158: Nuwa arrives, the netherworld earth marriage

Ruins.

Fellow Daoist Huang Long suddenly had a premonition, sensing that an extraordinary figure had arrived in the East Sea.

After a brief deduction, he figured out who the newcomer was, and he also guessed a few reasons for her visit.

After a moment of thought, Fellow Daoist Huang Long called Bai Mi and asked her to go out and greet the guest.

Although Bai Mi's cultivation was not the highest, she was Fellow Daoist Huang Long's most beloved Disciple, and she had been with him the longest, making her fully qualified to welcome that person's arrival.

Before long, the Gui Xu Grand Formation opened a passage, and Bai Mi led a peerlessly elegant female Immortal inside.

She wore a robe embroidered with mountains and rivers, and a glazed sky-fixing hairpin on her head, exuding an air of nobility.

Her beauty was unparalleled, and her temperament revealed both nobility and splendor, as if she were a fairy untouched by mortal dust, inspiring awe and captivating all who beheld her.

With each step, Dao Rhythm permeates, naturally formed.

Even without intentionally displaying it, and even with some restraint, it was evident in every part of her being.

The guest was none other than the Heavenly Dao Saint — Nuwa.

Bai Mi hadn't expected it to be Saint Nuwa visiting, but fortunately, she was also someone who had seen many storms (self-proclaimed).

Moreover, her Master was also a Saint, so although she was surprised, she remained neither humble nor arrogant. After respectfully bowing, she slightly raised her head, placed her hands behind her back, and led the way.

Her demeanor, far from being displeasing, gave people a sense of playfulness and cuteness, making them want to pinch her chubby little cheeks.

This greatly amused Nuwa, and thinking of the maidservants in her Immortal Cave, she couldn't help but shake her head. Even without meeting him, she began to admire Fellow Daoist Huang Long's method of nurturing talent.

Upon arriving at Yunyin Taoist Temple, Fellow Daoist Huang Long rose to greet her.

Even if the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao would eventually become antagonistic, a Saint's visit meant he couldn't deliberately put on airs and lose his manners.

"Fellow Daoist Nuwa's presence truly brings glory to my humble Ruins."

"Fellow Fellow Daoist Huang Long is joking. I came uninvited, and I hope Fellow Daoist will not blame me."

After a simple exchange of pleasantries, Fellow Daoist Huang Long invited Nuwa inside for a detailed discussion. Once they were seated as host and guest, both Saints observed each other.

In Fellow Daoist Huang Long's eyes, Nuwa was graceful and dignified, with profound Dao cultivation, yet also possessed a natural compassionate temperament.

If Houtu was innocent with a touch of playful slyness, and Chang Xi was as cold and pure as the bright moon, then Nuwa was compassionate with a hint of pride.

In Nuwa's eyes, Fellow Daoist Huang Long was equally extraordinary.

The yellow Daoist robe Fellow Daoist Huang Long wore was merely an illusion formed by magical power, not even an Acquired Spirit Treasure.

He carried no Spirit Treasures, and there were no fluctuations of magical power around him, making him look like a young Daoist without any Dao cultivation.

But the more he appeared this way, the more shocked Nuwa became.

Clearly, Fellow Daoist Huang Long could not be a young Daoist without Dao cultivation.

Nuwa, as a Heavenly Dao Saint, subconsciously believed he was just a young Daoist, a situation she had never encountered even with Sage Taiqing. This showed how profound Fellow Daoist Huang Long's Dao cultivation was.

"May I ask, Fellow Daoist Nuwa, what brings you here this time?"

Fellow Daoist Huang Long broke the silence first, asking despite knowing the answer.

He had seen many glimpses of Nuwa's brilliance in his Transmigration memories, but strictly speaking, this was his first meeting with Nuwa, and they weren't truly familiar.

Therefore, there wasn't much to chat about, so it was better to proactively break the silence and get straight to the point.

However, Fellow Daoist Huang Long didn't directly state Nuwa's purpose but deliberately played dumb.

In such matters, whoever brings it up first falls into a disadvantage.

