Chapter 236: Nüwa: I feel you look down on me, and I have proof!

The Yan Emperor, who looks exactly like Fengxi, can be considered the highest-ranking existence under Nüwa.

He wields the divine staff, possessing immense dignity, naturally inspiring a feeling of submission.

This is also the top sovereign of the human race, who has made tremendous contributions to the clan.

The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors honor his name; the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors worship his position!

At this moment, the Yan Emperor raises his weapon, his pupil light and divine radiance shifting, gazing forward——he seems to be staring at Huangdi, staring at this peerless great enemy whose virtue and conduct can match his and even surpass him; and also seems to be gazing at Nüwa's back, etching into his heart her heroic posture that swells and takes flight at this moment, in silent wordlessness as if harboring feelings of respect and admiration……

Fengxi, through time, looks at the Yan Emperor's expression in this message and feels capable of writing a 1.8-million-word reading comprehension.

It's really too subtle! If we pulled ten thousand people over to look, we could estimate there would be ten thousand interpretations.

And finally, everything condensed inward, turning into Chaos.

The Yan Emperor's gaze suddenly became profound; the high-held divine staff fell, pointing toward……the realm of reincarnation!

Without joining the other powerhouses who followed Nüwa's order to attack, he did not assault Huangdi together with them, but chose another target.

As the divine staff was lightly tapped, the Yan Emperor also chanted an obscure, lofty, ancient divine sound; the legal principle of hidden virtue blossomed, resonating with reincarnation, making the principles, order, and laws there unprecedentedly active, faintly breaking free of Huangdi's control, so that it would no longer serve as shackles binding Houtu, allowing her to face the wall and reflect.

——Yan Emperor, he is also a major figure in the Way of Reincarnation!

To some extent, he is more proficient in reincarnation than Houtu……after all, he once worked himself to death for it, helping Houtu popularize this thing deeply into people's hearts.

Although reincarnation was created by Houtu, when it comes to controlling shares……it's really hard to say.

With his intervention, aiding Houtu to resist Huangdi's unknownly researched reincarnation loophole……the situation thus reversed, turning point appeared.

This is a situation that moves and concerns Huangdi even more than those powerhouses who swarmed forward!

Because, although those great supernatural beings are strong, how can they be compared to Houtu? The former can be cut down with three or five swords; the latter, at peak posture, can match them in a fight! Great Luo and Great Luo are different.

Powerhouses and powerhouses are also different.

"Well done!"

Within reincarnation, Houtu rejoiced greatly, instantly exerting force, wanting to break the prison from inside and outside.

Of course.

Houtu was overjoyed.

Someone, however, was not happy, sighing languidly.

"Yan Emperor."

Huangdi lightly sighed, "Do you know what you're doing?"

"You are also a Human Emperor; you ought to stand with us on the same side."

"But what you are doing now has already betrayed the position of a Human Emperor."

The Holy Emperor's tone was icy and indifferent: "As the sovereign of the human race, after the situation is set, suppressing military factions and shifting the clan's focus from war to development and construction is utterly natural and justified."

"This is the call of all lower-class peoples, the urgent demand of the entire human race for future development."

"And yet you, at this moment, actually stand together with the Wu Clan?"

The Yan Emperor listened to Huangdi's rebuke, his expression unchanged, calmly replying, "Just righteousness."

"Heh." Huangdi chuckled lightly, "Righteousness... just because Houtu helped you, so you betrayed your own stance?"

"Don't tell me you haven't seen Nüwa guarding against you...... Why bother doing something that pleases neither side?"

Nüwa guarding against the Yan Emperor——this is really as normal as it gets.

After all, the human sovereign camp of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors collectively defected, taking the self-enthroned Five Direction Heavenly Emperors of the human race as representatives, sounding the horn of suppression against the Wu Clan's military armed forces.

Green Emperor, Huangdi, White Emperor, Black Emperor—all four emperors rebelled!

Eastern Heavenly Emperor——Green Emperor, sought out Jumang.

Western Heavenly Emperor——White Emperor, blocked Zhurong.

Northern Heavenly Emperor——Black Emperor, dealt a heavy blow; Xuanming has already been schemed against and suppressed, Gonggong also faces imminent disaster.

As for Huangdi, he pressed Houtu into reincarnation and rubbed her hard; moreover, as the Central Heavenly Emperor, whose status is vaguely the highest among the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, with a single command, many Great Luo retinues split and shattered the Wu Clan's core fighting force……If not for Nüwa personally entering the scene, the situation would have long been decided!

Only the Yan Emperor remains a lone sprout, still following Nüwa……but this does not exempt Nüwa from needing a cautious, guarded attitude in her defense.

Once bitten by a snake, ten years fearing the well rope.

