Writing History

"Today, our Human Race has gained paper and clothing, one for spreading the Way, the other for covering our bodies. It can be said to be a double blessing, and it should be recorded."

Ancestor Sui saw this and, after a loud laugh, took out a long rope, preparing to tie knots on it to record the joyous event that happened today.

Knot-tying to record events, the most ancient of historical records!

"Ancestor Sui, times have changed. This primitive method of knot-tying for record-keeping should be phased out."

Seeing this scene, Jiang Yuan blurted out. Now that there were characters, one could simply write to record events, why bother with such trouble?

"Ah, it is I who forgot. The Human Race is no longer what it was. We have our own characters, and records can be directly written on paper, which is far more convenient and accurate than knot-tying."

Ancestor Sui was stunned for a moment, then chuckled.

It was a matter of habit. Although characters had appeared, they had only been around for a short time, and he had not yet fully adapted. So, when he thought of keeping records, he habitually prepared to tie knots.

"Speaking of record-keeping, I do have an idea. I plan to write a history book to record everything the Human Race has experienced since its birth, so that future generations can learn from it and summarize the wisdom of their predecessors."

When it came to record-keeping, Jiang Yuan finally remembered the idea that had sprung to his mind when he obtained the Spirit Paper: to write a history for the Human Race.

A history book carries not only history but also the wisdom of our ancestors. A history book is essentially a book of experience left by our predecessors.

Our ancestors recorded all their wisdom and mistakes, hoping that future generations could learn from them and avoid making the same errors.

This is inheritance!

Not bloodline, but culture and wisdom!

"Excellent idea, we have no objections."

The Three Ancestors nodded in unison, praising Jiang Yuan's proposal to write history.

"Although I have the heart to write history, I was born too late and do not understand the history of the Human Race. Therefore, I hope the Three Ancestors will teach me."

Jiang Yuan stated his difficulty: he was born too late and was not clear about the past of the Human Race.

"This is easily done. We will transmit the relevant memories to you."

Ancestor Sui smiled, copied the memories related to the development of the Human Race from his mind, and turned them into a spiritual light, handing it to Jiang Yuan.

Afterward, Youchao and Ziyi did the same.

"Thank you, Three Ancestors!"

Jiang Yuan thanked them as he received the spiritual light of memories. With the memories of the Three Ancestors, he was confident he could compile an extremely authentic history of the Human Race.

Although he didn't know the specific benefits of compiling history, based on Jiang Yuan's previous experience, he was certain that compiling history would bring benefits, at the very least, he would gain some merit.

It was a pity that the Human Race was still too weak. If the Human Race were strong enough, he could compile more than just the history of the Human Race; he could directly compile the history of the Primordial World.

And the benefits of compiling a history of the Primordial World would surely far outweigh those of compiling the history of the Human Race.

This was the downside of being too weak: many benefits were within reach, but due to insufficient strength, one could only look on from afar, which was incredibly frustrating.

After discussing these matters, Jiang Yuan left. His strength was ultimately too weak, so for many things, he only needed to provide suggestions. How they would be implemented would be handled by others.

To put it bluntly, he was a consultant, mainly responsible for clarifying doubts and guiding the general direction, without needing to be involved in every detail.

In the Sacred Temple, Jiang Yuan spread out the Profound Yellow Paper, preparing to compile a history of the Human Race by referencing the memories of the Three Ancestors.

The Profound Yellow Paper was the first piece of paper in the Primordial World. Because it was blessed with merit, Jiang Yuan named it the Profound Yellow Paper.

Compiling history generally fell into two categories: narrating people and narrating events. Narrating people involved writing biographies, while narrating events involved recording all significant occurrences each year chronologically.

Narrating events chronologically was mainly to emphasize the sense of the passage of time. Writing biographies was to highlight contributions.

Jiang Yuan did not intend to choose one over the other; he wanted both. This was not difficult for him, so he decided to start writing immediately. To compile a history of the Human Race, one naturally had to start with Nuwa creating humans.

Similarly, if one were to write biographies, one should start with the first generation of humans, as they were the progenitors of the Human Race, and all existing humans were their descendants.

However, just as Jiang Yuan was about to begin writing, the Profound Yellow Paper suddenly changed. It transformed into a stream of light and merged with the Character Creation Diagram.

The next moment, the Character Creation Diagram was upgraded from a low-grade acquired merit spirit treasure to a mid-grade one.

"This..."

Jiang Yuan was stunned, not expecting such a turn of events.

But he quickly understood the reason. The Character Creation Diagram was for characters, and the Profound Yellow Paper was for paper. The relationship between paper carrying characters and the two merging was too natural.

In fact, not only could the two merge, but the history of the Human Race that Jiang Yuan intended to compile could also be written directly on the Character Creation Diagram.

A history book was composed of characters and written on paper. The Character Creation Diagram had both characters and paper, making it the natural medium for a history book.

With these three merit spirit treasures combined, and carrying the civilization of the Human Race, the future of the Character Creation Diagram was truly limitless, at the very least a top-grade acquired merit treasure, and possibly even comparable to a innate treasure.

"The Character Creation Diagram is like this, and so is the Writing Brush of Creation!"

Shifting his gaze from the Character Creation Diagram, Jiang Yuan looked at the Writing Brush of Creation in his hand.

This treasure was also extraordinary. It was already an acquired merit spirit treasure, and it would be used to compile history. This endowed it with the characteristics of a History Brush, where the achievements of ages would be written by it.

As such, the level of this treasure would also increase, with a potential no less than that of the Character Creation Diagram.

To put it simply, these two treasures were a set. No matter how much content the Character Creation Diagram could hold, it would need to be written with the Writing Brush of Creation.

This resulted in one growing stronger as the other did the same, ensuring the gap between them remained consistently small.

"One brush and one book—are they the Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush, or the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush?"

Looking at the brush and book in his hands, Jiang Yuan smiled. He felt he needed to give these two magical treasures a resounding name.

The Book of Life and Death and the Judge's Brush were not quite right, but the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush were fitting.

These two treasures not only marked the beginning of human civilization but also shouldered the heavy responsibility of passing it down; calling them Imperial Dao Treasures was no exaggeration.

Therefore, to the human race, the Character Creation Diagram and the Writing Brush of Creation were fully worthy of the names Earth Emperor's Book and Human Emperor's Brush.

However, while Jiang Yuan could think this way, he could not actually do it. In this era, the meaning of "human" was broad; it did not refer solely to the human race, but to all sentient beings.

From the Innate Divine Beings above to the ants below, all could be called human. Thus, the title of Human Emperor could not be used recklessly.

What kind of cultivation level did he have to dare name his treasure the Human Emperor's Brush? Was he trying to become the Human Emperor and rule over all spirits?

If Jiang Yuan dared to do such a thing, it would be a miracle if he survived for even a single breath.

"Just because I can't now doesn't mean I won't be able to in the future!"

Silently noting this down and setting it as a long-term goal, Jiang Yuan swept his brush and wrote the three large characters "History of the Human Race" onto the Character Creation Diagram.

Then, he began to record history for the human race, the opening line reading: In the Primordial World, there was a god named Nuwa, who molded clay under Mount Buzhou to create humans.

As the brush tip fell, there were no ripples or waves, and no strange phenomena occurred. This left Jiang Yuan feeling slightly disappointed, as it indicated that the current value of the History of the Human Race was too low, and merit would only be granted once the book was completed.