Gaining Merit, It's That Simple

After leaving the territory of Buzhou Mountain, Gu Xi led hundreds of thousands of the human race, flying toward the east of the Primordial World.

"Holy Father, where are we heading?"

On the clouds, many humans looked toward Gu Xi.

"The East Sea Coast!"

"That place will be where our human race truly rises."

Gu Xi said.

In the myths of the Primordial World, the place where the human race rose was the East Sea Coast.

Therefore, he prepared to settle the hundreds of thousands of humans on the East Sea Coast.

"The East Sea Coast?"

The crowd of humans immediately showed expressions of confusion and longing in their eyes.

They had only been born into this world a short time ago, and their understanding of this world was nearly blank; they did not know where the East Sea Coast was.

However, since the Holy Father said the East Sea Coast was suitable for the development of the human race and was the place for their rise, then listening to the Holy Father was all they needed to do.

"It seems that if the human race wants to rise, the road ahead is long and arduous!"

Gu Xi looked at the ignorant and naive crowd of humans and immediately felt that if the human race wanted to become the Protagonists of Heaven and Earth, there was still a very long way to go.

Educating the human race was an urgent matter.

He quickly organized his understanding of the Primordial World into a "Brief History of the Primordial Era" and then transmitted it to the hundreds of thousands of humans through his Divine Sense.

After receiving the "Brief History of the Primordial Era" transmitted by Gu Xi, the hundreds of thousands of humans quickly began to read.

"So, the world we were born into is called the Primordial World..."

A few days later, the hundreds of thousands of humans had all finished reading the "Brief History of the Primordial Era," and one by one, their faces revealed expressions of sudden realization. In their eyes, a light of wisdom faintly emerged, and they were no longer ignorant and naive.

"It seems that you have already gained a rough understanding of the world we are in."

"Then, you should also know that in the Primordial World, Gods and Devils roam, the law of the jungle prevails, and weak races find it very difficult to survive in the Primordial World, facing the danger of extinction at any time."

"And we, the human race, are currently very weak, and our situation is also very dangerous."

Gu Xi said to the many humans.

The crowd of humans immediately had ugly expressions on their faces.

After reading the "Brief History of the Primordial Era," they all knew how dangerous the Primordial World was.

With the current strength of their human race, if not for Gu Xi, this Golden Immortal, protecting them, he feared that any random great demon could swallow the entire human race whole.

"We beg the Holy Father to teach us the way to become strong."

The hundreds of thousands of humans knelt on the clouds.

"It is good that you realize you need to become stronger. Since I am the Holy Father of the human race, I will naturally pass on the methods of cultivation to you."

"In the Primordial World, before Dao Ancestor Hongjun preached at Zixiao Palace, there was no unified Cultivation System. Various cultivation methods were complex, but they were basically centered on tempering the physical body before becoming an immortal, and after becoming an immortal, they were centered on comprehending the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth..."

"Of course, because the Witch Race was born without a Primordial Spirit, communicating with the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was extremely difficult; therefore, they could only focus on tempering the physical body and excavating the innate law powers within their bloodlines... This does not mean the Witch Race is weak. In fact, the Witch Race has many strong individuals, and even produced Quasi-Sage giants like the Twelve Ancestral Witches who shook the Primordial World."

"I have organized the cultivation methods of the Primordial Populace from before they became immortals into a book called the 'Primal True Scripture'."

"And the cultivation method passed down by Dao Ancestor Hongjun is the 'Mystic Gate Immortal Path', which is also just a cultivation method for before becoming an immortal."

"Whether it is the 'Primal True Scripture' or the 'Mystic Gate Immortal Path', both are cultivation methods for before becoming an immortal. What kind of path you will take after becoming an immortal is something you must decide for yourselves."

"Now, I will pass the 'Primal True Scripture' and the 'Mystic Gate Immortal Path' to you. Whichever book you feel is suitable for your cultivation, choose that one to practice."

As Gu Xi spoke, he transmitted the "Primal True Scripture" and the "Mystic Gate Immortal Path" to the hundreds of thousands of humans.

He had not spent those ten thousand-plus years in the territory of Buzhou Mountain in vain.

Through the many Gods and Devils of Buzhou Mountain, he had mastered many of the more primitive cultivation methods of the Primordial Populace from the past, as well as the Mystic Gate Immortal Path passed down by Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Of course, what he had mastered were only the pre-immortal cultivation methods of these two cultivation paths.

