Dazzling Marketplace Items, Exchanging for the Three Thousand Great Daos

"Thirty-Six Grade Chaos Green Lotus, Chaos Supreme Treasure, 100 trillion Merit!"

"Sky-Opening Divine Axe, Chaos Supreme Treasure, 100 trillion Merit!"

"Chaos Bead, Chaos Supreme Treasure, 100 trillion Merit!"

"Jade Butterfly of Creation, Chaos Supreme Treasure, 100 trillion Merit!"

"Pangu Bloodline, 100 trillion Merit!"

"Pangu Primordial Spirit, 100 trillion Merit!"

"Damaged Jade Butterfly of Creation, Chaos Supreme Treasure Fragment, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Primordial Violet Qi, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Taiji Diagram, Innate Supreme Treasure, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Pangu Banner, Innate Supreme Treasure, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Chaos Bell, Innate Supreme Treasure, 10 trillion Merit!"

"World-Destroying Millstone, Innate Supreme Treasure, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Six Paths Reincarnation Disc, Innate Supreme Treasure, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Gate of Eternal Life, Innate Supreme Treasure, 10 trillion Merit!"

"Thirty-Six Heavenly Transformations, 500 billion Merit!"

"Three Thousand Great Daos, 500 billion Merit!"

"Divine Elephant Suppression Prison Art, 500 billion Merit!"

"Ten Fiends Treasure Arts, 10 billion Merit!"

"Nine Secret Arts, 1 billion Merit!"

"Yang God Martial Arts Outline, 100 million Merit!"

Gu Xi looked at the dazzling array of items in the marketplace, his eyes nearly blinded by their brilliance.

The marketplace contained not only Magic Treasures, cultivation techniques, divine abilities, bloodlines, and more, but was not limited to things that had existed in the Primordial World. Everything that had appeared throughout the Myriad Worlds could be found here.

The sole restriction was that Magic Treasures were unique to each world. Magic Treasures in Hong Huang that had already recognized an owner could not be exchanged here.

For instance, the Taiji Diagram was currently in Laozi's hands, so Gu Xi could not exchange for another Taiji Diagram in the marketplace.

Even so, Gu Xi was overjoyed.

"It seems that if I don't rise to prominence, I'd be letting down such an opportunity."

His heart surged with excitement as Gu Xi immediately began selecting the items he wanted.

"If only I could exchange for Chaos Supreme Treasures like the Thirty-Six Grade Chaos Green Lotus, Sky-Opening Divine Axe, Chaos Bead, and Jade Butterfly of Creation. Unfortunately, each requires 100 trillion Merit... I only have 400 billion Merit left. I'm far too short."

He gazed greedily at the images of the four Chaos Supreme Treasures before finally having no choice but to give up.

He was still too poor.

Pangu Bloodline, too expensive. Skip.

Pangu Primordial Spirit, too expensive. Skip.

Primordial Violet Qi, too expensive. Skip.

World-Destroying Millstone, too expensive. Skip.

His gaze quickly swept past item after item.

In the end, his eyes settled upon the "Three Thousand Great Daos."

When he focused on the "Three Thousand Great Daos," the relevant information automatically surfaced.

"Notice: The Three Thousand Great Daos originate from the Eternal Life World. They are three thousand supreme divine abilities passed down from the Eternal Life World's supreme treasure, the Gate of Eternal Life. They may be exchanged together or separately."

"They can actually be exchanged separately. That's wonderful."

Gu Xi's face lit up with delight upon seeing the notice.

Although he had now advanced to Golden Immortal, he had cultivated for too short a time. He had yet to organize and create his own divine abilities, relying purely on Dao Practice and Magic Treasures in battle.

What he lacked most right now was divine abilities.

These "Three Thousand Great Daos" possessed extraordinary power. The higher-ranked divine abilities were likely no weaker than the top divine abilities of the Primordial World.

