Primordial Era: Becoming the Great Emperor of Humanity from the Start

Chapter 228 The Primordial World Today!

Jiang Heng slowly opened his eyes and found himself in the primordial world, specifically in the Fire Cloud Cave.

Scenes from "Perfect World" flashed before Jiang Heng's eyes; he had never forgotten every detail of the Desolate Emperor's growth.

Jiang Heng firmly remembered all his insights about the Great Dao, and about the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm and the Immortal Emperor realm.

However, Jiang Heng soon discovered that his current realm was still only at the Immortal King level, and he had not broken through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor level.

Jiang Heng clearly remembers that in "Perfect World", he witnessed the growth of the Desolate Emperor and underwent a transformation himself.

Jiang Heng had achieved everything from reaching the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm from the Immortal King realm, and even taking one foot into the Immortal Emperor realm.

But it was all just a dream. Everything Jiang Heng experienced in "Perfect World" was like a dream that was both real and unreal.

No matter how realistic a dream may seem, it is still just a dream. Jiang Heng's breakthrough in cultivation within a dream could not possibly translate into reality.

But for Jiang Heng, this was not just a dream. The experience was so real, how could it be just a dream?

Putting aside everything else, at the very least, the various creations and mysteries of the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm still flowed through Jiang Heng's mind.

Jiang Heng knew with absolute certainty that as long as he secluded himself for a period of time to cultivate, he would surely be able to achieve the ultimate sublimation and step into the realm of Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Moreover, this is just the beginning for Jiang Heng. The Immortal Emperor is Jiang Heng's goal, but it will never be his end.

However, Jiang Heng did not immediately go into seclusion to break through his cultivation. Instead, he prepared to see how long he had been having this dream.

"Seven days in the mountains are like a thousand years in the world!" Jiang Heng exclaimed, expressing the illusory yet real nature of the dream he had just experienced.

In "Perfect World", Jiang Heng stayed for more than two million years, which is still a considerable amount of time in the primordial world.

While not such a long time has passed in the primordial world, over ten thousand years have passed since Jiang Heng went into seclusion to cultivate.

Tens of thousands of years is not a long time, but it is certainly not short either; it is enough for a civilization to evolve to an incredible degree.

According to Jiang Heng's understanding, the primordial world has been relatively peaceful in recent years, with the only variable being the paradise created by the two saints of the Western Sect.

With two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, personally overseeing things, and five archangels at the quasi-saint level, Heaven has become quite powerful in recent years.

In the primordial world, many races have already been subdued by Heaven, becoming its source of faith and vanguard.

Because of their own strength, the human race was not greatly affected; on the contrary, it showed a trend of becoming stronger and stronger.

This is normal. The fortune of the primordial world is now concentrated in the human race, so naturally, geniuses emerge in great numbers among them.

With the cultivation methods left behind by Jiang Heng, almost everyone in the human race with some talent will embark on the path of cultivation.

Over time, more and more powerful individuals were born among the human race, and the human race became stronger and stronger as a result.

Furthermore, the human race already has several peak quasi-saints such as Yang Jian, Nezha, and Kong Xuan in charge, so they have no fear of other saint incarnations.

Over the years, Heaven has tried to extend its influence to the human race, but all its attempts have ended in failure.

Upon learning about the current situation in the primordial world, Jiang Heng couldn't help but sneer inwardly. The two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, really were never going to have a moment's peace.

In fact, logically speaking, after the great defeat in the Journey to the West, the situation of the Sage Zhunti should have become extremely bad.

After all, the Sage Zhunti took a shortcut when he became a saint, and therefore owed the Heavenly Dao immeasurable merit.

Originally, during the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, the Western Religion should have flourished. And as long as the Western Religion flourished, accumulating immeasurable merit would have been an easy matter.

At that time, the Sage Zhunti will naturally be able to repay the merits he owes to the Heavenly Dao, thereby completely stabilizing his own holy position.

But Jiang Heng pulled a fast one, first using various means to get the journey to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures into the hands of Mahayana Buddhism.

