After being reincarnated, Orochimaru began absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, gaining some basic cultivation. Then he started searching the Primordial Continent for the major powers he remembered, such as the powerful Jie Sect and Chan Sect.
"I wonder if humanity has appeared yet in this era. If it has, I could even get myself a free innate human identity!"
Before long, Orochimaru really did find a powerful sect: the Jie Sect. By this point in the timeline, humanity had already appeared, and the other Saints had attained sainthood as well.
After joining the Jie Sect and obtaining cultivation techniques, Orochimaru realized that something was off.
Although the techniques were incredibly complicated when Patriarch Tongtian explained them, and even a genius like him couldn't understand a thing, once he used the Intellect Brain, they were analyzed with ease. It laid everything out in a simple, easy-to-understand way—even an idiot could master the techniques by following the instructions.
That didn't make sense. This knowledge came from the Supreme Primordial World. How could something from a low-level world like his analyze it so quickly?
Could it be...
Could his guess actually be right?
Was the Intellect Brain really part of a super system, which was why it could analyze all this so easily?
That had to be it!
Orochimaru grew more and more certain.
Then he began cultivating. With the Intellect Brain's assistance, his progress changed by the day. In the blink of an eye, he had reached an incredibly profound realm, attracting Patriarch Tongtian's attention.
"Who's that? Orochimaru? Did he ascend from a minor world?"
Patriarch Tongtian had finally noticed this disciple. Though Orochimaru had joined the Jie Sect, it had countless disciples, and a nobody like him was easily overlooked. In fact, he wasn't really one of Tongtian's