped.

Zhang Taixuan nodded: "Yes. Hongjun's greed is too blatant—he seeks not only the greatest reserves of the Shen Shen world, but also to seize control of this world and fuse all creation. The Heavenly Dao naturally refuses, so it made a thousand-year pact with me. Now the term is up; victory or defeat will be decided. Nüwa Daoist, make your choice."

No wonder my cultivation has been so difficult these past thousand years—I could no longer comprehend the Dao's principles.

It was because the Dao had already made an agreement with Master Taixuan a thousand years ago to expel Hongjun.

No wonder her cultivation had grown so difficult these past thousand years—she could no longer comprehend the Heavenly Dao's laws.

It was because the Heavenly Dao had made a pact with Master Taixuan a millennium ago to expel Hongjun.

And she, with her ambiguous stance, had been abandoned.

The Heavenly Dao naturally ceased aiding her cultivation—and now restricted her.

Other Luo Jinxian must have faced the same?

But—how should she choose?

Nüwa's heart grew tense.

The human race's destiny was diminished; once the true master of heaven and earth, it had now become a race anyone could manipulate.

Her elder brother perished in ancient times, then sealed within Huoyun Cave.

Humanity's destiny was stripped; once the true masters of heaven and earth, now a race anyone could trample.

And she, the Holy One, had become the one others looked down upon.

The Ancestor had long suppressed humanity, suppressed her brother…

"Master Taixuan, I am willing to aid you," Nüwa's eyes brightened. "But the Ancestor's power is vast—defeating him will not be easy."

Zhang Taixuan smiled: "Hongjun is mine. The rest, I leave to you. We now have six Luo Jinxian—against Hongjun's five, we have enough."

"Six?" Nüwa exclaimed. "Has another Luo Jinxian from another realm descended here?"

Zhang Taixuan shook his head: "No. It's Wudang Shengmu."

Nüwa was stunned: "Wudang?"

【61】 Zhang Taixuan nodded gently.

【62】 Nüwa was speechless.

Just moments ago, Wu Dang was in the Heavenly Court—how could he possibly become a Saint so quickly?

Is becoming a Saint so easy?

"Could it be that Brother Taixuan has a shortcut to achieving Hunyuan?" Nüwa asked softly, her face filled with curiosity. "Brother, your abilities are truly immense..."