Chapter 870

It's little Yangmei!

Nüwa's mood was relaxed; she stopped her steps, waiting for Yangmei to catch up.

"Your Ladyship, has this great affair been accomplished?"

Yangmei the Immortal hurried to Nüwa's presence, stroking his silver-white long eyebrows, his expression curious as he inquired.

"That's only natural!"

Nüwa was pleased with herself, smugly saying, "Those with ambition see their endeavors through; those who break the cauldrons and sink the boats, the lord of the Wind family will ultimately be mine; those who endure hardship, heaven does not betray, those who sleep on firewood and taste gall, the Earthly Sovereign shall ascend to the throne of Heavenly Emperor!"

"From now on, Fuxi's era is over…… Next, it will be my epoch!"

Nüwa floated in the air and never landed.

"Congratulations, Your Ladyship! Congratulations, Your Ladyship!" Yangmei exclaimed repeatedly, his face showing admiration and shock, "But, August Emperor Majesty is resourceful and strategic; for you to have defeated him…… it must not have been easy, right?"

"Hey! It was somewhat difficult." Nüwa nodded, "But, in this Pangu epoch, the Mandate of Heaven ultimately belongs to me."

"I have unraveled the profundities of the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors, perceiving that this too is a grand and proper path leading straight to Pangu, and I have nearly completed it."

"Thus, striking first to gain advantage, I suppressed Yandi, took his place, carried out the ploy of stealing heaven and swapping the sun, seizing the results—coincidentally, I also fulfilled all the basic conditions."

"I defeated the Azure Emperor, suppressed the Heavenly Dao, destroyed the Heavenly Court, also became the creator of humanity, fashioned the myriad beings, and turned the wheel of rebirth for departed souls…… Although I am not the original founder of the Great Dao of the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors, hijacking it…… is not difficult either."

Nüwa looked back on the past, filled with myriad emotions, it was excessively perilous.

"If the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors were allowed to become a force, plus the August Emperor of the Chaos epoch…… then even if she achieved dual verification of the Dao, this battle would have an outcome of possible defeat but no victory."

"You suppressed Yandi?" Yangmei was shocked, wanting to speak but hesitating, "Why? Wouldn't that be wrongfully killing a good person?"

"Because, he's a petty thief who betrays his own side!" Speaking of this, Nüwa's anger flared uncontrollably, "I treated him so well, yet he actually plotted to seize my authority over reincarnation and creation?!"

"The Five Directional Heavenly Emperors—he is none other than the ever-hidden Red Emperor!"

"He never returned to his proper place, so it's no wonder I find it hard to deduce the Red Emperor's schemes; calculating and calculating, it's always like seeing flowers through mist."

"Even at the final moment, he was still acting, putting on a show of loyalty!"

"Fortunately, I was resourceful back then and left many contingency plans."

"When I was creating the Wu Clan, the natal spirits of many lesser wizards came from my hand; ultimately, at the critical moment, I succeeded in giving early warning, thereby averting major losses for myself."

Nüwa, speaking up to this point, still felt a lingering fear.

—Indeed, it was truly too perilous.

"Who would have thought, Yandi…… could be so outstanding?"

"Going undercover to such an extent!"

"This is outrageous!"

"More ruthless than Kunpeng!"

"Truly the style of Fuxi's faction!"

"The Great Sage Kunpeng now has a companion—said Nüwa!"

"It terrified Nüwa."

Nüwa felt that from now on, she might have to look at her subordinates through colored lenses…… Damn, just how many moles are there?

"However, the matter is ultimately in the past."

"The more stimulating the past, the sweeter the eventual fruits of harvest become."

"Speaking of which, there's also a share of credit for little Yangmei here!" Nüwa looked at Yangmei, her expression kind, "Precisely because you covered Emperor Jiang and shook Huangdi's foundations did a fleeting opportunity arise…… Although for those who have reached that step it's not a big deal, after all, it's one verification, eternal verification; one accomplishment, eternal accomplishment."

"But this influence still exists; having bought enough time, I pulled Huangdi's leg, enabling me to get ahead of him, to fashion his form, wear his likeness, and plot against Fuxi."

Nüwa felt this matter was enough for her to boast about for a lifetime.

"From now on, who would dare say that Lady Nüwa doesn't understand strategy?"

"Isn't that incredibly impressive?!"

"So that's how it is……"

Yangmei listened, and unconsciously snapped off one of his own eyebrows.

