Primordial Era: Taking the blame to become a saint, proving one's path through eccentricity!

Chapter 81 [Fire Cloud Holy Land: Cause and Effect] (Please Subscribe)

Xuan Yin wasn't just thinking about himself. After returning to the ancestral land of the human race, he used three imperial edicts to bestow titles upon the three members of the Suiren clan.

[In the era of fire, the stars and constellations are arrayed! In the era of fire, the way of fire flourishes! In the era of fire, all things are truly formed! In the era of fire, my Yangsui is blessed! In the era of fire, the Suiren clan has been subdued! The Suiren clan of the human race, who has rendered meritorious service in passing on fire, is the Suiren clan of the human race throughout the endless time and space of the past, present, and future!]

[Simple linen is woven into threads, skillful hands weave the shuttle! The Ziyi clan teaches the people to weave silk! They are sheltered from the cold and heat, their manners are measured! Worn clothes can be renewed, waning virtue can be restored! Their virtuous words resound, may their prosperity last for ten thousand generations! The Ziyi clan of humanity teaches the people clothing, through countless times past, present, and future, all for the sake of the human race's rites and honor!]

[Thick hazel and wild shrubs grow verdant, we build huts from wood! Youchao, you opened my dwelling! My caves offer refuge in the wilderness, I can ward off fierce beasts! They shelter me from wind and rain, they protect me from frost and snow! May peace prevail in all directions, may all people live in tranquility! Youchao, the king of humanity, built his nest with magpies, through countless times past, present, and future, he was the king of the nest for humanity!]

Boom!

After the imperial edicts were issued, the three decrees of the Human Emperor transformed into specks of golden light and boundless fortune, bestowing blessings upon the three ancestors of the human race.

After doing all this, Xuan Yin nodded in satisfaction. After the Three Sovereigns of antiquity, before the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors destined for humanity were born, there should also be three sovereigns who would lead humanity out of ignorance.

Suirenshi ignited the fire of the future, illuminating the future of humankind and freeing them from the primitive life of eating raw meat and drinking blood. His achievements naturally deserve the name of Suihuang (Emperor Suirenshi).

The Ziyi clan sewed clothes, enabling humankind to no longer be naked and to learn about propriety, righteousness, integrity, and shame. They made an indelible contribution to the formation of etiquette and education for humankind, and were more than qualified to be a ruler of propriety.

Youchao built houses to protect the four directions, which promoted the formation of the human tribe system. His achievements for the human race are worthy of the title of Chaohuang (King of Nests).

"Who said the human race only includes the Three Sovereigns?"

With the help of the decree of the Human Emperor Nine-Headed Clan, Xuan Yin successfully elevated the status of the three ancestors of the human race in the long history of the human race.

In an instant, the spirit of the human race was stirred, and on a certain timeline of the future belonging to the human race, the emperors in the Fire Cloud Cave also sensed it.

"An imperial decree?"

Xuanyuan looked shocked. Although he was also a human emperor, he could only be considered the emperor of the human race, not a human emperor like the Nine-Headed Clan.

His cultivation level might be similar to that of the Nine-Headed Clan, but his rank and influence in the human realm were still far inferior to that of the Nine-Headed Clan.

Shennong couldn't help but look at the three ancestors of the human race. In order to protect the human race, the three ancestors damaged their own origin. Even though they were blessed by the fortune of the entire human race and cultivated for hundreds of years, they were still only Great Luo Golden Immortals.

But now, having received the imperial decree of the Human Emperor Nine-Headed Clan, his fortune has been enhanced, and his karma has been reshaped, he has actually shown some signs of breaking through to the Quasi-Saint level.

"I see!"

Fuxi was skilled in deduction and could see further than others. In his eyes, the timeline began to shrink, the rise of the human race began to shift, and the main axis of spacetime began to evolve into new possibilities.

Suirenshi seemed to realize something: "Perhaps we should meet with Fellow Daoist Xuanyin! In this way, we might be able to avert the calamity of humanity!"

"No!"

Upon hearing this, Zhuanxu quickly said, "Some things are already destined. If we change them, wouldn't Nuwa's plan to use the calamity of the human race to draw the fortune of the demon race into the human race be in vain? If Nuwa's plan fails, the great trend of the human race's rise to power in the main axis of time and space, as well as many causes and effects, will be reshaped. The price... is not something we can bear!"

