Chapter 410

Nüwa felt a killing intent toward Ying Zhao.

Nüwa felt a killing intent toward Ying Zhao.

Her gaze passed through Di Jun, looking toward the battlefield beyond this world's prison; her eyes were indifferent and ruthless.

Her gaze passed through Di Jun, looking toward the battlefield beyond this world's prison; her eyes were indifferent and ruthless.

Ying Zhao was sentenced to death by her.

Translation: Ying Zhao, she sentenced him to death. Or "Ying Zhao was sentenced to death by her." We'll translate: Ying Zhao was sentenced to death by her.

When the Wa Emperor decided to deploy the two ancestral witches, Tiānwú and Zhurong, ordering them to launch a reckless assault, the first task was not to stop the other Yao Marshals who were roaming everywhere hunting and slaying top great witches, but to launch a sudden strike and directly kill Ying Zhao.

When the Wa Emperor decided to employ the two ancestral witches, Tiānwú and Zhurong, ordering them to launch a reckless assault, the first task was not to block the other Yao Marshals who were roaming everywhere hunting and slaying top great witches, but to launch a sudden strike and directly kill Ying Zhao.

The reason is more than sufficient.

Translation: The reason was also quite sufficient.

Who let him break the rules and still act so self‑righteously?

Translation: Who let him break the rules and still act as if it were natural?

Originally it was a proper soldier‑to‑soldier, general‑to‑general clash, with the vanguard engaging; the Wu and Yao camps each flexed their strength, trading blows, amounting to a display of honorable war.

Translation: Originally it was a proper soldier-to-soldier, general-to-general clash, the Vanguard engaging, the Wu and Yao camps each showing their strength, with back-and-forth, considered a display, a righteous war.

Originally it was a proper soldier‑to‑soldier, general‑to‑general clash, the Vanguard engaging; the Wu and Yao camps each flexed their strength, with back‑and‑forth, amounting to a display, a righteous war.

But the actions of Ying Zhao and a few other Yao Marshals have lowered the bar, turning what was originally a half‑exercise skirmish into a bloody battle focused solely on victory.

Translation: But the actions of Ying Zhao and a few Yao Marshals refreshed the bottom line, turning what was originally a semi-exercise collision into a bloodbath focused solely on victory.

Originally, this wasn't considered a major problem.

Translation: Originally, this wasn't considered a major problem.

After all, there are more than just Ying Zhao among such staunch Yao Marshals.

Translation: After all, there were more than just Ying Zhao who were such dry Yao Marshals.

After all, such dry Yao Marshals were not limited to Ying Zhao.

But who made him so talkative?

Translation: But who made him talk so much!

But who made him unable to choose people?

Translation: Who made him not know how to pick people!

Even putting on an air of self‑evidence aside, he dared target the heir of the human Feng clan, the successor she had painstakingly selected.

Translation: Even putting on an air of self-evidence aside, he dared target the human Feng clan's heir, the successor she painstakingly selected!

Even putting on an air of self‑evidence aside, he dared target the heir of the human Feng clan, the successor she had painstakingly selected.

How absurd!

Translation: How unreasonable!

Before killing the chick, did you ask the mother hen protecting her chicks?

Translation: Before killing the chick, did you ask the mother hen protecting her chicks?

This is a slap in the face!

Translation: This is a slap in the face!

The crown prince went onto the battlefield and ended up dead; if the Wa Emperor had no reaction, that would be uncanny.

Translation: The crown prince went onto the battlefield and ended up cold; if the Wa Emperor had no reaction, that would be ghostly.

The crown prince went onto the battlefield and ended up dead; if the Wa Emperor had no reaction, that would be uncanny.

Immediately, Ying Zhao was marked by Nüwa with a special tag of attention.

Translation: Immediately, Ying Zhao was marked by Nüwa with a special attention label.

They say those who share the Dao are not family; they do not enter the same gate.

They say those who share the Dao are not family; they do not enter the same gate.

Little comrade Fengxi, how could you thrive under Nüwa's command?

Translation: Little comrade Fengxi, how could he thrive under Nüwa's command?