They were perfect for exchanging and cultivating.

"Exchange for the 'Great Destiny Art,' 'Great Karma Art,' 'Great Wish Art,' 'Great Reincarnation Art,' 'Great Five Elements Art,' 'Great Calamity Art,' 'Great Inner Demon Art,' 'Great Origin Art,' 'Great Chaos Art,' 'Great Yin-Yang Art'..."

Gu Xi directly exchanged for all of the top ten among the "Three Thousand Great Daos."

Afterward, he considered that his main cultivation was the "Primordial Merit Great Dao," so he should also exchange for some divine abilities related to the "Primordial Merit Great Dao."

Only then could he truly bring his full strength into play.

Thus, he also exchanged for four more of the Three Thousand Great Daos: the 'Great Salvation Art,' 'Great Pervasion Art,' 'Great Blessing Art,' and 'Great Morality Art.'

The fourteen Great Daos in total consumed a full 250 billion Merit.

This price was half the total cost of all the Three Thousand Great Daos.

That was because the top ten among the Three Thousand Great Daos were far more expensive than those ranked below them.

Once the exchange was complete, countless Scriptures immediately flooded into Gu Xi's Primordial Spirit. They were precisely the fourteen Great Daos he had just exchanged for.

"If I want to fully comprehend and master these fourteen Great Daos, who knows how long it will take? I probably won't master them all even after hundreds of millions of years... That's far too long."

"Fortunately, there's still the 'Enlightenment' system."

Gu Xi closed the marketplace interface and opened the "Enlightenment" interface.

The "Enlightenment" function was simple: consume Merit to instantly place the host in a state of enlightenment. The higher the grade of the cultivation technique or divine ability being comprehended, the more Merit it consumed.

"Let's begin enlightenment."

Gu Xi's expression hardened as he used his thoughts to press the "Enlightenment" button.

In an instant, an unfathomably mysterious and invisible great power descended upon Gu Xi, bringing him into the deepest state of enlightenment.

At this moment, his entire being seemed to enter a state of absolute clarity. Everything in the world drifted away from him, and only the Scriptures of the fourteen Three Thousand Great Daos spun rapidly within his mind.

Countless profound insights continuously emerged in his thoughts like surging tides.

An instant.

Yet it also seemed like hundreds of millions of years.

Gu Xi slowly opened his eyes.

His eyes radiated the light of boundless wisdom, while also revealing the vicissitudes of vast ages. He seemed like a sage of limitless wisdom awakening from a slumber lasting hundreds of millions of years.

"It truly was an instant that spanned hundreds of millions of years!"

Gu Xi sighed, delight appearing on his face.

Only an instant had passed in the outside world.

Yet he had already cultivated all fourteen of the Three Thousand Great Daos to major accomplishment.

The results of hundreds of millions of years of bitter cultivation had been achieved in a single instant.

How could he not be overjoyed?

The only painful part was that this "Enlightenment" function consumed quite a lot of Merit.

The 150 billion Merit he had left had now completely become zero.

"Eggshells blow away in the wind, wealth leaves and the heart finds peace... 150 billion Merit in exchange for fourteen supreme divine abilities reaching major accomplishment in an instant. It was worth it."

"If the Merit is gone, I can just earn more."

Gu Xi consoled himself, rose with a smile, and looked toward the hundreds of thousands of newly born humans.

At this moment, the hundreds of thousands of newly born humans were also looking at Gu Xi. Seeing that he had finished cultivating, some of them knelt down.

"We pay respects to the Holy Father. May we ask, Holy Father, where should our Human Race go from here?"

A human asked.

Gu Xi pondered. In his previous life, he had been human, and in this life, he was the Human Race Holy Father. No matter what, he could not simply ignore the Human Race.

Moreover, now that he was the Human Race Holy Father, his destiny was linked to that of the Human Race. The stronger the Human Race became, the more of its fortune he would receive.

