The primordial era began with the Upper Cave Man.

Chapter 640 Three Thousand Years of Silence, The Era of Ascended Ones

Demons return to heaven, witches return to earth, each returns to his own home.

Now all we need to do is wait for the outcome from the Purple Cloud Palace in the Outer Heavens.

If anyone can't wait, they can go to Zixiao Palace in person.

However, most powerful beings don't have the time to go to the Outer Heavens right now. Some rogue cultivators have already begun to seek protection, hoping to escape the Heavenly Court's subsequent purge.

But all the stars in the heavens are under the control of the Heavenly Court, so where can they escape to?

This has led some independent cultivators to seek the protection of those Great Luo Wuji, because these Great Luo Wuji are now going to the Chaos to create the universe in order to break through to the Hunyuan realm.

And if the rogue cultivators escape into it, why should they worry about the demon race searching for and eliminating them?

However, even the Great Luo Wuji were not keen to take them in; only a few Great Luo Wuji dared to take them away.

These are also the speculations that Luo Zu made after observing from all aspects, and such a thing should happen in much the same way.

Time flies, and another three thousand years have passed. The leaders of the Lich and Demon factions who went to the Zixiao Palace for their appointment have not yet returned.

And thus, the primordial world was strangely peaceful for three thousand years.

Within three thousand years, there may have been minor skirmishes, but there have been no more large-scale battles like before.

However, the two sides were not evenly matched during this period. After all, the demon race still had five Great Luo Wuji in charge, while the witch race only had three Great Luo Wuji. Among the rogue cultivators who cooperated with the witch race, there was only one Great Luo Wuji. But if the demon race also included the Styx Ancestor who was cultivating in the Blood Sea, the witch race would be at a great disadvantage.

Although the two sides are not in a state of equilibrium, neither dares to take the initiative and does not want to cause any trouble.

Moreover, the demon race is currently digesting the territory of the Star God lineage and intends to directly annex the Star God lineage, which means they are dealing with internal affairs and have even less time to get entangled with the witch race.

The Wu tribe, however, was wary of the current power of the Heavenly Court and dared not act rashly.

In this balanced situation, many small, unknown forces began to develop rapidly.

In the present day, some forces have emerged in the form of sects, selecting outstanding individuals from various races and civilizations, recruiting them as disciples, passing on their own cultivation methods, and in doing so, annexing the related races and civilizations.

In addition, there are the "Ascension" forces in the vast universe. Some powerful beings in the vast universe will ascend in groups, or even their entire families, taking their entire clan with them to the primordial land.

In this way, they formed a large group, built up a foundation, and their power grew smoothly afterward.

Moreover, those who can "ascend" from the vast universe to the primordial land are basically beings above the True Immortal level. Especially those who "ascend" from the upper universe are more likely to be Golden Immortals or even Taiyi ascendants.

As for why there are so many "ascended beings," it is actually the sins created by Luo Zu.

The idea of ​​ascension was spread to all realms by him. As he experienced the Dao in the primordial multiverse, ascension ceased to be just an idea and became a principle, a natural phenomenon in the primordial multiverse.

This is how so many ascendants were created.

Even if only one ascendant is produced in each of the vast universes in each primordial year, considering the immeasurable number of universes in the multiverse, the number of ascendants who ascend to the primordial land each year would still be immeasurable...

This made the vast, undeveloped land crowded.

The various "scenic spots" were packed with people, such as Buzhou Mountain and Kunlun Mountain.

Luo Zu didn't want to be bothered, so he simply went into complete seclusion to avoid being disturbed by the outside world.

And now, more and more beings are joining the Jie Sect.

It's unclear what Lingbao Tianzun was thinking, but he accepted all comers without hesitation, and anyone who wanted to become his disciple was accepted as an outer disciple of the Jie Sect.

These days, there's not much difference between outer and inner sects. Both can represent the Jie Sect on the outside. If they are harmed, they can return to the mountain and ask their senior brothers and sisters for justice.

So, the distinction between inner and outer gates is just a matter of terminology; in reality, there's not much difference.

While the Jie Sect was widely recruiting disciples, the Chan Sect kept its doors tightly shut, refusing to accept any disciples. Any living being that came looking for them would only be turned away.

Finally, Daoist Ran Deng directly concealed the location of the Chan Sect, preventing those without affinity from finding it.

When the Chan and Jie sects were both in trouble, the Tushita Palace also committed a crime. People from all directions gathered at its gates, hoping to invite the Moral Celestial Venerable.

However, the Celestial Venerable of Morality and Justice consistently ignored them, and thus gave them the cold shoulder as well.

From then on, the reputation of the Jie Sect became well-known throughout the prehistoric world, and it was all a good reputation.

