Primordial Era: Starting with the Immortals of the Jie Sect to Prove the Dao of Hunyuan

Taiyi Zhenren stood outside the wooden house, watching Laozi's figure disappear. After a moment of silence, he said to Li Qing, "Senior brother, Taiyi has also taken his leave. Master ordered me to go down the mountain to spread the Dao, and I dare not delay."

Li Qing nodded: "Fellow Daoist, please take care."

After seeing Taiyi off, Li Qing built a thatched hut next to the wooden house and taught Fuxi every day.

Although Fuxi was an infant, he was born with early intelligence. He could speak before he was a month old, walk after three months, and recite the Taiqing Scripture left by Laozi at the age of six months.

He learned everything Li Qing taught him in no time and understood it quickly. His high level of comprehension made Li Qing sigh, "He truly deserves to be the reincarnation of the great god Fuxi!"

Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, Fuxi is already thirteen years old and has long been the chief of the Huaxu tribe.

On this day, Li Qing was meditating in his thatched hut when suddenly his mind stirred and he sensed three uninvited guests in the mountains.

"It seems that Fuxi's merits have come to fruition."

Li Qing glanced at it once and then looked away. This was Fuxi's opportunity, not his.

"Where does my opportunity lie?"

Li Qing sighed. After so many years here, he still hadn't grasped the opportunity that the Goddess Nuwa had spoken of.

Even though he was about to comprehend the Hetu and Luoshu, he didn't feel any sudden urge to do so!

The three demons were not highly skilled, having just taken human form. They came from the north, burning, killing, and looting along the way, causing unrest in several small tribes.

Fuxi was leading the Huaxu tribe out hunting when the pig demon saw the human race. Its eyes lit up, and it opened its mouth and pounced.

Li Qing didn't care, naturally because the Goddess Nuwa was watching from the sky.

Just as the pig demon lunged at Fuxi, a clear and melodious dragon roar suddenly echoed in the sky.

A golden dragon emerged from the clouds, its body shimmering with golden scales, its five claws like hooks, and its dragon might sweeping down from the sky.

Immediately afterwards, a five-colored phoenix flew out from the clouds, its tail feathers like rainbows, its wings spread wide enough to blot out the sun.

The divine power was overwhelming, and the pig demon, sheep demon, and chicken demon were so frightened that they were terrified and lay on the ground trembling, too weak to even run away.

The golden dragon and the phoenix landed in front of the wooden house, their bodies shrank, and they transformed into a boy and a girl.

Longwa took a zither from his back. The zither was simple and unadorned, with seven strings, and a faint spiritual light flowed around it. He said, "By order of the Empress, I present this to the Master."

Fengwa took out a scroll of silk from her sleeve and handed it to Fuxi: "This is how to use the Fuxi Qin. The Empress said that this qin can subdue demons and monsters, and it is for the master to use."

Just as Fuxi was about to say something, the dragon and phoenix twins disappeared, leaving only the zither and the silk book in their place.

"Thank you so much for your help!"

He had encountered this kind of thing many times in his life, and Fuxi was already used to it. He opened the silk book, glanced at it, and understood. He sat cross-legged on the ground, placed the Fuxi Qin across his knees, pressed his ten fingers on the strings, and gently plucked them.

The sound of the zither rose, like a clear spring striking stones, like the wind rustling through pine trees.

The sound of the zither transformed into an invisible ripple, spreading towards the three demons. The pig demon, sheep demon, and chicken demon felt an irresistible force surging into their bodies. The violent demonic energy was peeled away layer by layer by the sound of the zither, and their fierce nature was gradually calmed down.

A moment later, the three demons lay on the ground, no longer trembling or afraid, but looking at Fuxi with submissive eyes.

Fuxi stopped playing, stood up, looked at the three demons, and suddenly smiled.

"I see. Hunting alone won't suffice. We must raise them! From this day forward, you are no longer demons, but livestock of the human race!"

