"The Witch Clan can be an equal ally to the Human Race, but we cannot sacrifice even half of the Human Race's interests because of it."
Huang Tian stared intently at Sui Ren Shi and the others, saying solemnly.
Huang Tian had experienced eras where the Human Race had gone through several periods of decline. Cooperating with the strong while being too subservient had resulted in them being completely consumed.
Therefore, even if they were to ally with the Witch Clan, Huang Tian had to ensure the Human Race's absolute dominance.
"Leader, rest assured. We would rather die than compromise with any race."
"The Human Race must become stronger!"
Looking solemnly at Huang Tian, Sui Ren Shi, Zi Yi Shi, and You Chao Shi responded with conviction.
"Buzz."
Nodding slightly, Huang Tian waved his hand and retrieved numerous corpses of powerful demons from the Kongtong Seal.
Sui Ren Shi and the others swept their eyes over them and immediately recognized them as the demons who had fought the Human Race for control of the four tribes of the Shore of the East Sea.
There were no corpses from the Earth Bear Clan, as they were considered allies, and their remains should not be desecrated.
"Leader, leave the rest to us."
Without hesitation, Sui Ren Shi and the others rose and began transporting the demon beast corpses to the Spirit Transformation Pool.
"Wait, these are not for transforming spirits."
Huang Tian waved his hand, quickly stopping them.
"Ah?"
Frozen in place, Sui Ren Shi and the others looked at Huang Tian in confusion.
"In the name of our Human Race leader, gather the Human Race Destiny and forge the Heaven and Earth Furnace!"
Without explanation, Huang Tian summoned the Kongtong Seal, drawing upon the boundless Human Race Destiny and connecting with the infinite Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, transforming it into a furnace.
The furnace surged with magnificent Spiritual Qi, surrounded by the Human Race Destiny, displaying a myriad of Human Race scenes.
"Primordial Fire of the Human Race, heed my command!"
Next, Huang Tian raised his hand and, in the name of the Human Race leader, invoked the Human Race Primordial Fire.
Sui Ren Shi's Top-grade Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasure—the Primordial Fire Lamp—vibrated, and a wisp of a small flame that could incinerate the void fell into the Heaven and Earth Furnace, instantly transforming into an boundless sea of fire, with waves of heat washing over them.
Immediately after, Huang Tian threw the collected bodies of the Da Luo Demon Gods into the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
Although the Human Race Primordial Fire was a mortal flame, its power was no less than that of the Ten Great Innate Divine Fires.
In an instant, the bodies and bones of the Da Luo Demon Gods were liquefied.
Huang Tian channeled streams of blood and qi, drawing upon an endless storm of Spiritual Qi to form a vortex, which poured into the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
Spiritual materials flew out of the Kongtong Seal continuously, entering the Heaven and Earth Furnace and liquefying.
"Artifact refining?"
Seeing this, the Three Ancestors, Sui Ren Shi, although they understood what Huang Tian was doing, became even more bewildered.
"Roar!"
Huang Tian ignored what Sui Ren Shi and the others were thinking. He even summoned his own blood qi, transforming it into a crimson dragon and condensing it into a Martial Dao Dharma Image.
The Martial Dao Dharma Image drew upon even more ferocious Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi. The Spiritual Qi within a range of hundreds of millions of miles was drained and poured into the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
The Heaven and Earth Furnace vibrated continuously, and strands of powerful, unparalleled auras were brewing and spreading, causing Sui Ren Shi and the others to feel a sense of dread.
"Chich! Chich!"
Then, Huang Tian flipped his palm and continued to throw in ores, but they were ordinary.
They were merely copper and tin of higher purity.
But in the next moment, a change occurred within the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
The void hummed, a point of golden light flashed, and then bloomed, shining brilliantly like a scorching sun within the Heaven and Earth Furnace.
"There are a limited number of Innate Spiritual Treasures in the world. However, our Human Race reproduces extremely rapidly, making it impossible for everyone to possess an Innate Spiritual Treasure."
"This is Bronze Ware. We can refine your most suitable weapons according to your needs. Nourish it with blood qi, and it will transform into a blood-forged divine weapon, greatly enhancing your combat power."
"Tin and copper are the main materials for Bronze Ware."
"One part tin to three parts copper can be used to refine short-handled blades (swords, daggers, etc.)."
"One part tin to four parts copper can be used to refine long-handled weapons (ge, ji, spears, etc.)."
