Chapter 38

Regardless of Feng Ye's internal struggle, let's focus on the two supreme beings, Nüwa and Hongjun.

Hongjun, the Daoist Ancestor, flicked his sleeve, releasing a beam of five-colored light that fell into the raging flood, immediately reducing the water's force. Then, the five-colored light revealed its true form, which was a set of twenty-four divine pearls. These were the Stabilizing Sea Pearls, innate spiritual treasures with forty-five Daoist prohibitions.

During the great flood at the end of the ancient era, these twenty-four Stabilizing Sea Pearls, along with the Jade Capital Mountain, protected a region, ensuring the safety of the surrounding area.

Each Stabilizing Sea Pearl, when it fell into the water, evolved into a void world, absorbing the flood into it.

As Hongjun, the Daoist Ancestor, took action, Nüwa, the Empress, was not idle. She unfurled the Map of Mountains and Rivers, shook it in the wind, and it flew to the hole in the sky, blocking the gap.

Seeing that things were temporarily under control, Nüwa walked across the chaotic land, searching for something to replace the sky.

As the highest-ranking earth goddess, she was no less powerful than Gonggong. As she walked, the floodwaters parted before her, unable to approach her due to the power of the earth.

Just as Nüwa was walking and searching for the material to refine, a black dragon suddenly emerged from the flood, opening its massive mouth and lunging at Nüwa.

The black dragon, which enjoyed the foul water, was the dragon deity of a nearby river. It usually caused storms in the river. Now, in the flood, it had devoured much of Gonggong's divine essence, greatly enhancing its powers. It was causing more storms and floods to celebrate.

However, with Nüwa present, the floodwaters were beginning to dissipate. The black dragon, unwilling to let this happen, came out to seek revenge. Due to its consumption of Gonggong's essence, its foundation was unstable, and it was entangled in karma, blinding its true spirit. Otherwise, a mere Golden Immortal would never dare to challenge a supreme being.

Although Gonggong's actions harmed the cultivation of many immortals and deities, it also benefited some. At least the water deities and spirits could devour Gonggong's essence to strengthen themselves. The Dragon Palace lineage was also pleased, as the chaos in the land had nothing to do with the Dragon Palace's four seas.

Who is Nüwa? A supreme being, a born deity, naturally protected by divine light. The black dragon, before it could attack, was blocked by the divine light and auspicious clouds, and was directly knocked back into the flood.

Nüwa looked at it and laughed, "Just a small dragon deity, even the dragon emperors and dragon lords dare not be so insolent before me!"

She calculated with her fingers and realized that the black dragon was causing floods by taking advantage of Gonggong's flood, and had a history of misdeeds. She frowned, "As a deity, you should protect your region, not recklessly cause floods. Is this the behavior of a deity?"

With that, Nüwa pointed her finger, and a beam of clear energy transformed into a dragon-binding rope, which immediately bound the black dragon. With her left hand, she pointed, and a golden knife appeared above the black dragon's head. The golden knife fell lightly, and the black dragon was instantly decapitated, its blood splattering everywhere.

Although Nüwa was a goddess known for creating life and was not skilled in combat, as the revered Empress of the divine race, she had a certain resolve, far surpassing the weak women of later times.

After slaying the black dragon, Nüwa continued walking for several days until she reached the foot of the Great Wasteland Mountain. There, she found a five-colored flower stone. She gathered reeds and used the Cauldron of Heaven and Earth to refine the stone. After eighty-one days, she finally refined 36,501 five-colored divine stones. Then she flew to the ninth heaven to repair the sky.

Meanwhile, Hongjun had almost cleared the flood from the chaotic land.

When Nüwa completed the sky repair and Hongjun retracted the flood, they looked down at the land. The chaotic land, ravaged by the flood, was in ruins.

Nüwa frowned, picked up the Map of Mountains and Rivers, and threw it down, using this spiritual treasure to re-establish the mountains and rivers of the chaotic land. As the earth goddess, who had inherited the earth emperor's lineage, she was skilled in repairing the land.

Seeing that many mountains and rocks had been washed into the sea, and many mountain ranges had been significantly reduced, Nüwa overturned the Cauldron of Heaven and Earth, sprinkling the remaining ash from the cauldron onto the land, transforming it into rocks to repair the chaotic land.

Although the land and sky were repaired, the celestial pillar was still missing, and a replacement was needed. Nüwa, having a sudden idea, went to the Northern Abyss and slew a black turtle, using its four legs to replace the celestial pillar, supporting the heavens and earth.

After repairing the sky, the heavens and earth became clear. It was time to settle accounts. Those who had contributed to the flood's resolution were rewarded with merit and golden light by the Heavenly Dao. However, those who had committed great sins, especially Gonggong, would not go unpunished. Although Gonggong was dead, his karma descended.

With Gonggong dead, his karma had to be transferred. Thus, the Gonggong tribe suffered greatly, with all the witch deities receiving some karma. The more severe cases lost their divine status, becoming evil and malevolent deities, and could no longer control the waterways. They lost their legitimacy.

The witch clan also suffered due to this event, as Gonggong was one of the twelve witch ancestors, reducing their fortune.

However, this was just the heavenly punishment; there was also human anger.

Originally, Feng Ye had almost reached the Mystic Realm, but the disaster of the celestial pillar cost him the opportunity to break through. Feng Ye was relatively fortunate; the Three Pure Ones and others were at a critical moment of becoming supreme beings, and being interrupted could easily lead to a mental breakdown. Not only that, but many other immortals and deities were also severely affected, with many losing their lives. They suffered greatly.

Harming others naturally invites hatred. With Gonggong, the main culprit, dead, the Gonggong tribe and the entire witch clan became the targets of everyone's anger.

Nüwa calculated that due to Gonggong's disaster, the divine path's fortune was reduced by one-third, and many deities died, leaving the divine path with less than half of its original fortune.

Thinking of this, Nüwa could not help but secretly hate. If Gonggong could be revived, she would not hesitate to use a vine whip to beat him to death again.

Not mentioning how Nüwa imagined punishing Gonggong, after bidding farewell to Hongjun, the two returned to their respective Daoist temples.

The heavenly merit and golden light naturally included Feng Ye and his companions, as they had saved the lives of the Sui people, especially the Sui tribe, which would become the backbone of the human race. They received a significant amount of merit and golden light.

Seeing that the great calamity had passed, Feng Ye had Feng Zhong send all the living beings down the mountain, leaving none behind.

However, the Sui tribe was difficult to manage. Without a leader, the candidates for the next leader could not gain the support of the people. They brought the matter to Feng Ye, asking him to mediate.

Although Feng Kui would have his own destiny in the future, he had just died, and his body was still warm. Seeing the people argue over the leadership position, Feng Ye naturally had no good expression. He closed the mountain gate and ignored them.

In the end, the Sui tribe people decided to split the tribe and govern separately. The symbol of leadership, the Sui Seal, was entrusted to Feng Ye. If anyone could reunite the Sui tribe in the future, they would be given the seal to manage.

Feng Ye had no objections. After the great calamity, many living beings had died, and it was a good time for the human race to flourish. Moreover, with N