Even though he bears ties to the Yan Emperor and belongs to the type that should be cautiously guarded against, he still managed to sit in the position of the Feng clan's heir.

Translation: Even though he bore the relationship with Yandi, belonging to the type that should be cautiously guarded against, he still sat upon the position of the Feng clan's successor.

Naturally, there are deeper reasons behind this.

Translation: Behind this, naturally there are deeper reasons.

Besides personal competence and sufficient respect and loyalty to superiors, the key is a great similarity in temperament and personality, with comparable traits.

Translation: Besides personal reliability, sufficient respect and loyalty to superiors and so on, the key is that their temperaments and personalities share great similarity, having similar traits!

What trait does Fengxi have in this regard?

Translation: What is Fengxi's trait in this regard?

Of course it's holding a grudge… wait, no, it's being clear about grudges and gratitude.

Translation: Naturally it's holding grudges… ah no, it's clear gratitude and resentment.

He keeps a little notebook in his heart, occasionally flipping through it to remind himself to persevere, to see what unfinished business remains.

Translation: He keeps a little notebook in his heart, occasionally flipping through it to remind himself to strive, to see what unfinished business remains.

A gentleman takes revenge; even if he lacks the ability now, he may need to endure a kalpa—but it's never too late!

Translation: A gentleman repays vengeance; even if he lacks ability for now, needing to endure a Great Calamity… it's still not too late!

Once he has the ability, he will strike back, letting them know what it means for fortune to turn and heaven's way to revolve!

Translation: Once he has ability, he will strike back, letting them know what is the turning of fortune and the Heavenly Dao's fine cycles!

Nüwa quite appreciates Fengxi's personality.

Translation: Nüwa quite appreciates Fengxi's such temperament.

Naturally, she herself has this habit as well, daily noting in her heart's little notebook whoever offends her.

Translation: Naturally, she herself also has this habit, routinely noting down who offends her in her little heart-notebook.

Her temperament is quite good; minor grudges she does not actively retaliate against, merely letting them accumulate until a certain threshold, after which she takes notice—but she will absolutely not tolerate someone who has utterly offended her and refuses to repent.

Translation: Her temper is quite good; ordinary small grudges she won't actively retaliate, just accumulate, not minding until a certain point… but she will absolutely not tolerate those who utterly offend her and still refuse to repent.

On this point, Nüwa wants to specifically and anonymously criticize a certain August Emperor Heavenly Emperor.

Translation: On this point, the Wa Emperor will specifically and anonymously criticize a certain August Emperor.

Relying on his elder brother status, he constantly makes demands here and there, often forcing his younger sister to work overtime, study earnestly, and submit a study summary every few days, which must be heartfelt and demonstrate a concrete understanding of Pangu's spirit; even at meals, he acts like a patriarch, tapping his empty bowl with chopsticks, requiring others to watch his cues and act accordingly, taking the initiative.

Translation: Relying on his elder brother status, he makes demands here and there, often "forcing" his younger sister to work overtime, study earnestly, and submit a learning reflection summary every few days, which must be genuine and demonstrate a concrete understanding of Pangu's spirit… When eating, he also acts like an elder, tapping his chopsticks when the bowl is empty, making you watch his expression and act accordingly, taking the initiative to speak…

We need to keep the ellipsis as is? We'll translate the ellipsis as "…". Keep it.

How many years have passed!

Translation: How many years!

Heaven knows, though the Wa Emperor appears mighty before others, what bitter days she has endured behind the scenes!

Translation: Heaven knows, the Wa Emperor, who appears mighty in public, has endured what kind of bitter days behind the scenes!

Thirty thousand years, and another thirty thousand years… how many thirty‑thousand‑year spans have passed!

Translation: Thirty thousand years, and another thirty thousand years… how many thirty-thousands have passed!

Someone has not the slightest hint of remorse, and at times goes to extremes—confiscating property, forcing people onto the heavenly terrace, using the utmost violence to educate and correct wrongdoing, causing minds to shatter.

Translation: Someone has not a shred of remorse, and at times excessively so, with events like ransacking homes, settling accounts, forcing onto the heavenly terrace, using the utmost violence to educate and correct wrongdoing, causing one's mindset to explode…

Nüwa finally could bear it no longer; needing no further endurance, under the stimulation of her restless emotions, her spirit burst into a craving for the salted‑fish state, she turned over and embarked on the path to pursue Pangu.

