Demon-Sealing Finger Bone

In ancient times, Mount Buzhou collapsed, bringing down the sky and flooding the human world with the waters of the Milky Way. Unable to bear seeing humanity suffer, Nüwa smelted five-colored stones to mend the heavens, broke off the legs of a divine turtle to prop up the four corners of the sky, and quelled the floods and slew the savage beasts. Only then could humanity settle in peace.

For thousands of years, the divine turtle, whose four legs had been severed, did not die. Watching humanity live in peace, it grew resentful. As it lay dying, that resentment became a black mist that shrouded a vast region. The beasts there were transformed by the mist, growing stronger, more savage, and more violent as they preyed on humanity. The human race stood on the brink of extinction.

Nüwa understood that everything was caused by the divine turtle's resentment, yet she felt guilty. The innocent turtle had lost its four legs to her and suffered terribly. The demonic beasts now rampaging across the land could also be considered its descendants. After much deliberation, Nüwa severed all ten of her fingers, turning them into ten seals to imprison the powerful beasts. Yet the black mist continued to spawn formidable monsters. Nüwa gave up her body and transformed into boundless spiritual energy, which flowed into the bodies of the surviving humans, hoping to...

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