The Western religion and Taoism's patriarch Hongjun also used a scheme to secretly subdue Mahayana Buddhism's master, Vairocana Buddha, and the pilgrim Tang Sanzang.

But neither the Western religion nor the Taoist patriarch Hongjun could have imagined that Jiang Heng's deception would actually replace Tang Sanzang with Fuxi.

All the painstaking planning of the Western religion and Taoism's founder Hongjun contributed to Fuxi's success in laying the foundation for his sainthood.

Mahayana Buddhism further integrated with Western religions, joined the human race, and became part of the human race's power.

From that moment on, the Western Religion was already defunct in name only, unable to accumulate immeasurable merit, and its own fortune was completely dissipated.

As the leaders of the Western Religion, the two saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, would be particularly affected when the Western Religion completely disappeared.

In particular, the Sage Zhunti already owes the Heavenly Dao merits, and now that even the Western Sect is gone, his own realm is probably difficult to stabilize.

Under normal circumstances, after the great eon of the Journey to the West, the Sage Zhunti would surely fall to the realm of a sage.

In a more serious scenario, the Sage Zhunti might even suffer a deep and irreparable spiritual wound as a result, and be unable to recover from it.

But looking at the current state of the Sage Zhunti, who is creating Heaven and running rampant in the Immortal Realm, constantly plotting against the human race.

This shows that not only did the Sage Zhunti not suffer any backlash, but he lived an exceptionally carefree life.

Jiang Heng would not believe this without the intervention of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and the purpose of Dao Ancestor's actions was quite simple.

It's simply about creating an enemy for humanity, preventing humanity from becoming too powerful, and thus allowing the power of humanity to continue to grow.

To put it bluntly, the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, were actually the troublemakers in the hands of the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Even if it cannot pose a fatal threat to Jiang Heng, it is still fine to use it to disgust the human race or even delay their progress.

Jiang Heng knew very well that the Heavenly Dao was now nearing completion, and this was an extremely important moment.

If Jiang Heng were to suddenly launch an attack at this moment, both the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun would likely be in great distress.

If Jiang Heng were to be prepared to die, even the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun would be terrified, as this is a situation they would not want to face.

For this reason, in the eyes of Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the two saints Jieyin and Zhunti naturally became the most suitable tools.

But Heaven and Dao Ancestor Hongjun could not possibly know that they needed time, and Jiang Heng also needed time.

The Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun were unwilling to accept a mutually destructive outcome, but how could Jiang Heng be willing to accept such a result?

In fact, Jiang Heng also had great ambitions. He wanted to completely suppress the Heavenly Dao and Dao Ancestor Hongjun with his own power.

There was no need for the assistance of the Ancestral Witch Houtu, nor for the power of the earth, and even the power of humanity that was condensed on Jiang Heng's body was unnecessary for him.

Just like the Desolate Emperor, he did not seek external things, but only himself, and with his own strength, he reached the supreme realm and quelled the dark turmoil.

Jiang Heng found it hard to imagine that if he were to end up like the Desolate Emperor, achieving enlightenment but losing all his relatives and friends, he would be doomed.

When the world is at peace, yet the world is silent, leaving only oneself to walk alone, what kind of sorrow will that be?

Jiang Heng would never allow such a thing to happen, so he needed power, the ultimate and invincible power, the power to quell everything by himself.

Now, after experiencing the dream of "Perfect World," Jiang Heng sees hope—the hope of completely pacifying the primordial world.

Therefore, Jiang Heng merely sneered at the two saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, who were jumping around, and did not take them seriously.

To put it bluntly, even if Jiang Heng didn't make a move, the incarnations of the two saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, wouldn't be able to cause any trouble.

Yang Jian alone was enough to deter the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, from making any rash moves, not to mention the other powerful figures among the human race.

Although Nezha and Kong Xuan are slightly weaker than the incarnations of saints, the difference is not by much, and they are far beyond the reach of ordinary peak quasi-saints.

Moreover, among the human race, there are two powerful beings comparable to the incarnations of saints: Sun Wukong and Fuxi.

