Chapter 202: The Hope of the Western Earth Vein

"Alas! Tens of thousands of years have passed, yet there is still no harvest." Fuxi looked at the many members of the Human Race living all around, his eyes filled with bewilderment.

Earlier, having received guidance from Tian Yuan, he knew his Dao lay with the Human Race created by Nuwa.

Consequently, over these years, he set aside his cultivation to study this newly born tribe with a calm heart.

Accompanied by Nuwa, he observed them for tens of thousands of years, yet he gained nothing.

Nuwa, waiting on the side, withdrew her gaze from the firmament and said softly, "Do not be impatient; how could Proving the Dao be so simple?"

Back then, in order to take that step, she had traveled across the Primordial World for hundreds of thousands of years.

Only after countless attempts did she finally create the Human Race and manage to Prove the Dao to Hunyuan.

In Nuwa's view, it was perfectly normal for Fuxi to have only spent a few tens of thousands of years.

As she spoke, Nuwa looked up at the firmament again in confusion.

In the dark, endless void, she seemed to see a few faint starlights flickering.

After Proving the Dao to Hunyuan, Nuwa had naturally studied this space quite a bit, and she had even been above the firmament several times.

Apart from the Sun Star and Lunar Star that had gradually manifested some time ago, she had never seen any other stars.

Seeing that Nuwa was somewhat distracted, Fuxi asked curiously, "Little sister, what is wrong?"

"It is nothing, it must be that Dao Brother's strength has increased once more," Nuwa waved her hand and responded softly.

All changes in this space were inextricably linked to Tian Yuan.

Now that there were stars shining, in Nuwa's view, it was nine times out of ten that Tian Yuan's strength had grown again.

Hearing these words, Fuxi could not help but sigh in his heart.

When they first met on Mount Buzhou, their cultivation realms were equal, yet in the blink of an eye, he had to rely on Tian Yuan to Prove the Dao.

"Dao Brother Tian Yuan is beyond what we can reach!"

In all his long years of cultivating the Dao, he had never seen anyone who could compare to Tian Yuan.

The Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal realm is equivalent to a Saint, yet Tian Yuan suppressed Minghe with a casual gesture.

All are ants beneath a Saint, but what difference is there between a Saint and an ant in Tian Yuan's palm?

Nuwa was in complete agreement with Fuxi's words.

After Tian Yuan Proved the Dao to Hunyuan, she had wanted to spar with him more than once, but after thinking about his exaggerated combat record, Nuwa decided against it.

After all, she had fought Jieyin and Zhunti before; although she could easily suppress the two of them, Tian Yuan was on a completely different level—it was pure crushing.

As a fellow Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal, she was still far behind Tian Yuan.

Glancing at the somewhat dejected Fuxi beside her, Nuwa could not help but suggest, "Elder brother, if you feel troubled, why not walk about the Primordial World? It just so happens that I left some of the Human Race by the banks of the Weishui back then; you could go there for a visit, perhaps you will have some gains."

Fuxi initially wanted to refuse, as Houtu, Hongyun, and the others had all found their own Dao, so how could he have time to wander? But upon hearing the latter part, he exclaimed in surprise, "There is still the Human Race on the Primordial World?"

Meeting the stunned Fuxi, Nuwa nodded.

After creating the Human Race, she had only taken away half of the Innate Human, leaving the other half on the Primordial World.

Nuwa thought that the Primordial World and the Consciousness Space were two different environments, and it was only right that the Human Race needed to adapt to both.

Fuxi turned to look at Nuwa and said with a hint of reproach, "Little sister, why didn't you tell me about such a major matter earlier?"

After the Eastern Earth Vein was completely dredged and purified, although this place was suitable for living beings, it clearly lacked crisis.

Because of Tian Yuan, the vast majority of the Demon Race living in this space would not act recklessly, especially those who had once dredged the Earth Vein.

They basically lived in peace, and there was simply no fighting.

For the growth of a tribe, the lack of external crisis might be the fundamental reason why he had never been able to have a sudden enlightenment.

Nuwa instantly realized the key to this as well and rolled her eyes, "Who told you to have no intuition for so many years."

When she was attaining the Dao, although she did not know exactly where it was, she had more or less had some intuition.

Regarding such matters concerning one's own Dao, she, as an outsider, could not help; it could only depend on Fuxi himself.

"Quick, quick! Contact Dao Brother Tian Yuan; I want to go for a stroll on the Primordial World." Delaying no further, Fuxi now only wanted to go to the Primordial World as quickly as possible.

Perhaps by observing those humans, he could understand his own Dao and likewise take that step.

Nuwa smiled and said nothing more, beginning to contact Tian Yuan.

Although she had Proved the Dao to Hunyuan, without Tian Yuan, Nuwa still could not leave this space.

With the will of Mount Buzhou shrouding it, it was no longer possible to break through this place by relying on great magic power alone.

At this very moment, even if Di Jun and Taiyi gathered the Heaven and Earth Luck and used the Innate Supreme Treasure, the Chaos Bell, it would be absolutely impossible.