Translation: Nüwa finally could bear no more, needing no further endurance; under the stimulation of her restless mood, the mental state of yearning for a salted fish burst forth, she turned over and embarked on the path to pursue Pangu.

She seeks Pangu, to attain the supreme achievement that truly transcends all sacred Luo, so she can straighten her back, walk up to Fuxi, point at his nose and tell him—why are the flowers so red!

Translation: She wants Pangu, to attain the supreme achievement truly transcending all sacred Luo, only then can she straighten her back, walk before Fuxi, point at his nose and tell him—why are the flowers so red!

Hmm, not right.

Translation: Mm, not right.

The chaotic blue lotus… blue lotus, blue lotus, it should be why the flowers are so green.

Translation: Chaos blue lotus… blue lotus blue lotus, it should be why the flowers are so green.

Forget it, these are just minor details, not worth worrying about.

Translation: Forget it, these are mere side branches, not worth worrying about.

In short, the Wa Emperor keeps a mental ledger, remembering many things clearly and calculating them clearly.

Translation: In short, the Wa Emperor keeps a ledger in his heart, remembering many things clearly and calculating them clearly.

Now, Ying Zhao has the honor of being listed.

Translation: Now, Ying Zhao has the honor of being listed.

Unfortunately, compared to the top‑ranked Fuxi… he falls far short.

Translation: Unfortunately, compared to the number one, Fuxi… he falls far short.

Fuxi, Nüwa cannot deal with, after all he is Pangu.

Translation: Fuxi, the Wa Emperor cannot handle him, after all he is Pangu.

Ying Zhao?

Translation: Ying Zhao?

Heh.

Translation: Heh.

Earlier, when she wanted to catch the big fish of the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors, she endured.

Translation: Earlier, to catch the big fish of the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors, she endured.

Now… the fish, Nüwa can't catch it, so she just doesn't bother.

Translation: Now… the fish, the Wa Emperor can't catch, so she just doesn't fish.

Naturally, it's time to settle the score!

Translation: Naturally, it's time to settle accounts!

The Wa Emperor's gaze turned slightly cold, and killing intent arose.

Translation: The Wa Emperor's gaze turned slightly cold, killing intent stirred.

She will treat them with their own methods.

Translation: She will treat them with their own way, using their own method against their body.

Acting on the principle of bullying the few with the many and the strong over the weak, just getting it done—yet daring to claim it as justified?

Translation: For the act of bullying the few with the many, relying on strength to oppress the weak, just doing it is enough; yet they dare to openly claim it as justified?

Then let them truly feel the helplessness and despair of being bullied by the many and the strong over the weak!

Translation: Then let them truly feel the helplessness and despair of being bullied by the many over the few, the strong over the weak!

"I will inform that person, tell him your true identity, so he can cooperate with you without harming friendly troops." Nüwa said in a detached tone via secret communication, "Combine your forces, strike at once, and kill Ying Zhao decisively! Kill him completely!"

Translation: "I will inform that person, tell him your true identity, so he can cooperate with you, not mistakenly injure friendly forces." Nüwa said in a tone indifferent, conveying the order via secret communication: "Combining your two forces, launch an attack instantly, kill Ying Zhao decisively! Kill him thoroughly!"

Since we've launched the mode of an unjust war, how can we proceed without a sufficient great‑power blood sacrifice!

Translation: "Since we've opened the mode of unjust war, how can we proceed without a sufficient great ability blood sacrifice?!"

The Wa Emperor coldly snorted, "Thus we will also display the might of our witch clan!"

Translation: The Wa Emperor coldly snorted, "Also thereby, display the might of my Wu Clan!"

The Heavenly Court bullies me, relying on having enough top‑tier combat power, they dare to win by sheer numbers.

Translation: "The Heavenly Court bullies me, relying on having enough top-tier combat strength, they dare to rely on numbers to win."

