Three thousand years later.
Human Sacred Hall.
Gu Xi slowly opened his eyes.
His deep eyes were like two starry sky vortices, with billions of Great Dao talismans rotating within them.
Various divine lights cascaded from his body like waterfalls.
There was the pure golden Mysterious Light of Merit.
There was the Innate Five Elements Divine Light.
There was the Four Seasons Divine Light, manifesting the four seasons.
As these various divine lights converged, they exuded an incomparably grand and oppressive aura, as if Yiyuan Heavy Water of immense weight were surging; the surrounding space-time began to tremble slightly.
"Three thousand years. I have finally fully comprehended the Great Luo Dao Fruit of Dong Yin Daojun."
"Moreover, I have successfully used this Dao Fruit, along with the Primordial Water Element Dao Embryo obtained from Great Sage Shui Ling, as nutrients to condense my own Primordial Water Element Dao Embryo."
"Furthermore, the moment my Primordial Water Element Dao Embryo was condensed, it reached the state of Great Perfection, showing faint signs of transforming into a Great Luo Dao Fruit."
Gu Xi muttered to himself as an Auspicious Cloud surged from the top of his head.
Within the Auspicious Cloud, seven profound and extraordinary Dao Embryos emerged.
These seven Dao Embryos were:
1. Primordial Merit Dao Embryo!
2. Four Seasons Sequence Dao Embryo!
3. Primordial Metal Element Dao Embryo!
4. Primordial Wood Element Dao Embryo!
5. Primordial Water Element Dao Embryo!
6. Primordial Fire Element Dao Embryo!
7. Primordial Earth Element Dao Embryo!
The aura of these seven Dao Embryos was overwhelming, causing the surrounding space-time to vibrate violently.
Seven Dao Embryos in total.
If any other Gods and Devils were here, they would likely be scared to death on the spot.
The Great Dao is difficult to seek.
Even Gods and Devils with the foundations of Innate Divine Saints cannot guarantee they will be able to walk a single Great Dao to its end.
Therefore, generally speaking, the vast majority of Gods and Devils will specialize in one Great Dao, condensing a single Dao Embryo.
They expend all their energy cultivating and sublimating this one Dao Embryo.
Then, they strive with all their might to sublimate the Dao Embryo into a Great Luo Dao Fruit, then into a Quasi-Saint Dao Fruit, and finally into a Primordial Dao Fruit.
This is the choice made by the vast majority of Gods and Devils.
In fact, even so, the chances of being able to sublimate a Dao Embryo into a Primordial Dao Fruit are incredibly slim.
Thus, very few Gods and Devils will cultivate more than two Dao Embryos.
For no other reason!
Insufficient energy!
Someone like Gu Xi, who has directly cultivated seven Dao Embryos, is absolutely unique in the Primordial World.
Of course, the benefits are also obvious.
The vastness of Gu Xi's divine power is nearly seven times greater than that of other God and Demon Dao Lords of the same level.
He looked at the seven Dao Embryos upon his Auspicious Cloud, filled with a sense of accomplishment.
Not to mention the Primordial Merit Dao Embryo and the Four Seasons Sequence Dao Embryo.
The five Primordial Five Elements Dao Embryos that followed were all condensed by him over these three thousand years.
Using the Dao Embryos of Great Sage Mu Ling, Great Sage Shui Ling, and Great Sage Huo Ling as references and templates, it took him about a thousand years to condense his own Primordial Wood Element Dao Embryo, Primordial Water Element Dao Embryo, and Primordial Fire Element Dao Embryo.
Then, using the three Dao Embryos of Great Sage Mu Ling and the others as nutrients, he integrated them into his own three Dao Embryos, upgrading the Primordial Wood Element Dao Embryo and the other two to the mid-stage of the Dao Embryo realm.
Afterward, he used the Dao Fruit of Dong Yin Daojun as nutrients, integrating it into his Primordial Water Element Dao Embryo, directly upgrading it to the Great Perfection of the Dao Embryo realm.
Subsequently, based on the principles of the mutual generation and restriction of the five elements, and combining the three Dao Embryos—such as the Primordial Wood Element Dao Embryo—with the Great Five Elements Art he practiced, he deduced the Primordial Metal Element Dao Embryo and the Primordial Earth Element Dao Embryo.
In the end, he successfully condensed the Primordial Metal Element Dao Embryo and the Primordial Earth Element Dao Embryo.