Being in need of assistance, Nuwa naturally wouldn't play tricks, and sincerely explained her intention.

"Fellow Fellow Daoist Huang Long, I have come this time for the matter of the Earth Marriage."

"Presumably, Fellow Daoist also knows that the marriage treasures, the Red Thread Ball and the Marriage Ledger, are in my hands. At the same time, I also cultivate the Great Dao of Marriage. The union of Yin and Yang can breed vitality and evolve into the creation of all things from three."

"Because of this, for the Red Thread Ball to achieve Perfection and the Great Dao of Marriage to reach Major Achievement, I need to participate in the three marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man."

"Now the Heavenly Marriage is complete, the time for the Human Marriage has not yet arrived, and the Earth Marriage should take place in the Netherworld, involving Fellow Daoist."

"May I ask if Fellow Daoist would allow me to preside over this matter as a matchmaker? I am willing to offer a High Grade Innate Spirit Treasure to settle the Karma."

The Earth Marriage, for Nuwa, was a major event concerning her Dao path.

For Fellow Daoist Huang Long, it was also a major event, not only concerning Chang Xi's status but also an important matter that could perfect the operation of the Earth Dao.

Moreover, Nuwa only offered to act as a matchmaker and participate in the Earth Marriage, not to take full charge of the matter.

The majority of the Karma from the Earth Marriage would still belong to the Netherworld, and a High Grade Innate Spirit Treasure was entirely sufficient to settle this Karma.

If one were to truly calculate, Fellow Daoist Huang Long actually gained a slight advantage, which showed that Nuwa was sincerely looking to cooperate.

However, Fellow Daoist Huang Long had his own plans. As early as when Nuwa arrived, he had already thought of a solution.

Fellow Daoist Huang Long took a sip of enlightenment source tea and stated his conditions.

"Since Fellow Daoist is sincere in cooperation, I will also speak frankly."

"Fellow Daoist is right, the Earth Marriage indeed concerns me, but the Earth Marriage also relates to the operation of the Netherworld, and Fellow Daoist is a Heavenly Dao Saint. For me to agree, Fellow Daoist needs to accept two conditions."

"Firstly, Fellow Daoist must not participate in this matter as a Heavenly Dao Saint, but rather as a powerful being of marriage and a matchmaker."

"After the Earth Marriage, Fellow Daoist should only focus on cultivating her own Dao of Marriage and must not interfere with the marriages of Netherworld beings. The marriage and weddings of Netherworld beings should be governed by the Underworld."

"Secondly, Fellow Daoist Nuwa needs to use the Top-Grade Primordial Treasure Golden Gourd to settle the Karma. In return, in the future, for the Ghost Marriages between the Yin and Yang Realms, I can allow Fellow Daoist to participate, to help Fellow Daoist's Great Dao of Marriage achieve Perfection."

Upon hearing this, Nuwa lowered her eyelids, a thoughtful expression on her face.

Participating in the three marriages of Heaven, Earth, and Man could leave her mark in Honghuang and help her Great Dao of Marriage achieve Major Achievement, essentially becoming the vessel of the Great Dao of Marriage.

But to achieve Perfection in the Great Dao of Marriage and become unique, she needed the assistance of other marriages, and Ghost Marriage was one of them.

Between the Great Dao and Spirit Treasure, Nuwa naturally knew which was more important. Without much hesitation, she quickly made her choice.

With a thought, a golden Innate Spirit Treasure flew out from her sleeve and floated before Fellow Daoist Huang Long.

This item was precisely the Golden Gourd, a gourd formed from the top-grade innate spiritual root innate gourd vine.

Fellow Daoist Huang Long waved his sleeve and collected the gourd.

Thus, of the seven gourds produced by the innate gourd vine, he had already recovered four.

After absorbing chaos soil and Treasure Distribution Cliff over the years, the innate gourd vine had gradually nurtured a world within, not only replenishing its missing Origin but also experiencing greater growth.

Fellow Daoist Huang Long had a faint feeling that if he could recover all seven gourds, perhaps the innate gourd vine would undergo a new transformation, breaking through the shackles of a top-grade innate spiritual root, or even an Innate Supreme Treasure.