The Five Directions Heavenly Emperor System is also deceiving me, seeing that the sunk cost I have invested in the human camp is too much; once I let go, it will be a blood loss, and they will surely fight to the death……They might be hiding behind the scenes, laughing hehe, watching me charge forward like a fool.

Except for Yandi, none of them are good!

Nüwa made a decisive statement.

"This... Your Majesty!" the Tiānwú ancestral witch reminded softly, "The Majesty of the Qing Emperor is, after all, your elder brother!"

"Don't mention him to me!" Nüwa replied in a bad mood, her mindset on the verge of exploding, "Look at what he's doing now!!"

The Tiānwú ancestral witch diverted her attention, glanced at one or two, and then fell silent.

Because he simply could not find any reason to defend them.

"Attention everyone! Attention everyone!" In Xihuang's gambling den, Fuxi the Great Sage wore a smiling face, "The Wu Clan is weak, the Demon Race is likely to win, the odds have changed!"

"The situation will soon become clear, the outcome of the Vanguard battle is about to be revealed…… Friends who favor the Heavenly Court, why not hurry and place a bet?"

"Especially those friends who think they bet wrong earlier, regret is right before your eyes—why not quickly go buy to make up for it?"

"Bet heavily on the Heavenly Court side, and you'll recoup the capital lost from the Wu Clan's victory!"

In the blink of an eye, Xihuang's business boomed again.

He zealously belittled the Wu Clan, touted the Demon Race's victory, duped newcomers into switching sides, and got them to support the Heavenly Court.

This scene, seen by Nüwa, instantly made her feel liver pain, kidney pain, lung pain…… her whole body ached.

Her eyes blazing, she etched Xihuang's figure into her heart, molded it into a tiny figurine, and attended to it with a thousand silver needles.

Fuxi seemed to sense something, turned around and looked over.

At this moment, Nüwa suddenly felt an inexplicable emptiness in her heart, as if the countless layers used to conceal the battlefield truth and broadcast false combat had lost their effect; her and Di Jun's plans were completely exposed to his sight, laid bare.

Especially, when Fuxi's mouth corner twitched slightly, sketching an exceedingly strange smile, Nüwa's inner unease was magnified to the extreme; the shadow long dominated by her brother's authority made her almost instinctively assume a defensive stance.

Fortunately, after Fuxi laughed, he immediately returned to normal and went about his small business.

Only then did the heart Nüwa had been holding finally settle, leaving her with spare energy to continue arranging the Tiānwú and Zhurong ancestral witches.

"The Heavenly Court bullies me, the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors also bully me…… Do they really think the Wu Clan is easy to bully?!"

Nüwa raged, "If that's the case, then let us go all out in battle and slaughter them until heaven and earth are dark!"

"We no longer need to worry about the original plans, scheming how to overturn and collapse the Heavenly Court…… even if those Yao Marshals later slay the Wu Clan's core, we would have no future!"

"Good." The two ancestral witches agreed, though they couldn't help feeling regret, "Alas… so many years of painstaking arrangement, roundabout schemes, all forced to be abandoned today."

"No matter…… we can pick it up and put it down." At this moment, Nüwa's mindset unexpectedly calmed, "No matter how difficult, could it be harder than when our Wu Clan was first founded?"

"Back when we had no alliance, the Wu Clan threat theory was rampant everywhere!"

"Those countless pawns, time-traveling smugglers, arriving with all kinds of bizarre information, are the Great Luo placing pieces from the future into the past."

"Back then, Hongjun had not yet merged with the Dao, still a free agent, able to roam everywhere, his threat power too terrifying."

"The moment our Wu Clan was born, he directly came to our doorstep, and at the slightest disagreement he would unleash a massacre!"

Hongjun had the resolve and the ability to nip danger in the bud.

"At that time, even if I faced him, I could only defend myself…… all the other ancestral witches and great witches would die."

"But we endured that very hardship."

Nüwa's gaze went vacant for an instant.

"Under the pretext of embodying heaven and earth as guardians of Pangu's tomb, to pass on the incense of the creator god, to be a great filial son, while donning a guise formed from Pangu's essence blood and waving the banner of Pangu's legacy……"

"When Hongjun came to our doorstep to kill, we all tacitly abandoned decorum and performed, surrounding Mount Buzhou we wailed loudly, crying to heaven and earth——"

"The Heavenly Dao is cold and ruthless, the Dao Ancestor's ambition is extravagant, the vast Honghuang actually has no place for us, the great heroic descendants of the Wu Clan, to stand."

