Primordial Era: Starting with the repair of Penglai Immortal Island

Huanglong landed on the ground, concealed his aura, and merely revealed himself as an open-air fairyland. He transformed into the appearance of a wandering Taoist and slowly walked towards the entrance of the tribe.

Before he could even get close, he attracted the attention of the patrolling soldiers.

Several burly men with imposing presence and old and new scars on their bodies immediately stepped forward, swiftly and methodically encircling Huang Long.

A moment later, a middle-aged man who looked like a chieftain emerged from the tribe; his cultivation level was already at the mid-stage of True Immortal.

He bowed respectfully, his expression scrutinizing: "Senior, please wait. May I ask what brings you to my human tribe? We are currently under martial law. If it is of great importance, please seek my instructions."

Huanglong returned the greeting, and judging from their demeanor, he already held this tribe in higher regard. His voice was gentle yet clear: "I am a disciple of the Yuqing Sect of Kunlun Mountain, traveling through this place. Seeing your human tribe so wary, have you encountered some trouble?"

Upon hearing the name "Kunlun," a glint flashed in the eyes of the human leader, and he showed more respect, but no surprise. The guard of the surrounding warriors also relaxed slightly.

The leader said in a deep voice, "So it is Immortal Master Kunlun. One of our human ancestors cultivated under the tutelage of Sage Kunlun. I wonder if the immortal has ever seen him!"

Hearing the probing in the human's words, Huang Long smiled and said, "I have a very good relationship with Xuan Du, the only direct disciple of the Taiqing Sage!"

Upon hearing this, the leader finally lowered his guard and revealed the reason to Huanglong: "To be honest, Immortal Master, there is indeed a monstrous beast disturbing the peace of our tribe! That monster resembles a jackal, but is as strong as a bull, with wings growing from its ribs, and moves like the wind, extremely fast!"

A young warrior with fresh bloodstains on his face couldn't help but interject, his tone indignant yet full of fighting spirit: "That beast's cultivation is not low! And he has the advantage of flight, launching several sneak attacks! He has taken several people from my tribe."

The leader picked up the conversation, his tone filled with murderous intent: "That beast's cultivation far surpasses mine, yet he disappears every time he succeeds in a sneak attack. I've led my warriors to intercept and kill that beast several times, but he has always escaped. Fortunately, I have already sent a message to my human race's Suiren tribe. When my human immortals arrive, they will surely ensure that that wicked beast never returns!" His words were filled with pride in his warriors and confidence in his reinforcements.

"Rest assured, everyone. Xuandu and I are good friends. Now that I have encountered this matter, there is no reason for me to stand idly by."

Huang Long reassured the group, "Has that monster appeared recently? Where has it been active?"

The chieftain quickly pointed to a dense forest to the west of the tribe: "It's over there! It always comes from that direction and disappears in that direction! The most recent time was yesterday at dusk, when it snatched one of our soldiers who was on patrol."

Huang Long nodded: "I will go and investigate immediately. Gather the clansmen and be extra careful."

After saying that, he flashed away and headed towards the western mountains and forests.

Before long, Huanglong made a discovery in a secluded mountain hollow.

A large, wolf-like monster with fleshy wings on its back and dark gray fur was fast asleep in the mountain hollow.

"You beast! Since you like sleeping so much, then don't wake up!" Huang Long raised his hand, his fingers forming a sword shape, a point of spiritual light gathering at his fingertip, and gently pointed forward.

laugh--!

With a soft sound, it instantly pierced through the monster's hard skull.

Huanglong walked to the monster's corpse and bent down to examine it carefully.

An unusually eerie aura emanated from the corpse of the demon beast after its death.

Huang Long stretched out his finger and grabbed at the air, forcibly extracting this extremely fine, dark gray gas from the monster's corpse and suspending it in his palm.

"This wisp of gas...!"

Huang Long's expression was solemn as he carefully observed the situation. He used his divine sense to meticulously separate the strange black energy and discovered that it contained a complex mixture of negative traits, including evil, chaos, tyranny, and greed, and was filled with the instinct to plunder and devour.

To investigate the root cause, Huanglong reassembled the scattered primordial spirit of the demon beast and examined the remaining fragments of memory within it.

"Devouring fellow cultivators...devouring humans...cultivation skyrockets...!"

After a moment, having examined the demonic beast's memories, Huanglong muttered to himself, "So that's how it is... This technique, this aura...!"

"A demonic aura!"

Previously, Huanglong was wondering why all the beings of the demon race were simply called demons, just like other races. It turned out that the demon race's cultivation methods had not yet been invented.

