Chapter 208: The Four Saints Mend the Sky, Merit for Mending the Sky Falls Upon the Great Desolation

Time passed in a hurry, and three thousand years vanished in an instant.

On this day, the power of the Demonic Origin within Nuwa was completely eliminated, and Yuanshi Tianzun also successfully refined the four Sky-Supporting Pillars.

At this point, the four Saints no longer hesitated, working together to control the Qiankun Bag to accelerate the refining of the Five-Colored Stone.

In just over ten years, the Five-Colored Stone inside the Qiankun Cauldron was completely smelted.

Having finished all this, Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu all breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Nuwa and said, "Fellow Daoist Nuwa, the rest is up to you."

"Fellow Daoist Nuwa, please mend the sky as soon as possible; the Great Desolation truly cannot endure much longer after so many years."

"With the surging Heavenly Water invading, the water level of the entire Great Desolation has risen significantly; at least one-thirtieth of the land has already been swallowed by the sea, and this cannot continue."

Hearing this, Empress Nuwa nodded.

She was also very clear about the importance and urgency of mending the sky.

"Rest assured, three Senior Brothers, leave the rest to me!"

Responding simply, Nuwa immediately began to act.

Holding the Qiankun Cauldron in one hand, Nuwa's figure began to rise rapidly into the sky.

Before long, she arrived at the location of the gap in the firmament.

Looking at the Heavenly Water pouring out endlessly, Nuwa shouted, "Open!"

The next second, the Qiankun Cauldron opened, brilliant five-colored light shone, and countless Five-Colored Stones flew out from within, gathering together at a speed visible to the naked eye to begin filling the gap in the firmament.

At the same time, Nuwa seemed to notice something, turned her head to look at the ground, and shouted, "Three Senior Brothers, help me!"

"The impact of the Heavenly Water has reached a terrifying level; I cannot be disturbed by it while I am repairing!"

Hearing this, Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu did not hesitate.

After exchanging a glance, the Three Pure Ones flew directly to Nuwa's side and, without hesitation, mobilized their own magic power to forcibly block the Heavenly Water, pushing it back into the gap by sheer force.

At this point, Nuwa's pressure was greatly reduced.

Without caring about anything else, she quickly accelerated the speed at which the Five-Colored Stones sealed the firmament.

Under these circumstances, the hole in the firmament shrank rapidly, and in just half an hour, the final gap was completely sealed.

At this point, the Five-Colored Stones in Nuwa's hands were exhausted, with only a fragment the size of an infant's fist remaining in her hand.

"Hoo~"

"It is finally finished."

Exhaling a breath of turbid air, Nuwa felt a sense of relief at this moment.

Casually throwing the Five-Colored Stone fragment away, it turned into a stream of light and flew toward the East Sea.

Immediately after, Nuwa looked at the Three Pure Ones and said, "Senior Brother Yuanshi, bring out the Sky-Supporting Pillars!"

"Next, the four of us will head to the Four Poles of the east, west, south, and north respectively to place the Sky-Supporting Pillars as soon as possible to replace Mount Buzhou in supporting heaven and earth!"

"Good!"

Agreeing, Yuanshi Tianzun quickly took out three Sky-Supporting Pillars and handed them to Laozi and the others.

Immediately after, the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa did not linger, and with a flicker of their figures, they headed straight for the Four Poles.

About half an hour later, the Great Desolation heaven and earth began to tremble.

Although the firmament was mended, the lack of support from Mount Buzhou caused heaven and earth to begin to close in.

Just as the living beings of the Great Desolation were terrified, the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa had already arrived at their destinations and immediately threw out the Sky-Supporting Pillars.

"Open!"

"Open!"

"..."

Accompanied by four low roars echoing through the Great Desolation, four pillars shot into the sky, directly supporting heaven and earth at the Four Poles.

The next moment, a rumbling sound resounded.

The firmament of the Great Desolation, which had begun to sink, paused; with the support of the Sky-Supporting Pillars, the heaven and earth of the entire Great Desolation stabilized.

At this point, this catastrophe was finally resolved in the true sense.

For a time, the Great Desolation was in an uproar, and the living beings shouted excitedly, "Many thanks to the Taiqing Saint!"

"Many thanks to the Yuqing Saint!"

"Many thanks to the Shangqing Saint!"

"Many thanks to Empress Nuwa!"

"..."

Under these circumstances, the fame of the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa increased greatly, and the power of faith also rose by a large margin, which directly invigorated the four somewhat exhausted people.

Immediately after, the firmament of the Great Desolation shone with golden light.

A mass of merit, incomparably huge and even surpassing that from when Nuwa achieved Proving the Dao and became a Saint, began to gather.

Then, countless golden lights descended from the sky, beginning to scatter upon those in various parts of the Great Desolation who had participated in this matter and achieved something.

In just a few breaths, the huge golden light of merit shrank by nearly a quarter.

But the remaining three-quarters were still incomparably huge; under the gaze of countless living beings, this final golden light of merit descended from the sky, dividing into four parts—one large and three small. The three small clusters entered the bodies of Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu, while that huge cluster of golden merit light entered directly into Nuwa's body.

At this very moment, the aura around Nuwa began to grow rapidly.

Having achieved sainthood through merit herself, she was now absorbing such vast merit, and her own aura was climbing rapidly: Saint Mid-stage—Saint Late-stage—Saint Perfection!

Very quickly, Nuwa's aura reached the realm of Saint Perfection, completely incomparable to before; just the aura she emitted made Laozi, Yuanshi Tianzun, and Tongtian Jiaozhu in the nearby area feel incomparably suppressed.

Seeing this situation, the Three Pure Ones also had somewhat ugly expressions.

After exchanging glances, they, who had not intended to absorb the merit, had no choice but to absorb the merit they had just received.

In an instant, Laozi's aura also reached Saint Perfection.

The cultivation fluctuations of Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu entered the stage of Saint Late-stage.

"Damn it!"

"On what grounds!"

"On what grounds are all the good things theirs!"

Zhunti's jealous roar echoed across Mount Sumeru.

As a Saint, how could he not know about the movements within the Great Desolation?

Precisely because of this, he clearly perceived the changes in Nuwa and the Three Pure Ones, and even more clearly understood that their ability to have such changes and improvements was due to the merit of mending the heavens.

Yet they had also participated in it; even if they had failed, they had at least participated, so on what grounds did they not get a single share of merit?

Even though he already knew that a Primordial Great Luo Golden Immortal was stronger than a Saint, witnessing the massive increase in strength of the Three Pure Ones and Nuwa still left him so jealous he could not speak.

"Junior Brother, calm down!"

At this moment, Jieyin walked out from the room, took one look at the jealousy-consumed Zhunti, sighed, and then said: "This matter is not necessarily a bad thing for us; the rise of Fellow Daoist Nuwa will surely require the support of allies!"

"Do not forget, the competition we agreed upon back then has yet to begin, and Fellow Daoist Nuwa will not give up those things inside Fenbao Cliff."

"But now the Three Pure Ones are powerful; she can only contend with them if she cooperates with us. Otherwise, the Great Desolation would truly be dominated by the Three Pure Ones alone, and wouldn't the three of us be reduced to mere foils!"