Chapter 114: The Shanhai World, Nv Wa Creates Humanity (4k)

The Opening Heaven Demon Trial and the Dao Test of Demons left all the gods and demons drenched in sweat.

Fu Xi and Nv Wa raised their blades and brought darkness to the eyes of three thousand gods and demons.

As each god and demon fell, dissolving into the Dao, the three thousand great Dao principles of the new world grew ever stronger.

The gods and demons did not take away the great Dao achievements of the Creator God; instead, they became nourishment for the new world’s Dao.

This was thanks entirely to the Opening Heaven Demon Trial.

“All the Heavenly Demon Kings—truly respectable gods!”

Nv Wa was in high spirits and issued good person cards to all the Heavenly Demon Kings.

Unbeknownst to her, Xiang Xuanqing and the others were all silently watching Fu Xi and Nv Wa.

The two Creator Gods had passed their own Demon Trials on their own.

Of course, they had indeed held back slightly, arranging the most orthodox Heavenly Demon Trial.

After all, these two were, in a certain sense, their own kind, and with the heavy burden of Opening Heaven upon them, delaying too long would be unwise.

What the Heavenly Demon Kings hadn’t expected was that the two Creator Gods would take an unconventional path: they planned to strike first, amassing sufficient foundation for the new world before Opening Heaven.

For this, Xiang Xuanqing and the others could only pretend not to notice.

After all, the two had exploited a bug and discovered a loophole in the gameplay.

“Fortunately, they weren’t entirely heartless—they didn’t send away those who helped or merely watched.”

Xiang Xuanqing gazed at the site of Opening Heaven; those sent away were all the gods and demons who disrupted the event and the frenzied ferocious beasts.

Fu Xi and Nv Wa moved with incredible speed.

Such an opportunity—act fast and you gain it; hesitate and you lose it.

Each god or demon sent away added another portion of Dao foundation.

As for slaying the ferocious beasts, that was merely incidental.

After all, they had raised the banner of Shen Ni.

“Friend, show mercy!”

[Weak Water Demon God] Zu Long had just passed the Yang Demon Trial; he opened his eyes to see Nv Wa, brimming with killing intent.

He turned and fled.

His body scattered into countless droplets of weak water, fleeing into the void.

Nv Wa didn’t move.

Instead, she shouted after Zu Long: “Friend, if you’re going to run, run faster—don’t you dare stop halfway!”

Zu Long, hearing this, grew suspicious, suspecting a trap.

He slowed his pace, running while glancing back.

At the site of Opening Heaven, the remaining gods and demons had nearly completed their Demon Trials and were returning one by one.

“Huh? Strange—have they already left?”

The gods and demons looked around at their empty surroundings, utterly baffled.

“Right—where’s my head?”

A hundred or so gods and demons realized their heads were gone; their bodies stiffened and collapsed with a crash.

“Pangu’s axe! What on earth is going on?” The remaining gods and demons were startled.

“Wait a moment—before we entered the Demon Trial, how many gods were there for Opening Heaven?”

[Earth God] Zhen Yuan Zi stared straight ahead; he thought he might have been traumatized by the Wind and Fire Banana Fan—how could there be so many Nv Wa and Fu Xi?

“Two, right? What’s wrong?”

[Hong Yun Demon God] Hong Yun followed his gaze: “Holy shit—these are the Creator Gods!!!”

Question: Fu Xi has eighty-one transformations, Nv Wa has seventy transformations; each has a true body. How many Creator Gods are there at the site of Opening Heaven?

Calculation: Eighty-two Xi, seventy-one Wa.

Answer: One hundred and fifty-three Creator Gods!!!

Aside from differing Dao principles, their qi, origins, realms, and power were nearly identical!

Among them, the strongest Fu Xi numbered nine.

Led by Fu Xi’s true body, followed by Tianji Xi, Destruction Xi, Bagua Xi, Order Xi, Music Xi…

The strongest Nv Wa numbered ten.