Through Nüwa's detailed explanation, he fully comprehended the lady's entire scheme.

"One must admit, the crackling sound of those little abacus beads still carries a sense of interlocking steps, not having wasted the teachings of her elder brother, the foremost heavenly secrets charlatan."

"When Huangdi's rise became unstoppable, and the uprising tempest stirred by the Five Directional Heavenly Emperors swept the age, Empress Nüwa initiated preparations for countermeasures."

"She planted willows in the most ancient Chaos era, cultivated the Supreme Dao of Emptiness, followed the flow of time downward, and pinned down Huangdi's foundations."

"Thus, she outmaneuvered an army of August Emperor, gaining victory on the Chaos battlefield."

"Thereafter, with the initial layout of the Wu-Yao epoch, the Wu Clan was riddled with informants up and down, everywhere were moles, capable of lying dormant for years, giving early warning at critical moments while singing praises of loyalty…… staging a moving, tear-jerking epic of spy within spy within spy, befitting the Holy Nüwa who fashioned the myriad beings."

"This is a relay through countless ages, locking down Yan and Huang, eventually even turning them into stand-ins; Nüwa herself stepped forward and overturned the inimitable Fuxi myth!"

This is a relay through countless ages, locking down the Yanhuang, eventually even turning them all into substitutes; Nüwa herself stepped up, overturning the invincible Fuxi myth!

"……what a ghost!"

Yangmei the Immortal sighed deeply from within, "Emperor Jiang fundamentally had no problem, just a hiccup…… so how could Huangdi possibly lag behind?"

The Great Immortal Yangmei let out a deep, long sigh from the bottom of his heart, "Emperor River simply had no problem, he dropped the chain……so, how could Huangdi possibly be slower than others?"

"I have cultivated human dao to perfection, personally taking the field!"

"A capable mole, the farther he goes, the more he knows the inner workings…… Human dao now reigns supreme, a shared pursuit of all beings; thus there's no reason for one to report oneself!"

"Little brother, this is about becoming a two-five guy!"

"I anticipate the enemy's moves first, unite strategy without equal; whether yin or yang schemes, they are operated to the point of being flawless."

"In the end, yet I was planted clearly and plainly……"

Yangmei was made to laugh by anger.

"It was always him arranging others; never did he imagine that one day he would instead be arranged."

He always arranged for others to come; never did he expect that one day he would be the one arranged against.

translation

A petty human way, and you dare to brandish an axe at Xi's gate?!

It's been written down in the little notebook.

Afterwards, that bastard just waits for a mixed doubles match!

He temporarily suppressed his restless heart, his face as calm and steady as before, sincerely admiring Nüwa's divine schemes, yet with a hint of worry, "But, Your Majesty, haven't there been too many coincidences along the way?"

Could there be a layout by August Emperor Majesty?

Moreover, among the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, Huangdi this thorn hasn't been removed... we can't let him go!

"Haha!" Nüwa laughed triumphantly, "Impossible!"

I know this person Fuxi: he'd rather die than lose face, suffer alive... No matter how he schemes, could he possibly drag himself down?

"Hey! His one true spirit imprint is all in my possession!" Nüwa carefully took out her treasure to show Yangmei.

Yangmei solemnly extended both hands respectfully, wanting to hold it up for close examination.

Nüwa didn't mind, just casually gave it.

While giving, she was still moving her hand, depicting wondrous sights in the vast Honghuang.

— The era has changed, turning past the chapter of the witch-demon.

Too many ancient gods were buried in past ages... many of them were Nüwa's loyal followers.

Now, Nüwa has achieved success and fame, proved the Dao with Pangu... she naturally wants to revive and raise these comrades and subordinates one by one.

In the universe, divine light fills the sky, as the myriad gods return.

Myriad ways tremble, mountains and rivers shine; in the new era, the will of the gods dances together, jointly praying to the holy Nüwa Mother's proof of the Dao with Pangu, to become the supreme sage emperor.

"Boom—!"

The river of ages surged, and vaguely there appeared a vast, boundless palace, moved out from beneath the dust of time— that was the most ancient Heavenly Court where myriad gods convened in the Dragon-Phoenix era.

But, formerly the Heavenly Emperor seated in that Heavenly Court was August Emperor Fuxi, yet now... it has become Nüwa!

"The Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, in a flash only Huangdi remains." Nüwa calmly accepted the gods' congratulations, brows smiling, "Even if I do nothing, he is destined to be cast aside by the times, to be crushed by the tide."

"Moreover... I will still see him off."