"One part tin to five parts copper can be used to refine production tools (axes, adzes, chisels, knives, etc.)."
Huang Tian said calmly, explaining to Sui Ren Shi and the others.
"Rumble!"
Without waiting for Sui Ren Shi and the others to respond, terrifying, heavy thunderclouds immediately gathered in the heavens and earth.
The thunderclouds, spanning billions of feet, had lightning snakes writhing within them, descending upon the earth with a fierce aura of destruction.
The invention of bronze marked humanity's transition from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, a milestone in civilization's progress.
Under normal development, the Human Race would not have made significant advancements in artifact forging and entered the Bronze Age until the era of Chi You.
Therefore, Huang Tian's act of allowing the Human Race to bypass the Stone Age and enter the Bronze Age early was against the interests of the Heavenly Dao.
Naturally, the Heavenly Dao became enraged.
"Boom!"
A deafening roar echoed between Heaven and Earth as an immensely powerful purple lightning bolt descended, aimed at Huang Tian.
"Leader!!"
With a cry of alarm, Sui Ren Shi and the others moved to rescue Huang Tian, but it was too late.
"Buzz!"
In the next moment, the void suddenly vibrated with layers of ripples, intertwined with the boundless Destiny of the Human Race.
Huang Tian's body radiated brilliant light, as dazzling as a small golden statue.
Waves of vital energy surged from his spine, transforming into crimson dragons that filled the sky.
Golden light blazed forth, vast and boundless, illuminating Heaven and Earth like an abyss.
This was the Destiny of the Human Race, already terrifying after only tens of thousands of years.
The Destiny of the protagonists of Heaven and Earth, if it hadn't been divided among the Six Sages of the Profound Gate and Hongjun, would have been unimaginably vast.
What was displayed now was merely a drop in the ocean, yet it was already terrifyingly potent.
Rumble!
Heaven and Earth trembled and wailed, and golden lotuses bloomed by the billions from the ground.
Ethereal immortal music played, and Spiritual Qi surged, boundless and inexhaustible.
The Myriad Manifestations of Humanity Diagram, projected from the Kongtong Seal, manifested in the world, instantly expanding for hundreds of millions of miles and still growing, like a storm poised to sweep across the infinite distance.
Under the influence of wisps of Human Race Destiny and the clash of Huang Tian's vital energy, the thunderclouds the Heavenly Dao attempted to send down as punishment dissipated silently.
The Human Race emerged in response to the Human Dao, carrying the destiny of the Human Dao's emergence and bearing a portion of its Destiny.
The three Daos – Heaven, Earth, and Human – were originally on equal footing.
Even the Heavenly Dao could not bear the cost of destroying the Human Race's Destiny.
"This guy is really cautious."
Huang Tian glanced at the dissipating thunderclouds with some regret, though it was within his expectations.
If the Heavenly Dao were truly impartial, it would have certainly unleashed lightning, as Huang Tian's actions had disrupted the natural order of Heaven and Earth.
However, the Heavenly Dao was an embodiment of the collective thoughts of all beings, a cunning opponent.
"Sooner or later, I will erase those thoughts that should not exist and transform you into a truly impartial Heavenly Dao."
With eyes like torches, Huang Tian no longer paid attention to the Heavenly Dao and instead devoted himself entirely to artifact forging.
After eons, the development of the Dao of Artifacts by the myriad races of Heaven and Earth had barely reached one ten-thousandth.
The Witch Clan, with their powerful physiques, simply didn't care.
As for the Demon Clan, they simply relied on the abundance of primordial treasures in the Primordial World, smashing them down until one or two succeeded.
But primordial spiritual items were finite; once used, they were gone.
Now, Huang Tian's act of allowing the Human Race to enter the Bronze Age ahead of time brought immense benefits.
Copper and tin ores were found everywhere across the Primordial World, and were treated like trash by all the other races.
When refined into weapons, bronze artifacts would shatter in an instant when clashing with primordial spiritual treasures.
However, if nurtured by the robust vital energy of a martial artist, they could transform into innate divine weapons. While lacking the effect of suppressing Destiny, their power was no less than that of primordial spiritual treasures.
Bronze Ware was practically a tailor-made superweapon for the Human Race.
Just imagining it, a Human Race army of trillions, each clad in bronze armor, wearing bronze boots, sporting bronze helmets, and wielding bronze weapons, armed to the teeth.
Against an army of equal numbers from the Witch and Demon Clans, the Human Race could easily slaughter them.
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