Led by Nv Wa’s true body, followed by Creation Wa, Life Wa, Five Phases Wa, Space-Time Wa, Matchmaking Wa…

Gazing at the eighty-two Xi and seventy-one Wa, the remaining two or three hundred gods and demons froze in stunned silence.

We understand Opening Heaven. We understand Creation.

But who can tell us what is happening here?

We just endured a Demon Trial—how in an instant have one hundred and fifty-three Creator Gods appeared?

And where have our “companions” gone?!

Aaaah!!!

The gods and demons were on the verge of collapse.

This was supposed to be a battle of many against few—why were they now the ones surrounded?

“Listen up, all two hundred and seventy-one gods and demons!”

“You have three breaths to flee!”

“If you don’t run, we won’t be gentle!”

Nv Wa issued a few warnings.

Upon speaking, the seventy-one Opening Heaven Nv Was raised their hands in unison.

Crimson clouds rolled across the heavens; celestial blades seemed drawn from the clouds, their crimson radiance boundless, their light crisscrossing, carrying the power of Opening Heaven, Creation, and the birth of all things.

All the world was filled with crimson clouds; the wheel of Creation turned, Opening Heaven and splitting Earth!

The eighty-two Xi smiled gently.

They merely raised their right hands, leaving a single stroke in the chaos.

Unbidden, the mystery of Heaven and Earth was shattered—this began with the first stroke of the Xi Emperor.

This stroke was a simple, plain horizontal line.

The first stroke of the Qian hexagram “—”.

Though the hexagram was simple, it contained boundless meaning of Opening Heaven.

“It is said that the root of Heaven lies in this: the chaotic world, dark and without light, suddenly—this one stroke opens Heaven, and yin and yang, movement and stillness, rise and fall, Heaven and Earth take their places, Sun and Moon revolve, and all things endlessly generate and flourish…”

The great Dao’s thunderous voice echoed through the void.

The creation of all things, the birth of worlds—entirely in this blade, entirely in this stroke!!

Seeing this scene of Opening Heaven, the two hundred and seventy-one gods and demons were shaken to their cores.

“My god, Pangu!”

Zu Long, who had stopped halfway, accelerated furiously.

“You’re overdoing it with Opening Heaven!” [Earth God] Zhen Yuan Zi, with the Book of Earth atop his head, vanished instantly.

“Pangu’s axe, I give up—do you really need to go this hard to Open Heaven?!!”

[Thunder Demon God] Lei Ze transformed into lightning and fled; he had originally agreed to help, but ended up joining the gods and demons’ side—his survival now owed entirely to Fu Xi’s mercy.

[Hong Yun Demon God] Hong Yun bowed: “Thank you, Nv Wa, for your mercy—we’re off!”

“Fu Xi, our paths are long and waters deep—we’ll meet again.” [Great Sun Demon God] Tai Yi, with the Chaos Bell, shattered spacetime.

“Wish you success in opening your new world—I’m off!” [Life Demon God] Da Siming caught up with Tai Yi and fled.

“Friend, may we meet again!” [Great Yin Demon God] Wang Shu cast a glare at the minor moon goddess Chang Xi before leaving.

Chang Xi turned her head away, pretending not to see.

“This dragon-tiger den is no place to force your way through—Heaven of Da Luo is so hard, so hard, so hard!!”

“Today, this old man has seen wonders.”

[Poison Demon God] Pan Wang smiled benevolently; he had witnessed a marvel beyond the Ten Thousand Mountains, now satisfied, he departed briskly.

Yin-Yang, Qian-Kun, Yuan Huang, Jie Yin, Dong Hua Di Jun, the Corpse of Xiang Gu… one by one, mighty primordial deities of Hong Huang withdrew.

“Let’s go too!”

[Lang Xiao Goddess] Hou Tu turned, [Xuan Xiao Goddess] Fu Yu followed closely behind; both departed together.

[Dan Xiao Goddess] Ying Long still wore the form of a golden-armored divine general; he solemnly approached [Qing Xiao Goddess]: “My beloved, come back with me?”

