Eat, eat, eat in the primordial world

It's best to prepare for this as early as possible, because Jiang Yuan isn't the only one eyeing the Heavenly Emperor's throne; there's also Haotian Daoren, whose fate is equally good and whose backing is even stronger.

Compared to Haotian, Jiang Yuan's advantages are too small, which is why he needs to prepare earlier.

"They are lucky. I can't learn the path to becoming the Heavenly Emperor. I can only follow the route I have planned."

Looking at the Emperor Mirror in front of him, Jiang Yuan realized that he would still need its help on his path to becoming emperor.

Di Junhao was born with the destiny of an emperor, so he didn't need to make many preparations. He only needed to patiently wait for the right opportunity to be recognized by the Heavenly Dao and be directly crowned emperor.

Jiang Yuan wasn't so lucky, so if he wanted to become the Heavenly Emperor, he had to work hard. First, he needed to forge the Heavenly Emperor Mirror into a treasure of punishment, thereby gaining control over the power of punishment in the primordial world, that is, judicial power.

This is crucial. The power to punish represents immense power, and in the primordial world, might makes right. Whoever has the biggest fist is right. Therefore, without great power, who will listen to you?

Possessing the power of punishment means possessing great power.

At this point, if one were to implement one's own laws in the primordial world, as long as they did not cross the bottom line of the living beings, they would not dare to disapprove.

In this way, the power of all living beings can be used to forcibly drive the evolution of the Heavenly Way, making this law a part of the rules of Heaven and Earth, that is, the Heavenly Rules and Laws. This will also ensure that all the gods of Heaven and Earth, besides the living beings, abide by these regulations.

At this point, it no longer matters whether Heaven agrees or not, because the legislative power has been obtained and has become a fait accompli, so Heaven must agree.

If the rules of heaven are all self-made, what else can it be but having the power to legislate?

With legislative and judicial powers already in hand, how far is it from ascending the throne of the Heavenly Emperor? It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he is a Heavenly Emperor in name only.

In this situation, with enough support, one could immediately ascend the throne and become emperor.

"The throne of the Heavenly Emperor is something one must fight for and seize oneself. Because only what one obtains can be taken away by others."

"How can someone like Di Jun and Hao Tian, ​​who neither compete nor fight, but rely on the blessings of Heaven, last long?"

Thinking about the plan he had made, and then about how Di Jun and Hao Tian became the Heavenly Emperor, Jiang Yuan felt that if he succeeded, he would definitely be much more powerful than them.

He knew from a young age that only what he earned through his own efforts truly belonged to him.

Things received through charity from others can be taken back if they were given to you; they don't count as yours and can only be considered temporary possessions.

The positions of Emperors, such as those of Di Jun and Hao Tian, ​​were bestowed upon them by the Heavenly Dao. Therefore, after becoming emperors, both of them were subject to the Heavenly Dao and could not defy its will.

The consequences of forcibly defying them are predictable: the throne bestowed upon them by Heaven will be revoked.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan's path to becoming emperor was always based on his own efforts to gain power, rather than being bestowed by Heaven.

What does it mean to rely on your own efforts?

Take the Emperor Mirror for example. Right now, it's just an acquired spiritual treasure, and it's still a long way from becoming a supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao that wields the power of punishment.

So, if it wants to achieve this goal, what else can it rely on besides Jiang Yuan's efforts? The charity of Heaven? It doesn't deserve it. Does Heaven even know who it is?

"Those who kill shall be executed, those who injure shall be punished, and those who steal shall be punished."

With a thought, Jiang Yuan summoned the Heavenly Emperor Mirror and inscribed the contents of the three-chapter covenant of the High Ancestor on both sides of the mirror frame in two different scripts: innate divine script and acquired divine script.

In an instant, the void roared, and golden lotuses of merit appeared, merging with the Heavenly Emperor Mirror.

Although the three-point agreement is simple and cannot cover complex social relationships and types of crimes, we must not forget that we are still in a primitive, prehistoric society where the law of survival still applies: the strong prey on the weak, and only the fittest survive.

In this historical context, the principle of "whoever commits the crime shall be punished" embodied in the three-point agreement not only played a role in stabilizing order but also, to a certain extent, guaranteed the basic rights of all beings.

Moreover, its simplicity and clarity, ease of understanding and implementation, make it arguably the beginning of the prehistoric legal system and the first systematic set of laws in the prehistoric world.

The emergence of this method is of such great significance that it can improve the existing order of the primordial world. Jiang Yuan inscribed it on the Emperor Mirror and used this treasure to supervise and implement it. Naturally, he would receive the reward of the Heavenly Dao and gain merit.

It's a pity that the merit gained is not much. But this is understandable. Simply enacting laws, while meritorious, is only a minor one. Successfully implementing them would be a great achievement.

Whether Jiang Yuan and the Heavenly Emperor Mirror can gain more merit depends on their future performance and whether they can promote the contents of the Three Laws to the entire prehistoric world and make all living beings abide by them.

If Jiang Yuan can achieve this, he will not only gain immeasurable merit, but he will also be close to completely seizing legislative and judicial power.

"Tsk tsk, to implement a three-point covenant in the primordial world, making people pay for murder with their lives—just hearing about it sounds absurd. How could that be possible?"

Although the three rules were written by Jiang Yuan, even so, he did not believe that this law could be successfully implemented in the prehistoric world.

But this matter concerns whether the Heavenly Emperor Mirror can be transformed into a supreme treasure of the Heavenly Dao in the future, and even more so whether he can become the Heavenly Emperor. So no matter how difficult it is, he must find a way to accomplish it.

"In the primordial world, countless races stood side by side, constantly fighting each other. Whose hands weren't stained with blood? To tell them that murderers should pay with their lives is simply to make them laugh."

"However, while it is impossible to establish a three-point agreement between clans or forces, it is feasible to implement such a law within each clan and force."

"We can't treat our own people the same way we treat our enemies, can we?"

After careful analysis, Jiang Yuan had an idea. He planned to first try this method on the human race to see the effect. If it was effective, then he would promote it among all races.

Of course, this doesn't mean prohibiting all races from fighting each other, and Jiang Yuan doesn't have that ability either.

His meaning was that while the various races could fight amongst themselves as they pleased, internal chaos could not continue. They needed to be restrained by law, strictly prohibiting clan feuds, theft, and the like.

Besides, one thing must be acknowledged: due to the existence of cultivation levels, there was inequality between people in the primordial world.

Beings born innately are nobler than those born later in life, and a Taiyi Golden Immortal is stronger than a Celestial Immortal.

Therefore, the strong who kill the weak must not be made to pay with their lives. No one dares to do that; whoever does will die, not even the Dao Ancestor.

Therefore, Jiang Yuan made a change in this regard: if a strong person injures or kills a weak person without cause, they do not have to pay with their life, but they do have to make compensation.

The purpose of doing this is to let the strong know that if they attack the weak without cause, they will have to pay a price, even if they don't have to pay with their lives.

While this cannot completely eliminate the bullying of the weak, it does make them somewhat wary and restrain their actions. In doing so, countless lives have been saved.