Rewriting Investiture of the Gods

"Haofeng, the Holy Mother agreed. We can build a city to commemorate Empress Nuwa."

"Good!"

A sharp glint flashed through Jiang Haofeng's eyes. Once Nuwa City was built, and the Nuwa Temple and Grand Pure Temple established, who in the entire primordial world would dare act recklessly here!

"Gather the clansmen. Begin building the city!"

"Yes!"

The members of the Human Hidden Lineage immediately responded.

Halfway there, Suiren suddenly asked, "Brother Haofeng, how are we supposed to build this city?"

The Innate Humans were also stunned, their gazes once again gathering on Jiang Haofeng.

Though none of them had heard of a city before, they roughly understood what it meant. It should have been a large tribe covering the Holy Mother's barrier. But how was such a tribe to be built? Were they to use fences to surround Central Phoenix Mountain?

Jiang Haofeng slapped his forehead and said, "A city is similar to a tribe. It is an upgraded tribe. A city has walls, thicker and taller than fences, and there are many houses within it for the people to live in."

"Gather the clansmen first. Once everyone is here, I'll explain how to build it."

Cities should originally have been invented by Da Yu's father—Gun. But Jiang Haofeng could not worry about that now. He would first borrow Empress Nuwa's prestige and thoroughly protect the entire Human Ancestral Land.

He would owe Gun this karma for now. Once Gun was born in the future, he could compensate him then.

"Alright!"

The Innate Humans nodded vaguely and began gathering the Acquired Humans of the Hidden Lineage.

It was worth mentioning that the three hundred thousand clansmen who had remained in the Hidden Lineage had all broken through to True Immortal Realm. Of course, those who could not break through had not lived to this point.

Five Yuan—six hundred and forty thousand years. Even though the primordial world was now filled with innate spiritual energy and living beings had long lifespans, anyone below True Immortal Realm could not have lived that long.

These three hundred thousand people were all elites selected from the major human tribes. Most were direct descendants of Innate Humans, with pure bloodlines and exceptional talent.

Moreover, the Hidden Lineage had Innate Humans teaching them profound cultivation methods, while Jiang Haofeng, the Martial Dao Ancestor, personally oversaw them. Without a single exception, all three hundred thousand had reached True Immortal Realm, barely attaining the level of ordinary living beings in the primordial world.

At present, perhaps only the human race and demon races that reproduced quickly still had living beings below the immortal level. Truly powerful races generally began at True Immortal Realm from birth. Naturally, they also reproduced very slowly, often requiring tens of thousands of years to produce a single descendant.

Just as the human race began building the city, Da Chao used Earth-Traversing Golden Light to reach the Shouyang Mountain from his memories. The once-massive mountain range had vanished, leaving only a barren field of grass.

Da Chao was not surprised. He immediately bowed respectfully toward the direction where the mountain range had once stood. "Da Chao of the human race requests an audience with Teacher!"

On Shouyang Mountain, the Grand Pure Sage slowly opened his eyes. With a wave of his hand, Da Chao, who had been below Shouyang Mountain, appeared before him.

Da Chao froze for a moment. Once he clearly saw the Grand Pure Sage above him, he respectfully bowed again.

"Disciple greets Teacher!"

"Rise."

The Grand Pure Sage nodded expressionlessly.

"Thank you, Teacher!"

Da Chao rose and was about to explain his purpose when the Grand Pure Sage flicked his sleeve, causing two items to appear before him.

"I already know why you have come. Hold my Grand Pure Talisman, and you may transform the Creation Sacred Spring into the Life and Death Springs. The Life Spring can revive the dead, regrow flesh upon white bones, reunite the souls of the deceased, and save immortals at death's door. Its power is equivalent to a Seven-Turn Soul-Returning Pill."

"The Death Spring can destroy immortal bodies, dissolve magical power, and corrupt immortal souls. Anyone below Grand Luo Golden Immortal who drinks its water will have their body and soul extinguished within an instant. Even a Grand Luo Golden Immortal who drinks it will suffer damage to their essence, qi, and spirit, and be grievously weakened!"

"Use the Life Spring as yang and the Death Spring as yin to set up the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array. It can conceal heavenly secrets, and none below a Sage can probe it!"

Da Chao's eyes immediately lit up. He respectfully took the Grand Pure Talisman and the array diagram from the air. "Disciple thanks Teacher!"

"Mm."

