Chapter 173: Nüwa is numb, attaining the Dao even brings a supervisor?!

Nüwa frowned slightly as she looked at Chen Ku.

Fine!

You brat, talking while standing without a sore back.

Little did she know, shaping clay into people was an astonishing consumption.

"In my sensing, we need to create 129,600 living beings."

"Only then can we match the primordial number and attain the Dao."

"If each had to be hand‑pinched, when would we ever finish?"

She felt utterly speechless and spoke.

Is this supposed to be similar to herself?

However, Chen Ku wore a solemn expression.

"Hehe, Senior Nüwa, how can cultivation be rushed?!"

"This is also to make Senior's Dao fruit more complete, isn't it?!"

Nüwa gave Chen Ku a strange look, feeling that this brat had some scheme, a sinister vibe.

Helplessly rolling her eyes, Nüwa then said:

"This... even if I am willing."

"But the Nine Heavens' Living Soil is also somewhat insufficient."

She gazed at the scant Nine Heavens' Living Soil before her.

But as soon as her words fell, Chen Ku flipped his palm.

Instantly, a large amount of Nine Heavens' Living Soil surged forth again, rising with the wind, reaching several dozen mu in extent.

"Hehe, there's plenty of Nine Heavens' Living Soil."

Chen Ku's smile grew deeper.

Since humanity is destined by the Heavenly Dao to appear, how could the raw material for creating people ever be lacking?

Speechless!

Utterly speechless!

Nüwa looked at Chen Ku full of resentment.

"Even so, continuously expending spiritual qi like this, my primordial source is also somewhat lacking."

She offered another excuse.

This time, you brat surely have no way out, right?!

Who would have thought, Chen Ku still nodded slowly and calmly.

"Easy to say... easy to say......"

"I, the junior, have accumulated some spiritual root immortal fruit and such; today I'll also use them to help Senior recover."

Speaking, he then produced a large amount of innate spiritual root immortal fruit.

For a moment, immortal light shone brightly and auspicious colors rose.

Each immortal fruit contained immense innate spiritual qi, richly fragrant, refreshing the heart and spleen.

Speaking of foundation, truly few can match Chen Ku.

Seeing this, Nüwa was even more dumbfounded!

Numb!

Completely numb!

This is a set‑up arranged for her, clear as day.

This brat surely intends to make her personally create people?!

In fact, Chen Ku isn't merely aiming to strengthen this generation's humanity.

After all, the more extraordinary humanity is, the greater the merit of creating people.

That way, I too could get a larger share.

Therefore, spending some spiritual root immortal fruit now is absolutely worthwhile, a sure profit.

By now, Nüwa naturally has no reason left to refuse.

"Hmph!"

Snorting angrily, Nüwa had no choice but to keep her head down and work hard.

While continuing to shape clay into people, she kept waving her hands, grabbing immortal fruit one by one and sending them into her mouth.

Squeak...

Each immortal fruit entering her mouth made Nüwa grit her silver teeth, producing a squeak, a feeling of gnashing her teeth.

"I'll eat you into poverty, brat!"

Nüwa thought this in her heart, full of resentment.

This time creating people, another several hundred years passed.

During those hundreds of years, whenever Nüwa's creation of people slowed or paused even slightly, Chen Ku seized the moment to speak.

"Senior Nüwa, are the immortal fruits insufficient?"

"Senior Nüwa, the opportunity to attain the Dao is fleeting; we must not be lax."

"Senior Nüwa, you don't want to fail in attaining the Dao, do you?"

"Or rather, act quickly and continue acting."

Words to this effect never ceased to reach her ears.

Nüwa's face was numb!

My goodness!

One cultivates to prove the Dao and become a sage—how could there still be a supervisor?!

This damn... where can I go to reason?!

Later, each time Nüwa chewed an immortal fruit, she would glare at Chen Ku with a face full of anger.

It seemed she wished she were biting Chen Ku himself.

But she could not refute.

A top-tier innate expert, now reduced to a 'beast of burden'.

The number of innate humans was increasing at a visible pace.

Meanwhile, Chen Ku was constantly observing Nüwa creating humans.

The Great Dao of Creation—this is a top-tier Dao art of the present age, naturally not to be missed.

