Afterward, the other members of the Human Race seemed to sense something as well, and they all made the same gesture.
Sage Emperor?
Jiang Chen froze, somewhat confused, and immediately wanted to refuse.
After all, in another sense, these people were his seniors. He wasn't so shameless as to take advantage of them.
But just as he was about to refuse, a mysterious message came to him.
It turned out that because the Kongtong Seal was a supreme treasure symbolizing the spirit of the Human Race, after it acknowledged Jiang Chen as its master, he became the Human Race's Sage Emperor recognized by the Heavenly Dao!
That was why this scene had occurred.
Not a single member of the Human Race objected. They were all overjoyed and chose to approve it. After all, Jiang Chen's immense abilities were still vivid in their minds, and he had also pointed them toward the spirit of striving ceaselessly for self-improvement. That was more than enough to make him worthy of being the Human Race's Sage Emperor!
After thinking it through, Jiang Chen stopped hesitating and accepted their salutations openly.
Once the salutations were over, he looked toward the huge crater nearby.
Inside it was the group of Tiger Demons he had previously killed with a single palm strike!
After killing them, how could he possibly skip the step of searching their corpses? Not to mention, he knew that the Tiger Demon had a spiritual treasure on him!!
At this thought, Jiang Chen waved his hand.
Jingle jingle!
The next moment, a bell shaped like a tooth flew into his hand.
"Tiger Tooth Old Wood Bell? A Mid-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure. Not bad."
Jiang Chen rubbed the bell in his hand and smiled before storing it away without ceremony.
A Mid-grade Acquired Spiritual Treasure wasn't enough to hold his attention. He might as well find a time to sacrifice it directly.
"But this Tiger Demon meat is good stuff!"
After putting away the spiritual treasure, Jiang Chen's heart stirred as he looked at the Tiger Demon corpses before him.
Come to think of it, he had been in the Primordial World for several thousand years, yet he still hadn't eaten anything.
Fortunately, he had already become an immortal and had naturally mastered the minor art of fasting.
But although he no longer needed food, he had eaten nothing but spiritual fruits over the past several thousand years. He had long since been starved of variety.
Not to mention, these Tiger Demons had regarded them as food earlier. Now, it was only right to get revenge.
"Suiren Shi, go roast these Tiger Demons. While you're at it, let the tribesmen strengthen their bodies."
Jiang Chen issued the order.
These were Tiger Demons at the Perfected Grand Master Golden Immortal realm. The energy contained within them was immense. To cultivators below that realm, they were a great tonic, comparable to divine pills and miraculous medicines!
It was like the flesh of Tang Sanzang in later generations. Eating one bite might not grant immortality, but to the Human Race, most of whom were ordinary mortals, eating it would absolutely cause their strength to soar!
However, Jiang Chen hadn't expected Suiren Shi not to follow his instructions. Instead, he looked at Jiang Chen in confusion. "May I ask, Sage Emperor, what does 'roast' mean?"
Hearing this, Jiang Chen nearly thought Suiren Shi was joking with him. He didn't even know what roasting was?
Suddenly, he seemed to realize something and hurriedly asked, "Does the tribe have fire? Don't tell me you still haven't mastered fire?"
As far as he knew, Suiren Shi was the one who created fire and taught the Human Race how to control it, bringing them immense benefits and thus becoming the Fire Ancestor.
But Suiren Shi didn't even know what roasting was. Didn't that mean he hadn't created fire yet?
The truth was exactly as Jiang Chen had guessed. As soon as he finished speaking, Suiren Shi shook his head repeatedly.
He was still filled with confusion. What is roasting? Isn't fire a divine ability that only immortals can control? How could ordinary mortals like us possibly control it?
"Watch closely."
Seeing Suiren Shi's confusion, Jiang Chen didn't ask any more questions and began teaching directly.
Since the birth of the Human Race, they had never had fire. It wasn't difficult to imagine how they normally ate.
Thus, whether for safety or some other reason, he planned to teach them how to make fire ahead of time.
First, he waved his hand and severed two branches from a nearby tree through the air. He then pressed one against the other, placed some easily flammable leaves around them, and rotated the upper branch between both hands.
Had someone from later generations been there, they would have immediately recognized this as the method of drilling wood to make fire!
That's right, Jiang Chen intended to teach them precisely how to drill wood to make fire!
Pfft!
In the blink of an eye, flames quickly emerged. A tongue of fire began burning from the branches!