Looking at the scene before him, Li Qing felt a surge of emotion. Fuxi's subjugation of the three demons ushered in the era of humankind's domestication of livestock. In the darkness, humanity had taken another step forward, which was exactly what the Heavenly Dao wanted to see.

As the days went by, Li Qing not only taught Fuxi cultivation, but also fishing and hunting techniques.

Li Qing then taught him how to weave nets for fishing. Fuxi wove a fishing net from vines and tried it in the stream, successfully catching many fish. He taught this method to the nearby human tribes, greatly improving their fishing efficiency.

Li Qing also taught him how to tame wild animals. Fuxi used the Fuxi Qin (a type of zither) to tame wild cattle and horses in the mountains and forests, giving humankind access to animal power and making transportation easier.

Based on these factors, Fuxi's fame gradually spread.

People from nearby tribes heard that the chieftain of the Huaxu clan was born with extraordinary talents and had been taught by immortals, so they flocked to join him.

Fuxi welcomed all who came, settling them in the mountains and forests, teaching them to fish and raise livestock.

The number of people increased, from dozens to hundreds, and from hundreds to thousands.

Fuxi discovered that when there are many people, things tend to get chaotic, so he came up with a solution: major issues should be addressed in major terms, and minor issues in minor terms.

Fuxi also discovered that there were no rules for marriage between men and women in the tribe. Sometimes brothers and sisters were paired up, and sometimes mothers and sons were paired up. Many of the children born were disabled.

He then established the rule that men should betrothed to women, and women should not marry within the same surname. For a man and woman to marry, they must go through the arrangement of their parents, the words of a matchmaker, the betrothal gifts, and the ceremony of bowing to heaven and earth before they can be considered husband and wife.

Human relations were thus established.

Fuxi's virtuous reputation spread far and wide, and many tribes came to submit to him.

Some tribal leaders brought their entire tribes here, while others willingly served Fuxi as their master.

Unable to refuse, Fuxi built a city on a large mountain, named Chendu, as the center of the human race.

Humanity grew stronger with each of Fuxi's actions, and Li Qing watched quietly without intervening, letting Fuxi do as he pleased, but he became increasingly distressed because his opportunity was slow to arrive.

"Could it be that only when Fuxi becomes the supreme ruler will I sense an opportunity?"

Li Qing pondered to himself, and then told Fuxi that only by becoming the supreme ruler could he better lead the human race forward.

Fuxi found this to be true, and using Chen as his base, he launched campaigns in all directions. For any tribes that refused to submit, he would play a tune on his Fuxi Qin (a type of zither), and wherever the music reached, evil spirits would retreat and people would submit.

Three thousand years later, the tribes that regarded the Yellow River as their mother submitted one after another, and Fuxi officially became the common ruler of the human race.

After Fuxi became the supreme ruler, he found that the territory was too large to govern alone, so he appointed officials to manage affairs in different regions.

Among the officials appointed by Fuxi, four positions particularly caught Li Qing's attention.

Jumang was in charge of the east and agriculture.

Zhu Rong is in charge of the south and fire-related matters.

Gonggong was in charge of the north and was responsible for water conservancy.

Xuanming governs the west and is responsible for winter storage.

Jumang, Zhurong, Gonggong, and Xuanming.

Li Qing was very familiar with these four names; they were all names of the Ancestral Witches.

Jumang is the ancestral witch of wood, Zhurong is the ancestral witch of fire, Gonggong is the ancestral witch of water, and Xuanming is the ancestral witch of rain.

When Fuxi appointed officials, he used the names of the ancestral witches.

Li Qing stood atop the city wall of Chendu, remaining silent for a long time.

Although the Ancestral Witches are dead, their names remain. Using their names as a guide and humanity as a foundation, it is not impossible for the Twelve Ancestral Witches to return in another way.

"What does Nuwa mean by the saying that the boundary between heaven and humanity is not far off?"

Li Qing figured out one thing, but was stumped by another.