After the Journey to the West: Great Tribulation ended, Sun Wukong had cultivated the Victory Fighting Technique to perfection, becoming a top-tier powerhouse no less than Yang Jian.

Fuxi need not say more; in order to fulfill his promise, Jiang Heng gave Fuxi no small amount of benefits.

Fuxi has now laid the foundation for becoming a saint, and like Yang Jian, he is one of the most promising quasi-saint level experts.

With these powerful figures guarding the human race, even if Jiang Heng doesn't take action, the human race will remain as stable as Mount Tai. The two saintly incarnations of Zhunti and Jieyin are no match for them.

Of course, if the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, were to break the rules and descend to the Earthly Immortal Realm in their saintly forms, that would be a different story.

Putting all that aside for now, after learning about the situation of the human race, Jiang Heng was ready to go into seclusion and cultivate in peace.

Upon breaking through to the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm, Jiang Heng followed the same path as the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, also opening the sixth secret realm of the human body, for "there are gods three feet above one's head."

However, unlike the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, Jiang Heng wanted to establish his own Dao in one fell swoop when preparing to enter the Quasi-Immortal Emperor realm.

"To encompass all scriptures within one body, and to integrate all paths into one!" This is the Dao that Jiang Heng comprehended after witnessing the Desolate Emperor break through to the Immortal Emperor realm.

This time, Jiang Heng plans to use the Hundred Classics as a foundation to initially develop his own unparalleled imperial law, and to forge a brand new god by fusing the myriad paths.

Jiang Heng not only witnessed the process of the Desolate Emperor's breakthrough, but he also took this step in "Perfect World".

Now, it's just another breakthrough, which naturally isn't too difficult for Jiang Heng.

Moreover, having learned from the previous experience, Jiang Heng was able to proceed more steadily this time, achieving a more complete success.

Everything was going so smoothly, and Jiang Heng knew in his heart that his breakthrough this time would not take too long.

Just as Jiang Heng went into seclusion to cultivate again, the once peaceful prehistoric world was undergoing a tremendous change.

Since Jiang Heng created the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man, the sages have returned to the Thirty-Three Heavens, and the primordial world has become exceptionally stable.

Even after experiencing calamities like the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, the primordial world remained stable and did not suffer any damage as a result.

This is extremely astonishing. Looking back at the numerous great calamities in the primordial world, which one didn't cause the heavens and earth to collapse and the primordial world to shatter?

During the Dragon-Han Great Calamity, Dao Ancestor Hongjun and Demon Ancestor Hongjun fought a great battle that shattered the western lands and severed almost all spiritual veins.

During the Lich War, the primordial world was shattered, and it was only through the intervention of the sages that it was completely repaired.

Not to mention the Great Tribulation of the Investiture of the Gods, the terrifying war between the saints almost completely destroyed the entire prehistoric world.

However, this time, during the great calamity of the Journey to the West, the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man were not damaged in any way, which is naturally the best news for all living beings.

Tens of thousands of years after the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, the entire prehistoric world should have been thriving, but gradually, countless cultivators discovered something amiss.

First, the most powerful experts sensed it, and later, anyone whose cultivation reached the Immortal Realm or above could feel a slight abnormality.

The primordial energy of the entire prehistoric world is constantly weakening, and at an unimaginable rate.

In just a few hundred years, the vital energy in the Earthly Immortal Realm has decreased by as much as 70%, making cultivation increasingly difficult.

The whole world seemed to have entered the end of the Dharma era, and in the face of this strange situation, the human race was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

In the Immortal Realm, there are hundreds of millions of humans, and almost all of them embark on the path of cultivation.

Thanks to the abundant spiritual energy of the Earthly Immortal Realm and its complete cultivation techniques, humans, unless they have extremely poor aptitude, can cultivate to the Immortal Realm or higher.

However, due to the continuous weakening of the primordial energy of heaven and earth, and the immense number of humans, the difficulty of cultivation naturally becomes apparent.

