Honghuang Xuanyang Dao

Chapter 117: Humanity and the Three Tribulations of Heaven, Earth, and Man
In a valley at the foot of Mount Buzhou, Li Xuanyang looked up at the tall Mount Buzhou, then looked at Nuwa who was standing still.

She suddenly picked up some soil from the ground, waved her hand to get some clean water, kneaded it into a ball, and then used her hands to mold clay figures that looked very similar to herself.

"It turns out that people are made of clay!" Li Xuanyang was shocked when he saw the clay figures made by Nuwa.

However, looking at the clay figures she kept making, Nuwa fell into deep thought. She seemed to have thought of something, but she couldn't find any clue for a while.

"Fellow Daoist, are you planning to create a race of living creatures out of mud?" Li Xuanyang couldn't help but speak.

"Race of living beings!" Nuwa's heart suddenly trembled, and a brilliant light shone in her beautiful eyes. Her heart seemed to have an unprecedented sense of clarity, and she whispered softly: "The way of creation is vitality."

Suddenly, Nuwa picked up some soil again, and the laws of creation around her emerged. She gradually merged them into the soil in her hands and once again molded out clay figures.

But these clay figures that were constantly being molded were not only lifeless, but also had no spirituality at all. They were just clay dolls.

Nuwa frowned, waved her hands and smashed all the clay figures into pieces, lowered her head and thought hard, "What on earth is wrong?"

"Why are these clay figures so lifeless?"

"Could it be that there must be one yin and one yang?" Nuwa suddenly thought of Di Jun and Xihe. One was conceived and transformed from the sun and stars, and the other was conceived and transformed from the moon and stars, which is exactly the coexistence of yin and yang.

Nuwa could not help but once again mold two clay figures, one male and one female, into the power of yin and yang, and placed them on the ground.

However, these two clay figures, a man and a woman, were just as lifeless as the previous ones.

"Living creatures are intelligent beings, naturally containing the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. How can they be molded with ordinary soil!" Li Xuanyang thought of the innate soil in Xuanyang Mountain and couldn't help but remind him seemingly unintentionally.

"It contains all the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements!" Nuwa was shocked. She looked up at Li Xuanyang and said, "Daoyou is right. This soil is not as good as the spiritual soil in the spiritual field. It cannot contain the Yin and Yang and the Five Elements."

"Even if I were to create it using the laws of creation, it wouldn't have the slightest chance of life."

"In the past, I obtained a kind of innate spiritual soil on Mount Buzhou, which I can give to my fellow Taoist." Li Xuanyang suddenly said to Nuwa.

Nuwa was slightly stunned when she suddenly heard Li Xuanyang's words, "Innate Spiritual Soil!"

The innate Xuanyang divine light on Li Xuanyang's body flashed, and he shot it towards the direction of Xuanyang Mountain in the East China Sea. In just a moment, a ball of golden divine light, wrapped in a spiritual plant, flew over.

On top of it, there is a spiritual gourd, shining with innate spiritual light, and underneath is a ball of soil.

"The Xiantian Gourd Vine?" Nuwa exclaimed, "The Xiantian Gourd Vine that originally grew in Mount Buzhou was actually taken by Daoist Fellow and transplanted to Mount Xuanyang!"

Nuwa and Fuxi had also encountered the innate gourd vine before, but they only picked up an innate spirit gourd and left in a hurry.

Unexpectedly, the Xiantian gourd vine was not only collected by Li Xuanyang, but also transplanted to Xuanyang Mountain and survived.

The soil at its roots is actually the innate soil.

Nuwa thought of this and her face lit up with joy. Then she looked at Li Xuanyang deeply and said, "Daoyou are truly blessed to have obtained such an innate spiritual object."

After saying that, Nuwa waved her hand and shot out a divine light, rolling up the soil at the root of the innate gourd vine. Her beautiful eyes looked at the innate soil, which was only the size of a fist. It seemed to have something in common with her own laws of creation, and seemed to contain endless vitality.

