Chapter 844

Nüwa slew the black dragon!

Before she attained enlightenment, the bloody battle did not cease.

But when she fully understood her own achievements, subduing and slaying the dragon ancestor was no easy feat.

Brandishing the divine sword, the war god returned; Nüwa was invincible under heaven and earth, she exterminated the Dao traces of the ancestral dragon and pacified the turmoil of the Weak Waters of the Heavenly River.

The shattered firmament was mended, the tumultuous cosmos stabilized… At this moment, she could have simply left, yet she restrained herself, tidied up loose ends, and saw things through to the end.

Nüwa was diligent and conscientious on one hand, and on the other her eyes shone bright—an unmatched passion that had returned to her.

Previously, the August Emperor killed and extracted hearts, sternly rebuking Nüwa for not understanding right from wrong, failing to recognize her brother's painstaking efforts.

Nüwa, bitterly scolded, wanted to retort but had nothing to say; instead she even doubted life, nearly abandoning any thought of counterattack, no longer hoping to overturn the familial imperial position.

But now!

Nüwa stood up!

The Dragon Ancestor Great Sage pressed step by step, driving her to the end of mountains and rivers… Then, when exhausted comes change, change brings passage; she fully comprehended the fundamentals, integrating all of Nüwa's past efforts and perseverance into one.

Thus!

She reached the pinnacle of perfection!

So… many issues, it is time to discuss them anew.

"I have to say, the Azure… is a good dragon."

"It was he who cut through the ages and epochs, proving this path; he even dared to meddle with his elder brother's status and foundations, riding the tide, making a leap to the peak, almost succeeding."

"Even if he failed, he left endless mysteries… the four great dragon ancestors, the human emperor among them, thus drawing humanity in and leaving a rich legacy."

"I have been able to inherit it and finish the remaining path!"

Nüwa looked back, feeling that everything was too dreamlike and fantastical.

She had no intention of this; she never thought of flashy achievements, merely striving with down-to-earth effort… yet the fruit of Pangu fell into her hands in a muddled, oblivious way.

Of course, this also thanks to Nüwa not forgetting her original intention, maintaining her moral bottom line.

Otherwise, in this battle against the Dragon Ancestor, she would not have, out of pity for the myriad beings, shed blood and cut flesh, thereby unintentionally realizing the extent of her own achievement.

If Nüwa did not take that step of sacrifice, the myriad beings could not reflect her fruition of the Dao, telling her—your efforts will eventually be rewarded!

"Pangu… Pangu!"

Suddenly looking back, Nüwa lamented the past events, a development she had never imagined: "As it turns out, the moment the Wu Clan was born, I had already set foot on an entirely new path of proving the Dao."

"When humanity reaches the pinnacle, great accomplishment will be achieved."

"Afterward, if one subdues external foes—suppresses the Heavenly Dao; eradicates internal troubles, restrains the human emperor… grasping the entire era, then making a leap to the peak, that is a regular Pangu path recognized by all gods and with precedent."

"But if one places a piece in the river of time, penetrating the barriers of eras, stealing heaven and swapping the sun, altering past, present, and future… this sword takes an oblique angle, yet can likewise prove the Dao—only this approach does not follow the ordinary path, but instead incurs enormous karmic entanglement with the human Dao, affecting the future era's protagonists and major forces."

"Without enormous merit, credit insufficient, one easily fails, obstructed by the human Dao, turned into a human calamity, ending with heads broken and blood flowing."

By now, Nüwa has understood much.

——Two Pangu paths.

One is conventional; as long as wisdom, strategy, and martial prowess all overwhelm the present age, one can stand atop the gods and ascend to the position of Pangu.

The other is actually prepared for those of great merit—such a person may not have outstanding wisdom or strategy, nor invincible martial power, but as long as they are upright and virtuous, their morality outshines others, possessing boundless merit that makes the myriad beings revere them and the human Dao praise them, thereby lifting them onto the seat of Pangu!

Then, past, present, and future will resonate, transcending the annals of time; one era after another will shine and converge, condensing into the Pangu laurel!

Essentially, this is the human Dao bestowing its authority, just as the Dao Ancestor Hongjun unites with the Heavenly Dao.

The gods belong to the human Dao… since they belong, they can naturally govern and represent.

Of course, the theory is thus.

To expect such a person… frankly, it would be more reliable to overwhelm an age with both wisdom and courage to prove the Dao.

However.

The path, is walked out by people.

The handsome Azure Dragon, he used the clan as chips, taking dragon transformation as theoretical basis, performed the act of stealing beams and replacing pillars, seeking to make a single clan supreme in the human Dao, trying to bluff his way through and climb ashore.

Such a flamboyant maneuver almost succeeded.

Blaming the human Dao's lacking wit, there arose the practice of 'deceiving the world and stealing fame'… yet, one mountain is higher than another; the Eastern Hua Emperor intercepted and severed the grand blueprint at the waist, and the Divine Needle of Stabilizing the Sea became the most terrifying Absolute Kill.

