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

Chapter 261 The Battle for the Human Emperor!

The western lands are engulfed in flames of war. Under the leadership of ten ancestral witches, the witch tribe has been advancing triumphantly, causing Heaven to suffer repeated defeats and end up in a sorry state.

Judging from the current situation, it is no longer in doubt that Heaven has lost its rule over the western lands and the Witch Clan has become the new rulers.

Unless a higher-level powerhouse intervenes, such as the Sage of Guidance, or the Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao themselves, it is impossible to turn the tide.

The chaos in the western continent lasted for thousands of years, and during this time, the entire human race never had a moment of peace.

The situation of numerous geniuses and rampant prodigies has changed, and the gap between human geniuses has gradually widened.

After all, even though they are all exceptionally talented descendants of the human race, their talents and experiences cannot be exactly the same.

As the training time increases, the gap between them will gradually widen, and it will become clear who the true genius is.

In the present day, as the gap between humans has widened, human geniuses have been divided into two emperors, three kings, eight kings, and thirty-six rulers.

The Thirty-Six Lords refers to thirty-six outstanding individuals of the human race, all of whom were exceptionally talented and could be considered the best of their time.

Even if placed within a sage-led sect like the Jie Sect or the Chan Sect, these outstanding individuals would undoubtedly be exceptionally brilliant disciples.

Such a genius is a rare find, even among humans, occurring only once every few thousand years. In any other era, he would undoubtedly be a strong contender for the Human Emperor.

The Eight Kings refer to eight human geniuses whose talents surpass those of the Thirty-Six Sovereigns, making them geniuses that are rare to see even once in tens of thousands of years.

In just a few thousand years of cultivation, these eight human geniuses have all reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, their talent is undeniably exceptional.

If this were in another era, these eight human geniuses would undoubtedly be the only candidates to become the Human Emperor, and there would be virtually no other competitors.

As for the Three Emperors, they refer to three human geniuses with exceptionally rare talents who have never been defeated since their birth.

This is a truly unparalleled genius; in any other era, he would be a figure who could sweep away everything and be invincible in the world.

From the day they were born, they were destined to be leaders, shining brightly in an era and overshadowing everyone else.

But in this day and age, they are destined to be mere foils to others, for above them stand two emperors.

The talents of the two emperors are beyond description. From the day they were born, all the rules in the eyes of the world have been constantly broken.

Throughout the entire history of the human race, apart from a few individuals such as Jiang Heng and Yang Jian, no other human race can compare to them.

Under the radiant light of the two emperors, all human geniuses paled in comparison, even the three emperors who had never been defeated were considerably inferior.

Such unparalleled geniuses, if they appeared even once, would be enough to lead the human race to an incomparably glorious era, but instead, two of them appeared.

The two emperors were locked in a fierce struggle, and because they supported different factions, it was inevitable that the human race would split apart.

One of the two emperors was Fuxi. Given Fuxi's foundation, it was only natural that he would reach such heights.

Even Jiang Heng back then only accumulated enough foundation after he transformed into the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, and then stepped into the realm of a sage.

During the Great Tribulation of the Journey to the West, with the help of Jiang Heng, Fuxi had already raised his cultivation to the limit of Quasi-Saint, laying the foundation for becoming a Saint.

At that time, Fuxi was already comparable to Yang Jian, and it would not be an exaggeration to call him the second greatest genius in human history after Jiang Heng.

After ascending to the Earthly Immortal Realm, Fuxi was no longer bound by any constraints and advanced triumphantly, sweeping aside all kinds of geniuses, which is not surprising.

But no one expected that a genius would emerge among the human race to rival Fuxi.

If it weren't for the blessing of his past life, this human's talent would be even greater than Fuxi's, to be able to match him.

Nuwa, the sage who had always been extremely concerned about the affairs of the human race, soon took notice of this human genius named Shaohao.

This is not the first time such a situation has occurred. In the human realm, there has already been a peerless hero who can rival Fuxi.

Now that they had arrived in the Immortal Realm, the Sage Nuwa originally thought that Fuxi would surely soar to the heavens, suppress all human geniuses, and ascend to the throne of the Human Emperor.

