Rewriting Investiture of the Gods

Rewriting Investiture of the Gods

Author: Eight Taels and a Half

Synopsis:

Synopsis:

Jiang Haofeng, a human from a later age, traveled to the primordial world as an Innate Human with the Chaos Spirit Treasure, Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book.

By observing the Witch Clan's Way of Battling Heaven and Earth, he established humanity's martial path!

By observing the Golden-Winged Great Peng spread its wings, he created the Great Peng Escape Technique!

By observing the Golden Crow transforming into a rainbow, he passed down the Great Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Escape!

By observing the True Sun Fire, he passed down the True Sun Fire Art!

By observing the Heavenly Court's Investiture of the Gods method, he passed down the Human Emperor's Investiture of the Gods Art!

Ancestor Haofeng established the Human Ancestral Land, created the system of human elders, gathered human experts to serve as guardians of the race, passed down countless methods, nurtured prodigies, drilled humanity's clan armies, watched over human lands, and governed the mortal realm!

From then on, the Heavenly Emperor governed the heavens, while the Human King governed the mortal realm. The Heavenly Emperor was not permitted to interfere in mortal affairs, nor were heavenly gods and Buddhas permitted to manifest their divinity in the mortal realm, build temples, establish shrines, or spread faith. Those who violated this decree would have their temples destroyed and their sects exterminated, with no mercy shown!

"I am Nuwa. Having traveled the primordial world for three thousand epochs, I have perceived that heaven and earth are incomplete and the human path insufficient. Today, I shall imitate the innate Dao body. Following the division of purity and turbidity between heaven and earth, I shall use Three Lights Divine Water as purity to create the three souls, Nine Heavens Breathing Soil as turbidity to create the body, and the Yin-Yang Supreme Principle to merge purity and turbidity and create the seven spirits. I shall create a race called—humans!"

"To complete the human path and perfect heaven and earth, may the Heavenly Dao bear witness!"

Between the vast heavens and earth, a Dharma Image billions of zhang tall rose into the sky. With a human head and serpent body, she was an innate deity, a disciple directly taught by the Dao Ancestor, an orthodox member of the Profound Gate, and one of the heaven-ordained Six Sages—Great God Nuwa!

Nuwa's voice spread across the primordial land, drawing the attention of one Great Divine Power after another. Countless Great Divine Powers awoke from seclusion and looked toward the primordial land.

Was Nuwa about to prove Dao and become a Sage?

On Kunlun Mountain, the Three Pure Ones awoke from their state of enlightenment. Hearing the voice from the primordial land and sensing the profound Dao charm emerging between heaven and earth, their expressions darkened somewhat. Nuwa, their junior sister, had actually taken the first step toward proving Dao.

The Dao Ancestor had bestowed the Hongmeng Purple Qi three thousand epochs ago, yet the three brothers still had no clue. They had never expected Nuwa to beat them to it.

At Western Spirit Mountain, Jieyin and Zhunti were also startled. They opened their Dharma Eyes and looked into the primordial world.

Zhunti sat upon a lotus platform and spoke in surprise. "Nuwa has actually taken the lead. The Three Pure Ones hold Pangu's creation merit, yet they have fallen behind Nuwa instead."

"The path of a Sage is infinitely profound. Merit is merely the foundation. One must also have one's heart merge with Heavenly Dao and be acknowledged by the Heavenly Dao before one can connect to the Hongmeng Purple Qi and attain the position of a Heavenly Dao Saint!"

"No matter how much merit one possesses, if the destined opportunity has not arrived, one cannot stir the Hongmeng Purple Qi and prove Dao as a Sage!"

Jieyin spoke leisurely. Yet though he said this, when he mentioned the Three Pure Ones, his eyes were filled with envy.

They had been transformed from Great God Pangu's primordial spirit. As Pangu Orthodox, they inherited Pangu's creation merit and possessed immeasurable merit, surpassing all others across the primordial land.

Whenever there were benefits to be had in the world, they needed not fight for them; the three brothers would naturally receive a share. The Great Divine Powers of heaven and earth had all received Great God Pangu's legacy, and thus inherently owed the three brothers a karmic debt. Their starting point far surpassed that of the two fellow disciples.

Besides the heaven-ordained Six Sages, within the supreme Demon Court raised high above the thirty-third heaven, Demon Emperor Di Jun, Demon Emperor Donghuang Taiyi, Demon Teacher Kunpeng, the Ten Directions Demon Saints, and the 365 Demon Gods all looked toward the primordial land.

Below Buzhou Mountain, in the Ancestral Witch Hall, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and many great witches also raised their heads to look at the nearby sky.