Even so, the Dragon Ancestor Great Sage was still exerting his last bit of strength, 'pointing out' to Nüwa who was already on the road.

It was he, pressing step by step, driving Nüwa to the point of breaking the cauldrons and sinking the boats, after which… there was no afterwards.

Nüwa understood her own state, and naturally proved the Dao!

"Unfortunately, this is still not enough!"

The higher she stands, the more Nüwa thinks.

The former despair dissipated, and with rising fighting spirit, she again recalled the dream she had only recently set aside.

"With my current state, can I defeat him?"

"Perhaps… not."

Empress Nüwa's pretty face tensed, utterly solemn and serious: "Although one verification lasts forever… but how can I, who ascended in a muddled, oblivious manner, contend with that person?"

"It seems I should walk the orthodox Pangu path once more… this might be of little use, but what if?"

"The accomplishment of dual Dao-proofing… I might be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with the 'First Pangu'!"

"Moreover, this is not difficult to achieve!"

"The Dragon Ancestor has been defeated; the remaining gates are nothing but Hongjun and the August Emperor!"

"Um… there's also Emperor Hong!"

Thinking of that figure who blocked the door and shouted before reincarnation, Nüwa immediately felt her fists harden!

——Damn Huangdi, bullying weak Houtu, setting up checkpoints at the gate of endurance!

At the first moment, Nüwa wanted to rush out and smash Emperor Hong's dog head.

However, after serious contemplation…… she decided to temporarily suppress her excited heart.

Because, Nüwa gazed upon time, with her already completely different perspective from before, she discovered that many dark curtains still lay across the Suiyue Changhe, closely related to Huangdi, making everyone feel threatened.

——The threat of capsizing!

This made her cautious.

She decided to temporarily lurk in the dark, with the enemy clear and she hidden, so she could strike hard at the conspirators.

"I have already stood at the peak, only lacking to announce it to all beings…… The greatest power is in my hands, enough to overturn the whole table; this is my confidence—what do I have to fear from dealing with them?"

Nüwa cheered herself up, gradually her whole self brimming with confidence, the corner of her mouth twitching——the time of the end has arrived, welcome the divine king Nüwa!

She silently faded from this battlefield, letting the already settled outcome converge into Pangu's Dao struggle, while a glimmer of her will leapt out of the shackles of the age, shining through the years, galloping through time, arriving at the most ancient, misty era.

——The Chaos Era!

This is an age buried in history, not even the annals have recorded it in detail.

But it truly did exist.

However, it lies dust‑covered in the sands of time, hard to trace.

Of course, for a being like Pangu, this was never a problem.

"I think, therefore I am…… Even in a special situation like Nüwa's, needing to lurk secretly, wanting to catch the opponent off guard, I have not yet gone to 'register' Pangu's title, remaining unseen in the mortal world."

She rolls up her sleeves only to scheme, ready to strike with a heavy stick…… Yet, having attained power equal to creation, surpassing ancient and modern, she still possesses supreme divine abilities, supreme mana, capable of performing inconceivable feats.

Descending upon the Chaos Era, then wiping away all traces, her silent actions were undertaking a great deed.

She was laying out a plan.

When a ray of light flickered, standing at the dawn of Chaos, the Great Dao at its ultimate, a green lotus quietly blossomed, Nüwa leaning upon it, she bestowed creation—this is boundless divine power, and also a killing scheme spanning myriad ages.

"Whether we can hold our heads high in the future depends entirely on this moment!"

She whispered, "August Emperor is not to be feared, Heavenly Dao not to be dreaded…… In the Wu‑Lich era, their foundations have already been erased, all destroyed by my will."

"The only one I worry about is Di Hong alone."

"He is the Human Emperor, the Supreme Emperor, the Nine‑Headed clan, governing the rise and fall of humanity, even creating the five‑colored human lineage, altering the very source of human birth…… Yet this has cut off my foundation, lifting me onto the divine altar, after which I can never descend."

Nüwa, dignified and solemn, gave her all, letting Chaos surge, creating marvels, altering history…… No, this is not merely the gathering of time, but the fulfillment of destiny.

"If I kill him with force, I fear I won't convince the crowd…… Better to drain the pot from under the fire!"

"Di Jiang…… Di Jiang!"

Nüwa had not forgotten this ancestral witch.

It was he who sacrificed everything, allowing Xuanyuan to inherit his legacy and instantly soar.

This was a fine assist, enabling Xuanyuan to grow until it became boundlessly ferocious, blocking Houtu in the cycle of reincarnation, so that no matter what she could not break out.

In the lower reaches of the Suiyue Changhe, at the end of the Wu‑Lich era, there were terrifying tremors that shook myriad ages of time and space, spreading through the cosmos…… This was Houtu straining, striving forward, seeking to break out of reincarnation.