What's more, this is the awful coup that just happened right under our eyelids?

What Huangdi said is not wrong.

Nüwa, at this moment she is precisely when her guard is strongest.

Even when directly confronting Huangdi, she still diverts much thought to guarding against the worst possible outcome.

Nüwa is merely pure‑hearted, with a relatively high moral bottom line… but that doesn't mean she's stupid; she's never been the sort of naive sweetie who can be fooled with a lollipop and lose her bearings.

After all, among human emperors there is the wisdom bearer, and the legendary soft-rice Heavenly Emperor as her elder brother; through constant exposure and subtle influence, even if she hasn't mastered the skill of digging pits and burying people, her due vigilance is absolutely not lacking.

Under such premises, to still plot against her……perhaps only Fuxi personally stepping in, devising strategies, self-directing and self-performing, laying covert plans over tens of millions to hundreds of millions of years, could there be a slight chance.

As for these possibilities, Nüwa has long made arrangements, keeping Xihuang under watch, ensuring he has no ability to manifest avatars, so he will have no chance to cause trouble.

Nüwa's ability to reach her current status relies absolutely not on luck, but also on her own persistence, effort, and caution!

No way.

In this primordial chaos where an ancient god sage can deliberately create a terrifying 'Apocalypse Pot King' to shirk responsibility and dump black filth, without an extremely cautious mindset, it is impossible to laugh last……who knows when the second-in-command eyeing his throne will secretly plot, overturn him on the ground, and seize the fruits of victory.

Therefore, from the moment Nüwa descends, she looks at everyone with colored glasses, treating them as "villains who want to harm the sovereign" to guard against.

——Before she becomes the ultimate victor who laughs last, she will not relax in the slightest! Huangdi saw this, then he exposed it, conducting ideological work on the Yan Emperor, winning him over.

And the Yan Emperor? He also saw it, the joints clear as day.

But he still did it.

Interfering with reincarnation, wanting to release Houtu.

At this moment, facing Huangdi's questioning, the Yan Emperor responded calmly.

"What I want to do, how could it stop because of others' suspicions?"

"I never sought to win anyone's trust, nor do I care about how others look at my actions with ulterior motives…… I just want to do this, so I did it."

Even the seemingly calm and restrained Yandi has his own persistence, his own pride.

I do my own thing; why should I care about others?

Does Nüwa suspect him, fear him—would he care?

He only needs to be responsible for his truest feelings and thoughts; that's enough.

"Houtu once helped me, so now I help her break out of the cycle of reincarnation…… that's all."

Yandi said lightly.

"Even if your actions deviate from the interests and needs of humanity as a whole, is it hindering development?" Huangdi said in an even colder tone.

"Yes." Yandi first nodded in agreement, then suddenly laughed out loud, "Moreover, the truth is not like that at all." "Huangdi, don't think I'm as easily fooled as Nüwa, able to be suppressed by humanity's righteousness."

"That's right, the times are developing, the theme is changing; it was once military, and soon it will shift to development and construction—in this process we must eliminate everything that does not fit the times."

"But why must Lady Nüwa relinquish power and merely be set up as a divine statue on the altar?"

Yandi, while expounding certain facts, said, "Yes, in terms of development she's not very capable…… even though she has managed the logistical development of the entire Demon Race, using a massive group for hands‑on practice, she has striven to improve herself."

"But she still can't match the Green Emperor, can't match you, Huangdi, can't match me, Yandi…… even the White Emperor and Black Emperor can go toe‑to‑toe with her."

"Want to bully the History Emperor and the Candle Dragon? That's plenty bold."

"That is, only by thrashing Gonggong, Zhurong, and Goumang—these shamans—can one build up confidence."

"But…… what does it matter?"

"As a qualified leader, as long as you put the right people in the right places, that's enough."

"Her development skills are poor, but aren't we still here?"

"We support and help her; our wisdom is her wisdom—why worry that humanity can't develop rapidly, day by day?"

Yandi said lightly, "After all, it's just that you all have ambition."

"If there were no ambition…… the military faction should indeed be suppressed, but we would never use such violent means to overthrow; instead, we would gradually assist Nüwa in transferring authority, slowly shifting from military to governance, ultimately achieving a wise ruler and virtuous ministers, thus creating a fine tale."

Yandi spoke calmly, and Nüwa, with her back to him, nodded repeatedly.

——Exactly like that!

This struck a chord in Nüwa's heart.

Beacon fires rise across the land—is it that Nüwa has lost virtue? Impossible!

Nüwa, brimming with virtue, how could she lose it?

It must be the ambitious scheming, stirring up trouble!

But she's not good with words; even if she had this idea, she couldn't organize her language well, so Huangdi opposite overpowered her presence.

