The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 182 A Prodigy, A Genius, A Peerless Talent; A True Immortal of the Ninth Rank Opens the Way (Second Update)

Seeing that Kuafu the shaman had gone far away and the Golden-Winged Roc had also disappeared, Luo Zu then emerged from the mountain and went down the mountain.

This experience cleansed his mind and spirit, but it also filled him with ambition, allowing him to get back on track.

He was also very clear about his base of strength. He never thought he was particularly talented. After all, in the vast pool of the primordial world, which of those innate saints was lacking? Not to mention those innate saints, even among those demon gods and great witches, which one was lacking in talent?

Although Luo Zu was the first human to claim the Innate Dao Body, he dared not compare himself to these great figures.

Luo Zu privately believed that his base of operations lay within his own world within his pot, within these small human, demon, and barbarian races that were constantly attacking each other.

Of course, the elves of Jambudvipa have now been added to the list.

Now, four races stand in a tripartite balance, each vying for supremacy.

Currently, within the world within the pot, the demon race is the most powerful, or more accurately, the Four Seas Demon Race, which controls a vast sea area.

For nearly a century, the Demon Clan's Supreme Being, Qing, had been in seclusion, cultivating. Coming from beyond the heavens, he knew that the True Immortal realm was merely the starting point for cultivation, with Heavenly Immortals, Profound Immortals, Golden Immortals, and so on...

He knew even better that only strength could subdue the demon race.

Moreover, he had always wanted to explore one thing: what kind of world this was.

To explore this secret, he must first improve his own cultivation level. Otherwise, he will not be able to reach the highest level of the Nine Heavens, let alone the legendary "Immortal Realm". It was only because the Ghost Immortal Yang ascended that all living beings understood that there is indeed an "Immortal Realm" above the human world. However, they also cultivated into true immortals, so why did they not ascend?

The immortals also sought to uncover this secret, and through their joint efforts, they discovered a possible truth.

It's not that they didn't meet the standards, but that the human world expanded faster than they did, and one day, it suddenly swelled so much that becoming an immortal was no longer the standard for ascension.

So they have to continue to stay in the mortal realm, which makes them very curious: what exactly is the "celestial realm"?

More spiritual energy, easier access to the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth? Or a more vast world?

The fact that Gui Xianyang ascended to heaven made them even more resentful.

This mentality was described by Luo Zu as—worrying that his brother was suffering, yet also fearing that his brother was driving a Land Rover.

But there was nothing he could do. Since Yang had been targeted by Luo Zu, he naturally had to make special arrangements and quickly go to "heaven." Moreover, he didn't go to heaven, but to the Netherworld.

Yang is now living a life of great success in the Nine Netherworlds. Having been ordered to expand his territory, he has already established a vast ghost kingdom over the past three hundred years, known as the First Kingdom.

He still couldn't forget the various aspects of life.

However, due to the daily influence of the evil and turbid energy from the Nine Netherworlds, as well as the calamity energy continuously flowing in from the human realm, Yang's mentality gradually became somewhat deranged.

Luo Zu certainly couldn't let him go mad; it would be interesting if he accidentally cultivated a demon realm within his own gourd-like world.

First, pass down the Great Celestial Immortal Technique, especially the Pure Heart Sutra within it.

Yang's perversion was thus contained, but his inner demons had also begun to fall.

The inner demons cannot be stopped, and Luo Zu knows this, but they can be resolved.

Although Yang suffered greatly from the calamity, after being taught the Pure Heart Sutra, she was able to gradually resolve the distorted emotions in her mind and thus gradually develop resistance.

Perhaps the real solution to overcoming inner demons can be found in Yang.

Therefore, Yang was also the fastest among all the true immortals in the Pot-in-the-Cave Heaven to break through to the second rank.

The rest of the people were still in silence at Yipin.

In fact, their cultivation speed is normal. A speed of one rank per year like Luo Zu is rare even in the prehistoric world.

Only those born as Golden Immortals, the innate deities, were faster than him.

According to Toad Knock, among the demon race, a hundred years to reach the first rank is considered a prodigy, fifty years to reach the first rank is considered genius, and ten years to reach the first rank would be enough to be personally summoned by the Heavenly Emperor. The latter statement is an exaggeration. Even if a True Immortal advances to the first rank in ten years, the Heavenly Emperor would not be able to summon him, unless he is a Mystic Immortal.

As for the fact that he could produce only one rank per year, Toad Knock Knock marveled at it, saying that such a talent was extremely rare throughout history and had never appeared even among the demon race.

Therefore, he worshipped Luo Zu and praised him endlessly day and night.

Under those constant praises, Luo Zu was almost floating on air.

It's normal for cultivation to be slow, after all, comprehending the Great Dao takes time, practicing spells takes time, and refining magic treasures takes time, especially comprehending the Great Dao, which is extremely difficult.

Even with exceptional talent and wisdom, it would take ten or twenty years to comprehend a single Great Dao. To progress from the first to the second rank, one must comprehend at least ten compatible Great Daos, and those with ambition can comprehend hundreds.

Moreover, the more of the Great Daos one comprehends, the more difficult it becomes to comprehend another one later on.

Furthermore, the various Great Daos of the primordial world are not static; they sometimes undergo minor changes, so it is necessary to constantly review the Great Daos of the past.

That is why spiritual practice is like rowing against the current; if you don't advance, you fall behind.