But Di Hong was the heavenly moat she could not cross.

He not only in words completely subdued Houtu, even changing her title, turning her into Pingxin, no longer an ancestral witch, no longer the leader of the Wu Clan nor the supreme commander of humanity's military…… Moreover, he literally pressed her down into the underworld!

This scene was too horrifying, shaking the gods.

Know that the underworld was opened by Houtu herself!

This is her home turf!

As for the boost to Houtu's combat power, it can be called world‑shaking!

Yet, even with such an advantage, when facing Di Hong it was utterly ineffective.

Nüwa looked down upon the age, imprinting this scene in her mind, her expression solemn, as if suddenly lost in thought, wondering about something.

However, she did not voice it, merely letting it settle in her heart, then silently enacting creation, planting seeds for myriad ages, overseeing the rise and fall of all worlds.

"The Twelve Ancestral Witches—loyalty and treachery are hard to tell apart……"

Nüwa never forgot the words of the August Emperor, Heavenly Emperor; this indeed is a thorn lodged in her heart, making Nüwa lie awake.

There's nothing to be done.

Who made the August Emperor speak so terrifyingly?

Of the Wu Clan's twelve commanders, the majority are undercover agents!

Upon hearing this earth‑shattering news, Nüwa felt utterly unwell.

——Is there any heavenly principle left?!

Nowadays, Nüwa sees every ancestral witch as looking like an insider traitor.

And among them, the one who most fiercely assisted Xuanyuan—Di Jiang—is the worst!

——That thick‑eyed, big‑eyed space ancestral witch, at a glance is no good person!

How should such a predicament be resolved?

"Now the only plan is to substitute a peach for an apricot!" Nüwa's eyes gleamed slyly, "I am the supreme ancestral witch, the founder of the Wu Clan, the original initiator, who upheld the entire history of the Wu Clan."

"Now I have also stepped into Pangu's Dao realm, able to manipulate the ages and plant seeds for myriad ages."

"Since that is the case, concerning this Di Jiang……"

"I will then have someone replace his traces, substitute his record……"

She suddenly realized she was going to rewrite!

Of course, rewriting is not random fabrication, dramatization is not nonsense.

To replace a top‑tier divine ability wielder, the space supreme, whose trajectory in the Wu‑Lich era, inheriting all his deeds, is simple to say but not easy to do; it must not be too fantastical, requiring basic compatible elements.

"Space ancestral witch…… space……"

Nüwa sat cross‑legged in the dim void, closed her eyes, Chaos knows no years.

The Dao of creation was being elaborated, gradually an ancient, weathered divine tree emerged, standing behind her.

It was a willow, expounding the mysteries of Chaos, exhausting the marvels of space.

Splish-splash!

Willow branches drooped, shedding myriad silken threads, brushing away the dust of ages, exceedingly transcendent.

Buzz!

When Nüwa opened her eyes again, her gaze was clear and bright, bearing an awe-inspiring dignity: "Was the former Di Jiang a spy sent by my elder brother? That no longer matters."

What matters is that I have determined who Di Jiang is—whoever he is, he is the Spatial Ancestor Witch of my Wu Clan!

She rose, like a supreme empress, overlooking the birth and death of the Myriad Heavens, looking upon the rise and fall of ages with detachment.

She dictated the course of history, saying that whoever she deemed capable would be capable, even if they weren't; whoever she deemed incapable would be incapable, even if they were.

Splish-splash!

The divine willow tree trembled its branches and leaves, resonating with the Great Dao's celestial melody, as if cheering for her, rejoicing for her.

Hmph!

Nüwa understood the willow's simple thought, let out two humphs, proudly lifted her head and chest to show her pride.

Little one, when the time comes, remember to put eye drops on Hongjun, to cut the firewood under Xuanyuan's cauldron...

Is my Nüwa's advantage something they can seize?

After I deal with these two clueless, jumping-up-and-down troublemakers, I'll then go suppress the August Emperor, who has illicitly taken the imperial throne.

Nüwa patted her chest, thus self-motivating.

As she spoke, Nüwa suddenly tilted her head, as if listening intently.

Like some person, in their youth unrestrained and undisciplined, with no filter on their mouth, they rashly swore an oath… If they stray from their original intent, they shall surely receive the harshest punishment.

Hiss!

Nüwa's eyes burst with radiant light, illuminating a vast expanse of Chaos.

Nüwa, overcome with unprecedented excitement and fervor, forcefully slapped her own thigh.

Good!

That's what you said!

Nine Axes!

We must have nine axes!

Not even one less will do!

Nüwa clenched her fists, eyes wide open: "Opportunity must not be lost; once lost, it never comes again."

I'll give you a longer memory, so you understand——

The times have changed!

Nüwa must not be offended!

In the new era, no one is noble anymore; one can be superior to others!

(End of chapter)