That was right. The place where Nuwa would prove Dao by creating humans was beneath Buzhou Mountain. However, it was on the other side of the mountain, not within the Witch Clan's gathering grounds. Still, it was right at the Witch Clan's doorstep, with only three hundred billion li separating them.

Old Ancestor Minghe of the Sea of Blood, Zhenyuanzi of Wuzhuang Temple, Daoist Randeng, and the other Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace also opened their Dharma Eyes and gazed upon the primordial land, jointly witnessing the birth of the first Heavenly Dao Saint between heaven and earth.

Within the primordial world, Dao charm surged around Nuwa. An auspicious cloud appeared above her head, endless rosy light rippled outward, and treasures such as the Map of Mountains and Rivers, Heaven and Earth Cauldron, Red Embroidered Ball, Precious Lotus Lantern, and more rose and fell within the cloud. Their indestructible innate spiritual radiance shone brilliantly, evolving endless profundities.

As Nuwa connected with heaven and earth, an indifferent will awakened from the depths of the primordial world.

Seeing that she had stirred the Heavenly Dao, Nuwa did not hesitate. The Law of Creation filled the air around her. With a wave of her hand, the Heaven and Earth Cauldron shot out with a howl and hovered between heaven and earth.

With a flick of her finger, streams of golden, silver, and purple light swept out and fell into the Heaven and Earth Cauldron.

With a turn of her palm, a yellowish clump of earth appeared in Nuwa's hand. Rich Earth Dao charm permeated the soil, broad and profound. Though it was only a small piece, it seemed like an endlessly vast continent.

Yellow light churned over the clump of earth, which contained boundless vitality, ceaseless and inexhaustible!

Nuwa waved her hand, and the Nine Heavens Breathing Soil fell into the Heaven and Earth Cauldron. She raised a finger, gathering endless Creation Dao charm into a point of azure light that entered the cauldron.

Moments later, azure light blazed from within the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, while endless Laws of Creation rippled outward.

A faint smile appeared on Nuwa's face. With a lift of her hand, a mud pit rose from the Heaven and Earth Cauldron. The Law of Creation within it was dense to the extreme, while lights of every color flashed through it. It was truly wondrous beyond measure.

She put away the Heaven and Earth Cauldron, and the mud pit descended onto the ground. Nuwa's Dharma Image billions of zhang tall also shrank, transforming into an innate Dao body.

The woman picked up a lump of mud and immediately molded it into a little person.

Looking at the two little people before her, Nuwa smiled faintly. Her hand swept over them, and Creation Dao charm entered their clay bodies. Their eyes instantly became lively, while their earthen bodies transformed into flesh and blood.

Nuwa placed the little people on the ground and picked up another lump of mud. Before long, forty-nine little people appeared on the ground.

Nuwa frowned slightly. Molding them one by one and granting them spiritual life one by one was too slow. Moreover, nearly half the mud in the pit before her had already been used up. Could she only create a hundred humans?

Nuwa paused, picked up another lump of mud, and molded the final little person, completing the Great Dao's number of fifty.

Then Nuwa took out a gourd vine. Creation Dao charm spread forth, and with one lash, hundreds of droplets of mud flew into the air. When the droplets landed, they transformed into lively little people.

Nuwa was delighted. This worked. She immediately swung the whip again, lashing out eight times in succession. Countless little people densely filled the space around Nuwa. Sweeping them with her divine sense, she found that together with the previous fifty, there were exactly three thousand—not one more, not one less!

Three thousand Innate Humans, corresponding to the Great Dao's number of three thousand. The merit was complete!

A golden pillar of merit that reached through heaven and earth descended from the sky, splitting into five portions in midair. Fifty percent of the merit entered Nuwa's body.

Ten percent of the merit merged into the gourd vine in Nuwa's hand and the mud pit below where humans had been created, forming the Postnatal Merit Supreme Treasures—the Human Creation Whip and the Creation Sacred Spring.

Twenty percent of the merit entered the bodies of the three thousand Innate Humans below. The first fifty alone received ten percent, while the remaining two thousand nine hundred and fifty shared the other ten percent.

The remaining twenty percent of the merit vanished into thin air, with no one knowing where it had gone.

The Great Divine Powers all began calculating, only to find nothing.

As merit entered her body, the Hongmeng Purple Qi within Nuwa's soul manifested. Purple qi crisscrossed the heavens, stretching for billions of li. Rosy light rose between heaven and earth, celestial flowers rained down from the sky, and golden lotuses surged from the ground!

Nuwa's aura rose steadily. An overwhelming pressure capable of suppressing eternity and crushing all things enveloped the entire primordial land!

