Chapter 440

Add to that, under the comprehension of the Dao-level insight.

Luo Fu's understanding of the Cycle Dao surpassed that of the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu; that was only natural.

Since Sister Houtu could open the Six Paths of Reincarnation,

Luo Fu naturally could as well.

Yet in Luo Fu's eyes, he would naturally do better than the historical Sister Houtu.

After the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu transformed herself into the Cycle, she had, in a sense, already died; the revived Lady Pingxin, in some way, was merely the Pingxin Niangniang of the Underworld, not the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu.

Of course, Sister Houtu's self-sacrifice was predicated on securing a future for the Witch Clan.

Thus, even though Lady Pingxin was not the true Sister Houtu, she carried out the consciousness and intentions Sister Houtu held before her death.

This, as a part of Sister Houtu transformed into Lady Pingxin, would never change.

To some extent, the relationship between Lady Pingxin and Sister Houtu resembled that between the Primordial World's myriad spirits and Pangu.

The myriad spirits of the Primordial World were part of Pangu, but were they Pangu?

That was certainly no longer the case.

Once the primordial beings of the Primordial World developed consciousness, they had become entirely new beings.

The relationship between Sister Houtu and Lady Pingxin was similar.

Yet Sister Houtu could not possibly be compared to the Great God Pangu.

Therefore, Luo Fu naturally sought to avoid walking the same path as Sister Houtu.

Moreover, altering Sister Houtu's fate was, in a sense, reversing the great tide of the Dao of Heaven.

The Primordial World.

But there is an old saying: minor trends may be changed, but great trends cannot.

For even a Dao-of-Heaven Saint, if they lightly altered the fate of the Primordial World, would suffer backlash from the Dao of Heaven.

The Saints whose true spirits were entrusted to the Dao of Heaven had no strength to accomplish such a thing.

This made the great tide of the Primordial World like a rolling, unstoppable river.

Now, Luo Fu was equivalent to altering this river of fate, even severing it and branching it in another direction.

With Sister Houtu not dead, the outcome of the Witch-Demon conflict had surely changed anew.

This was a complete alteration of the great tide.

Luo Fu understood that doing this would inevitably bring backlash from the Dao of Heaven.

This point, even the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu understood; thus, she had little concern over Luo Fu's ability to open the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

But how the Dao of Heaven would retaliate—that was what Sister Houtu truly feared.

"The Six Paths of the Underworld, the Six Paths of Reincarnation manifest…"

Luo Fu's pupils radiated profoundly mysterious Dao runes; his fist clenched, and the Cycle Dao on his body continuously gathered into his fist.

When Luo Fu's Pangu blood merged into that black vortex,

both the Blood Sea and the Nether Land underwent violent changes—though these changes were under the control of the Cycle Dao.

Opening the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

It was not enough to simply make a grand vow.

In the past, when the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu transformed herself into the Cycle or utilized her Cycle Dao, she had exerted deliberate control.

It was not enough to merely sacrifice oneself and have a Six Paths of Reincarnation spontaneously form in the Primordial World.

One also needed to attain a certain level of comprehension of the Cycle Dao to accomplish this.

Otherwise, why was it Nüwa who created humanity, and not other beings?

This was related to Nüwa's astonishing cultivation base in the Creation Dao.

Among the myriad primordial divine beings of the Primordial World, Nüwa's mastery of the Creation Dao was truly unique, and she was the strongest who had studied the Creation Dao most deeply.

To create a new race, new life,

the Creation Dao played a top priority role in it.

Sister Houtu's Cycle Dao was similarly so.

Of course, the current Luo Fu's mastery of the Cycle Dao had already surpassed that of the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu, sufficient for him to open the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

"Boom…"

With a tremendous explosion, the black vortex burst open.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation within could be seen merging and spreading into the Nether Land, turning the Six Paths of Reincarnation into an independent world.

"The Six Paths of Reincarnation complete…"

At one moment, Luo Fu muttered lowly, and a far greater volume of Cycle Dao flowed into the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Slowly, the previously slightly unstable Six Paths of Reincarnation grew firm.

Meanwhile,

countless primordial beings of the Primordial World, deep within their souls, seemed to sense a path home.

Previously, after death, most primordial beings could only become wandering ghosts, drifting through heaven and earth or entering the Blood Sea of the Nether.

This situation caused countless karmic debts, grievances, and resentments to blanket the heavens and earth.

Perhaps precisely because of this,

the Primordial World remained locked in constant warfare among its beings.

Only after humanity became the dominant force of heaven and earth did the world gradually regain clarity.

This condition may have been somewhat related to the original Sister Houtu's opening of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

Originally, the Primordial World was filled with countless karmic debts.

But with the wandering souls now having a true path home, these karmic debts, grievances, and resentments slowly vanished entirely.

No wonder Sister Houtu opened the Six Paths of Reincarnation—it was a great virtue second only to Nüwa's creation of humanity.

But now, this great virtue has fallen to Luo Fu.

When the Six Paths of Reincarnation truly became complete.

All the myriad spirits of the Primordial World bowed down toward the direction where Luo Fu stood.

"Thank you, Lord of the Six Paths…" All living beings respectfully saluted Luo Fu.

At this moment, all the myriad spirits of the Primordial World knew that Luo Fu had opened the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and the title "Lord of the Six Paths" naturally arose in their minds.

Luo Fu was the Lord of the Six Paths.

He had truly completed the Primordial Heaven and Earth, giving the dead of the Primordial World a true path to return to, rather than wandering aimlessly between heaven and earth.

Boom…

Just as the Six Paths of Reincarnation were fully perfected, and the spirits of the Primordial World sensed the greatness of Luo Fu's deed.

A beam of golden light descended from the heavens, carrying a brilliant and mysterious power—this was virtue.

The virtue born from Luo Fu's opening of the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

This heavenly virtue was a power bestowed by the world itself, also a gift from the Great Dao.

If one were to harness this virtue.

Luo Fu could instantly break through to Hunyuan Da Luo.

Even if Luo Fu used the virtue and fortune to become a Hunyuan Da Luo, his strength among the Da Luo would still not be weak.

At the very least, surpassing the few Sages of the Primordial World would be simple.

But for Luo Fu, absorbing virtue and fortune to break through was unnecessary.

His original plan had been to use this virtue to turn the Chaos Pearl into a true Chaos Supreme Treasure.

As for Luo Fu's strength.

He no longer needed those heavenly Sages—why would he use heavenly virtue to enhance his power?

Meanwhile,

Sister Houtu and Ancestor Minghe also received a small amount of virtue and fortune.

"Luo Fu's words were indeed sharp," Ancestor Minghe said, looking at the virtue in his hand with a broad smile. "Though the Blood Sea lost a little, the impact is negligible—this virtue is more than enough to make up for it. Sister Houtu, don't you agree?"

Of course, Ancestor Minghe received no reply, for Sister Houtu's gaze had remained fixed on Luo Fu.

Seeing this, Ancestor Minghe sighed helplessly.

Yet he felt no ill will.

On one hand, the Ancestral Witch Sister Houtu was no inferior to him; on the other, Ancestor Minghe recalled what had just happened.

Thinking back on his own behavior toward Luo Fu, he felt a chill of fear.

If Luo Fu had used the power he just displayed against him, Ancestor Minghe would be finished.