Primordial Era: Rewriting the Investiture of the Gods - Part 3

Jiang Haofeng's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at the woman before him in disbelief. It was Zhisheng Clan, one of the Three Ancestors of the Human Clan, also known as the Ziyi Clan, one of the ancient progenitors of the Human Clan, revered as the Wisdom Emperor.

Among the three thousand innate humans present, only Xuandu, Suiren, Youchao, and Zhisheng were truly known throughout history. The rest were passed down through their clans and surnames. He hadn't expected such a coincidence that Zhisheng Clan would be his destined partner!

"W-what's wrong?" Zhisheng asked, feeling a little lost due to Jiang Haofeng's reaction.

"Nothing, that's a very nice name."

"Really? I think so too," Zhisheng said with a sweet smile and a look of pleasant surprise.

"Haofeng, let's go play!"

"There are some fruits over there, bright red and very tasty. Hurry up and eat them before someone else does."

Jiang Haofeng hesitated for a moment, then nodded and followed Zhisheng towards the nearby mountain forest, his mind already calculating what to do next.

With the birth of the Human Clan, the next step was the establishment of the four teachings: Grand Pure Sage would establish Humanity Teaching, Grand Clarity Sage would establish Chan Teaching, Grand Purity Sage would establish Jie Teaching, and Zhunti and Jieyin would establish Western Teaching.

Later on, Houtu would transform into Pingxin, establishing the Six Paths of Reincarnation, and Houtu would no longer be part of the Witch Tribe.

Following that would be the calamity of the Witch and Demon tribes, a war of countless powerful beings, where nearly all their quasi-saints would be wiped out, and Grand Unity Golden Immortals would fall like rain.

These were matters that the great powers of the prehistoric era were currently focused on. The nascent Human Clan was not qualified to participate in these affairs. The Human Clan was involved in two main ways: first, Grand Pure established Humanity Teaching to enlighten the Human Clan and accepted Xuandu as a disciple.

Second, the Demon Tribe used the Human Clan as food. Later, they discovered that the innate Dao bodies of the Human Clan were full of profound mysteries that could break through the physical bodies of the Witch Tribe, leading them to slaughter humans in large numbers and refine the Witch Slaying Sword. The Witch Tribe also adopted the same practice, refining the Demon Slaying Sword.

One was a blessing, the other a disaster.

Especially the latter, when the Witch and Demon tribes massacred the Human Clan, the Human Clan, with their numbers, had absolutely no power to resist. Nine out of ten tribes were wiped out, and they were even kept like livestock, killed generation after generation, for who knows how many years!

This was the darkest period in the history of the Human Clan throughout the prehistoric era.

Jiang Haofeng sighed softly, realizing how difficult the path ahead for the Human Clan was.

Regarding the slaughter of the Human Clan by the Witch and Demon tribes, Jiang Haofeng could do nothing. With the momentum of heaven and earth behind it, unless a sage appeared among the Human Clan, their fate could not be changed.

Their inferior strength was an inherent flaw. The only thing Jiang Haofeng could think of was to preserve the strength of the Human Clan as much as possible and settle the score in the next great calamity.

Although the Witch and Demon tribes' slaughter of the Human Clan was the darkest period in human history, it did not shake the foundation of the Human Clan. It was merely a trial for the Human Clan, and they still continued to pass down their lineage.

But the Investiture of the Gods was different. That event severed the future of the Human Clan, and after it ended, the Human Clan would no longer have any chance to step onto the true stage of the prehistoric era.

The focus needed to be on the Investiture of the Gods!

Time flowed by peacefully, and in the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

Jiang Haofeng sat cross-legged on a green stone, surrounded by profound light rippling around him, giving him an extraordinary and profound aura.

Over these two days, Jiang Haofeng had explored the surroundings of the Human Clan. An area within a radius of 100,000 kilometers was covered by a golden barrier, isolating it from the outside. This was likely a protective measure left by Nuwa.

During this process, Jiang Haofeng also met many innate humans, such as Xuandu, the second innate human created by Nuwa, and two other of the Three Ancestors of the Human Clan, Suiren and Da Chao.

