Overcome with excitement, Suiren Shi looked eagerly at Jiang Chen through his cloudy eyes.
He was filled with anticipation, wondering what astonishing words this senior who had just returned to the Human Race would say next!
The moment Suiren Shi finished speaking, countless gazes instantly turned toward Jiang Chen.
Seeing this, Jiang Chen felt a pang of regret. He had truly brought this trouble upon himself.
The reason he had said those things earlier was merely to prevent the Human Race from falling into despair and to encourage them.
But now they were asking him if he had any way to improve the situation. Jiang Chen could not think of anything for the moment, and immediately wanted to shake his head and say that he did not know.
Yet just as he was about to speak, the gazes of those people met his!
Hope, longing, anticipation, delight.
All kinds of emotions filled their eyes!
What kind of gaze was this?
Jiang Chen did not know, but he stopped himself from shaking his head and swallowed the words at the tip of his tongue, frantically racking his brain.
"Strive for self-improvement!"
"Never cease!"
"Our Human Race must strive for self-improvement and never cease!!!!!"
After thinking for a long while, Jiang Chen calmly voiced his answer.
His words were only a few simple phrases, but when they reached the ears of the countless members of the Human Race, they were like thunderbolts exploding in their minds!
"That's right! Our Human Race must strive for self-improvement and never cease. If we have no cultivation techniques, we'll create our own!"
"Get sick? We'll cure ourselves!"
"Die of old age after a hundred years or so? We'll seek, search, and create our own path to immortality!!"
"Demonic beasts attacking us? We won't rely on anyone else. We'll resist them ourselves. Even if we die, we'll make them understand that we aren't to be bullied!!!"...
Suiren Shi was the most deeply moved of all. He stood rooted to the spot, muttering in delight. As he continued, the cloudiness in his eyes gradually gave way to brightness. By the end, he was roaring at the top of his lungs!
It was as though he were venting his emotions, or perhaps making a declaration!
"Strive for self-improvement and never cease!"
"Our Human Race must strive for self-improvement and never cease!"
In an instant, the atmosphere seemed to infect everyone else, and they all began shouting along!!
A single person's voice might be small, but when the entire Human Race joined together, their voices shook the highest heavens, causing even the surrounding trees to tremble!
Hiss!
"This is the Human Race of my master?"
Seeing the people's frenzied appearance, Ao Yu drew in a sharp breath. The spirit and vitality gathered by all of them together actually made her, a Late-stage Grand Master Golden Immortal, feel somewhat fearful. It was as though she had the illusion that she would die if she became their enemy!
However, what shocked her even more was still to come!
Just as the entire Human Race was shouting in unison, immeasurable dark-gold merit appeared at the edge of the sky. Vast and mighty, it descended straight down!!!
"So much merit?!!!"
"So much merit?!!!"
Ao Yu cried out in shock, her voice even cracking slightly.
There was no helping it. There was simply too much merit before her eyes!!
Merit could be said to be the greatest treasure in the Primordial World!
As everyone knew, even medicine contained some poison. Whenever one used heavenly treasures to break through, one might more or less leave behind hidden dangers. Merit, however, would not affect one's foundation and could even directly increase one's cultivation!
This was evident from the methods by which the Six Saints had attained sainthood. The fact that they had achieved Merit Sainthood was proof enough.
Besides that, merit could also directly refine the restrictions within a spiritual treasure!
More importantly, if one had merit protecting one's body, one would receive the protection of Heaven and Earth. It was equivalent to possessing an extra death-immunity token. If others wanted to strike or kill you, they would have to consider whether they could withstand the backlash of merit!
Even the supreme Saints would suffer tremendous losses!
In short, merit possessed endless benefits and was something countless people in the Primordial World desperately coveted!
However, merit was far too difficult to obtain. Some people could spend their entire lives without obtaining even a trace of it, yet what was Ao Yu seeing now?
Merit filling the sky!
There was a full hundred mu of it!
The merit others desperately sought after had actually appeared here in a quantity covering a hundred mu?
But that was not all. Once the merit appeared, it split into countless portions and scattered into the bodies of every member of the Human Race!
Yet the largest cluster, containing one-tenth of the total, fell into Jiang Chen's body!
