The remaining eighty percent descended toward the human race. On Shouyang Mountain, the Grand Pure Sage opened his eyes and unfurled the Taiji Diagram behind him, immediately concealing the scene before him.
The Witch and Demon races had not yet declined, so the human race should not draw too much attention. Their connections to the two Sages had already made the human race seem exceptionally special. If merit continued to descend upon them one after another, the human race would truly become the target of all.
As eighty percent of the merit descended, forty percent directly entered Nuwa City. In an instant, beams of merit light flashed above the city, and the entire city immediately became more imposing and substantial.
Of the remaining forty percent of merit, twenty percent of the fortune directly entered Jiang Haofeng's body. The remaining twenty percent transformed into countless points of light and entered the bodies of everyone who had contributed. Any human who had participated in constructing Nuwa City received merit.
Jiang Haofeng simply ignored this merit. All the merit from building Nuwa City was only about the same as the merit from the Heavenly Secret Nine Lot, let alone his own twenty percent. Holding the merit from enlightening the human race, Jiang Haofeng did not take this bit of merit seriously at all.
At the same time, an unfathomable insight appeared in Jiang Haofeng's consciousness. The acquired Merit Spirit Treasure had developed a special ability—Flight Restriction!
Anyone below the Golden Immortal realm would be unable to fly within Nuwa City.
Jiang Haofeng was taken aback. Flight Restriction? That was somewhat interesting. But it only worked on those below the Golden Immortal realm, making it rather useless.
Anyone noteworthy in the prehistoric world possessed cultivation above the Golden Immortal realm. This thing could only restrain minor lackeys. Still, it was better than nothing!
After all, the important thing about Nuwa City was its name. As long as the two characters "Nuwa" hung upon its walls, even if it were just a ring of fences, no one would dare barge in recklessly.
After Nuwa City was completed, the human race once again began developing peacefully. They were not approached by anyone because they had lost the protection of Sage power. Their lives remained no different from before.
Of course, quite a few Great Divine Powers had visited the human race. However, given the human race's current state, no one had discovered anything.
These Great Divine Powers traveled and observed the various tribes of the Visible Lineage. In the end, they looked at the ancestral court of the human race protected by the Yin-Yang Two Forms Array, then turned and departed.
That day, Jiang Haofeng was cultivating the Nine Revolutions Profound Art in his wooden hut when a voice suddenly passed through the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array and reached his ears.
"I am Minghe, here to visit the human race. I ask that the ruler of the human race come forth and meet me!"
The mighty voice echoed between heaven and earth. Faint yellow ripples even spread through the void. That was the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array enveloping the ancestral court of the human race. Clearly, with Minghe's strength, he could easily shake the array before him.
Whether he could break it was hard to say, but he could at least shake it.
Jiang Haofeng frowned. Old Ancestor Minghe of the Sea of Blood—why had this man come?
This was no kindhearted figure. Born from the boundless Sea of Blood, he wielded the two Killing Dao Supreme Treasures, Yuantu and Abi. Each was an Ultimate Innate Spirit Treasure, and they were two of the Innate Spirit Treasures most adept at slaughter and attack. He also possessed the Twelve-Grade Karma Red Lotus, one of the foremost defensive treasures in the prehistoric world.
His offense and defense were both top-tier, and his strength was even more exceptional. At the peak of the Quasi-Saint realm, he was absolutely among the strongest below the Sages. Coupled with his 480 million Blood God Sons, he was said to be immortal as long as the Sea of Blood did not run dry.
He could be called the most difficult being beneath the Sages to kill.
Why had such an expert come to the human race?
This was going to be troublesome.
With a flicker of his body, Jiang Haofeng vanished from the wooden hut. By then, all the Innate Humans in the void had already emerged.
The instant Jiang Haofeng appeared, all the Innate Humans turned their gazes toward him, their eyes filled with inquiry as they waited for him to make a decision.
Jiang Haofeng smiled bitterly inwardly. If his guess was correct, the man before him had come for the matter of proving the Dao. Ancestor Minghe was already among the strongest beneath the Sages, and his desire to prove the Dao was likewise among the strongest.
The human race had successively brought about Sage Nuwa and the Grand Pure Sage. Ancestor Minghe would certainly come to the human race's territory to take a look.
Ancestor Minghe had openly stated that he had come to visit rather than forcing his way in. The Nuwa City Jiang Haofeng had built meant nothing to him. Forget Nuwa City—he was even qualified to visit Wa Huang Palace.
