Chapter 843: Lifting a Stone Only to Drop It on One

The dragon clan, balancing both quality and quantity, stands at the pinnacle of countless peoples in Honghuang.

Moreover, they possess the utmost inclusivity and assimilation, with top‑tier cohesion… they are a perfect clan!

A perfect being can stand at the world's peak, and it also has a boundless‑teaching clan that opens the door of convenience, promising everyone can become a dragon… this is a nearly unsolvable opponent.

Who claims to be invincible?

Who dares say they are undefeated?

The dragon clan dares!

If Nüwa holds the authority of creation, then the Dragon Ancestor grasps the power to evolve all living beings.

When they clash, even if Nüwa has the first‑move advantage, she still finds it hard to resist the Dragon Ancestor's later surge.

——Your created clan is outstanding? Its comprehension is unsurpassed?

——Good, they will immediately become my dragon clan.

The perfection of life, the sublimity of the origin—the dragon clan attracts countless beings to join.

Moreover, the Dragon Ancestor is a near‑perfect sovereign.

Even if he outwardly dominates, invincible, he is a steadfast dragon‑ist.

Yet inwardly, he displays great virtue, caring for every dragon‑folk—otherwise the dragon clan would not have followed him in continuous struggle for two ages, fighting till death!

And the Dragon Ancestor has not let down their sacrifice, refusing to compromise, fighting on to this day.

——He no longer lives for himself!

Inner sage, outer king—the Dragon Ancestor can also be called a sovereign.

The Dragon Emperor reigns supreme; the Nüwa Emperor has a rival.

She has created all beings, yet she will end up as a bride‑maker for others.

After all, she does not wish to block every "child's" stride toward progress, nor to suppress them from taking the path of dragon‑transformation; her boundless tyranny, like Di Jun's, would directly cast the dragon‑clan's way into heresy, letting the Kui Niu Great Sage slaughter the dragons, blood staining the four seas—one kill to relieve a thousand worries.

Thus she is at a disadvantage, continually suffering defeats.

To endure to this day is entirely due to her exalted virtue and immense personal charm, which causes the countless beings of this creation to spontaneously lend their strength—honest folk, they should not be bullied!

But the gap in clan potential is obvious at a glance.

In the end, the dragon clan's snowball grows, finally reaching the moment when it can utterly crush Nüwa's way of creation.

In the end, the dragon clan gathered momentum like a snowball, and finally there came the moment when they could utterly crush Nüwa's Way of Creation.

It does not shift with anyone's personal will!

——As long as Nüwa cannot produce a drop of Pangu's blood essence, infinite and boundless, to make up for the potential gap between the myriad beings and the dragon clan!

——As long as Nüwa cannot produce a bit of Pangu's blood essence, endlessly, to make up for the potential gap between the myriad beings and the dragon clan!

Blooms of blood blossom, withering in the heavens and earth.

Those are the beings who followed Nüwa, bleeding across the universe, falling amid the mountains and rivers.

Every inch of mountain and river, an inch of blood—dyeing this Honghuang red.

Yet they have no regrets.

"Off to summon old troops in reincarnation, with a hundred‑thousand banners to slay the Dragon Ancestor!"

They enter reincarnation and return still steadfast resisters, contending against the dragon clan's influence.

They entered reincarnation, and upon returning they remained steadfast resisters, struggling against the dragon clan's infiltration.

One reincarnation after another is nothing but repeated bloody deaths.

Reincarnation has become a sorrow.

Even though they have no regrets.

But Nüwa is already tear‑streaked.

Thus she cut open her own flesh and blood, scattering it upon the world.

She never held much hope; she merely did her part, adding a bit of potential and a spark of vitality to each of her followers who fought for her in the war against the dragon clan.

Perhaps this is futile, merely delaying the steps toward defeat, yet it transfers the pressure squarely onto herself—she is still battling the Dragon Ancestor!

She hacked off her own flesh and blood, spreading it across the world… just how horrifying a quantity is that?

Even in her duels with the Dragon Ancestor, she has never shed so much blood!

Even since her birth, Nüwa has never bled this much!