The Grand Pure Sage nodded slightly. With a sweep of the Grand Unity Duster in his hand, Da Chao returned to where he had been.

Da Chao bowed once more toward Shouyang Mountain, then transformed into a streak of golden light and flew toward Central Phoenix Mountain.

At Central Phoenix Mountain, Jiang Haofeng's eyes instantly lit up after hearing Da Chao's account. I knew it. The Creation Sacred Spring could not possibly be used only for pregnancy and miscarriage.

Previously, the Creation Sacred Spring transforming into the Mother-Child River and Miscarriage Spring had merely been one use of it. Half of the Human Creation Merit had fused into it, while its true body was formed from the fusion of Three Lights Divine Water and Nine Heavens Breathing Soil, refined within the Heaven and Earth Cauldron. How could it possibly be useless?

Jiang Haofeng guessed that the Creation Sacred Spring had transformed into the Mother-Child River and Miscarriage Spring because Huaxu's lineage revered women and firmly believed in Empress Nuwa. Only afterward had Empress Nuwa transformed the Creation Sacred Spring into those two springs, leading to the later Women's Country—the only matrilineal clan preserved into later ages.

However, with Jiang Haofeng's intervention, the Innate Humans had been gathered together, the Human Ancestral Court established, and the Human Clan Assembly determined. The Innate Humans had not fallen apart and scattered across the primordial world.

The Creation Sacred Spring had also not fallen into the hands of Huaxu and the other humans who revered women. It remained the supreme treasure of the entire human race.

Now, with the Grand Pure Talisman, the Creation Sacred Spring had been transformed into the Life and Death Springs. One could save people, while the other could kill people. Both springs were supreme treasures, far superior to any Mother-Child River or Miscarriage Spring.

The Innate Humans arrived before the Creation Sacred Spring. Da Chao took out a yellow talisman and slapped it onto the spring.

In an instant, vast golden light burst forth, and an unfathomable Dao aura emerged. The Grand Pure Talisman transformed into a golden Taiji Diagram and fused into the Creation Sacred Spring. Boundless Creation Dao aura surged upward, hundreds of times greater than what Jiang Haofeng had previously triggered. The entirety of Central Phoenix Mountain was filled with Creation Dao aura.

The massive Taiji Diagram rotated in the air. Countless strands of Creation Dao aura were instantly drawn into it. As the Taiji Diagram continued rotating, the Creation Dao aura was gradually divided into two kinds of energy: one brimming with vitality, the other heavy with deathly aura.

As time passed, more and more Creation Dao aura was separated. Vitality and deathly aura gathered into the two eyes of the Taiji Diagram. When all the Creation Dao aura across Central Phoenix Mountain had completely dissipated, two spring eyes had appeared before them.

At the same time, as the Creation Dao aura on Central Phoenix Mountain vanished completely, it immediately drew the attention of the Great Divine Powers of the primordial world, who all cast down their gazes. Yet in the next moment, each of them withdrew their gaze as though shocked by lightning.

The Yin-Yang Dao aura of the Grand Pure Sage!

Sage Nuwa's Creation Dao aura had just dissipated, yet Grand Pure Dao aura remained within it.

With two Sages standing behind them, this human race was truly blessed by the heavens.

With Sage protection, they absolutely could not be provoked!

The Great Divine Powers of the primordial world all thought to themselves.

The humans knew nothing of the thoughts of those Great Divine Powers. Nor did the Innate Humans have time to concern themselves with them.

The instant the two spring eyes appeared, Da Chao raised a hand again and brought forth the array diagram of the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array!

A massive Taiji Diagram enveloped all of Central Phoenix Mountain. The spring eyes of the Life and Death Springs appeared atop the diagram's two eyes, becoming the array eyes of the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array.

The spring eyes took root upon touching the ground, and the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array was successfully established. A layer of gray mist shrouded all of Central Phoenix Mountain. In the next moment, Central Phoenix Mountain abruptly vanished. Not only had the mountain range disappeared, even its heavenly secrets had vanished.

From this night onward, within Central Phoenix Mountain, no one but a Sage could deduce anything.

"It's done!"

"Thank you, Humanity's Sage Master!"

Seeing the great array enveloping all of Central Phoenix Mountain, Jiang Haofeng's face filled with wild joy. He immediately bowed respectfully toward Shouyang Mountain.

"Thank you, Humanity's Sage Master!"

"Disciple thanks Teacher!"

The remaining Innate Humans of the Visible and Hidden Veins also bowed toward Shouyang Mountain.

