Eternal Time and Space

Chapter 41 Daoist Sect

After the annihilation of the ferocious beast clan, the vast territories they occupied became unclaimed lands. These territories contained countless treasures accumulated over countless years, rare and precious items that the ferocious beast clan had scavenged for countless eras, and even mountains of ferocious beast corpses.

The value of rare and precious materials goes without saying. The bones of ferocious beasts are excellent materials for forging divine weapons, the flesh and blood of ferocious beasts are precious medicinal ingredients for refining elixirs, and the souls of ferocious beasts are excellent spiritual mediums for tempering magical treasures. These spoils of war triggered round after round of struggle and division among the myriad races, ultimately spurring the rapid expansion of the strength of the myriad races.

In addition, with the merits bestowed upon countless beings during the Great Tribulation, the cultivation civilization of the prehistoric world experienced its first true explosion in these ten thousand years, and the number of Great Luo Golden Immortals began to surge.

Some of the peak Taiyi Golden Immortals who survived the Great Calamity broke through one after another after their merits entered their bodies; the innate saints who had been suppressed by the Heavenly Dao for countless years took advantage of the opportunity when the Heavenly Dao order was stabilized again and emerged one after another; many remnants of chaotic gods and demons who survived the Great Calamity of Creation and had been lurking in various parts of the prehistoric world also re-condensed their forms in this era and returned to the world.

In the First Era, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was incomplete, and the cultivation speed of living beings was slow. There were only a handful of Great Luo Golden Immortals. In the Second Era, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was nearly perfect, and the suppression of living beings by the Heavenly Dao was greatly weakened. Countless powerful beings emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain, making a name for themselves on the primordial land.

The remnants of the ferocious beast race rose again in this era. After Shen Ni fled, the ferocious beast army was leaderless and was almost completely slaughtered by the allied forces of all races. However, there were too many ferocious beasts, and some always escaped.

Those remnants of the ferocious beasts that fled into the depths of the earth, the edge of the starry sea, and the chaotic interlayers, regrouped after ten thousand years of recuperation, changed their allegiance, and called themselves "barbarians," no longer identifying themselves as ferocious beasts, to show their difference from the ferocious beasts of the past.

The barbarian tribe has four emperors: Chaos, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Taowu. All four barbarian emperors are at the level of Great Luo Golden Immortals, commanding countless ferocious beasts and occupying the wild and desolate lands on the western border.

New powerful figures have also emerged in the Zhou Tian Star Sea. On the Sun Star, Di Jun, Tai Yi, and Xi He have taken human form; on the Moon Star, Wang Shu has also taken human form. All four of them have the foundation of innate deities. They have made rapid progress in their cultivation and established a force in the Star Sea.

The power of the five major clans has expanded to its extreme in the past ten thousand years.

The Dragon Clan occupied the East Sea and expanded eastward. Under Meng Zhang, there were five Dragon Kings: Qiu Dragon King, Chi Dragon King, Jiao Dragon King, Ying Dragon King, and Ao Dragon King. They were all ancient beings with the purest bloodline of the Dragon Clan, and each of them had the cultivation of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

In addition, Meng Zhangyu had nine dragon sons: Qiuniu, Yazi, Chaofeng, Pulao, Suanni, Baxia, Bian, Fuxi, and Chiwen. Each of the dragon sons was extremely talented and had already advanced to the Taiyi level shortly after birth.

The Dragon Clan's influence extends from the East Sea to every corner of the Eastern Region, forcing all races, large and small, in the region to either submit or be expelled.

In the Phoenix Clan, Phoenix Mother Ling Guang also gave birth to nine offspring.

The Phoenix Clan, consisting of nine Great Golden Immortals—the Crimson Phoenix, the Phoenix Clan, the Swan, the Azure Phoenix, the Yuan-chu, the Roc, the Peacock, the Purple Swallow, and the Great Wind—protected Ling Guang. Their influence radiated outward from the Wutong Forest in the Southern Frontier, eventually dominating the entire Southern Region.

The Qilin clan was not to be outdone. The six Great Luo Golden Immortals—the Ink Qilin, the Fire Qilin, the Water Qilin, the Jade Qilin, the Golden Qilin, and the Holy Qilin—guarded the Central Plains, and the Qilin clan firmly controlled the most fertile central region of the prehistoric world.

