“Ding—”
“Host, we have arrived in the Primordial World—ah, wait, no, it should be Chaos... Holy crap! Where did that giant axe come from?! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!”
“RUN FOR YOUR LIFE! AAAAAHHHHH—”
Listening to the system's chorus of screams, Wen Chu: “...”
What a useless, cursed system. What kind of terrible timing is this? Facing Pangu creating the universe right from the start?
Also... is this bootleg system for real? Running away without even bringing its working buddy along?
Sobbing... Ugh, I knew an uncertified system was unreliable.
Fortunately, I was smart enough to ask for my perk early—a mass of the origin of the Law of Life that the system had copied from some world.
Wen Chu couldn't help but guess its origin. Was it from a certain Spirit, or perhaps a certain Ygg... Ahem, anyway, it didn't matter anymore.
Now, with the system fleeing at the start, she was left as a tiny little orb, dodging left and right like a mouse in the vast, empty Chaos.
Hey, I'm not a mouse, okay?!
Perhaps she had some good fortune on her side, unlike a certain flee-footed system—not to shade anyone, of course~
Great God Pangu's axe perfectly avoided her tiny self.
Hehehe~
However, after an unknown amount of time passed, the endless clamor in Chaos caused by Pangu creating the universe gradually died down.
Chaos underwent changes: the clear qi rose to become heaven, while the turbid qi sank to become earth. Order began to take shape.
The tiny Wen Chu, brimming with rich vitality and emitting a gentle white light, floated in front of a giant face at some point.
Wen Chu: “...”
Uh, this is a bit abrupt.
The giant face in front of her looked extremely exhausted. The little white orb, Wen Chu, felt as if she had been staring into his eyes for a very long time.
He didn't hurt her.
The small orb of light trembled slightly. Well, which Chinese person hadn't heard the story of Pangu creating the universe?
Anyway, she definitely had a soft spot for Great God Pangu.
Looking at him, Wen Chu tried to separate a strand of the Life Origin she had obtained and offered it to him. Though tiny, and though she didn't know if it would be of any use, it was the thought that counted.
Pangu felt it. That pure aura of life was somewhat similar to the Fiendgod of Life, yet it lacked that sharp edge.
It was a very gentle power.
Pangu raised an eyebrow, looking at the tiny ant before him without speaking.
After an unknown amount of time, the socially anxious Wen Chu plucked up her courage and spoke first. “Hi~ Pangu Papa... ah, no, hello, Great God Pangu~”
“...”
The atmosphere remained silent.
After another unknown stretch of time, Wen Chu felt a little embarrassed. A rare moment of extroverted courage had bought her a lifetime of eternal introversion.
Great God Pangu is so cold.
Pangu, who was pondering how this little orb of light had established an inexplicable karma with him with just a single sentence: “...”
What a peculiar little creature.
Papa?
That must be a form of address unique to her world.
It was his first time seeing such a weak yet surprisingly 'kind-hearted' little creature that hadn't been crushed to death by his axe. To him, it was quite novel.
However, before he could marvel at it for long, the heavens suddenly stopped rising and the earth stopped sinking. They even showed signs of merging back together.
Seeing this, Pangu immediately stood up. Glancing at the little Wen orb, which was emitting endless vitality, he casually tossed a legacy left behind by a certain unlucky Fiendgod into her Life Origin.
Feeling inexplicably full, Wen Chu looked up in surprise at Pangu, who had stood up and now appeared ridiculously colossal to her. He was still growing, becoming bigger and bigger.
Pangu held up the heavens with his hands and stepped on the earth with his feet... Gradually, heaven and earth stabilized. He opened his mouth and spoke his first words to Wen Chu: “Little one, you can be considered the very first life form in this world I have created.”
“Go. That place will not reject you.”
“Take a good look at this world for me...”
Pangu's voice slowly faded in Wen Chu's consciousness... She looked at him, his face filled with a firm resolve: 'To hear the Dao in the morning, one can die content in the evening.'
...His breath turned into drifting clouds and gentle breezes; his voice became rolling thunder; his eyes transformed into the Sun and Moon; his hair and beard scattered into stars; and his blood and vessels became rivers, lakes, and seas...
From then on, the sun and moon alternated, mountains and rivers took shape, plants grew, and life fell into order... A complete world was born.
That place was called the Primordial World.
The commotion when Pangu sacrificed his body to create all things was a bit too grand for the little Wen orb to handle. She didn't even catch a glimpse of what came next—his primeval spirit splitting into the Three Pure Ones, his essence blood turning into the Ancestral Witches, or the Three Creation Treasures...
Wen Chu couldn't control her direction and had no idea where she was floating.
Swept along by Great God Pangu's final breath, she rolled through the newborn Primordial World for who knew how long before finally landing.
Then, her consciousness fell into a deep sleep.
...
The galaxy shifted; ten thousand years passed in the blink of an eye.
After an unknown stretch of time, Wen Chu slowly woke up. She was in a very beautiful place.
How beautiful, exactly? Green waters reflected the rosy clouds of dawn, and spiritual mist enveloped a thousand hills... Truly a blessed paradise for cultivation.
To this, Wen Chu expressed her gratitude: Thank you for the generous gift, Pangu Papa!
Now this is how worldliness works!
Beside her grew an extraordinary white lotus, sitting in a pool of sparkling, glowing water.
She was still in a giant state without hands or feet, which frustrated her a bit.
Wen Chu quietly urged herself in her heart: Little Wen Orb, as the very first life form dubbed by Pangu Papa in the Primordial World, can you please pull yourself together?
Take human form! How long are you going to stay an orb?
Wen Chu thought about how she neither knew how to cultivate nor possessed any heritage... Hm?
Heritage?
Wait, I have it!
There should be a heritage inside her origin, though she didn't know where it originally came from.
And so, while digging through her origin, Wen Chu began trying hard to absorb spiritual qi.
She didn't stop until she felt tired. You can't get fat off a single bite, and as an orb, she couldn't become plump and juicy overnight either.
Wen Chu's thoughts drifted. She began to wonder where she was and what the super pretty giant lotus beside her was. Could it be the White Lotus of World Cleansing that every transmigrator fought over?!
Oh my, oh my! Could she really have such great fortune?!
Also, what era of the Primordial World was this?
The Ferocious Beast Calamity?
The struggle for supremacy among the Dragons, Phoenixes, and Qilins?
Has the war between Dao and Devil started yet?
Surely she hadn't slept straight through to the Lich Era, right?
Sigh, time isn't recorded in the Primordial World. Being a lone orb here, she knew nothing.
Ugh, completely useless.
Gradually, as Wen Chu cultivated and let her mind wander...
She was no longer human.
She was the incarnation of a world's Life Origin, bolstered by a strand of legacy from the Fiendgod of Life. She was the first life form in the new world created by Great God Pangu, a strand of innate... well, maybe acquired vitality born from Pangu's creation, though she wasn't sure if that counted...
Gosh, thinking too much made her brain spin too fast. She was sleepy.
Perhaps the ground felt uncomfortable, so she instinctively controlled herself to float onto the gorgeously divine lotus beside her that was suspected to be the White Lotus of World Cleansing.
Ah, so comfy.
Wen Chu's consciousness sank completely into the quiet darkness.
Without her knowing, her Life Origin gradually enveloped the lotus she rested upon.
The white lotus also thoroughly enjoyed the rich vitality emanating from Wen Chu. It decided that it would gladly accept this creature emitting such a delightfully pleasant scent!
Wen Chu, who had actually refined the white lotus without realizing it: ✌︎ ॑꒳ ॑✌︎
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