Seeing this, Ao Yu could not help but develop an illusion. Could the Human Race truly be the protagonists of the future?
If that was really the case, she had to hurry and tell Father King!
Setting aside the shock in Ao Yu's heart, when the merit appeared, even Jiang Chen, the person involved, was astonished.
He had never imagined that merely offering Suiren Shi some guidance would produce such an immense amount of merit!
After his surprise came wild delight.
Ao Yu already knew how wondrous merit was. As for Jiang Chen, who had read the records of the Primordial World thoroughly, he naturally knew even more!
But before he could properly recall everything, the immeasurable merit had already entered his body!
"If I refine this merit, I may be able to reach the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!"
Feeling the immense merit within him, Jiang Chen vaguely sensed something.
It seemed that as long as he refined this merit, he had a very good chance of breaking through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm!
Grand Unity Golden Immortal!
At the thought of this, Jiang Chen's eyes burned with fervor. Although the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm was merely the beginning, how long had it been since he had broken through to the Perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal realm? And now he could break through to the Grand Unity Golden Immortal realm as well?
This speed was simply astonishing!
As expected, leaving to gain experience had been the right choice!
At that moment, Jiang Chen felt wise for his earlier decision. If he had not traveled through the Primordial World, how could he have gained so much?
More importantly, this was only the beginning!
As if to confirm Jiang Chen's thoughts, after the immeasurable merit dispersed, a black shadow suddenly flew over from the distant sky!
As the distance shortened, the black shadow gradually enlarged. In the end, when it landed before Jiang Chen, he discovered that its true form was a golden seal!
Nine divine dragons coiled around one another atop the seal. The four sides of its base corresponded to the four directions of Heaven and Earth, radiating boundless might. Beneath the seal were great-path talismans bearing the words—"Kongtong"!
"Could this be the Kongtong Seal?!"
Upon seeing this spiritual treasure, an extremely similar treasure appeared in Jiang Chen's mind, and his heart stirred.
His words carried a hint of doubt, but his tone was extremely certain!
The Kongtong Seal was a Top-grade Innate Spiritual Treasure and the Human Race's number-one treasure. It was said that whoever held this seal could depose or establish a Human Emperor, and could also deal with all demons, devils, ghosts, and monsters. If a ghost touched it, its soul would scatter; if a demon touched it, its body would be annihilated!
"I never expected that because I guided the Human Race, not only would immeasurable merit descend, but the Human Race's supreme treasure would also judge me to be the key to leading the Human Race to prosperity and acknowledge me as its master directly?"
After the Kongtong Seal's information flashed through his mind, Jiang Chen quickly understood why it had appeared in his hands.
Although it would belong to Laozi in the future, the Three Pure Ones had only just separated, and Laozi had yet to obtain it. Jiang Chen had simply taken advantage of the opportunity!
Of course, it could not really be called taking advantage. Spiritual treasures possessed spirits and chose their own masters. How could that be considered taking advantage?
Once he understood this, Jiang Chen no longer felt any psychological burden.
Then, he could not help thinking of the Kongtong Seal's most crucial function.
The Kongtong Seal possessed the ability to suppress destiny. There was no need to explain how precious treasures capable of suppressing destiny were. Even his master did not possess one at present. If the Human Race rose in the future, then as the master of the Kongtong Seal, he would definitely reap the greatest share of its destiny and benefits!
Besides that, it could depose or establish a Human Emperor. In other words, the Human Race's Human Emperors would be decided by him from then on!
At this thought, Jiang Chen's eyes lit up. This was the Kongtong Seal's most crucial function. When the time came for the Human Race's Three Sovereigns, he would definitely be able to display astonishing effects with this treasure!
"Receive!"
In an instant, the Kongtong Seal's various functions surfaced in his mind. Jiang Chen shook the Sea-Calming Divine Pearls around his wrist, then put the Kongtong Seal inside them.
Only then were all the benefits of guiding the Human Race fully accounted for.
"Greetings, Sage Emperor!"
Yet just after Jiang Chen received the Kongtong Seal, Suiren Shi took the lead and bowed deeply to Jiang Chen, shouting loudly!
"Greetings, Sage Emperor!"
"Greetings, Sage Emperor!!"
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