Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals

"According to the description in the Creation Scripture, this method is a technique of transformation, aiming to evolve all living things through a human body. It is to master the whole through one; as long as one can achieve this, one can freely transform into any race or any living being."

"Moreover, this transformation is a change at the origin—not fake, but real. No matter what one transforms into, including an Innate Divine Being, one will possess all of its innate talents and abilities."

"To reach this step is to become a creator, to understand the origin of all living things, to no longer be bound by any constraints, and to be able to transform freely as one wishes, or even to create something from nothing."

"Thus, creation is infinite, and one can easily achieve immortality, remaining indestructible through all eons."

"If one can go a step further on this foundation, using the wonders of creation to reverse the path of Yin and Yang, returning all things to the Wuji, then one has attained the Dao; one can reach out and pluck the Hunyuan Dao Fruit."

Undoubtedly, among the three Dao scriptures, Jiang Yuan was most interested in the Creation Scripture because it was the strongest and its depicted prospects were the most attractive.

As for it being incomplete and still in the theoretical stage, that might be a big problem for others, but for Jiang Yuan, who held the Creation Jade Disk in his hands, it was completely irrelevant.

So what if it was flawed? As long as his realm reached the required level, he could perfect it at any time.

Besides that, there was another reason that prompted Jiang Yuan to choose the Creation Scripture: he had thought of a shortcut to mastering it.

According to Lady Nuwa's conception, if one wanted to master the Creation Scripture, one needed to first observe the spiritual essence of all living things to obtain their form and spirit. Then, using that form and spirit as a foundation, one would evolve their origin.

This entire process was both time-consuming and laborious, and success was not guaranteed; it was far too grueling.

Obtaining the form and spirit of all living things was not difficult—constant, patient effort could always achieve it—but evolving the origin through that form and spirit was beyond the capability of ordinary people; only those with great wisdom and great perseverance could succeed.

As for great wisdom, Jiang Yuan, with the Creation Jade Disk in hand, believed he did not lack it. But as for great perseverance, well, he had perseverance, but it could hardly be called "great."

The number of living things was vast; thinking about the time and energy required to comprehend them one by one was enough to make one despair. Who but those with great perseverance could persist?

Jiang Yuan admitted he could not persist, but fortunately, he had thought of a way to cheat.

In his view, Lady Nuwa was still too kind-hearted. To penetrate the origin of all living things, why bother comprehending them one by one? One should just start eating them directly.

No matter how well-phrased Lady Nuwa's method was, it was still just imitation. And the difficulty of achieving a one-hundred-percent replication through imitation could be imagined.

Unlike Jiang Yuan's method, which was simple and convenient—just start eating. Forcibly plunder the origin of all living things and make it one's own.

In this way, one could immediately achieve a one-hundred-percent replication without any need for imitation.

"Food is the heaven of the people!"

"If you want to become stronger, you cannot do without eating. The sages truly did not deceive me."

Thinking of the shortcut he had found, Jiang Yuan felt secretly smug.

According to Lady Nuwa's method, the Yin-Yang Creation Scripture was actually a tasteless chicken rib—those without the ability couldn't practice it, and those with the ability didn't need it. Practicing other Dao scriptures could also lead to the Dao, and it would be more time-saving and effortless.

Only by following his method could one master the Creation Scripture regardless of whether one had the ability, and it would be a shortcut to success.

Nowadays, the Primordial World was not lacking in Innate Living Beings. Eat one of each kind; one only needed to eat through most of the Primordial World to achieve, if not great success, at least minor success.

For a supreme classic like the Creation Scripture that led directly to the Hunyuan realm, even minor success was enough for one to attain the Daluo Dao Fruit.

Just by eating, one could eat their way to becoming a Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal. Compared to other methods, this was too simple; hearing of it alone made one envious.

"My method is definitely flawless. I had not practiced the Creation Scripture before, yet I still plundered the Kun Fish bloodline; it is evident that plundering the origin is not difficult."