"Incidentally, inform mankind——even a great hero like Pangu will have his achievements trampled and suffer the fate of extinction, let alone those insignificant commoners."

"Since the world has become this cold and cruel, we need not wait for Hongjun to act…… we will take the initiative ourselves, each one crashing to death on Mount Buzhou!"

"With our fervent blood, we will warm this cold world."

"Although we were merely acting, human sentiment is feeling, and we were ultimately moved…… furthermore, with our respective networks mobilized, we will come forth at that time to wave flags and shout, to stop Hongjun."

"Various factors ultimately forced Hongjun to retreat, allowing our Wu Clan to avoid being strangled at birth and to survive tenaciously."

"Later, through alliances and gradual management, we grew to our present scale."

"We have made it through such a difficult environment."

Nüwa's soul shone brilliantly, her voice carrying confidence and pride, "Even now, how could it be harder than back then?!"

"Go ahead and act without restraint!"

"Slaughter them until heaven and earth are overturned!"

"The Wu Clan, largely built up by me…… even if we lose, it will be my great loss of blood."

"Rest easy."

"If we truly end up losing, defeated."

"I will take out all my family wealth and make up the funds you invested that were lost."

"If there is profit, we share it together; if there is loss, it counts as mine!"

"Your Majesty……" the Tiānwú ancestral witch moved, sighed, "You really need not go to such lengths."

"This is my way of conducting myself in the world." Nüwa said lightly, "My conduct, you can rest assured."

"Rest assured, rest assured, absolutely assured." the Tiānwú ancestral witch nodded repeatedly, then probed, "But Your Majesty…… if our Wu Clan truly loses, we will be ransacked; even someone as noble as you would likely have all your wealth wiped out."

"Such are the game's rules; can you defy them?"

"Such rules are only for ordinary Great Luos to follow…… coincidentally, I am the one who sets the rules." Nüwa, holding the pearl of wisdom, said, "I have long kept a backup."

"My family wealth, most of it invested in the Wu Clan, but a small portion remains separate, placed in an absolutely safe location."

"That is a place few would think of…… including my foolish elder brother!"

Nüwa proudly declared, "He will absolutely not know, or rather never paid attention to, beneath his bed!"

"There, I secretly made a little treasury, the safest place in the Honghuang cosmos!"

Indeed, it is the safest place.

The top-tier combat power guarding is such that even a dragon's pool and tiger's den cannot describe a mishap.

They also cleverly used the darkness under the lamp, letting the parties involved unknowingly become the guards.

So, go all out!

Nüwa said, "After killing Ying Zhao, see if there's still a chance to kill another Yao Marshal... if there is, keep killing."

If not, then gather here with me and construct the Great Formation of the Heavenly Capital's Divine Slaughter!

If the Demon Race wants to turn the Vanguard War into a full-scale war, then let them have it!

The Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, these few fish won't bite... but without them, my Wu Clan would have nothing to eat? Ridiculous!

Nüwa gave a light snort, "We rely neither on heaven nor earth, only on ourselves!"

As you command!

The Ancestral Wu of Tiānwú and the Ancestral Wu of Zhùróng received the order.

Starting from the next moment, changes appeared on the battlefield.

A wind with no discernible source blew, silently sweeping across the entire battlefield.

A top-tier expert narrowed his eyes slightly, as if about to fall into the deepest sleep, while hiding and brewing the most terrifying slaughter.

When that moment of brilliant blossoming arrives, it will be the time for a Yao Marshal to be beheaded!

At the same time, Nüwa was still transmitting a voice, wanting to send a voice to an Ancestral Wu.

That is to have it cooperate, jointly with the Wind Ancestral Wu—Tiānwú act, to completely slay Ying Zhao!

Although she looks down on this Yao Marshal.

But when executing the tactic, she still gave it the due respect.

Who knows whether Ying Zhao, upon learning of this respect, should laugh or cry?

(End of chapter)