First Clash: The Sage's Defeat

The Great Calamity is fictional, and the human race is a forgery.

However, driven by human nature and self-interest, the originally fictitious calamity actually took on a real form.

Even the sages who saw it couldn't help but nod in approval.

"That should be it!" said Shenshan Cang, his feelings at that moment were extremely complicated.

I never imagined that I would be the protagonist of this great calamity!

There's no other reason than that he, Cang, is Demonic Dao saint!

The Demonic Dao he founded was indeed a demon different from humans, but in the early days, "humans" referred to the Myriad Spirits of the Immortal Dao!

Therefore, the "demons" he mentioned when he created the Dao actually refer to the extraordinary beings outside the Myriad Spirits of the Immortal Dao!

For example, mountains, rivers, clouds, stones, and so on.

At that time, the concept of "Demonic Dao" was very narrow, and in theory, it was impossible to become a saint through this path.

However, the true form of the Supreme Saint Junjiang is a river, the true form of the Supreme Saint Quanluo is a sea of blood, and the true form of the Supreme Saint Guisu is a colorful cloud!

The attainment of enlightenment by these three extraordinary beings directly propelled him, this Demonic Dao Grand Luo Immortal, to the position of Saint!

Although he became Supreme Sage, his Supreme Sage was unstable because his path was too narrow. Therefore, he still had to rely on his brother Qing Mang for survival.

However, over the years, his cultivation level has not only remained stable, but has also improved significantly.

He thought it was because the chances of otherworldly beings attaining enlightenment had recently increased, and he was quite pleased with himself.

Now he finally understood that it wasn't that the chances of an outcast achieving enlightenment had increased; it was clearly that the scope of the Demonic Dao had expanded!

The concept of "human" has now been reduced to a species that cultivates a [Innate Dao Body] and transforms into a hairless monkey-like form.

The concept of "demon" has been expanded to include anything that is not human, namely, a demon!

With this change in concept, the scope of his authority as Demonic Dao saint increased dramatically, even surpassing the demonic path, Blood Dao, and curse path, ranking second only to the immortal path!

However, the increase in his power did not make him happy; instead, it made him worried.

Because he was already welded to the Demon Race's vehicle, there was no way he could get off.

All the immortals in the world can transform into human form and join the human race, but he cannot.

All the immortals in the world can grow by rising through the path of humanity, but he cannot.

"Qing Mang, do you want to transform into human form?" Cang asked.

"Why do you need to take human form?" Qing Mang countered.

"Because human form is also very suitable for weapon crafting!" Cang said, "Your Artifact Dao are developing very well among humans!"

"The tree shape is more suitable!" Qing Mang replied.

Cang fell silent.

The first Law Artifact in the world was crafted by Qing Mang, but it was not created by his conscious will; rather, it was created passively.

Because Qing Mang jujube tree was located on the highest mountain, it was struck by lightning, and a section of its trunk was killed.

Originally, Qing Mang should have cut off the dead branch, but at that time, Qing Mang had just developed consciousness and was still in a state of ignorance. He did not know what the correct thing to do, and instead tried to communicate with the branch that had been cut down using his consciousness.

When communication failed, he even tried transferring his Law Power.

And so, he transformed that branch into the first magical Law Artifact in history.

From then on, the zelkova tree took on a special significance in the Cultivation World, and was called "Heavenly Born Immortal Material".

This means that as long as it exists in this universe, the beech tree is bound to be a divine material. In the celestial realm, it can be used to forge celestial artifacts, and in the mortal realm, it can be used to refine Spirit Artifact Dao artifacts.

Then the beech trees were cut down and disappeared.

The beech tree felt deep sympathy for its fellow beech trees' plight, but did nothing, for it was just a beech tree that could barely protect itself. If it weren't for the protection of the sacred mountain, it would have been cut down long ago and used to forge weapons!

So.

"Brother, I know what you want to say, but without your protection, how could I have survived to this day! Therefore, I will not join the human race. I am willing to stand with you through thick and thin and face this great calamity together!"

"Alright!" Cang trembled violently, and without any politeness, he declared loudly, "Then you and I, brothers, shall join forces and fight against this world! What 'Destined Protagonist'? Has he even asked me first?"

"What should we do?" Qing Mang asked.

"Behold my skills, brother!" Cang said, as a Divine Ability flew out from his body, then transformed into endless streams of light, merging into the immortal land and among the myriad spirit races.

The Qing Mang beside him also received a share, and upon probing it with its Divine Sense, it discovered that it was actually a Divine Ability.

Peerless Divine Abilities: Primordial Spirit Earth, drawing upon the essence of the thick earth to refine a mass of Primordial Spirit Earth.

This divine land is ever-changing, and while possessing unparalleled defensive capabilities, it also has a special function: to absorb the bones, flesh, and blood of living beings and transform them into Primordial Spirit Qi.

This energy can not only strengthen muscles and bones, but also improve cultivation level without any side effects!

It's a very typical method of Artifact Dao, but it follows the path of demonic arts, since all you need is a corpse to improve your cultivation level, and there are no consequences!

