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

Chapter 274 Immortal Emperor!

One after another, powerful human beings emerged from the Fire Cloud Cave. These humans all possessed powerful auras and were clearly not ordinary experts.

If other human experts were here, they would certainly be familiar with these humans who appeared in the Fire Cloud Cave.

These humans were all once renowned geniuses of the human race, and many of them left a significant mark on human history.

Besides the renowned geniuses of the human race, there are also many who were once contemporary emperors of the human race.

After these humans abdicated the throne of the Human Emperor, they would go to the Fire Cloud Cave, claiming that they were suppressing the human race's fortune.

This is a rule set by Dao Ancestor Hongjun. Even after completely turning against Dao Ancestor Hongjun, the human race has never broken this rule.

However, the emperors of each generation did not simply suppress the human race's fortune in the Fire Cloud Cave; they also continuously cultivated themselves.

Those who can become the current emperors of the human race are all the most outstanding geniuses of the human race, and are all prodigies who can suppress an era.

After the successive emperors arrived at the Fire Cloud Cave, they had no shortage of cultivation resources, many seniors to guide their cultivation, and powerful figures like Jiang Heng to answer their questions.

With the aptitude of past emperors and such a cultivation environment, how could their cultivation possibly stagnate after many years of practice?

Among these countless powerful human beings, the foremost were the ancestors of the human race, such as Suiren, Youchao, Ziyi, and Cangwen.

Since the Lich Wars, these human ancestors have been cultivating in the Fire Cloud Cave and have never stepped out of it again.

Throughout history, the emperors and geniuses who emerged from various eras of humanity have all remained silent in the Fire Cloud Cave for countless years.

Now, in this era, at the moment when the Heavenly Dao is completely perfected, these human powerhouses have resolutely walked out of the Fire Cloud Cave.

"Excellent! So many Quasi-Saints and Great Luo Golden Immortals are enough to sweep across the primordial world!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun praised calmly.

After cultivating for countless years, the ancestors of the human race, including Suirenshi, had all reached the Quasi-Saint realm, and were even at the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm.

Other human powerhouses with better aptitude and longer cultivation periods have also entered the Quasi-Saint realm, or even become peak Quasi-Saints.

The other human geniuses, even the weakest among them, have already reached the Great Luo Golden Immortal realm, and this is only because they have not cultivated for long enough.

If you count carefully, there are nearly a thousand quasi-saint level experts alone, and tens of thousands of Daluo Golden Immortal level experts.

It is no exaggeration to say that, apart from the sages, all the powerful beings in the primordial world combined cannot compare to these humans in the Fire Cloud Cave.

Therefore, when Dao Ancestor Hongjun said that the humans in the Fire Cloud Cave were enough to sweep across the prehistoric world, it was not an empty statement, but an indisputable fact.

"These little tricks are nothing in front of the Dao Ancestor. Why don't you take another look, Dao Ancestor?" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

Subsequently, a large number of humans appeared in the Fire Cloud Cave. These humans were well-organized and had high fighting spirit, just like an army.

These are the four armies of wind, forest, fire, and mountain that Jiang Heng once created among the human race. They have been cultivating in the Fire Cloud Cave since the Lich War.

Having undergone years of training, the four armies of wind, forest, fire, and mountain have experienced continuous personnel changes, thus becoming even stronger.

The commanders of the four armies of wind, forest, fire, and mountain were none other than Suiren, Youchao, Cangwen, and Ziyi, all of whom were at the peak of the Quasi-Saint level.

Among the four armies of Wind, Forest, Fire, and Mountain, even the lowest-ranking warriors have the cultivation level of a Golden Immortal, while the highest-ranking warriors have even reached the Quasi-Saint realm.

If such an army were to appear in the primordial world, it would be able to sweep across all directions, and even saints would have to treat it with caution.

"To have achieved this level is already quite remarkable, but so what?" Dao Ancestor Hongjun looked at Jiang Heng and said disdainfully.

Whether it's the four armies of wind, forest, fire, and mountain, or those top human powerhouses, they are all extremely powerful forces in the primordial world.

But now, these human powerhouses are facing Dao Ancestor Hongjun, and the Heavenly Dao, which has been completely perfected.

Even if they are powerful and numerous, that is only relative to the creatures in the primordial world. How can they compare to Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao?

