The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 258 Beyond the Great Dao

Upon learning the name Hetu, Luo Zu's feelings were similar to those of the other rogue cultivators.

I was tempted, yet also timid.

Ultimately, they will all arrive at the same idea.

Don't stay here for long.

"I wonder what kind of skill that Mosquito Taoist has that he was able to steal such a treasure from the Heavenly Court," a rogue cultivator couldn't help but sigh.

If we're talking about what abilities Mosquito Taoist has, then we have to mention the future Two Sages of the West, who achieved great fame through this.

How bad could a thief be who could steal the golden lotus from a saint?

It is said that Blood Sea is a place of outstanding people and resources, where two extraordinary individuals emerged in one go.

Styx, the Mosquito Taoist.

Although Styx is no longer a renowned figure, knowledgeable cultivators all know that he is a top existence in the primordial world.

Mosquito Taoist has now risen to fame, and his methods of stealing treasures are beyond comprehension.

"Even if we find Mosquito Daoist, we'll still have a hard time getting the River Map back," a rogue cultivator said after some thought.

We're all seasoned veterans, even more cunning than those old foxes. We all know how to protect ourselves, so why would we risk our lives?

Xian replied, "Our department has its own solution."

"...Yes, that's for the best."

However, no independent cultivator was willing to agree to this.

Even the five rogue Golden Immortal cultivators were unwilling to risk their lives.

If it were just a "wild" treasure, they might dare to fight for it, but this is the supreme treasure of the demon race. If they fight for it, they will have no legitimate reason to do so, and the demon race will not need to start a war of words to attack them.

After all, they were the ones who first coveted the demon race's treasure.

"Where is my fellow Daoist?" Suddenly, the question fell on Luo Zu.

Of course, this was a whispered question, not a direct inquiry.

"It's hard to say," Luo Zu naturally refused.

He didn't want to be used as a target by the witch clan, and of course, he wasn't qualified to be a target either.

At the same time, Wu Meng also transmitted his thoughts: "Many Ancestral Witches and top-tier Great Witches have arrived, keeping the powerful demon race outside the Great Dao. If you are interested, you can try your luck."

Upon hearing this, Luo Zu could only smile bitterly: In my opinion, even if we take the Hetu, we won't live to use it.

However, he was curious about a few words in Wu Meng's words: "Beyond the Great Dao? Could Brother Wu Meng explain that?"

Wu Meng did not hide his abilities, after all, he did not seek anything from Luo Zu, so he said directly: "Beyond the Great Dao is a place beyond all the Great Daos in the world. Only Taiyi can see it, and only Daluo can reach it. You and I have only heard about it."

"It's enough to hear about it," Luo Zu said, his tone slightly humble.

Wu Meng shook his head again and said nothing more.

Ultimately, the conference failed to produce a result, or rather, the Wu tribe did not get the result they wanted.

However, even though they didn't get what they wanted on the spot, some rogue cultivators secretly came to their door afterward, wanting to take on the job.

Regardless of whether any rogue cultivators were willing to join them, the Thunder Beast Clan in Thunder Swamp had already begun their search.

Besides the Thunder Beast clan, many of the Witch Clan's vassals from Leize also joined the grand undertaking of searching for the River Map.

However, the search for the demon race's treasure, the River Map, was conducted throughout the entire Thunder Swamp for eighteen days, but not a single clue was found.

Although no trace was found, one thing is certain: Hetu cannot escape Leize.

Or rather, the Mosquito Taoist couldn't escape from Lei Ze.

Because this place has been sealed off by powerful beings from the Lich and Demon races, even a Great Luo Immortal cannot escape.

"This is truly a stroke of bad luck," Luo Zu sighed, lamenting his misfortune.

Now, even if Zhen Ge wanted to leave, he couldn't. He could only wait here for these important figures to finish their performance.

He didn't know when the play would end, but fortunately, his lifespan was now endless, so he didn't have to worry about dying of old age.

"It's alright, let me take a look at my Lilliputian world."

Luo Zu's miniature world is also his world within a pot.

He recently increased the "time flow" in the human realm by a factor of three thousand.

At such a high speed, time in the human world is like a wild donkey running wild, rushing forward relentlessly.

Many stories naturally unfolded during this period.

Xiniu Hezhou remains a desolate place.

The "dead silence" here refers to the scarcity of practitioners, leaving only ordinary living beings.

With the demons gone, the barbarians are truly savage and mindless, and although humans possess wisdom, they can only fall back into the primitive era.

The entire Xiniu Hezhou looked like it had been plunged into... a post-apocalyptic wasteland.

The lingering poison from the battles between the gods and immortals of yesteryear still remains on this land.

Therefore, in truth, Xiniu Hezhou is not entirely in the Dharma-ending Age; some beings can still use the residual poison from the battles between immortals and gods to achieve some extraordinary abilities.

However, these extraordinary abilities are harmful to the flesh and blood. Overuse can lead to the collapse of the flesh and blood, or even the mutation of the soul and the transformation of the flesh and blood.

However, this land lacks spiritual energy, so these mutated souls and bizarre flesh will eventually disappear without a trace after the last bit of life force in their bodies is exhausted.

However, the decline in spiritual energy also prompted the remaining humans in this area to begin developing the power within their physical bodies.

The martial arts of yesteryear have been rediscovered.

Tempering the body, refining the bones, cleansing the marrow, and finally reaching the ultimate sublimation—death.

In its final, brilliant burst of light, it turned into a pile of rotten flesh...

This is the martial arts of today.

The result was extreme and pitiful.

Because the body is repeatedly subjected to tempering without replenishment from high-energy substances, it is essentially constantly depleting the physical body, and this is the only possible outcome.

If you drain all the life force and vitality from your body, you'll only end up as a lump of rotten flesh.

Martial arts may be a miracle, but it has its limits; after all, martial arts cannot be created out of thin air.

The remaining humans on this continent tried to seek help from outside and wanted to cross the sea.

But the four seas are poisonous, and they cannot cross them; they can only spend the rest of their lives in Xiniu Hezhou.

However, the residual poison from the battles between the immortals and gods on Xiniu Hezhou has undergone a change. It can possess living beings, causing them to mutate and become bizarre and insidious walking corpses.

This is when martial artists are needed even more.

Then there are the martial artists born from the human race who cultivate to the point of ultimate sublimation, and perish together with these walking corpses that invade human settlements.

In addition, a new profession has emerged on Xiniu Hezhou—the Demon Hunter, the Demon Extermination Society.

"Why does it seem less and less like Eastern mythology?" Luo Zu scratched his head.

In truth, the various powers that had been monitoring the situation on Xiniu Hezhou were aware of what was happening there, but they did not intervene, nor could they. The environment of Xiniu Hezhou was too unique; even if a cultivator at the Void Refinement and Dao Integration stage were to enter, they could only maintain their strength for a short time.

Moreover, because of the true qi and immortal qi they possess, they will be targeted by the "walking corpses" of Xiniu Hezhou.

Jealousy of life and intense greed will attract these "gods and immortals".

However, the events on Xiniu Hezhou are not worth mentioning now. The truly important matter in the human realm is still that "old story"—the hundred-year agreement!

(End of this chapter)