"Hiss!"
"Heavenly punishment?"
"What happened at the Shore of the East Sea? How did it provoke the Eye of Heavenly Dao into delivering punishment?"
"So this is the race created by a Sage. Though weak, it possesses something wondrous."
With the appearance of the Eye of Heavenly Dao, Great Divine Powers throughout the Prehistoric World were alarmed. Each displayed their abilities and rapidly began divining.
The workings of fate had been changing incessantly lately, leaving the Great Divine Powers deeply vigilant.
Every Tribulation was a grand reshuffling among the strongest. They could not afford the slightest carelessness.
Kunlun Mountain.
"The Human Race truly possesses something extraordinary. Two hundred years have passed, yet they have not gone extinct. They even managed to draw down punishment from the Eye of Heavenly Dao."
"Perhaps the Opportunity to Become a Sage for us is hidden within them as well."
His gaze flickering, Laozi spoke in a deep voice.
There was a faint stir of heavenly intuition, yet it was far from clear.
Laozi also knew that the time had not yet come, and nothing could be seen clearly.
"Eldest Brother speaks truly."
Yuanshi and Tongtian both nodded in agreement.
Laozi had always been the wisest among them.
Before the Sanqing split apart, they had always followed Laozi's will as their guide.
Thirty-three Heavens, Demon Court.
"Eldest Brother, ever since Lady Nuwa became a Sage, she has scarcely interacted with our Demon Race."
"The Human Race is frail, yet possesses such wonders."
"With a Sage behind them, the Human Race may become the greatest enemy of our Demon Race."
"Why not take advantage of their current weakness and wipe out their entire race?"
The vast and weighty Chaos Bell floated above his head, warding off the pressure of Heavenly Dao, as Eastern Emperor Taiyi spoke sternly.
"Lady Nuwa stated clearly that, for one million years, no one is permitted to disturb the East Sea Human Race."
"Beneath a Sage, all are ants!"
"Do not speak those words again, or you will bring disaster upon our Demon Race!"
"One million years is no more than one or two periods of seclusion to us. We can afford to wait!"
"Why rush to offend Lady Nuwa over this?"
Frowning slightly, Di Jun rebuked Taiyi.
"That is true. In merely one million years, the Human Race would be blessed indeed to produce even a single Daluo."
"When the time comes, I'll personally make my move and wipe out the Human Race!"
Nodding, Taiyi agreed with Di Jun.
Western Sumeru.
"Why must it be so?"
"The east is blessed with outstanding people and sacred land. Even a blood-food race like the Human Race possesses such wonders!"
"Alas, our west is far too barren. Senior Brother, when will our chance for great prosperity arrive?"
Zhunti sighed again and again, his face bitter.
Jieyin kept shaking his head, his face forever steeped in misery.
Hard! Hard! Hard!
The Eye of Heavenly Dao appeared and brought down heavenly punishment, drawing the attention of countless Great Divine Powers to the Human Race.
It was not only Di Jun, Taiyi, and the Sanqing. Minghe, Kunpeng, and the Twelve Ancestral Witches were watching as well.
Yet no matter how they divined, they could not discover that the Eye of Heavenly Dao feared the Human Immortal Martial Dao and was attempting to snuff out the Human Race.
Shore of the East Sea, deep within the dense forest.
"Heh. The Human Immortal Martial Dao is an aberration, one that could make Hongjun's Immortal Dao come to nothing. You can't hold back any longer, can you, Heavenly Dao?"
Huang Tian raised his head and glared furiously at the Eye of Heavenly Dao, utterly disdainful.
A deviation had appeared in the evolution of the Prehistoric World.
The Heavenly Dao, which ought to have been utterly impartial, had been tainted by the thoughts of all living beings, becoming a Sentient Heavenly Dao. It had developed desires of its own and sought to join forces with Hongjun, usurping the nest like a magpie claiming another bird's home.
The Martial Dao lay outside the workings of fate, so the Heavenly Dao naturally could not permit its existence.
"Buzz!"
The next instant, the void trembled. Brilliant radiance burst from Huang Tian's brow as the Kongtong Seal moved of its own accord to protect its master.
The Eye of Heavenly Dao sensed the Kongtong Seal's presence and silently withdrew, yet it still sent down a bolt of All-Heaven Divine Thunder.
"Excellent!"
Huang Tian neither dodged nor evaded. He took the All-Heaven Divine Thunder head-on with his body, even actively opening the acupoints across his body to temper himself with the power of lightning!
