Laozi realized that compared to preaching a somewhat hollow doctrine alone, directly binding a sect deeply to a race would have a far more significant effect.
And the race he chose was the Human Race.
First, Laozi had indeed noticed the Human Race's uniqueness and future potential.
Second, he had no other choice.
The Wu and Yao Clans had long since established themselves, their foundations too deep to meddle with freely, and they were entangled in an Immeasurable Kalpa, barely able to protect themselves.
Among the other races outside the Wu-Demon factions, the Dragon Clan had already been absorbed into the Heavenly Court, the Phoenix Race was under Nüwa's protection, and the Qilin Race barely had any members left, steeped in decline.
As for the Asura Race, they were all murderous fiends united around Old Ancestor Ming He.
After considering all these factors, the only race left that could support the Establishing of a religion, was worth establishing one for, and possessed future potential was the Human Race.
However, Laozi now encountered a problem.
Or rather, it was a problem Bei Ming had intentionally or unintentionally "created" for him.
To bind one's own lineage to a race and establish a religion through it was not as simple as standing in the void and shouting at the Heavenly Dao, "I wish to establish a religion."
One had to provide what that race lacked most and truly fulfill the meaning of "Teach and Transform."
For the Human Race, which had no innate inheritance, their greatest shortage in the Primordial Wilderness, where the strong preyed on the weak, was cultivation methods.
Yet Bei Ming had previously created Immortal Script, taken Teaching scriptures and imparting methods as his duty, and gifted the Mysterious Pivot Five Qi Scripture to the Ten Thousand Clans of the