If Fuxi could become the Human Emperor, he would be able to gather the fortune of the human race. Coupled with his status as the ruler of the human realm, his chances of becoming a saint would naturally increase greatly.

At that time, Fuxi will gather the fortune of the heavens, and Fuxi will become a saint in this great calamity without any further obstacles.

Lu Ya, the current ruler of the Heavenly Realm, was originally a pawn of the Sage Nuwa. It was actually the simplest thing for Fuxi to gather the Heavenly Realm's fortune.

Who would have thought that in the Immortal Realm, Fuxi would once again encounter a peerless hero who could rival him? Nuwa, the Sage, could not help but have doubts in her heart.

Shaohao and Taihao have only one character difference in their names, but they are equally talented and have similar trajectories of rise to power.

Even ordinary people would have doubts, let alone a saint like Nuwa, who naturally saw through some clues very quickly.

Having learned from her previous experience, the Sage Nuwa quickly noticed clues about the Heavenly Dao in Shao Hao, and her heart grew anxious.

Last time in the human realm, Fuxi faced a huge challenge due to the secret intervention of the Heavenly Dao, but luckily he was not defeated by Taihao.

If Fuxi had not gained the approval of the human realm's will at a crucial moment, the current ruler of the human realm would certainly not be Fuxi, but Taihao.

Now that the power of Heaven has reappeared in Shao Hao's body, doesn't this mean that Fu Xi is very likely no match for Shao Hao?

After all, Fuxi was able to gain the approval of the human realm's will, but he could never gain the approval of the immortal realm's will.

The Immortal Realm is no ordinary place. It was formed from the original primordial world and is inhabited by countless living beings. Its origin is extremely powerful.

Let alone Fuxi's inability to gain the approval of the Earthly Immortal Realm's will, even Jiang Heng, the Human Emperor, probably wouldn't be able to gain the approval of the Earthly Immortal Realm's will.

Looking at all the beings in the entire Immortal Realm, perhaps only Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, has a chance of gaining the approval of the Immortal Realm's will.

Firstly, Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, is a descendant of Pangu. In the primordial world, apart from the Three Pure Ones, only the Ancestral Witch can claim to be a descendant of Pangu.

The primordial world was created by the great god Pangu, and Houtu, as a descendant of Pangu, has the hope of gaining the recognition of the will of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

More importantly, Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, is now the Lord of the Six Paths of Reincarnation, wielding the power of the Earth Path, and has an inseparable relationship with the primordial world.

The Six Paths of Reincarnation is an indispensable part of the primordial world, and Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, attained enlightenment by transforming her body into reincarnation. The Six Paths of Reincarnation can be said to be Houtu herself.

This also means that Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, is actually part of the primordial world, and there is a mysterious connection between her and the will of the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Therefore, Houtu, the Ancestral Witch, has a very good chance of gaining the approval of the will of the Earthly Immortal Realm and thus becoming its ruler.

Neither Fuxi nor Shaohao could have gathered the fortune of the human race before they became human emperors.

With the help of the power of the Heavenly Dao, Shao Hao had absolutely no advantage over Fu Xi, unless he was the ruler of the human realm.

After all, this is the Immortal Realm, not the Human Realm. The identity of the Lord of the Human Realm is helpful to Fuxi, but the help is extremely limited.

Knowing all this, the Sage Nuwa was extremely anxious, wishing she could personally take action right now and tear Shao Hao to pieces.

But the sage Nuwa also understood that this was a contest between human geniuses, and Emperor Jiang Heng would not allow anyone else to interfere.

Nuwa, the sage, could only be extremely anxious while racking her brains for a solution, trying to see if she could help Fuxi in other ways.

The sage Nuwa was right; apart from the human race itself, she would never allow any other living being to interfere in the affairs of the human race.

This struggle for the Human Emperor was completely unexpected by Jiang Heng, and under his influence, things have only gotten worse.

As the conflict between Fuxi and Shaohao intensifies, the human race has gradually split into two major camps, and the powerful members of the human race have begun to choose sides.

This cataclysmic event is no small matter; many powerful beings in the Earthly Immortal Realm have already sensed it, and the human race is no exception.