They were of no use to him, but they were enough to pass on to the human race.

Rumble!

Just as Gu Xi finished transmitting the "Primal True Scripture" and the "Mystic Gate Immortal Path" to the human race, a sudden change occurred above his head.

A golden light the size of a bowl descended in an instant.

The vast golden light merged into Gu Xi's body, causing his entire being to be suffused with a layer of sacred golden radiance.

It emitted an aura that was impervious to all evil!

"There is merit for this as well?"

Gu Xi felt this change with a stunned gaze. At this moment, a trace of Heavenly Secrets emerged from the depths of his soul, and instantly, a surge of joy rushed into his heart.

This was the merit of educating the human race.

The human race was the future heaven-ordained protagonist.

Educating the human race would bring corresponding merit and fortune.

Gu Xi felt great joy in his heart; this was truly an unexpected surprise!

If merit could descend even in this manner, then obtaining merit did not seem so difficult after all.

In an instant, a multitude of plans for civilizing the Human Race surfaced in his mind.

Ever since the members of the Human Race had received the Primal True Scripture and the Mystic Gate Immortal Path, they had begun to cultivate in silent diligence.

This batch of humans were the very first of the Human Race, possessing excellent aptitude and foundations; they were all Innate Beings.

In particular, the dozen or so humans personally molded by Nuwa possessed aptitudes that reached the level of Innate Deities.

Consequently, once these humans began their cultivation, they progressed by leaps and bounds.

Before the Dao Ancestor Hongjun passed down the Mystic Gate Immortal Path, there were no specific grade divisions for the realms before becoming an immortal.

After Dao Ancestor Hongjun passed down the Mystic Gate Immortal Path, the realms before becoming an immortal were roughly divided into four stages: Refining Essence into Qi, Refining Qi into Spirit, Refining Spirit into Void, and Refining Void into Dao.

Within less than a month of starting their cultivation, the hundreds of thousands of humans had basically reached the Refining Qi into Spirit realm, with nearly ten thousand reaching the Refining Spirit into Void realm, and several hundred reaching the Refining Void into Dao realm.

The dozen or so individuals personally molded by Nuwa had even taken a half-step into the Earth Immortal realm.

As long as they survived the heavenly tribulation and withstood its baptism, they would truly ascend to become Earth Immortals.

The cultivation progress of the Human Race could be said to be extremely rapid.

Of course, this was only because the first batch of humans possessed such potential; the humans born later would not have such potential.

Moreover, they were able to advance so quickly because these humans had not yet truly become immortals.

Once they became immortals, such speed would be impossible.

To advance a small realm in tens of thousands of years would be considered quite good.

Hong Huang was vast and boundless. Buzhou Mountain was located in the center of Hong Huang, and the distance from the region of Buzhou Mountain to the East Sea Coast was countless billions of billions of miles.

Even if Gu Xi were a Golden Immortal capable of instantly traversing a million miles of the void, he could not lead the Human Race to the East Sea Coast in a short time.

In between lay countless Great Wildernesses, forests, swamps, mountain ranges, grasslands, lakes, and more, hiding immeasurable dangers.

While leading the Human Race toward the East Sea Coast, he constantly used the various harsh environments along the way to temper them, while also continuously teaching them various ways of survival.

He taught the Human Race the Way of Hunting, allowing them to obtain food by hunting Fierce Beasts.

He taught the Human Race the ways of gathering and medicine, enabling them to learn to identify the properties of various herbs, collect them to make medicine, temper their bodies, and treat injuries when they occurred.

He taught the Human Race to use fire, allowing them to cook or roast their food before eating.

He taught the Human Race to weave clothing, enabling them to learn to make their own garments.

He taught the Human Race to build houses, ensuring that no matter where they were, they would have a place to live.

Just like this, Gu Xi led the Human Race step by step, traversing countless Great Wildernesses, forests, swamps, mountain ranges, grasslands, and lakes, civilizing them step by step, helping them understand various ways of survival, and initially forming their own civilization.

During this period, almost every so often, a golden light of merit would descend and merge into Gu Xi's body.

This journey lasted for a full hundred years.

Over the century, Gu Xi and the Human Race encountered countless crises, facing the incursions of Fierce Beasts and Gods and Devils many times.

They successfully overcame them all.

The most dangerous instance was when they were attacked by a king of Fierce Beasts at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

It was a Sky-Swallowing Thunder Roc that suddenly appeared above Gu Xi and the others, its mouth opening to plunge hundreds of thousands of miles of the void into boundless darkness.

