Teaching the Human Race the Totem Method

Within the World-Ending Millstone, the Great Sun Golden Flame transformed into a net.

The sealed remnant soul of Shen Ni was trapped with no escape.

As the Great Sun Golden Flame contracted and the World-Ending Flame drew nearer, the remnant soul despaired.

The space shrank, and the remnant soul, unable to evade, was refined by the terrifying World-Ending Flame.

Lu Yang had only used a small portion of his magic power, equivalent to that of a few thousand Quasi-Sages!

However, for Shen Ni's remnant soul, this magic power was immense.

Thus, under the surge of great magic power, the World-Ending Flame unleashed its terrifying might.

The refined remnant soul was annihilated in less than one Primordial Era day.

According to the Heavenly Dao, the unit of cultivation is 'years'.

A Quasi-Sage's magic power is equivalent to one Calamity, which is fifty thousand Epochs.

Accumulating immeasurable Calamity magic power can lead to proving the Hunyuan Dao.

And what is the concept of immeasurable Calamity? It is four hundred and eighty million Calamities!

Moreover, the greater the magic power, the harder it is to advance.

The cultivation unit 'year' is not the same as the unit of time.

Therefore, one does not become a Quasi-Sage simply by cultivating for one Calamity.

If one has a poor Origin/Foundation, inferior cultivation methods, lacks opportunities, and does not achieve great fortune, they might cultivate for several Calamities and still not become a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

Those with great fortune might cultivate to Grand Unity in a few Epochs.

Thus, accumulating immeasurable Calamity magic power is not the same as cultivating for immeasurable Calamity time.

Is achieving Quasi-Sage cultivation easy? The answer is no.

The magic power of one Calamity is already difficult to attain, let alone four hundred and eighty million Calamities worth of magic power?

This shows the immense difficulty of proving the Hunyuan Dao.

It also reveals the gap between Quasi-Sages and Sages.

Truly, all beneath a Sage are but ants!

Does the magic power of four hundred and eighty million Quasi-Sages combined equal a Sage? Not exactly. The magic power of one Calamity is the minimum standard for a Quasi-Sage, a starting point. Similarly, the magic power of immeasurable Calamity is merely the starting point for a Sage.

Lu Yang gained these insights after experiencing one Calamity.

He could only say that he had previously underestimated Sages too much.

A Quasi-Sage who proves the Hunyuan Dao becomes a Hunyuan Grand Unity Golden Immortal, with their magic power increasing by hundreds of millions of times?

A Sage's Primordial Spirit is entrusted to the Heavenly Dao. Once they become a Sage, their magic power could potentially surge by billions of times.

Looking at it this way, Lu Yang's physical cultivation has yet to reach the minimum standard of a Sage.

Even with the magic power of two million Quasi-Sages, in the eyes of a Sage, he would merely be a slightly stronger ant.

With Shen Ni's remnant soul destroyed, the World-Ending Millstone was finally masterless.

After a moment of thought, Lu Yang decided to use Merit to repair the World-Ending Millstone.

That's right, Merit can repair Innate Spiritual Treasures.

Calling Merit a universal panacea is quite fitting; its uses are too broad.

With Lu Yang's current Merit, it might even be enough for him to achieve Sainthood through Merit.

But his ambition does not lie there.

Becoming a Sage is not within Lu Yang's considerations.

Furthermore, in his opinion, achieving Sainthood through Merit is not ideal.

Merit is granted by the Heavenly Dao.

By relying on Merit to become a Sage, if one were to defy the heavens, their Merit would be lost, and they would also lose their Sage's Fruit Position.

As the World-Ending Millstone was severely damaged, self-repair would take a long time.

As a large mass of Merit enveloped the World-Ending Millstone, its damage was rapidly repaired.

For the other beings in the Primordial Era, Merit is not something that can be easily obtained, thus using Merit to repair an Innate Spiritual Treasure is too 'extravagant'.

But Lu Yang gains Merit daily, so he doesn't really value it that much.

Repairing the World-Ending Millstone sooner would also facilitate the refinement of the Innate restrictions within it and the comprehension of the Devouring Law.

Time is not very valuable in the Primordial Era.

But taking the lead in one step means leading in all subsequent steps.

Next, Lu Yang would dedicate his attention to refining the World-Ending Millstone.

With Lu Yang's current Primordial Spirit Cultivation, thoroughly refining a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure is not easy; it would take at least a few Epochs.

As for Innate Supreme Treasures, even Quasi-Sages find it difficult to fully refine them.

Even a Sage needs several hundred years to completely refine an Innate Supreme Treasure.

But Lu Yang was simultaneously refining the Chaos Bell (an Innate Supreme Treasure), the River Diagram and Luo Book (a Supreme Innate Spiritual Treasure)...