There were also Zhuxiang, Haoying, Sulu, Lilain, Getian, Yinkang, Zunlu, Dating, Wuhuai, Jinti, Jitong, Zhongqi, Yanghou, and Susha, among other innate humans.

Jiang Haofeng had become acquainted with all fifty of the first innate humans created. As for the remaining 2,950 innate humans, he had an impression of many of them.

Two days in the prehistoric era were equivalent to two years in later times. The Human Clan had gradually shown signs of development, and many innate humans were pregnant, although they had not yet given birth.

It was foreseeable that before long, the Human Clan would welcome a new generation.

Once the acquired humans became more numerous, the Human Clan would enter the tribal era.

Jiang Haofeng slowly stood up. It was time for him to leave. There would not be much happening with the Human Clan for a long time, and it was time for him to venture out into the prehistoric world.

The Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book was a supreme treasure condensed from the Great Dao of Wisdom, exceptionally skilled at learning. Currently, there was not much worth learning among the Human Clan. To learn true skills, he needed to experience the truly powerful experts in the prehistoric world.

"Haofeng!"

A call came, and a golden light flashed. Zhisheng appeared before him, holding over a dozen fiery red fruits.

These were the fruits Zhisheng had taken him to eat two days ago. Based on Jiang Haofeng's estimation, these fruits should be the legendary Vermillion Fruits, and moreover, innate Vermillion Fruits. However, in the current prehistoric era, they were merely slightly better spiritual fruits from a spiritual fruit tree.

This tree was neither the first Vermillion Fruit tree in existence nor a Heaven and Earth spiritual root.

"Here, eat the fruit."

Jiang Haofeng smiled, reached out, and took two Vermillion Fruits. Looking at the undulating mountains before him, he slowly spoke, "I'm going out to forge my own path!"

Zhisheng was startled. "You're going to leave the area protected by the Holy Mother?"

"Yes!"

Jiang Haofeng nodded.

"It's very dangerous outside," Zhisheng said earnestly after a moment of hesitation.

"I know. That's precisely why I must go. I want to forge my own path. If I always stay here, I'll only be able to live under someone else's protection in the future!"

Zhisheng looked at Jiang Haofeng with confusion, clearly not understanding his meaning.

Jiang Haofeng looked at Zhisheng before him, a smile on his face, and comforted her, "Don't worry, I have ways to protect myself."

As he spoke, Jiang Haofeng willed it, and with a flash of profound light, he transformed directly into a large rock. Zhisheng was surprised and carefully examined the large rock before her. Even though she knew this rock was Haofeng, she couldn't detect any abnormality, as if it were truly just a rock.

A moment later, Jiang Haofeng transformed back, and all his aura returned.

This was the harvest Jiang Haofeng had reaped from using the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book for the past two days. Though there were no great divine powers for him to learn from, the heavens and earth had a great sun hanging in the void, and the land possessed mountains and rivers, plants and trees, and endless manifestations—everything could be imitated.

With the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book, a congenital supreme treasure, as his aid, Jiang Haofeng's art of transformation was countless times stronger than that of Sun Wukong in later generations. Jiang Haofeng had tested it near Huaxu, the strongest expert in his clan, and even a Grand Unity Golden Immortal couldn't detect any abnormality.

When Jiang Haofeng transformed into a stone, he truly became one. With the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book in his possession, it was impossible to discover him without some heaven-defying means.

This was Jiang Haofeng's capital for venturing out.

"So amazing!" Zhisheng's eyes lit up, and she looked at Jiang Haofeng in shock.

Jiang Haofeng smiled, "I'm leaving. Don't easily leave the Holy Mother's protective domain. It's very dangerous outside."

"Okay!" Zhisheng nodded slowly.

Jiang Haofeng didn't say more. His figure flickered, transforming into a stream of light that tore through the void. It was like an eagle spreading its wings, flying a full fifty percent faster than an ordinary Golden Immortal!

The golden light flashed and disappeared, and a golden barrier that connected heaven and earth appeared before him. Jiang Haofeng did not hesitate; he directly passed through the golden light and stepped onto the primordial land.

