Rewriting the Primordial Era's Investiture of the Gods

Xuandu nodded, indicating he understood.

Da Ting and Zunlu, standing nearby, said, "Don't worry, we know what's important."

"The three of you will cultivate the Profound Cultivation with me," Jiang Haofeng quickly added.

The only ones in the human race who hadn't used Merit were these three precious gems; they absolutely couldn't be wasted.

As for the remaining forty-three Grand Unity Golden Immortals, Jiang Haofeng felt a slight headache. It was difficult to divide them; a portion of these forty-three Grand Unity Golden Immortals would have to be assigned to protect the tribe.

This also meant that this portion of people would lose their qualification to cultivate the Profound Cultivation, and their future cultivation would definitely lag far behind the others.

As Jiang Haofeng was worrying, Haoying, who was among the crowd, immediately spoke up, "Everyone, I have many descendants who need my protection, so I will not cultivate the Profound Cultivation."

Jiang Haofeng sighed inwardly. Another human who voluntarily sacrificed himself. He suspected that in the era before his own, the human race had survived precisely because of the sacrifices and contributions of people like them.

"I also forfeit!" Yinkang stepped forward and said.

"Me too!" Yanghou, born at the same time as Yinkang, followed closely behind.

Immediately, one innate human after another stepped forward. In a short while, all forty-three Grand Unity Golden Immortals forfeited their chance to cultivate the Profound Cultivation, voluntarily choosing to protect their kin.

Jiang Haofeng looked at the scene before him with shock, his heart filled with mixed emotions. When people in later generations looked back at the Primordial Era, they only knew of the Three Ancestors, Three Sovereigns, and Five Emperors. Now, he finally understood that each of the fifty innate humans was a hero!

Not only the fifty innate humans present, but likely the two thousand nine hundred and fifty innate humans who had not yet arrived were also heroes willing to sacrifice for the tribe!

For a moment, there was a relative silence within the Ancestral Nest. All the innate humans were filled with emotion, an indescribable spirit emerging in everyone's hearts, like a seed planted within them.

After a long while, Jiang Haofeng took a deep breath, suppressing the emotions in his heart, and said, "You are all admirable. I am proud of you!"

"For the development of our tribe, we must be divided into two groups. Whether it's cultivating the Profound Cultivation and strengthening the human race, or protecting our people, both are contributions to humanity."

"How about this, let's draw lots to decide. Whatever the outcome, it will be determined by fate!"

"What is drawing lots?" Da Chao, standing nearby, asked curiously.

Jiang Haofeng slapped his forehead, then took out a piece of Innate Spirit Wood. His hand vibrated with magical power. After a moment, a wooden tube and forty-three wooden slips appeared in his hands.

"There are forty-three wooden slips inside. Twenty-one of them are blank, and twenty-two have a scratch mark. Each of you will draw one slip. Those who draw a blank slip will stay in the tribe to cultivate the Profound Cultivation and divine abilities. Those who draw a slip with a scratch mark will follow Suiren and the others to protect the tribe."

"What a great idea!" Suiren's eyes lit up immediately, and he praised.

As soon as he finished speaking, a pillar of Merit descended from the void. Half of it fell into the slip tube and wooden slips in Jiang Haofeng's hand, and the remaining half merged into Jiang Haofeng's body.

As the Merit integrated, the slip tube in Jiang Haofeng's hand underwent a tremendous transformation. Dense Merit light shone from it, and a powerful aura emanated.

"Merit!"

Zhisheng's surprised voice rang out, her eyes sparkling as she looked at the slip tube in Jiang Haofeng's hand.

"It's just too little, only one percent of what the three of us had."

Jiang Haofeng smiled. "It's good that we have it. This is a pleasant surprise."

Da Chao invented houses, providing everyone with a place to live. Suiren invented fire, and Zhisheng invented clothing. These three things supported the ancient human race; without any one of them, it wouldn't have been possible.

This slip tube wasn't a necessity. It was fine whether it existed or not. How could it receive so much Merit? Did they really think Merit was so easy to obtain?

Suddenly, Jiang Haofeng remembered something. He raised his hand and took out another piece of Innate Spirit Wood. However, this piece of Innate Spirit Wood was much better than the previous one. It was the best spirit wood Jiang Haofeng had obtained during his five Yuan of wandering the Primordial Era. Its quality was infinitely close to a Heavenly Spiritual Root, and it could be used to create a Supreme Grade Acquired Spirit Treasure.