Some creatures, unaware of the situation, began to feel uneasy, while even the powerful beings who truly knew the inside story were puzzled.

Many powerful figures know that the Earthly Immortal Realm was personally created by Emperor Jiang Heng, and it contains two major creations left behind by Jiang Heng.

Whether it's the immortal volcano or the eye of the East Sea, both can continuously provide the Earthly Immortal Realm with the vital energy of heaven and earth.

Theoretically speaking, the primordial energy of heaven and earth in the Immortal Realm will not gradually decrease at all, and the so-called Dharma-ending Age is nothing but nonsense.

But this is exactly what happened, and some truly top-tier experts, such as Yang Jian, have gradually realized that things are not going well.

In the current primordial world, only a saint-level powerhouse could probably change the primordial energy of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

No one has a definitive answer as to which sage intervened, or whether it was someone high above who orchestrated the scheme.

But one thing is certain: as the vital energy of heaven and earth gradually diminished, Heaven began to become restless.

As the primordial energy of heaven and earth diminishes, the entire Immortal Realm has fallen into the Dharma-ending Age, making cultivation increasingly difficult.

At this time, Heaven appeared, not only vigorously promoting its doctrines but also revealing a blessed land.

The small world meticulously created by the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, is named Heaven and is filled with extremely rich primordial energy of heaven and earth.

The abundant spiritual energy of heaven and earth might not have been much in the past for the Earth Immortal Realm, but it is extremely precious in the present world.

In order to cultivate normally and reach higher realms, it is not surprising that many beings choose to turn to Heaven.

In a short time, Heaven's reputation soared, and it attracted many powerful figures in the Immortal Realm, thus greatly increasing its strength.

With Yang Jian and others in command, the human race remained unmoved. However, behind the scenes, some humans had already begun choosing to join Heaven.

Although Jiang Heng had instilled an indomitable will in the human race since the beginning of the Lich War, the human race was simply too numerous.

Everyone has their own ambitions, and the thoughts of each human race are not the same. It is not surprising that some human races join the Western Religion for cultivation.

In fact, there have been quite a few traitors among the human race over the years, and some even joined the Heavenly Court in order to become immortals.

As far as Jiang Heng is concerned, he never interferes with the choices of the human race. As long as the majority of the human race can have an indomitable will, that is enough.

At this moment, in Heaven, seeing the number of believers under their command increasing and the power of Heaven growing stronger, the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, also showed gratified smiles.

"Senior brother, now that the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is becoming increasingly scarce and the Earthly Immortal Realm is entering the Dharma-ending Age, it is the best time for my Heavenly Paradise to develop and grow stronger!"

"But the human race is a tough nut to crack. After so long, there are still very few humans who have joined my Heaven!" said the Sage Zhunti.

Sage Zhunti was in high spirits at this moment, but his inability to penetrate into the human race was something that bothered him.

"This matter is not a problem. Humans are the main characters of heaven and earth. If they were so easy to subdue, we would not have suffered such a great defeat last time!"

"Although the human race is powerful, it is not invincible. Junior brother should know that the human race does not only exist in the Earthly Immortal Realm!" The Sage of Guidance said with a smile.

Seeing the smile on the face of the Sage of Assistance, the Sage of Zhunti seemed to understand something and said hesitantly:

"Senior brother, are you perhaps referring to the human realm? The human realm is named after humans, and indeed, countless humans live there, but they are all mortals."

No matter how many mortals there are, their strength is ultimately weak, and they will likely find it difficult to accumulate much fortune!

"Although mortals in the human realm are incredibly weak, they should never be underestimated, for they are the foundation of the entire human race."

"If we could control the entire human realm, the human race in the Earthly Immortal Realm would be nothing but a castle in the air!" the Sage of Reception said with a smile.

Saint Zhunti then understood and said excitedly, "Senior Brother's plan is brilliant! This is a plan to strike at the heart of the problem!"

"If we can control the human realm, we will essentially control a portion of humanity, and the expansion and growth of Heaven will only be a matter of time."

