Imparting the Dao to the Human Race, the Awakening of Human Dao

Lu Chen slowly closed his eyes. A shattered jade disc emanating an arcane aura appeared above his head.

"Calm your minds and contemplate. I will impart the Dao together with you two. If anything feels inappropriate or obscure, speak up at once."

Lu Chen planned to use the description of the body's secret realms from a flawless novel in his previous life as a foundation to create a cultivation method suited to the Human Race's development.

But he was still in the experimental, formative stage and had no idea whether this method would work in the Primordial World.

Dao melodies lingered through the thatched cottage. Lu Chen's expression remained fairly composed, but Gu Chen and Gu Xi frowned one moment and looked dejected the next...

Time slowly passed...

Within Wa Sovereign Palace in the chaos.

Nuwa sat within her Dao ground. The Human Race had been created by her, and their fortune was linked to hers. The matter of imparting the Dao would have an enormous impact on the Human Race. From the very beginning of the teaching, the Human Race's fortune had begun to rise little by little, and she could clearly sense it.

After making a calculation with her fingers, she understood what had caused such a change in the Human Race's fortune.

"Lu Chen is imparting the Dao to the Human Race! And it is a new Dao beyond the Immortal Dao?"

"He was clearly born after me. How does he know so much? Even I, a Sage, have never heard of it."

A trace of surprise flashed through Nuwa's eyes. Immortal mist rose, and when it dispersed, her figure had vanished from the Dao ground of Wa Sovereign Palace.

"Is Teacher so partial to him? Teacher even bestowed the Jade Disc of Creation upon him."

Nuwa appeared outside the thatched cottage. Seeing the shattered jade disc floating above Lu Chen's head, releasing streams of mysterious radiance that enveloped Lu Chen, Gu Chen, and Gu Xi, a touch of envy appeared on her face.

When complete, the Jade Disc of Creation was a Chaos Supreme Treasure, engraved with the complete Three Thousand Great Daos. It was an ultimate treasure for comprehending the Dao.

All the Jade Discs of Creation in the Primordial World were in the hands of Dao Ancestor Hongjun. Without one, Hongjun would have had no idea how much longer it would take to comprehend the Dao of Three Corpses Severance through his own efforts.

It could be said that even as a Sage, Nuwa deeply coveted the Jade Disc of Creation.

After all, Sages also had their differences in strength.

Nuwa slowly raised a hand, her slender, jade-white fingers touching Lu Chen's brow...

The number of people comprehending the Dao changed from three to four.

"I have comprehended it!"

Gu Chen abruptly opened his eyes, brilliant golden light blazing within them. He threw back his head and shouted toward the heavens.

"Human Dao above, I, Gu Chen of the Human Race, have received the Holy Father's imparting of the Dao and comprehended the method of Martial Dao. I have opened the first path of Martial Dao for my Human Race. May Human Dao bear witness!"

"Buzz—"

Heaven and earth trembled. Empowered by the might of heaven and earth, Gu Chen's words spread across the four seas and eight wildernesses, proclaiming them to the entire Primordial World.

"Human Dao? Is there not only the Heavenly Dao? What in the world is Human Dao?"

"He swore an oath to Human Dao rather than the Heavenly Dao. Could this Human Race be heretical...?"

Quite a few cultivators looked toward the shores of the East Sea with schadenfreude.

They waited to see the Heavenly Dao fly into a rage and bring calamity upon the Human Race.

Yet what they had not expected was for clouds of merit to appear in the sky. Though they did not compare to when Nuwa created the Human Race, they were not much fewer. After all, imparting the Dao was of immense importance to the Human Race.

The merit was divided into four portions.

Lu Chen received one-tenth, Gu Xi received half a tenth, Nuwa received two-tenths, while Gu Chen alone took six and a half tenths!

"I am the Martial Progenitor of the Human Race!"

Though Gu Chen possessed no cultivation, he rose into the air and stood upon the void.

"Greetings, Martial Progenitor!"

The people outside the thatched cottage all fell to their knees and kowtowed upon seeing Gu Chen, shouting aloud.

"Granted!"

A vast, supreme, ancient voice rang out.

