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

Chapter 92 A New Page in the History of Humanity!

Jiang Heng summoned the four quasi-saints, including Suirenshi, and told them about how Dao Ancestor Hongjun had ordered the human quasi-saints to go into seclusion at Huoyun Cave.

Upon hearing this, the four members of the Suiren clan immediately frowned, their hearts filled with worry for the future of the human race.

After the war between the Lich and the Demon races, both races suffered heavy losses. The remaining Lich race has retreated into the cycle of reincarnation and is no longer a concern.

The demon race's experts were utterly routed by the human elites led by Suiren and his three companions, leaving only a handful of them alive.

Originally, Suirenshi and others were full of vigor and ready to establish the human race as the dominant force in the prehistoric world in the coming period.

But now, even the quasi-saints of the human race are going to Fire Cloud Cave to live in seclusion. How can the human race still dominate the prehistoric world? They might not even be able to protect themselves.

"Emperor Heng! What should we do? We have gone into seclusion in the Red Cloud Cave. If a powerful figure attacks, how will the human race defend itself?" Suirenshi said anxiously.

"Yes! Although we can still help when the human race is in danger, what's the point of us helping if we're forced to that extent?" Youchao said angrily.

"There is no need to worry about this. The next era will be one of great prosperity for the human race. This is the inevitable trend of Heaven, and even a sage cannot stop it."

Under the overwhelming force of Heaven's will, anyone who tries to stop the rise of humanity will be tainted with endless karma and will inevitably be punished by Heaven's will.

Moreover, when the human race prospers, extraordinary talents will naturally descend upon the world, leading the human race to gradual glory! Jiang Heng said slowly.

At this moment, Jiang Heng had completely realized that the Dao Ancestor had multiple purposes in sending the Quasi-Saint level human race to live in seclusion in the Red Cloud Cave.

On the one hand, it is to limit the strength of the human race. It is true that the rise of the human race is the general trend of the Heavenly Dao, but the Dao Ancestor does not want the human race to be as powerful as the Wu and Yao races in the past.

On the other hand, the Dao Ancestor was perhaps clearing away unnecessary obstacles for the future emergence of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors among the human race.

After all, if the human race had quasi-saints like Jiang Heng and Suirenshi, it wouldn't matter what kind of Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors were born.

To put it bluntly, given Jiang Heng's prestige among humans, as long as he remains a human, he is the undisputed supreme ruler of humanity.

No matter what kind of emperor it is, whether it's the Heavenly Emperor, the Earthly Emperor, or the Human Emperor, none of them matter in front of the human race. Jiang Heng is the one whom all the human races yearn for.

However, as long as Jiang Heng and other quasi-sages such as Suirenshi live in seclusion in Hongyun Cave, it will be a natural thing for the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to become the common rulers of the human race.

"What outstanding person? It was only under your leadership, Emperor Heng, that the human race finally had the opportunity to develop and grow on the prehistoric land."

"It was you, Emperor Heng, who taught the human race cultivation techniques, and it was you, Emperor Heng, who nurtured countless human powerhouses. What outstanding figure can compare to Emperor Heng?" Ziyi said unconvinced.

Dao Ancestor Hongjun may be powerful, but he will never understand people's hearts. How could the mark left by Jiang Heng among the human race be so easily erased?

The current human race cultivates Jiang Heng's Heaven-Covering Emperor Technique. Based on this alone, no human will forget Jiang Heng's existence.

"That's right! The only ruler of the human race right now is you, Emperor Heng. No one else can gain the recognition of all the human race!" Cangwen said decisively.

This is Jiang Heng's current prestige among the human race, reaching a point where most humans blindly follow him.

With just a word from Jiang Heng, most of the human race would not back down, even if there were mountains of knives and seas of fire ahead.

"This matter must not be mentioned again! We can continue to protect the human race by staying in the Red Cloud Cave. If we disobey the Dao Ancestor's decree, we will die and perish in an instant!"

"At that time, not only will you not be able to continue protecting the human race, but the human race may even suffer a great calamity because of this. Is that what you want?" Jiang Heng said in a deep voice.

Although Suirenshi and the others were unwilling, they could not say much in front of Jiang Heng and could only bury their resentment in their hearts for the time being.

Subsequently, Jiang Heng made a decision that greatly surprised all of humanity: he divided the current human race into countless tribes.

These tribes, large and small, range in size from millions to only a few thousand, totaling tens of thousands.

Under Jiang Heng's arrangement, these humans were dispersed to various corners of the prehistoric world, and even to the three thousand small worlds surrounding the prehistoric world.

Jiang Heng had already been making arrangements for this matter after the Lich War ended, but he had not divided the human race into large and small tribes before.

