Rewriting the Gods

"What inheritance?"

Upon hearing Jiang Haofeng's words, Suiren's face immediately showed curiosity. He could control the number of Golden Immortals born without weakening the human race's low-to-mid-level combat power too much.

If such a wonderful method truly exists, the current predicament of the human race can be easily resolved.

Maintaining the balance between the three realms of the primordial world, heaven, earth, and humanity is the will of the Dao Ancestor and a great thing for the primordial world. Humans were born in the primordial world, and maintaining the primordial world is also the responsibility of the human race, which must be done.

The human race does indeed need to control the number of immortals above the Golden Immortal level.

It's easier said than done.

Seeking immortality and eternal life, possessing the power to move mountains and fill seas!

Which living being in the world doesn't yearn for it?

Who doesn't want to become an immortal?

If the path to immortality were laid out before me, and I lacked the talent and fortune to become an immortal, that would be one thing. But if I had enough talent, yet my cultivation method was controlled by someone else, preventing me from becoming an immortal, then that would be a genuine act of obstruction to my path!
The more wonderful the immortals are, the more fanatical those who seek them become!

Once the path to advancement is blocked, the upper and lower classes of humanity will be completely separated. As the resentment of the lower classes continues to accumulate, the immortals and mortals of humanity will likely be separated as well.

Although the power of mortals may seem insignificant, it is the most important cornerstone of the entire human race's fortune. Without mortals, all of the human race's most precious treasures would be rendered useless.

Moreover, as a member of the human race in his previous life and as one of the three thousand ancestors of the human race in this life, how could Jiang Haofeng possibly abandon the countless lives of the human race?

Moreover, this is only one of the effects. When the human race has no way to seek immortality within their own race, everyone's attention will naturally turn to forces outside the human race, such as the major immortal sects in Dongsheng Shenzhou, the Buddhist sects in Xiniu Hezhou, and even the demon races in Beiju Luzhou.

At that time, a large number of human elites will flood into the surrounding forces and become enemies of the human race. Moreover, as a result, the power of the three paths of heaven, earth and man will gradually become unbalanced.

It's better not to control it at all.

This is why, even a thousand years after the Investiture of the Gods, the number of immortals among the human race continues to steadily increase.

It wasn't that Suiren was unaware of the lessons learned from the five races of dragon, phoenix, qilin, witch, and demon, nor that the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors who were stationed in Huoyun Cave failed to issue warnings, prompting Suiren to attempt to control the number of human immortals.

Rather, it's simply difficult to control.

Forcibly controlling it would be a lose-lose situation, harming both sides at the expense of the enemy.

It's even possible that you'll inflict 1,000 damage on the enemy while suffering 1,200 damage yourself!

The human race at present is like the midday sun, seemingly powerful and infinitely mighty, but it is already destined to decline. Once the human race's strength increases to a certain level, it will definitely decline.

Just like the five races of dragon, phoenix, qilin, witch, and demon, they rose to their peak and then declined, and were destroyed by the great calamity!
The elders of the human race all knew this, but there was nothing they could do about it.

As mentioned before, it's difficult to control and cannot be controlled. Currently, the number of Golden Immortals among the human race continues to steadily increase.

Fortunately, the primordial world has a good capacity to withstand disasters, and many demons were killed during the Investiture of the Gods. At present, the power of humanity is still in a safe state and there is still a considerable gap between it and the red line drawn by the Dao Ancestor.

There shouldn't be any problems in the short term, giving the human race plenty of time.

However, if things continue like this, one day the human race will disrupt the balance of the three realms and usher in a great calamity!
To prevent this from happening, all the elders of the human race were actively looking for a solution, while also looking forward to Haofeng's emergence from seclusion. Sure enough, as soon as Haofeng emerged from seclusion, he came up with a solution.

Faced with Suiren's question, Jiang Haofeng moved his mind, and two methods appeared out of thin air in the minds of the elders present. The method of directly transmitting the cultivation technique into the minds of living beings is not difficult, but it requires a large gap in cultivation between the two parties to complete.

With Jiang Haofeng's thousand-year seclusion this time, his understanding of the Great Dao has greatly improved, and he can now directly transmit the methods into the minds of quasi-saints.

Of course, this is on the premise that the quasi-saint does not refuse.

Quasi-Saints have ultimately comprehended the Great Dao and are protected by its power; they certainly possess some abilities.

If it were a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, Jiang Haofeng could directly engrave the method in their minds. Of course, while he could preserve the method's legacy, he could also easily annihilate their soul!

Getting back to the main point, as Jiang Haofeng passed on the method, the thoughts of all the human elders immediately fell on the two methods in their minds.

