Building a sect from scratch.

Chapter 426 History
If it were just war, it would be one thing, but some humans used the Five-Colored Array to eliminate dissidents and kill warriors who should have been returning in triumph, which implicated other races and caused a great disaster.

The Long clan and other affected races were enraged and drove away most of the troublesome humans, tolerating only a portion of the Wuzhai clan.

The expelled humans split into several factions, each ruling their own territory. On the gradually emerging landmass—the original Ten Continents and Three Islands—they established "Sects," which were the precursors to sectarian powers.

Among them, several sects have always felt guilty about the wars between humans affecting other races, and they have always remembered the responsibilities that Nuwa told them when she gave them life.

Therefore, these sects contacted the Wuzhai clan of the Changwu tribe, asking some Wuzhai clan members to teach children in their sects, make Wuzhi Water, and train batches of human cultivators to fight in the Five-Colored Array.

Perhaps because the human race had paid too much for the Five-Colored Array, the Dragon Clan turned a blind eye to these matters and did not pursue the matter.

Until the greedy human race caused a catastrophe: the Nine Netherworlds.

The Nine Netherworlds were initially a world completely opposite to the Realm of Return to Nothingness—heaven and earth were divided into Yin and Yang, with Yang being the Realm of Return to Nothingness and Yin being the Nine Netherworlds. The pivot of Yang was the Sea of ​​Return to Nothingness, and the pivot of Yin was the Mountain of Emptiness and Danger.

Both Guixu Sea and Xuwei Mountain are the central heart connecting countless worlds, only they are two sides of the same yin and yang.

However, according to the records of the Quanxian clan, some other expelled humans were dissatisfied that the Wuzhai clan only helped a few sects to cultivate, so they launched another war and even attacked the Five-Colored Array.

A brief backflow occurred at Guixu Pass, and Guixu Sea and Xuwei Mountain were contaminated. The demonic energy surging from Guixu Sea spewed into Xuwei Mountain, thus polluting the entire Nine Netherworld.

When the Guixu Pass was damaged, the Five-Colored Array was destroyed. The gods stepped forward to repair it and were furious. They led the Dragon Clan and other races to carry out a one-sided massacre of the human race.

Of course, those few human sects that were close to the Wuzhai clan and were responsible for the Five-Colored Array survived this catastrophe of annihilation. However, they were also isolated as a result, and all races were prohibited from participating in the Five-Colored Array.

Subsequently, as time passed and the world changed, people discovered figures resembling extraterrestrial demons on the lands of the Ten Continents and Three Islands!
The surviving humans, who have lived and multiplied in these places for generations, discovered after investigation that these demons had wandered over from the passage between the Nine Netherworld and the Ruins of Return.

They then discovered that the Nine Netherworld was already teeming with such demons, making it difficult for humans to easily reach it.

To atone for their sins, and also to do something, these surviving humans began to clear out the demons wandering from the Nine Netherworld Passage into the Ruins of Return. These demons wandering from the Nine Netherworld were much weaker than the extraterrestrial demons in the Five-Colored Array, and were therefore called "Nine Netherworld Demons" to distinguish them from the extraterrestrial demons on the Ruins of Return Passage.

Eventually, this gradually led to the current situation where major human sects guard the Nine Nether Passage and take it upon themselves to cleanse the Nine Nether Demons, a situation that continues to this day.

"So, Nuwa disappeared back then to find a way to completely break the Five-Colored Formation?"

After a long silence, Wang Qiqing suddenly asked, "What about those ancient gods? Were there any Hou Yi, Shennong, Xuanyuan, Chiyou, Gonggong, or Zhurong?" Yuan Tao, being very learned, replied, "According to historical records, Nuwa may indeed have left for this reason. As for the other gods, there are no records at all... Moreover, I have never heard of any of the names you mentioned. However, there was a Chiyou. I don't know if it is the Chiyou you are referring to. He once fought with a dragon king of the Youlong clan. After being defeated, he left Kunlun Hill, occupied Wankuzhou, and then disappeared."

"Disappeared?" Wang Qiqing pressed. "Did all the other gods disappear suddenly?"

"That's right, hundreds of gods seemed to have vanished suddenly, without a trace or word... But in fact, no one noticed at the time, because those gods of ancient times were always elusive, and some of them were quite capricious and cruel. They wielded immense power, even the laws of nature, capable of destroying the heavens and the earth with a single move, yet they often fought over the slightest disagreement. Therefore, they all tacitly avoided the vicinity of Kunlun Hill and the Five-Colored Array. Even the more benevolent gods rarely interacted with the various tribes after the Goddess Nuwa left. It is said that some of them even preferred to sleep in some hidden little worlds, where they would sleep for hundreds or even thousands of years."

"However, there are some less formal records about these things,"

As Yuan Tao spoke, he pulled out another book from somewhere. This book had an exquisite cover and was filled with a large number of delicate paintings and illustrations with bright and vivid colors.

He opened the book, searched for a while, and then pointed to an article and said, "This is it. Although this is a biographical novel, the legend in this article can be traced back more than 10,000 years, because it was depicted in the murals at the beginning of our royal city!"

"It's been this long!"

While sighing, Wang Qiqing curiously flipped through the biography.

To be precise, this article is more like a "fairy tale". It is told in a very simple and straightforward way. It is about how, long ago, two ancient gods disliked each other and often fought.

Later, the Five-Colored Array was attacked by the "cunning and evil human race." Faced with the crisis, they shook hands and made peace, together killing the "bad guys" among the human race and overcoming the crisis.

But once the crisis passed, they began to dislike each other again, until another ancient god advised them: "The lifespan of all living beings in the world has its limits. Except for the Eternal Sea of ​​Return to Nothingness, even gods cannot escape wear and tear. When everyone becomes weaker and weaker until they disappear, nothing will be left! So why don't we each take a step back and coexist harmoniously within our limited time?"

The story ends with a very standard happy ending, with the two ancient gods who had a falling out finally becoming good friends.

"This story..."

Wang Qi glanced at the story and finished reading it in a few seconds. He was a little unsure of what to say. The story was more like a fable, and fables are the easiest to fabricate and distort, making them difficult to use as a true historical reference.

"This is for the children of the Quanxian tribe, so it's naturally more straightforward and simple. However, there are many versions of this story, some with humans playing the villains, others with extraterrestrial demons, and they all differ. But no matter which version, they all retain one thing—gods are not eternal, they can be 'worn down' and even disappear, which is completely different from what we know."

"Of course, it's possible that this claim was fabricated just to maintain the coherence and completeness of the story, but it's undeniable that the disappearance of the ancient gods may have been due to their complete death from wear and tear. This theory has always been quite popular among the many speculations about the whereabouts of the ancient gods."