Chapter 87: Undying Medicine: Nüwa's Way of Creation

Myriad Dragon Head Peaks each shed brilliant immortal light, as if opening their dragon mouths, exhaling their true dragon qi, which sinks toward the center.

Endless immortal light gathered at the valley's center, forming a small pool of misty immortal aura, its radiance filling the sky.

Though the pool is only about a zhang across, it bursts forth with hundreds of millions of rays of brilliant divine light, carrying a hint of hazy holiness, like a fairy pool that seems wholly unfit for the mortal realm.

Standing in the valley, Feng Yi's heavenly eye fully opened and, bolstered by Fuxi's imprint, he faintly saw a bronze vessel within the misty immortal pool.

This is a three-legged bronze cauldron, incomplete, only about a third remains, yet its surface is etched with various intertwined Great Dao patterns, giving a sense of vast antiquity.

"This is the Immortal Ascension Cauldron shattered by the Ruthless One, or rather the Cauldron of the Source of All Things!"

This thought arose in his mind, and Feng Yi gazed pensively at a strange little grave not far from the immortal pool.

This little grave has no tombstone, no intertwined Dao markings, no bones within, only a blood-stained garment and a ghost face mask shattered into dozens of pieces.

Yet this seemingly ordinary little grave lies right at the core of this immortal-nurturing land, completely unaffected by the Source Heaven Forbidden Array or the Great Emperor Slaughter Array here.

Gazing at the neither-laughing-nor-crying ghost face mask buried in the grave, Feng Yi's eyes seemed to behold a peerless woman's apparition, and a ethereal female voice sounded: "I seek not immortality, only to wait for you in this mortal world."

As the voice sounded, Feng Yi instinctively looked around the Dragon Head Peaks and saw that each peak's brow bore a fine crack, like a delicate palm print, shattering the peaks' origin, causing the immortal-nurturing land to lose much of its spirituality and power.

"Ah, as expected of the Ruthless One—utterly pure and extreme, or rather obsessively extreme. What did your Ascendant Divine Dynasty provoke her for? Such a fine immortal-nurturing land is now more than half destroyed."

He inwardly sighed, Feng Yi withdrew his gaze, then looked again at the Myriad Things Source Cauldron in the immortal pool, preparing to approach and examine this immortal artifact closely.

But just then, his spiritual sense twitched slightly, and he instinctively halted his steps.

Instinctively shifting his gaze, he beheld the surroundings of the immortal pool: countless Great Dao patterns, almost clearly visible, intricate and exquisite, as if weaving a starry expanse.

More importantly, in his perception, these intertwined Dao patterns faintly bore a special Dao rhythm, almost giving birth to a true array consciousness.

"What is this? Spiritual instinct? Have the protective array markings here developed a spiritual instinct?"

After pausing his steps and observing for a moment, Feng Yi's eyes showed a thoughtful expression.

"As expected of a method left by the Tribulation-transcending Heavenly Venerable—it almost weaves the killing array's Dao patterns into true living beings!"

"Moreover, it now seems likely that the Ruthless One also left a means!"

This thought arose in his mind, and Feng Yi temporarily abandoned the idea of taking that immortal cauldron.

It seems obvious that only, like Ye Fan in the original work, holding the Immortal Treasure Scroll as a token, could one safely take this Myriad Things Source Cauldron; Feng Yi felt he had no affinity with it.

"Immortal Treasure Scroll"

Thinking of where Ye Fan obtained this Immortal Treasure Scroll, Feng Yi felt it was hardly a mere coincidence.

Although in the original the Ruthless One claimed he did not actively interfere with Ye Fan's growth aside from the Unity-Dao Flower,

but even without active intervention, he likely still exerted some passive influence.

His thoughts turning, Feng Yi unconsciously moved his fingers, cutting off distracting thoughts, emptying his mind, his spirit merging with Fuxi's imprint, fully guided by his own instinct, he walked toward the immortal pool ahead.

Indeed, after relinquishing the thought of seizing the Immortal Ascension Cauldron and relying wholly on Fuxi's imprint for instinctive guidance, Feng Yi was no longer affected by the slaughter array and safely approached the immortal pool.

But just as Feng Yi neared the immortal pool, a sudden immortal light flew in, leaving a refreshing fragrance.

Even though he was not then a true flesh-and-blood body, the instant he smelled that fragrance he felt a bodily ease and the sensation of feathered ascension.

"Undying Medicine!"

Regaining his composure, a thought arose in Feng Yi's mind, prompting him to instinctively look toward the direction the fragrance came from.