All beneath the Quasi-Saint realm fell to their knees. Even Grand Luo Golden Immortals with Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown and Five Qi Towards Origin were no exception. Only Quasi-Saints could barely remain standing, though they still had to bow in salute.

Beneath a Sage, all were ants!

"Greetings, Sage Nuwa!"

Across the primordial land, countless living beings respectfully saluted. Their voices of worship resounded throughout the entire primordial world!

Nuwa slowly opened her eyes and looked somewhat surprised at the race she had created below—an eternal protagonist of heaven and earth!

No wonder she had been able to become a Sage through this. They truly were a fortunate race!

"Humans have only just been born. For ten epochs, none of the myriad races of the primordial world may interfere with them!"

With a wave of Nuwa's hand, the land within a radius of one hundred thousand li centered on humanity vanished at once, disappearing from the eyes of all living beings in the primordial world. Even the many Great Divine Powers could not discover where the humans had gone.

"That was... Nuwa creating humans!"

Jiang Haofeng stared wide-eyed at the scene before him. Combined with the cry of "Greetings, Sage Nuwa," how could he not realize that he had traveled to the primordial land and become one of the three thousand Innate Humans?

Before Jiang Haofeng could react, his vision blurred, and everything vanished. Whether it was Nuwa's vast Dharma Image or the mighty mountain piercing into the nine heavens, everything disappeared completely.

Only the three thousand Innate Humans who had just been born remained. They looked around curiously. Humanity had only just been born, and everything around them was new to them. Mountains, rivers, lakes, seas, flowers, grass, and trees—all were novel sights.

Suddenly, a breeze swept past, carrying a trace of chill. Jiang Haofeng looked down, and his expression changed abruptly. Damn it, Nuwa created humans but didn't create clothes!

Jiang Haofeng immediately covered his private parts with his hands. His action instantly drew the attention of the surrounding humans, who all looked at him curiously. A woman beside Jiang Haofeng imitated his movement.

For a moment, all three thousand humans stared at him. Jiang Haofeng felt utterly humiliated and wished he could vanish from the world on the spot.

But in the next instant, a force rose from within Jiang Haofeng's body, forming a golden curtain of light around him that covered his entire body.

Was this... magical power?

Jiang Haofeng looked at the golden light around himself in astonishment. Examining himself closely, he discovered that he was now terrifyingly strong. A mysterious power flowed through his body, his flesh seemed forged from refined iron, and every movement contained immense strength.

An incomparably profound realization welled up in his heart—the Golden Immortal Realm!

His body contained immortal golden nature. He would live forever without aging, share the lifespan of heaven and earth, and shine alongside the sun and moon!

Good heavens, he had been born a Golden Immortal. As expected of an Innate Human. Nuwa was seriously generous. In any other world, this would already be enough to dominate the world!

Unfortunately, this was the primordial world, and it was before the Witch-Demon Calamity—the primordial world at the time when the heaven-ordained Six Sages were proving Dao. Taiyi Immortals were everywhere, and Grand Luo Immortals were nothing special. The entire primordial world was suffused with innate spiritual qi, and its living beings were terrifyingly powerful.

A Golden Immortal was nothing more than an oversized lackey.

Jiang Haofeng swept his divine sense around. The forty-nine humans personally molded by Nuwa nearby were, like him, all in the Golden Immortal Realm. As for the remaining two thousand nine hundred and fifty, every one of them was in the True Immortal Realm.

Such strength would naturally have been overwhelmingly powerful in later ages, but in the current primordial world, it truly was not enough.

Fortunately, there was the Sage's Edict. Humanity could remain safe for ten epochs.

One yuan was ten thousand eight hundred years, one epoch contained twelve yuan, totaling one hundred and twenty-nine thousand six hundred years. Ten epochs meant one million two hundred and ninety-six thousand years. This was humanity's novice protection period; during this time, no one would dare provoke humanity.

Of course, there were only these ten epochs. Having come from a later age, Jiang Haofeng naturally knew that after ten epochs, Nuwa, Humanity's Holy Mother, would no longer concern herself with humanity.

Humanity began its life of struggling alone in the primordial world. They became food for the Demon Clan and vassals of the Witch Clan, living in extreme misery. Even the Grand Pure Sage, who established the Humanity Teaching, did not interfere much in human affairs during the Witch-Demon War.

Only after the Witch-Demon War, when both races declined and humanity became the protagonist of heaven and earth, did humanity begin to develop after experiencing the Three Sovereigns' rule and the Five Emperors establishing order. With the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors suppressing Humanity's Destiny, humanity finally became the mainstream of heaven and earth.