Lin Shiqi asked, "Shall we go find that master now to repair this mountain?"

Zhen Jun replied, "No, this sacred mountain has been occupied by Gong Gong for a long time. The original owner of this mountain has been driven away by him a long time ago, and I have no idea where to find the original owner of this mountain."

"What should we do then…" said Lin Shiqi, to which Zhen Jun did not reply. Then there was a silence; no one spoke anymore. They raised their heads, looking at the sky helplessly, only to see more and more flaming meteors falling from the sky, hitting the ground, and igniting the grassland.

The flames on the grassland grew bigger and bigger, and the vast flames, like a crimson sea of fire, spread towards the surroundings. Even from a distance, Qin Yan and the others could feel the heat wave from the flames coming towards them.

As the fire on the grassland grew bigger, it wouldn't be long before the fire reached where the crowd was. Qin Yan said, "Since we can't repair the damaged sacred mountain and there's no point in staying here, let's leave this place first. If we continue to stay here, we will be burned to death."

"We have no choice but to do this…" sighed Zhen Jun. At this moment, a creature resembling a snake flew from the distant sky directly towards the direction of the sacred mountain.

"Look there, what's that, could it be Gong Gong returning?" Lin Shiqi spotted the snake-like creature in the sky and pointed.

Everyone else also looked up at the sky, and Zhen Jun's expression suddenly changed, quickly saying, "All of you stay here and don't go anywhere!" After speaking, he hurriedly flew towards the direction of the snake-like creature in the sky.

The creature, resembling a long snake, flew directly towards the damaged part of the sacred mountain. Upon reaching the side of the sacred mountain, it slowly flew along the mountain's fracture line, as if carefully inspecting the damage to the mountain.

Zhen Jun also flew near the sacred mountain, stopping next to the snake-like creature. Qin Yan and the others saw Zhen Jun seemingly talking to the snake-like creature. Afterwards, Zhen Jun left the sacred mountain, flying towards the ground where Qin Yan and the others were, with the snake-like creature following him from the sky.

"Ah, it's coming, that creature resembling a snake is coming!" Lin Shiqi stared at the approaching snake-like creature, exclaiming in shock. As the snake-like creature got closer, everyone gradually saw its full appearance.

"Hey, it's a person, and it seems to be a woman!" Qin Yan said in surprise. The snake, although having a green body resembling a python and about ten meters long, had a human-like head. She had long black hair, wore glittering hairpins and gold earrings, and a gold bracelet was at the junction of her head and snake body, clearly dressing like a woman.

Zhen Jun flew back, landing on the ground next to the crowd, while the woman with the snake body also flew in front of everyone, hovering in the nearby air. Lin Shiqi, a bit nervous, looked at the woman with the snake body and said, "Zhen Jun, who... who is she? Why does she, like Gong Gong, have a human head and a snake's body?"

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"This is Lady Nuwa, she is the original owner of this sacred mountain," Zhen Jun said with an unusually respectful expression on his face, introducing her to everyone.

"What? Nuwa?!" "She is the original owner of this mountain!?"

Everyone was very surprised; they did not expect the original owner of this mountain to be a monster with a human face and a snake body, like Gong Gong.

"Hello." The woman referred to by Zhen Jun as Nuwa spoke. She appeared to be a woman in her forties, with a faint sadness on her face. She began to look around at everyone, suddenly noticing something, her gaze stopping on the sword in Qin Yan's hand.

"This sword... how did it end up with you?!" Nuwa looked at Qin Yan with a surprised expression.

Zhen Jun explained, "Lady Nuwa, this sword was taken out of an ancient tomb by this young man named Qin Yan, who is also the inheritor of this sword. He and his companions wanted to go from this sacred mountain to the human realm, but they were obstructed by Gong Gong and his subordinates along the way. Although we drove Gong Gong away, the sacred mountain was damaged by him. That's roughly what happened."

"I see..." After hearing Zhen Jun's words, Nuwa roughly understood the situation. She flew in front of Qin Yan and stared intently at his face.

Although Qin Yan was somewhat afraid of the woman with the human face and snake body, he knew Nuwa was a friend and meant no harm to him, so he did not retreat or avoid her gaze.

"This young man named Qin Yan, could you lend me this sword for a moment?" Nuwa looked at Qin Yan, speaking calmly.

"Lend the sword, what do you need this sword for?" Qin Yan said cautiously. Although Nuwa seemed not to be an enemy, after all, he and Nuwa were meeting for the first time, and this sword was extremely important, not something to be casually handed over to a stranger.

"I need to use the power of this sword to repair the sacred mountain," Nuwa said, looking towards the direction of the sacred mountain.

"This sword can repair that mountain?" Qin Yan asked again.

Nuwa slowly nodded, and Zhen Jun said, "Lady Nuwa is the original owner of the sacred mountain, and only she has the ability to restore the sacred mountain. What she says won't be wrong. Since she needs the sword, Qin Yan, you should lend it to her."

"Alright then." Since Zhen Jun said so, Qin Yan no longer hesitated. He handed the black sword to Nuwa, but then he remembered something and said, "But this sword can't be used by anyone other than me, how are you going to use this sword to repair the mountain?"

"It's okay," Nuwa said calmly. Suddenly, her body underwent a transformation, and two white arms grew out from the front half of her snake body. Nuwa used these newly grown hands to grasp the hilt of the sword in Qin Yan's hand.

"How amazing, she can actually change her body and grow a pair of human hands from her snake body!" Lin Shiqi exclaimed softly, and the others were also very astonished. They did not expect this woman with a human face and snake body to have such strong abilities, able to freely change her body like Zhen Jun.

Nuwa held the black sword's hilt with her transformed hands, gently lifted it, and took the sword from Qin Yan's hand. Seeing this scene, everyone was even more surprised because, apart from Qin Yan, no one else could lift the sword, yet this woman with a human face and snake body could easily lift the sword, which was truly astonishing.

Zhen Jun, understanding everyone's confusion, smiled and said, "Don't be surprised. Lady Nuwa was also a previous holder of the Emperor of Heaven's Sword; of course, she can use this sword."

Everyone suddenly understood, and at the same time, they thought, since this Nuwa was a previous holder of the sword, didn't that mean she used to be an Emperor of Heaven, the one who ruled the entire heavenly realm?