There he saw a stalk utterly snow-white divine herb, resembling a small white tiger yet bearing leaves and a stem, exhaling waves of fragrance.

More importantly, Dao patterns twined around it, immortal light accompanied it, endowed with endless profundity, like a manifestation of the Great Dao itself.

"White Tiger Undying Medicine!"

Gazing at this stalk resembling a small white tiger, the Undying Divine Medicine, information about it surfaced in Feng Yi's mind, and he could not help but feel a surge of wild joy.

He knew the White Tiger Undying Medicine existed in this immortal-nurturing land, but he had not expected it to appear before him.

Undying Divine Medicine, a supreme divine herb of this realm, is formed from the transmutation of a supreme Immortal King‑level being after its fall.

One could say that each stalk of Undying Divine Medicine contains the Dao origin of a supreme Immortal King‑level being.

Were it not for the severing of this universe's Great Dao and the deficiency of heaven and earth, such Undying Divine Medicine transformed from a fallen Immortal King would not have been hacked down, its rank reduced, nor would it have sunk to this state.

His thoughts turning, Feng Yi's face instantly broke into an ardent smile, his tone grew exceedingly gentle as he said: "This immortal-nurturing land has already been destroyed, and a great calamity will soon befall it; will you come with me? I can offer you refuge in the future."

Having said that, Feng Yi exerted himself to draw the aura of Fuxi's imprint from his innate spiritual light; the faint yet lofty qi mechanism within him grew more evident, causing the surrounding Source Heaven Forbidden Array and Great Emperor Slaughter Array to tremble slightly.

Whoosh

But upon hearing Feng Yi's words, the White Tiger Undying Medicine, like a startled rabbit, instantly turned into a ray of light and appeared elsewhere.

Thereafter, it hid behind a stone with a tiger‑head, tiger‑brain demeanor, continuing to warily observe Feng Yi, sensing his aura, as if pondering something.

Moreover, the Source Heaven Forbidden Array and Great Emperor Slaughter Array in this immortal-nurturing land neither harm this Undying Medicine nor affect its movements.

After a while, seeing the little white tiger show some inclination, even slowly drawing near him, Feng Yi's face promptly lit up with a hint of a smile.

But just then, the little white tiger suddenly halted its steps; before Feng Yi could react, it instantly turned into a divine light, vanished before his eyes, and his smile froze.

At the same time, a not‑very‑strong spiritual ripple reached his heart, coming from the White Tiger Undying Medicine.

Basically, it means that only when he possesses his own flesh‑and‑body, truly living a second life, will it be willing to follow him.

"This"

"Indeed, these Undying Divine Medicines look easy to deceive, but to have endured so long, each is actually an old fox!"

This thought arose in his mind, and Feng Yi inwardly sighed, collecting his smile and saying no more.

Forget it!

To gain is my fortune; to lose is my fate.

Since we have already met, and they do not reject me, there will surely be a chance to obtain them in the future.

His thoughts turning, Feng Yi glanced once more at the spot where the White Tiger Undying Medicine had vanished, then turned and walked to the edge of the immortal pool.

The immortal pool is about a zhang long and half a zhang wide; inside, immortal light suffuses, dragon‑vein essence and heaven‑earth primordial qi settle within, so thick it hardly dissolves, forming a liquid that flows in the pool.

And at the pool's very bottom lies a damaged bronze vessel—the Myriad Things Source Cauldron.

After observing for a moment, Feng Yi murmured: "The Myriad Things Source Cauldron cannot be taken, yet this immortal‑nurturing land, though struck by the Ruthless One's palm and greatly diminished in spirituality, is just right to aid me in forming a new body."

The moment the sound fell, he moved his hands to perform a seal, drawing forth the innate spiritual light within him and the Fuxi imprint.

The next moment, a lofty and inscrutable imprint emerged from Fengyi's body, resembling a Dao pattern with a human head and dragon body, within which floated a somewhat illusory spiritual light.

The moment this imprint appeared, heaven and earth fell silent; even the Primordial Heaven Forbidden Array and the Emperor Slaughter Array of this Immortal-conceiving land seemed to be slightly affected, and the Dao patterns intertwining in the void stalled a bit.

Whoosh

Not far from the Immortal Pond, the White Tiger Undying Medicine reappeared, peeking and looking at that imprint, its eyes filled with a hint of doubt and entanglement.

Hum

The next moment, that imprint merged directly into the Immortal Pond below, leaving only a dark-robed figure standing silently beside the pond, its gaze somewhat dazed.

Boom

Shortly after the imprint entered the Immortal Pond, a mysterious undulation suddenly rose from within, continuously flowing, as if it had stirred some special creative force, and even some illusory force existing between heaven and earth.