Such an approach is tantamount to scattering the entire human race, making the already weak human race even weaker, and is by no means a wise move.

If it weren't for Jiang Heng's extremely high prestige among the human race, doing so would likely have immediately drawn countless criticisms.

Many people simply did not understand that Jiang Heng's decision to divide the human race into tens of thousands of tribes was not actually a reckless act.

Tens of thousands of small tribes are scattered throughout the prehistoric world, but if you look closely, you can find that these human tribes are actually scattered across two hundred regions.

There are two hundred regions, each containing a large tribe with a population of several million, and the leaders of these large tribes are all Great Immortals.

These Great Luo Golden Immortals were the two hundred strongest human cultivators among the Emperor Feather Guards, all of whom had successfully cultivated the Heaven-Covering Emperor Technique.

Within these two hundred regions, there are scattered small tribes, all of whose leaders are Golden Immortal level experts.

Those two hundred Great Luo Golden Immortals all came from the Imperial Feather Guard. They had a very deep bond with each other and could help each other in times of trouble.

If smaller tribes are oppressed by other prehistoric creatures, large human tribes will not stand idly by.

In this way, the power of the human race may seem to be dispersed, but in fact, as long as Jiang Heng gives an order, the power of the entire human race can be gathered immediately.

In this way, even if the human race develops rapidly, it will no longer be so conspicuous because its power is dispersed on the surface.

As for the Three Thousand Minor Worlds, since there are not many powerful individuals, the number of human tribes that go there is not large, but the leaders are all Golden Immortals.

Jiang Heng has gone to great lengths for the future development of the human race, with initiatives like the "Belt and Road Initiative" and "common development."

These truths, which have been verified by later generations, are naturally most suitable for Jiang Heng to use among the human race today.

In this way, after developing quietly for tens of thousands of years, the entire prehistoric land will be filled with traces of the human race.

At that time, in the primordial world, apart from the sages, no other living being will be able to threaten the human race.

Because of Jiang Heng's actions, the human race was split into tens of thousands of tribes. Therefore, the current human race only has tribal chiefs, but no supreme ruler.

To become the supreme ruler of humanity, one must gain the recognition of all human tribes. And currently, apart from Jiang Heng, no one else has this ability.

In this way, Jiang Heng, relying on his powerful prestige, remained the common ruler of the human race even after retiring to the Red Cloud Cave.

This is extremely important to Jiang Heng, because as long as he remains the common ruler of the human race, Jiang Heng will be able to continuously obtain luck points.

Jiang Heng's future plans require a treasure from the system's shop to ensure everything goes smoothly.

However, exchanging for that treasure requires an enormous amount of luck points. Even for Jiang Heng now, that's still an astronomical figure.

Fortunately, the next tens of thousands of years will undoubtedly be a period of rapid development for the human race, and their strength will surely advance by leaps and bounds.

The luck points Jiang Heng will gain from this will reach an immeasurable level. Tens of thousands of years will be more than enough time for Jiang Heng to exchange for that treasure.

Having arranged many matters concerning the human race, Jiang Heng, witnessed by countless humans, prepared to lead Suirenshi and others to Huoyun Cave.

"Respectfully bidding farewell to Emperor Heng!"

At this moment, countless humans spontaneously knelt down, bowing three times and kowtowing nine times to Jiang Heng, their words filled with reluctance.

This is what the people desire! Without Emperor Heng, how could the human race cultivate the Heaven-Covering Emperor Technique? Without Emperor Heng, how many more humans would have been slaughtered by the demon race?

Countless humans are filled with admiration and gratitude for Jiang Heng, for it is because of Emperor Heng that the human race has achieved its current state.

Jiang Heng accepted the prostrations and kowtows from the many humans with equanimity. He felt no shame before the human race.

Moreover, this is just the beginning. Everything Jiang Heng plans in the future will be for the sake of the human race.

No one knows how much effort Jiang Heng put into the human race, how many schemes he devised, and how the human race came to be what it is today.

Jiang Heng nodded to all the humans, his eyes filled with expectation, an infinite hope for the future prosperity of the human race.

Under the watchful eyes of countless humans, Jiang Heng took a step forward, leading the four quasi-saints—Suiren, Youchao, Cangwen, and Ziyi—to fly towards the Red Cloud Cave.

In an instant, strange phenomena appeared in the sky: purple clouds came from the east for 30,000 miles, and golden springs gushed from the earth, as if to respectfully send off Jiang Heng and the other five ancestors of the human race.

At this moment, Heaven, sensing their presence, bestowed boundless merit upon the heads of Jiang Heng and the other four.

Jiang Heng had the most merits, accounting for about 60% of all merits, while the remaining 40% was divided among Suiren and the other three.