"The matter of the Earth Marriage still requires me to discuss it with Chang Xi. Once the time is ripe, I will inform Fellow Daoist."

..."Alright."

Nuwa was slightly taken aback. She had indeed deduced that the key to the Earth Marriage lay with Fellow Daoist Huang Long.

Originally, she thought the reason for the divination result was that Fellow Daoist Huang Long was the creator of the Underworld, an Earth Dao Sage, and the highest authority in the Netherworld. Without Fellow Daoist Huang Long's permission, she couldn't participate in the marriages of the Netherworld.

But she hadn't expected that the parties who would complete the first Earth Marriage would be Fellow Daoist Huang Long himself, and with Chang Xi at that. This truly greatly exceeded her expectations.

Indeed, matters related to Fellow Daoist Huang Long were full of variables. For a Heavenly Dao Saint, the emergence of such an Earth Dao Sage was undoubtedly immense pressure.

However, this was also a good thing. The greater the impact of the Earth Marriage, the greater her gains would be, and the deeper the mark she would leave in Honghuang.

After Fellow Daoist Huang Long and Nuwa discussed the details of the Earth Marriage, at Fellow Daoist Huang Long's suggestion, Nuwa gladly agreed to a discussion of the Dao.

Although the Heavenly Dao and Earth Dao would eventually become antagonistic, a discussion of the Dao between a Heavenly Dao Saint and an Earth Dao Sage was beneficial to both sides.

Moreover, Fellow Daoist Huang Long held immense prestige in the hearts of all Honghuang beings, and even in Nuwa's heart, Fellow Daoist Huang Long carried significant weight.

If she could discuss the Dao with Fellow Daoist Huang Long, she naturally wouldn't refuse.

A Saint's discussion of the Dao was an extremely rare and significant event. After obtaining Nuwa's consent, Fellow Daoist Huang Long called Bai Mi and others, asking them to listen in.

As for how much they could gain, that would depend on their own Karma.

It wasn't until five thousand years later that Nuwa finally departed contentedly, yet with a hint of reluctance and anticipation.

Among all the powerful beings she had met, apart from Hongjun Dao Ancestor, Fellow Daoist Huang Long was the most knowledgeable and had the highest Dao cultivation.

His method of imparting the Dao was particularly profound. Fellow Daoist Huang Long could always explain some abstruse Great Dao truths in a simple and easy-to-understand manner.

Just five thousand years of discussing the Dao had benefited her immensely, especially Fellow Daoist Huang Long's many insights into the great dao of life and the Great Dao of Death, which made her feel suddenly enlightened.

The Great Dao of Marriage was only a secondary Dao that Nuwa cultivated. Her true primary Dao was the Dao of Creation.

The Dao of Creation encompassed the changes of life and death. Through this discussion of the Dao with Fellow Daoist Huang Long, she had taken a solid step forward in the Dao of Creation!

She had a premonition that if she could discuss the Dao with Fellow Daoist Huang Long for a long time, perhaps she truly had hope of walking the path of Law enlightenment through the Dao of Creation.

However, she was a Heavenly Dao Saint, while Fellow Daoist Huang Long was an Earth Dao Sage. The two were destined not to be together... Nuwa looked back at the Ruins, her gaze seemingly piercing through layers of Formations, seeing the young Daoist sitting on a stone stool, leisurely sipping tea.

She sighed helplessly and disappeared above the East Sea.

Watching Nuwa's departing figure, Fellow Daoist Huang Long remained silent for a moment, then began to ponder his future path, ultimately settling on five matters.

Firstly, continue to promote the evolution of the Earth Dao. This was the foundation of everything and must be carried out steadily and persistently.

Secondly, find a way to obtain the other three Innate Gourds.

By now, Fellow Daoist Huang Long had already acquired four gourds, leaving only the green gourd held by Yuanshi Tianzun, the azure gourd of Lingbao Tianzun, and Hongjun Daoist's blue gourd.