Jiang Haofeng's magical power surged. After a moment, an exquisite slip tube appeared in his hand. The slip tube was dark red all over, exuding an elegant and ancient aura. Inside the slip tube were nine wooden slips.

All nine wooden slips had scratch marks, ranging from one to nine.

"This is a fortune slip, which can be used to divine one's fortune and misfortune. When using it, respectfully offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, think about the matter you wish to inquire about in your heart, and draw a wooden slip from the slip tube."

"If there are nine scratch marks, it is the highest good fortune, indicating that the matter is extremely certain, success is guaranteed, and great benefits will be gained. Eight scratch marks are good fortune... Five scratch marks are average fortune, indicating that the matter has neither benefit nor harm... One scratch mark is the lowest fortune, indicating that the matter is extremely dangerous!"

"This item works when your heart is sincere!"

As his voice fell, a dense amount of Merit power descended. More than twenty times the previous amount. Half of this Merit power fell onto the slip tube, and the remaining half merged into Jiang Haofeng's body.

Suddenly, a wisp of Mysterious Yellow Qi descended from the sky and merged into the slip tube.

As the Merit and Mysterious Yellow Qi merged into the slip tube, Merit light shone from it, and four Innate Dao Patterns appeared on the slip tube. The characters were extremely complex, seemingly containing endless mysteries, making them difficult to see clearly.

But even though they couldn't clearly see what was written, as soon as their eyes fell upon them, they immediately understood the meaning of these four characters—sincerity yields results!

At the same time, two Innate Dao Patterns appeared on each of the nine wooden slips inside the slip tube. These were the characters for "highest good fortune, good fortune, lowest good fortune, average good fortune, average, average bad fortune, highest bad fortune, average bad fortune, lowest bad fortune."

In the Purple Firmament Palace, Ancestor Hongjun opened his eyes, "Hmm, a trace of the Dao of Destiny has been completed."

In the Wa Huang Palace, Nuwa's eyes instantly widened, and she looked at the last wisp of Mysterious Yellow Qi with some surprise, "Great Dao Merit!"

Human Ancestral Land.

"So much Merit!" Zhisheng's delighted voice rang out again.

The surrounding innate humans also looked at Jiang Haofeng in shock, with a deep sense of envy and joy in their eyes. Everyone present knew how precious Merit was. Ever since Suiren, Da Chao, and Zhisheng had obtained Merit, many had tried to obtain Merit, but no one had succeeded.

They never expected Haofeng to come and bring about Merit twice. He was truly amazing!

Even more amazing than Suiren and the others.

At this moment, Jiang Haofeng was also extremely happy. This was an unexpected bonus. He had already intended to divide them into groups, and he hadn't expected to earn Merit, and not just once, but twice.

He wondered who invented drawing lots and seeking fortune in later generations. He felt a little apologetic, but he'd take this Merit first.

"Haofeng, can this divination tube predict fortune and misfortune?"

Da Chao stared at the second divination tube in Jiang Haofeng's hand and asked with certainty.

"That's right!"

"The Heavenly Secret Nine Lot is the first divination tube in the Primordial Era. It's an acquired merit supreme treasure that can predict fortune and misfortune. Three lots per day, it contains Heavenly Dao laws, is permitted by the Heavenly Dao, and is unaffected by Calamity Qi!"

"Except for Saints and Innate Supreme Treasures, all things in the Primordial Era cannot escape the divination of these Heavenly Secret Nine Lots."

Jiang Haofeng looked at the divination tube in his hand with pleasant surprise. Being unaffected by Calamity Qi was incredibly useful.

If its only function was predicting fortune and misfortune, it would indeed be a bit of a chicken's leg. In the Primordial Era, as long as the heavenly secrets were clear, anyone with some cultivation could calculate them.

Not to mention those with great divine abilities; with a snap of their fingers, they could understand all major and minor events in the Primordial Era.

But if it were unaffected by Calamity Qi, its value would be immense. During a Calamity, even Saints could not fully clarify the heavenly secrets, making the Heavenly Secret Nine Lots extremely valuable.

Even if drawing lots couldn't divine heavenly secrets, only a person's fortune and misfortune for a specific event, and the scope of divination wasn't vast, it was still enough.

This treasure of his was definitely top-tier in the Primordial Era!

The fact that the Heavenly Secret Nine Lots was unaffected by Calamity Qi was absolutely related to that final strand of Mysterious Yellow Qi. He wondered what kind of treasure it was?

"Calamity Qi?" Da Chao looked at Jiang Haofeng curiously, encountering something he hadn't heard of before.

