The Primordial World knew no years. To Innate Divine Beings, time was like sand slipping through their fingers, gone in the blink of an eye.
Countless aeons had passed since the Three Pure Ones of Kunlun Mountain began taking disciples in droves and teaching them the Dao.
During that time, the frail Human Race, born on the Outer Longevity Mountain and scattered across the Primordial Land,
had endured its earliest struggles to survive and its fumbling attempts to understand the world, all under the steady guidance of the three meritorious Da Luo leaders, Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi.
Some Human Race disciples who had received basic Daoist teachings from the Three Pure Ones had also returned to spread them among their tribes. Far from dying out, the flame of Human Civilization had spread like sparks setting the prairie alight, burning ever brighter.
The Human Race no longer confined itself to the lands sheltered by Longevity Mountain or the prosperous Eastern Lands.
With their growing wisdom, Spirit of Cooperation, and rudimentary knowledge of survival and cultivation, they spread like the hardiest vines, tenaciously reaching into the wider and more varied regions of the Primordial World.
Settlements of the Human Race, their cooking smoke rising, began to appear along great rivers, across plains and hills, and even in some mountainous regions where spiritual energy was relatively mild.
They were no longer content merely to survive.
Pottery, metalworking, weaving, and construction techniques steadily improved. A primitive form of barter took root among the tribes.
Symbols for recording events began to emerge and slowly spread. Tribal alliances based on blood ties and shared lands gradually formed, giving rise to the first unwritten rules and customs.
Their observation and worship of the natural world also grew richer and more nuanced.
Though individuals remained