At a certain moment, Chen Ku's sea of consciousness suddenly stirred.

【You observed Nüwa creating living beings, instantly enlightened, comprehended 10% of the Laws of Creation!】

【You, taking the Laws of Creation as basis, with the order of laws shifting, deduced the Great Divine Ability of Manipulating Creation!】

Upon sensing these two hints, Chen Ku was overjoyed.

A full ten percent of the Laws of Creation?!

Plus a Great Divine Ability of Manipulating Creation?!

You should know, this is a great divine ability of creating something from nothing and transforming the essence of things.

When unleashed, it can create all things, overturn the original universal laws, and even define new laws by oneself, etc.

Unmatched in strength!

Profound and unfathomable!

At this moment, observing Nüwa creating humans, every gesture's Daoic rhythm became exceedingly clear.

"Hiss..."

"At this point, I fear I could replace Nüwa in creating humans?!"

Such a thought arising, Chen Ku was startled.

Of course, such a thought was merely fleeting; Chen Ku could not yet act to seize Nüwa's opportunity to prove the Dao.

The Heavenly Dao does not allow it—that's one reason!

Second, if I really did that, Nüwa would have to fight me to the death.

Time flows slowly!

Chen Ku's 'whipping' never ceased, and Nüwa's expression grew ever more resentful and helpless.

Finally, this day.

Nüwa's expression shifted, as if she sensed something.

After hundreds of years of effort, the living beings before them finally reached the number of one yuan.

Chen Ku was delighted.

These 12,996,000 living beings all have true innate Dao bodies, truly extraordinary.

"Phew... finally done!"

Even as strong as Nüwa, she let out a long breath.

She expended a full 12,996,000 strands of her own origin spiritual energy, leaving her feeling on the verge of collapse.

Looking at the myriad spiritual-root immortal fruits before her, Nüwa even felt a bit nauseous.

She ate and threw up!

She really ate and threw up!

Creak... creak...

In Nüwa's gaze lay a feeling of resentful bitterness, like a woman who had suffered a great injustice, staring at Chen Ku as if he were a faithless man, she stared at him fixedly.

Feeling Nüwa's almost overflowing resentful bitterness, Chen Ku couldn't help but feel a little guilty.

Embarrassedly rubbing his nose, he adopted the pose of eyes on nose, nose on heart.

It couldn't be that bad, could it?!

Chen Ku immediately shifted his thoughts, changing the subject:

"Hehe, congratulations, Senior Master Nüwa!"

"These beings before us have taken form; Senior Master, you should bestow names upon them."

Chen Ku knew that Nüwa bestowing names was likewise an indispensable step, used to gain the Heavenly Dao's approval.

Upon hearing this, Nüwa finally reacted, the resentful expression on her face slightly retracting.

After a moment's contemplation, Nüwa had no idea.

"Do you have any ideas?!"

Nüwa couldn't be bothered to keep calling him "junior disciple" anymore, she asked directly.

As for that, Chen Ku naturally had nothing to consider.

"These beings are neither witches nor demons!"

"Nor are they cultivated from the myriad things of heaven and earth; they are born in human form and possess an innate Dao body."

"Therefore, we shall simply call them 'humans'!"

Chen Ku's words caused Nüwa's expression to shift dramatically, as if she were pondering.

"Humans..."

"Very well, I shall bestow this name upon these beings!"

The words fell, and Nüwa no longer hesitated.

She suddenly leapt up, stood high in the heavens, and then raised her voice to speak.

This palace Nüwa now creates a lineage of humanity!

This is a living being never before seen in heaven and earth; I now announce it to all beings of heaven and earth.

May the Heavenly Dao approve, and may all myriad beings know of it.

The words spread, wrapped in the great power of the Dao, rumbling loudly and echoing through the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, startling and shaking all beings in the universe.

In an instant, the Heavenly Dao felt it, and rumbled without cease.

Above the Nine Heavens, purple qi came east for thirty thousand li.

Vast expanses of merit auspicious clouds, tens of millions of mu, gathered and surged toward Nüwa's direction.

Seeing this scene, Nüwa could not help but reveal a look of shock across her face.

Beside him, Chen Ku felt wild joy in his heart.

At last, the time to reap has come...