The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 483 My name is Wang Ping'an, and I also want a sword.

Legend has it that there are strange rocks in the mountains of southwest China that flew in from outer space. Among them are supreme immortal scriptures. If one comprehends them, one can ascend to heaven in broad daylight, attain immortality, and become an immortal ancestor.

The founders of the three most prestigious religious sects in the world today were inspired by observing strange stones and founded their sects. They are known to the world as the Venerable Daoist, the Ancestor of Buddhism, and the Supreme Saint.

However, after the founders of the three sects, the strange stone from outer space ascended to heaven in broad daylight and disappeared without a trace.

Some say it was sealed by the founders of three sects, preventing outsiders from understanding its secrets, and thus it became an immortal and a patriarch. Others say it was a strange stone from outer space that developed its own spirit, transformed into a spirit monkey, and went on its own to cultivate.

Some say that the celestial rocks can only be seen by those with a predestined connection, just like the three founders of religions; no one else can see them.

But regardless of the legends surrounding the celestial stones, they have gradually faded into the annals of history under the weight of time. Only the sects founded by the three founders of religion remain standing in the world. No matter the storms and snows of the world, no matter how many different kinds of people come and go like fish crossing a river, they remain as eternally bright as the sun and moon in the sky.

Perhaps this is the secret to longevity.

The three religions have been around for 30,000 years, and their founders no longer appear in public. Only their figures are imprinted on the wall for future generations to worship.

Below the three religions, there are six other schools and nine sects, founded by the most talented and brilliant people in the world. Each one is wonderful and unique, and they all attain the fruits of their own path.

One day, a dazzling shooting star streaked across the night sky, illuminating the world for three breaths, causing everyone to look up in awe.

A meteor streaked across the northwest sky, leaving a straight trail of light before transforming into a perfect arc and falling into the southeastern sea.

And so, on this very day, the legend of the celestial stone resounded once again throughout the land, becoming known to all.

Another extraordinary stone from outer space has fallen to earth.

The extraordinary stone from outer space in the past gave rise to the three religions that now dominate the world. What about this extraordinary stone from outer space?

The whole world was in an uproar.

From the south to the north, everyone called on friends and family to travel together, some disguised themselves and walked alone, while others brought their families to search for the immortals.

However, the three religions were the fastest. They dispatched elite disciples to try to blockade the Southeast Sea, but their efforts were thwarted by the six sects and nine schools of thought, as well as countless rogue cultivators from all over the world. Finally, they spread the word that this strange stone from outer space was an evil stone, and that its evil nature would bring calamity to the world. They urged people to go there to avoid being corrupted by its evil nature.

Who can believe such a weak and unconvincing explanation?

Finally, the blockade imposed by the three religions was quickly lifted, and people were free to travel to the Southeast Sea.

But when people raced boats on the southeastern sea, they found nothing. It was as if the strange stone from outer space had not fallen into the southeastern sea. They turned the place upside down, used magic to dive into the deepest trench of the ocean, and almost had their heads crushed by the pressure of the deep sea. They rode flying swords to the heavens and were almost burned to ashes by the bright sun, but they still found no trace of the strange stone from outer space.

Forget about extraterrestrial rocks, there wasn't even a single fragment.

People couldn't help but wonder if the three religions had sealed this celestial stone, given their past "criminal record."

Thus, the six sects and nine factions, which had been suppressed by the three religions for a long time, finally erupted, leading the rogue cultivators of the world to go to the three religions' mountain gates to give them a good greeting, and also sweeping away the three religions' branch temples in various places.

In an instant, the world was in chaos, and the situation was in utter confusion.

However, the three religions immediately had their patriarchs personally descend the mountain to pass on their teachings. The Taoist master personally passed on the title "Tao Without Restriction," the Buddha's true teachings were practiced by those who were empty-minded, and the Supreme Sage's true teachings were not to be done.

The three disciples, carrying the true teachings of the three founders, traveled all over the world, asking questions of all schools and sects. Over the course of ten years, they defeated masters from all walks of life and quelled all the troublemakers in the world.

After doing all this, the three disciples returned to the mountains and ceased their worldly affairs.

Thus, three hundred years of peace ensued. Of the six factions and nine schools, eight were dispersed, and seven more were established, forming the five major factions and nine major gangs.