Therefore, he had to find a way to make the Human Race grow stronger as quickly as possible and gradually become the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth.

"...In the original myths and legends, although the Human Race ultimately replaced the Witch and Demon Races to become the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, their rise was far from easy. It was a path drenched in blood and tears."

"To forge the Witch-Slaying Sword, the Demon Race once slaughtered countless humans."

"During the Witch-Demon War, Buzhou Mountain collapsed. Beneath the overwhelming calamity, countless humans without sufficiently powerful protectors were killed or injured."

"Throughout that process, although Nuwa was the Human Race Holy Mother, she never acted to protect the Human Race... Perhaps because she was born of the Demon Race, she felt guilty toward them after realizing that the Human Race was destined to replace the Witch and Demon Races as the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, which was why she did not help the Human Race."

"Or perhaps she believed that as long as the Human Race eventually became the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, it did not matter how tragic the process was. Thus, when the Human Race suffered calamity, she chose to stand by and do nothing."

"As for Saint Taiqing, the later Human Teaching Sect Master, he clearly founded his sect upon the Human Race and enjoyed the Human Race's great fortune, yet he never acted when the Human Race suffered hardship... Heh, how truly ironic and cold-blooded. He took only the benefits and did nothing!"

"And later, although the Human Race clearly became the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth... they never received the treatment due to the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth. They possessed none of the majesty held by the Witch and Demon Races, or the ancient Phoenix, Qilin, and Dragon Races when they were the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth..."

"...Above them were the gods of the Heavenly Court, below them was the Netherworld, and there were also the Six Sages and Four Teachings. All these Forces would stand above the Human Race in the future, even crazily siphoning away the Human Race's fortune. Though the Human Race would be the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, their actual status would probably be inferior even to the East Sea Dragon Clan..."

"...Even the successive Human Emperors of later generations would have to worship Heaven and Earth upon ascending the throne, report to the Six Sages, worship the gods of the Heavenly Court, worship the Ghosts and Deities of the Netherworld, and even worship the dragon gods before they could securely sit upon the Human Emperor's throne."

"Such a Human Race did not possess even a tenth of the might currently held by the Witch and Demon Races. How could they be called the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth? They were simply sheep penned up by every faction, endlessly having their wool sheared."

Thinking of the endless blood and tears suffered during the Human Race's rise, as well as the Human Race's weak position afterward, killing intent gathered in Gu Xi's eyes.

In this life, as the Human Race Holy Father, he would never allow the Human Race to experience so much bloodshed and sorrow again.

Nor would he permit the Human Race, after becoming the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, to remain so weak.

Since the Human Race was the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, they should enjoy the treatment of protagonists, suppress the gods and demons of the eight directions, dominate Heaven and Earth, rather than be weak prey whose wool could be sheared by every faction.

"Although the Buzhou Mountain region is good, it is not suitable for the Human Race's development. We will change locations and find a place to settle."

Knowing that the Buzhou Mountain region would become the site of the decisive Witch-Demon War in the future, Gu Xi spoke to the humans.

He rose into the air and swept his sleeve. Hundreds of thousands of humans were immediately lifted by a gust of wind and set down upon a bank of clouds.

He led the hundreds of thousands of humans rapidly away from the Buzhou Mountain region.

"Th-this... Is Gu Xi, that 'God of Misfortune,' leaving the Buzhou Mountain region?"

"Wonderful! That 'God of Misfortune' is finally leaving. We're safe now."

"I had recently been considering whether I should move away from the Buzhou Mountain region, but I never expected that 'God of Misfortune' to suddenly leave. Now I no longer need to consider relocating..."

"Hahaha! Let that 'God of Misfortune' plague other gods and demons. We can finally rest easy from now on."

After the many gods and demons of the Buzhou region noticed that Gu Xi was taking the Human Race away from Buzhou Mountain, they rejoiced one after another, greatly relieved as they watched Gu Xi depart...