It even carried the Primordial Spirit Earth to digest the body and bones, saving the work of crushing bones and scattering ashes.

This is a Divine Ability that is no less than the [Great Devouring Art]. A peerless Peerless Divine Abilities is equivalent to a Supreme Dao Arts. It is truly the work of Supreme Sage!

If this Divine Ability were to spread, the world would surely descend into chaos.

In order to improve their cultivation level, it is not impossible for fathers to kill sons, sons to kill fathers, husbands and wives to kill each other, or wives and children to betray each other.

Therefore, Cang Xinshan, after accidentally creating this supernatural Divine Ability, never passed it on to outsiders until today.

The main characters of the Great Tribulation are humans and Demon Race, but humans have such a great advantage, with the added fortune and the ability to inherit the myriad paths.

If the Demon Race doesn't get a buff soon, they'll all eventually become humans!

Therefore, no matter how problematic this Divine Ability was, he still had to pass it on.

However, being Supreme Sage and the creator of the Dao, he still imposed restrictions on this Divine Ability.

For example, cultivators can only be identified as Demon Race, and the bodies they refine can only be human bodies!

This approach ensures that the Demon Race will not suffer internal strife, weakens the human race's numbers, and maintains the Demon Race's advantage in cultivation speed over the human race.

The Demon Race can increase their cultivation level simply by eating people, while the human race, no matter how fast they cultivate, still needs to meditate!

"In that case, the Demon Race should be able to rest easy!" Cang thought.

After he passed on his Divine Ability, he originally intended to sleep for thousands of years.

But after thinking about it, since this was a once-in-a-lifetime calamity, it should be treated with caution. So, he used his Divine Sense to follow the Divine Ability he had passed down to see how effective it would be.

At first, he was quite excited because the Demon Race who had inherited the legacy quickly organized their forces to attack human cities and gained a lot of advantages while catching humans off guard.

At this rate, it's not impossible for them to wipe out the human race.

But problems soon arose.

First, the Terran race reacted quickly, immediately beginning to deploy defenses and send out scouts.

At this point, it would be unlikely to launch a surprise attack on the human race, as the main force would be discovered quickly, and the large-scale sweep could easily turn into a siege.

Small towns, riddled with defensive formations and occasionally concealed by powerful Luo Immortals, are also difficult to attack.

Secondly, he was unaware that the [Innate Dao Body] also had a half-beast form. By switching to this form, he could not only retain the convenience of using tools as a human, but also retain the immense physical combat power of his beast form.

However, the Divine Ability he passed down were ineffective against orcs!

He quickly changed the restrictions, altering the target from "[Human with Innate Dao Body]" to "[Human with Innate Dao Body] and [Beastman with Innate Dao Body]".

Then, the human race discovered the flaw.

In battle, they only need to transform into beast form, and the Primordial Spirit Earth that the Demon Race had painstakingly refined becomes useless again.

A divine Divine Ability comparable to the [Great Devouring Art] was actually broken by the passive effect of the [Innate Dao Body]!

Faced with the [Innate Dao Body] that could transform into human form and then revert back, Cang was completely dumbfounded!

Isn't this just being unreasonable? I'm a demon, and I can't turn into a human, so why can a human turn back into a demon?

No, demons can transform into humans!

How about I turn them into humans, then infiltrate human territory and fight them?

However, once you become human, you can no longer use [Primordial Spirit Earth]!

"That's right, I don't need to ban humans from using it. If humans can also cultivate, they'll have to resort to cannibalism to improve their cultivation, which would just lead to infighting!" Cang suddenly realized, and then immediately lifted the restrictions on human cultivation imposed by [Primordial Spirit Earth].

As he expected, cultivators who had mastered the [Primordial Spirit Earth] began secretly targeting the human race.

However, nowadays cultivators all have a [Heavenly Dao Space]. As long as a cultivator doesn't die instantly, with the speed of a cultivator's consciousness, they can enter the [Heavenly Dao Space] and write a 500-word paper about the cause of their death to publish it.

So, before these people could even make a few moves, news of the [Primordial Spirit Earth] was exposed!

The major human cities immediately issued decrees prohibiting the spread of [Primordial Spirit Earth], and classifying cultivators who practiced [Primordial Spirit Earth] as anti-human elements and expelling them from the human race.

Under the crackdown, cultivators discovered that compared to enjoying the Human Dao Fortune and cultivating peacefully, it was simply not worth risking being on the run, losing freedom, or even being beheaded to cultivate [the Primordial Spirit Earth].

Unfortunately, neither Cang nor Qing Mang had established a lineage, and they didn't even have a single obedient assassin.

Once the Demonic Dao cultivators sent into the city have lived in human form for a few days, they will completely forget their mission. Even if they are ordered by Supreme Sage, they will not dare to disobey, but they will dare to outwardly comply while inwardly disobeying.

The Demonic Dao Supreme Sage's first attack ended in utter defeat!

Yang Ning didn't even have to make a move; the human race's self-correcting ability had already defeated it!