Shao Hao also frowned. If the demon race did not slaughter humans and no cause and effect were created, how could the demon race's fortune flow smoothly into the human race?

The rise of the human race is the will of Heaven and the result of the efforts of the sages behind the scenes!

Many people believe that Nuwa chose to stand by and watch when the demon race slaughtered humans because of her identity as the Nuwa Emperor.

But the truth is not so. Instead, it is a cause and effect, with the cause of the demon race's slaughter of humans today laying the foundation for the prosperity of the human race in the future.

During the great calamity of the Lich King, the demon race slaughtered the human race, and the Wu race and the human race evolved into the Wu-ren lineage. When the great calamity of the Lich King comes to an end, the fortune of the two races will naturally shift towards the human race.

This was also a sage's plan!

Without cause, how can there be effect?

Every effect has a cause!

Whether it's reversing cause and effect or reversing effect and cause, the premise is that cause and effect have occurred. If the demon race hadn't slaughtered humans, how could their fortune have shifted to the human race after their decline?

Similarly, if the lineage of witches had not been born and had not generated cause and effect, how could the fortune of the witch race have shifted to the human race after the great calamity of witches and demons?

Upon hearing the words of Suirenshi and Zhuanxu, the many powerful human beings in Huoyun Cave fell silent involuntarily!

This is a question they have been discussing for a long time.

Should we sacrifice a small portion of humanity to secure the great prosperity of humanity?

Those who can enter the Fire Cloud Cave are at least Great Luo Golden Immortals, and going against the flow of time and space is not a difficult task for them!

However, changing the past would alter the flourishing of the human race, and the demon race's fortune would flow into the human race, making them all beneficiaries of this fortune.

Fuxi and the three ancestors of the human race hoped to change the past, and that the price of the great prosperity of the human race should not be borne by those unarmed ordinary human beings.

Xuanyuan, Zhuanxu, Shaohao, and others felt that sacrificing a portion of the human race was acceptable for the sake of the great prosperity of the human race.

Shennong, Yu the Great, and a few others were neutral and rarely expressed their opinions.

Within the human race, there were also conflicts. The three emperors each represented a faction, and each faction held different ideas about the future of the human race, often clashing with each other.

They also find it difficult to reach a consensus on major events that affect the human race, often placing bets separately, resulting in the human race's fortune not being concentrated.

For example, Zhuanxu was the great-grandson of Xuanyuan, and Yu the Great was a descendant of Zhuanxu, but Yu the Great's opinions often differed from those of Xuanyuan and Zhuanxu.

no way!

Yu the Great was born from the corpse of his father Gun, a product of the essence of heaven and earth.

Qi, the ancestor of the Shang Dynasty, was nominally the son of Emperor Ku and Jian Di, and the half-brother of Emperor Yao. However, he was actually the reincarnation of a powerful being from the Phoenix Clan, who was conceived in Jian Di's womb. This led to the various myths about the Heavenly Bird descending to give birth to the Shang Dynasty.

Therefore, during the Investiture of the Gods war, some people chose to support the Shang Dynasty established by Cheng Tang, some chose to support Ji Fa who had the bloodline of Xuanyuan, and the rest chose to remain neutral!

Looking at the silent crowd in the Fire Cloud Cave, Fuxi slowly spoke: "The merging of the demon and witch races' fortunes into the human race is due to cause and effect. The Three Ancestors' status has now advanced further, also because they sowed good seeds hundreds of eons ago!"

"That disciple of the Sage of Tongtian was indeed a huge variable, but the reason he was able to stand out among the many people who went to Kunlun Mountain to become disciples and be valued by the Sage of Tongtian was because he borrowed some of the fortune from the Third Ancestor!"

"Now, by using the decree of the Human Emperor Nine-Headed Clan to elevate the status of the Three Ancestors, it is merely an act of repaying karmic debts!"

"The cause and effect have been resolved; both morally and logically, the Third Patriarch should be allowed to meet with him!"

"As for whether the general trend of Heaven will change, it is not important. Or rather, if he can really influence the general trend of Heaven and make a few more emperors among our human race, what can we do if we stand by and watch him stir up the general trend of Heaven and change history?"

In this era, although the human race has gained immense influence, it is still insufficient to influence the grand scheme of the Heavenly Way established by the sages.

