Chapter 224: Dao God Trap

The woman before Feng Yi, with a human body, snake tail, and brows bearing divine eyes, is exactly the Hou Tu of this universe—or rather, the past self shed when Hou Tu became a Dao God.

The Hou Tu of this universe's heavens differs from that of most heavens; she is the innate god of the Huaxu clan, deeply connected to the Fuxi clan.

The ancestor of the Fuxi clan, Da Sui, is the offspring of dragon and snake; the dragon refers to the ancestor of the Lei Ze clan, the innate divine dragon Lei Ze, while the snake refers to the ancestor of the Huaxu clan, the innate great snake Huaxu.

And Hou Tu is Huaxu's younger sister, also the innate god of the Huaxu clan.

Huaxu is the innate great snake born of the innate water Dao, while Hou Tu is the innate great snake formed of the innate earth Dao.

Both are innate great snakes, yet their Great Daos are completely different.

The snake tail and divine eyes in the true form of the Fuxi clan are inherited from the Huaxu clan.

However, the Fuxi clan has blended the strengths of both clans, surpassing its origins; its bloodline is even stronger than that of its sources, the Lei Ze and Huaxu clans.

On the other side, hearing Feng Yi's words, the woman with a human body and snake tail shook her head and said, 'Paoxi, I am not the true Lady Hou Tu; Lady Hou Tu has already reforged her Dao body, attained the position of Dao God, transformed into a pure Dao deity, while I am merely her discarded husk, the filthy form she shed—so do not call me Lady Hou Tu.'

After saying this, she pondered a moment, then smiled and said, 'To some extent, I can be considered Lady Hou Tu's past-life incarnation; Paoxi, you may call me Shen Fu.'

"Shen Fu."

Feng Yi smiled, nodded slightly, and spoke softly: 'That name is nice; it suits your current state, Lady.'

The innate god of this universe, born of the Great Dao, has body and spirit as one—body is spirit, spirit is body; the form Hou Tu shed still contains her spirit, so Shen Fu before us, though merely the husk Hou Tu cast off, also contains all of her, and can be considered another Hou Tu.

"Paoxi, have you chosen to reincarnate?"

Shen Fu clearly understood, from the person's realm before her, her present state, and without further explanation, she opened her mouth in surprise.

Before her words finished, she seemed to think of something, muttering: 'Indeed, although I have been sleeping here all along, I can faintly sense some happenings of the outer universe; I have heard that the era you founded, the Di Ji Era, has already declined, and the Fuxi clan has nearly been utterly destroyed, but the exact circumstances I cannot know.'

"The Fuxi clan has indeed been nearly wiped out."

Feng Yi calmly nodded and said: 'Moreover, the Fuxi clan's downfall is related to many powerful beings, even including a Dao God working behind the scenes; that is precisely why I have returned to the world.'

"Dao God."

Shen Fu's heart startled, she opened her mouth: 'Aside from my true self, Lady Hou Tu, has a new Dao God appeared in this world?'

Hearing Shen Fu's words, Feng Yi's eyes flashed with a hint of contemplation, for a moment unsure how to explain to her.

Because this is essentially a spacetime loop of the chicken-and-egg variety.

This world originally had no Dao God realm; only when Da Siming led the gods to open up the Dao Realm above the true universe did the Dao God realm appear.

But in fact, it was not Da Siming who opened the Dao Realm, but Zhong Yue and the Origin Dao God, among others, who returned from the future to the past.

This universe originally remained in an endless cycle of spacetime reincarnation.

However, when Feng Yi arrived in this universe, he directly broke the original cycle, causing the spacetime reincarnation to snap, shaping the Dao Realm, and bringing forth the Dao God that would have appeared only in the future straight into the past.

Moreover, because of his existence, the entire universe's heavenly secrets and fate are suppressed by him; this universe's future has become completely different from the original timeline, and no one can now deduce the future timeline.

After all, with merely this universe's specifications, Feng Yi cannot be fitted into its spacetime reincarnation.

Under these circumstances, the Origin Dao God and the Dao Realm, etc., have become a paradox of the past.

After a while, Feng Yi temporarily suppressed the thoughts in his heart, did not directly answer Shen Fu's question, but said: 'Lady, I have come to see you this time precisely concerning your true self, Lady Hou Tu.'

Having said that, Feng Yi's tone shifted, speaking ethereally: 'Lady, can you still make contact with your true self residing in the Dao Realm?'

"Huh?"

Shen Fu blinked slightly, then shook her head.

After glancing at Shen Fu, Feng Yi changed his question: 'Lady, do you think the Great Dao has consciousness?'

Shen Fu shook her head again, saying: 'The Dao has no consciousness, no good or evil, no right or wrong, only the Dao's instinct.'

Having said that, her heart stirred slightly, as if she had thought of something, and her complexion underwent a subtle change.

Seeing this, Feng Yi's expression did not change much, and he continued: 'Since the Dao lacks consciousness, do you think that Lady Hou Tu, having shed her past self and become a pure Dao deity, still retains her own consciousness?'

"This"

Shen Fu stared blankly; after a good while she came to, looked at the figure before her, and asked: 'Paoxi, have you comprehended something?'

"Sigh"

Feng Yi let out a faint sigh and said: 'Lady Hou Tu's path is mistaken; attaining the Dao God position should not involve discarding her past self and abandoning everything, for then her consciousness would be replaced by the Dao's rules, becoming a puppet of the Dao, completely losing herself.'