A beam of light shrouded Gu Chen. A gold-trimmed crimson cloak appeared among his garments, and upon its back was written a mysterious, inscrutable character: Martial.

As the voice faded, many great powers secretly watching could not help but turn their heads, their eyes filled with shock.

Nuwa fixed her blazing gaze on Lu Chen and transmitted her voice. "How did you know of Human Dao?"

Even she had only learned of the Three Daos after becoming a Sage, and had merely formed a few guesses about what the Heavenly Dao was plotting.

"There are Three Daos in the Primordial World: Heaven, Earth, and Human. At present, only the Heavenly Dao has awakened. Earthly Dao and Human Dao are still dormant in slumber. This is an opportunity to awaken Human Dao."

Lu Chen did not hide anything from Nuwa and laid out all the thoughts in his heart.

"As for how I knew, does that matter?"

Originally, he had only wanted to impart a cultivation method so the Human Race would have the strength to protect themselves against danger. As for opening the first path of Martial Dao, he had not even fully understood the Dao he cultivated himself, much less been capable of helping Gu Chen. Nuwa had contributed the most to the establishment of Martial Dao.

"Of course, I was gambling as well. The Human Race is still far too insignificant in both numbers and territory. Even if we swore the oath, Human Dao might not necessarily respond."

"It seems you won your gamble. But have you considered what comes afterward?"

Nuwa looked at Lu Chen with a complicated expression. Human Dao's awakening was a good thing for the Human Race, but that might not be the case for Lu Chen.

The Heavenly Dao had always plotted to seize the authority of the Human and Earthly Daos. The Human Race had only just been born, and before the Heavenly Dao could begin its schemes, Lu Chen had stirred things up and caused Human Dao to awaken ahead of time.

With its plans falling through, would the Heavenly Dao place this karmic debt upon Lu Chen?

"The Primordial World needs balance. If the Heavenly Dao alone becomes dominant, that will be the greatest calamity."

Lu Chen spoke calmly.

According to the established course of events, Laozi's establishment of the Golden Core Dao would keep the Human Race's potential from being fully unleashed.

Later, the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors would be trapped within Fire Cloud Cave. Human Dao would decline, while Earthly Dao would be diminished after Houtu was plotted against, losing her ancestral witch body and being confined within the Six Paths of Reincarnation.

The Heavenly Dao alone would command the great currents of the Primordial World, and every calamity would rise or fall at a single word from it.

Take the Investiture Catastrophe, for instance. Its cause was absurdly that Dao Ancestor's little gatekeeping attendant had been bullied. The attendant went to Hongjun and cried bitterly, whereupon Hongjun bestowed a single Investiture List, and the Investiture Catastrophe began.

In the end, the Primordial World was battered into fragments, torn apart in all directions.

If Lu Chen were not Tongtian's disciple, he would not concern himself with these matters. The great calamity involved only the disciples of the Four Sects, and as long as he lay low and stayed out of sight, he could still live freely in the future. But he was not merely Tongtian's disciple—he was also his chief disciple. Once the calamity began, their Jie Sect would be the first to bear the brunt.

All of that was merely his speculation. But with Human Dao awakened, the Human Race's fortune upon him would become a life-saving talisman in the future. So long as the Human Race did not decline, he could cultivate the Dao in peace.

A playful look appeared on Nuwa's face. "Teacher bestowed the Jade Disc of Creation upon you. I do not know what calculations lie within that, but do you think Teacher will regret giving you the Jade Disc of Creation?"

"Probably not."

Lu Chen rubbed his nose, speaking with little confidence.

Hongjun's Dao Integration was not truly for the sake of benefiting the Primordial World by serving as its spokesperson. In the future, he would certainly contend with the Heavenly Dao for authority. What Lu Chen was doing now should align with Hongjun's wishes, should it not? After all, it also curbed the expansion of the Heavenly Dao's authority in an unseen way.

Within Zixiao Palace.

Hongjun slowly opened his eyes. A complicated expression flashed through them—anger, a sigh...

"An anomaly must be cut away!"

"The Great Dao is fifty, yet one escapes. Since all things exist in this world, they each have their reason for existing."

"Hehe..."

Hongjun muttered to himself, his tone turning cold and indifferent one moment, warm and ethereal the next...