The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 205 True Tribulation, Another Hundred Years, Xuanxuanzi (Second Update)

"Demon Refining Celestial Venerable? My avatar certainly knows how to name things." Ancestor Luo withdrew his thoughts and smiled knowingly.

In fact, the true self and the thoughts and intentions are connected, so when the thoughts have such an idea, the true self already knows it.

"This is quite an unexpected gain." Another wave of emotion then arose in Luo Zu's heart.

He discovered that after the Black Sun of the Heavenly Demon Realm, which was occupied by divine sense, devoured those mental demonic tribulations, his cultivation level also increased.

Upon sensing this, Luo Zu naturally felt a sense of unease.

Then his mind was stirred again, and he activated his spiritual brain to deduce this sudden change.

"Transcending tribulation, transcending tribulation, this is the true way to transcend tribulation."

After a long while, Luo Zu finally let out a sigh.

The tribulations of inner demons should be overcome in this way, rather than avoided or suppressed.

The tribulation-crossing methods of the Lich and Demon races should be correct, and such methods of atonement for tribulations must have been discovered by others. After all, there have been so many years in the primordial world and so many cultivators. With such a large population, how could there not be any discoveries in this area? So it must have been concealed by someone with ulterior motives.

It must not be known to outsiders.

Furthermore, who has the ability to overcome their inner demons and tribulations in front of a Xuanxian?

Only a few can do it, and if they actually do it, they might be tormented by their own inner demons on the spot.

Most cultivators in the world are self-important individuals. If this were made public, they might not even realize their own limitations and would voluntarily challenge this high-difficulty "dungeon," only to be exonerated and become demons.

As for cultivators who can truly overcome inner demons and tribulations and benefit from them, they do not need any guidance; they will gain this understanding during their cultivation and then profit from it.

Moreover, the benefits gained from eliminating inner demons and tribulations are not essential for cultivation; they are dispensable, so there is no need to dwell on them too much.

As for how Luo Zu's cultivation changed after he overcame the three thousand tribulations of inner demons, his realm did not improve and he remained at the third level of Heavenly Immortal. However, his understanding of the Great Dao that he had formed the Dao Seed was deepening. Originally, it was only one, but now it is one more, and this is a result of one plus one greater than two, because the tribulations of inner demons are the opposite of the Great Dao. The combination of the positive and the negative will naturally result in a great advancement in merit.

Besides this surprise, Luo Zu also gained another benefit: the ability to manifest the inner demon.

What is meant by the outward manifestation of inner demons? It is that Luo Zu can transform his own thoughts into any one of the three thousand inner demon tribulations, and then invade the minds of others...

This method is truly cruel and domineering. If one falls for his method of manifesting inner demons, one will have no secrets left from Luo Zu regarding one's thoughts and ideas, and Luo Zu can even guide one into becoming a "demon".

"This is no Heavenly Venerable, he's clearly a Demon Venerable!" Luo Zu couldn't help but sigh.

In other words, acquiring other people's thoughts is something that even those with high cultivation levels can easily do.

But Luo Zu only needs this method to accomplish this, which can be considered a wonderful method.

Later, Luo Zu used this as a source and evolved it into a spell.

In the current Heavenly Demon Realm, the creatures newly captured by Luo Zu from the primordial world are sprouting and developing rapidly, and the incomplete divine souls of Luo Zu's enemies are also secretly developing.

Moreover, Luo Zu directly "accelerated" the time in the Heavenly Demon Realm by three thousand times.

At such a speed, the growth rate of all things is beyond imagination. Of course, in its own environment, it is actually quite normal. However, compared with the human world and other worlds within the pot, it is astonishingly fast, as if every living being has become a high-speed spinning top.

After these beings from the Heavenly Demon Realm lived and multiplied within it, they gradually underwent mutations. Plants and animals alike developed demonic nature, becoming cruel, bloodthirsty, violent, shameless, jealous, greedy, and insatiable in their lust.

Especially under the illumination of that black sun in the sky, no living being can remain undistorted. Even though they might have been peculiar enough in the primordial world (according to Luo Zu's aesthetic), after coming to the Demon Realm and being bathed in the black sun for a long time, their peculiar bodies will undergo even more deformed and distorted changes, and their minds will also become distorted, resulting in the aforementioned "naive" nature of the Demon Realm.

Luo Zu did not stop him, after all, this world was born to contain inner demons. After Luo Zu occupied the heart of heaven, he gradually poured some of his negative emotions into it.

In addition, Luo Zu also cast his newly born inner demons into this place, which in turn gave rise to more demonic nature.

Furthermore, the fragmented souls of those enemies, being incomplete, are more susceptible to the demonic influence of the Heavenly Demon Realm, thus creating even more "demons".