"Thank you for your help, fellow Daoist!" Nuwa suddenly bowed to Li Xuanyang, then took out some of the innate soil in her hand and threw it into the air. It swelled with the wind and turned into a yellow light that looked like gold but not gold. Countless laws of creation and power of creation derived from Nuwa and gradually merged with the innate soil.

At one moment, Nuwa began to mix water and clay in the same way as before, and gradually molded out two clay figures, one male and one female.

As soon as the two clay figures landed on the ground, they immediately became lifelike, with all the yin and yang and five elements in their bodies. Except for being a little smaller, they were almost exactly the same as the human race in later generations.

But Li Xuanyang frowned when he looked at the clay figure that Nuwa had just made.

Although these two clay figures gradually showed signs of life, and their meridians were all intact and flashing with spiritual light, it seemed that they had succeeded.

But his eyes were empty and dull, without any intelligence.

"It seems that it still won't work!" Nuwa frowned, and suddenly waved her sleeves to shoot out a divine light, which drew down the water from the nine heavens and merged it into the body of the clay figure. Then she cut her finger and took out a little blood, which enabled the clay figure to open up its spiritual intelligence.

Nuwa looked at the clay figure on the ground, and saw its eyes flickering. The two kept looking around, and finally their eyes fell on themselves. They knelt down and kowtowed to Nuwa, "Greetings, Holy Mother!"

Seeing this, Nuwa couldn't help but laugh. She seemed very satisfied with the race she created. She waved her sleeves and a ray of light fell on the two clay figures, a man and a woman. Their bodies gradually grew larger and slowly became about six feet long.

"This man and woman should be the ancestors of the human race." Li Xuanyang looked at the two human beings who kept bowing to Nuwa and couldn't help but guess.

The next moment, Nuwa only felt the primordial purple energy surge in the depths of her soul, and gradually began to refine on its own. Three flowers appeared directly on her head. Above the half-acre-sized auspicious cloud, divine light shot into the sky, and the innate spiritual treasure, the map of mountains, rivers, and the country, evolved, turned into a divine light and fell down, turning into a woman in palace dress.

This woman was extremely beautiful. She was wearing a long palace dress that trailed on the ground. Her slender waist was bound by a cloud-like belt. There seemed to be a small red mole between her eyebrows. She bowed slightly to Nuwa and said, "I am honored to meet you, fellow Taoist!"

The sound is like the melodious singing of a yellow oriole or the music played by a fairy harp, which makes people feel extremely comfortable when listening to it.

"Two Corpse Quasi Saints?"

"Or are the three corpses coming out at the same time?" Li Xuanyang stared at the woman in palace dress, a gleam in his eyes.

"You and I are one, so why should we be so polite?" Looking at the woman in palace dress, Nuwa smiled.

Upon hearing this, the woman in palace dress nodded to Nuwa, then turned into a ray of divine light and flew into the three flowers of Nuwa's soul.

At that moment, Nuwa did not take back the three flowers of her primordial spirit, but directly threw out the innate soil in her hand, which turned into a yellow light that looked like gold but not gold and spread out in the sky. She stretched out her hand and pointed at the void, and countless waters from the nine heavens fell down, turning into a vast ocean and merging with the innate soil.

Then, Nuwa took out a drop of essence and blood and merged it into the swamp. She reached out and took the innate gourd vine in her hand. Ignoring the innate spirit gourd on it, she waved it lightly at the swamp, splashing countless mud drops down.

When these mud dots fell to the ground, they immediately emitted rays of light and transformed into lifelike human beings.

As Nuwa continued to wave the innate gourd vine, more and more people appeared in the valley, no less than millions, all kneeling on the ground, shouting, "Holy Mother!"

Until only the last bit of the innate soil was left, Nuwa suddenly felt that the primordial purple energy had almost merged with her soul.

Above the void, a loud thunder roared, countless purple air spread out, and bursts of immortal sounds rang out, almost covering the entire void. The morning glow swept across billions of miles of land, making Mount Buzhou appear to be a purple glow.

The next moment, countless meritorious and mysterious auras emerged and when they fell over Mount Buzhou, they split into four parts. About 80% fell towards Nuwa, and the remaining less than 20% fell towards Li Xuanyang, the Xiantian gourd vine, the Xiantian Xirang, and the human race respectively.