Nuwa could refuse him outright, but the human race could not. If they did not meet him today, they would likely form a great karmic entanglement with Ancestor Minghe.
Forming karma with Ancestor Minghe would bring enormous trouble.
Jiang Haofeng felt helpless. To be honest, he truly did not want Ancestor Minghe to enter and inspect the place. But given Ancestor Minghe's seniority and cultivation, he really could not refuse.
Forget it. Let him look. In any case, Ancestor Minghe would not participate in the Witch-Demon War, so his impact on the human race would be limited. The human race had Empress Nuwa and the Grand Pure Sage behind them. Presumably, Ancestor Minghe would not speak carelessly.
Jiang Haofeng's thoughts raced. Letting him look was one thing, but he still had to find a way to make Ancestor Minghe owe the human race a karmic favor. Jiang Haofeng had gone to so much effort to conceal the human race's situation; he had to gain some benefit from it.
Having made up his mind, Jiang Haofeng looked at Suiren and the other two. "Come. Ancestor Minghe is a renowned great expert of the prehistoric world. Let us go welcome him!"
Ripples spread through the void. Haofeng, Suiren, Da Chao, and Zhisheng left the area covered by the Two Forms Micro Dust Great Array and saw an elderly man standing in the void. He wore a crimson lotus-patterned Daoist robe, had sharp eyes, and a hawk-like nose.
He emitted not the slightest powerful aura and appeared no different from an ordinary person. Yet between his brows was an air of fearless disdain for all things. The instant one met the old man's gaze, one's mind froze.
It was an indescribable feeling, as though one had seen vast and majestic heaven and earth—the sky endlessly high, the land boundlessly broad—while oneself was as insignificant as dust.
Like a mayfly before heaven and earth, utterly incomparable.
It was not a difference in strength, but an absolute gap in the level of life itself.
If Jiang Haofeng had guessed correctly, this was the difference between Sage and immortal, and also the difference between the Great Dao and laws. A Quasi-Saint was also a Saint. One stood on the level of laws, while the other stood on the level of the Great Dao. There was no need to compare their strength.
No matter how powerful a Grand Luo Golden Immortal was, he could not be a match for a Quasi-Saint. Without comprehending the Great Dao, one could never stand against it. Even the strongest power of laws was vulnerable before the Great Dao. Yet once one comprehended the Great Dao, a Grand Luo Golden Immortal could immediately become a Quasi-Saint.
If Quasi-Saints were already like this, one could imagine just how powerful Sages were.
Though the Sages had never displayed their true aura before everyone, merely seeing Ancestor Minghe now was enough to imagine the Sages' might.
Ancestor Minghe swept his gaze across the four of them. Suiren and the other two Grand Luo Golden Immortals failed to draw even the slightest attention, and Ancestor Minghe passed over them directly.
They were merely three Grand Luo Golden Immortals. There was nothing worth seeing. The prehistoric world had plenty of them.
Ancestor Minghe's gaze fell upon Jiang Haofeng, and a trace of surprise flashed through his eyes. What dense merit.
"Merit Auspicious Cloud?"
"Unknowingly, another Virtuous Golden Immortal has appeared in the prehistoric world."
"Congratulations, Fellow Daoist."
"May I know Fellow Daoist's name?"
Ancestor Minghe slightly cupped his hands toward Jiang Haofeng and addressed him as Fellow Daoist.
Prehistoric merit was such that even an acquired mortal creature who had yet to become immortal could immediately become a True Immortal if he possessed an illusory Golden Wheel of Merit. A solid Golden Wheel of Merit could immediately make one a Mystic Immortal. A radiant Golden Wheel of Merit could immediately make one a Golden Immortal.
A minor Merit Golden Body could immediately make one a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, a major Merit Golden Body could immediately make one a Grand Luo Golden Immortal, and a complete Merit Golden Body could immediately make one a Quasi-Saint.
The man before him possessed a complete Merit Golden Body, with surplus merit even condensing into a Merit Auspicious Cloud. His merit reached heaven and earth. If he wished, he could prove the Dao of Primordial Unity in an instant.
So long as one possessed that much merit, whether one used it or not, Ancestor Minghe regarded one as equivalent to a Quasi-Saint great expert—a true Great Divine Power.
At this level, although the man before him was a junior, he was still worthy of being called Fellow Daoist. In the prehistoric world, strength was ultimately revered. Power was the foundation for establishing oneself in the world.
A Primordial Origin Golden Immortal or Quasi-Saint great expert was a great figure in the prehistoric world regardless of seniority. Unless there was a direct master-disciple relationship, anyone who encountered one had to address them as Fellow Daoist.
