12dz Chapter 1001 A Wrong Path of Creation
Chapter 1001 A Wrong Path of Creation
"Wa?"
Jing Yu was deeply shocked: "Nuwa?"
"Greetings, Lord Creation!"
The Immortal Venerable of Creation's expression shifted slightly, and she smiled faintly, "It seems you've heard of me."
"This junior has indeed heard your story... May I ask if you are the legendary Nuwa who created humans from clay?"
The Creation Immortal Venerable chuckled self-deprecatingly, "Creating humans from clay? I don't have that kind of ability."
"Legends are not necessarily the truth, just like those murals you saw before you came in..."
The Creation Immortal Venerable said, "The main body of the Demon Refining Pot has been placed in the Ancestral Demon Hall by me for many years. The murals in the corridor were naturally painted by the demons of the Ancestral Demon Hall. The content is half true and half false, and at least when it comes to the Dragon Clan, there are many distortions and slanders."
"Actually, if you have the chance to visit the Dragon Palace later, you might see a completely different version."
"I know you have many questions. Since Shenmeng has entrusted me to grant you a great fortune, you can ask me anything you have. As long as I know the answer, I will tell you."
Jing Yu had a lot of questions, so he quickly asked, "My lord, just now when I was looking at the murals in the corridor, was the baby ape in your arms the legendary [Demon Ancestor]?"
"Not bad." The Immortal Venerable of Creation nodded.
"So, the rumors about the so-called 'First Demon in the World' and 'Ancestor of All Demons' are not true? In fact, the Demon Ancestor is not the Ancestor of All Demons?"
“Wrong.” The Creation Immortal Venerable shook his head and said, “The Demon Ancestor is indeed the first demon in the world, and it is also the oldest Dao Lord in this world. It has existed for countless billions of years before the Great Calamity of the Era appeared.”
"Then why... did you attain enlightenment before the Demon Ancestor?" Jing Yu asked, bewildered.
"What's so strange about that?" the Creation Immortal Venerable retorted. "The Demon Ancestor was the first demon in the world, but when did I ever say that I was a demon?"
Is the only Daoist Master among the demon race not a demon?
Jing Yu's mind was a little foggy.
The Immortal Venerable of Creation chuckled and said, "That's right, I am not a demon, but a human!"
"Do you know why I attained enlightenment? How did I come to wield the power of [Creation]?" The Creation Immortal Venerable said leisurely, "To tell you the truth, the earliest batch of demons in this world were all created by me."
"The Demon Ancestor is naturally included as well."
"Why are apes and humans the most similar? Have you ever heard the saying that humans are a branch of apes? Hehe, actually it's the opposite. The reason why apes are the most similar to humans is because the first demon in the world, the Demon Ancestor, was created by the original being in the form of humans."
"And the races that were created later became less and less like humans."
The Immortal Venerable of Creation smiled with a hint of mischief: "In the so-called legend of Nuwa creating humans, what is my origin?"
Jing Yu answered subconsciously, "Born holy... there is also the saying of the demon race."
"That's right, actually the story is exactly the opposite. It's not that the demons created humans, but rather that humans created the demons."
"Humans are the most intelligent of all beings, and I am of the human race. How can I create humans?"
"Then who created the human race?" Jing Yu asked in confusion.
"At the beginning of everything, there was only one existence in the world, and that was the 'One'."
The Creation Immortal's gaze was distant, as if he were lost in memories: "At that time, there were naturally no humans, but [One Yuan] created the human race in its own form."
"So it was the 'One' that created humanity, but it is not humanity in essence."
"The so-called [Dragon Clan]..." Jing Yu couldn't help but ask.
"The Dragon Ancestor was indeed once human, but it was not, as depicted in the murals, a body pieced together from parts of various demon races," the Creation Immortal Venerable said calmly. "If that were truly the case, how could I possibly tolerate it?"
"It gradually cultivated into a true dragon by relying on its own understanding of the [Laws of Creation]."
"pity."
The Creation Immortal sighed, "The Dragon Ancestor thought he had cultivated the most perfect body in the world, but this perfection was too deliberate. He only pursued depth and lost breadth."
"That is why, although the Dragon Clan is powerful, they are extremely rare."
"Even the strongest [Ancestral Dragon Bloodline] cannot be passed down through natural conception..."
"It doesn't understand that all creatures in the world, even cockroaches, have their own reason for existence..."
"It also doesn't understand that the true essence of [Creation] lies in [Evolution]. Truly perfect beings will slowly evolve as the environment changes, even if the speed of this evolution is extremely slow, perhaps dozens or even hundreds of generations... but at least there will be change."
"But what about the so-called pure-blooded true dragon? The first true dragon in the world looked the same as the pure-blooded true dragon of today."
"All the descendants of pure-blooded true dragons are exactly the same as their parents, without any difference, just like they were copied and pasted."
"It's somewhat similar to one I once cultivated..." The Creation Immortal Venerable fell into thought.
“Like… a banana?” Jing Yu answered tentatively.
“That’s right, I did create the banana plant.” The woman in animal skin sitting on the stone bed said in surprise, “I thought you were a country bumpkin, but I didn’t expect you to have some vision.”
"On the contrary, the hybrid dragon offspring born from the union of pure-blooded true dragons and other demon races have undergone some different changes, such as [Jiao], [Yazi], [Baxia] and so on."
"But this evolution is not natural in nature. For example, the offspring born from two dragons will continue this copy-paste process."
"The dragon is a created being; it has never been integrated into the overall ecosystem. Thus, the perfection of the true dragon itself became a flaw in the path of the Dragon Ancestor, which is why it could only stop at the Dao Lord realm and could not make any further progress."
"No, perhaps it is aware of this shortcoming, but knowing and doing are two different things. It understands where the problem lies, but it has no way to solve it."
Jing Yu remained silent for a long time, seemingly stunned after being bombarded with countless secrets.
"So... in reality, the so-called 'demon race' is merely a byproduct of your attainment of Dao, and there are no Dao Venerables of demon race origin in this world at all?"
"You're wrong again," the Creation Immortal Venerable laughed. "There are actually quite a few Dao Venerables who are of demon race origin."
"You must understand that I am one of the oldest Dao Venerables besides [Yi Yuan], therefore the history of the demon race is much longer than you imagine."
"For example, the [Universe Immortal Venerable] who holds the power over space is actually a [barnacle]."
"The Celestial Venerable of Time, who wields the power of time, is in his true form a cicada."
"And your Daoist sect's [Changqing Daozun], who holds the power over lifespan, is actually a demon. Even the [Nine Lives Daojun] under him is actually a raccoon dog. Hehe, but that little guy later completely abandoned his physical body and bloodline and focused on cultivating his soul, so I can't say anything more about it."