Nüwa said, then suddenly struck out, shattering a boundless patch of primordial chaos.

"Boom!"

The primordial chaos collapsed, revealing what lay within.

Huangdi stood there abruptly, while Yandi and Qingdi... had long since vanished.

The radiance of the Five Virtues shone upon his person... but that was all.

"Xuanyuan, you've lost!"

Nüwa scrutinized him, then after a long while spoke: "Before you challenged me, did you ever imagine this outcome?"

"I had thought of it, but... I still had to do it."

Huangdi raised his head, his gaze calm: "I only lament my inadequacy, that so many comrades have died at the hands of Your Majesty, the Nüwa Emperor."

As he spoke, though his expression remained calm, a hint of sorrow eventually showed in his words.

This sorrow feels just as real.

Yangmei watched him from afar, the corner of his mouth twitching imperceptibly.

He really wanted to expose something.

But after thinking, he temporarily let it be.

After all, they are now teammates on the same front.

Private feelings are private, public affairs are public.

Don't look at Huangdi giving Nüwa a bit of assistance.

But the ancient gods' restoration, taking hold of heaven's mandate... the human way's myriad beings are not exactly happy to accept it!

Yangmei only needs to wait quietly, and everything can be reversed.

Three top-tier chess players, two of them have hearts as clear as a mirror.

Only Nüwa, she still doesn't realize she has arrived at the brink of great rise and fall.

"Because of you, so many divinities have died, nearly all the great witches and demon gods of the Witch-Demon era have been exterminated." Nüwa still judging Xuanyuan: "This is the conduct of an ambitious one, deserving of death!"

Her gaze was icy cold, gradually carrying killing intent.

Huangdi didn't argue about this, merely asking a somewhat unrelated question: "Yandi... did he die at your hands?"

"..." Nüwa remained silent for a moment, her eyes flickering, then nodded slightly: "Not bad."

"He, as the Red Emperor, betrayed me, stole my authority, naturally deserves execution to warn others!"

"Yandi is dead..." Huangdi sighed long, a tear unconsciously forming at the corner of his eye: "He actually died... he ultimately died..."

"Betrayal..."

His tone inexplicable: "Fengxi indeed betrayed you."

"But Yandi... did not."

"You say he is the Red Emperor, a spy... but only he performed spy work?"

"However."

"Since Yandi is dead..."

"Then let dust return to dust, earth to earth, let everything be settled."

Huangdi said softly.

At this moment, a shadow suddenly fell upon Nüwa's heart.

In a daze she felt she seemed to have miscalculated something, made some terrible mistake.

She forcibly suppressed the panic in her heart, decided to cut the knot with a swift blade, "It's time to draw a final conclusion……Huangdi, you have brought chaos to the age, overturned orthodoxy, schemed against the gods, your crimes deserve death."

She slowly raised her hand, "Give it your all in this battle, I'll let you strike first, giving you a glorious finale!"

"That works too." Huangdi smiled, turning into a beam of light that struck.

Nüwa flipped her hand to suppress, yet felt no resistance, easily extinguishing Huangdi's body and soul.

"The Five Directions Heavenly Emperors, coming from the human Dao, returning to the human Dao……"

"A fleeting illusion of life and death, ultimately it is complete……"

In the lingering, light voice, Huangdi passed away.

But, this is not the end!

Following his illusion's dissolution, heaven and earth trembled, the vast consciousness of the human Dao aroused the most terrifying torrent, shattering all bonds!

Transcending life and death, the five supreme authorities trembled, moving in unison with the Honghuang Grand Cosmos!

Nüwa's expression changed completely.

She felt that the portion of Pangu's achievement she had seized was now slipping from her control!

"Impossible!"

"I suppressed the Red Emperor, seized the Dao Fruit early, how could this be?!"

She did not understand.

"Because……"

A kind soul answered her, "Silly sister……the Red Emperor is not just a person."

"The Flame Emperor is, and so are you!"

"The Five Directions Heavenly Emperors, thus……truly fulfilled!"

That person sighed.

The proximity of that sigh made Nüwa feel a chill run down her spine.

Because it was right beside her!

"Yangmei?! You!"

Nüwa was horrified, about to move……but caught off guard, it was already too late.

Yangmei Great Immortal, holding the True Spirit Seal of Fuxi, lightly laughed, shattering all seals, releasing the tragic prisoners.

Nüwa, after toiling hard for an age's achievement, just……gone!

Moreover, this is still the end!