"The merit of creating human beings!" Li Xuanyang showed a look of joy. He took out the innate Yin-Yang divine diagram and put the black and yellow energy of merit that was falling towards him into the diagram.

At this time, countless merits and mysterious yellow energy fell onto the three flowers of Nuwa's primordial spirit, causing the primordial purple energy to appear. Above the auspicious clouds, three innate spiritual treasures emerged: the map of mountains and rivers, the red rust ball, and the demon-summoning gourd.

Among them, the three flowers of the primordial spirit continuously integrated the falling merit and mysterious yellow energy into the primordial spirit and the primordial purple energy. The auspicious cloud gradually underwent some changes and became as large as one acre.

This strange phenomenon lasted for about half a day before it gradually showed signs of disappearing.

In the East Kunlun Mountains, the Three Pure Ones who were in seclusion refining the primordial purple energy suddenly looked into the void and saw countless golden divine lights emanating and falling, which shocked them.

"Is this the Qi of Mysterious Merit?"

"How can there be so much merit and mysterious energy?" Taoist Shangqing exclaimed in surprise.

"Merit!"

"Could it be that it is the method of proving the Tao through merits?" Taoist Yuqing's face changed drastically, and he suddenly remembered what Taoist Hongjun said in Zixiao Palace, that is, the method of becoming a saint through merits.

"It seems to be heading towards Mount Buzhou!"

"My teacher once said that Nuwa has a great merit to perform." Taoist Yuqing pondered and said, "This meritorious and profound energy is related to Nuwa!"

The next moment, an unknown pressure gradually emerged from the void and fell down.

"Alas!" Taoist Taiqing felt his whole body sink. He sighed softly, stood up, and said to Yuqing and Shangqing, "It seems that Nuwa has achieved enlightenment and become a saint. We must go and congratulate her!"

"Brother, what you said is very true. We should go and congratulate him!" The Taoist of Shangqing nodded, "We can even discuss the Dao with him."

Taoist Yuqing also nodded, but his expression was somewhat grim. He said bitterly, "I wonder when we can achieve enlightenment and become saints!"

Taoist Taiqing sighed softly, and divine light flashed around him. He and Taoist Yuqing and Taoist Shangqing each rode on auspicious clouds and headed towards Mount Buzhou.

The rest of the quasi-saints with great supernatural powers in the prehistoric world, and even the cultivators in the realm of Daluo Jinxian, almost all headed towards Mount Buzhou.

At this time, Nuwa slowly opened her eyes, and an unknown pressure emanated from her body. Her eyes were as clear as water and bottomless.

Li Xuanyang was shocked when he saw this, and the Chaos Immortal Body Technique in his body began to work. The Chaos Pearl and the Innate Five Elements Flag deep in his soul also appeared together.

Just as Li Xuanyang was shocked, the aura of merit and virtue disappeared from the void, and was replaced by a sky full of red light, covering the entire prehistoric world.

Countless creatures in the ancient world knelt down in the direction of Mount Buzhou, shouting, "Saint Nuwa is merciful and may your life be long-lasting!"

"I have met the saint and would like to congratulate him on attaining the state of Hunyuan and being able to survive countless disasters from now on!" Li Xuanyang looked at Nuwa in front of him, who showed the aura of a saint. Above the three flowers of her primordial spirit, there were thousands of auspicious auras, auspicious clouds, and brilliance shining everywhere. Moreover, there were bursts of mysterious auras, and countless pressures came towards him.

However, the pressure emanating from Nuwa's body at this time seemed to be much weaker to Li Xuanyang than when Hongjun Daozu attained enlightenment and became a saint.

Nuwa retracted the three flowers of her primordial spirit and looked at Li Xuanyang with a fixed gaze. She felt that the aura on Li Xuanyang was very strange. Not only did it have a hint of chaotic energy, but it also had a very strange feeling, as if it was incompatible with the innate five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

But the next moment, a cycle seemed to appear on Li Xuanyang's body, and the five innate elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth created a chaos, which echoed the chaotic energy in his body.

This strange change is obviously completely different from the method of beheading the three corpses taught by Hongjun Daozu.

