He entered seclusion.
No one knew what year or month it would be when this seclusion ended.
But everyone knew that on the day Taiyi emerged from his place of seclusion,
the Demon Clan might welcome its second Sage.
And in another corner of the Primordial World, a far quieter process of deduction was underway.
Although the Human Race possessed Innate Dao Bodies and the Martial Dao had been passed down among them, not everyone could reach the pinnacle of the Martial Dao.
The Martial Dao emphasized the flesh, the will, and slaughter.
This was a system tailor-made for the Witch Clan.
Although humans could strengthen themselves through the Martial Dao, countless ordinary mortals were ultimately constrained by their talent, unable even to glimpse its threshold.
Pan Xuan had long harbored this concern. He had once told Nuwa:
"The Human Race is born powerful. This is a blessing, but also a shackle.
If humans know only to rely on strength and know nothing of civil governance, one day their strength will breed brutality, and their brutality will bring their own destruction. The Human Race needs another path."
And so Baize, Kunpeng, and Fuxi were tasked with deducing that other path-the Literary Dao.
Baize was foremost among the Primordial World's extraordinary beasts and understood the nature of all things.
He knew the names of every ghost and monster under heaven. Vastly learned and blessed with a powerful memory, he excelled at research and deduction, making him the finest "library" for the Literary Dao.
Kunpeng was the Kun of the Northern Darkness, who transformed into a Peng and soared ninety thousand li on rising winds. Widely traveled and broad-minded, he provided the finest "vision" for the Literary Dao.
Fuxi, the Human Race's Heavenly Sovereign, understood Yin-Yang Numerology and had founded the Innate