Countless powerful human beings no longer chose to cultivate in seclusion, but instead plunged into the bustling world of mortals to participate in this battle for the Human Emperor.

Jiang Ziya, who had once assisted Emperor Xin, returned to the world and held Fuxi in high regard, and was directly treated as an honored guest by Fuxi.

Some powerful human beings from the Lich War era believed that Shaohao had the potential to become a human emperor, so they chose to support Taihao.

There are countless examples like this. As one powerful human after another emerged, the true strength of the human race gradually became apparent.

In the vast and ancient world today, anyone with a modicum of knowledge knows that the human race is powerful and is the undisputed overlord of the world.

However, the exact level of strength that the human race has reached is probably only known to a few, except for powerful figures like sages.

There are far too many hidden powerhouses among the human race. Some of these powerhouses may have been cultivating since ancient times, but have never revealed themselves to the world.

In this era, due to the influence of the great calamity of heaven and earth, all these powerful beings sensed the existence of the crisis and immediately jumped out.

Good heavens! One minute a Great Luo Golden Immortal appears, the next a Quasi-Saint appears, as if powerful beings have become worthless.

In a short time, the number of Grand Luo Golden Immortals exposed in the open had already exceeded the terrifying number of ten thousand.

Even quasi-saints have appeared in dozens of times. Many powerful figures in the primordial world are so frightened that they cannot speak.

Looking back at the primordial world, which of the overlords who once existed possessed such terrifying strength?

The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans are powerful enough, but even combined, the number of Great Luo Golden Immortals is probably only a little over ten thousand.

As for quasi-saint level experts, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin clans combined could barely manage a dozen or so, which would be considered quite good.

The same applies to the Witch and Demon races. If all the Great Luo Golden Immortals of the two races were combined, they would probably be about the same size as the human race today.

As for quasi-saint level powerhouses, the Witch Clan only has twelve Ancestral Witches, and the Demon Clan actually has even fewer, only four in total.

Even the Jie Sect, which could summon ten thousand immortals to pay homage, dominate an era, and make other saintly sects live in constant fear, did not possess such terrifying strength.

Many powerful beings in the primordial world were secretly shocked, but they also had to admit that the human race truly deserved to be the protagonist of the world; their strength was simply terrifying.

But what these creatures didn't know was that this wasn't the full strength of the human race, but only a portion of it.

Not to mention that there are still many powerful individuals hidden among the human race, even during this great calamity of heaven and earth, these human beings have not emerged from the mountains.

Moreover, many powerful human beings are hidden in the Fire Cloud Cave, many of whom were once unparalleled experts of the human race.

The ancestors of the human race, such as Suiren, Youchao, and Cangwen, were originally powerful individuals at the quasi-saint level. After cultivating for so many years, their strength became even more unfathomable.

Apart from the progenitor of the human race, every generation of human emperors over the years has gone to the Fire Cloud Cave to suppress the human race's fortune after stepping down.

Over such a long period of time, how many human emperors have emerged? Other beings may not know, but there are clear records among humans.

From the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the present, the human race has produced a total of 3,519 human emperors. The current vacancy is for the 3,600th human emperor.

Every human emperor was a top talent in his time, possessing exceptional abilities.

When these emperors came to the Fire Cloud Cave after their term ended, they did not stop cultivating, but instead continued to climb towards higher realms.

They were already very talented, and within the Fire Cloud Cave, there were countless human ancestors who could guide these successive human emperors in their cultivation.

After the passage of time, what level of cultivation will these human emperors possess? Apart from Jiang Heng, no other saint can know.

The reason is simple: with Jiang Heng's true form guarding the Fire Cloud Cave, even the power of the Heavenly Dao cannot penetrate it, let alone other saints.

Therefore, although the human race seems to have shown great strength, this is only the tip of the iceberg.

Moreover, among the human race, there are now two powerful figures above the sage level, Jiang Heng and Yang Jian, who are in charge. This alone is enough to explain everything.

In the current Immortal Realm, war has broken out on the western lands, and two supreme geniuses among the human race are vying for supremacy, creating utter chaos.

But precisely because of this, the entire Immortal Realm was in chaos, with constant killings and the baleful aura growing stronger, making this cataclysmic calamity truly deserving of its name.

