Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Xuan Du looked at Hua Xu Lie kneeling on the ground, a hint of gentleness flashing in his eyes.

He never expected that this small tribal chief would actually remember him, the... ancestor!

He did not dislike Hua Xu Lie. Xuan Du had witnessed Hua Xu Lie's secret protection of the Hua Xu clan over the years.

"Get up!" Xuandu said. "This child is not a monster, but an auspicious sign, the future of humanity."

Hua Xu Lie raised his head, his eyes filled with shock and ecstasy: "Ancestor...you mean this child...!"

Xuan Du nodded without saying anything more.

Hua Xu Lie burst into tears.

For twelve years, a full twelve years, he and his daughter endured twelve years of pain and torment. Everyone said his daughter was carrying a demon. Everyone said this child would bring disaster to the tribe!

It turns out that everything was wrong. This child is not a monster, but the hope of humanity!

He recalled the results of the tribal shaman's divination using tortoise shells, and the fear and disgust in the eyes of those tribesmen...!

"Ancestor!" Ancestor Huaxu Lie's voice choked with emotion, "I...I want to take this child back to the tribe."

Xuan Du looked at Hua Xu Lie, remained silent for a moment, and then nodded.

If Fuxi wanted to grow into a human emperor, he would have to grow up slowly among the human race, and the Huaxu tribe was the most suitable place.

Hua Xu Lie brought Hua Xu Shi and Fu Xi back to the tribe. Faced with the doubts of other tribesmen, they had the endorsement of Xuan Du, the ancestor of the human race!

Other tribes no longer regarded Fuxi as a monster, but as an auspicious omen and the hope of the human race.

Meanwhile, Xuandu carved out a cave dwelling on a mountain peak dozens of miles outside the Huaxi tribe and lived in seclusion.

While cultivating himself, Xuandu kept an eye on Fuxi's growth, waiting for the right opportunity.

Fuxi showed extraordinary qualities from a young age.

While other children were still toddling around at the age of three, he was already running freely in the tribe, speaking clearly and fluently, with logic so rigorous that he didn't seem like a child.

This also meant that Fuxi couldn't play with the other children in the tribe.

He often went alone in the mountains to observe the world.

He observed spiders spinning webs to catch prey on trees for several days, and then wove the first fishing net in the primordial world using hemp rope.

Although the fishing net was simple, with inconsistent mesh sizes and loose knots, when Fuxi lowered it into the river and pulled it up, several plump fish were found inside.

Hua Xu watched this scene in astonishment. In all her years of life, she had never seen anyone else in the tribe fish with a spear, let alone with a net.

Fuxi held up the fishing net, his little face full of pride: "Mother, look, catching fish this way is much easier than using a harpoon."

After Fuxi taught the method of fishing with nets to other members of his clan.

The auspicious sign bestowed by heaven upon Fuxi, and the hope of the human race, were thus further confirmed.

When Fuxi was seven years old, Xuandu finally appeared.

Fuxi looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar Taoist in green robes, his face showing no fear: "Who are you?"

Xuandu crouched down, looking Fuxi in the eye, and said, "My name is Xuandu!"

Fuxi exclaimed in surprise, "Are you Ancestor Xuandu?"

Xuan Du shook his head. "You should call me teacher."

Fuxi blinked, then knelt and bowed respectfully to Xuandu, saying, "Fuxi greets his teacher."

Xuan Du nodded and said, "From now on, I will teach you cultivation."

Upon hearing this, Fuxi's eyes lit up: "Is it possible? But my patriarch grandfather has always forbade me from cultivating."

Xuandu looked at Fuxi with expectation in his eyes, "It's not that he won't let you cultivate, it's that he can't teach you."

From that day on, Xuandu began to formally teach Fuxi.

However, he did not rush to teach Fuxi the methods of cultivation, but first taught him to recognize characters, to recognize the characters of the great Dao in the universe.

Xuandu told Fuxi that the first priority in cultivation is understanding principles. Without understanding principles, one cannot know; without knowing, one cannot cultivate.

Fuxi, as expected of the reincarnation of a primordial deity, possessed an understanding far exceeding Xuandu's expectations.

Fuxi mastered the Great Dao characters, which were difficult for ordinary innate beings to comprehend, in just a few months.

Subsequently, Xuandu, along with Fuxi, would often leave the tribe and wander across the primordial land, cultivating themselves while observing all things in heaven and earth, witnessing the struggles of various races and the suffering of the human race.

Fuxi also used his knowledge to help the Huaxu clan develop.

He taught his people to observe celestial phenomena and geography. He showed them how to tell time by the rising and setting of the moon, how to predict the weather by the shape of clouds, and how to find water sources by observing the terrain.

This knowledge was undoubtedly invaluable to tribes that relied primarily on hunting and gathering.

In less than ten years, the Huaxu tribe has undergone tremendous changes.

This small tribe, which once numbered only three thousand, has grown to nearly ten thousand thanks to the submission of other small tribes around Greece.

Fuxi, who was only a little over ten years old, was recommended by many of his clansmen to replace Huaxu Lie as the leader of the Huaxu clan.

Under Xuandu's tutelage, Fuxi progressed extremely rapidly on his path of cultivation, advancing from a novice to a Celestial Immortal within ten years. This speed was unmatched even by innate beings among all the myriad races of the prehistoric world.

This is also thanks to the many innate spiritual medicines that Xuandu had given him before his birth, as well as that ginseng fruit, which made Fuxi's original aptitude far exceed that of ordinary beings.

But what truly surprised Xuandu was not the speed of his cultivation, but his talent in the art of deduction.

The divination methods of the Sage Taiqing were unparalleled in the primordial world, and Xuandu naturally inherited his true teachings.

However, in the process of teaching Fuxi, Xuandu discovered that Fuxi's talent in this area far exceeded that of him, the direct disciple of the Taiqing Sage.

With this talent and his governance of the tribe, Fuxi transformed the Huaxu tribe from a small tribe of a few thousand people into the most powerful human tribe within a radius of 100,000 li in just a hundred years.

The number of clansmen has increased more than a hundredfold.

During this period, under Xuandu's instruction, Fuxi also did one other thing: to integrate the beliefs of the human race.

Since ancient times, the human race has worshipped the Holy Mother Nuwa and the Sage Taiqing. Nuwa created the human race, and the Sage Taiqing educated the human race. They are the most revered beings of the human race.

However, after the Lich Wars, human tribes struggled to survive among all races, and some human tribes would also offer sacrifices to other powerful beings in order to seek protection.

After receiving guidance from Xuandu, Fuxi decided to remove all other deities from the sacrificial rites, leaving only the dragon as the totem of the human race, to be worshipped alongside the Holy Mother Nuwa and the Sage Taiqing.

On this day, Fuxi summoned the tribe members and held a grand sacrificial ceremony in the open space in the center of the tribe.

A high platform was erected on the open ground, and three statues were placed on it: the Holy Mother Nuwa in the middle, the Taiqing Sage on the left, and a five-clawed yellow dragon coiled on the right!

Fuxi, dressed in a white sacrificial robe, stood before the high hall, holding a bronze cauldron in his hands. The cauldron was filled with the fragrance of burning herbs, emitting a faint, refreshing aroma.

The tribespeople knelt beneath the high platform, their expressions solemn.

Fuxi proclaimed loudly: "Heaven and earth were dark and yellow, the universe was vast and boundless. The Holy Mother created humankind, and Taiqing spread the Dao, her virtue matching that of heaven and earth. The divine dragon protects us, and our blessings are everlasting. Today, the human race takes the dragon as its totem, worships it for generations, and will never forget it."

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