The visit from the Three Pure Ones was like a stone dropped into a still lake, sending ripples through the circle of saints at the top of the Primordial World.
All the saints realized that Nuwa, the newly ascended saint of the demon race, seemed to be walking a path of rapid growth that they could not comprehend.
Chen Ran, the instigator behind it all, did not care in the slightest.
He had only one goal now: to preserve humanity's Spark of Civilization in the coming Witch-Demon Tribulation.
According to the memories from his previous life, although humanity had not been affected by the first Witch-Demon War, that had only been the calm before the storm.
The truly devastating blow would come in the second Witch-Demon War.
By then, in order to forge the Witch-Slaying Sword, the demon race would slaughter humans on a massive scale and extract their souls.
Humanity would be nearly exterminated, suffering beyond measure.
Chen Ran would never allow that to happen.
He could not wait until the crisis arrived to respond. He had to make arrangements in advance.
"The core of the Path of Hiding is not avoiding conflict with the world, but staying out of tribulations and avoiding karma until one has accumulated enough strength."
Chen Ran's thinking was clear.
Humanity was still far too weak.
Forget fighting the witch and demon races—even a somewhat powerful great demon could wipe them all out.
So the most urgent task was not developing combat power, but—migration!
They had to find a secluded paradise that no one would think of, hide there, and quietly farm and grow stronger.
Once the witch and demon races had fought each other to mutual ruin and the Primordial World's order had been reshuffled, humanity could emerge to clean up the aftermath and become the protagonists of heaven and earth.
That was the safest route.
"System, consume Civilization Power and deduce the region in the Primordial World most suitable for humanity to hide and develop."
[Command received.] [Civilization Power -5000.] [Conducting a comprehensive deduction of the Primordial World's geographical environment, fortune flow, and the distribution of tribulation Killing Aura...] [Deduction complete!] [Optimal location locked: the Extreme South Land, outside Immortality Volcano, a hidden valley shrouded by an Innate Grand Formation.] [The area is rich in spiritual energy and abundant in resources. It is also far from the core territories of the witch and demon races, with sparse tribulation Killing Aura. Most importantly, the Innate Grand Formation serves as a natural barrier; none below a saint can investigate it.]
Seeing the system's result, Chen Ran nodded in satisfaction.
This was the place!
Next came the question of how to guide humanity through this epic migration.
That night.
The Three Ancestors of Humanity—Suiren Shi, Youchao Shi, and Ziyi Shi—simultaneously had an incomparably vivid dream in their sleep.
In the dream, the figure of the creator Mother Goddess Nuwa appeared before them.
The divine figure was solemn and majestic, her voice vast and resounding.
"A great tribulation is approaching, and heaven and earth will be overturned. The northern lands have become a vortex of slaughter and cannot be remained in for long."
"You must lead your people south, toward the Promised Land."
"There, volcanoes will surround you and a grand formation will protect you. It will preserve humanity's bloodline and see you through this tribulation."
As her words fell, a clear migration route was branded into their minds.
Starting from Mount Buzhou, which mountain ranges they needed to cross, which rivers they needed to ford, and how to avoid dangerous areas occupied by demon beasts... every detail was marked with perfect clarity.
The next day, when the Three Ancestors awoke from their dreams and met to compare notes, their minds were shaken to the core.
It was another divine revelation from the Mother Goddess!
And this time, it was a grave warning concerning the survival of their entire race!
"The Mother Goddess said a great tribulation is coming!"
"We must leave this place at once!"
"South! We must seek the Promised Land!"
The three leaders were in complete agreement.
They immediately summoned all their clansmen and announced this major decision.
Though it was difficult to leave their homeland, no one objected out of absolute trust in the Holy Mother Empress.
Thus began a vast migration.
Humanity packed everything they could take from their tribes and, led by the Three Ancestors, set out on the long journey south.
Wa Empress Palace.
Nuwa was meditating when she suddenly sensed the Faith Power gathered from humanity beginning to move on a massive scale.
With a sweep of her divine sense, she saw the long procession of humans migrating south.
"Hm? Where are they going?"
Nuwa was somewhat puzzled.
She calculated with her fingers, only to find the heavenly secrets in complete chaos—a clear sign that a tribulation was about to begin.
However, she vaguely sensed that humanity's migration seemed to be an effort to seek fortune and avoid disaster.
"Was it that inexplicable guidance again?"
Nuwa thought of the mysterious presence within her body.
She did not stop them.
After several incidents, she had vaguely come to understand that everything the mysterious presence did seemed to be for humanity's benefit. And if humanity prospered, she would benefit as well.
Since that was the case, she would simply let nature take its course.
She even secretly intervened, erasing some traces left by humanity's migration to prevent anyone with ulterior motives from discovering them.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere throughout the Primordial World grew increasingly tense.
Friction between the witch and demon races intensified by the day.
The cause was that Lu Ya, the demon race's Crown Prince, had been pursued by Kuafu, a Great Shaman of Houtu's tribe, while traveling through the Primordial World.
Although Lu Ya ultimately escaped, the incident completely ignited the fuse.
Di Jun flew into a rage and personally led the demon army to mass beneath Mount Buzhou.
The Twelve Ancestral Witches showed no weakness either, leading the witch race's warriors out of Pangu Hall.
The first Witch-Demon Tribulation officially erupted!
For a time, the entire central region of the Primordial World became a battlefield of blood and fire.
Divine abilities collided, and magical treasures flew wildly.
Mountains shattered, and rivers flowed backward.
Countless living beings were reduced to ash in that terrifying war.
The saints all closed their mountain gates and restrained their disciples, not daring to become tainted by such monstrous karmic burden.
Meanwhile, under the guidance of Chen Ran's "divine revelation," humanity's main force had long since quietly bypassed the main battlefield and entered the vast southern region of the Primordial World.
Although they encountered many hardships and dangers along the way, the map's incredibly precise guidance always allowed them to turn peril into safety.
Several decades later.
When the witch and demon races had fought themselves to exhaustion, temporarily calling a truce to lick their wounds.
Humanity finally reached its destination.
It was a valley blanketed in mist that never dispersed throughout the year.
Following the guidance of the divine revelation, the Three Ancestors found an inconspicuous stone and pushed it aside together.
Hummm—
The mist before them parted to either side like a curtain being drawn open.
An enormous valley resembling an immortal paradise appeared before everyone.
Within the valley, ancient trees towered into the sky, spiritual herbs covered the ground, and a clear river ran through it. In the distance, a majestic volcano could faintly be seen, radiating gentle fire-element power.
The air was filled with refreshing spiritual energy.
"This... is the Promised Land!"
"We made it!"
All the humans erupted into cheers of survival after catastrophe.
[Detected that humanity's main force has successfully migrated to the "Secluded Paradise," avoided the tribulation, and preserved the Spark of Civilization!] [Civilization Power +!] [Humanity has entered a period of recovery and growth. New technology tree unlocked—"Agricultural Technology"!] [Host "Nuwa" has comprehended a new Great Dao divine ability—"Growth of All Things"! It can nurture all things and awaken vitality!]
Within Wa Empress Palace, Nuwa felt another breakthrough in her Dao of Creation.
She casually pointed at a withered immortal herb outside the palace.
The herb swiftly regained its vitality at a rate visible to the naked eye, and even rose several grades in quality.
"Growth of All Things..."
Nuwa murmured to herself. Looking at her slender finger, the expression on her face grew increasingly strange.
"What... is happening to me?"
She felt like a player using cheats. She did not need to do anything, yet her level and skills kept increasing on their own.
That feeling was truly... wonderful.
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