Jiang Haofeng was delighted inwardly and immediately returned the salute. "Fellow Daoist Minghe, you are too courteous. My name is Haofeng!"
Since Ancestor Minghe addressed him as Fellow Daoist, that meant they were now interacting as peers, rather than a senior facing a junior. This gave the human race the right to speak with Ancestor Minghe as equals instead of naturally falling into an inferior position.
In that case, making Ancestor Minghe owe the human race a karmic favor would be much easier.
Having set the tone in his heart, Jiang Haofeng smiled and said, "May I ask what brings Fellow Daoist Minghe to our human race?"
Before Ancestor Minghe could speak, Jiang Haofeng immediately said with an apologetic expression, "Since Fellow Daoist has come to visit, I should have invited you inside and treated you to fine food and delicacies. However, a major matter is underway within our tribe, one concerning the survival of the human race. It is truly inconvenient to invite Fellow Daoist inside."
"I hope Fellow Daoist can forgive us. Once the human race has settled down, we will certainly come to your door and offer our apologies!"
As he spoke, Jiang Haofeng saluted Ancestor Minghe once more.
Jiang Haofeng's words instantly stopped Ancestor Minghe's reply before it could leave his mouth.
Ancestor Minghe had come to Central Phoenix Mountain to probe the human race's true circumstances. Sage Nuwa had become a Sage through creating the human race, while the Grand Pure Sage had become a Sage through enlightening the human race.
Among the Six Saints of the Heavenly Dao personally designated by the Dao Ancestor, four had now taken their places. Two of them were connected to the human race.
There had to be a great secret within the human race!
Ancestor Minghe had been born at the beginning of Heaven Opening Earth Splitting. He had once joined the Innate divine beings in slaughtering the chaotic beasts transformed from the corpses of Chaos fiendgods, exterminating all the beasts that had rampaged across the prehistoric world!
He was of the same generation as Ancestor Dragon, Primal Phoenix, and Primal Kirin. Ancestor Minghe had witnessed the Dragon-Han Calamity, personally experienced the Demon Dao calamity, and been one of the Three Thousand Guests of Zixiao Palace.
In terms of seniority, Ancestor Minghe was inferior to no one. To put it bluntly, if others could prove the Dao and become Sages, why could he, Minghe, not do the same?
After cultivating through countless epochs, he had already comprehended the Killing Dao laws to major accomplishment. When Hongjun had transmitted the method of slaying the Three Corpses, he had severed all three in an instant. In the entire prehistoric world, how many could compare to him?
Originally, with the Sea of Blood, he had stood among the foremost beings of the prehistoric world, fearing nothing. So long as the Sea of Blood existed, even Ancestor Dragon, Primal Phoenix, and Primal Kirin—those three monstrously powerful beings—could do nothing to him.
However, the good times did not last. Sages appeared. Hongjun had proved the Dao and become a Sage through the method of slaying the Three Corpses. Ancestor Minghe could sense that terrifying power, which surpassed all things and transcended the Great Dao. Hongjun possessed the power to erase him.
At that moment, Ancestor Minghe panicked.
Everyone had been living quite comfortably, so how had Hongjun suddenly become a Sage?
Originally, the existence of a path forward had given the Innate Great Gods a direction in which to advance. It should have been a good thing. But when the Sage was not oneself, it became terrible.
A great mountain had suddenly appeared above his head, and that mountain possessed the power to erase him.
Ancestor Minghe instantly fell from the first tier of the prehistoric world to the second. How could that be acceptable?
He had to become a Sage!
He did not possess Hongmeng Purple Qi, but had not Hongyun's strand disappeared? Besides, who said that one could not become a Sage without Hongmeng Purple Qi?
No one had given Hongjun Hongmeng Purple Qi back then.
Thus, Ancestor Minghe began seeking the path to Sainthood. The human race was so extraordinary that he had to take a look. That was why Ancestor Minghe had come despite risking offending the Sages.
Who would have thought that he would be blocked before he could even speak?
Ancestor Minghe hesitated for a moment. Then a determined look flashed through his eyes as he looked seriously at Jiang Haofeng. "Fellow Daoist Haofeng, I will not beat around the bush. The two Sages became Sages through the human race, so the human race must possess something extraordinary."
"This concerns an opportunity to attain the Dao. I ask Fellow Daoist Haofeng to let me take a look. Whether I attain the Dao or not, I will owe the human race a karmic favor!"
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