Yuanshi Tianzun suddenly realized something, and his expression became extremely interesting: “Wait… you didn’t take the Taiji Diagram?”
“Of course not! Do you all see me as that kind of person?” Tongtian Jiaozhu felt deeply wronged and turned to complain to Hongjun, “Master, please see clearly! I have never touched Senior Brother’s treasure!”
“I have done nothing! I am terribly wronged!”
[Chapter 146: Nuwa Grants a Title, My Daughter is Unbound]
Seeing the three were about to start arguing, Hongjun’s head was buzzing. He roared angrily, “All of you, shut up!”
The three instantly fell silent.
Hongjun swept his cold gaze over them, furious at their incompetence. “All of you are being played for fools and you don’t even realize it!”
He pointed at them in frustration. “You bicker among yourselves constantly, and now look! A mere junior exploited your conflicts to steal your artifacts and successfully pin the blame on someone else!”
“And you still have the nerve to argue with me here?!”
The three were as quiet as mice, but quickly realized something. Wait…
YUANSHI TIANZUN suddenly turned to Su Fu, his eyes wide with disbelief. “You?!”
His face instantly turned pale. “So… my treasure vault…”
“Wasn’t taken by Tongtian at all.”
Laozi smiled bitterly, finishing the thought. “It was this young girl who used our suspicions against each other to frame him.”
Tongtian Jiaozhu, finally vindicated, threw his head back and laughed heartily. “Hahaha! I told you I didn’t take it! You didn’t believe me!”
He pointed mockingly at Laozi and Yuanshi. “You’ve finally met your match! Deceived completely by a mortal! Tsk, tsk…”
Laozi and Yuanshi:
Their hearts clenched, they were so furious they nearly spat blood, their Dao hearts wavering.
Hongjun was almost driven to death by his disgraceful disciples.
He turned and glared at Tongtian. “Tongtian! You still have the nerve to laugh?!”
“Then explain this—why is your Zhu Xian Sword in her hands?!”
Tongtian Jiaozhu:
His smile froze instantly.
Wait… that’s right.
That was indeed his sword. And the lingering aura from the destroyed Investiture of the Gods was unmistakably the bloodthirsty energy of the Zhu Xian Sword.
Tongtian frowned deeply, but that couldn’t be right. His Zhu Xian Sword had been left at the Sect of Interception back then, hadn’t it?
Shouldn’t it have been in Spirit Mother Gui Ling’s or Kong Xuan’s hands?
“Tongtian, subdue her immediately!” Ancestral Master Hongjun ordered, his face ashen.
Tongtian Jiaozhu’s expression turned serious. “Yes, Master!”
He was doomed. It was his left-behind Zhu Xian Sword that had caused this catastrophe. He needed to make amends quickly.
Without hesitation, he summoned the Qingping Sword. Just as the blade’s light was about to fall—
“SCREECH—!”
A clear, piercing cry rang out, followed by countless phoenix calls echoing through the nine heavens.
At the same time, brilliant streams of light suddenly appeared at the horizon. Phoenixes flew in, their feathers burning with undying Godfire, dyeing the entire sky a golden-red.
The Phoenix Clan had emerged in full force!
Leading them was the Phoenix Clan’s Great Elder, Feng Xuan, and the peacock, Kong Xuan.
“The Phoenix Clan?!” Tongtian Jiaozhu forcefully pulled back his sword strike, staring in shock and confusion at Hongjun. “Master, this…”
Kong Xuan seized the moment to transform into human form, stunningly handsome, and stood firmly in front of Su Fu. “Tongtian Jiaozhu, if you want to harm my mother, you’ll have to step over my corpse first!”
Tongtian Jiaozhu: “???”
“What? A peacock calling a human what?”
Since when did Kong Xuan have a human mother?
Hongjun was nearly driven mad with rage. “Feng Xuan! You are tasked with guarding the Nanming Undying Volcano! How dare you abandon your post?!”
Elder Feng Xuan stood in the air, his body’s flames transforming into a beautiful feathered robe. He showed no fear. “Ancestral Master, please understand!”
“Lord Yuan Feng once sacrificed herself for our clan, using her life to suppress the volcano.”
“Now that Lord Yuan Feng has been reborn through Nirvana, if you seek to harm her reincarnation, how could our clan stand idly by? We have no choice but to act!”
