Chapter 395: Reversing the Heavenly Dao

Houtu forged the Six Paths of Reincarnation and ultimately resurrected as Pingxin Niangniang.

Pingxin Niangniang is, to some extent, Houtu, yet not Houtu.

This is akin to how a Saint severs their Three Corpses.

The personalities of the Three Corpses and the Saint's original body are distinct.

The relationship between Pingxin and Houtu.

It is as if the Saint's original body was slain, yet the Three Corpses still live.

Pingxin is one of those Three Corpses.

Of course, this is merely a metaphor; Pingxin Niangniang is not Houtu's Three Corpses.

Without Primordial Spirit power, Houtu could not have severed her own Three Corpses.

This too is merely a metaphor.

But regardless, Houtu is no longer Houtu — this is a fact; under certain circumstances, Houtu perished after forging the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Thus, what Luo Fu just said is also correct.

Preventing Houtu from forging the Six Paths of Reincarnation would indeed have spared her from death.

Of course.

For Houtu.

Forging the Six Paths of Reincarnation was not merely due to her great compassion for the beings of the Primordial World — it was also because Houtu saw a path forward for the Wu Clan.

In the Dragon-Feng and Qilin Calamity, she transformed herself into the Six Paths of Reincarnation, making the Underworld the final refuge of the Wu Clan.

But if she had not done so.

Perhaps someone else could have become the Six Paths of Reincarnation, yet the extinction of the Wu Clan would likely have become inevitable.

Just like Dragon, Feng, and Beginning Qilin.

Today, the Dragon Clan is extremely weakened; the beings of the Feng Clan and Beginning Qilin Clan are nearly impossible to foresee.

All three former overlords of the Primordial World have met this fate.

The Wu Clan was merely a dominant power of one era in the Primordial World.

This does not mean the Wu Clan could have ruled the Primordial World forever.

Compared to other Ancestral Wus, Houtu held a clear understanding of this.

Thus, when Houtu realized her destiny was to become the Six Paths of Reincarnation and perfect the Primordial World, it was also a way to preserve the Wu Clan's spark.

She did not wish her own people to ultimately vanish from the Primordial Earth.

This was both inevitable and accidental.

One can only say.

As the Ancestral Wu who possessed the Dao of Reincarnation and was born from Pangu's essence, she was the ideal candidate to transform into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

This made Houtu the inevitable choice.

Now, if Luo Fu forges the Six Paths of Reincarnation, he is, to some extent, altering the Heavenly Fate.

For any other being of the Primordial World, attempting to change this Heavenly Fate would be nearly impossible.

Because it would invite the backlash of Heavenly Dao power.

But for Luo Fu today, avoiding the backlash of Heavenly Dao is already an easy thing to accomplish.

Of course, if Houtu had no Underworld and could not become Pingxin Niangniang.

Then the original historical refuge of the Wu Clan — the Underworld — would be gone; in that case, what would ultimately become of the Wu Clan, no one knows.

Whether they would perish alongside the demon race, or something else.

Regardless, under the operation of Heavenly Dao, the rise of the Human Clan is the great tide.

It is unavoidable.

Thus, under Heavenly Dao's influence, it would not permit the Dragon-Feng and Wu Clans to remain powerful.

Their yielding the way to the Human Clan became Heaven's Mandate.

Of course, for Luo Fu, if he seizes Houtu's opportunity, he will naturally compensate Houtu and the entire Wu Clan.