Now Yandi has turned the tide for her.

Of course, Yandi is speaking up for her, no mistake, but she doesn't feel very happy about it.

Because of what was said and implied, she always feels offended.

"Am I really that incompetent?"

"Am I easily fooled?"

"Is my ability to develop so poor? Can I only find confidence by bullying the weak?"

Nüwa nodded to show her agreement with Yandi's words, yet in her heart she pondered uneasily.

If it weren't for the inappropriate setting,

If it were normal, she would most likely pull Yandi aside for a long, heart‑to‑heart talk, making him realize that when criticizing others' shortcomings, he should be more tactful.

As for now?

For the time being, let it go.

In the midst of so many great traitors as a backdrop, one cannot help but say that Yandi's upright and loyal conduct can warm Nüwa's heart, making her feel that the investment and cultivation over the ages was worthwhile, having not raised a white‑eyed wolf, proving that Nüwa's vision is excellent and not blind.

Silently, Wa Huang relaxed her guard against Yandi considerably, shifting it onto Huangdi.

This is the true enemy! As soon as her focus shifted, she saw the Holy Emperor chuckle, "You just don't understand me…… I want to strip Nüwa of her rights, but it's not because of any ambition."

"Assist Nüwa, transferring her status and authority from military to governance and development?"

"That's said lightly."

"Should those burdensome legacies and bad assets be transferred?"

"Are the tangled, complex interests accumulated over the ages that she represents also to be painstakingly transferred, staining the now‑blank‑slate humanity awaiting construction, adding burden to them?"

Huangdi's gaze was cold and indifferent, his words merciless.

He has great love, loving the collective of humanity, listening to the voices of the common folk, yet at the same time he is utterly ruthless, viewing problems from the most rational, most cost‑effective angle.

"As for transferring those bad assets, setting aside the energy and time it would take, just the serious consequences it would cause—various mountain‑top factions springing up, blocking the upward passage for the lower strata of the new‑era humanity……" Huangdi's gaze was deep and distant, "This does not meet humanity's developmental needs."

"After thinking it over carefully, I feel it's better to clear out this house first before pursuing development."

"Cast off all burdens, smash every war‑serving stronghold and rule, sweep all outdated people and affairs into the dust of history!"

"In the new era, there's no need for anyone to lounge on the merit list, leaning on seniority to boss others around."

Huangdi, with the most resolute attitude.

"I see, is this what you think?" Yandi sighed lightly, "You're not acting out of ambition in launching a coup against Nüwa…… but because she stands in your way, needing to be overturned as the representative of the old era."

"Ha…… interesting, too interesting."

Yandi lifted his head to the sky, "Nüwa brought forth humanity, and humanity brought forth Nüwa…… but this mutually fulfilling pair has ultimately arrived at the crossroads of the times."

"It feels like déjà vu." He sighed, "I just don't know whether the final outcome will be the same—whether it will end with a Panguan figure's dim withdrawal, retreating to the sidelines as the finale."

"It's inevitable." Huangdi said coldly, the Xuanyuan Sword in his hand humming softly; in that instant, the torrential sword qi poured forth like a heavenly river, endless, cleaving the myriad eternities!

"Clang!"

An indiscriminate attack, striking horizontally the eight wastes and six unions, shattering the ancient firmament.

The great powers that came to besiege him are now retreating, spitting blood, unable to oppose.

Even the Houtu who had just fought her way out of half a body from reincarnation was blasted back into reincarnation! Her divine might overwhelms the world!

This sight caused many Great Luo to change color.

Too strong!

The Yellow Emperor, his sharpness fully revealed, after repelling the mighty beings from all directions, unfurled his sword momentum and even enclosed Nüwa within it! 'Arrogant!'

Empress Nüwa shouted in anger, simultaneously brandishing the Heavenly Crystal Divine Sword.

Hum!

Empress Nüwa danced with her sword, the perfect blend of heroic vigor and graceful beauty on her person; in an instant her sword light flashed, slaying the sun, moon, stars, the Myriad Heavens and myriad worlds, then reborn from the Great Destruction through creation, wielding the Divine Pen of Creation, she depicted the boundless expanse of the human Dao… stunning the ages.

Clang!

The Xuanyuan Sword and the Heavenly Crystal Sword collided, their tremendous power locked in a stalemate, making it hard to tell superiority for a moment.

As expected!

Huangdi's eyes blazed bright: 'This isn't the real you… merely the strongest incarnation bearing all your life experiences!'

Let me guess, your core Dao fruit is to go and certify against Pangu, and at the same time measure your Dao against that person? You won't be back for a while!

'You're dreaming too sweetly!' Nüwa snorted coldly, 'No need to wait a moment; with nine moves I'll beat him down!'

(End of chapter)