Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

When the gate was first completed, the underworld trembled.

All the lingering souls that were fighting stopped and instinctively looked towards the six portals in the sky.

They felt a kind of calling, drawn by heaven and earth; it was a judgment upon them.

Houtu did not stop.

With a flick of her finger, her supreme power entered the six gates.

"The Way of Heaven".

To Houtu's astonishment, the top left portal shone with brilliant golden light.

Above the lintel, the two innate divine characters "Heavenly Dao" appeared on their own.

The chaotic vortex within the portal transformed into pure, ethereal energy, with faint glimpses of sacred mountains, immortal peaks, cranes, and auspicious clouds visible.

This gate is specially designed for those with profound merit and lasting blessings. Those who enter can be reincarnated as innate deities or immortal cultivators, enjoying longevity and carefree life.

Seeing the Heavenly Dao power dissipating from the gate, the Three Pure Ones and the others all knew that this Gate of Reincarnation was established by the Heavenly Dao.

Houtu was somewhat angry about this, but felt helpless. Although she was in her own world, she was still under the primordial world.

"This path, the path of shamans...the path of humanity!"

The character "巫" (witch) that appeared on the Gate of Reincarnation was erased by a powerful force that even the sage Houtu did not notice, and the character "人" (person) reappeared.

Looking at the Gate of Reincarnation, which was marked with the words "humanity," Houtu turned her gaze to Taiqing Sage, one of the Three Pure Ones.

She originally intended to leave a gate of reincarnation specifically for the Wu clan, so that beings from the primordial world could be reborn into the Wu clan after their reincarnation.

At this moment, the "Witchcraft" way was changed to the "Human" way.

Taiqing, the leader of the Human Religion, enjoys the fortune of the human race. In this place, only the Sage Taiqing can silently change the laws of the underworld.

Taiqing knew the reason for Houtu's gaze, but instead of explaining, he asked Houtu for an answer.

"Fellow Daoist, you are now a sage. Although you have only merged with the Yin world, you should still know the general trend of the primordial world."

"The future of the Witch Clan is something neither you, fellow Daoist, nor I can change."

Yuanshi Tianzun and Tongtian Jiaozhu slowly nodded to Houtu.

Houtu's expression stiffened, and she turned her gaze back to the Gate of Reincarnation, which was branded with the words "humanity".

The vortex inside the gate revealed a scene of humans making fire by drilling wood, gathering in tribes, and multiplying on the earth.

This gate guides the spirits of all beings; those who enter can be reborn as humans.

With this gate, the human population will expand rapidly, making them one of the top races in the primordial world.

Houtu looked at the character "人" (person) and said, "The Witch Clan has no future, but the Human Clan does!"

Houtu's gaze fell upon the crimson lotus of karmic fire above the sea of ​​blood, outside the underworld!

The Styx Ancestor seemed to sense something and looked up.

"This path!" Houtu pointed, and the portal at the top right corner glowed with a ghostly light. "It should be the Asura Path."

This time, without any intervention, Houtu successfully wrote the four Great Dao characters of the Asura Path.

Four blood-red divine characters appeared on the lintel.

Within the portal's vortex, a sea of ​​blood churned, and a fleeting image of the Asura race battling and fighting to sustain themselves through war flashed by.

This sect is designed specifically for those who make killing their way. Those who enter can be reincarnated as Rakshasa, join the Asura Cult, and continue their path of slaughter in a sea of ​​blood.

This is compensation, and also a reward for the Styx Ancestor's tacit approval of the opening of the underworld.

The Styx Ancestor looked at the Gate of Reincarnation, unique to the Rakshasa Clan, and solemnly bowed towards Houtu.

Hou Tu continued.

"This path is the path to hell."

The portal in the middle on the right was shrouded in black mist.

The three characters "Hell's Path" on the lintel are chilling and terrifying.

The vortex revealed scenes of torture, including being hit by knives and fire, being boiled in oil and frozen in ice, and having one's tongue pulled out and heart gouged out.

