"Fellow Daoist, did you not see them either? They probably left!" Fuxi said to Shengxia. Shengxia thought to himself: *Fuxi and Nuwa are both great deities. I admire them so much, having grown up listening to your stories since I was a child.*
"Fellow Daoist, let me introduce ourselves. Standing over here is my younger sister, Nuwa, and I am Fuxi."
Shengxia nodded and greeted the two of them, introducing himself: "I am Shengxia, a rogue cultivator of Honghuang, traveling all the way here. Coincidentally, I saw someone undergoing a Tribulation, so I came over to take a look."
Ordinarily, cultivators in Honghuang do not pay attention to time; a single closed-door meditation session easily starts at ten thousand years.
"Fellow Daoist, our immortal cave happens to be not far from here. Would you like to come over and discuss the Dao with us?" Nuwa and Fuxi invited Shengxia.
Shengxia happened to have nowhere to go and was planning to acquire some innate treasures and spiritual herbs, as well as find a permanent immortal cave.
Accepting the invitation from Fuxi and Nuwa, Shengxia headed toward their immortal cave.
Arriving at the immortal cave of Fuxi and Nuwa, Fuxi received Shengxia with the highest courtesy of Honghuang. Immortal fruits and immortal brews, exotic fruits and divine blossoms—everything one could possibly imagine was present.
After partaking in the feast, everyone sat down to discuss the Dao. Nuwa went first, expounding upon her Dao of Creation. The Dao, she explained, is the essence of all living things; it can be large or small, and it benefits all creation while operating ceaselessly... As she spoke, golden lotuses surged from the ground and purple Qi descended from the heavens.
Fuxi followed, lecturing next: "My path is the Dao of Formations. All things in heaven and earth are formations, the beings of the Three Realms are formations, with the void as the foundation and the Great Dao as the formation..." As each expounded upon their Dao, unique auspicious phenomena manifested!
Listening to Fuxi and Nuwa lecture on the Dao brought each of them profound insights. Concepts that were once unclear suddenly became crystal clear.
Shengxia hurriedly used his divine sense to check in at the immortal cave of Fuxi and Nuwa. *Ding! The system rewards the host with one hundred thousand years of cultivation and a 12-grade Daluo Dao Fruit!*
The group sat cross-legged in meditation, listening to the resonant sounds of Fuxi and Nuwa expounding the Dao. Suddenly, an imposing aura of the Daluo Realm erupted from Shengxia. He transformed into a vortex, drawing the spiritual Qi of heaven and earth into his body at an astonishing speed.
The momentum grew stronger and stronger. The first lead flower bloomed atop his Daluo crown, and the spiritual Qi within a radius of one hundred miles was sucked over by Shengxia. Then came the second flower, the third, the fourth, and the eighth.
Fuxi and Nuwa were startled awake by Shengxia's Daluo momentum. Those who enter the Daluo Realm transcend life and death, leap out of the long river of time, and exist outside the Five Elements. As they spoke, the ninth flower bloomed.
Fuxi and Nuwa were naturally born innate spirits, and their Daluo flowers bloomed at the 9-grade rank, placing them at the mid-stage Daluo Golden Immortal level—both possessed the potential to become saints. Yet Shengxia had already reached the 9-grade Daluo, putting him on par with Fuxi and Nuwa.
The tenth flower bloomed. *What kind of monster is this?!* The spiritual Qi of heaven and earth within a radius of a thousand miles poured into Shengxia's body. A 10-grade Daluo—it was said that only certain Chaos Demon Gods achieved a 10-grade Daluo.
The eleventh flower bloomed, completely terrifying Fuxi and Nuwa! The 11th grade! This had never happened before in Honghuang; it was only ever heard that the Great God Pangu achieved the 12-grade bloom.
The brilliant radiance of the 12-grade Daluo flower illuminated Buzhou Mountain, alarming all the hidden big shots across the entire Honghuang. This was truly unprecedented!
At the foot of Buzhou Mountain lived a clan of Wu. The most powerful among the Wu were the Ancestor Witches, though it would still be some years before the Ancestor Witches were born.
The Twelve Ancestor Witches were cultivating in the Pangu Mansion when they saw golden light pouring down from Buzhou Mountain, accompanied by the blessings of Heavenly Dao. An extraordinary figure had once again appeared in Honghuang!
Indeed, Heavenly Dao bestowed Merit—a vast expanse spanning hundreds of acres. A 12-grade Daluo had never existed from the opening of heaven until now; even Heavenly Dao itself was bound to protect him!
Those who attain the Daluo Realm must undergo a heavenly tribulation. But you? Instead of undergoing the tribulation, you turn around and demand Merit from Heavenly Dao.
Merit golden light was the ultimate universal panacea in Honghuang. Shengxia gathered the Merit and stored it inside the system space, leaving Fuxi and Nuwa dumbfounded!
Shengxia's transformation had left him at the peak Taiyi Golden Immortal level, but in a single bound, his realm leaped to the early Daluo Golden Immortal stage.
Shengxia began to expound the Dao. "The Daluo are vast, infinitely vast. 'Luo' means not entering life and death, not entering time, and existing outside the Five Elements. The Dao that can be spoken of is not the eternal Dao. The Dao produces One, One produces Two, Two produces Three, and Three produces all things. In the misty void, the opening of heaven brought forth light, and brought forth the Dao..." This lecture on the Dao lasted for another several thousand years.
Shengxia concluded his lecture and took his leave of Fuxi and Nuwa.
Arriving at Buzhou Mountain, he continued his ascent. Whenever he encountered spiritual plants or spiritual treasures, he swept them away as thoroughly as a tyrant managing his staff, cleaning out everything like a swarm of locusts leaving not a single blade of grass behind. Thus, plundering spiritual roots on one side, searching for spiritual treasures on the other, and cultivating all the way, five hundred years passed by.