After Li Yi resolved the matters with Fuxi, Nuwa, and Primordial, all three breathed a sigh of relief, but Li Yi felt a knot in his chest.
Li Yi knew that if he wanted to save Fuxi, Taiyi, and others, and he himself did not attain Sainthood, he could only hide far away.
Nuwa, sensing his unease, Li Yi agreed to help. Nuwa thought about her Creation Grand Dao coming to a standstill and asked:
"Senior Brother Taishang, my Creation Grand Dao has stopped progressing. Your comprehension of the Grand Dao far surpasses mine. The Grand Dao is interconnected. I wonder if Senior Brother would be willing to offer some guidance to your junior sister?"
Li Yi heard this and chuckled heartily:
"Junior Sister jested. I dare not offer guidance, but we can discuss it. Perhaps with a different approach, Junior Sister will gain clarity!"
Nuwa heard this, knowing Li Yi had agreed, and happily said:
"Senior Brother, please!"
After speaking, Nuwa stood up and made a gesture of invitation to Li Yi.
Li Yi did not stand on ceremony and immediately rose to the center of the great hall. Nuwa followed closely behind, and the two began their collision of Grand Daos within the hall.
The Grand Dao of Non-Action and the Creation Grand Dao manifested from the void.
As the two Grand Daos rubbed and clashed in the void, Primordial and Tongtian quickly contained the shockwaves from their collision, lest the great hall be destroyed by their hands.
The moment the Grand Dao of Non-Action and the Creation Grand Dao collided, both were able to glimpse the refined essence of the other's Grand Dao.
From Nuwa's Grand Dao, Li Yi witnessed her process of creation, and he couldn't help but sweat for the future of the human race.
Nuwa seemed quite normal, yet how could she possess such wild and imaginative ideas?
Li Yi saw creatures with dog heads and pig bodies, ox heads and snake bodies, lion heads and leopard bodies within Nuwa's Grand Dao. Such bizarre creatures were everywhere. He truly didn't know where Nuwa got her inspiration; it was clearly a mishmash!
Li Yi suddenly felt that it was a colossal miracle for the human race to emerge properly from Nuwa's hands.
Li Yi felt increasingly that his involvement in Nuwa's creation of humans was extremely wise, otherwise, after the human race appeared, they would have to evolve for a considerable time before possessing a normal human form.
The more Li Yi looked, the more his heart grew alarmed. He would occasionally glance at Nuwa's Creation Grand Dao and then steal a look at Nuwa.
Li Yi found it hard to believe that such a beautiful young woman like Nuwa possessed such advanced intellect. This was like scientific grafting in later generations, except she had chosen the wrong subject; it was meant for plants.
Fuxi, seeing Li Yi's occasional glances at Nuwa, his expression turned grim. He wondered what Li Yi was thinking.
Tongtian, seeing Li Yi's frequent glances at Nuwa, secretly transmitted to Primordial:
"Second Brother, do you think Eldest Brother has fallen for Junior Sister Nuwa? Look at his expression—sometimes surprised, sometimes amazed, and sometimes incredulous. It's clearly not right!"
Primordial also secretly replied to Tongtian:
"Third Brother, don't spout nonsense. It must be that Junior Sister Nuwa's Grand Dao cultivation has gone seriously awry, and Eldest Brother finds it unbelievable?"
However, Primordial's words lacked conviction.
Seeing that Primordial did not believe him, Tongtian spoke again:
"Second Brother, look! When Junior Sister Nuwa and Junior Brother Fuxi first took form, how good was Eldest Brother to them?
He would use the Three Lights Divine Water to replenish their origins, and he even gave them the Primordial Chaos Qi nurtured by the Chaos Pearl.
Who else has Eldest Brother ever been this good to, apart from us two blood brothers? It's clear Eldest Brother treats them as his own!
And look, he's now guiding her on the Grand Dao. Eldest Brother has never been this good to us! I think Nuwa will very likely become our sister-in-law."
Upon hearing Tongtian's words, Primordial increasingly felt that Tongtian's possibility was very high.
Thus, Tongtian and Primordial looked at the two with the mindset that Nuwa was their sister-in-law, and the more they looked, the more they felt the pair was well-matched.
Nuwa also noticed Li Yi's frequent glances at her and couldn't help but feel shy. She wondered why Senior Brother Taishang kept looking at her.
Li Yi's entire attention was focused on Nuwa's Grand Dao, and he did not notice the strange gazes of Primordial and Tongtian.
Fuxi, however, looked displeased. Had the prize cabbage he had diligently nurtured for tens of thousands of years been snatched away by a pig today?
The more Fuxi thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Would the sister who had accompanied him for tens of thousands of years now become someone else's?
Thinking this, Fuxi's gaze towards Li Yi involuntarily became filled with melancholy.
While Li Yi was studying Nuwa's Grand Dao, Nuwa was also diligently observing Li Yi's Grand Dao. However, Nuwa found that she could not perceive anything, and she had to lament that Li Yi's comprehension of the Grand Dao was something she could not hope to match.
Li Yi meticulously examined Nuwa's Creation Grand Dao and found nothing amiss. Thus, Li Yi stopped, and seeing that Li Yi had stopped, Nuwa also halted. Li Yi said to Nuwa:
"Junior Sister Nuwa, I found no fault with your Grand Dao! Why don't you describe the problem you're encountering? I'll listen!"
Nuwa heard this and spoke:
"Senior Brother, the creatures I create using the Creation Grand Dao seem to lack souls. Although they are lifelike, they are like statues, motionless."
Li Yi was speechless upon hearing this. Animal hybridization requires the interbreeding of different species. Your method is plant grafting. How could it possibly come alive when applied to animals?
Li Yi tactfully said:
"Junior Sister Nuwa, why don't you try creating a spiritual herb using your method? I'd like to see it!"
Nuwa immediately complied, creating a plant with the roots of the Purple Sun Grass and the stem and leaves of the Blazing Sun Grass.
Li Yi took the plant from Nuwa's hand and dripped a drop of undiluted Three Lights Divine Water onto its root.
As soon as the Three Lights Divine Water landed on the plant's roots, it was absorbed. The plant grew at an astonishing rate, and in a short while, it had grown to over a person's height.
Li Yi handed the plant to Nuwa and said:
"See, isn't it alive now?"
Nuwa was also amazed and said:
"Why is this? Why can't the animals I create this way survive, but the spiritual herb can?"
Li Yi didn't know how to explain it to her, so he said:
"All things should follow their natural course. Have you ever seen a pig with an ox's head? Even if there are such anomalies, they are rare occurrences of heaven and earth, and their souls are powerful, which allows them to survive!"
Nuwa seemed to have an epiphany upon hearing this. She immediately molded a mud wolf and placed it on the ground. Then, using the Creation Grand Dao, she waved her hand towards the mud wolf. The mud wolf seemed to come alive, slowly shedding its muddy shell and becoming a real wolf.
Seeing this, Nuwa was overjoyed and immediately thanked Li Yi.