Therefore, in Fuxi's view, letting everything take its natural course and not interfering in anything was the best choice for the general trend of the human race.

Even if the human race receives less of the demon race's fortune due to Xuan Yin's interference, it is still worth it as a price to pay for the addition of three more quasi-saints.

There are gains and losses in everything!

Fuxi's gaze fell upon the people of Fire Cloud Cave, and he slowly spoke, "Or is it that someone fears the reshaping of cause and effect will affect their own interests? Or perhaps, someone wants to place their own interests above those of the billions of humans in the Primordial True Realm?"

Shennong immediately looked at everyone and said, "I certainly don't want any of us humans to become like the dragon-people of the ancient times!"

"You may argue, you may fight, and differing opinions are not a big deal, but you must yield to the overall interests of humanity!"

Seeing this, Xuanyuan also expressed his opinion: "Since that's the case, then let's follow Fellow Daoist Fuxi's suggestion and remain on the sidelines for now! I also want to see whether the emergence of this variable is good or bad for the human race as a whole. In the face of the overall interests of the human race, we must all give way!"

"This is the bottom line!"

The three emperors rarely reached a consensus, and the three ancestors' status was also elevated, which was indeed a good thing. The people in the Fire Cloud Cave immediately fell silent.

……

The ancestral home of humankind.

Xuan Yin, who had just bestowed titles upon the three ancestors, was preparing to return to Buzhou Mountain when he saw a glimpse of the river of time reflected on the three ancestors.

The three of them immediately changed their auras. A unique aura belonging to the Great Luo Immortal was projected from the future into the present time and space through some secret technique.

"Um?"

Xuan Yin frowned slightly and tentatively asked, "Fellow Daoists, having descended to this world, do you have any guidance for what I have done?"

"No!"

Suiren spoke first, saying, "If it weren't for you, fellow Daoist, we wouldn't have had this opportunity! How could we presume to offer guidance?"

Then, Ziyi bowed to Xuan Yin and said, "Fellow Daoist is a variable! I think you understand this better than anyone else! Back then, when you were first created by Goddess Nuwa, you tried to steal our opportunities. If it weren't for Suiren stopping Youchao and me, we probably wouldn't have the opportunities we have today!"

"I don't understand why such a variable as you, fellow Daoist, would appear among our human race?"

"But I hope that you, fellow Daoist, can consider the karma of being born of the human race and take better care of humanity, so as to prevent too much loss to the human race due to the great calamity!"

Upon hearing this, Xuan Yin was taken aback: "Fellow Daoist in black robes, are you perhaps referring to the demon race's massacre of humans? Since the three of you were able to transcend time and space to descend here, didn't the future Great Luo Immortals of the human race ever consider stopping it? Why would you place the hopes of the human race on a mere Xuan Immortal like me?"

"This is a long story!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Lai Ziyi fell silent. It was Wei Lai Youchao who spoke up, recounting the cause and effect of the demon race's massacre of humans and the rise of the human race.

The future Suiren added, "The matter of cause and effect is far too complex. We don't know whether it's right or wrong to sacrifice a portion of humanity for the prosperity of the entire human race."

"The human Grand Luo cultivators of Fire Cloud Cave have consistently failed to reach a consensus on this matter, let alone prevent this great calamity!"

The rise of the human race was not only due to the efforts of the Goddess Nuwa and the karma of the Sage Taiqing, but also inseparable from the influx of the immense fortune of the Wu and Yao races into the human race. Many of the later Great Luo Immortals of the human race achieved their Great Luo status by relying on this fortune. How could they possibly... be willing to harm their own interests?

Although the future Suiren did not explicitly state it, through his analysis of human nature, Xuan Yin could roughly guess the thoughts of those future Great Luo Immortals of the human race.

"Oh!"

He sneered, "They're just beneficiaries who don't want to harm their own interests! Why should these humans of today sacrifice themselves for those who might one day achieve the Great Luo realm?"

"On what grounds?"

If most of the future Great Luo Immortals of the human race are like this, then Xuan Yin will understand very well why the Nine-Headed Clan wanted to annihilate the Dragon People!

A bunch of incompetent people who hold positions without doing any work are not worthy of enjoying the good fortune brought about by the sacrifices of their predecessors!

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