The second rule was that among the countless beings of the mortal world, each could climb the Jianmu only once.
The third rule was that for those of great merit, the difficulty of climbing the Jianmu would be halved...
Those were the three rules. Everything else was how the immortals interpreted them.
The first two needed no explanation. The main point was the last one.
Those of great merit did not mean people who performed good deeds as understood today, such as helping the needy or standing up to bullies.
During the Primordial Era, the Demon Race and other foreign races flourished, while the Human Race was weak.
The most common and most beloved source of blood-meat for the foreign races was the Human Race!
Thus, for the Human Race, the greatest merit did not lie in small acts of personal virtue, but in slaying the Demon Race and other foreign races!
Conversely, for the Demon Race and other foreign races, securing enough "food" of sufficient quality for their people was merit!
There were many other ways to earn merit, but the most important was to secure a better living environment for one's own race!
And the quickest, most effective way to do that was through slaughter!
Pei Ling nodded slightly as he read. To him, the information the Five Righteous Sects had obtained from the Upper Realm was far more valuable than immortal arts!
Thinking this, he used the laws once more to duplicate the jade slip and send it to the cultivators of the Nine Sects...
A moment later, all the information the Nine Sects had obtained from the Upper Realm had been traded.
Pei Ling's voice was calm as he said, "If there are no other issues, I'll now arrange the first group of followers to enter