Even though the four of them shared the fourfold merit equally, it was enough for Suirenshi and others to advance further, directly reaching the level of severing one's corpse from the early stage of Quasi-Saint.

The reason why Suirenshi and others were able to break through to the Quasi-Saint realm was entirely due to the treasures that Jiang Heng exchanged in the system shop.

It was precisely because they broke through by taking the divine medicine that Suirenshi and others had an unstable foundation. If they wanted to make further progress, it would undoubtedly take them an endless amount of time.

Now, thanks to the heavens' blessings, Suirenshi and others have been able to advance further, saving countless hours. It can be said that there is no gain without sacrifice!

Although Jiang Heng had accumulated the most merits, he did not integrate them into his own body, just as before.

Using all these merits to condense the Golden Body of Merit resulted in a significant improvement in Jiang Heng's Golden Body of Merit in an instant.

"I never imagined that condensing a golden body of merit would require so much merit!" Jiang Heng thought to himself.

Although the merit bestowed by heaven this time was considerable, the golden body of merit was extremely difficult to condense, especially since the golden body of merit that Jiang Heng wanted to condense was already extraordinary.

With Jiang Heng's current strength, an ordinary golden body of merit is naturally useless. Only a golden body of merit that can make even a saint wary is what Jiang Heng desires.

To condense a golden body of merit at that level, one would undoubtedly need an immense amount of merit, and Jiang Heng is still quite far from reaching that level.

Actually, it's not that much; it's about the same amount of merit as before. Doing it seven, eight, or ten more times would be about the same.

Heaven bestowed merit, respectfully sending the progenitor of humanity to the Red Cloud Cave for seclusion; this was the grand destiny of Heaven. The great prosperity of humanity began from this day.

Jiang Heng and the other five humans remained in seclusion in the Red Cloud Cave, and the human race began to disperse across the prehistoric land, thus beginning a new chapter in human history.

Perhaps it's because the Lich Wars have just ended, but the primordial land is unusually quiet now, with very few powerful figures venturing out.

The ancient world, where Great Luo Immortals were once everywhere and Golden Immortals were as rare as dogs, has completely disappeared. Now, even Golden Immortals are seldom seen on the ancient land.

This situation has created the most favorable conditions for the human race to branch out and continue to grow stronger.

In a short period of time, countless human tribes began to flourish, and the total human population doubled in a very short time.

It is foreseeable that when the human race develops to a certain extent, there will inevitably be instances of powerful tribes annexing weaker ones.

Although this was not what Jiang Heng wanted to see, it was precisely what the human race had to go through to grow and prosper.

Such is the nature of humankind, or rather, the nature of any living being: the strong annexing the weak is the law of natural selection.

Jiang Heng did not want to interfere too much in these matters. The future of the human race should be chosen by the human race itself. Even though Jiang Heng was the common ruler of the human race, he could not interfere too much.

Of course, achieving this is incredibly difficult. Above the human race are not only the Six Sages, but also the Dao Ancestor and the Heavenly Dao, who look down upon all living beings.

Jiang Heng has a long way to go in order to give humanity the freedom to choose, and whether he will succeed in the end is uncertain.

Soon, Jiang Heng and Suirenshi and the others arrived at Huoyun Cave, which was outside the Thirty-Third Heaven. Originally, this place was the cave of the Red Cloud Ancestor.

Like the cave dwellings opened up by the sages, the Red Cloud Cave is not actually within the primordial world, but is closer to the Chaos Sea.

The phrase "retiring to the Red Cloud Cave and no longer being able to easily step out of it" actually refers to not being able to easily enter the primordial world again.

However, if one enters the Chaos Sea from the Red Cloud Cave, the Dao Ancestor will not interfere. That's why the Supreme Saint Taiqing sent Jiang Heng to the Chaos Sea.

The so-called Chaos Sea actually refers to the vast void beyond the primordial world, where the great god Pangu was conceived.

After the birth of the great god Pangu, he wielded the Pangu Axe and created the world from the chaos within the primordial bell, thus giving rise to the primordial world we know today.

The seemingly vast primordial world is but a drop in the ocean compared to the entire Chaos Sea, utterly insignificant.

The Chaos Sea is vast and boundless, making it easy to lose one's way. Moreover, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is extremely scarce, and what exists is only chaotic energy that is difficult to refine.

Therefore, even a sage would not easily venture deep into the Chaos Sea; at most, he would only wander around the vicinity of the primordial world.

Within the Chaos Sea, the power of the Heavenly Dao cannot reach. For Jiang Heng, this is naturally an excellent thing.

This also means that Jiang Heng no longer needs to be as cautious in the Chaos Sea as he was in the primordial world.

Jiang Heng did not wait long. Soon after arriving at the Red Cloud Cave, he stepped into the Chaos Sea.

(End of this chapter)