A Different Human Race

After hearing Jiang He's explanation, Nuwa fell into thought as well. As the first Human Race member, if he was this alarmed, he must have sensed something. The stronger the clansmen became, the greater the return? What kind of return? A return?

Merit! Only merit could raise his strength. The stronger the clansmen grew, the stronger he, as the first member of the race, would naturally become as the tide rose. If that was true for him, then what about her? As their creator, wouldn't she gain even more?

A chill suddenly ran through Nuwa's heart. If He had not reminded her, wouldn't she have missed a heaven-shaking opportunity?

The way she looked at Jiang He became even more gratified and loving.

"He! You've done well. I have you to thank for reminding me!"

With that, Nuwa took out a Five-Colored Divine Stone and activated an incantation. Five-colored light burst forth in all directions, streaming into the bodies of the more than one thousand Human Race members below. After the light flashed, the Five-Colored Divine Stone split into five, becoming five Spirit Pearls of different colors!

Then, using immense divine power, she condensed 129,600 humanoid bodies. Supplementing them with three drops of blood essence and Three Lights Divine Water, she added the power of the five Spirit Pearls, and Human Race members numbering one Kalpa were created in droves!

Even with Nuwa's Quasi-Sage strength, using such immense power and blood essence at once left her looking somewhat weary. Jiang He quickly nudged Yue, who was watching the spectacle beside him, and had her go support Nuwa. Though Nuwa was far from needing anyone to hold her up, he still had to show some consideration, didn't he?

Yue hurried over and supported Nuwa. Jiang He asked with concern, "Mother Goddess, are you all right?"

Seeing the two of them so concerned for her, Nuwa patted Yue's little head. "I'm fine!"

Looking at the Human Race members before her, who were absorbing energy, Nuwa was moved. "You were born today. I bestow upon you the name 'human.' You shall be the Human Race!"

She then turned to Jiang He. "You are the first Human Race member I created. From this day forth, you shall be the head of the Human Race. Lead them well in the future!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she seemed to sense something and looked toward the nine heavens. The clouds in the sky churned as streaks of golden light surged forth! A vast mass of Merit Golden Light descended from the nine heavens and shot straight toward Nuwa, splitting off a wisp midway that flew toward Jiang He beside her!

At that moment, all races and living beings across the Primordial World were stunned by this enormous merit! Since Pangu had cleaved open heaven and earth, never had such immense merit fallen into the hands of a single person!

After receiving the merit, Nuwa's strength soared at a furious pace—mid-stage Quasi-Sage, perfected Quasi-Sage...

Boom! Golden flowers rained chaotically from heaven and earth, strange phenomena appeared one after another, and all creation bowed its head in acclaim!

Sage Realm achieved!

Yet Empress Nuwa stared blankly at the Primordial Violet Qi in her hand. Th-this-this! I haven't even used it yet—how did I become a Sage? So should I use it now or not?

After drawing the merit into his body, Jiang He did not rush to refine it. Watching Empress Nuwa become a Sage all the same, he was filled with anticipation. He was not sure whether Nuwa would still be that loving, compassionate Nuwa after becoming a Sage, so he had to watch carefully!

And what did he see? Nuwa had become a Sage, yet the Primordial Violet Qi flashed once in her hand and vanished! He had not seen wrong! Empress Nuwa had not used the Primordial Violet Qi—she had become a Sage purely through the merit of creating the Human Race!

Haha! Now this was going to be interesting! Sure enough, Nuwa creating humans had truly been a watershed moment! He just wondered whether there was some conspiracy behind it!

"I am Nuwa. Today, I have become a Sage! In a hundred years, I shall open a dao field in the chaos. All those fated to do so may come!"

"Mother Goddess! We have only just been born, and our strength is meager. How are we to survive in this Primordial World? Please guide us, Mother Goddess!" Seeing that Nuwa was about to leave, Jiang He hurriedly asked.

Nuwa looked at these naive Human Race members. The strongest among them were the twelve hundred humans she had molded by hand, who had reached late-stage Heavenly Immortal. The other 129,600 were all Heavenly Immortals! This starting point was far stronger than the Human Race Jiang He knew. They were all innate humans! But in Nuwa's eyes, it was still not enough. She had already received tremendous benefits from the Human Race, so naturally, she would not leave them to fend for themselves like in those other novels.

But she could not simply bring them all to Wa Huang Tian! There were far too many of them! Besides, flowers raised in a greenhouse could never compare to those tempered by the wind and rain of nature. Nuwa understood survival of the fittest all too well! Nuwa, who had survived the Dragon-Phoenix Tribulation, was not so naive!

Nuwa rose into the air and lightly drew a circle around the Human Race. "Within a radius of hundreds of millions of li centered on the Human Race, those above Earth Immortal are forbidden to enter! For ten thousand years, any who defy this order shall be slain!"

Those below Earth Immortal were merely beasts without spiritual intelligence. Allowing Earth Immortals in would let the Human Race better understand the Primordial World. In any case, the Human Race members were all Heavenly Immortals or above; those creatures could not stir up any waves!

Nuwa's voice, accompanied by Saintly Might, spread throughout the entire Primordial World! The great name of the Human Race spread across the Primordial World along with it!