This gate is set up for those who are gravely sinful and unforgivable. Those who enter must undergo hellish punishments to cleanse their sins before they can re-enter the cycle of reincarnation.

"The fifth realm is the realm of hungry ghosts."

The bottom left portal is shrouded in gray mist.

As the words "Hungry Ghost Realm" appeared, endless wails of hunger and thirst echoed from within the portal. Countless ghostly figures with bellies as large as drums and throats as thin as needles appeared in the vortex, eternally tormented by hunger.

This gate welcomes souls that are greedy, jealous, and narrow-minded.

The last gate.

Houtu looked at it, a complex emotion flashing in her eyes.

The witch clan does not have a separate gate to reincarnation, but the demon clan does.

She remained silent for three breaths, then finally raised her hand and, using her finger as a brush, carved three characters on the lintel:

"Beast way."

The moment the three characters appeared, the roars of ten thousand beasts echoed from within the portal vortex.

Images of tigers, leopards, wolves, insects, cattle, sheep, dogs, horses, birds, and fish—countless non-human creatures—rolled around within it.

But upon closer inspection, those images were clearly interspersed with the figures of demons who cultivated the Demon Core Technique and transformed into demons!

This gate was specifically designed for the demon race.

Inside and outside the underworld, all living beings who sensed the aura of these six gates understood their meaning.

The Three Pure Ones remained calm, but a knowing glint flashed in the eyes of the Primordial Heavenly Venerable, while the Tongtian Sect Leader chuckled, seemingly finding it quite amusing.

Huanglong stood on the Pure White Lotus, his lips twitching slightly.

He recalled the deep-seated hatred between the Wu and Yao tribes, the scorched Kuafu by the Golden Crow, and the Wu tribe that was burned to ashes on the primordial land.

Even after Houtu became a saint, this hatred was still etched into the laws of reincarnation.

The Styx Ancestor glanced at the "Asura Realm," then at the "Animal Realm," a hint of amusement flashing in his eyes.

Blood Sea and the demon race had never had any dealings, and he was pleased to see this.

Beyond the underworld, in the primordial world...

All living beings, regardless of their cultivation level.

At the same moment, the profound meaning of it all came to mind.

The cycle of reincarnation has begun.

Good and evil are rewarded accordingly, life and death are ordered, reincarnation is possible, and there is a path to the next life.

In the celestial realm, a vast and magnificent palace complex stands tall above the sea of ​​clouds.

Inside the Lingxiao Palace, Di Jun slammed his palm onto the Heavenly Emperor's throne.

"Snap!"

The armrests of the throne shattered upon impact, transforming into pure primordial spiritual energy.

The demon emperor's face was ashen, his eyes burning with raging fury, and the true fire of the sun overflowed uncontrollably from his body, causing the temperature inside the Lingxiao Palace to rise rapidly.

Inside the hall, the quasi-saints had no choice but to unleash their spiritual light to withstand the terrifying heat.

"The animal realm... what a terrible animal realm!"

His voice was forced out through clenched teeth, each word carrying the murderous intent to annihilate the witch clan.

Inside the hall, Donghuang Taiyi, Xihuang Fuxi, the Demon Master Kunpeng, and the Ten Great Demon Saints were all present.

Their faces were all extremely pale at that moment.

They sensed it.

When Houtu inscribed the three characters "Animal Path," the fluctuation of the law originating from the source of reincarnation passed through the origin of the primordial world and reached the depths of the true spirit of every demon race in the Heavenly Court.

It was a brand, a declaration: from this day forward, all demons who fall will be reborn as animals!

All newborn demons also emerged from the "Animal Realm".

What a humiliation this is!

Since its founding by Emperor Jun and Taiyi, the demon race has occupied the celestial realm, established the Heavenly Court, and ruled over the stars and celestial bodies. With hundreds of millions of demon soldiers and generals under its command, it rivals the witch race and is one of the two overlords of the primordial world.

But now, Houtu has become a saint and established the Six Paths of Reincarnation, allowing billions of beings in the primordial world to reincarnate!

The demon race has been forcibly relegated to the animal realm!