Suiren, standing to the side, murmured, "The visualization method?"

"A ritual to invoke the gods?"

Jiang Haofeng's expression remained unchanged upon hearing this, and he quietly waited for everyone to examine the two inheritances.

That's right, the inheritance that Jiang Haofeng brought out this time was the visualization method and the invocation method.

These two inheritances were not prevalent in the primordial world. The method of summoning gods was alright, but after the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the Heavenly Court gradually became stronger, and gods from all sides also flourished. It was common for the gods of the Heavenly Court to slay demons and eliminate evil spirits.

Many living beings worshipped the gods of the Heavenly Court, and gradually developed rudimentary methods of invoking the gods.

Of course, Jiang Haofeng's summoning technique took a lot of effort. In the process of creating the technique, he also used the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book, a supreme innate treasure, and incorporated many great Daos into it, making it far more profound than ordinary summoning techniques!
Putting aside everything else, Jiang Haofeng even incorporated the Dao of Cause and Effect into the profound aspects of this divine summoning technique he passed down.

The upper limit is extremely high!

It also has high reference value.

Of course, while the upper limit is high, this is still just a ritual to summon gods, and the method itself has significant limitations.

The power of the summoning ritual lies primarily in the spirit itself. If the spirit summoned is powerful, even if one's skill in summoning the spirit is not up to par and one can only summon a trace of divine power, it is still enough to vanquish demons.

In other words, if you can't invite the gods, no matter how proficient you are in the art of inviting the gods, it won't be of much use.

This is the method of invoking the gods, which has appeared at least in the prehistoric world, and it is not difficult for everyone to understand. As for the second method—the visualization method—it is indeed a completely new method that has never appeared in the prehistoric world before.

Of course, this method was actually one of many cultivation methods in later generations. It was not the mainstream method, but it was still passed down continuously.

When Jiang Haofeng first transmigrated and witnessed the war between the Lich King and the Demon King, he thought of this method.

Compared to honest cultivation, sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and accumulating one's own magical power, visualization is undoubtedly much simpler.

Visualize the Dharma form of others, and through that Dharma form manifest their supernatural powers and great paths, thereby using them to fight against enemies.

It's like doing the questions yourself versus copying the answers; you can imagine how much more difficult both are.

Of course, there are reasons why the mainstream cultivation method is the mainstream. Cultivating step by step may be slower, but the foundation is absolutely solid and the upper limit is also the highest.

The visualization method involves visualizing the image of another person. The object of visualization is the upper limit of the practitioner's skill. No matter how profound one's visualization practice becomes, it cannot surpass the person being visualized. This is the limitation of visualization methods; it is unlikely to produce very powerful masters, as the upper limit is already set.

These two inheritances are Jiang Haofeng's solutions to the human race's predicament.

As the saying goes, it is better to loosen than to block.

All living beings in the world desire to seek immortality and enlightenment, and the human race is no exception; no one would be unwilling to become an immortal.

As an elder of the human race and the strongest among the prehistoric humans, Jiang Haofeng would naturally not obstruct the human race's path to advancement. As the number one clan in the prehistoric world, if they did not pass down any cultivation methods, it would become the biggest joke in the entire prehistoric world.

Therefore, controlling the number of immortals in the clan cannot start by controlling the cultivation methods, as this would push the human race's prodigies to other forces.

The visualization method can solve this problem well. The original method remains unchanged, and the visualization method can be vigorously promoted to the entire human race.

At that time, all humankind will have one more choice: to choose the arduous practice of meditation and cultivation, or to choose the faster method of visualization.

Everyone has different opinions on this, but there is no doubt that many people will choose the perspective of observation.

While honest practice may have a higher potential, the lower limit of visualization practice is even higher. At the beginning of practice, everyone would hesitate.

Moreover, in terms of the speed of practice, visualization is definitely faster than normal practice.

As the practice continues, more and more people will lose their will to continue and switch to visualization practice.

As a result, the vast majority of people will practice visualization techniques, while only a small number will practice the true Dharma.

At this point, the limitations of visualization techniques become apparent; their upper limit is low!
If you don't choose the right person to visualize, you'll be locked out of your potential. Even if you choose the right person and your potential is high, there are no two people in the world who are exactly the same, and no one's path will be completely compatible with another person's.

While the initial stages of visualization practice were manageable, as the practice deepened, the differences in their paths to enlightenment grew increasingly pronounced, making further advancement more difficult.

Many people who could potentially break through to the Golden Immortal level by spending tens of thousands of Huiyuan (a unit of currency) could, if they focused on the visualization method, perhaps reach the Profound Immortal level in a thousand years, but would never be able to advance to the next level.