"I've often heard that Daoist Fellow's Primordial Chaos Indestructible Body is a method of proving the Dao through force. Its mysteries are even greater than the true body of the Wu Clan's ancestor."

Nuwa smiled faintly, handed the Xiantian Gourd Vine and the remaining Xiantian Xirang back to Li Xuanyang, and said, "Today I have just learned that your Primordial Chaos Indestructible Body is truly mysterious."

After hearing Nuwa's words, Li Xuanyang chuckled, put away the Xiantian Gourd Vine and Xiantian Xirang, and said, "The Saint is joking."

"I am just one step ahead, you can just call me fellow Taoist." Nuwa shook her head and said.

In response, Li Xuanyang just smiled and said nothing.

Not long after, dozens of cloud lights suddenly fell from the void, and quasi-saints with great supernatural powers such as Taiqing, Yuqing, Shangqing, Jieyin, Zhunti, Dijun, and Taiyi came one after another.

Everyone glanced at the densely packed crowd of humans below, then all bowed to Nuwa. "Greetings, Saint! Congratulations on achieving the Primordial Realm!" Upon hearing this, Nuwa gently waved her sleeves, releasing a beam of light that lifted everyone up. She said calmly, "No need for formalities, fellow Daoists!"

Everyone's faces changed. Nuwa had such power with just a wave of her hand that even the Three Pure Ones, who were also future saints, could not resist. They could not help but think that below the saints, we are all ants.

"I will use the way of creation to prove the Dao of Hunyuan. After a hundred years, I will be in the Heavenly Palace with my fellow Daoists to discuss the Dao and develop the Dharma."

Hearing Nuwa's words, everyone's faces lit up with joy, and they couldn't help but bow again, "Thank you, Saint!"

Glancing at the humans in the valley, Nuwa suddenly said to Li Xuanyang, "I need to retreat for a while, so I'll trouble you to take care of these creatures."

"Don't worry, Saint, just leave this matter to me." Li Xuanyang would naturally not refuse this matter. In fact, many plans in the future would fall on the human race.

Nuwa nodded, and a flash of light appeared under her feet, and she disappeared silently.

Everyone's expression changed again, and they felt that Nuwa had become mysterious and profound, vaguely similar to Hongjun Daozu.

Seeing this, everyone had no intention of continuing the conversation and left one after another, planning to go to heaven to have a chat a hundred years later.

Li Xuanyang couldn't help but look at the human race in the valley. At this time, the human race had just been born, and when they saw the Holy Mother Nuwa leaving, he couldn't help but show sadness on his face.

Seeing that Li Xuanyang had not left, Zhen Yuanzi rode over on a cloud of light and looked at the people in the valley below in amazement. "These creatures are quite interesting. They are neither demons nor witches, nor are they born naturally. I think they were created by Nuwa."

"Huh!" Zhulong, who had also not left, let out a soft "huh" and said in surprise, "These creatures are actually innate Dao bodies, and they naturally contain a trace of innate pure energy in their bodies."

The human race was created by Nuwa using the innate soil, water from the nine heavens, and her own essence and blood. Not only are they born with all the yin and yang and the five elements, they also contain Nuwa's laws and power of creation, and naturally have extraordinary aspects.

It’s just the innate pure energy!

Li Xuanyang frowned. It seemed that this innate pure energy allowed the human race to possess an innate Taoist body, making them extraordinary and naturally suitable for practicing Taoist magic, but it would also bring disaster.

"Fellow Daoist, do you know the names of these creatures?" Zhulong asked curiously.

Zhen Yuanzi also looked at Li Xuanyang curiously.

Nuwa left in a hurry just now and did not mention the affairs of the human race. She only entrusted it to Li Xuanyang, as if she had forgotten about supporting the human race and the lich race to become the three strongest races.

What's more, Nuwa has already achieved enlightenment and become a saint, so why should she care about the witch clan, who are just ants?

Li Xuanyang sighed softly and said to the human race below, "The prehistoric world must have produced the three catastrophes of heaven, earth, and man, so you can call yourselves the "human race."