Even if the Heavenly Dao doesn't intervene, with Dao Ancestor Hongjun's current Heavenly Dao Realm cultivation, annihilating all the human powerhouses wouldn't be difficult.

No matter how many ants there are, they can hardly kill a dragon. And to Dao Ancestor Hongjun, these human powerhouses before him were undoubtedly ants.

However, what puzzled Dao Ancestor Hongjun was that the Human Emperor in front of him could not possibly be unaware of this principle, so why did he allow these humans to appear?

Could it be that he just wanted to show off in front of me, to let me know that the human race has developed to a point where its strength is now completely different from what it used to be?

Dao Ancestor Hongjun unconsciously shook his head. This was of no significance to him at all; the Human Emperor before him couldn't possibly be unaware of it.

"Although there are many strong people in the human race, apart from me, there is no one else who can fight against you, Dao Ancestor, let alone fight against the Heavenly Dao."

"But there's one thing the Dao Ancestor might not know: when these humans were stationed at the Fire Cloud Cave, they weren't suppressing the human race's destiny," Jiang Heng said, shaking his head.

Jiang Heng naturally knew that no matter how many powerful people there were in the human race, if they could not reach the Heavenly Dao Realm, they would not be able to pose a threat to Dao Ancestor Hongjun and the Heavenly Dao.

Jiang Heng's reason for fully displaying the strength of the human race today was not to show off, but for a more important reason.

"Oh? If it weren't for the successive emperors suppressing the fortune, how could the human race have maintained such a prosperous fortune all these years?" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said in a deep voice.

In that instant, Dao Ancestor Hongjun seemed to have realized something, but there was already some doubt and uncertainty in his words.

However, even just thinking about that almost impossible possibility, a sense of unease rose in Dao Ancestor Hongjun's heart.

"Humanity's fortune is at its peak? As the protagonists of heaven and earth, it is only natural for humanity to be at its peak. Why should the human emperors of successive generations suppress its fortune?"

"The reason why the human emperors have been stationed in the Fire Cloud Cave throughout the ages is not to stabilize the human race's fortune, but to limit the human race's fortune to a certain range!" Jiang Heng said.

At this moment, Dao Ancestor Hongjun's expression changed completely. He looked at Jiang Heng in disbelief, as if he did not believe anything Jiang Heng said.

It's no wonder that Dao Ancestor Hongjun was so surprised, because what Jiang Heng just said was truly astonishing.

When fortune is at its peak, prosperity and flourishing follow! This is practically common knowledge in the primordial world, known to every being with even a little cultivation.

The human race has been prosperous and flourishing for many years, and its abundant fortune has made countless creatures in the primordial world envious.

But now this human emperor is saying that the human race's fortune is far from over and that it could have become even stronger.

It was only because successive human emperors jointly guarded the Fire Cloud Cave, limiting the human race's fortune to a certain range, that the human race's fortune did not become even stronger.

If what Jiang Heng said is true, then the human race's fortune will be able to reach an unimaginable level when it is fully unleashed.

This was unimaginable even for Dao Ancestor Hongjun; he had never imagined that the human race's fortune could be so powerful.

However, what puzzled Dao Ancestor Hongjun was that if what the Human Emperor said was true, why would he do this?

Restricting the human race's fortune will only limit the human race itself, which is not a good thing for the human race.

Unless? Suddenly, Dao Ancestor Hongjun thought of a certain possibility, and his expression immediately turned extremely ugly, his eyes fixed on Jiang Heng.

"You? You actually came up with such a method? This is impossible! How could you possibly have thought of such a method? No! You can't possibly succeed!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said sternly.

From the moment he appeared outside the Fire Cloud Cave today, Dao Ancestor Hongjun has displayed an air of absolute confidence and superiority over all living beings.

After the Heavenly Dao was truly perfected, Dao Ancestor Hongjun felt that the overall situation was settled, and he no longer took Jiang Heng, the Human Emperor, seriously.

But at this moment, Dao Ancestor Hongjun no longer had the confidence or assurance he had before.

On the contrary, at this moment, Dao Ancestor Hongjun was only surprised. He really did not expect that the Human Emperor in front of him could actually reach this point.

The thought of such a possibility, which should almost never occur, made even the Dao Ancestor Hongjun feel a slight unease.