“??!!” Nv Qing’s almond eyes widened.

Before she could react, Ying Long swept her up, slung her over his shoulder, and flew away.

“Who’s your beloved?!” A furious voice rang out—the most tranquil goddess of the Nine Heavens had completely lost her composure.

“They really know how to have fun.” [Ling Xiao Goddess] Yao Chi covered her mouth and laughed; the Kunlun Mirror, a spacetime artifact, hung in the air, faithfully recording this moment for its master.

“Ling Xiao, please share this with us!” Chang Xi, Zhu Que, and the Nine-Tails all stared with shining eyes.

“Of course, of course—let’s go back and watch it repeatedly.”

“Good!”

Yao Chi departed with the three goddesses.

After all parties had left, the Qilin clan’s divine lords and Qilin Kings grew even more excited.

“Perfect—now no one’s left to compete for our spots.” The Metal Qilin King’s eyes gleamed gold.

The Wood Qilin King chuckled: “You finish your act, I step onto the stage!”

"Who could have imagined that our Qilin clan still had work to do—and we were the ones who laughed last."

The Water Qilin King beamed: "No matter how the ferocious beasts caused chaos or how the Demon Kings tested them, this round is still a monumental victory for our Qilin clan!!" Yunlu Shenjun also laughed: "We’ve won so hard!"

"Hahaha!"

A host of Shenjun and Qilin Kings laughed heartily, congratulating one another.

"We won so hard!"

Since everyone had left the stage, it was now their turn.

"All parties, pay attention!"

Wuji Shenjun, the overall commander, began directing the entire operation.

"When I say ‘jump,’ you all jump together—at the right moment!"

"Got it!"

The host of Shenjun and Qilin Kings focused intently.

They watched the Opening Heaven site with great tension.

With the full power of the one hundred and fifty-three Creation Gods, chaos had now split, yin and yang separated, and clarity and turbidity divided.

All that remained was for the clear qi to rise and form the heavens, and the turbid qi to sink and form the earth—then they could rush down at once to seize a share of the great creation!

The Demon Dao alliance had not withdrawn; they had merely ascended with Mowu to the realm above time and space.

"What are the Qilin clan doing?" Wuyou Damowang peered curiously into the void—why did the Qilin clan look so eager to leap?

Xiang Xuanqing smiled and replied: "They’re waiting for the great creation!"

He explained Fuxi’s plan in full.

All the Demon Kings and the Four Demon Generals were stunned upon hearing it.

"Are the Qilin clan really this... naive?" Guangchengzi said delicately.

Chijingzi shook his head: "Perhaps they have their own reasons."

"Actually... it doesn’t seem entirely impossible." Yuding Zhenren mused along with Fuxi’s idea.

Wangchuan gave him a pitying glance: "You’re done—you’ve already fallen for it."

To think along someone else’s line? How could you avoid being tricked?

BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!

Heaven cleared, earth turbid—rising and sinking.

The glory of creation illuminated past and future; the great river of time surged with waves.

The Dao was profound and mysterious; the shadows of laws piled layer upon layer; boundless yuan qi converged—and supreme creation was born from this moment.

Sun and moon, mountains and rivers, lakes and seas, grass and trees...

"Now is the moment!"

Wuji Shenjun roared.

Streams of light shot into the new world with lightning speed.

"I’ll help you!"

The Earth Qilin King rushed into the center of the world before Nvwa raised the celestial pillar.

He transformed into his true form—divine in heaven, holy on earth.

The Qilin stood one zhang tall—so too did heaven rise one zhang, and earth thicken one zhang.

Until heaven had no height to rise, and earth had no thickness to deepen.

Only then did the Earth Qilin King, fully satisfied, transform into the Central Celestial Pillar.

"My Dao is complete!"

"The Dao is never solitary—it must have companions! I’m coming too!" The Metal Qilin stretched out across the new heavens, transforming into the stars above—and even added thirty-two new layers of heaven to the new world.