"Planning for the human realm is imperative, but that Human Emperor is not someone to be trifled with. This matter requires careful planning!" the Sage of Guidance said in a deep voice.

"Hmph! If it weren't for that Human Emperor, how could the Western Sect that my senior brother and I painstakingly built have existed in name only? This is an irreconcilable enmity!"

However, that Human Emperor has not appeared in the prehistoric world since the last great calamity, and we don't know what he is plotting! "Saint Zhunti said in a deep voice.

Sage Zhunti naturally harbored a deep-seated hatred for Jiang Heng; if he could, he would have loved to tear Jiang Heng to pieces.

It was precisely because of Jiang Heng that the Western Sect's schemes repeatedly failed, and from the Lich War to the Journey to the West War, they never won even once.

During the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, Jiang Heng used a deceptive scheme to seize control of the Western Paradise, rendering it a mere shell of its former self.

If it weren't for Dao Ancestor Hongjun personally intervening, Saint Zhunti would probably have already fallen from the Saint Realm, and might even have become the first Saint to fall.

However, precisely because of this, while the Sage Zhunti deeply hated Jiang Heng, he also felt inexplicably wary of him.

Since the end of the Great Tribulation of Journey to the West, Jiang Heng has not appeared in the prehistoric world again because he had to go into seclusion to cultivate.

After the two saints, Zhunti and Jieyin, created Heaven, they tried to test Jiang Heng several times, but Jiang Heng never appeared.

The Sages Zhunti and Jieyin were truly puzzled, wondering what Jiang Heng, the Human Emperor, was plotting in the shadows.

After all, given Jiang Heng's past behavior, if he knew that the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, had repeatedly provoked the human race, would he have let it go?

Even if Jiang Heng were to come knocking on their door, neither the Saints Jieyin nor Zhunti would be surprised in the slightest.

However, Jiang Heng never appeared, which made the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, somewhat uneasy.

For this reason, although Heaven has been developing rapidly in recent years, and its strength and influence have expanded dramatically, the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, dare not go too far.

The provocation of the human race was merely a test. The two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, never truly clashed with the human race, precisely because they were wary of Jiang Heng.

"That Human Emperor won't be arrogant for much longer. According to the teacher, the day when the Heavenly Dao is truly perfect is not far off!"

"When the Heavenly Dao is completely perfected, no matter how great the Human Emperor's abilities are, he will only face death!" the Sage said in a deep voice.

"Senior brother is right. Teacher is the strongest in the primordial world. That Human Emperor only managed to control the power of humanity by chance!"

"But in the primordial world, the Heavenly Dao still controls everything, and even that Human Emperor could not defy the great trend of the Heavenly Dao!" said the Sage Zhunti.

"As instructed by our teacher, the time until the next great calamity is not far off. Junior brother should know the importance of this calamity!" the Sage of Guidance said in a deep voice.

"As the teacher said, this great calamity will completely sweep away the primordial world. If we want to take the initiative in the future, we must make a difference."

"Then let's do as my senior brother says. I will send an archangel to the human race to spread the faith of my Heaven!" said the Sage Zhunti.

"That's excellent advice. Let's test the waters first. If it works, great. If not, we'll have a plan!" the Sage said, nodding.

The two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, began to plot against the human race, targeting the human race in the human realm, wanting to undermine Jiang Heng's power.

However, the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, forgot that the human realm was Jiang Heng's Achilles' heel, and also the realm that Jiang Heng valued the most.

Back then, when he was creating the human realm, Jiang Heng specially set up the Zhou Tian Star Array to seal off the entire human realm.

Later, whether it was the immortal volcano or the eye of the East Sea, Jiang Heng used his extraordinary abilities to infuse the primordial energy of heaven and earth into the human realm.

Jiang Heng did this so that mortals could have a peaceful world, no longer oppressed by countless gods and Buddhas, and could freely develop their own civilization.

Now that the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti, have set their sights on the human realm, how could Jiang Heng possibly agree to that?

Meanwhile, Jiang Heng's breakthrough is about to be completed.

(End of this chapter)