"Yes! We've finally reached this point. To be honest, it wasn't easy to get to this point!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

Just as Jiang Heng uttered those words, all the human emperors of the past generations in the Fire Cloud Cave simultaneously trembled, and an invisible aura erupted.

An unimaginable surge of fortune erupted instantly. At that moment, the fortune of the human race began to rise steadily, at an unbelievable speed.

This completely confirms what Jiang Heng just said: the successive human emperors sat in the Fire Cloud Cave not to stabilize the fate of the human race, but to suppress it.

At this moment, the successive emperors of the human race completely abandoned their suppression of the human race's fortune, which allowed the human race's fortune to begin to rise steadily.

At this moment, strange phenomena appeared in both the Immortal Realm and the Human Realm, wherever humans lived.

Dragons and phoenixes cried out together, golden springs gushed from the earth, and ten thousand golden rays shot straight into the sky—that was an incredibly powerful aura of fortune.

That is the fortune gathered by the protagonists of heaven and earth, the fortune gathered by the dragon race, the phoenix race, the ancestral witches and other races after they returned to the human race.

This is partly due to the fact that Houtu, the ancestral witch, integrated the fortune accumulated from the Six Paths of Reincarnation into the human race.

Similarly, with Lu Ya submitting to Fu Xi, the current Human Emperor has risen above the Jade Emperor, and the Heavenly Court's fortune has been concentrated among the human race.

This fortune will not disappear with the demise of the gods and immortals of Heaven. In fact, even if Heaven ceases to exist, this fortune will still remain.

This is the result of Jiang Heng's efforts all along: suppressing the human race's fortune and letting this enormous fortune erupt completely at this moment.

"Impossible! Even with deliberate suppression, even with many powerful races joining the human race, the human race could not possibly gather such a massive amount of fortune!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said in disbelief.

The reason why Dao Ancestor Hongjun was so surprised was that the fortune that the human race was unleashing at this moment was terrifying to the extreme.

If the Qi (vital energy) in the primordial world were divided into ten parts, then the current Qi accumulated by the human race has reached as much as ninety percent.

But how could that be? In the primordial world, there were not only humans, but also countless other creatures living there.

Although the fortune accumulated by these beings is small, it adds up and can still occupy a considerable amount of fortune. How could the human race possibly possess such a vast amount of fortune?

"Dao Ancestor, don't you understand? The moment Fuxi became a saint, my agreement with the Holy Mother was already fulfilled."

"Now that the agreement has been fulfilled, the karmic connection between humanity and the Holy Mother naturally ceases to exist. From now on, humanity will be free from any further constraints!" Jiang Heng said with a smile.

From beginning to end, Jiang Heng's reason for making that agreement with the Sage Nuwa was not to have the Sage Nuwa stand on his side.

In fact, from Nuwa's perspective, even if she didn't reach an agreement with Jiang Heng, she would most likely choose to remain neutral.

A Saint-level combat power is indeed very important in the Investiture of the Gods, but if Jiang Heng is willing, he can make up for it in other ways.

Jiang Heng made a pact with the sage Nuwa to help Fuxi become a saint, simply to completely sever the karmic ties between the sage Nuwa and the human race.

Humanity was created by the Sage Nuwa. No matter how much the Sage Nuwa disregarded the life and death of humanity, she would always be the Holy Mother of humanity.

The grace of creation is greater than heaven, which allows the saint Nuwa to enjoy the fortune of the human race forever, but for the human race, this is also a constraint.

However, unless the sage Nuwa voluntarily relinquishes her karmic ties with humanity, the human race will never be able to sever this connection.

Moreover, even if the sage Nuwa were to voluntarily relinquish this karmic debt, the human race would still have to repay it.

Therefore, Jiang Heng made an agreement with Nuwa on the condition that Fuxi become a saint, which was also the only thing Nuwa cared about.

The moment Fuxi became a saint, the agreement between Jiang Heng and the saint Nuwa was completed, which also meant that the human race and the saint Nuwa had no more karmic ties.

Walking with shackles and burdens on your body is naturally a completely different state from walking with ease.

Therefore, at this moment, after the human race completely broke free of its shackles, its fortune exploded to an unbelievable degree, which is not surprising.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun stared at Jiang Heng in disbelief. Even though he could see through eternity and thought he controlled everything, he never expected this moment.