The various Great Experts of the Primordial World reacted differently!

In the Kunlun Mountain range, at the dao field of the Three Pure Ones, the Three Pure Ones each reacted differently upon hearing Nuwa's voice!

Laozi merely cast a faint glance in the direction the humans had gone, then closed his eyes and resumed his cultivation.

Upon hearing it, Primordial Heavenly Lord nearly lost the stability of his Dao heart. As one of the Three Pure Ones and a direct descendant of Pangu, he had actually fallen behind Nuwa and allowed her to become a Sage first!

Meanwhile, Tongtian also gazed in the direction of the Human Race. No one knew what he was thinking!

There was a Boundless Blood Sea in the Primordial World, the dao field of Old Ancestor Minghe, one of the Primordial World's Great Experts. After seeing Nuwa create the Human Race and become a Sage, a thought had lingered in Old Ancestor Minghe's heart—he wanted to imitate Nuwa and create a race of his own. That thought erupted more and more fiercely within him!

At this moment, Nuwa looked at Jiang He and Yue before her. "Before long, I will head into the chaos to establish Wa Huang Tian. The two of you may come with me!"

Jiang He and Yue immediately nodded in agreement. Such an opportunity could only be encountered, never sought. It seemed Nuwa had truly taken the Human Race to heart this time. Hopefully, nothing similar to what happened later would occur again!

"You two should first settle the Human Race's affairs. In a hundred years, I will come to take you into the chaos!" After giving Jiang He her instructions, Nuwa departed!

Looking at the naked bodies before him, Jiang He felt helpless. Yue and he were Nuwa's "own children," and wore immortal garments bestowed by Nuwa to cover themselves. But the other Human Race members did not receive such treatment. Their foremost issue was food, clothing, shelter, and transportation!

With that, he flew onto a large boulder nearby and said, "Clansmen, I am He, the first Human Race member created by Mother Goddess Nuwa! I am also the head of the Human Race, and everyone's Clan Leader! I will now arrange what we must do next!"

The Human Race members below had been panicking after Empress Nuwa vanished, believing they had lost all support. Now that Jiang He stepped forward, they all turned their gazes toward him!

The Human Race had just been born, blank sheets of paper without so many complicated thoughts. They were easy to organize!

Jiang He gathered the ten clansmen with the highest Cultivation Levels and bestowed names upon them: Mountain, Lin, Tu, Mu, Huo, Feng, Lei, Yu, Water, and Bing!

Jiang He led them to a plain not far from the great river and pointed at an unnamed herd of beasts ahead. "Clansmen, come with me and clear them out!"

The beasts resembled the dire wolves of his previous life! They were all unawakened wild beasts, though each possessed strength around the Earth Immortal level! Jiang He stirred the energy within his body. Without any technique, he relied entirely on brute output, firing a massive ball of energy from his palm and smashing it viciously into the herd! The clansmen followed his example, and multicolored energy spheres rained down one after another!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The ground was plowed over! Jiang He smacked his lips as he looked at the sight before him. Even a bomber could not have done much better! But then he saw Mountain beside him go limp and topple toward the ground, and hurriedly went over to check on him. Ah! He had used too much strength and exhausted himself! This unlucky kid didn't know how to conserve his energy!

Jiang He quickly told all the clansmen to use their power sparingly! By then, the smoke and dust had cleared. Not a single beast in the distant herd had survived—they were all dead! He waved a hand grandly. "Come! Follow me!"

In three quick moves, he stripped off a beast hide. Then he dissected the corpse, fashioned a needle from bone and thread from animal sinew, and before long, a hide garment was made!

The instant he put on that beast hide, golden light flashed across the sky. With a thunderous rumble, a stream of Merit Golden Light shot straight toward Jiang He, splitting into two in midair—one half flew toward Jiang He, while the other flew toward the hide garment!

It worked! The moment Jiang He saw the Merit Golden Light, he knew he had done the right thing. He had originally thought that with the Human Race's changed strength, matters of survival would not be much of a problem, and had worried whether this invention would even earn merit. Now he no longer had to worry!

After that, Jiang He continuously taught everyone how to make clothes, build houses, and drill wood to make fire. Strands of Merit Golden Light kept descending! Speaking of drilling wood for fire, when Jiang He first taught them, everyone took one look and thought, Hah! Isn't it just fire? The first 1,200 members of the Human Race had received the complete energy of the Five-Colored Divine Stone, absorbing the power of the five elements—meaning they were born able to wield the power of the five elements! The later clansmen each learned a single power from the five elemental Spirit Pearls! Later, Empress Nuwa had also added elemental powers such as wind and lightning, but at birth, they could only master one kind of power. The rest had to be cultivated on their own!

Jiang He had originally thought no merit would descend this time. Perhaps most of the Human Race had not awakened the power of fire—but in any case, merit still descended!

As merit continued to descend upon the Human Race, it had long since drawn the attention of the Great Experts throughout the Primordial World. What exactly was going on with this Human Race? How could they continuously receive descending merit? If not for the boundary Empress Nuwa had drawn to restrict them, they would have gone over long ago to get to the bottom of it!

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