Within Shouyang Mountain, the Grand Pure Sage nodded slightly and said with satisfaction, "Good!"

After finishing their bows, Jiang Haofeng and the Innate Humans eagerly went to inspect the Life and Death Springs. The two spring eyes were positioned precisely at the eyes of the Taiji Diagram that enveloped Central Phoenix Mountain.

If a line were drawn east to west across Central Phoenix Mountain, the two diagram eyes would lie at the one-third marks. The two springs were each thirty-three thousand li apart and each thirty-three thousand li from the edge of the Human Ancestral Land.

In other words, they were each sixteen thousand five hundred li east and west of the Human Ancestral Pavilion. The Life Spring was to the east, in the direction of the Holy Mother Temple, while the Death Spring was to the west, where the Holy Master Temple stood.

For Grand Unity Golden Immortals, sixteen thousand five hundred li did not even require a single step at full speed. With a flash, all forty-nine Innate Humans had appeared beside the Life Spring.

That was right. After five Yuan, the first fifty Innate Humans had all become Grand Unity Golden Immortals. Of course, Jiang Haofeng could only confirm forty-nine at present, as Xuandu was on Shouyang Mountain and his situation was unknown.

However, Dating and Zunlu had both become Grand Unity Golden Immortals. With a Sage's sermon, Xuandu's progress could not possibly have been slow.

Among the forty-nine Innate Humans currently in the Human Ancestral Court, Dating and Zunlu were the weakest. They had cultivated the Nine Tribulations Martial Scripture to the fifth level, and their physical strength was comparable to early-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

Next came Jiang Haofeng, whose physical strength was comparable to that of a mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal. After him were the forty-three clansmen who had used merit to advance to Grand Unity Golden Immortal. Twenty-two belonged to the Visible Lineage, while twenty-one belonged to the Hidden Lineage.

The twenty-two of the Visible Lineage cultivated the Grand Pure Immortal Method. After hearing the Sage's sermon, even the weakest among them had late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal cultivation, while four had already broken through to the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

As for the twenty-one from the Hidden Lineage, of the three who cultivated the Grand Pure Immortal Method, two were late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals. Yunyang, the Human Sage Master Temple Steward, was at the peak of Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

The remaining eighteen all cultivated the Nine Tribulations Martial Scripture. Fifteen were mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals, while three were late-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortals.

There was no helping it. Cultivating martial dao did not have the benefit of a Sage's sermon, so their cultivation speed was much slower than that of those cultivating the Grand Pure Immortal Method. Still, they were not at a disadvantage. Though their primary cultivation was the Nine Tribulations Martial Scripture, their Grand Pure Immortal Method realms were there. Their magical power cultivation was basically at mid-stage Grand Unity Golden Immortal or above. When they cultivated the Grand Pure Immortal Method again in the future, their starting point would be far higher.

As for Suiren and the others, their cultivation remained at early-stage Grand Luo Golden Immortal. However, their comprehension of laws had caught up. Though their cultivation had been raised through merit, their understanding of laws was no weaker than that of Grand Luo Golden Immortals who had cultivated their way up properly.

Five Yuan might make the human race's progress seem small, with everyone improving by roughly one realm on average, but that was a minor realm within Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

In only five Yuan, such progress was already extremely rapid in the primordial world.

The deeper one's cultivation, the more difficult further cultivation became. This was an unchanging truth.

After reaching the immortal realms, the gap between every realm was terrifying, and it only grew greater the further one progressed.

True Immortal Realm was merely the level of minor fodder in the primordial world—indeed, it hardly even counted as fodder. There was nothing much to say about it. Any proper primordial living being was basically at True Immortal Realm.

However, upon reaching Profound Immortal Realm, their numbers plummeted. Even among the two races of witches and demons, Profound Immortals could serve as somewhat capable fodder and participate in major battles. Out of a hundred True Immortals, not even one might produce a Profound Immortal, and that required long years of cultivation.

Golden Immortals were even rarer. At that realm, one completely escaped the shackles of lifespan, living as long as heaven and earth, sharing the age of the sun and moon, with an endless lifespan. So long as no tribulation befell them, they could live until the next great calamity.

But Profound Immortals and True Immortals below Golden Immortal could not. Although True Immortals had already shed mortal flesh and become ageless, their strength could not withstand the erosion of endless time.

Tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions, or tens of millions of years were naturally nothing to mention. Living such a short time was effortless.