“Today, we will not let the tragedy repeat itself! Lord Yuan Feng sacrificed enough for us once!”
Hongjun: “!!!”
He was so angry he almost fainted on the spot!
Just then, the earth began to tremble violently.
In the distant sky, magma erupted from the direction of the Nanming Undying Volcano, staining the entire southern sky of the Great Desolation blood-red.
“Not good!” Laozi’s face changed drastically. “The volcano is unsealed! The earth’s veins are raging!”
Hongjun looked at the chaotic scene, his fury mounting. “Fine! Very good!”
“Tongtian, Yuanshi, Laozi! Immediately escort the Phoenix Clan back to the Nanming Volcano! If they resist… kill them without mercy!”
The Sanqing bowed in unison. “As you command!”
Tongtian Jiaozhu shot one last complicated look at Kong Xuan. Setting aside their past friendship, he immediately summoned the Qingping Sword. “Forgive me!”
Hongjun stared angrily at Su Fu, the killing intent in his eyes almost solidifying. “Who… is behind you?”
Who could make the Phoenix Clan mobilize their entire force, even defying the Heavenly Dao, just to protect her?
The person before him was clearly in a human body, yet simultaneously carried the Nirvana aura of Yuan Feng, the bloodthirsty energy of the Zhu Xian Sword, and the yin-yang essence of the Taiji Diagram…
At this moment, the entire heavenly trajectory of the Investiture of Gods Tribulation finally became clear in his eyes—
From the counterattack at the Ten Thousand Immortals Array to the destruction of the Investiture of the Gods…
So it had all been her doing!
He had foolishly thought that by taking away Tongtian and those two other disciples, the Investiture matter would be settled…
He never expected it would give her an opening instead.
Su Fu did not answer. She could feel the surging power within her.
The precious time Kong Xuan and the Phoenix Clan had bought for her was enough. The power she had accumulated inside broke through its critical point.
In an instant, the shackles within her were completely shattered. Boundless energy poured in like a tidal wave.
A strange sensation washed over her. She realized with crystal clarity that she had crossed the threshold to S-rank.
The concepts of time and space became blurred in her perception. Her consciousness seemed to traverse the river of time, and she clearly saw the compassionate gaze that had always been watching over her.
“Nuwa… Niangniang…”
She whispered softly.
The next second, BOOM—!
Brilliant golden light condensed behind her, and finally, a towering Nuwa Manifestation materialized, revealing itself between heaven and earth!
Hongjun’s pupils contracted sharply, and he was stunned into silence. “Nuwa?!”
Behind this human was… Nuwa?!
He was about to move to suppress her when he suddenly felt the space loosen. An unstoppable force tore through the void.
At the same time, Su Fu’s Nuwa Manifestation began to solidify from a phantom into reality.
The true Nuwa had descended.
She wore simple robes, her hair in a high bun. Her beauty transcended mortal definition—it was a weave of divinity and compassion.
Even more astonishing was the supreme golden light of merit radiating from her, born of mending the sky and creating humanity.
“Wow…” Chesia looked up, speechless with awe.
On the contrary… hadn’t Nüwa always been this beautiful? And even stronger than before!
If Hongjun’s pressure was that of rules, compulsion, and unbreakable Heavenly Dao laws—suffocating—then Nuwa was entirely different.
Nuwa’s descent was like a spring breeze passing by—dead wood revived, stones nodded, all things came back to life.
All laws melted away, leaving only pure life and compassion in heaven and earth.
Everything before her involuntarily wanted to bow in worship, for she was the origin of it all.
It was a more fundamental power—not suppression, but inclusion; not destruction, but creation.
This was a true Saint.
This was a true Creator God!
Hongjun’s face darkened as he stared at Nuwa.
He had thought she was the Nuwa he knew.
But why did Nuwa’s aura feel even more oppressive than his own? As if it barely surpassed him!
Even the laws of the Great Desolation retreated before her every move?
How was that possible?
Had she been hiding her true power all this time, only now revealing it fully?
Hongjun’s wariness deepened. He demanded harshly, “Nuwa, what is the meaning of this?”
“Why are you letting a human destroy the Investiture of the Gods?!”
He finally understood everything. No wonder this human had been able to disrupt the Investiture, switch things around right under his nose, and repeatedly evade heavenly calculations.