Aside from these internal matters of the Heavenly Demon Realm, the human realm and the Nine Netherworlds have also undergone some changes as a result.

Because the "demons" of the Heavenly Demon Realm can use the World Tree in the pot to cast their demonic nature down to the human world and the Nine Netherworlds.

Luo Zu did not object to this, because the establishment of the Heavenly Demon Realm would inevitably change the human world and the Nine Netherworld.

Unlike the "Immortal Realm," which only has the means to observe the human world and the Nine Netherworlds, the Heavenly Demon Realm can invade the human world and the Nine Netherworlds by virtue of its special nature, which will change the pattern of the human world and the Nine Netherworlds.

Especially in the Nine Netherworlds, the accumulated calamity energy over the years will likely be detonated.

Luo Zu could foresee the revelry of many inner demons and tribulations in the Heavenly Demon Realm.

Of course, it is a calamity, but also a great fortune.

Well, the flesh of this great fortune will be eaten by Luo Zu, and the remaining broth will be distributed to the beings of both realms.

However, this is better than nothing. The meat that Luo Zu ate and the soup he left behind are a great thing for the beings of both realms.

However, there won't be much change in the present. The real turning point should be a hundred years later (in the primordial era). Moreover, this is just the result of Luo Zu's deduction, and there may be many variables in between.

Then time flew by, and a century passed in the blink of an eye.

The great war between the liches and demons in the primordial world is not yet over.

Now, it's not just the Dayi Township that's fighting the demon race; the same thing is happening in the Dawu Township, which Luo Zu has just arrived in, and it could even be said to be more intense.

In addition, Luo Zu learned that the area where Luo Township was located had also been swept away by the demon army.

Fortunately, the clan leaders of each generation had planned ahead and devised a method to quickly gather the clan members into the Fire Cloud Cave Heaven. This action saved eight million people, but three million people still tragically perished.

Over the past century, the population of the "Upper Caveman" tribe has grown to eleven million. However, the aftermath of this war between the lich and the demon swept across the tribe's territory, causing numerous casualties, leaving countless families broken, and some families even losing all their members.

Upon receiving the news, Luo Zu was also deeply saddened. He immediately disregarded everything else and went to annihilate a demon tribe to vent his anger.

Those were three million of our people! When the human population exceeded one million, Luo Zu was overjoyed. Now that three million have suddenly died, Luo Zu is naturally devastated.

However, he never considered returning to Luoxiang. Given the current situation, his return would only bring greater danger to his people.

So he continued on.

As time passed, the grief gradually faded, and he only heard a shocking number: none of the dead clansmen were his acquaintances, and he had only recently come to remember many of the names on the list...

He then thought again that there were many unexpected events in the primordial world, and he was not the main character, so it was impossible for him to save everyone.

As time goes by, perhaps in the future he will be able to take the deaths of those he knows in stride.

"Sigh." Looking back suddenly, all that's left is a sigh.

A century of time not only brought this terrible news, but also allowed Luo Zu's cultivation to reach a new level.

He was at the fifth level of the Celestial Immortal realm, had 108 Dao Seeds of Life, had mastered 108 second-tier immortal techniques, and had mastered 18 great immortal techniques.

With the improvement of his cultivation and the departure from Dayi Township, Luo Zu no longer hid in the Ninth Grade Lotus Platform. After reappearing in the world, he no longer used the banner of the Moon Witch Tribe and adopted a new Taoist name, becoming a rogue cultivator.

"This humble Daoist is Xuanxuanzi. Greetings, fellow Daoist." Luo Zu had given himself an extraordinary Daoist name.

Using this Taoist name, Luo Zu traveled six thousand light-years over a hundred years, visiting seven witch tribes, one demon tribe, three alien tribes, and also some rogue cultivators, sitting down with them to discuss the Tao, fight and battle, and deduce immortal techniques.

He has accomplished quite a lot in the past hundred years, and his flying speed has become faster and faster as his cultivation level has improved.

The reason he was able to progress so quickly was not only due to his improved cultivation level, but also because he had mastered the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to the twenty-fourth transformation, and his innate divine and demonic body had gradually become stronger over time.

This innate divine and demonic body is also strange; even without cultivation, its strength can slowly increase.

There seems to be a reason for this exchange of energy with heaven and earth, so as the primordial world was complete, the innate divine and demonic bodies also became slightly stronger, not much, but better than nothing.

Luo Zu naturally pondered this matter often, but the reason was already written down: his innate divine and demonic body was in harmony with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth.

After receiving news of the disaster in his hometown, he fled for three years, passing through a mountain range thousands of miles away. Just as he was about to fly over the mountain, golden light suddenly emanated from it.

"Master, there's a treasure!" The long-absent toad hopped on Luo Zu's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)