Merit Descends Thrice, Grand Pure One Laozi: The Human Race Has Vanished?

Huff!

Zhao Gongming slowly opened his eyes, a sharp gleam fading from his gaze.

Having refined all the descending Merit, his lineage and foundation had, in one burst, transformed into a Top-Tier Innate Divine Foundation!

One had to know that even the Heavenly Dao Six Sages possessed no more than such foundations.

In other words, in terms of foundation, he was now no inferior to a Heavenly Dao Sage. Compared to before, he had undergone a complete rebirth.

His cultivation speed had surged by more than a hundredfold, while his already astonishing Fortune had likewise soared. Every gesture seemed blessed by the power of heaven and earth.

His instinctive forewarning of fortune and disaster had also risen to its peak.

Beyond that,

there was the limit of his bottlenecks. With a Sage Lineage, attaining Perfected Quasi-Sage would be as natural as water flowing downhill. There was even a sliver of possibility that he could attain the Primordial Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal Realm!

At this time, the remaining thirty percent of the Merit entered the Human Race, while another thirty percent vanished into thin air.

Yet in that instant, a Fundamental Cultivation Method surfaced in the minds of every Human Race member throughout the Primordial World.

For a time, the Human Race Fortune surged dramatically. The golden dragon of Human Race Fortune coiled around the Kongtong Seal nearly became tangible, greatly increasing the might of this Human Race Supreme Treasure.

Indeed, as the Human Race Supreme Treasure, the Kongtong Seal was itself a Top-Grade Innate Spiritual Treasure. Yet as the Human Race grew stronger and its Fortune soared, its power would continue to rise.

Theoretically, so long as the Human Race Fortune became sufficiently astonishing, it could absolutely transform into a Supreme Treasure.

And Zhao Gongming, who held the Kongtong Seal and enjoyed the Human Race's Fortune blessing, saw his own Fortune rise explosively as well. Dazzling golden light even burst forth from him, shrouding dozens of zhang around him.

Fortune could neither be seen nor touched.

Yet now, Fortune had become golden light visible to the naked eye. What immense Fortune was this? Even Zhao Gongming clicked his tongue in amazement, his heart stirring.

"The Human Race will be the future protagonist of heaven and earth. So long as one does something beneficial for them, astonishing Merit will descend..."

Having grasped the key, Zhao Gongming immediately suppressed his urge to cast the Great Destiny Art. Instead, he immersed his mind once more, observing the Human Race's reproduction and livelihood.

At this time, as the Human Race cultivated the Fundamental Cultivation Method, the entire race began growing at an astonishing pace.

Before they knew it, a hundred years passed in the blink of an eye.

Compared to before, once the Human Race began cultivating the Fundamental Cultivation Method, they finally understood just how astonishing this method was. Compared to it,

the Golden Core Art taught by Grand Pure One Laozi was simply like a straw sandal, fit to be discarded at will. For a time, countless members of the Human Race abandoned the Golden Core Art and began cultivating the Fundamental Cultivation Method instead.

In merely a hundred years, the results had become obvious. Countless members of the Human Race broke through their realms.

Not only that, within the Myriad Heavens World, the Human Race multiplied and thrived in complete safety. They did not need to fear demon calamities, and their population was skyrocketing.

This caused the Kongtong Seal to hum. The golden dragon of Fortune coiled around it had already swelled from thumb-sized to as thick as an infant's arm.

As the master of the Kongtong Seal, Zhao Gongming's golden Fortune light likewise rose with the tide.

But before long, the Human Race, which had begun multiplying and rapidly developing, encountered their first problem.

Though the Myriad Heavens World was safe, it was itself a Great Thousand World. Aside from the lack of Demon Race rampages, its environment was similar to that of the Primordial World.

Apart from the Primordial Human Race created by Nuwa, all newly born humans were Acquired Human Race.

Eating raw flesh and drinking blood, they could easily die from disasters and illness, and their rate of reproduction was limited as well!

Some Human Race tribes, even without demon calamities ravaging them, still often suffered severe losses to disasters, illnesses, and plagues.

Zhao Gongming did not interfere. After all, only crisis brought motivation. If he meddled in every matter, he would instead utterly ruin the Human Race.

Faced with such circumstances, some members of the Human Race had already begun pondering solutions.

One day, lightning flashed and thunder rumbled through the Myriad Heavens World. Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck a towering ancient tree, and before long, a blackened mass fell from it.

The sight gave a nearby human quite a fright. But soon, smelling the enticing fragrance,

the human gathered his courage and stepped forward. As he ate the roasted meat, he found it incomparably delicious. Having previously eaten raw fur and drunk blood, how could he ever have tasted such a delicacy?

But before long, the human fell into confusion. Heavenly lightning contained flames and could roast meat, but lightning's power was terrifying. How could the Human Race possibly wield it?

Just then, a voice rang out in his mind.

"Look above your head!"

The man looked up and saw a woodpecker continuously pecking at a tree in search of insects. As its hard beak repeatedly struck the trunk, sparks emerged.

