In Ancient Times, Hong Wilderness was sparsely populated, teeming instead with all manner of Monster beasts and fierce birds.
The first people to attain the Dao observed the Way of Heaven and carried out its workings, establishing the Heavenly Dao to bring order to humanity. They began teaching their subjects and building walled cities, gradually developing from tribes into states, and from states into dynasties.
Di Jun was a sage who attained the Dao in the east, revered as a Gods King by countless states and tribes. He used the Heavenly Dao to establish human civilization, and also led his subjects against the attacks of vicious Hong Wilderness beasts. He did not simply slaughter all nonhuman beings. With supreme divine powers, he tamed the hundred birds and commanded the myriad beasts, even allowing Monster beasts with cultivation to serve alongside humans as officials under his rule.
Many years after him, another formidable figure emerged in the east: Chiyou.
Chiyou's understanding of the Dao was shallow, but his mastery of techniques was profound. He had no interest in astronomy, geography, medicine, divination, astrology, or the like; only the distinction between humans and Monsters drew his deepest study. He could graft tiger claws and ox horns onto human bodies, and human heads and hands onto beasts. Ferocious beyond measure, he commanded not only various tribes and states, but also the Seventy-Two Cave Demon Kings and countless Monster beasts, sweeping across the world, invincible wherever he went.
None of the other states or tribes could match Chiyou. Even the Yellow Emperor could not defeat him at first, losing battle after battle. Only after the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden taught him the numerical mysteries of the Heavenly Dao and the Changes did he gain a firm footing and turn defeat into victory.
Shi Feiyang