If he could obtain all of them, the Gourd Vine would break through its shackles, and its power would even surpass the Three Treasures of Creation!

Hunyuan Golden Immortal and Hong Huang Sage were not without need for Spirit Treasures; it was just that ordinary Spirit Treasures couldn't exert too strong an effect, and coupled with Fellow Daoist Huang Long not having fought anyone for many years, he hadn't used Spirit Treasures.

However, this didn't mean that Hunyuan Golden Immortal didn't need Spirit Treasures. If both sides had similar Dao cultivation, having a handy Spirit Treasure would greatly enhance their combat power.

The third matter was also related to Spirit Treasures. Besides the innate gourd vine, Fellow Daoist Huang Long also had a handy Top-Grade Primordial Treasure, which was the nine nether soul suppressing umbrella.

This Spirit Treasure had an extremely high upper limit; the more souls and true spirits it subdued, the more powerful it became.

Looking at the entire Honghuang, the place with the most souls was the Netherworld.

If the nine nether soul suppressing umbrella could merge with the Netherworld, wouldn't that be... The fourth matter was related to the Netherworld. If one wanted to increase the size of the Netherworld, the reincarnation purple lotus would be a major key.

If the reincarnation purple lotus could grow to twenty-four or even thirty-six grades, it would provide immense feedback to the Netherworld and the Earth Dao.

The last matter was to stabilize Mount Buzhou.

Mount Buzhou was not only the pillar of Heaven but also the pillar of the Earth, crucial for both the Heavenly Dao and the Earth Dao.

In the future, during the battle between the Witch and Demon races, the collapse of Mount Buzhou, leading to the collapse of Heaven and Earth, would be a disaster for both the Heavenly Dao and the Earth Dao.

If arrangements were made in advance to prevent Mount Buzhou from collapsing, it would be a great act of Karma.

Even if it failed, losses should be stopped in time.

As for whether the collapse of Mount Buzhou was related to Saints and the Heavenly Dao, Fellow Daoist Huang Long did not know for now and could only wait and see.

Five hundred years later.

Bai Mi and others successively emerged from seclusion. The Saint's discussion of the Dao was a great Karma for them.

Although with their current Realm, it was impossible for them to achieve a Breakthrough from a single listening, their Dao cultivation had increased significantly, and they gained more insights into the Great Dao.

Especially Queen Mother of the West, whose primary Dao was now the great dao of life. The focus of Fellow Daoist Huang Long and Nuwa's discussion of the Dao was also related to the great dao of life.

This further increased her mastery of the great dao of life, bringing her closer to mastering sixty percent of the great dao of life.

After all five Disciples had awakened, Fellow Daoist Huang Long's figure flickered and disappeared.

When he reappeared, he had already arrived at Taiyin Star.

Even though he was a renowned Hunyuan Golden Immortal and Earth Dao Sage in Honghuang, he couldn't help but feel a little nervous about such a major event as marriage.

In the end, it was Chang Xi who saw him pacing outside Taiyin Palace, and couldn't help but smile inwardly. She came out, led him into the palace, and proactively brought up the matter of the Earth Marriage.

There were not many female Immortals with profound Dao cultivation in Honghuang, and Chang Xi, Nuwa, and others had good private relations.

After some conversation, Fellow Daoist Huang Long realized that Nuwa, after leaving the Ruins, had gone to Taiyin Star and essentially "sold him out."

Well, no surprise could be given now.

But perhaps this wasn't bad either... at least he didn't have to agonize over it.

Chang Xi had a tranquil personality and didn't have many demands for marriage, thinking it would be fine to simply invite some acquaintances and have a modest ceremony.

However, Fellow Daoist Huang Long didn't think so. He was, after all, a Hunyuan Golden Immortal and an Earth Dao Sage, an existence whose name alone could make Heavenly Dao Saints change their expressions.

How could his first wedding be handled perfunctorily?

Dijun and Xi He's wedding was the beginning of the Heavenly Marriage, and Fellow Daoist Huang Long and Chang Xi's wedding would be the beginning of the Earth Marriage. Even if it wasn't grander than Dijun's, it should at least be comparable.