Primordial Era: A Counterattack Against Hongjun Daozu at the Start

And that first garment in human history, under the influence of this boundless blessing, transformed into a treasure imbued with the power of fortune. Zhou Yi also received some blessings as a result, and combined with the previous three times, the blessings he had accumulated were already quite considerable.

"From this day forward, I will be known as the Black-Clad Clan!"

As the boundless blessings dissipated, Ziyi leaped into the sky, his booming voice resounding throughout the entire human race.

With the arrival of blessings, the human race once again attracted the attention of many powerful beings in the primordial world.

Although hundreds of years have passed, those powerful beings have not forgotten the extraordinary phenomena that the human race exhibited back then.

Several hundred years ago, the human race experienced three blessings, each time giving birth to a powerful being at the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Centuries later, another blessing descended upon humanity, giving birth to a new Great Luo Golden Immortal-level powerhouse.

This puzzled many powerful beings in the prehistoric world: why could an insignificant human race repeatedly attract the blessings of the Heavenly Dao?

In this world, obtaining blessings is extremely difficult; countless powerful individuals spend their entire lives without ever receiving even a tiny bit of blessing.

Why does it seem to have become so easy for humans? This is the fourth time in just a few hundred years.

If the initial failure to detect anything unusual was understandable, this time, many people began to take the issue seriously. Although the Ziyi Clan had reached the level of a Great Luo Golden Immortal, this level of power was still unstable and needed time to stabilize.

Similar to the three Suihuangs, the Ziyi clan mainly cultivated the Zhetian Emperor's Law and the complete "Feathered Ascension Scripture".

Given time, reaching the level of a quasi-emperor would not be difficult for the Ziyi clan; the real challenge lies in the path to becoming an emperor.

Although Zhou Yi had achieved the Great Perfection of the Sacred Body, he was not entirely confident about how he would break through to the Great Emperor realm, as he had not yet become the master of the Great Dao and entered the realm of the Great Emperor.

"Perhaps we can learn from Emperor Ye's approach and use ourselves to suppress all paths," Zhou Yi thought to himself.

In the world of "Covering the Sky," Emperor Ye single-handedly suppressed all paths, laying the foundation for the glory of the Heavenly Court. In the primordial world, Zhou Yi believed he could do the same, thus establishing an unparalleled foundation for humanity.

This matter requires careful planning to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

The Book of Changes always keeps in mind that in the present-day primordial world, those beings at the highest peaks are the ones we should be most wary of.

In the days that followed, the human race fell silent once more, with many members dedicating themselves to cultivating the Heavenly Emperor's Technique. Zhou Yi himself also focused on cultivating the Nine Secrets and continuously improving his abilities, thus peacefully passing five years.

One day, Suihuang, with a serious expression, came to disturb Zhou Yi, who was in seclusion for cultivation.

"Ancestor of Humanity, recently several powerful figures have been loitering around our clan, their motives unknown!" Emperor Sui reported.

The situation that Zhou Yi feared most has finally come to pass: some powerful beings in the primordial world have begun to pay attention to the human race.

All of this is naturally related to the fact that humanity has received divine blessings four times in the past few hundred years. These four divine blessings gave birth to four powerful beings at the level of Great Luo Golden Immortal.

Faced with such a situation, how could some powerful beings in the primordial world not be tempted?

Now that they have arrived, why would these powerful beings give up so easily if they have gained nothing?

"How strong are they?" Zhou Yi asked.

"Most of those appearing so far are lone wolves, and the highest level they have is only at the Golden Immortal level. They are nothing to fear," Emperor Sui replied.

Indeed, in the primordial world, the truly powerful beings all knew that humankind was created by the sage Nuwa, and that the sage Taiqing had also established the Human Religion.

Before the attitudes of these two sages were clear, no one dared to act rashly.

Only those rogue cultivators who are unclear about the situation and believe that the newly born humans are still weak dare to try their luck.

"It seems we humans are too low-key, to the point that everyone thinks they can boss us around!" Zhou Yi said coldly. For a few Golden Immortals to dare covet humans is simply courting death.

"Ancestor of Humanity, these people are insignificant; simply expel them. What I'm worried about is the powerful adversary that may appear later," said Emperor Sui.

"No, you're wrong. This matter must be handled seriously. Since these rogue cultivators dared to spy on us, we shouldn't let them leave so easily," Zhou Yi said firmly.

If these rogue cultivators are left unchecked, more reckless individuals may emerge, and innocent humans may suffer as a result.

As the leader of humanity, it would be a dereliction of duty for him to suffer even the slightest harm to one person, a result he absolutely could not accept.

"Ancestor of Humanity, what do you intend to do..." Suihuang asked hesitantly. Zhou Yi understood his concerns; after all, humanity was once very weak and had to struggle to survive in this cruel prehistoric world.

This directly led to human leaders like the Emperor of Fire being exceptionally cautious, even overly so, when handling affairs.

Unless it's a matter of life and death, Suihuang and others usually prefer to handle problems discreetly and minimize conflict so that humanity can secretly accumulate strength.

However, all of this changed after the emergence of the I Ching. As long as the I Ching exists, humanity will no longer be as weak and powerless as it once was, and that painful history will eventually be completely rewritten.

"Kill! Anyone who dares to covet us humans is unforgivable!" Zhou Yi said without hesitation, his words filled with chilling killing intent.

"Kill? Isn't that a bit too radical?" Emperor Sui still seemed somewhat hesitant.

"This matter is no longer up for discussion. From today onwards, anyone who harbors ill intentions towards us humans will be killed without exception!" Zhou Yi declared decisively.

At this moment, not far away, a group of wandering cultivators were quietly watching the humans' every move, completely unaware that they were about to face annihilation.

These practitioners all come for the merits accumulated by humankind, attempting to uncover the secrets of how humans acquire merit.

However, in their eyes, most humans seem very fragile and unremarkable, yet they can continuously accumulate merit, which greatly puzzles the practitioners.

After observing for a period of time, some practitioners failed to find anything unusual and began to harbor evil thoughts.

In this primordial world where strength reigns supreme, it is common to see people killing each other in the struggle for treasures.

These cultivators, having survived countless battles, are certainly not benevolent beings.

Although there were four Great Immortals among humans, which prevented these cultivators from being too presumptuous, they turned their attention to ordinary humans, intending to unlock the secret of obtaining merit by studying ordinary people.

Just as these cultivators were about to make their move, four powerful auras suddenly erupted from among the humans—the auras of Great Luo Golden Immortals.

Sensing this aura, the cultivators not only did not back down, but instead revealed greedy eyes.