Chapter 498

Only when the aura of breakthrough attracted the attention of Heaven's Dao would Heaven manifest changes like those just now.

It would not greet a living being merely for beginning a breakthrough before it had succeeded.

That was a clear distinction.

Thus, whether the Three Pure Ones or other sages, all believed that a being akin to themselves—perhaps even stronger in some ways—was about to emerge in the cosmos.

After all, the cosmic changes caused by this breakthrough had never been achieved by any of these sages in the past.

But now, what did Master Yuanshi see?

He discovered that the vast purple aura shrouding the Primordial World had vanished in an instant.

The Dao's congratulations also vanished in the blink of an eye.

For other Primordial World beings, they might assume some living being had succeeded in breakthrough.

But as a Dao Saint, Master Yuanshi understood one thing more clearly: judging by Heaven's Dao's reaction just now, the being had not succeeded in breakthrough.

Yet this reaction was completely opposite to what Heaven's Dao had shown.

This caused Master Yuanshi's shock and confusion at this moment.

What exactly had happened?

"Clearly, the being did not succeed in breakthrough," Laozi said slowly.

"Senior brother, that's impossible," Saint Tongtian frowned. "Given Heaven's Dao's reaction just now, the being likely possessed sufficient qualification for breakthrough—even surpassing what we achieved when we first attested to the Dao."

"Clearly, the Dao's response to this breakthrough was far stronger than ours in the past."

"Correct, the facts are as such," Laozi said gravely. "But the fact remains: the being did not succeed in breakthrough."

"But Senior Brother…" Master Yuanshi's eyes held a trace of doubt.

"Yuanshi, Tongtian, based on what we just witnessed, I have a hypothesis," Laozi said slowly. "The one attempting breakthrough indeed had the strength to succeed; he was on the verge of success, as evidenced by the astonishing purple aura that enveloped the Primordial World."

Master Yuanshi and Saint Tongtian both nodded.

They agreed on this point.

"Thus, there is only one possibility: that being, for some unknown reason, retracted his breakthrough," Laozi said. "In a sense, the living being halted his own breakthrough."

This statement left Saint Tongtian and Master Yuanshi exchanging glances.

Because what Laozi said was, in a sense, nearly impossible.

Yet in certain respects, aside from Laozi's possibility, all other explanations were far less likely.

That is, the being attempting breakthrough had simply stopped himself.

Consider that normal living beings.

How could they possibly halt themselves mid-breakthrough to the next realm?

Even the Three Pure Ones could not achieve such a thing.

When your strength enters the breakthrough phase, your own power begins a certain transformation.

Just like the being just now, who sought to break through to the Primordial Great Luo Jinxian realm.

He must have emitted the corresponding Primordial Great Luo aura, which Heaven's Dao sensed, prompting it to release boundless purple energy.

Such a breakthrough cannot be halted midway.

On the other hand, the Primordial Great Luo Jinxian realm is the ultimate goal pursued by all beings in the Primordial World.

No being with the chance to become a Primordial Great Luo Jinxian would ever let it slip away.

It was precisely these two reasons that made Master Yuanshi and Saint Tongtian find it hard to believe.

But regardless, this cosmic transformation had now finally come to an end.

"I am now fairly certain that this being is very likely Luo Fu, my junior disciple," Master Yuanshi said with a complex expression. "Outside of Luo Fu, no one else in the Primordial World would do such a thing."

"When Luo Fu returns, we can ask him directly," Saint Tongtian said, his expression equally complex.

If it truly was his disciple.

Then, in some sense, the disciple had already surpassed him.

Recall not long ago, when Luo Fu fought the Semi-Saint.

He could only match these Dao Saints in the application of Dao power.

In pure strength,

Luo Fu had previously relied on the power of the Six Paths of Reincarnation to suppress Zhunti.

And now, in such a short time, had his disciple Luo Fu also caught up to them in pure strength?

Saint Tongtian did not know. He could only wait for Luo Fu's next return to Mount Kunlun.

Only then could he easily question his disciple.

At least now, his direct disciple's strength had far outstripped his other direct disciples.

Beneath the utmost heavens of the Primordial World,

the Guan Palace stood here.

After Nüwa created humanity, she established her Dao hall here and arranged the Guan Palace in this place.

As the creator of humanity, even if Nüwa did nothing, she could continuously receive merit and fortune.

Thus, Nüwa did not need to strive as other sages did.

She remained peacefully in her Guan Palace, avoiding entanglement in the disputes among other sages.

Yet for Nüwa, there was one other Primordial World being she deeply valued: her brother Fuxi.

Since their emergence from the Primordial World, Fuxi had always cared for and protected her, becoming her brother Nüwa.

Since Nüwa's birth,

without Fuxi's protection, she could never have grown into the Nüwa who later created humanity.

Fuxi, with his limited divination ability, could also avoid calamity and prevent unforeseen events.

Precisely so, Nüwa was able to grow strong.

Therefore, Nüwa's feelings toward Fuxi were genuine.

Even after Nüwa attained Dao and became a Saint, she never lowered her gaze upon Fuxi.

As a Saint, Nüwa understood that the future of the Yao Clan would face a great calamity, and her elder brother Fuxi would encounter danger.

She needed to prepare early.

One could say that the historical Nüwa had foreseen the calamity Fuxi would face, and even arranged for him to assume the role of humanity's protagonist.

The Heavenly Emperor of Humanity.

He was humanity's first Emperor, and in a sense, humanity's first ruler.

He enabled humanity to carve out its position as the true master of heaven and earth during the time after the collapse of the Wu and Yao.

Meanwhile, to ensure her elder brother's successful attainment of Dao, Nüwa arranged for the Hetu Luoshu, which fell into the hands of Di Jun, to be given to her elder brother Fuxi.

Fuxi used it to comprehend his own primordial Bagua, and ultimately succeeded in becoming one of the Three Sovereigns of Humanity.

As for why Nüwa did not let Fuxi leave the Yao Clan:

On one hand, Fuxi, as a member of the Yao Clan, had already formed deep ties with them.

On the other hand, Fuxi himself, as a member of the Yao Clan, had no desire to leave easily, so Nüwa naturally would not force her elder brother to depart.

For Nüwa, all she needed was to protect Fuxi and prevent his total death.

After all, figures like Di Jun and Dong Huang Taiyi perished in the Wu-Yao Calamity with no chance of resurrection.

Yet now, the changes in the Honghuang realm had made Nüwa increasingly unable to comprehend things.

Among them, Luo Fu, the direct disciple of Saint Tongtian, was nearly the origin of it all.

That one had drawn the attention of Heaven's Dao, yet suffered no consequences.

He even bestowed the position of Lord of the Six Realms upon Zu Wu Sister Houtu.

This would cause a massive shift in Heaven's Dao's grand design.

But Nüwa discovered that when she tried to divine the future, the entire Honghuang had become a sea of mist.

Now, she had further discovered that someone appeared to be breaking through to Hunyuan, triggering a staggering violet aura that covered more than half of Honghuang.

Before long had passed,

the violet aura dissipated, and that unknown being had failed.

Regarding the earlier display, Nüwa, like the Three Pure Ones, had known exactly what Heaven's Dao would do.

But the reality had exceeded her expectations.

"Honghuang, the Wu-Yao Calamity," Nüwa murmured, her beautiful eyes glinting with a faint light.

At this moment, as a Heaven's Dao Saint, Nüwa faintly sensed something.

As Honghuang continued to change, perhaps when the Wu-Yao Calamity arrived, even these Saints could not escape it.