But the three religions remain the same, unchanged. Taoism transmits Yin and Yang, Buddhism transmits spiritual transformation, and Confucianism establishes human ethics and social norms, enabling all beings to perform their duties. In this way, there are no more changes in the world, and it is inseparable from the three religions.

But just when the world was at peace, a huge upheaval suddenly broke out.

A swordsman came from the southeastern sea and slew the ancient dragon king of the East Sea.

He was forced to kill the old Dragon King because the old Dragon King blocked his way.

The swordsman's swordsmanship was completely unlike any other swordsmanship in the world. After landing, he went to the southwest of the earth to find the strange stone that had fallen into this place 30,000 years ago.

They inquired, heard, and killed along the way, turning the five major sects and nine major gangs upside down. They killed the small ones, and the big ones came; they killed the big ones, and the entire sects came. In the end, the five major sects and nine major gangs were reduced to only three major sects and four major gangs, all of which were half-crippled.

Such a momentous event naturally alarmed the three religions.

So the former founder of the three religions, now the deputy leader of the three religions, personally descended the mountain and sought out this unknown nobody.

They didn't fight, but instead had a discussion on the spot.

Then the three vice-leaders returned to their mountains and relinquished their posts, truly becoming indifferent to worldly affairs.

As for the swordsman, he continued his search for the celestial stone.

However, even after traveling to the mountains in the southwest, he still could not find the stone.

Upon seeing this result, he returned to the most prosperous place in the world and first went to Confucianism to ask the Confucian patriarch, the Sage, how the three patriarchs of the three religions faced the strange stone from outer space in the past.

Shi Buwei received him and explained that the patriarch, the Supreme Saint, had gone to the Nine Heavens Azure Netherworld with the patriarchs of the other two sects to resist the extraterrestrial demons.

The swordsman believed it, so he flew up on his sword to the highest heavens to ask the three patriarchs of the three religions who were in charge of Qingming how they finally dealt with that strange stone from outer space.

But after finally reaching Qingming, the swordsman never returned.

Its whereabouts are nowhere to be found in the world, and not a trace remains.

Peace has returned to the world once again.

But at this critical moment, a message suddenly spread throughout the land and the world.

The three founders of the religion ascended to heaven in broad daylight, and from that day forward, the three religions had a new master.

The former direct disciple of the founder of the three religions, and later the vice leader of the three religions, stood out among many successors and became the new leader.

No sooner had the three new leaders taken office than a disciple of Buddha, in front of all the guests, went mad, shouting – "Illusion! Everything is like an illusion! A bubble! Everything is a dream, a bubble!"

Finally, the new leader of Buddhism passed away on the spot.

Legend has it that many of the guests who attended the event went berserk afterward and turned into terrifying monsters.

Then, the Buddhist mountain gate was reduced to ruins overnight. The Buddhist Dituo Mountain, which claimed to have three million disciples, was shrouded in a strange and inexplicable gray fog. Any living being that entered it would disappear and never be seen again in the world.

As a result, more than 36,000 Buddhist temples in the world sank into the ground, and all those who had ever believed in Buddha went mad.

From then on, people in the world turned pale at the mention of Buddhism.

After Buddhism came Taoism.

In the seventh year since the Taoist temple Baiyujing was reduced to ruins on Mount Dituo, a message suddenly came from above—the mountain is to be closed!

At the same time, the leader of Confucianism ordered the closure of all schools in the country and forbade people to stop discussing Confucianism.

At this point, the three religions fell silent, while the three sects and four factions dominated the world.

However, the mess left by the three religions was too big for the three factions and four gangs to handle, so the world fell into chaos again.

In this chaotic world, a young man was born and found a rusty longsword in his family's old well. Thus began a story that resembled something out of a traditional Chinese novel.

A young man obtains an unnamed sword manual and practices diligently for three years. Due to his mysterious background, he is forced to leave the mountains and experience the affairs of the martial world. He wins the favor of beautiful women, experiences the heartbreak of young girls, and also finds passionate companions...

However, all of the above is just the imagination of young Wang Ping'an after he found the rusty longsword.

His illusions shattered at his grandfather's call.

Strangely enough, his name was Wang Ping'an, but his grandfather's name was Luo Moumou.

(End of this chapter)