In an instant, a faint will rose on the distant Mount Buzhou, wrapping around Fuxi.

Minghe, suppressed beneath Mount Buzhou, sensed the abnormality of the mountain at the first moment and shouted loudly, "Tian Yuan! Let me out, let me out!"

Having been suppressed here in a daze, Minghe had tried many methods, but unfortunately, none had any effect.

The heart beating incessantly above his head would cause the energy he gathered to scatter with the slightest tremor.

At this moment, Minghe also knew the origin of that heart; it was actually the Pangu Heart from the Pangu Temple.

The Pangu Heart had merged into Mount Buzhou, and with the two combined, there was absolutely no possibility of him escaping; now, Minghe could only pin his hopes on Tian Yuan.

The faint will drifted away, and the surroundings quickly became calm again, with only the 'thump-thump-thump' sound echoing in his ears.

"Damn it! Damn it! Tian Yuan, if you have the ability, fight me one-on-one! What kind of skill is it to rely on Mount Buzhou?" The furious Minghe could only roar incessantly.

The sound echoed in the void, and just like before, there was no response.

Fuxi disappeared from the Consciousness Space; Nuwa glanced at Minghe under Mount Buzhou and looked up at the firmament.

When she was communicating with Tian Yuan just now, she had mentioned the changes in the firmament in passing, and she did not expect to feel a hint of surprise from Tian Yuan.

After only a slight hesitation, Nuwa flew toward the firmament.

Those few faint stars were circling around the phantoms of the Sun Star and Lunar Star. Before long, Nuwa had arrived nearby.

"Eh! Another star has emerged!" Who would have thought that as soon as she approached, Nuwa would be startled.

Not far from those few faint, flickering stars, a star of the same size suddenly appeared, which even she had not sensed in advance.

If it hadn't been right within her line of sight, Nuwa would have thought this star had been there all along.

Stepping forward to examine it carefully, Nuwa wore a smile on her face: "It seems the Heavenly Dao Will will manifest in the coming days."

Although she did not know what had happened, the manifestation of the Primordial World stars one by one meant that the Heavenly Dao of this space was also about to awaken.

This was a tremendous joyous event, both for Tian Yuan and for the Primordial World.

Casting her gaze around the surroundings, Nuwa's figure descended toward the Western Region.

With the awakening of the Heavenly Dao Will, Tian Yuan would surely become stronger again, and she also needed to seize the time to cultivate; after all, being a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal was only the beginning.

As Nuwa's figure slowly descended, her gaze inadvertently swept across the Western Region, and she immediately stopped in mid-air.

A dim light—in that gloomy space, she saw a trace of dim light surging. Nuwa frowned and looked again carefully; there was indeed a wisp of dim light flickering.

As one of the few Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortals in the Primordial World, Nuwa's understanding of this space was second only to Tian Yuan.

She was also very clear about the situation of the Western Earth Veins.

That place was a stretch of gloom, separated from Mount Buzhou like a natural chasm, but now it seemed to have changed.

Previously, Tian Yuan had spoken of the situation in the Western Region more than once and had even asked them for suggestions; now, there seemed to be an anomaly there.

After all, she had communicated with Humanity, and if there were any changes to the Western Earth Veins, Tian Yuan would definitely have told her.

Nuwa did not immediately contact Tian Yuan, but instead leaped and fled toward the west of Mount Buzhou.

The gloomy world had no end, and nothing could be seen, save for that trace of dim light ahead growing brighter.

Upon getting close, Nuwa exclaimed in a low voice: "This is... Demon Qi!"

In a void far from Mount Buzhou, faint Demon Qi was dissipating and slowly spreading toward the surroundings.

Nuwa's face sank as her figure swept directly into the midst of it, her senses carefully probing the surroundings.

Yet with her strength, she had actually failed to discover the source of the Demon Qi. They escaped from the void and had no fixed source.

The Demon Qi had already shrouded a significant space, and Nuwa was unable to stop their spread.

"The Western Earth Veins were destroyed in the Demon-Dao Dispute, and now there is Demon Qi dissipating; I fear this is not simple!"

She was now a Hunyuan Great Luo Golden Immortal and also held a significant amount of Humanity Will, yet she could not probe the changes before her.

Originally, Nuwa had thought it was another of Tian Yuan's methods, but now it seemed there was something strange about the matter.

For such a long time, the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space had undergone many changes, but without exception, they had all been in a positive direction; yet now, a variable had emerged.

Standing within the shroud of rolling Demon Qi, Nuwa calmed her mind and began to communicate with Tian Yuan.

Since it concerned the Western Earth Veins, this was no simple matter.

Deep within the Zhou Tian Star Formation, Tian Yuan gazed at the flickering stars before him, his eyes full of anticipation.

A moment ago, while communicating with Nuwa through Mount Buzhou, he had not expected that stars would actually emerge in the Consciousness Space.

Tian Yuan knew the reason immediately, because he had refined the true bodies of these stars, and they were beginning to manifest in the Consciousness Space one by one.

