Primordial Era: Exceptional Comprehension, Destroying Buzhou Mountain at the Start

Chapter 334 The Great Tang Dynasty's Warning Bell: The construction of the Transformation Locust Devourer summons demons from three continents to invade the Nine Provinces; victory is assured.

Di Xiao quickly digested the three methods and then used them to surround his own merit, which then transformed into a calamity light filled with dazzling heavenly might.

The intertwined light of calamity revealed images of Nuwa mending the sky, and also depictions of Nuwa creating humanity. Ultimately, however, all of this transformed into the light of calamity itself. Of the three meritorious divine abilities, Di Xiao ultimately chose to cultivate the third—the Light of Heaven.

After all, the idea of ​​using shade under the rice plants to increase grain production is completely unnecessary for the human race, which now has new grain varieties. The War God's Manual is also of little use to Di Xiao, who already cultivates the Way of War.

On the contrary, the third kind of divine light allowed Di Xiao to reap even greater rewards.

"Divine Power - Light of Heaven, complete..." Di Xiao uttered in a low voice, as all the merit gathered within his body completely transformed into the Light of Heaven. That light was ethereal, moving with Di Xiao's will. It caused Di Xiao's own fortune to change, mysterious and unparalleled.

"Congratulations, Young Master Dixiao, on cultivating your virtue and divine powers so quickly!" Bai Suzhen smiled, her smile as gentle as a spring breeze.

"I have to thank Miss Suzhen for this as well." Di Xiao also had a good impression of Bai Suzhen. After all, she was such a beautiful woman, and she was so close to him, so it was natural for him to like her.

A short while later, Di Xiao and Bai Suzhen chatted. Although the merits from the outside world continued to flow, they were becoming increasingly scarce, indicating that the drought problem for the human race was about to be resolved.

Now that the matter is almost resolved, there's no need for Emperor Xiao to worry about the rest; leave it to the ministers.

Di Xiao sipped his tea, then asked with a hint of inquiry, "Suzhen, Ling'er... the drought among humans is about to end. Will you continue to stay among humans, or prepare to return to your sect?"

"Brother Dixiao, Sister Suzhen and I will not be going back for the time being. Besides the merit of helping the people during this drought, we also came to the Nine Provinces of the Human Realm to participate in the grand banquet of the noble families!" Zhao Ling'er smiled sweetly, like a gentle breeze, full of indescribable affection.

Di Xiao was slightly surprised by what Zhao Ling'er had said. What was the deal with this "Feast of Noble Families"?

Di Xiao's curious gaze fell on Bai Suzhen again. Although Zhao Ling'er and Xiao Qing could also answer, Bai Suzhen clearly knew more.

Su Zhen smiled and said, "Young Master Di Xiao, this 'Family Feast' of the human race is essentially a special banquet held by the families of the strongest members of the human race throughout history. It can also be considered a special test, and it involves many opportunities."

"The families of powerful figures throughout human history? Could it be..." Di Xiao seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly became serious: "The Ying family of the Great Qin, the Liu family of the Great Han, the Confucian and Taoist families, the Xiang family of military strategy... These are the aristocratic families of human sages or emperors whose bloodlines have been passed down?"

Since the dawn of humanity, countless powerful beings have emerged. Among these powerful beings, descendants naturally remained, and their descendants naturally formed various families within the human race.

Especially with the birth of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, the human race gradually gained a foothold in the prehistoric world. At this time, the probability of human powerhouses falling decreased, the transmission of bloodlines gradually stabilized, and families gradually grew stronger.

For example, some of the ministers who once followed Emperor Fuxi, Emperor Shennong, and Emperor Xuanyuan inevitably passed down their bloodlines and formed families.

This pattern continued through subsequent dynasties of the human race. In some periods of chaos, these powerful families would even emerge to vie for the throne of the human emperor.

Leaving aside distant examples, the current Tang Dynasty imperial family is itself a descendant of the reincarnation of Xuandu, a human race, forming the Li family of the human race.

Besides, although many members of the royal families of each dynasty perished with each change of dynasty, the fact that powerful figures or founders of these dynasties still survived within the Fire Cloud Cave prevented the newly established dynasties from exterminating the royal families of those dynasties. These members of the fallen royal families thus evolved into their own distinct clans.

After all, emperors of all dynasties, after cultivating to the Great Luo realm, would eventually go to the Fire Cloud Cave. Once inside the Fire Cloud Cave, the emperors of each dynasty would inevitably run into each other, so they couldn't afford to be too ruthless.

Therefore, the Liu family of the Han Dynasty, the Yang family of the Sui Dynasty, the Ying family of the Qin Dynasty... these were once royal families, but now they have become clans.

These families hide throughout the Nine Provinces, focusing on cultivating the inheritances left by their ancestors. Coupled with their past resource accumulation, their cultivation speed is quite fast. Of course, some family members also leave their families and go beyond the Nine Provinces, or join a new dynasty.

In short, these families have many choices. Of course, due to the special nature and power of these families, Fire Cloud Cave also has to restrict them. It is stipulated that these families must absolutely not interfere in the operation of the dynasty during its golden age. Even if a family member joins a new dynasty, they must sever ties with their family.

These families only emerged at the end of a dynasty and then competed for the throne.

In short, there are quite a few families that have been passed down from ancient times, and each has its own rich history. However, due to the rules of the Fire Cloud Cave, they keep a low profile. Ordinary cultivators are not even aware of their existence.

Thanks to Di Xiao's extensive knowledge and his previous conversation with Xue Dingshan, he learned about these secrets.

Now, from Bai Suzhen's account, she learned that these human aristocratic families were planning some kind of grand feast, and her interest was piqued: "What's the deal with this grand feast...?"

"Young Master Dixiao, this grand feast of aristocratic families is a trial devised by the major aristocratic families of the human race for their younger disciples. In fact, it is also a helpless situation under the rules set by the many sages in the Fire Cloud Cave of the human race."

"Human sages restrict the development of these human clans to prevent them from affecting the operation of various human dynasties. Therefore, they can only act discreetly, and even after leaving their clan territory, they dare not rely on their status and background to cause trouble, otherwise they will be punished. As a result, many disciples of these clans lack tempering."

"Although one can gain experience even after leaving Kyushu, I've heard my master say that if these aristocratic disciples leave the human race of Kyushu, it's as if they'll lack the protection of their ancestors and the suppression of their destiny. Not only will their cultivation speed slow down, but they'll also be more likely to perish."

"Therefore, only a few special aristocratic family disciples dare to leave the human race of the Nine Provinces. The rest dare not act recklessly, so these aristocratic family disciples lack trials. This eventually evolved into the aristocratic family feast we see today."

Bai Suzhen spoke of these things with a hint of doubt. After all, as far as she knew, the Fire Cloud Cave imposed far too many restrictions on the disciples of human aristocratic families. This made these disciples afraid to hone their skills in the Nine Provinces.

Of course, Bai Suzhen also believed that the sages of Huoyun Cave were all people of great wisdom, and would not allow these originally outstanding disciples of noble families to lack experience and ultimately become useless.

But the sage of Huoyun Cave did just that, clearly there was something she didn't know about it.

Di Xiao frowned, also thinking about these things, feeling that the restrictions imposed on human aristocratic families by the Fire Cloud Cave were somewhat unreasonable. However, Di Xiao couldn't understand it either: "The Fire Cloud Cave sages, human aristocratic families, aristocratic family feasts… it all sounds very complicated. But if I have the opportunity, I might as well go and see for myself."

(End of this chapter)