"I’ll form the seas!"

The Water Qilin immediately dissolved into Dao—the new world now had oceans.

In the center lay Dahuang; within Dahuang stood mountains; beyond the mountains lay seas; beyond the seas stood mountains again.

"I’ll transform the three thousand great worlds!"

"I’ll transform the one hundred thousand small worlds!"

"And me!"

"Me too!"

One after another, Qilin rushed into the mountains and seas.

"They..." Nvwa’s lips twitched—she hadn’t expected the Qilin clan to be truly fooled by her brother.

Fuxi chuckled: "That’s their Dao—we must respect it!"

"We must respect it, yes."

Nvwa looked at the earnest Qilin, feeling a pang of guilt.

She thought for a moment, then spontaneously shaped a Dao of Heaven for the Shanhai world.

"Let’s give everyone a share of creation merit."

Nvwa granted four-tenths of the Opening Heaven merit to the Qilin—recognition of their deeds.

One-tenth went to the two Guardian Gods—Tengshe and Baixi.

Two-tenths were condensed into the single, unique Opening Heaven Sacred Artifact—the Primordial Jade Ruyi.

She sent it into Mowu as a gesture of gratitude.

The remaining three-tenths of Opening Heaven merit remained suspended, unclaimed.

This was reserved for all living beings.

"Now, it’s time to begin work."

Nvwa took out a segment of the Creation Gourd Vine and Primordial Xi Rang.

Fuxi prepared the Three Light Divine Water.

Xiang Xuanqing watched the Creation site without blinking.

Chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep... one by one, races were molded in the hands of the two Creators.

Until the seventh race was shaped by Nvwa.

It was the Primordial Dao Body, modeled after Pangu’s form—the human race!

Xiang Xuanqing’s lips curled into a faint smile.

"So it is."

Among the myriad races of Shanhai, humanity was one.

The human race had already been born in Shanhai before descending into Honghuang.

"That makes sense—the entire structure of the Shanhai world is largely modeled after Honghuang Zhenjie."

"If Nvwa copied Pangu’s Creation Dao and created all races, how could she possibly overlook the ‘Primordial Dao Body’—the very form constantly seen everywhere?"

After all, that was Pangu’s final manifestation—the Dao completed in this form. Thus, all Honghuang gods modeled themselves after Pangu, walking the world in their Primordial Dao Bodies.

In a sense, the Primordial Shen were the “humans” walking between heaven and earth in Honghuang.

For Nvwa to replicate heaven and earth and then create humanity was perfectly natural.

Even among the deities now gestating within Shanhai’s heavens and earth, human forms were rare.

Xiang Xuanqing surveyed Shanhai—most of its deities bore the forms of human heads with serpent or dragon bodies.

Because the Creator of Opening Heaven had used precisely these forms!

All living beings and deities naturally tended toward the Creator’s form.

For it represented the origin of the world and the direction of the Dao.

"The main protagonists of heaven and earth? Within the Supreme Zhenjie, even the Dao of Heaven does not exist—how could such a race exist?"

Witnessing the birth of humanity, Xiang Xuanqing’s suspicions were partially confirmed.

"If such a thing exists, it can only be because some spirit in the River of Time wrote a collection of stories."

"Or perhaps..." Xiang Xuanqing considered another possibility.

"They—the siblings—may not be alone. Many other gods likely joined them, and in the future, they will wage a great Dao struggle of reversing cause and effect!"

As victors, they could rewrite ancient history, weaving a “main protagonist of heaven and earth” tale into countless timelines.

Besides—who said Nvwa could only create humanity once?

After shaping them once in Shanhai, once her skill improved and her Dao advanced, why not go to Honghuang and shape them again?

"Then again," Xiang Xuanqing mused, "this ‘main protagonist of heaven and earth’ concept feels oddly aligned with my own ideas."

"Could it be... that this plan was mine—or that I pushed it forward?"

"Unlikely. This plan is too proper. Not my style at all."

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