Seeing this, Suiren Shi's eyes widened. As an Earth Immortal, he could naturally tell that Jiang Chen hadn't used any magical power, yet he was still stunned!
He had no cultivation method. The reason he had reached the Earth Immortal realm was entirely because he had been among the first batch of members of the Human Race. Thus, he had never mastered any fire spell. But what about Jiang Chen?
He had created fire out of thin air without using magical power. Such a method was simply shocking!
Suiren Shi wasn't the only one like this. Ao Yu, who stood nearby, also widened her beautiful eyes. She had never expected that her master possessed such an ability. Although this was merely ordinary fire, creating fire without relying on magical power—he was probably the first person in the history of the Primordial World to do so!
But at that moment, a large amount of Mysterious Yellow Qi appeared in the sky once more and slowly descended onto Jiang Chen's head!
Merit!
Merit again!
Ao Yu was stunned.
Could even making fire earn merit?
But after thinking about it, she realized that if fire was created through such a method, it was only natural for merit to descend from the heavens!
In fact, Jiang Chen himself was somewhat surprised.
When had merit become so easy to obtain?
If drilling wood to make fire could earn merit, then if he brought out the knowledge from his memories, wouldn't he instantly become a merit-harvesting machine?
Jiang Chen's eyes lit up. Then, he acted as soon as he thought of it!
Creating writing!
Making clothes!
Food!...
Everything Jiang Chen could think of, he brought into existence.
As everyone knew, whenever one completed the Great Dao or benefited it, a reward would descend—that was, merit. Everything Jiang Chen created had never existed in the Primordial World before. Thus, it immediately completed the Great Dao, causing a large amount of merit to descend!
And so, a scene that shocked the entire Primordial World unfolded in the Human Race tribe at Shouyang Mountain in the Eastern Sea!
Every so often, clouds of merit would descend!
It was practically raining. No, even rain wasn't this enthusiastic!
Gradually, Ao Yu went from surprise to shock, and from shock to numbness!
In her numbness, she knew only one fact: she had struck it rich by becoming Jiang Chen's mount, because he truly was a divine man!!!
As for the Human Race nearby, they didn't know what merit was. However, whenever they saw one new thing after another appear in Jiang Chen's hands, they studied them without blinking!
As they slowly learned, they became increasingly shocked and delighted. As ordinary mortals, they understood better than anyone how beneficial the things Jiang Chen created were to them. Every one of them had been made for the survival of the Human Race!
Seeing this, they became even more certain that Jiang Chen was the Human Race's Sage Emperor, and they worshiped and believed in him all the more!
The merit phenomenon caused here didn't just shake the Human Race. Even the group of powerful figures who were "watching the screen" were dumbfounded when they saw merit falling into Jiang Chen's body as though it cost nothing!!!!
Beyond the Chaos, Wa Palace.
A huge mass of Mysterious Yellow Merit drifted inside and slowly descended onto an elegant, beautiful figure within the palace.
"Merit from the Human Race? What is going on?"
The beautiful figure slowly opened her eyes and turned to look at the Primordial World. It was as though she had pierced through time and space. The next moment, an image appeared inside the palace.
It clearly showed the Human Race tribe at Shouyang Mountain in the Primordial World!
Because Jiang Chen had led the Human Race to discover the spirit of striving ceaselessly for self-improvement, immeasurable merit descended. It wasn't only the Human Race and Jiang Chen who gained from it—even Nuwa, who had created the Human Race, received even more.
Although this mass of merit was considerable, Nuwa was one who had attained sainthood through merit. The merit that had descended when she became a saint had been far more terrifying. What grand spectacle had she not seen? Thus, it didn't attract much of her attention. After looking twice indifferently, she closed her eyes again.
In the western region of the Primordial World, Western Religion.
Beneath the Seven Treasures Wonderful Tree, two figures sat atop the Twelve-Grade Golden Lotus of Merit.
They were none other than Saint Zhunti and Saint Jieyin!
Besides them, countless cultivators sat below the two saints, listening to the Dao.
When a saint lectured on the Dao, visions accompanied it. Not to mention, this time two saints were lecturing together. In an instant, endless profound mysteries of the Great Dao blossomed here!
Aside from Jiang Chen, there probably wasn't another cultivator who had ever listened to two saints lecture on the Dao together.
From this alone, it had to be said that the cultivators of Western Religion were unbelievably lucky.
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