Of course, throughout this entire process, he consumed over three hundred billion in merit and repeatedly utilized the "Enlightenment" function of the Heavenly Dao Credit Card, entering a state of enlightenment time and time again.
Only then could he condense all of his Primordial Five Elements Dao Embryos in a mere three thousand years.
The cost was enormous.
The harvest was equally immense.
Gu Xi glanced at his Merit value.
Merit: 100 billion
"Over these years, with the promotion of the Four Seasons Sequence and the popularity of the Martial Dao throughout the Primordial World, I have continuously received a massive amount of Merit."
"Originally, my Merit value had already reached 400 billion. However, I consumed 300 billion of it to deduce and condense the Primordial Five Elements Dao Embryo, using it for Enlightenment."
"As expected, no amount of Merit is ever enough!"
Gu Xi sighed with emotion and retracted his Auspicious Cloud and the seven Dao Embryos.
Immediately, he stirred his Divine Sense and transmitted the news of his emergence from seclusion to Suiren Shi and the others.
"The Holy Father has emerged from seclusion?"
Upon receiving the Divine Sense sent by Gu Xi, Suiren Shi and the others were overjoyed.
One after another, they rushed toward the Human Sacred Hall from various human tribes.
Half a day later, Suiren Shi and numerous other human powerhouses arrived at Five Elements Mountain.
However, there were too many human powerhouses who had come this time—a full eleven thousand seven hundred people.
If the Human Sacred Hall did not contain the Law of Space and the capacity to accommodate one hundred thousand people, it is uncertain whether it could have held so many people today.
Only those humans at the Earth Immortal realm or above were considered high-ranking members of the human race and were qualified to come to the Sacred Hall.
Seeing so many high-ranking human officials arrive this time, Gu Xi was instantly delighted.
"We pay our respects to the Holy Father!"
Suiren Shi and the others all prostrated themselves before Gu Xi.
"Rise. Suiren Shi, tell me about the changes in our human race over these three thousand years."
Gu Xi looked at Suiren Shi with eager anticipation.
"As you command!"
Suiren Shi took a deep breath, a look of joy appearing on his face.
"Ever since the Holy Father passed down the Martial Dao, the overall strength of our human race has increased significantly. Even ordinary people with insufficient talent can now possess the power to contend against Fierce Beasts and demons and monsters through practicing the Martial Dao..."
"This has greatly increased our human race's ability to survive."
"Over the past three thousand years, the population of our human race has exploded to 50 billion."
"Many tribes that branched out later migrated away from the East Sea Coast, moving toward regions across the entire eastern Primordial World that are suitable for our human race to survive."
"Currently, besides the more than 130 tribes on the East Sea Coast, our human race has over 400 tribes scattered throughout the eastern Primordial World."
"It can be said that the footprints of our human race have begun to spread across the entire eastern Primordial World."
"In addition to a significant increase in population, the number of powerhouses in our human race has also increased substantially!"
"As of today, our human race has 10 Golden Immortals, over 200 Heavenly Immortals, more than 500 martial arts powerhouses who have reached Shattering the Void, over 1,000 Earth Immortals, and more than 10,000 Martial Dao Human Immortals."
"It is fair to say that these three thousand years have been the period of our fastest development in history..."
Suiren Shi told Gu Xi about the current state of the human race with immense excitement.
"It seems that the development of our human race over these three thousand years has been very ideal."
Gu Xi was very satisfied upon hearing this.
Afterward, he asked the seven newly promoted Golden Immortals to demonstrate the Great Daos they cultivated.
Then, he bestowed four of the God positions of the Gods of Twenty-Four Solar Terms upon four of the Golden Immortals whose attributes were compatible with the positions.
"Out of the 24 God positions of the Gods of Twenty-Four Solar Terms, 3 were given to the Dragon Clan, 5 were given to the human race, and 16 God positions remain."
"For the Four Seasons Sequence to be perfected, all the Gods of Twenty-Four Solar Terms must be brought into existence."
My cultivation realm has reached the limit of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, and I still have seven Dao Embryos within my body. It is about time to advance to the Great Luo realm.
However, before advancing to the Great Luo realm, I must perfect the Four Seasons Sequence so that the Four Seasons Sequence Dao Embryo can also sublimate into a Great Luo Dao Fruit.
I cannot wait any longer. It seems I need to patrol the human race and, while I'm at it, subdue some Gods and Devils compatible with the God positions, have them merge with the positions, and facilitate the perfection of the Four Seasons Sequence.
Gu Xi pondered, having made his decision.
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