"Now your true self, Lady Hou Tu, is just like the true innate earth Dao, maintaining the universe's operation without self-consciousness, every move following the Dao's operational rules."

"Therefore, she will no longer be in contact with you, for to her present self, you represent filth, a stray thought."

"This is the Dao God trap!"

Having said this, Feng Yi's inner qi shifted slightly, carrying a sense of transcendence above the universe, and he said: 'The correct Dao God path should be to let one's primordial spirit become the god of the Great Dao, letting one's consciousness replace and control the Dao's rules, so that one's every action is the principle of the Great Dao, and one's every word and deed represents the Dao's rules; that is the true Dao God.'

"Hum"

The moment his voice rang out, as Feng Yi's qi shifted, the Great Dao of heaven and earth resonated in tandem, causing the entire Sea of Blood to begin surging.

"This"

Sensing the profound and inscrutable qi mechanism within Paoxi before her, Shen Fu's face showed a hint of astonishment.

At this moment, her subconscious conjured the image of that Fumin Daozun.

Although their auras differ, they gave her a similar feeling—a sense of transcendence above the Emperor Realm.

After a good while, Shen Fu finally came to, somewhat curious, and asked: 'Paoxi, have you attained the true Dao God position?'

"Not yet."

Feng Yi shook his head, gathered his qi, and spoke calmly: 'I have merely grasped the mysteries of the Dao God; my realm counts as reached, but this body of mine is newly cultivated, my cultivation still lacking somewhat, and my path not yet truly perfected—I have not yet attained the Dao God position.'

"Realm reached"

Hearing these words, Shen Fu's heart stirred slightly, she understood why the earlier Fumin Daozun could suppress the whole universe, be invincible under heaven, having no rival.

Perhaps the earlier Fumin Daozun, like Paoxi before her, had comprehended the Dao God realm.

Thinking of this, Shen Fu's heart could not help but give rise to a hint of emotion.

The bloodline of the Fuxi Divine Clan is truly heaven‑favored; as acquired beings, they have actually produced two supreme masters who have comprehended the Dao God realm in succession!

Were it not for the limited lifespans of acquired beings, perhaps there would be no place left in the universe for innate gods to stand.

Thinking of this, her tone changed somewhat, and she said: "Fuxi, do you have a way to help my true body escape the Dao God's trap?"

"I have some ideas."

Feng Yi nodded and said: "I came to you this time precisely to help Lady Hou Tu escape the Dao realm trap, and I also want to restore the glory of the Fuxi clan and thoroughly settle accounts with the forces that once targeted the Fuxi clan."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wu's eyes showed a hint of 'as expected,' and there was no surprise.

As the first-generation Earth Emperor Heavenly Emperor who inaugurated the Era of Earth, since Fuxi has been reborn, she naturally will not stand by and watch the Fuxi clan continue to decline.

Looking at the familiar yet somewhat unfamiliar figure before her, her mind drifted slightly, as if she had returned to the past years, to after the destruction of the Era of Fire, when Fuxi allied with the Thunder Marsh, Hua Xu, and other tribes, exterminated all enemies, and opened up the glorious history of the Era of Earth.

The past Fuxi and the present Fuxi's figures overlapped, everything seeming like a cycle of reincarnation.

After a moment, Shen Wu regained her composure, her qi shifted, and the snake tail beneath her swayed slowly, stirring the entire Sea of Blood.

The boundless Sea of Blood continually shrank and quickly flowed into her body, rapidly strengthening her aura.

At the same time, a white bone with a human body and snake tail rose from beneath the Sea of Blood, sacred and solemn, as if it were the Dao bone nurtured by the Heaven and Earth Great Dao.

The Dao bone merged with Shen Wu, making her aura completely perfect, becoming a true innate deity.

Items flew out from the Sea of Blood one after another, transforming into various ornaments that landed on her.

After a moment, the Sea of Blood vanished, and before Feng Yi appeared an ornately adorned figure—none other than the fully restored Shen Wu.

She smiled and said: "Since my true body is trapped in the Dao God's trap, I no longer need to stay here."

Saying this, she gazed into the distance and sighed: "It's been so many years since I last appeared in the world; I don't know what the Hua Xu clan has become now, nor how much aid they can offer you, Fuxi."

Fuxi and Hua Xu were originally one entity; since the Fuxi before me wishes to restore the glory of the Fuxi clan, the Hua Xu clan naturally cannot remain uninvolved.

Moreover, the Fuxi before me is even more terrifying than in her previous life, so Shen Wu naturally understands better how the Hua Xu clan should choose.

A faint smile appeared on Feng Yi's face as he casually said: "No matter what the Hua Xu clan becomes today, the outcome will not change; in my previous life I could sweep away all enemies, pacify the universe, and inaugurate the Era of Earth, let alone now."

"Indeed."

Sensing the terrifying qi hidden within the Fuxi before her that even made her own present self faintly tremble, Shen Wu instinctively nodded.

A Fuxi as strong as the Dao Venerable Fu Min of old has appeared; indeed, no one can stop her, not even those primordial god kings her equal.

Unless the Dao God descends to the lower realm.

After a bit more conversation, divine light flowed, and both figures vanished from the spot simultaneously.

The Divine Concealment Ancient Region regained tranquility once more.

(End of Chapter)