This is enough to filter out many promising talents, drastically reducing the number of humans who break through to the Golden Immortal realm.

On the other hand, those who can persist in cultivating the righteous path under such temptations have even more resilient character and are geniuses among geniuses. If such people can break through to the Golden Immortal realm, it would be a great thing for the human race!

This is the method Jiang Haofeng came up with to control the growth rate of the human race's strength. After the visualization method, there is also the method of summoning gods, which is much simpler than the visualization method, and much simpler than that.

The method of summoning deities doesn't even require much cultivation; one only needs to devote oneself to worshiping the deities and comprehending the mysteries of the Taoist scriptures to quickly develop combat power.

This can also kill off a large portion of the human race.

Of course, neither of these traditions is without its flaws.

If there were no flaws, these two lineages wouldn't have remained in a lukewarm state in later generations.

The method of invoking the gods, needless to say, requires the gods' cooperation; without the gods' cooperation, the method is completely useless.

Therefore, for the invocation of deities to be effective, it requires the cooperation of a large number of powerful deities; otherwise, the invocation of deities is useless.

As for visualization, it seems to have no flaws except for a lower upper limit, but in fact it has a fatal flaw: visualization requires a visualization diagram!

A visualization diagram containing the Daoist aura of the visualized figure is required. The stronger the Daoist aura contained in the visualization diagram, the stronger the Daoist aura that can be visualized will be.

Whether you are starting your spiritual practice or making further progress in your cultivation, you need a visualization diagram. Without a visualization diagram, everything is in vain!
To promote visualization practice on a large scale, a large number of visualization diagrams are needed, which is the key reason why visualization practice has not become a mainstream or righteous practice.

However, none of this was a problem for Jiang Haofeng. Any image he randomly picked from the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book in his mind was a top-grade visualization diagram.

Jiang Haofeng only needs to copy down the Daoist essence within it.

As for the quantity, as a saint-level being, Jiang Haofeng has so many visualization diagrams that an ordinary immortal couldn't use them all even in a single kalpa. If Jiang Haofeng makes a few more, this problem will be solved.

Although the quantity was quite large, it wasn't too troublesome for Jiang Haofeng; it would only take some time.

Moreover, none of this will affect his comprehension of the Great Dao. With his past body, future body, and the other nine corpses, he doesn't need Jiang Haofeng's original body to make the imprint.

Moreover, there are many experts among the human race, and Jiang Haofeng is not the only one who can make rubbings of the visualization diagram.

All immortals above the Golden Immortal level in the human race are qualified to leave behind visualization diagrams.

As for the method of invoking the gods, Jiang Haofeng also had plans. He intended to take this opportunity to establish an Ancestral Hall among the human race to enshrine the human race's ancestors, as well as the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, a number of human kings, and historical heroes of the human race.

After all the offerings were made inside, the message was spread throughout the human world, so that all humankind could make offerings to the ancestral masters in the Ancestral Master Pavilion.

If chosen by the patriarch, one can use divine magic to summon the patriarch to descend to the mortal realm and help slay demons and monsters!
Inside the ancestral pavilion, after the elders of the human race had finished reading the inheritance in their minds, Jiang Haofeng explained his plan one by one.

Immediately, the elders on the field showed expressions of surprise and delight.

This plan is absolutely perfect.

By replacing the control method with a simpler cultivation method, the probability of breaking through to the Golden Immortal realm is quietly reduced while retaining the chance of becoming an immortal.

At the same time, it has not affected the human race's combat power; in fact, it has enhanced it.

Previously, the most prevalent methods among humans were the Taiqing Immortal Method and human martial arts, both of which were orthodox practices.

The Dharma is called the Dharma because it is not easy to cultivate.

Among humans, the vast majority cannot cultivate formations, and those who can truly obtain great power are even fewer.

Perhaps looking at the entire human race, the number of immortals is countless, ranking first in the primordial world, but when it comes to the ratio of immortals to mortals, one can see how rare cultivators are.

However, the method of invoking deities is different from the method of visualization. The latter has a lower threshold, while the former has an even lower threshold!
Although there are limitations on the upper limit, how many people can actually reach that limit and be controlled by it?

On the contrary, the number of people embarking on the path of spiritual practice because of the lower threshold will increase several times over!
If this were to spread to the human world, the fighting power of the clan would not only not decrease, but would probably increase by a lot!

However, this has little impact. As long as they don't break through to the Golden Immortal realm, no matter how many there are, it won't affect the prehistoric world. Eventually, they will enter the cycle of reincarnation, and their own cultivation will return to the world!

Everyone looked at Jiang Haofeng in amazement, as he had solved the problem so easily.

(End of this chapter)