The Demon Buddha Rebellion brought irreparable damage to the entire world. Vast amounts of records were lost, many true lineages were severed, and the heavens and earth, already damaged by the fall of the Heavenly Court, became even more barren.
The Middle Ancient Period before the Demon Buddha Rebellion could likewise be regarded as the final age of splendor.
Because the Wood Saint had forged his own Wood Element Dao, fundamentally improving crops, vastly increasing yields, and enhancing their nourishment for the physical body. Together with the aid of Mechanism Oxen and Horses, harvests filled the granaries, reserves accumulated in abundance, and material goods became exceedingly plentiful, fundamentally liberating countless humans.
This caused the number of those cultivating the Dao, training in martial arts, and studying mechanisms to multiply. Exterior-level experts were numerous, nothing like at the "current node," where even an ordinary small city generally had no Exterior expert stationed there.
During the Middle Ancient Period, only Grandmasters could no longer be considered figures capable of overseeing a region. Ordinary Exterior experts held a status comparable to Acupoint-Opening experts at the "current node." There were even Dharma Bodies bringing Exterior experts to develop the resources of the starry sea, while the Mohist Palace was researching Mechanism Flying Ships capable of carrying people through the starry sea.
In that glorious era, where so many records had vanished into history, during the final brilliance of the Hundred Schools Contending, the many Dharma Bodies thrown together into this "history" all had their own calculations and plans.
There were demonic path cultivators seeking benefits, Righteous Path cultivators wishing to travel through the Middle Ancient Period and listen to the teachings of the Saints, and oddities like Meng Qi and Xu Yue.
While Xu Yue went to seek out the Human Emperor Remnants.
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