Among the White Tiger Clan, the Mighty Tiger, the Fiend Tiger, the Blood Tiger, the Ghost Tiger, and the Thunder Tiger have risen to prominence one after another. The Mighty Tiger is in charge of killing, the Fiend Tiger is in charge of malevolent energy, the Blood Tiger is in charge of life, the Ghost Tiger is in charge of the netherworld, and the Thunder Tiger is in charge of thunder. When the five tigers join forces, they can set up the White Tiger Killing Formation, which no one below the Primordial Golden Immortal can break. The White Tiger Clan guards the west and suppresses the barbarians.

Among the Xuanwu clan, the Ao Turtle, Xuan Turtle, Yuan Turtle, and Ming Turtle rose to prominence. All four turtles are ancient beings that have lived for countless years. The Ao Turtle carries the divine mountain on its back, the Xuan Turtle carries the Xuan Water on its back, the Yuan Turtle carries the earth on its back, and the Ming Turtle carries the Netherworld on its back. The defensive power of the four turtles is unparalleled in the primordial world. Even Meng Zhang's Azure Dragon True Fire could not burn through the Xuan Turtle's shell.

The Xuanwu clan guards the northern icy plains, living a life of peace and tranquility, yet no one dares to provoke them.

The power of the five great clans was at its zenith, and all the races of the primordial world bowed down in their shadow. However, beneath the surface of prosperity, calamity and evil energy were quietly growing. The reproduction rate of the myriad races was too fast, and the number of living beings was too great, while the resources of the primordial world were limited.

In the struggle for spiritual veins, mineral deposits, and more habitable territories, the conflicts between the myriad races have deepened. Small skirmishes occur daily, while major wars break out every hundred years. Each war results in death, and each death accumulates malevolent energy. This malevolent energy sinks into the earth, while calamity energy rises into the sky, like two enormous reservoirs being filled little by little.

When the time is fully accumulated, the great calamity of the second era will descend.

Just when all races were flourishing and the five directions were vying for supremacy, a white-haired Taoist appeared on Mount Yujing in the east.

The Taoist built a hut and began his lectures every morning, expounding on the profound Dao of the Purple Palace, from "The Dao that can be spoken of" to "The extraordinary Dao", from "The nameless beginning of heaven and earth" to "The named mother of all things", from "The mystery within mystery" to "The gate of all wonders".

The Taoist's voice was not loud, but it clearly carried to every corner of Jade Capital Mountain. The originally thin spiritual energy in the mountain began to become thicker, the withered grass and trees began to turn green again, and the dried-up streams gushed forth with clear springs.

As the Taoist preached, golden lotuses emerged from the ground, one after another, transforming the slopes of Jade Capital Mountain into a golden sea of ​​flowers. Above, auspicious clouds of five colors gathered, scattering countless petals from within.

The petals fell on the listeners and transformed into a wisp of pure energy, merging into their bodies. As the pure energy entered their bodies, the listeners' cultivation began to increase. Some advanced from Earth Immortal to Celestial Immortal, some from Celestial Immortal to True Immortal, and some from True Immortal to Golden Immortal.

As the news spread, countless beings flocked to the place, trekking through mountains and rivers, overcoming numerous dangers, just to hear a sermon at the foot of Jade Capital Mountain.

The Taoist never refuses anyone, regardless of who they are, whether they are strong or weak, rich or poor. As long as they are willing to listen, he will speak.

This Taoist called himself Hongjun, and the Taoist lineage he founded was called Xuanmen, or Taoist School.

The Xuanmen (mysterious sect) cultivates the Purple Mansion, opens the Mysterious Gate, refines the Primordial Spirit, and proves the Great Dao. Hongjun preached the Dao for three thousand years. Over these three thousand years, the listeners on Jade Capital Mountain have changed batch after batch, but some have always stayed and become formal disciples of the Xuanmen.

After the disciples of the Xuanmen Sect left the mountain, they spread their teachings throughout the prehistoric world, and in a short time, Xuanmen disciples were all over the prehistoric world, becoming an emerging force that could not be ignored among the myriad races.