"Splendid!"
Half a day later, Huang Tian could not help but let out a delighted roar.
On the surface, Huang Tian was scorched black from head to toe, looking utterly wretched.
Yet as his qi and blood washed away the charred layer, skin like glazed crystal was revealed beneath. The golden blood within him could be clearly seen racing through his limbs and bones.
Huang Tian discovered in astonishment that a trace of purple had formed within his originally golden blood.
This meant that the strength of Huang Tian's physical body had risen drastically.
Previously, both Huang Tian's physical body and Primordial Spirit had been at Peak Immortal. Now, his body had advanced another step; tempered by the All-Heaven Divine Thunder, it had already climbed into the Martial Emperor Realm.
In other words, with pure physical strength alone, Huang Tian could withstand a Da Luo Demon God head-on.
If all the blood in his body turned purple, Huang Tian suspected that he could even fight a Sage to the death.
The Human Immortal Martial Dao truly was terrifying beyond measure!
"So it really is a descendant of the Chaos Demon Ape."
"What is even more unexpected is that the Kongtong Seal can actually refine demonic beast bloodlines. It even extracted three drops of Chaos Demon God Essence Blood from the Crimson Nether Demon Ape."
Looking back, the Crimson Nether Demon Ape's physical body was gone, transformed into crimson blood pearls floating above Huang Tian's palm.
After storing the Chaos Demon God Essence Blood within the Kongtong Seal, Huang Tian began ransacking the Crimson Nether Demon Ape's cave abode.
A Da Luo Demon God could be considered a minor overlord in a remote region.
His luck was not bad. Huang Tian found quite a few spirit roots and spirit treasures.
Though none were of particularly high grade, they were perfectly suited for the current Human Race.
"Step!"
After collecting the spoils, Huang Tian returned to the Shore of the East Sea without the slightest hesitation.
"Welcome, Chief!"
As Huang Tian descended, several million members of the Human Race cried out in respectful unison.
Looking down upon the countless humans, Huang Tian nodded with a satisfied smile.
In two million years, they had grown from 129,600 Innate Humans to nearly six million. Not bad at all.
With the Innate Human Race at their head, they had formed one tribe after another, stretching across the Shore of the East Sea.
The Human Race Destiny was already far from weak.
"Rise."
With a lift of his hand, Huang Tian's qi and blood swept outward, gently raising every human to their feet.
Meeting the hopeful gazes of the entire Human Race, Huang Tian continued, "A gentleman strives ceaselessly for self-improvement; so too must the Human Race."
"The Ten Thousand Races treat our Human Race as Blood Food and bully us for our weakness."
"Weakness is the original sin. The fist is power!"
"If we wish to change our circumstances, our Human Race must possess our own cultivation inheritance."
"I, Huang Tian, have gained insight from the Human Race's Racial Supreme Treasure, the Kongtong Seal, and created a path to the other shore. It is called—Martial!"
"The Martial Dao controls qi and blood to strengthen oneself, cultivating both within and without, ever making oneself stronger."
"At profound heights of cultivation, plucking stars and seizing the moon will be no difficult feat."
"Those of the Martial Dao press ever onward, sweeping aside all before them."
"Those who offend our Human Race shall be executed, no matter how far away they are!!"
His gaze blazed like torches as Huang Tian spoke in ringing, forceful tones. His voice was like thunder, exploding beside the ears of every human.
The humans glared with fury, their fighting intent surging skyward.
For two hundred years, their Human Race had suffered every humiliation. Even demonic beasts in the Earth Immortal Realm could slaughter them at will, treating humans as Blood Food.
The Human Race did not wish to fight.
But if you did not kill others, others would kill you.
Such was the law of survival in the Prehistoric World.
Over two hundred years, the Human Race had awakened. They would no longer be pitied; they yearned for strength.
"Human Immortal Martial Dao—my fate is mine to command!"
"I am Huang Tian. Today, I pass down the Martial Dao. May my Human Race spread like sparks setting the prairie ablaze, thriving without end!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Huang Tian let out a thunderous roar. Empowered by his Peak Immortal cultivation, his voice boomed like thunder in their ears, and heaven and earth changed color.
"My fate is mine to command!"
"Thriving without end!"
Several million humans gazed at Huang Tian in fervent excitement, feeling the same in their hearts as their impassioned cries answered his call.
Seeing this, Huang Tian nodded in satisfaction.
The Human Race had already revealed the first glimmer of a hegemon destined to rule heaven and earth!
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