"The human race will obey the orders of the Holy Father!" Seeing Nuwa turn around and leave, the human race in front of them naturally had to look at Li Xuanyang eagerly. As for those who were human or not, no one thought much about it.

As the voices of the crowd fell, it seemed as if a trace of luck was born from nowhere and fell into Li Xuanyang's soul, causing the Kongtong Seal to shine brightly, and it couldn't help but want to manifest itself.

This strand of luck is exactly the luck of the human race. Although it is very weak and far less rich than the overseas luck, it is long-lasting and far-reaching, and it actually contains traces of merit and mysterious energy.

"Haha, I'm not your Holy Father!" Li Xuanyang laughed dumbly and said, "I'm the Xuanyang Miaodao Tianzun from Xuanyang Mountain in the East China Sea!"

Although these humans did not know what the Heavenly Venerable was, they still kowtowed to Li Xuanyang and said, "The human race will obey the Heavenly Venerable's order!"

"Human race?" Zhen Yuanzi and Zhulong couldn't help but look at each other, then looked at the human race who were bowing to Li Xuanyang, both of them looked horrified.

Just now, as Li Xuanyang's voice sounded, the secret of heaven gradually became clear. In the ancient world, there must be three disasters of heaven, earth and man.

Among them, the heavenly tribulation is the great tribulation of dragon, phoenix and unicorn in the past.

Earth disaster!

Could it be the two races of witches and liches?
The corner of Zhulong's mouth couldn't help but twitch. If Nuwa and the Lich tribe knew that Fellow Daoist Xuanyang took the opportunity to establish the human race, thus bringing about the earth calamity among the three calamities of heaven, earth and man.

The two tribes of liches are likely to be the protagonists in the earth calamity. I wonder what Nuwa would think.

What's more, the human race has already been born.

Then the time of the earth catastrophe is probably not far away.

Zhen Yuanzi's eyes lit up, and he said with a look of joy, "What a great tribulation for heaven, earth, and man! It's just right for the two races of witches and liches to reap the fruits of their own misfortunes and experience the bitter taste of their fate."

His tone was filled with hatred.

Li Xuanyang didn't say much about this. He was just going with the flow. Even if he hadn't mentioned the three calamities of heaven, earth, and man, the human race would still have been born, and the calamity of the liches would still be unavoidable.

Moreover, the earth tribulation among the three tribulations of heaven, earth and man does not only involve the two races of wizards and liches.

This is an immeasurable calamity, and even quasi-saints with great supernatural powers cannot stay out of it.

Zhulong had experienced the great calamities of dragons, phoenixes, and unicorns, so he naturally knew the horror of the infinite calamity, but in the end he just opened his mouth and didn't say much.

Anyway, this disaster has nothing to do with the dragon clan.

"Fellow Daoist, how do you plan to settle the human race?" Zhen Yuanzi calmed down, glanced at the sky above Mount Buzhou, and said, "This place is the demon race's heavenly palace. I'm afraid it's not a place for the human race to survive long-term."

Although the demon clan controls the sky and the witch clan controls the earth now, there are few traces of demon clan in the Buzhou Mountain area, and the human race is a race created by the demon clan's saint Nuwa, I think nothing will happen.

But once the idea of ​​the three disasters of heaven, earth and mankind comes out, the situation of the human race is likely to be extremely worrying.

Besides, it’s not like the demons will never set foot on the wild land.

"It seems I need to trouble Daoist Zhulong." Li Xuanyang pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled at Zhulong and said, "I plan to relocate the human race to the coast of the East China Sea."

As he spoke, Li Xuanyang suddenly waved his sleeves, and a golden divine light shot out, which rolled up countless human beings under the valley and put them into his sleeves.

"It seems that I can't refuse." Zhulong was stunned for a moment, and then he understood Li Xuanyang's plan. He simply wanted to use the power of the dragon clan to help the human race develop.

"Haha!" Li Xuanyang chuckled, and a golden divine light flashed around him. He threw a jade talisman into the void, and rode the auspicious clouds towards the coast of the East China Sea.

Upon seeing this, Zhulong and Zhenyuanzi rode their auspicious clouds to chase after him.