This also meant that Tian Yuan's conjecture was correct: by refining these numerous stars, it was entirely possible to make the Heavenly Dao awaken in the Consciousness Space.

Such an unexpected discovery made Tian Yuan, who was already high-spirited, even more excited.

Tian Yuan had already made up his mind to focus on refining these stars for the next period of time.

No one knew when Di Jun and Taiyi would wake up, so naturally, he had to seize the time.

With the will of Mount Buzhou shrouding him, Tian Yuan, who had just refined another star and was happily darting toward the next one, had his figure pause slightly.

Mount Buzhou, his other body, Mount Buzhou, had once again felt Nuwa's communication.

"Could it be that there is a problem with those stars?" Tian Yuan frowned and slowly calmed his mind.

In an instant, a vast and desolate aura rolled out, and he transformed into the towering Mount Buzhou.

At the same time, Nuwa's voice came to his ears, but the words within it made Tian Yuan slightly surprised.

At the same time, one could see that in the Consciousness Space, a will extended from the desolate Mount Buzhou and headed straight for the Western World.

From afar, Tian Yuan saw Nuwa, and that wisp of will intertwined in the void, transforming into the figure of Tian Yuan.

Seeing Tian Yuan, who had condensed from the will of Mount Buzhou, Nuwa's eyes narrowed, and she quickly stepped forward to meet him: "Dao Brother!"

All along, she had been communicating with Mount Buzhou; at this moment, Nuwa was somewhat curious about what kind of relationship Tian Yuan actually had with Mount Buzhou.

If Mount Buzhou were merely Tian Yuan's discarded shell, it certainly wouldn't be this smooth and natural.

Sometimes, Nuwa inexplicably felt that the stone man was Tian Yuan, and Mount Buzhou was also Tian Yuan; they were originally one and the same.

It was just that this thought made her somewhat unable to understand.

Tian Yuan nodded and asked in a deep voice: "Did you find anything?"

The moment he saw the Demon Qi, Tian Yuan thought of Demon Ancestor Luohou.

During the Demon-Dao Dispute, Demon Ancestor Luohou was no match for Hongjun and self-detonated, shattering the Western Earth Veins.

Originally, Tian Yuan had guessed that the other party might not have perished; now that he saw the constant emergence of Demon Qi, it was highly probable that that person had truly not fallen.

Thinking about it, it made sense; to be able to survive the Opening Heaven Calamity, how could he have fallen at the hands of Hongjun?

It was just that when he appeared just now, he had probed with his will, yet he had not discovered anything.

Nuwa shook her head and replied softly: "I just searched this space carefully, but I didn't find how this Demon Qi appeared."

As she spoke, Nuwa turned to look at Tian Yuan beside her, only to find that he also had a sunken face.

Tian Yuan actually hadn't seen the strangeness either? This was the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space, and Tian Yuan was someone who understood many secrets of the Primordial World; now that even he was unclear, this matter was likely very complicated.

Tian Yuan did not speak and his figure rushed directly into the Demon Qi before him.

There was no discomfort; this Demon Qi seemed not to feel him at all, merely continuously overflowing from the void and slowly spreading toward the surroundings.

Logically speaking, Demon Qi, like Malevolent Qi, should have strong corrosive properties, but the Demon Qi before him had none at all.

Stretching out his hands, he could clearly touch it, but there was no reaction.

"How could it be like this?" A faint will drifted from Tian Yuan's body, probing toward the surrounding space.

By rights, in the Consciousness Space, there was nothing that the will of Mount Buzhou could not sense, but the scene before him was an exception.

Looking back at what was behind him, Tian Yuan gazed at the natural chasm beneath Mount Buzhou.

Was it because of that chasm that the ability of the will of Mount Buzhou was obstructed? He had not expected that after Proving the Dao to Hunyuan, there would still be such matters beyond his control within the Buzhou Mountain Consciousness Space.

But regardless, Tian Yuan guessed that these Demon Qi must be related to the Western Earth Veins.

It was just that when he attempted to absorb them, these Demon Qi did not react in the slightest.

They could be seen and touched, yet they seemed to exist in another space-time, having no intersection with their surroundings.

"It's useless; they cannot be absorbed or refined, and there is no way to stop them from spreading," Nuwa said, walking up from a distance.

Before informing Tian Yuan, she had studied them carefully, yet she had gained nothing.

Rubbing his chin, Tian Yuan notified Gonggong, who was in the north absorbing Malevolent Qi.

Regarding matters of Earth Veins, the Wu Clan was the most suitable; having the Ancestral Witch Gonggong come over might lead to some unexpected discoveries.

Tian Yuan was not overly worried about the changes before him.

After all, compared to the empty Western Region at the very beginning, there was at least something there now, as well as a direction for how to handle it.

As long as he could figure out these Demon Qi, it might mean that the Earth Veins of the Western Region had a solution.

If it were like the beginning, he would have had no idea how to even start.

(End of chapter)