Heavenly Court's supreme cultivation method, the crystallization of the Demon Clan's wisdom—the Grand Dao Scripture of the Myriad Stars—was an unsurpassed Dao scripture capable of coordinating three hundred and sixty Methods of the Innate Divine Being.
This was also why Jiang Yuan had to go to the Heavenly Court. Without this method, he would have to research something similar himself.
But how could he, alone, research an unsurpassed method that Di Jun had only developed by bringing the entire Demon Clan's strength to bear? Even with the Creation Jade Disk's support, it would still be difficult.
One had to know that the support Di Jun received from the Demon Clan's Destiny and the resources under its control had already surpassed that of the Creation Jade Disk.
Therefore, if Jiang Yuan wanted to create an unsurpassed method like the Grand Dao Scripture of the Myriad Stars, he would have no chance unless he gathered every piece of the Creation Jade Disk or the Human Race became the overlord of Heaven and Earth ahead of time.
Since he couldn't do it himself, then he could only take what was already there and go to the Heavenly Court to learn the Demon Clan's Grand Dao Scripture of the Myriad Stars.
As for whether the Demon Clan would be willing to teach him, he could think about that after reaching the Heavenly Court. It was too early to worry about it now.
"The Path of Creation encompasses all things and is the hardest path to walk. Since you have chosen it, you must be prepared to suffer. I hope you can persevere."
After giving Jiang Yuan one final warning, Lady Nuwa's will returned to her true body. She was now at a crucial point in her seclusion and truly shouldn't divide her attention for long.
In any case, she had already explained everything that needed to be said. She had fulfilled her greatest duty as a master: providing her disciple with a safety net. As for how the rest of the road should be walked, that depended on Jiang Yuan's own choices.
A master could offer advice about a disciple's future, but it was best not to interfere too much, lest the disciple grow resentful.
After Lady Nuwa left, Jiang Yuan respectfully bowed to her statue before rising and opening the Character Creation Diagram.
Lady Nuwa's arrival had been too sudden, completely disrupting his plans. He hadn't even had time to check what he had gained.
Cultivating Profound Yellow Grain had certainly been a major achievement, but that wasn't all Jiang Yuan had gained from a century of hard work.
The first edition of the Primordial Spirit Herb Canon had already taken shape on the Character Creation Diagram. All that remained was for him to make it public.
After a century of effort, Jiang Yuan had tried nearly every spirit herb around the Human Race. He had not only analyzed their medicinal properties and effects, but had also meticulously recorded the environments they needed to grow in.
He had even found the time to draw a fairly comprehensive map of the Human Race's territory.
It was no exaggeration to say that Jiang Yuan now understood the Human Race's territory better than anyone. Even the Third Ancestor fell a little short of him.
Of course, that only applied to the Human Race. Beyond its borders, Jiang Yuan was completely in the dark. This could be seen in the Primordial Spirit Herb Canon he had written.
The spirit herbs growing near the Human Race were recorded in great detail: their medicinal properties and effects, their growth and maturation cycles, the proper way to harvest them, their growing environments, and everything else one could need to know.
But when it came to spirit herbs beyond the Human Race's territory, the information wasn't nearly as detailed. He had only recorded their medicinal properties and effects, with little mention of anything else.
It was all because he lacked information. He could taste the spirit herbs near the Human Race and examine them in person.
But as for herbs from beyond its borders, all he could see were the finished products brought by the Ten Thousand Races. He didn't know their growing environments or growth cycles, so of course he couldn't obtain detailed information. He could only taste them to discover their effects.
That was why Jiang Yuan called the Primordial Spirit Herb Canon he had compiled only a first edition. There were still far too many places that needed improvement.
Even so, once the book was finalized, it brought Jiang Yuan quite a bit of Merit. The Character Creation Diagram and the Writing Brush of Creation advanced once more, becoming High-Grade Acquired Merit Spirit Treasures.
This undoubtedly confirmed Jiang Yuan's ideas. His approach was right. As long as he continued steadfastly down this path, it was only a matter of time before the Character Creation Diagram and the Writing Brush of Creation transformed into the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush.
The Primordial Spirit Herb Canon wasn't even complete yet, so there was no need to mention drawing a map of the Primordial World. Neither was something Jiang Yuan could do right now.
Writing a book on farming, on the other hand, wouldn't be difficult for him. Of course it wouldn't—his mind was full of ready-made knowledge from later generations. He only had to bring it over and make some changes before compiling it into a book to be passed down to future generations.
While he was at it, Jiang Yuan also wrote down the knowledge of biological genetics from later generations, especially the parts about cultivation and crossbreeding, and compiled it into a book called the Book of Creation.
Unlike the books he had written before, those earlier works were meant to be made public so he could earn more Merit.
Only this Book of Creation was not something Jiang Yuan intended to make public. Instead, he regarded it as a secret Human Race tradition, to be studied only by the Human Race's core members.
It wasn't that he was taking it too seriously. This was the very book that had caused Lady Nuwa to manifest and take him as her disciple.
Even a Sage had been alarmed by it, which showed just how important this book was. It truly shouldn't be passed on to outsiders.
It should be treated as the Human Race's own body of learning, passed only to its core descendants. That way, they could use its methods to continuously cultivate better crops, secure the Human Race's leading advantage, and quietly strengthen its foundations.
Improve the Spirit Herb Canon, draw maps, teach biological genetics, compile more books...
When Jiang Yuan added it all up, he realized that after a century of hard work, the tasks he had to do had not diminished at all. There were even more of them. Even with all his clones, he couldn't keep up, and had no time to cultivate.
"I can't stop compiling books. This concerns not only the birth of the Earth Emperor's Book and the Human Emperor's Brush, but also great Merit. However, I can change how I go about it from now on."
"I should shift my energy to coordinating the whole effort. There's no need for me to handle everything personally. Once I've drawn up the outline and table of contents, I should let go and have others fill in the details."
This century of hard work had not only brought Jiang Yuan great gains, but also made him realize that a person's energy was limited. No one could attend to every single thing.
So he had to learn to delegate, handing lower-level tasks to others. That would free him from his heavy workload and give him more time to cultivate.
Take compiling books, for example. Once he had drawn up an outline, he could simply hand the work over to others. He would have to share some of the Merit, but in return, he would free up a great deal of time.
And the Merit he shared wouldn't go to outsiders. The people helping Jiang Yuan compile books would certainly be his own.
Sharing Merit with them would achieve his goal while also strengthening the Human Race. It was a win-win, and Jiang Yuan had no reason to refuse.
He also didn't need to worry that their books would fail to enhance the Writing Brush of Creation and the Character Creation Diagram. He already had a solution.
As the two treasures advanced, they gained a new ability: they could produce clones.
Any characters written on a clone would immediately appear on the true body, which could then transmit them to whichever clone it chose.
This discovery shocked Jiang Yuan. Real-time transmission of text across space—wasn't that just like the online chat tools commonly used in later generations?