In just half a day, Li Xuanyang released the human race to a flat area on the coast of the East China Sea.

"This method of yours, fellow Daoist, seems to have some similarities with the magical power of the universe in my sleeve." Seeing the magical power of space controlled by Li Xuanyang, Zhen Yuanzi couldn't help but think of the universe in his sleeve.

"The universe in your fellow Daoist's sleeve is based on the laws of heaven and earth, while my magical powers are based on the laws of space." Li Xuanyang discussed with Zhen Yuanzi for a while, and suddenly, from the direction of the East China Sea, bursts of dragon roars and phoenix cries were heard, and sword lights and cloud lights flew over and fell into the air.

The dragon clan is naturally the East China Sea dragon clan that is on good terms with Kong Xuan, Yun Zhongzi and others. Jian Guang and Yun Guang are the sword immortals and cultivators on the Three Immortals Island.

In addition, some phoenixes came dancing, they were the Phoenix Clan that Kong Xuan met during his training.

In addition, there were many cranes from Xuanyang Mountain, following the golden crane and silver crane boys.

At this time, everyone saw Li Xuanyang, Zhen Yuanzi, and Zhulong standing in the void, with millions of creatures similar to the Wu clan below. They couldn't help but feel very strange and didn't know what was happening in front of them.

"We have met the teacher and the two masters!"

"I've met three real people!"

"Greetings to Venerable Zhulong!"

"Get up." Li Xuanyang pointed at the humans below and said, "These creatures are called humans, but they are born with innate Dao bodies. You must take good care of them from now on."

Kong Xuan, Yun Zhongzi and others looked at the naked human beings. Although they had innate Taoist bodies and extraordinary talents, they did not have any cultivation and seemed to be just ordinary creatures. They immediately looked embarrassed.

"With so many humans, I really don't know how to take care of them!"

Qingxiazi, Yingyue Taoist, Xuanmu Taoist and other sword immortals and cultivators all had their eyes lit up, and they looked at each other with a hint of joy.

The innate Taoist body is just right for them to take it in as a disciple, teach it the Taoist magic powers of their respective sects, and inherit the tradition.

"This matter is simple. You just need to pass on the farming methods so that the human race can make a living by cultivating the five-colored nine-ear grain." Li Xuanyang said lightly.

The human race is naturally weak in physique and cannot compare with the two races of witches and liches. They have no magical powers to protect themselves and cannot hunt or gather.

If no one passes down the method of survival, it won’t be long before the human race becomes extinct.

Hearing this, Kong Xuan and the others nodded and looked relaxed. The method of farming was not difficult. Yun Zhongzi, the Golden Crane, the Silver Crane Boy and the Nine-headed Feathered Insect were all very familiar with it.

Having said this, Li Xuanyang said to the human race below: "From now on, all matters must be handled according to the orders of the Taoist priests."

Millions of humans were below, and they all looked at Kong Xuan, Yun Zhongzi, and the others with embarrassment on their faces. They asked, "Tianzun, I wonder how we humans should address you, the Taoist priests?"

Hearing this, Li Xuanyang's eyes flickered and he said, "It's entirely up to you humans to decide what to call us."

The human race is the protagonist of the future world. If one is respected as an auspicious sign or a Taoist master by the human race, he can enjoy the protection of the human race's luck forever.

However, all things in the universe are dependent on each other, and humans need to go through many hardships before they can become the true protagonists of heaven and earth.

If you are protected by the destiny of the human race at this time, you will inevitably be involved in the disaster of the human race.

That's why Li Xuanyang asked the human race and Kong Xuan and others to make their own choices.

At this moment, Taoist Yingyue suddenly bowed to Li Xuanyang and said, "Master, I wonder if we can recruit some disciples from the human race?"

"Yes!" Li Xuanyang glanced at Taoist Yingyue and said calmly, "You can pass on the basic cultivation methods as well."

"But there is one thing I need to explain in advance. This human race was created by Nuwa, the saint of the demon race."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone's faces changed drastically. If the human race was accepted as a disciple, it would inevitably have some connection with the demon race or even Nuwa.

(End of this chapter)