Moreover, she will keep bleeding like this, to offset the dragon clan's overwhelming evolutionary pressure.

"How much blood can you spill?"

The Dragon Ancestor said indifferently, "Futile struggling, useless effort."

"You only moved yourself."

"Give up!"

"You have no chance of winning!"

He thus urged surrender.

Nüwa remained silent; even as her face turned pale, her clashes with the Primordial Dragon retreated further from their original dominant position, gradually becoming unable to resist.

Nüwa remained silent; even with a pallid face, in the battle against the primordial dragon she fell back from her original advantageous position, gradually becoming unable to hold her own.

A peak‑shattering blow collapsed the mountains and rivers of the ten directions, destroyed the heavens and earth of the eight directions, a dragon's roar exploded, and myriad ages of vicissitudes turned to void.

A peak strike collapsed the mountains and rivers of the ten directions, shattered the heavens and earth of the eight directions, a dragon's roar exploded, and the vicissitudes of myriad ages turned to void.

The dragon's head burst open the azure lotus, its tail shattered reincarnation; Nüwa coughed blood, her eyes dimmed… for the first time since the battle began, she was wounded in combat.

The Dragon Ancestor grew stronger the more he fought.

Nüwa grew weaker the more she fought.

Nüwa grew weaker the more she fought.

Still not giving up?

The Dragon Ancestor said coldly, "For the sake of our former camaraderie, I can give you a dignified way to exit."

"Don't be clueless!"

He made his final declaration.

"My choice, my path." Nüwa said, trembling, "If it is destined, then the great trend is thus."

"Then let me shed my last drop of blood!"

The blood-red hue stained the world, yet it was not terrifying but endlessly sacred.

This is the greatest blessing Nüwa left to the countless beings of heaven and earth.

"You're stubbornly ignorant!"

The Dragon Ancestor Great Sage roared, shaking the myriad heavens: "If so, I shall give you the grandest finale, deciding life and death with a single strike!"

The true dragon soared, shattering the age's epoch; only its towering height remains immortal.

epoch

"Kill!"

The slaughterous cry shattered the ages, boundless light shattering eternity.

The Dragon Clan's vital energy blazed, past, present, and future, sounding the most moving divine melody!

——For thousands of generations, the Dragon Dao shall flourish eternally!

At this moment, the Dragon Ancestor fought alongside the Dragon Clan, unleashing his most exhilarating strike since the age of witches and demons!

"My Lady!"

The myriad peoples cried out, the vast surging energy upholding the past.

But what good would that do?

Nüwa bled so profusely that even she became dazed; facing the Dragon Ancestor's countless conquests and his peak supreme slaughter, a momentary flaw appeared, which he seized, deciding victory in an instant.

The blue lotus withered, and heaven and earth turned to void.

Where Nüwa stood, all things returned to ruin, leaving only a fragment of chaos flowing.

In the end, even chaos collapsed, returning to nothingness!

Throughout the age, the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage had never acted so wantonly.

Either falling into a pit or suffering abuse, the societal beatings were countless.

After repeated ups and downs, even the entire dragon lost confidence.

Before, Dong Hua cheated; after, Hongjun set traps… Defying heaven and returning, there's also Taiyi, who won't stay dead even if he dies, dragging him along the road.

Defying heaven, he returns.

This made the Dragon Ancestor doubt his dragon life—"Am I really taking on the whole world alone?!"

Although he had long realized this… for the Dragon Clan, he could indeed go against the whole world.

But having suffered too many beatings and repeated setbacks, he gradually lost his confidence to soar above the world.

Until today!

He has found it again!

When he, with the Dragon Clan's vital energy, delivered a peak strike that shattered Nüwa's Dao and destroyed the Blue Lotus' law, at that moment he seemed to have poured out all his anguish and worries, completely cleansed, returning to the pinnacle of his most confident, soaring divine life.

"This battle, I have finally won."

The Dragon Ancestor stood at the world's summit, at the end of time, and softly said, "Indeed, in single combat… I am invincible!"

"I won't be tripped by some bastards and Voldemort, who dug a pit who knows how many years ago, making me fall flat on my face in blood."