Now that the demon race has passed down this technique, all demons who practice this method and have devoured fellow demon cultivators will have this aura appear on their bodies.

"This is the origin of demonic energy! The path of cultivation for demons actually originates from this? Those who possess this energy are demons who have devoured fellow practitioners of this evil technique. The denser and more tainted the demonic energy, the more it has been devoured, and the deeper the bloodshed it has caused!"

He stared again at the eerie demonic aura in his palm: "And judging from its memories, devouring humans actually helps it increase its cultivation faster? No wonder this fiend keeps attacking human tribes!"

This discovery is of utmost importance! If such cultivation methods, which rely on devouring, especially humans, were to spread among the demon race, it would be a catastrophic disaster for humanity! In the long run, the billions of demons on the prehistoric land would surely regard humans as resources for cultivation!

Huang Long quickly took out a small jade bottle and carefully sealed the wisp of demonic energy inside. Although this item was evil, it was still useful for the time being.

He returned to the human tribe. When the humans saw him return safely and heard that the demon beast had been slain, they cheered and thanked him profusely.

With important matters on his mind, Huang Long politely declined the tribesmen's hospitality, simply reassuring them, "The demon has been eliminated, and you can all rest easy for now. If you encounter such an aura again in the future, immediately report it to the other human tribes."

After leaving the human tribe, Huanglong rode his escape light and sped towards the largest and most populous human tribe at the time—the Suiren tribe.

Above the Suiren tribe, Huanglong did not conceal his aura, so he was discovered by Suiren, a great Luo Immortal, as soon as he arrived.

"It is the immortal lord himself who has come! Suiren was unaware of your arrival and has failed to greet you properly!" Suiren was very happy to see Huanglong.

"What are your orders, Immortal Master?"

Huanglong said in a deep voice, "Sui, you can just call me Huanglong. Originally, I was just passing through the human realm to see how they were doing. However, I discovered a monster wreaking havoc in a small tribe by a river in the east…!"

He succinctly recounted everything he had learned about the demonic scourge, the pursuit and slaying of demons, and the search for demon memories. He especially emphasized that devouring fellow cultivators and humans could rapidly increase one's cultivation level, but this would also generate demonic energy within the body.

After he finished speaking, he opened his palm, and a jade bottle appeared in his hand. The cold, deathly, and crazy aura emanating from the gray demonic energy in the bottle caused Suirenshi's expression to change drastically.

"Devour...devour fellow cultivators? And devour my own people to quickly increase your cultivation level?!" Suirenshi's voice trembled with disbelief.

"It's exactly what I gleaned from that demon's memories," Huang Long said decisively. "Fortunately, that demon didn't tell the other demons about this, so there's still a chance to salvage the situation!"

"Immortal Master! Please teach my human race!" Suirenshi bowed deeply and paid his respects solemnly.

Huang Long reached out a hand to help, saying, "The human race was created by the sage Nuwa, and the sage Taiqing preaches among humans. I believe the demon race would not dare to plant too many cultivation methods within human territory, just to prevent any potential trouble!"

"Immediately spread this message to all tribes: Any creature found to possess this 'demonic aura,' regardless of whether it has devoured any of our humans, and regardless of its form—whether it is a beast or a monster—must be exterminated without questioning its origins or showing any mercy. Only in this way can we prevent this matter from spreading and attracting countless demons."

A ruthless glint flashed in Suirenshi's eyes as he nodded emphatically: "I will remember what the immortal says! For the safety of our human race, such demonic beasts must never appear within human territory!"

Huanglong handed the jade bottle that imprisoned the demonic energy to Suirenshi as a warning and identification tool, believing that the human race would handle the matter well.

"I have other matters to attend to, so I will not linger among the humans. You should deal with this matter as soon as possible, otherwise things may change!"

After receiving the message, Suirenshi addressed Huanglong, "Many thanks to the Immortal for his great warning!" Suirenshi bowed deeply, his voice heavy yet firm, "On behalf of all humankind, Suirenshi thanks the Immortal for his kindness! Rest assured, Immortal, I will immediately, in the name of the Suiren tribe, spread this message and the corresponding countermeasures to all tribes as quickly as possible! All humankind who see such a monster will surely join in its extermination! We will absolutely not allow this scourge to spread!"

"No need to thank me. It was Junior Brother Xuandu who sensed a crisis in the human race and specially asked me to go to the human race. I never expected that something really big would happen!" Huanglong told Suirenshi what Xuandu had said.