It was because Nuwa had been shielding her from the Heavenly Dao all along.
What exactly was she trying to do?
But Nuwa didn’t even look at him. She ignored his questioning entirely, instead gazing tenderly at Su Fu, her eyes full of approval.
“You’ve done well.”
Hongjun: “?”
Nuwa spoke softly, her voice like spring rain melting frost:
“Today, you enter my sect. I shall bestow upon you a title—”
At the same time, a majestic Dao sound suddenly echoed through heaven and earth. Countless laws intertwined, condensing into brilliant golden light that enveloped Su Fu.
This was a ceremony for one who had reached a certain level of cultivation and gained the recognition of a god to formally become a disciple.
Nuwa raised her hand and gently tapped. A wisp of profound Dao essence sank into Su Fu’s brow. She then proclaimed loudly:
“Heaven’s mechanisms are fifty, but they evolve through forty-nine. The one that escapes is the change for all beings.”
“Today, I grant you the title—Heavenly Derivative Saint Lord!”
“That one escape is your Dao.”
“Henceforth, you are the embodiment of change itself.”
Su Fu felt a lightness throughout her body, her heart enlightened. She immediately bowed. “Thank you, Master Nuwa, for granting me this title!”
At the same time, the Principal God’s prompt echoed in her mind.
[Ding!]
[You have successfully advanced—S-rank · God’s Agent!]
[Received Nuwa’s Title: Heavenly Derivative Saint Lord!]
[Granted Authority:]
[Authority 1 · Right of the One Escape: You are not within destiny. You are bound by no fate, free and unconstrained. Your existence transcends Heavenly Dao calculations. No one can predict your movements, schemes, or karma. Any schemes named after heaven’s mandate are invalid against you.]
[Authority 2 · Infinite Possibilities: You are the body of change, and also the key to breaking the deadlock. Every choice you make may trigger butterfly effects beyond destiny. In any seemingly hopeless situation, you may find that one chance for escape.]
[Heaven’s Evaluation: Nuwa favors you, granting absolute freedom and infinite possibilities. All the world envies you.]
Hongjun watched from the side, his eyes nearly splitting with rage. He was utterly furious!
“Nuwa! What exactly are you doing?!”
He thundered, “She destroyed the Investiture of the Gods and disrupted the Heavenly Dao’s operation! Now you not only refrain from punishing her, but you take her as your disciple?! It’s utterly unreasonable!”
If it were before, Hongjun would have already struck out in fury, just as he had punished Laozi and the other two, using the might of the Heavenly Dao to suppress everything.
But now, facing the Nuwa before him, a trace of fear he had never felt before rose from the depths of his Dao heart…
She was different.
The very fact that she stood there now made him feel danger.
After granting Su Fu her title, Nuwa finally deigned to look down at Hongjun.
That gaze was calm and emotionless. She merely raised her hand lightly, effortlessly.
“BOOM—!”
The entire heaven and earth of the Great Desolation seemed to come alive. Mountains, rivers, stars, and clouds—all turned into an invisible heavy pressure, grinding down on Hongjun.
Space twisted. Laws collapsed. The Heavenly Dao’s power cracked inch by inch before Nuwa.
Hongjun’s face changed drastically. The laws of the Heavenly Dao around him spun wildly as he exerted every ounce of his strength to resist, but he was still forced back.
“How is this possible…?” Hongjun was utterly shocked, waves of disbelief crashing in his heart. “Your power… when did it become so strong?”
Could it even suppress the Heavenly Dao?!
But Nuwa did not spare Hongjun another glance. She simply looked tenderly at Su Fu:
“Even if Heaven tries to bind you, I will not allow it.”
“From now on—”
“Wherever you walk, ten thousand laws shall retreat.”
“Wherever your heart desires, no karma shall cling to you.”
“Whatever sword you draw, heaven’s fate cannot restrict it.”
“Even if the Heavenly Dao is a net, it cannot trap the jewel in my palm.”
“I decree in this world—”
“No one shall ever calculate your destiny again.”
“No one shall ever limit your freedom.”
“No one shall ever defy your will.”
“My daughter, from this day forth, you shall be free and unbound.”
“Like the Kunpeng riding the wind, all beyond the nine heavens is carefree.”
“Walk your path without need to look back.”
“My sacred radiance shall forever illuminate your journey!!”