"If even Nüwa has been defeated, what hope do others have?"

"Here, I have settled the score with Nüwa… I suppose on other battlefields, I should be invincible, sweeping all before me."

The Dragon Ancestor regained his confidence, feeling himself invincible!

Who could defeat him!

With hands behind his back, leaving a legendary silhouette upon this world, the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage strides like a dragon and tiger, about to leap out of this spacetime.

The victory is decided; there's nothing left to cling to.

However…

"Huh?"

"How can I not get out?"

He suddenly realized that something was slightly off.

The confrontation that should have ended did not close as expected, becoming a key point in the Pangu Dao contention.

What does this mean?

Suddenly, the Dragon Ancestor felt a chill run down his spine.

Either the Human Dao is deceiving him, or the battlefield opened by the stern‑eyed Supreme Emperor Haotian is flawed.

Or…

It is precisely this battle that is not yet over!

"Whoa!"

He suddenly turned, no longer turning his back on all beings, gazing at the place he had once slaughtered through—where the blue lotus withered and the void collapsed.

Yet at this moment, though the blue lotus withers, it is nirvana—transforming into lotus seeds, taking root in the void, regrowing, and finally blooming anew.

Beneath the lotus stands a petite figure, eyes half‑closed, dazed, half‑awake, half‑asleep, surrounded and protected by the boundless, vast energy of the myriad peoples—she nourishes them with her flesh and blood, and they return all their blessings to her.

Nüwa, she remains in the world yet transcends it—half‑present, half‑absent; no law can invade her, no calamity can destroy her.

"Eh?"

Nüwa opened her eyes.

I... I'm okay?

She also seemed very surprised.

She could not understand her own safety.

Originally, at the moment when the Great Dao collapsed and the azure lotus withered, she had already sighed and prepared herself mentally for defeat.

However, amidst the illusion of life and death, due to the surge of the myriad beings' fate, she seemingly found herself involuntarily placed in some miraculous state, unconsciously exercising some extraordinary divine ability, neither born nor perishing, transcending everything.

Dragon Ancestor is very strong.

But, for her in such a state, it was hardly worth mentioning.

In a daze, she avoided the ultimate slaughter; Nüwa herself was bewildered, yet instinctively felt that everything was somehow natural.

"What situation am I in?"

Nüwa tilted her head in thought, gazing at the towering fate that guarded her, boundless and terrifying.

Originating from the myriad beings, but the scale and number of it left Nüwa completely unable to comprehend.

Not just her!

Dragon Ancestor also couldn't understand!

His expression gradually collapsed, nearly losing speech, "How is this possible? How is this possible!"

He spoke word by word with difficulty, utterly doubting life, "Equivalent to the complete form of humanity's posture? On what basis!"

"Humanity relies on Pangu's essence blood, forging the strongest foundation…… If Nüwa's transformed people had such ability…… the Wu Clan wouldn't have needed to contend back then!"

He refused to believe what he saw and heard.

However, the facts told him——whether you believe it or not, you must believe!

When the peak confrontation fell into a stalemate, the march of time and the war of the peoples continued.

The azure lotus blossomed; the beings supporting Nüwa had their inner potential unleashed, sustaining them to wage war against the Dragon Clan!

This time, however, it was not as immensely difficult as before; because of their frail physiques, they had to rely on boundless wisdom and endless ingenuity to have hope of difficultly overcoming their opponents.

Rather, it was a very fair duel; the disparity in physical potential was leveled, leaving only wisdom, comprehension, and talent to rely on—the essence of the soul…… This is the main stage of the Way of Reincarnation that Nüwa has comprehended!

Such a reversal was like a dream.

Nüwa lowered her eyes, looking dazed, seeing such sacred potential in her own flesh and blood, unable to comprehend.

She pondered, cutting herself a few more times, smearing her own blood, tasting it twice, smacking her lips, "It seems…… something is different……"

"Compared to my brother's blood…… it seems not inferior……"

"But…… it shouldn't be……"

"Could it be that, because I have specialized in my art, I have surpassed limits, leapt beyond myself, and created a miracle?"

She thought seriously, yet again felt that something seemed off somewhere.