In fact, this was not the first time that the Human Emperor had acted so unexpectedly. During the Investiture of the Gods, the Human Emperor had also turned the impossible into the possible.

It was under the astonished gaze of Dao Ancestor Hongjun that Jiang Heng was walking step by step towards the outside of the Fire Cloud Cave.

The moment Jiang Heng took his first step, a powerful aura erupted from his body, instantly sweeping across the entire primordial world.

As Jiang Heng took each step forward, his aura continued to rise, gradually reaching an unimaginable realm.

At the same time, the terrifyingly powerful human destiny had already condensed on Jiang Heng.

That was the submission of the ancestors of the human race to Jiang Heng, that was the respect of successive human emperors for Jiang Heng, that was the expectation of all humankind for Jiang Heng.

Jiang Heng, the first ruler of the human race, almost single-handedly brought the human race to its current level.

This is an imprint deeply rooted in the blood of every human being; it is a memory of the first human emperor who overcame all obstacles and led the human race to continuous development and growth.

Therefore, it was only natural that all the fortune of the human race would converge on Jiang Heng at this moment.

"No! Impossible! In the primordial world, no living being could reach this point. This is the limitation of heaven and earth. How could you possibly break it?"

"No! You can't succeed, you can't possibly succeed no matter what, I don't believe it!" Dao Ancestor Hongjun said almost hysterically.

"Dao Ancestor, you are right. Heaven and earth have limits. How can the living beings in this world transcend heaven and earth itself?"

But what about beings that don't belong to this world? They don't seek the world, they don't seek external things, they only seek themselves, they become their own world, so what? Jiang Heng said with a smile.

What Dao Ancestor Hongjun just said actually refers to the limit of the primordial world, which was created by the Great God Pangu.

If we were to convert Pangu's realm back then to today's standards, it would roughly be equivalent to the realm after the Heavenly Dao has reached perfection.

If Pangu hadn't died after successfully creating the world, he would probably have gone even further and entered a completely new realm.

Unfortunately, in order to create the primordial world, the great god Pangu ultimately chose to transform himself into all things, which is why the primordial world we know today exists.

Theoretically speaking, no living being in the primordial world could reach the limits of heaven and earth, which is the realm that the great god Pangu once reached.

Therefore, while there are beings in the primordial world who can become saints, even reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm like the Taiqing Saint, they can never reach the perfect Heavenly Dao Realm.

The reason why Dao Ancestor Hongjun was so confident of victory and had tolerated Jiang Heng's existence since the Investiture of the Gods was precisely because he understood this.

Once the Heavenly Dao is perfected, everything will be set in stone, because in the primordial world, no being can oppose the perfected Heavenly Dao.

Jiang Heng was also a being from the primordial world, and was a human created by the sage Nuwa, so theoretically it was even more impossible for him to break this limit.

Reaching the Heavenly Dao Realm had already astonished Dao Ancestor Hongjun, but in Dao Ancestor Hongjun's eyes, this was already Jiang Heng's limit.

However, Dao Ancestor Hongjun never truly understood that Jiang Heng was different from other beings in the primordial world.

To be precise, the path Jiang Heng took was fundamentally different from that of other beings in the primordial world.

The Dao in the world of "Covering the Sky" was pioneered by the Desolate Emperor of "Perfect World," and its prototype was actually a path based on the body.

Instead of seeking external heaven and earth, one seeks within oneself, ultimately reaching a state of self-contained world, completely separated from the external world.

In Perfect World, even though the world is turning desolate and some Immortal Kings are affected, the Desolate Emperor remains unchanged.

Jiang Heng was the same; other sages engraved their own mark on the rules of Heaven, thus gaining the ability to be immortal.

Jiang Heng was never a saint under the Heavenly Dao, nor did he ever inscribe his own mark on the rules of the Heavenly Dao.

Therefore, Jiang Heng is able to remain unaffected by the power of the Heavenly Dao, which is why he can repeatedly exceed the control of the Heavenly Dao.

It was precisely because of this that Jiang Heng was able to break the limitations of the primordial world and take that crucial step in an incredible way.

Yes! At this moment, with the blessing of the human race's fortune, Jiang Heng stepped into the realm of Immortal Emperor.

(End of this chapter)