"That's a bit complicated to explain. Ten thousand and eighty years make one Hui, and twelve Hui make one Yuan, which is what people call one Yuan cycle. Fifty million Yuan cycles make one Calamity."

"When the Calamity reaches its end, Heaven and Earth will descend a great tribulation. Calamity Qi is the key to the Calamity; it can cloud the mind and obscure heavenly secrets."

Jiang Haofeng explained casually, then put away the Heavenly Secret Nine Lots with a flip of his hand and took out the first divination tube he had made.

The remaining forty-three people stepped forward in order and picked up wooden lots from it.

From beginning to end, no one mentioned Jiang Haofeng's merit. With his current merit, if he had used it, although he wouldn't become a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, he could have reached Late Grand Unity or even Peak Grand Unity, becoming the fourth strongest of the Human Race. However, Jiang Haofeng had already cultivated the Witch Tribe's Profound Cultivation, so even if he broke through, he could not openly protect the Human Race.

A moment later, the forty-three Grand Unity Golden Immortals finished drawing their lots and were divided into two groups based on the contents of the lots.

Huaxu, Zhuxiang, Haoying, Getian, Wuhuai, Jinti, Jitong, Zhongqi, Yanghou, Susha, Goujiang, Qiaoming, Zhuoguang, Huangshen, Liling, Dawei, Ranxiang, Gaiying, Yunyang, Taiyi, and Kongsang, twenty-one Innate Humans, would cultivate the Profound Cultivation with Jiang Haofeng.

Sulu, Lilain, Yinkang, Lieshan, Chenfang, Yongcheng, Donghu, Qitong, Jiyi, Huangqin, Baihuang, Xiling, Zhuyong, Huangxiong, Yueshang, Fangfeng, Gweikui, Fanglei, Tongyu, Jingkang, Xuanpin, and Jinyun, twenty-two Innate Humans, would follow Suiren, Da Chao, and Zhisheng to protect the Human Race.

Including the seven people who did not participate in the drawing, both sides had twenty-five people each, exactly half.

"Then it's settled. You twenty-five will henceforth live in seclusion on Central Phoenix Mountain and cultivate the Profound Cultivation, becoming the foundation of our Human Race. We twenty-five will protect our tribesmen outside," Suiren said with satisfaction, looking at the Innate Humans divided into two teams.

Jiang Haofeng also nodded. "Later, we will select another one thousand four hundred and seventy-five people from the remaining two thousand nine hundred and fifty Innate Humans to make a total of one thousand five hundred Innate Humans. Then, we will select talented tribesmen from the humans born in later generations to enter Central Phoenix Mountain to cultivate. They are not to emerge unless it is for a great calamity of the Human Race."

"I will move the humans in the ancestral land out these next two days. From now on, only these three thousand Innate Humans and those selected to cultivate the Profound Cultivation can enter the ancestral land. No one else is permitted to set foot in the ancestral land!" Suiren said resolutely.

"Good!"

A sharp glint flashed in Jiang Haofeng's eyes, and he spoke again, "From now on, the humans who remain to guard the Central Phoenix Mountain in the ancestral land will be the Human Hidden Lineage, and those living in the Primordial Era will be the Human Manifest Lineage. Both the hidden and manifest lineages are the legitimate successors of the Human Race. The two lineages will help each other to ensure the continuous and long-lasting inheritance of our Human Race!"

"Good!"

"Continuous and long-lasting inheritance!" Suiren's eyes lit up, and he said sonorously.

"Continuous and long-lasting inheritance!"

Fifty Innate Humans spoke with determination simultaneously.

After a pause, Jiang Haofeng looked at the Innate Humans around him and proposed the system he had been planning for a long time: "By the way, everyone, I think it's greatly beneficial for our Human Race's development to gather together and jointly discuss the future of our Human Race. I want to pass this method down, and we can call it the Human Clan Assembly."

"In the future, if our Human Race encounters major events, we will convene a clan assembly and gather the clan elders to discuss solutions together. What do you think?"

The Innate Humans around them immediately brightened. This way, even if they weren't the leaders of the Human Race, they could participate in major Human Race affairs.

Suiren immediately nodded in agreement, "This method is excellent. Everyone can discuss and develop our Human Race together."

"Yes, I agree with Haofeng's method!" Da Chao also chimed in.

Following that, Zhisheng and the other Innate Humans also expressed their agreement.

"Then it's settled," Jiang Haofeng said with a hint of joy.