Lu Ya stepped on auspicious clouds, idly roaming the Five Sacred Mountains, amusing himself in the Four Seas, living a life of carefree ease.

During his travels through the Primordial Era, he would also collect unclaimed treasures.

Lu Ya knew the locations of many unclaimed treasures in the Primordial Era like the back of his hand.

When he collected treasures, he would almost always teleport them to the Sun Star.

Regarding the refining of Innate Spiritual Treasures and the creation of Postnatal Spiritual Treasures, that was the Main Body's responsibility.

The clone's job was to seek enjoyment, cultivate, and then meddle with the various factions of the Primordial Era.

Even during a Calamity, the clone could act as he pleased.

If he died, he would simply return to the Sun Star.

Creating Golden Crows with Mystic Immortal level Origins was simple for the Sun Star.

The reason he hadn't created more Golden Crows with Mystic Immortal level Origins was that Lu Yang had more important matters to attend to.

He was deducing Golden Crows with Golden Immortal level Origins, refining Innate Spiritual Treasures and Innate Supreme Treasures, comprehending Laws, studying Divine Abilities, and also considering the general trend of heaven and earth.

Currently, the general trend of the Primordial Era favored the Three Clans, who were blessed by Destiny.

Lu Ya had joined the Phoenix Clan, and held a not insignificant position, allowing him to influence the general trend.

It was indeed necessary to consider the general trend more, and to lay some groundwork.

Unknowingly, Lu Ya came across a human tribe.

During one Calamity, more than half of the human race had died.

However, the number of Fierce Beasts had decreased, and many powerful Exotic Beasts were also gone, so the humans' living environment was much better than before the Calamity.

One could see that the human race was thriving.

The Innate Humans, formed from the myriad insects on Pangu, were still somewhat different from the Postnatal Humans created by Nuwa.

Stopping the auspicious clouds beneath his feet, Lu Ya looked down at the human tribe.

To survive in the Primordial Era, humans had to work so hard!

Lu Ya decided to help the human race, and also to verify some of his ideas.

At that moment, Lu Ya formed seals with both hands, and Magic Power flowed between his ten fingers, transforming into countless talismans.

Next, the countless Magic Power talismans merged into one, evolving into a blurry pattern.

The blurry pattern instantly enveloped the human tribe below.

Suddenly, tens of thousands of humans in the tribe simultaneously received some information in their minds.

"Totem?"

The tribesmen exchanged glances.

The so-called Totem Method involved condensing a totem with the Destiny of a clan, and strengthening the totem with the Power of Faith.

Upon receiving the totem's recognition, one would bear the totem's mark and become a Totem Warrior.

The more powerful the totem, the higher the upper limit for the Totem Warriors.

The Totem Method that Lu Ya taught the human race naturally had its limits.

Theoretically, as long as there was sufficient Destiny and immense faith, a Grand Unity level totem could be condensed.

However, with the human race's current Destiny, it would be good to condense a Grand Unity level totem.

"The Heavens bless our tribe."

Tens of thousands of people prostrated themselves, all with excited expressions.

In fact, tens of thousands of humans were just a small tribe.

A large tribe would have at least a million people!

The Totem Method offered these humans a glimpse of a bright 'path forward'.

In this Primordial Era where the weak bowed and the strong flourished, strength was everything.

And the appearance of the totem gave the human race an opportunity to become stronger quickly.

Condense a powerful totem, and let every warrior in the tribe become a Totem Warrior.

As for the cultivators in the tribe, they were not in conflict with the totem.

Thank the Heavens.

The human race then began their sacrifices.

They erected a simple earthen altar, and piled stones into strangely shaped 'heavenly ladders'.

Numerous livestock were brought forward and slaughtered.

The sacrificial blood dyed the altar red.

No one dared to partake in these offerings.

Though human tribes were many and their methods of worship varied, they were largely similar.

After the 'Heavenly Sacrifice,' the tribesmen began to condense their Totem.

Following a discussion, the tribesmen decided to adopt the Heavenly Spirit as their Totem.

The Heavenly Spirit was the great ancestor of the Human Race.

"Ancestral Spirit, you who are above."

"Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit!"

With ten thousand people united in spirit, their minds merged, and their Blood Essence surged.

Without eating, drinking, sleeping, or resting, these tens of thousands of people successfully condensed their Totem.

There were thirteen Heavenly Spirits.

The humans of this era referred to brothers as 'heads.'

However, this tribe's Totem was not thirteen humans, but rather an image of thirteen beings with twenty-six arms.

The thirteen Heavenly Spirits were combined.

With little Destiny and a weak Power of Faith, the Totem was not yet strong.