In an instant, the entire Immortal Pond violently trembled, and silken threads appeared within it, each crystal clear, flowing with immortal light, like the blood vessels of living beings, as if breathing in and out.

The Immortal Pond seemed to be affected by some special creative force, and it came to life directly.

Faintly, a gentle female phantom with a human body and snake tail appeared above the Immortal Pond, brimming with the intent of creative vitality, continually drawing some illusory qi from between heaven and earth.

Meanwhile, after his innate spiritual light and the Fuxi imprint entered the Immortal Pond, Fengyi's mind instantly fell into emptiness, and in his mental world appeared ancient stone stelae phantoms, displaying various scenes.

In the Longevity Realm, when he briefly dwelled in the Ancestral God realm, Fengyi not only collected the engravings of seven stone stelae, but also comprehended their true meaning through the Ancestral God realm.

At this moment, those stone stelae phantoms in his mental world continually changed, gradually becoming towering figures, seemingly the manifestations of the Great Dao of those figures.

Gazing at these figures, a light of wisdom blossomed in Fengyi's mind; numerous insights were sorted and integrated by his instinct, extracting the Great Dao understanding that matched his current state.

After an unknown period, as he continually sorted them, the figures dissipated one by one, leaving only two of them gradually solidifying.

One had a human body with a dragon tail, the other a human body with a snake tail; standing together they resembled the world's yin-yang division, their breaths in perfect harmony, representing the world's primordial creation.

When the two figures solidified, Fengyi's mind felt a sudden emptiness; countless insights about the Dao of creation surfaced in his heart, giving him a novel understanding of the Dao of creation.

The engravings on the stone stelae's arcane law come from the ten sovereigns of the Longevity Realm, among whom is Nüwa.

At this moment, Fengyi sorted the Great Dao insights from the stone stelae's arcane law, and with the aid of Nüwa and Fuxi—each representing the yin and yang of the Great Dao—he comprehended Nüwa's Dao of creation.

This is also why he chose to attempt to forge a corporeal body for himself here in this Immortal-conceiving land using creative power.

He wanted to try whether, aided by his insight into Nüwa's Dao of creation, he could fashion a true flesh-and-blood body from the rich heavenly and earthly essence contained in this Immortal-conceiving land.

In the Immortal Pond, as the female phantom with a human body and snake tail appeared, the entire Immortal-conceiving land seemed to be affected, with heavenly and earthly essence continually gathering toward the pond.

Within the Immortal Pond, a vortex also began to form, with the Fuxi imprint at its core, creative intent permeating, countless droplets of heavenly and earthly essence continually condensing, forming a rich vital force, as if seeking to create a true flesh-and-blood body from nothing.

The information of the Fuxi imprint, the innate spiritual light within Fengyi, and even that of the River Chart and Luo Book all merged with these vital forces, to be used as the foundation to form a body suited to him.

As time passed, gradually, besides the female phantom with a human body and snake tail above the Immortal Pond, a male phantom with a human body and dragon tail also appeared.

The two continually rotated, directly forming a great yin-yang taiji diagram that enveloped the Immortal Pond below.

Endless heavenly and earthly essence flowed into the taiji diagram, yin and yang powers combined to form a supreme creative force that permeated heaven and earth.

Boom

After an unknown span, a rumbling sound rose, and the yin-yang taiji diagram instantly turned into a stream of light, merging into the Immortal Pond below.

The next moment, a tall figure with black hair and black eyes stepped out of the Immortal Pond, revealing a true flesh-and-blood body that glimmered with lustrous jewel light—it was Fengyi.

At this moment, although his interior was empty, devoid of any true qi cultivation, he gave off an indescribable sense of oppression, like a primordial ferocious beast.

He clenched his fists, feeling anew the vitality and vigor of his fleshly body, and sensing its perfection, a hint appeared in Fengyi's eyes.

'Indeed, no matter which world's Nüwa, her Dao of creation is unparalleled.'

'And with Fuxi and Nüwa together, yin and yang united, they have pushed the Dao of creation to a new level.'

As these thoughts surfaced in his mind, Fengyi's mental world involuntarily manifested again the figures transformed from the stone stelae phantoms.

'The Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, Nüwa, Pangu.'

As these figures circulated in his mental world, carrying their Dao insights, Fengyi also couldn't help but recall that from the Fuxi imprint he had obtained the Great Dao information of this heaven-earth system of 'taking the body as seed'.

The differing cultivation insights from the two worlds constantly contrasted, giving rise in his heart to countless new ideas.

(End of chapter)