A flash of insight appeared in the human's mind.

Before long, he invented Drilling Wood to Make Fire, and the first flame was born within a Human Race tribe!

Rumble!

At the very moment this flame was born, the Heavenly Dao sensed it and once again sent down a full ten thousand mu of Merit Cloud. It was no less than the Merit from imparting the Fundamental Cultivation Method, and the Primordial World, which had only just calmed down, was shaken once more.

"What? The Heavenly Dao has sent down such astonishing Merit again?"

"Merit has descended twice in succession. Could this Human Race possess some secret?"

"This...!"

For a time, the sages of the Primordial World and numerous Great Supernatural Beings were stirred one after another. Two consecutive descents of Merit upon such a weak Human Race made their hearts itch with anticipation.

Yet heavenly secrets were obscure. Even Saints could not deduce the slightest trace of information.

"From this day onward, you shall be called the Suiren Clan!"

Within the Myriad Heavens World, Zhao Gongming appeared before the human who had created fire and spoke. Naturally, he had been secretly guiding everything.

Soon, Heavenly Dao Merit descended in three portions. Thirty percent entered the Human Race's first flame, transforming it into a Top-Grade Acquired Merit Spirit Treasure.

Ten percent entered the Suiren Clan's body, causing his cultivation to soar as he directly advanced into the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal Realm.

Twenty percent scattered over the Human Race, allowing them all to comprehend the method of Drilling Wood to Make Fire.

The remaining and most abundant forty percent of the Merit all entered Zhao Gongming's body, making his lineage and foundation, which had only recently advanced into a Top-Tier Innate Divine Foundation, rumble as they improved once more.

Unknowingly, several hundred more years passed.

By now, the Human Race had mastered the Fundamental Cultivation Method and possessed fire. Their race grew stronger by the day, but before long, they encountered another problem.

Though they had fire, and fewer Human Race newborns died young, changes in the weather meant that whenever wind and rain arrived together, the flames would be extinguished and difficult to preserve.

For the physically frail Human Race, who slept under the open sky and ate wherever they found food, this was likewise a disaster.

In response, some members of the Human Race racked their brains, trying to find a solution.

"Look at what's in the tree!"

At that moment, a voice sounded in his mind. Following the voice, he looked over and only then noticed a bird's nest in the tree, where young birds chirped lively within.

Suddenly, inspiration struck his mind.

Before long, a house constructed from interwoven grass and wood appeared. Though crude, it could already shield them from wind and rain and protect their fire.

"From this day onward, you shall be called the Youchao Clan!"

Zhao Gongming appeared. Soon, as this thatched hut was built, the Heavenly Dao sensed it, and vast, surging Merit Cloud descended once again.

The entire Primordial World was completely shaken.

For a time, the entire Primordial World once again fell into turmoil.

"Merit has descended three times? And upon such a weak Human Race?"

"Heavenly secrets are still this obscure. Why can't we even deduce the Human Race's location?"

"..."

If the first descent of Heavenly Dao Merit had been considered a coincidence,

then with the Heavenly Dao now sending down Merit twice more in succession, the numerous Great Supernatural Beings throughout the Primordial World could no longer sit still.

Though the Human Race had produced two Saints, they were Heaven-Ordained Saints, destined to become Saints. Thus, after they attained sainthood, the Human Race had not drawn much attention.

But now, with the Heavenly Dao sending down Merit twice in succession, both times connected to the Human Race, even a fool knew that the Human Race held no small secret.

"Junior Brother, let's go!"

Within the Western Lands, Jieyin spoke. Wealth stirred men's hearts, let alone Merit. They had always enjoyed heading east to scrounge for benefits, so investigating this matter could only be right.

"This Red Cloud likely won't emerge anytime soon!"

Outside Five Villages Temple, Kunpeng, who had been lying in wait, wore a cold expression. Leaving behind a Good Corpse, his body flashed and transformed into a streak of black light as he headed toward Mount Shouyang.

"Demon Sage Bai Ze, go with Demon Sage Ji Meng and investigate Mount Shouyang!"

Within the Heavenly Court's Sun God Palace, the Chaos Bell above Dijun and Taiyi's heads hummed, pouring down endless, weighty Primordial Chaos Mother Qi. The two supreme Demon Emperors were like two miniature suns, radiating astonishing majesty. Below them, the Ten Great Demon Sages stood in two rows. Before long, Demon Sages Bai Ze and Ji Meng silently descended to the lower realm and headed for Mount Shouyang.

Though they could not deduce the Human Race's current location, the fact that the Human Race Ancestral Land was located at Mount Shouyang was no secret.

Before long, the Heavenly Dao Sages and many Great Supernatural Beings could no longer remain still. They all headed straight for Mount Shouyang.

"What?"

At this time, Grand Pure One Laozi was the first to arrive at Mount Shouyang. He too had been shocked by the Heavenly Dao's successive descents of Merit.

But when his divine sense swept across Mount Shouyang, the expression on his face abruptly changed.

"The Human Race has vanished?"