Luo Zu was able to do all this thanks to an old friend—the Barbarian Lord.

This is a figure who has already faded into the dust of history, repeatedly crushed by the wheels of history. Now, his name can probably only be found in the dusty historical archives of the human and barbarian races.

He pioneered the Dharma of Dharmakaya, and the Dharmakaya brain within it gave Luo Zu much inspiration.

Many barbarian tribes later also practiced this method to enhance their wisdom.

However, many races have never taken this law seriously.

Only Luo Zu delved into it, relying on his innate supernatural powers to manipulate creation, creating multiple Dharma-image brains. After several deductions, he changed the structure and evolved into the current 108 spiritual brains. With the help of this self-built "cheat code", Luo Zu's capture, understanding and analysis of the Great Dao were naturally smooth sailing.

Furthermore, he himself developed a unique method of cultivation for true immortals, using magic to enter the Dao and gaining insights into the Great Dao through the practice of magic, which also rapidly accelerated his cultivation.

Moreover, Luo Zu's cultivation was different from that of ordinary people. As others' realms increased, the difficulty of comprehending the Great Dao also increased. But for him, it was the opposite. Perhaps it was because he had become proficient through practice, he had comprehended so much of the Great Dao that he became faster and faster as he progressed. It was as if he was using the Heavenly Immortal realm to cultivate the Dao-integrating method of the True Immortal realm. This can be considered a kind of high-level understanding and natural success.

Moreover, while others in the True Immortal realm would double the number of Great Dao they comprehended with each advancement of one rank, his comprehension was gradually decreasing. It doubled when he advanced to the second rank, but only halved when he advanced to the third rank.

However, there is a threshold for the Luo Ancestor's Dao Integration – 39,600.

With this as a fixed number, Luo Zu's cultivation steadily progressed, gradually reaching 36,000, and now he is only 3,600 away from 39,600.

At this point, he had already become a ninth-rank True Immortal.

He broke through to this realm while escaping underground in the Yan Mountain. He did more than just slay thirteen giant beasts lurking in the mountain; he also fought a demon immortal sitting in a cave in the mountain and won a minor victory, beheading the demon and taking his body into the world within the gourd. Unfortunately, the demon immortal had a secret technique that allowed his soul to escape, and even Luo Zu couldn't catch up with him.

The reason why Luo Zu was able to break through here was also related to the cultivation of all living beings in the world within the pot, as well as their reproduction and growth. Small human races continued to come of age and then acquire new innate supernatural powers, which promoted the increasing number of immortal techniques that Luo Zu could learn.

It should be understood that not all innate supernatural abilities can be cultivated and deduced to the level of immortal arts. The limit of some supernatural abilities is the ninth-order spell, while some may reach the level of Dao arts. There are not many that can reach the level of immortal arts. It is already not easy for Luo Zu to collect more than 30,000 immortal arts. Therefore, most of the time he still has to analyze and deduce the Dao that he has comprehended and comprehended, and then comprehend the branches or related Dao from them, so as to increase his cultivation.

However, as the situation in the world within the pot changed, the lingering poison of the curse of the four seas was completely eliminated, and the technology for building transoceanic treasure ships was overcome. Humans were finally able to migrate their population to other continents or islands at sea on a large scale, and thus the human race also ushered in a population explosion.

The first choice was the Southern Continent, because it was closer. However, the war in the Southern Continent was fierce, and the elves spread curses everywhere, making it difficult for ordinary humans to live there. Therefore, most of the migrant population was transported to the Eastern Continent.

While humans had this idea, so did the demon and barbarian races. After a century of research and countless espionage efforts, including sending spies to bribe humans, the barbarians finally developed their own large seagoing vessels capable of carrying people and cargo and traveling freely across the seas.

Moreover, after acquiring various mineral veins and materials from the Eastern Continent, the speed of building ships became increasingly rapid, and thus the Age of Exploration arrived.

The beginning of a new era is naturally accompanied by blood and fire, especially when the three races were in a tripartite balance of power, the flames of war between the three families spread from the land to the sea.

A new arms race ensued, and ships at sea were transformed into warships, engraved with numerous talismans for attack and warfare. Rays of magical light were thus generated at sea, and Luo Zu witnessed a grand spectacle of "StarCraft".

After these battles, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that these magical lights were like raindrops. They consumed spiritual energy as if it were free, sometimes consuming the equivalent of a hundred strands of the essence of the sun and moon in a single day.

Luo Zu did not stop him, but simply had the "Heavenly Dao" of the human world recorded, which he would review one by one when he had free time.

Luo Zu also paid special attention to these battlefield tactics, which he might use in the future.

It's also his fault for not having thoroughly read Sun Tzu's Art of War or the Thirty-Six Stratagems in his past life. He only read the titles of those military books and put them on the bookshelf. In this life, he can only rely on these practical experiences to make up for his lack of knowledge in this area.

Although he did not command these actual battles, he was able to clearly understand all the details of the battlefield. After reviewing them, he would understand how to command the war.

The great battle at sea and the war in Xiniu Hezhou did not spread to Dongsheng Shenzhou. On this land, everyone was very restrained. Although there were minor skirmishes, there was no major conflict.

Then the three races lived in peace on this land for a hundred years, and the population increased rapidly. It was during this time that Luo Zu broke through to the ninth rank of True Immortal, comprehended a total of 36,000 Great Daos, and mastered 34,098 Immortal Techniques.

(End of this chapter)