This great calamity has already erupted, but it is still quite far from the true peak of the calamity.

Just like during the Lich Wars, the Lich and Lich races clashed and fought several great battles.

However, compared to the final battle with the Lich and Demon races, which shattered the entire primordial world, all the previous battles seemed insignificant.

This great calamity is the same. Although the Earthly Immortal Realm is currently engulfed in flames, those who have perished are all beings of average cultivation.

While true powerhouses do fall, their numbers are few. This undoubtedly indicates that the peak of the Great Tribulation has not yet truly arrived.

If another earth-shattering war were to break out, similar to the Lich War, the entire prehistoric world would once again face the crisis of annihilation.

As time passed, the western lands were gradually occupied by the witch tribe, and Heaven had completely lost its rule over the western lands.

However, what puzzled countless beings was that Heaven seemed to offer no fierce resistance and began to retreat steadily.

As they continued to suffer defeats, Paradise began to disappear, seemingly because it knew it was no match for the Witch Clan and had no choice but to give up the fight.

But many beings know that since even the guiding saints haven't made a move, how could Heaven possibly be considered "defeated"?

Behind the Wu tribe stood Houtu, the ancestral witch, but behind the guiding saint also stood the Heavenly Dao and the Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

If both sides were to fight with all their might, the outcome would be very difficult to predict, and the Wu tribe might not necessarily have a sure victory.

But Heaven so easily abandoned the Western Land, the birthplace of the two saints, Jieyin and Zhunti.

For the Sage of Guidance, the Western Land held extraordinary significance, yet he so easily abandoned it.

Moreover, unlike other saintly sects, Heaven lacks the faith of the masses, which inevitably causes Heaven's overall strength to drop by more than half.

Even a rabbit will bite when cornered, let alone a revered sect of saints. The way Heaven was defeated so thoroughly and so easily is something many could never have imagined.

The ten ancestral witches clearly didn't think that much about it. After occupying the western lands, the witch clan began to roam freely on the land again.

The Wu tribe remains the same as before; aside from their outward appearance of bravery and ferocity, they are actually just a bunch of simpletons.

Aside from drinking and eating heartily and living their lives freely, why would the Wu tribe think about so many complicated things?

Perhaps the Ancestral Witches didn't care whether Heaven had any conspiracies or schemes; they simply believed their own power was great enough.

Even if Heaven has any conspiracies or schemes, as long as they dare to come, the Ancestral Witches will let Heaven know why the flowers are so red.

Even if they were to face the Sage of Guidance, the ten Ancestral Witches would probably dare to go shirtless and charge forward with a roar to fight the Sage of Guidance.

On the other side, among the human race, other human geniuses have all left the stage, and it has now completely evolved into a contest between the two emperors.

At this point, the disciples of the Sage's Sect began to intervene. In a way, it was the Sage Nuwa who set a bad precedent.

At the request of the sage Nuwa, Nezha didn't even need to think; he immediately and firmly stood on Fuxi's side.

Nezha was originally a servant of the goddess Nuwa, who could be considered his master. Naturally, he would not disobey Nuwa's request.

Nezha is now a human, so even if he chooses to stand on Fuxi's side, it doesn't necessarily mean he's violating the rules set by Jiang Heng.

Back then, if Nezha's strength hadn't far exceeded the limits of the human realm, the Sage Nuwa would probably have already sent Nezha to take action.

But Nezha was a peak Quasi-Saint, whose strength was among the best in the entire prehistoric world. His addition naturally greatly increased the strength of Fuxi's side.

Because Nezha stood on Fuxi's side, Yuanshi Tianzun saw an opportunity and began to send human disciples from the Chan Sect down the mountain.

As expected, all the human disciples of the Chan Sect chose to support Shao Hao. With the backing of the Chan Sect, Tai Hao's side naturally gained a significant boost in strength.

Seeing the situation was dire, the Sage Nuwa quickly sought help from the Tongtian Sect Leader. Consequently, the human disciples of the Jie Sect began to descend the mountain.

For this reason, the struggle for the Human Emperor among the human race has gradually swept across the three realms of Heaven, Earth, and Man.

(End of this chapter)