The moment he exited the barrier, Jiang Haofeng activated the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book in his mind, concealing his heavenly secrets.

At the same time, above the chaos, in Wa Huang Palace, Nuwa slowly opened her eyes. Someone had left the protective domain.

She immediately began to calculate.

Nuwa frowned. She couldn't calculate it. She immediately extended her saintly consciousness to cover the primordial world, but still found nothing.

"A congenital supreme treasure!"

The ability to conceal heavenly secrets and prevent saints from deducing them meant there were only two possibilities: either a saint had made a move, or a congenital supreme treasure transformed from a chaotic spirit treasure had concealed the heavenly secrets.

Was it the Three Pure Ones, or the Eastern Emperor Taiyi, or perhaps some other congenital supreme treasure that had been passed down from the chaos and had not yet been discovered.

Interesting. The Great Dao has fifty, and Heaven's evolution is forty-nine, with one escape.

Haofeng, I remember you.

After activating the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book to conceal his heavenly secrets, Jiang Haofeng willed it, and his appearance instantly changed. Jiang Haofeng looked at his reflection in the water. It was far less handsome than his original appearance, but it felt exceptionally familiar to him.

A look of nostalgia appeared on Jiang Haofeng's face. This was his appearance from his previous life.

As he traveled through the primordial world, Jiang Haofeng did not intend to use his original appearance. In the past two days, Jiang Haofeng had already planned his next steps.

His existence was more suited to being a behind-the-scenes powerhouse; he was not suited to being in the forefront. The primordial world was unlike others; with saints suppressing the heavens and earth, he could only scheme in secret and must not act rashly.

If he were to directly appear and change the Human Tribe, be praised by hundreds of millions of humans, and become the object of faith in the hearts of all humans, his outcome would undoubtedly be the same as the Three Ancestors, Three Sovereigns, and Five Emperors—to be suppressed in Fire Cloud Cave to bear the fate of the Human Tribe.

If he wanted to remain with the Human Tribe and in the primordial world, he could not step onto the stage.

If he wanted to hide behind the scenes, he would need to prepare several aliases. His appearance from his previous life was Jiang Haofeng's first alias.

In fact, if he hadn't been worried about forming karma, Jiang Haofeng would definitely have traveled the primordial world in the guise of other humans.

Alas, he had seen too little. Only by seeing more could he truly unleash the full power of the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book and truly achieve endless manifestations.

Having concealed his heavenly secrets and changed his appearance, Jiang Haofeng immediately unleashed the escape technique he had created by observing the soaring eagle, transforming into a golden light and speeding away.

He flew for several days continuously, which in later generations would be equivalent to a hundred years. He didn't see a single living creature. However, although there were few living beings, there were plenty of spiritual materials. He picked more than ten kinds of innate spiritual fruits, collected nearly a hundred stalks of innate spiritual herbs, as well as one innate spiritual wood and two pieces of innate spiritual iron.

These items, which would be rare treasures in later generations, were completely commonplace in the current primordial world. Even cultivators would not specifically collect them if they saw them.

Only those precious treasures would attract the favor of cultivators.

"Little brat of the Demon Tribe, take this punch from Grandpa!"

A loud shout reached Jiang Haofeng, who was currently fleeing. Jiang Haofeng's spirit instantly perked up. After flying for so long, he had finally encountered a living being.

Judging by the voices, it seemed that members of the Witch and Demon tribes had encountered each other.

Activating the Myriad Manifestations Heavenly Book to conceal his aura, Jiang Haofeng quietly moved toward the battlefield.

On the vast primordial land, a giant over a hundred feet tall and a massive lion were fighting. The giant wore animal skins, his eyes were sharp, and his Blood Essence surged like a furnace, with endless Blood Essence rising and converging into a pillar of essence smoke above his head. The surging Blood Essence, even from ten thousand miles away, made Jiang Haofeng feel incredibly hot.

The lion was covered in purple fur, and endless demonic energy erupted from it. Purple demonic flames rippled around the lion demon, and fireballs were occasionally hurled down.

Both the demon and the witch were at the Golden Immortal cultivation level. In terms of cultivation, each of them was above Jiang Haofeng, though not by much.