Yangmei Great Immortal, with a finger to his own brow, made Nüwa's body stiffen, as if struck by some terrible impact!

Flaw!

Karma!

Yangmei's presence weighed heavily in Nüwa's scheme, a sanction against Dijiang, a sanction against Huangdi, incorporated into the core of achieving the Dao.

At this moment, a great change occurred, the harm not reaching harm, yet enough to restrain her for an instant!

And that instant was heaven overturning, earth overturning!

"The human Dao is the gathering of all beings."

"And all beings, they have life and also death……the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors wishing to represent the human Dao naturally cannot represent only the living."

"So, they must not only be fulfilled, but in the end they all must die."

"You have slain all the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors, thus letting the authorities they represent, which came from the human Dao, return to the human Dao."

A figure walked from the ancient era, that was August Emperor, who arrived at this epoch, inheriting the greatest karma.

With his appearance, heaven and earth shone!

In the past, Haotian united with August Emperor, battling Nüwa……but as they fought, they were separated, and Nüwa subdued and killed him on the spot.

Nüwa took the True Spirit Seal, as the victor's spoil.

Yet the remaining body transformed into myriad things, forming mountains and rivers, evolving the embryo of the human Dao.

Through the polishing of time, the Five Directions Heavenly Emperors condensed five weighty authorities, eventually each dying……this was a grandest sacrifice, beginning because of Nüwa and ending because of Nüwa!

Nüwa, the strongest worker of the Witch Demon era!

She skewed the human Dao's worldview tendency, giving it its own consciousness.

In unconscious oblivion, she built the karmic cycle, naturally causing Pangu to shape the present.

Finally, she enabled it to transcend life and death, achieving the most thorough reincarnation!

Nüwa's form glowed, a great karma revived in the void, entwining around her.

The Five Emperors must die, only then can they serve as sacrifice, reviving the human Dao.

But if they are all cleanly dead, where then to find an anchor point, to let the human Dao fully coalesce and descend?

——This requires the aid of a present-day Pangu!

Nüwa, she bears this mission.

As she is Pangu, defying logic, everything under Pangu cannot be precisely defined of her.

The Flame Emperor died, bearing creation and reincarnation, as an offering, filling the Red Emperor's seat, perfecting the human Dao.

But, Nüwa arrived.

The perfect anchor point.

It confused karma, scrambled past and present.

All kinds of things, arising because of Nüwa, and ending because of her, constitute a fulfillment.

"A grand dream."

Mountains and rivers trembled greatly, the human Dao surged.

A figure walked out of the void.

Nüwa stared, her eyes wide, almost jumping three zhang high.

What did she see?

She saw… Fengxi!

"Greetings, Your Majesty."

Fengxi greeted her.

But in Nüwa's eyes, this was begging for a beating.

"You… how did you fool me?"

Nüwa felt an urge to vomit blood, filled with incomprehension and confusion.

"It was all arranged by August Emperor Majesty."

At this moment, Fengxi acted like an honest child—what ill intentions could he have?

"It was him, who, in past years, laid a trap for me, able to take my place and sever karma."

"So, when you directly struck Yandi and carried out the replacement, I successfully concealed it from heaven, leaving no flaw."

He replied.

"I… %￥#@!"

Nüwa greeted two bastards.

But the situation was already lost.

Earlier, she had seized another Pangu's achievement and defeated Fuxi.

How exhilarating it was then, now she is just as embarrassed.

——She had been turned around and seized!

The Five Direction Heavenly Emperors, submit to the human Dao!

Chain after chain of shackles, emanating from Fengxi, restrained her, bound her.

Yandi's karma!

Huangdi suppressed Houtu and oversaw the karma of humanity!

At this moment, all things united, Yan and Huang… became the most terrifying challengers to Nüwa's position!

Gathered together, it is to overturn the past era and also to usher in a new age!

Nüwa unwilling to accept defeat, she exerted a mighty shake, about to shatter all the shackles.

But at this moment, Fuxi made a move!

As soon as Fuxi acted, he suppressed Nüwa's resistance.

Moreover, time coiled, and he and she returned once more to the battlefield of the Chaos era.

But this time, Nüwa could no longer flaunt her might!

Before leaving, Fuxi looked at Fengxi with an inscrutable meaning, saying, "I have some family matters to attend to."

"August Elder Brother goes his own way; I can handle everything here." Fengxi replied solemnly.

"Please also restrain her with a share of Dao fruit… this time, don't make any mistakes again." Fuxi spoke with a teasing tone.

