The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 456 Another Millennium Passes, Population Trillions

Although the two sages established the Chan and Jie sects, they did not immediately accept disciples, nor did they open their gates wide to recruit followers.

However, Daoist Duobao directly became a disciple of the Sage Shangqing and became His chief disciple.

All I can say is that this person is incredibly lucky.

Of course, it is also because He was extremely gifted and exceptionally talented, perfectly matching the temperament of the Shangqing Sage.

However, the Sage of Shangqing will take in many disciples in the future. Just imagine that the Jie Sect will set up a Ten Thousand Immortals Formation in the future, trapping many talented people.

But now the Chan Sect and the Jie Sect are both on the same mountain. The Chan Sect disciples, the Antarctic Immortal and the Crane Boy, are on good terms with the Daoist Duobao. The Yuqing and Shangqing Sects don't seem to be at odds. Moreover, the Taiqing Sect hasn't established a human sect. Even Luo Zu is wondering if this is still the primordial world he remembers.

Add to that the "buff" from the Jade Purity Saint, and it's truly terrifying.

However, since he began preaching, the Jade Purity Saint has not seen any outsiders. He hides in his Jade Void Palace and sometimes gives pointers to the Antarctic Immortal and the Crane Boy. Otherwise, his whereabouts are unknown.

Even if Luo Zu wanted to learn from him, he had nowhere to ask.

However, after the sage Shangqing finished his sermon, he did not leave Kunlun Mountain and continued to discuss the Great Dao and cultivation with many fellow practitioners.

I'm enjoying this place so much that I don't miss home.

Kunlun Mountain is indeed a good place for cultivation. It is favored by sages, and the rhythm of the Great Dao naturally manifests here. It can be said that the Great Dao of the entire prehistoric world has appeared in this Kunlun Mountain.

Although many great principles in the primordial world are recorded in the universe, the apparent laws of most of these principles do not cover the entire primordial world; they are mostly localized.

To put it another way, like the sun and moon, which seem to illuminate the entire primordial world, they cannot illuminate the depths beneath the earth.

However, the great principles of time and space permeate the entire primordial world. There are also other conceptual principles that are not easily touched or perceived, such as speed and sound.

The Great Dao, with its great limitations, is like a rare substance, yet it is also a manifestation of the evolutionary laws of the Great Dao.

Furthermore, the existence of certain races is also a manifestation of the Great Dao.

Whether limited or widespread, both are reflected in the Kunlun Mountains.

Therefore, comprehending the Great Dao in this mountain is truly a natural thing.

Unaware of the passage of time in the mountains, Luo Zu cultivated in the Kunlun Mountains for a thousand years in the blink of an eye.

A thousand years is enough time for the world to change and for things to become different.

The population of the Upper Cave Man tribe has now exceeded one trillion. When Luo Zu learned of this number, he was deeply moved.

He had reason to suspect how massive the potential war of deities might be in later generations.

By then, countless billions of years had passed. Although there had been many calamities in between, the human population had only increased.

However, this number is still incomparable to other prehistoric races, such as the Thunder Beast race that once dominated Leize, whose population exceeded trillions. Therefore, the Upper Cave Man still has room for improvement and needs to have more children to surpass the Thunder Beast race as soon as possible.

With such a large population base, the probability of producing talented individuals is inevitably greater, but a major problem also arises.

That is, the talent of the new generation of humans has been greatly weakened, and the talent of the third generation of humans is getting further and further away.

Moreover, the lifespan of the new generation of humans is also decreasing.

Originally, the lifespan of the ancient human race was a thousand years, but now the lifespan of newborn humans is only nine hundred and eighty years.

It doesn't seem like much less, but if this is just an isolated case, it's nothing. After all, in the early years, there were cases of people living to over nine hundred years old in five or six generations of humans. However, this phenomenon is quite common in the new generation of humans.

This naturally made the current leaders of the Upper Cave Man very nervous.

That said, because of Luo Zu, the Upper Cave Man now has an increasingly important voice in that area. Over the past few thousand years, various tribes have voluntarily ceded land, becoming the vanguard of the Upper Cave Man tribe as they expanded outwards, while their original territories were "returned" to the Upper Cave Man.

Given such a good opportunity, the Upper Cave Man tribe had no reason to refuse.

In this way, the territory of the Upper Cave Man tribe suddenly expanded to one light-year.

However, part of this light-year span is also occupied by the settlements of the Wu tribe.

These witch tribes, persuaded and informed by the Moon Witch Tribe, are also considering leaving. They are preparing to relocate and find a new place to settle down, since the prehistoric world is so vast and it is easy to find a place to settle down.

After all, Luo Zu had already shown his sincerity, and the Heavenly Witch Guardian who managed this area was also willing to give him face. A mere light-year's worth of territory was nothing. Not to mention a light-year, even ten light-years or a hundred light-years, He would be happy to make room for Luo Zu.

After all, this is a Golden Immortal. Regardless of whether he has any powerful backers, he alone is enough to make the local witch clans befriend him.

They might even gain favor with both the Lich and the Witch, and now is a crucial time, so the Witch Clan values ​​Luo Zu even more.

Returning to the topic of humanity, the reason why humanity has been able to develop so rapidly is because its territory has expanded and various resources have been replenished, making reproduction the top priority.

As the human race grows larger and their territory expands, the methods of management naturally need to change accordingly.

The original local system of state, province, county, and town was changed first.

Firstly, the Upper Cave Man remained largely unchanged, still centered around the tribe, managing the balance of Yin and Yang, regulating resources and people's hearts, and controlling the issuance of human currency.

Below the tribes are the kingdoms. A territory of one light-year is divided into twelve kingdoms. Kingdoms have greater autonomy than states and can handle affairs of all sizes more quickly.

Drawing lessons from the experiences of the heavens and the seas of the mind, the king of the kingdom cannot be hereditary; he can only be appointed by the central Luoxiang, and a new appointment is made every three hundred years.

When this system was first implemented, the king's term of office was one hundred years. However, as time went on, the wise men of the tribe realized that one hundred years was not enough to change anything, so it was adjusted to three hundred years. Of course, the general policy direction of each kingdom was set by the kingdom's leaders, and then the details were discussed by the king and the wise men of the kingdom.

The system has been working well so far, with some minor flaws, but overall it is quite good.

It essentially gives local authorities more power.

Luo Zu never commented on these matters, nor did he have any intention of participating.

He has now completely "retired," so he naturally won't concern himself with the affairs of the human race anymore. He'll just listen to the news about the human race from time to time.

However, there is one thing that is of utmost importance now.

That is the major event of changing the gradual decline of human talent.

Despite his deep contemplation, he was unable to directly change the human race.

Various deductions were made, but each result was different.

Luo Zu was also quite troubled, and recently he skipped the seclusion to avoid this problem.

But once he stopped his seclusion, other things in the mountains also came to his attention.

(End of this chapter)