Countless living beings within those hundreds of thousands of miles were like ants, flying into that giant, black-hole-like maw in the sky.

Gu Xi activated the Kongtong Seal, barely protecting the Human Race and blocking the devouring power of the Sky-Swallowing Thunder Roc, yet they were still being pulled bit by bit toward that black-hole-like maw.

Fortunately, just as Gu Xi was about to be swallowed by the Sky-Swallowing Thunder Roc, the Heavenly Dao intervened once more.

A bolt of lightning, like a ten-thousand-foot heavenly sword, instantly pierced through the body of the Sky-Swallowing Thunder Roc, destroying its physical form and leaving behind only a remnant soul carrying a Grand Unity Dao Embryo, which fled in a panic.

A hundred years later, Gu Xi finally led the Human Race to the East Sea Coast.

However, the number of humans who arrived at the East Sea Coast was no longer several hundred thousand, but over a million.

This was because, over the century, many humans had married and had children.

The second generation, third generation, and even fourth generation of the Human Race had already been born.

Many humans had also died due to various accidents during that long, hundred-year journey.

"Holy Father, is this the East Sea Coast? We have finally arrived."

All the humans gazed at the green plains surrounded by great rivers before them, their eyes brimming with tears of excitement.

After a hundred-year journey, they had finally reached the place most suitable for them to dwell and multiply.

"Indeed, this is the East Sea Coast. From now on, this will be the habitat of our Human Race."

Gu Xi's gaze swept over the million humans, sensing the aura of the more than one hundred Earth Immortals among them, and he nodded with satisfaction.

In nearly a hundred years, the first batch of the Human Race's powerhouses had finally managed to grow up.

This gave him a great sense of accomplishment.

"Suiren Shi, Ziyi Shi, Youchao Shi, the three of you, lead our Human Race warriors now to clear out the surrounding Fierce Beasts and Demons and Monsters, so they do not hinder the future development of our Human Race."

Gu Xi's gaze fell upon the three members of the Human Race whose auras had reached the limit of the Earthly Immortal realm.

These three were the individuals with the greatest cultivation talent within the Human Race, and they were also the first-generation leaders of the Human Race.

In a hundred years, they had reached the limit of the Earthly Immortal realm, only one step away from advancing to the Heavenly Immortal realm.

Furthermore, they each possessed unique talents in the Way of Fire, the Way of Weaving, and the Way of Construction, respectively.

"Rest assured, Holy Father, leave the surrounding Fierce Beasts and Demons and Monsters to us."

Suiren Shi, Ziyi Shi, and Youchao Shi immediately led the warriors of the Human Race and began to take action.

The remaining members of the Human Race also began to fell trees and build houses, constructing their own homes on this vast plain.

Once the entire Human Race became busy, Gu Xi looked at the transparent interface before him.

[Name: Gu Xi]

[Realm: Late Golden Immortal]

[Physique: Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Undying Body]

[Merit: 100 Billion]

[Debt: 300 Billion]

[Borrowable Credit: 300 Billion]

[Repayment Date: 1 Million Years]

Over these hundred-plus years, the Human Race had grown rapidly, and he, Gu Xi, had also reaped immense rewards.

Through educating the Human Race, he had obtained merit time and time again.

Although each instance was not very much, when accumulated, it amounted to a full 100 billion in merit.

Most importantly, his various actions that could obtain Heaven-bestowed merit were, in fact, practicing the Primordial Merit Great Dao, which had caused his Dao Practice over these past hundred years to advance by leaps and bounds, even surpassing his progress over the past ten thousand years.

In merely a hundred years, he had advanced from the early Golden Immortal realm to the late Golden Immortal realm.

Moreover, he had reached the limit of the Golden Immortal realm.

If such progress were to spread, it would likely cause the entire Hong Huang to be shaken.

Other Gods and Devils might not even be able to advance from the early Golden Immortal realm to the middle Golden Immortal realm in tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands or millions of years.

He had only used a mere hundred years to advance from the early Golden Immortal realm to the late Golden Immortal realm.

By comparison, the progress was simply too exaggerated!

"Previously, the Human Race had not yet settled down, so I could only teach them the Way of Survival and Reproduction, obtaining only minor merit. Now that the Human Race has settled, next, it is time to establish the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches and the Four Seasons Sequence to seek great merit."

A sharp light burst forth from Gu Xi's eyes, as if the flames of ambition were burning wildly.