"This… this is certain." Fengxi guaranteed, "Don't you understand my human Dao's reputation?"

"The splendid Holy Way begins here… I will not let anyone ruin this splendid situation!"

"Hey!" Fuxi laughed, dragging Nüwa, who was waving her little claws, away, "Who are you, I still don't know?"

"This time, I'll tentatively believe you."

"Let's get the unpleasant words out of the way first."

"If you make another mistake… then I'll reach a compromise with Xiao Wa, and the two of us will beat you together!"

He threatened in this way.

In the end, Fuxi gradually drifted away, taking Nüwa with him.

One can imagine, with the turning of fortunes so swift, Nüwa's fate… is worrisome.

But this has nothing to do with Fengxi.

The two great Pangus left, and only he remained here.

He is the strongest!

Not just ordinary strong.

The human Dao, overseeing Honghuang, is inherently a Pangu.

Moreover, he took the Five Virtues as his framework and the Five Direction Heavenly Emperors as his substance, wandering between life and death, ultimately achieving perfection… he personally walked an entirely new Pangu path!

Dual verification of the Dao, this is the supreme achievement.

The new era has opened, the contest for Pangu hasn't even begun and it's already over.

Fengxi seized the Heavenly Emperor position of this era!

Haotian Shangdi!

He inherited the orthodoxy of August Emperor and will usher in a glorious age of the human Dao.

Standing atop the myriad gods, he looks down upon all deities.

His wondrous appearance is solemn, his Dharma body supreme, governing the Myriad Heavens, overseeing all sages. He reigns over the cosmos, enlightens myriad heavens, follows the heavenly way, spreads heavenly virtue. He creates all things, saves multitudes, balances the three realms, governs myriad spirits, immeasurably saves people. He is the supreme holy sage of Honghuang, the spiritual leader of the masses of the human Dao.

The three realms, ten directions, four births, six paths… all yin-yang fortune and misfortune are under his control!

The splendid Holy Way thus begins.

Before such supreme divinity, the gods all turn pale-faced.

Facing such a figure, from now on it will probably be… very difficult.

However, someone also stood up.

"Feng... Haotian!"

"You think our reckless actions will hinder the development of the Human Dao, so you struck down and personally overthrew the Ancient God's rule!"

"What you say makes sense, so we accept this tribulation!"

An Ancient God Great Sage said, "And you!"

"Can you remain steadfast forever!"

"By then, who could come to punish you! Overthrow you!"

That Ancient Great Luo said as follows.

"What you say makes sense."

Haotian Majesty nodded, "I cannot be sure that I will remain unchanged forever."

"If that is the case..."

As he sighed softly, the Xuanyuan Sword flew up and struck his Mandate of Heaven.

"Boom!"

The universe sometimes showered with blood rain, sometimes blanketed with golden lotuses, casting myriad phenomena in a hazy glow.

The gods stared in shock as they personally witnessed a Pangu self-destruct, cutting off his Dao Fruit, which hung high in the heavens!

Amidst the drifting blood rain, a youth's figure walked, heading toward the ruins of the Fire Cloud Cave, drawing upon the heaviest karma and work of the Human Dao, forever anchoring himself there!

"I have merged with the Human Dao, governing without ruling, never to emerge in myriad tribulations!"

"From this..."

"May the Holy Way shine brightly and the Human Dao flourish forever!"

"In the future era, no one is allowed to fall!"

A Holy Emperor of an era.

He attained the Dao, leapt out of Honghuang, and transcended everything.

But in the end, he leapt back, shouldering the Human Dao!

The gods gazed upon this scene, finally unable to utter any opposition, merely bowing their heads.

"May Haotian Majesty bestow might and blessing, for thousands of generations, boundless holy virtue!"

The era turned over a brand-new page!

However...

"I still have one last obsession..."

Haotian Majesty's form covered the Great Dao across the universe, blocking the path home for every Ancient God.

His gaze was deep and mysterious.

"Along my journey, I have a little dark history."

"I'm a bit worried... afraid someone will talk nonsense."

"So..."

"I ask you all to make a small sacrifice..."

"I don't know if you are willing or not."

He inquired kindly.

The gods felt an ominous premonition rise in their hearts.

Someone mustered courage to ask.

"I don't know, what is Your Majesty's sacrifice?"

Haotian heard and laughed.

"It's nothing major..."

"Just please... dress up as women!"

The book is complete!

(End of chapter)