This concept of "education for all" has greatly increased its popularity among independent cultivators throughout the land.

Regardless, the power of the Jie Sect has truly expanded to an extreme degree, like an inflated balloon.

Their power has surpassed that of the once-popular overseas immortal sects.

Moreover, the former immortal sects were mostly taken over by the Jie Sect, and now a large number of rogue cultivators have joined, making the sect a complex mix of people and deeply entrenched forces. It can be said that the Jie Sect is a replica of the immortal sects, but the Lingbao Heavenly Venerable does not restrain it and allows it to develop freely.

Besides, many rogue cultivators, after obtaining the title of outer disciple of the Jie Sect, did not stay on Kunlun Mountain. Instead, they went straight down the mountain, wreaked havoc on the local area, occupied sacred mountains and blessed lands, and plundered rare and precious materials, causing chaos and disorder in various places.

Moreover, they did not restrain themselves in the Kunlun Mountains, and had many disputes with the wandering cultivators in the mountains, and even quarreled with the disciples of the Chan Sect.

Over the past three thousand years, numerous conflicts have occurred between the Chan and Jie sects, resulting in several fierce battles between the two sides, moving beyond mere verbal disputes.

Daoist Duobao couldn't stand it anymore, since he also loved peace and quiet. So he went to Lingbao Tianzun to plead for him, hoping to get a decree to remove the outer disciples who were corrupt.

However, Lingbao Tianzun had been in seclusion for a thousand years, and Duobao Daoren was helpless. In the end, he approached Jinling Shengmu and Zhao Gongming, hoping that they could restrain the disciples of Jiejiao together.

The Holy Mother of Golden Spirit agreed to the matter, but Zhao Gongming ignored it, as she was also busy refining magic and crafting weapons and had no time for such matters.

However, Jinling Shengmu's prestige in the outer sect was not as high as Zhao Gongming's. She had no choice but to find the Three Immortals and other members of the Great Luo Sect and then work together to make an agreement to restrain the development of the outer sect and to restrict the behavior of the outer sect disciples so that they would not use the name of the Jie Sect and the Sage to tarnish the reputation of the Jie Sect and Lingbao Tianzun.

However, the rule for selecting disciples remained that there was no discrimination in education, and anyone could join the Jie Sect.

Therefore, if the source is not controlled, even if the terminal is stuck, it is not a solution.

But that's all they can do. After all, the rule of teaching without discrimination is the decree of Lingbao Tianzun and the founding principle of Jiejiao. Apart from the leader of Jiejiao, who can violate or modify it?

Therefore, Jinling Shengmu and Duobao Daoren could only wait for Lingbao Tianzun to emerge from seclusion before they could plead with him to add some restrictions to the principle of "education for all" or simply remove it altogether.

However, such behavior would probably not be permitted by the Heavenly Venerable, as it would violate His original intention in establishing the Jie Sect.

Daoist Duobao often came to see Ancestor Luo, wanting to pour out his grievances, but Ancestor Luo was always in seclusion, ignoring worldly affairs. To this, he could only sigh helplessly in front of his cave: Seclusion, seclusion, all in seclusion, good, good.

However, although Luo Zu was in seclusion, he was aware of the affairs of the world, but he simply chose not to concern himself with them.

Ultimately, this matter was an internal affair of the Jie Sect, and it made no sense for Him to get involved. Moreover, the disciples of the Jie Sect would also travel around the area where the Upper Cave Man tribe lived in the Kunlun Mountains.

In addition, many humans joined the Jie Sect, including some of the Upper Cave Man.

In addition, members of the Kunlun Mountain race civilization, which was opposed to the Upper Cave Man, also joined the group. So the current Jie Sect is really a hodgepodge, just like the Heavenly Court in the past. Two opposing races with deep hatred for tens of thousands of years were eventually mixed up by the Heavenly Court and became a demon race.

Under the oppression of the powerful, everyone can only pretend nothing happened for now. As for how long they can turn a blind eye... that depends on how long Lingbao Tianzun can remain in power.

Time has flowed by once again, faster than the surging waters of a great river, and nine thousand years have passed in an instant.

Luo Zu was 76,000 years old, which was an age when people in the prehistoric world dared to venture and fight.

Some prehistoric creatures are only just reaching adulthood at this age.

Luo Zu has now stabilized the fifth step of the Golden Immortal realm, and has also completely upgraded his primordial spirit brain to a plus version, increasing the number of primordial spirit brains to 12,800.

In that year, Luo Zu finally announced his departure from seclusion, and at the same time, the leaders of the Lich and Demon races also returned from the Outer Heaven.

(End of this chapter)