Jiang Yuan felt his shortcut was feasible, and it was not without reason; it came from his own personal experience.

The Ancestral Kun bloodline he had gained was proof. He only needed to refine this wisp of Ancestral Kun bloodline with the Creation Scripture, and he could transform into a Kun Fish.

If it worked for the Kun Fish, it stood to reason that it would work for other living things. Eat a Kun Fish and become a Kun Fish; eat a Dragon and become a Dragon; eat a Phoenix and become a Phoenix...

By eating all the way through, he would naturally obtain the true essence of all living things and understand the wonders of creation.

It was just that this method harmed the harmony of heaven and was not suitable to be used indiscriminately. However, that didn't matter; he just had to avoid eating every single living thing.

He would only eat those who carried karmic debt. In this way, not only would he not harm the harmony of heaven, but he could also receive praise from the Heavenly Dao and gain Merit.

This was not an act of harming the harmony of heaven at all; it was clearly an act of doing good and accumulating virtue.

"Refine!"

Having made his decision, Jiang Yuan immediately took action, preparing to begin practicing the Creation Scripture and refining the other four God-Devil bloodlines within his body one by one.

Without the Creation Scripture, he could only turn the four God-Devil bloodlines into nutrients to strengthen his already awakened Human Ancestor bloodline.

But with the Creation Scripture, he could refine the four God-Devil bloodlines and turn them into four methods of transformation.

This was the profound mystery of the Creation Scripture: it allowed multiple God-Devil bloodlines to coexist within the body.

And just as Jiang Yuan was preparing to practice the Creation Scripture, outside, a group of Shrimp Soldiers and Crab Generals surrounded him with murderous intent.

It was the commotion caused by the Kun Fish before its death that had alerted the Dragon Palace water soldiers patrolling nearby.

"Is this dried corpse the Kun Fish?"

"Hiss~~"

"Where did this cultivator come from? His methods are so cruel, sucking the entire essence of the Kun Fish dry?"

Looking at the dried corpse floating in the sea, the leading Crab General clicked his tongue.

He had seen many battles between cultivators and Fierce Beasts, but this was the first time he had seen such cruel methods. This did not look like the path of the righteous; it looked more like the methods of the demonic path.

"Look quickly, the belly of this Kun Fish is moving. Is there something inside?" As if discovering something, a water soldier shouted.

Hearing this, the Crab General sensed carefully for a moment and said, "It is the aura of my Dragon Race. It is very pure, somewhat like the Dragon Emperor..."

As he spoke, the Crab General found himself unable to continue; he hurriedly leaped onto the belly of the Kun Fish, brandishing his massive pincers as he frantically tore it open.

If a descendant of the Dragon Emperor had met with an accident in his patrol zone, even having eight heads would not be enough to pay for the mistake.

"Not a dragon, it's a human!"

Once the Crab General had peeled back the belly of the Kun Fish and caught sight of Jiang Yuan, who was in the midst of closed-door cultivation inside, half of his suspended heart finally settled.

Why only half? Because although Jiang Yuan was human, that aura of the pure Dragon Emperor upon him could not be faked. As long as it concerned the Dragon Emperor, it was never a mistake to be cautious, regardless of whether he was a dragon or not.

"My name is Yuan, a descendant of the Dragon Palace princess. I was accidentally swallowed by this Kun Fish, and I am immensely grateful for the General's rescue. I only wonder, how far is this place from the East Sea Coast?"

The moment he saw the Crab General, Jiang Yuan knew that his cultivation could no longer continue, and that the Kun Fish, his protective umbrella, was gone. If he wished to avoid any mishaps from here on out, he needed to return to the East Sea Coast as quickly as possible.

This was the habitat Lady Nuwa had left for the Human Race. It did not matter elsewhere, but here, aside from the mindless Fierce Beasts, no one dared to lay a hand on the Human Race.

As the first saint after the Dao Ancestor, for the time being, no one dared to provoke the majesty of Lady Nuwa.