The Ancestor Dragon was also thinking.

However, he soon figured it out, perceiving the root cause.

At the moment he understood, his expression became extremely bitter, as if crying and laughing, mixed with madness and distortion.

"Ha……"

"Haha!"

He seemed to have gone mad, "The era……"

"Why are you toying with me so cruelly!"

"First you gave me hope!"

"Then you made me despair!"

"And this despair was forged by my own hands!"

Nüwa herself was not clear.

But as an outstanding talent of this era, he quickly came to realize it.

——Nüwa, she has walked the path he was originally on!

First board the vehicle, then buy the ticket!

First achieve the Dao of Pangu, then master the era!

Moreover, all the groundwork was done by him personally!

It can be said that without Dragon Ancestor's flamboyant display up front, there would be no Nüwa's heaven-sent peak!

What's more tragic is.

As the direct beneficiary, Nüwa still looked bewildered, unaware of what benefit she had gained.

Possessing supreme ability, yet she limited herself, engaging in back-and-forth combat with Dragon Ancestor.

Even to the point……

On this battlefield, if it weren't for Dragon Ancestor's excessive coercion, driving the Dragon Clan to rampage forward, causing Nüwa to shed blood and cut flesh…… then in the end, Dragon Ancestor might truly not be unable to win!

All it takes is to simmer the frog in warm water, hold steady without recklessness, gradually wear down her patience, letting Nüwa herself become disheartened, naturally achieving peaceful annexation…… Nüwa might ultimately lose, feeling it was only natural.

She thought she had lost, and thus she did!

Rather than now, fighting to the death, pitying the myriad beings, for this she cut off her own flesh and blood.

Yes.

Nüwa limited her own combat power.

Yet her life-level leap was truly genuine!

This severed flesh and blood bestowed potential upon the myriad beings, equivalent to another form of combat power realization, breaking the shackles!

"What have I done……"

Dragon Ancestor staggered, swaying on the verge of collapse, "Why must I spout such blatant truths?"

The life of a dragon is short; why take shortcuts?

Taking a shortcut is fine, but why do you have to floor the accelerator?!

If there were a regret pill…

No.

It's already too late.

Nüwa looked at her own blood, gradually understood something, and her eyes slowly brightened.

She is upright, she is trustworthy, but she is not foolish.

Usually she didn't think that much, not because she couldn't.

Not playing mind games with others doesn't mean she lacks scheming.

"Painstaking effort, Nüwa, heaven does not betray…"

"This era… perhaps it's time to put an end to it!"

She suddenly lifted her head, staring at the Dragon Ancestor, as if ready to settle accounts after the fact.

Yet the Dragon Ancestor is unyielding; even if outmatched, he will not submit.

"Listen to my lament amidst the ruin!"

He roared wildly, "You can't kill me… this time, I will decide my own fate!"

"Roar!"

His roar shook heaven and earth, he gave a desperate strike, but not aimed at Nüwa, for he knew he could no longer shake this opponent.

The Ancestral Dragon chose his own way to end, fiercely striking, he collided with Buzhou, detonating the Heavenly River!

At this moment, the authority of the Water Dao burned and exploded, causing the heavens to collapse, the Weak Water to surge wildly, annihilating the universe!

So that among all tribes, only the Dragon Clan could survive.

Let the myriad beings of the world, between life and death, make the greatest choice of their lives—

To become a dragon or not?!

The boundless Heavenly River flooded the world, bringing an end to this heaven and earth, this era.

However……

"Useless!"

Nüwa suddenly trembled.

The War God has returned!

She raised her hand, and heaven and earth fell silent; she turned her hand, and time reversed.

An inconceivable miraculous sight, sweeping across heaven and earth.

The former scene reappeared; the Dragon Ancestor was forcibly rewound, retreating to the point where he had previously caused chaos.

"The Black Dragon wreaks havoc, bringing disaster to all living beings; it must be slain!"

With her solemn judgment, she cut down a blow of the Dragon Slayer!

Nüwa subdued and slew the Black Dragon, becoming the most splendid scroll, etched into the deepest reaches of time!

(End of chapter)